Two results ahead of tonight’s Leinster League finisher race at Trooperstown Hill and we begin with another IMRA race: the Keeper Hill – Killoscullen Half-marathon.
KEEPER HILL – KILLOSCULLEN HALF-MARATHON
Eoin Phelan notched his 33rd race of the season at the Keeper Hill – Killoscully Half-marathon coming round in 2 hours 21 minutes
| RESULT |
| 1. Michael Costello () 1:39:00 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 58. Eoin Phelan 2:21:24 |
Trasna Na Uaireanta24
Louis Byrne took the win in the Trasna Na Uaireanta24 track ultra event in Leixlip where he was running in the 12-hour race. Louis spend much of the race ahead of Don Hannon who faded away a bit in the latter stages of the race leading two women (Caroline McCabe and Arlene Moore) nearest. In the end Louis held on for a comfortable 9 lap gap – completing 99.2 km with Caroline McCabe getting in 95.5 km. Lous held well under 3 minutes for the first 51 laps and only started to noticeably slow down from the 222nd lap onwards. His mother Christina Byrne finished a great da for the family with 6th place.
As the first 12-hour race completed by a club member, Louis’ time now sets the standard as a new Club Record.
| 1. Louis Byrne (Glendalough AC) 11:59:52 (CR) |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
TROOPERSTOWN HILL – LEINSTER LEAGUE FINAL
The Leinster League finished on a new version of the traditional course at Trooperstown Hill where despite the hill being ‘super local’, we only had 6 runners in action this summer – 5 in the long course and Chris Willoughby (inadvertently?) in the short course.
Graham Bush led us home and was 1st M55 with Donal Flanagan 2nd. While Eoin and James Heggie were faster than Joe Lalor (only 2nd in the m70 this week), they finished behind him having taken the early start.
Richard Allan whilst not competing on the day was our highest placed finisher in the League overall finishing 21st with Graham Bush 24th, Alan Kennedy 35th, Angus Tyner and Eoin Phelan neck on neck in 59th and 60th, Joe Lalor 86th (and 2nd overall in the M70 category), and James Heggie 97th. 111 out of the 751 league contestants completed the minimum 7 races required to score (a completion rate of 14%).
| RESULT – long |
| 1. Cian Taylor (Inbhear Dee AC) 0:55:29 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 18. Graham Bushe 1:02:00 (1st M55) |
| 61. Donall Flanagan 1:15:37 |
| 101. Joe Lalor 1:39:19 (2nd M70) |
| 103. Eoin Phelan 1:17:22 |
| 116. James Heggie 1:32:13 |
| RESULT – short |
| 1. Colm O’Neill (Inbhear Dee AC) 0:25:21 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 11. Chris willoughby 0:37:40 (1st M45) |
Glendalough AC 