Twenty-three of our runners competed at EcoTrail Wickow this year where the team were hoping to defend their team win from 2023. While this fell short (we finished 2nd) there were plenty of good results to report on. In between we have a host of road race results including a new women’s 5 km club record before we finish with recent results from the Glendalough Trail and Wicklow Way Race off-road events.
WICKLOW WAY RACE & NAV CHALLENGE 3
Graham Bush warmed up for his Wicklow Way Race by finishing 4th on the short course of IMRA’s last Nav Challenge of the year and five days later he was ready to go with a stellar 11th spot in 16:47.
| RESULT – NAV CHALLENGE 3 |
| 1. John Bell () 1:31:00 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 4. Graham Bushe 1:47:00 (3rd M55) |
| RESULT – WICKLOW WAY RACE |
| 1. Keith Lane () 13:24:24 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 11. Graham Bushe 16:47:44 (1st M55) |
ZUIDERPARKRUN
In the Netherlands Catherine Devitt lowered her own PB from earlier this year by 7 seconds to run 18:32 breaking her own women’s club record as well. It was a tough field as despite this Catherine was only 2nd woman!
| RESULT |
| 1. Tom Reep () 0:16:20 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 7. Catherine Devitt 0:18:32 (2nd F40, PB, Club Record) |
FIGHTING BLINDNESS 15 KM
Eoin Phelan clocked his 47th race of the season at Fighting Blindness – on a course lengthened to 16.4 km this year due to NPWS works on the Spinc.
| RESULT |
| 1. Stephen Kennedy () 1:16:43 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 23. Eoin Phelan 1:32:08 |
Glendalough AC 