Our trail runners were in action on Dutch dunes, in Clara Vale at Gaelforce and at the annual Run the Line event in Dublin whereas our road runners were kept busy at Run in the Dark or Clontarf Half-marathon. Finally, more ParkRun results from Angus Tyner….
Haagse Duinentrail
Catherine had another strong run in the Netherlands in the weekend of the 9th winnin the women’s race and finishing 8th overall in a race over mainly dune trails. Irishman Geraid O’Shea won the race.
| RESULT |
| 1. Geroid O’Shea () 1:50:59 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 8. Catherine Devitt 2:03:36 (1st woman) |
GAELFORCE WICKLOW 10K
Our runners were out on a real variety of trails the last 10 days starting with the new Gaelforce 10k in Clara Vale where Edson Ferreira made it three out of three in the Gaelforce trilogy and finished first club runners with Brian Howard and Britta Luebbert next.
| RESULT |
| 1. Paul McKenna () 0:40:04 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 55. Eoin Phelan 0:48:53 |
| 129. Edson Ferreira 0:53:32 |
| 372. Brian Howard 1:06:19 |
| 568. Britta Luebbert 1:47:51 |
RUN IN THE DARK 10K
Brian and Edson did take much of a break from Gaelforce before embarking on a faster 10 k – on the roads of inner city Dublin.
| RESULT |
| 1. Tommy Foley () 0:33:42 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 1221. Brian Howard 1:03:42 |
| 1242. Edson Ferreira 1:03:50 |
CLONTARF HALF-MARATHON
Paul O’Riordan set a brilliant new PB of 1:24 in the Clontarf Half – the second fastest half-marathon run by a club runner this year (in 38 attempts – Richard Costello is fastest with 1:21). Eoin Phelan keeps extending the record for ‘most races in a season’ hitting his 50th race with this event and with 4 more planned this year!
| RESULT |
| 1. Peter Tuohy (Naas AC) 1:13:08 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 37. Paul O’Riordan 1:24:10 (PB) |
| 365. Eoin Phelan 1:38:45 |
BRICKFIELD AND FATHER COLLINS PARKRUN
Angus Tyner ran his 10th and 11th 5 km (all ParkRuns) of the year at Father Collins and then Brickfield. His time has been coming steadily down through the season peaking wiht 18:49 and a category win at Father Collins before a slightly slower 19:46 at Brickfield.
FATHER COLLINS
| RESULT |
| 1. Shaun Conaghan () 0:18:43 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 2. Angus Tyner 0:18:49 (1st M55) |
BRICKFIELD
| RESULT |
| 1. Ciarán Ó MEACHAIR () 0:19:07 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 4. Angus Tyner 0:19:46 (1st M55) |
RUN THE LINE (13K AND 25K)
We had eleven runners in this year’s Run the Line with Aoife O’Brien not only first club runner home but also taking second place in the women’s race. Eoin O’Neill was next followed by Kevin Doherty who had a solid pacer in newly crowned club champion Paul Duffy. Rebecca Whineray was next with Nora – in post marathon mode – next and Gerard O’Rourke rounding out the field.
LONG
| RESULT |
| 1. Matthew McConnell () 1:56:44 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 40. Aoife O’Brien 2:31:38 (2nd F35) |
| 140. Eoin O’NEILL 2:56:15 |
| 172. Kevin Doherty 3:00:15 |
| 173. Paul Duffy 3:00:15 |
| 300. Rebecca Whineray 3:19:17 |
| 307. Nora Butler 3:20:34 |
| 417. Gerard O’Rourke 3:42:15 |
SHORT
| RESULT |
| 1. Ivan Regal () 0:57:35 |
| ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————- |
| 162. Edson Ferreira 1:20:26 |
| 255. Dave Rooney 1:25:37 |
| 364. Mark Willoughby 1:31:32 |
| 669. Britta Luebbert 3:04:11 |
Glendalough AC 