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REPORTS: Weekend sum-up!

It’s been a busy last 10 days on the trails and hills, so we’ll start with today’s result where Arne Klohn and Derek Cullen took to the local slopes of Trooperstown Hill and ran well finishing 24^th and 38^th respectively out of 125 competitors.

TROOPERSTOWN HILL

Killian Mooney, DSD 38:06

———–GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————–

Arne Klohn 47:35
Derek Cullen 50:31

The previous day saw the running festival for Wicklow Hospice in Avondale where Anthony Breen ran a very strong half-marathon to finish 5^th and first his category. Yvonne Brennan finished 2^nd lady in the 10 km in 43:58. Richard Costelloe also competed. Full results will be available Monday.

Last weekend Torben Dahl was busy – Torben finished 3^rd but unfortunately this was on a short course – a category created for the unfortunate runner who got lost courtesy of some crettins having removed part of the course marking! 24 hours later he got his ‘revanche’ at Oughaval Woods where there was no such troubles and he finished 4^th out of 34 in the ‘full’ race.

MULLAGHMEEN – short course

James Benson 45:34

———–GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————–

Torben Dahl 46:14

OUGHAVAL

Michael McMahon, Raheny 28:30

———–GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————–

Torben Dahl 31:58

RESULTS: Handicap league Rd. 11 of 12

February 17, 2019February 17, 2019 by glendaloughac, posted in Club races / events, Winter League

We had the most competitive handicap race yet at Roundwood Reservoir today. 8 out of 10 runners improved their handicaps. With 4 runners improving their handicap by more than 2 minutes and thus getting the maximum score, there was a shake-up at the top with Bruce Phillips taking the lead – 38 seconds ahead of Aoife Joyce and 57 seconds ahead of Barry O’Neill.

winterleaguerd11of12 — Overall results after 11 of 12 rounds

It is only the second time the courses have been run so the fastest times run were reduced for nearly all races. Arne Klohn ran the new best mark for the 5 km (22:36) and Yvonne set the new ladies 5 km best at 23:56. The 10 km best times were reduced to 46:06 overall by Derek Cullen and 48:35 for the ladies by Donna Quinn. Barry O’Neill ran 44:12 but took the 10 km route along the lower reservoir so while his time has been accepted into the rankings, it won’t stand as a course best.

SLÍ MHÚSCRAÍ SUCCESS AND MURRAY DOUBLES…

February 14, 2019 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports

The SLÍ MHÚSCRAÍ races series is fast getting a fantastic reputation. Torben Dahl ran away with victory in the half-marathon event more than 3 minutes clear of the nearest challenger. This was the first outright individual victory for our club in 2019 – so now we’re on the board. The race was notable in that the top-6 overall finishers were all over 40!

Duncan Barrett (pictured) meanwhile finished 15th in the Ultra in 8:53 narrowly behind ladies winner Eilis Connery who set a new women’s record on the course.

RESULTS

Sli Mhuscrai Half

Torben Dahl 1:56

Full results

Sli Mhuscrai Ultra

Gavin Byrne 7:17:45

——–GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS——-

15. Duncan Barrett 8:53:20

full results

MORE RESULTS…

Meanwhile in Kerry, Barry Murray started his day by running 18:50 in the ParkRun he has founded on Inch Beach. Later in the day he took fourth place at Claragh Mountain (results not yet available) so perhaps Billy Bland was right when he said ‘rest and recovery, I have never heard such bloody nonsense in all my life’.

WINTER LEAGUE RD. 10 – Miner’s Road in the wind!

February 9, 2019February 9, 2019 by glendaloughac, posted in Club races / events, Uncategorized, Winter League

The plot thickened at the Miner’s Road where today’s 10^th round of the Club Winter League was held. This course is known as a ‘wind tunnel’ even on quiet days so we set off with some expectation of high winds. Thankfully, it was milder than expected even if the outward journey was slowed down enough to make beating handicaps challenging.

Yet this was exactly what most did. Bruce Phillips took the day and the biggest handicap improvement – finishing 2 minutes 3 seconds ahead of handicap.

Aoife Joyce in second improved by 1 minute 41 seconds allowing. This meant both Aoife and Bruce leap-frogged Donna Quinn who dropped to 3^rd. Third place went to club coach René Borg who bettered his handicap by 41 seconds. Colm Kenna also timed his run well bettering his handicap by 15 seconds to finish fourth.

The fastest actual time was set by fifth-placed Derek Cullen who ran 21:56, the only person nipping under 22 minutes on the day. Yvonne Brennan came 6^th and was fastest woman on the day (2^nd best time overall) coming home in 22:25 missing her handicap by 35 seconds.

It’s now incredibly tight going into the last two races – Bruce is only 5 seconds behind Aoife and Donna merely 53 seconds with one poor result to discard making it fairly easy for her to close the 53 second gap. Everyone else relies on breaking their handicap substantially in BOTH of the next two races – the only realistic contender outside the top-3 is Rene who is 2 minutes 35 seconds down. The runners who have not yet run the minimum 4 to score do no longer have a realistic chance of ‘crashing the party late’.

WL overall round 10 of 12 — Overall results: Round 10 of 12

A good morning out was celebrated in the Glendalough Green re-opened after its January hiatus!

NEXT ROUND: Next Saturday morning in Roundwood for the Reservoir Rounds courses!

TRIMMERS IN ACTION

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running, Uncategorized

Barry O’Neill and Donna Quinn carried the green and gold flag of Glendalough AC at the neo-classical Trim 10 miler yesterday and acquitted themselves well on a windy day in the midlands.

While there were no PBs both ran close to their bests with Donna 2.5 minutes from her early 2018 result and Barry just under 2 minutes – with both having lost most of the latter part of 2018 to injury this is not to be discounted!

RESULTS

1. Colin Griffin, Ballinamore AC 53:00

——-GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS——-

164. Barry O’Neill 67:56

302. Donna Quinn 72:49

full results

REPORT: Winter League round 9 – Green Gapways

January 26, 2019 by glendaloughac, posted in Club races / events, Race reports, Road running, Uncategorized, Winter League

In an exciting race at Green Gapways, the league standings got massively over-turned. Barry O’Neill was the run-away leader setting the fastest 10 km time on the day and beating his handicap by nearly 6 minutes whilst recording his 2nd victory of this years league.

He was followed home on the day by Aoife Joyce in 2nd (3 minutes faster than handicap) who also climbed to 2nd in the overall table. Third was Bruce Phillips who had a strong run on the 10 km route and beat his handicap by 2 minutes 41 seconds, enough to move him up into 3rd overall.

The ‘cutest’ run of the day was undoubtedly Donna Quinn who improved her handicap by 1 minute 59 seconds. This meant she got the best possible score whilst not improving her handicap so much it get’s massively hard to beat the second time. The run also took her top of the table now 62 seconds ahead of Aoife Joyce. Previous leader René Borg droppe to fourth.

overallresultround9 — Overall standings with 9 out of 12 run an 4 to score

Fastest 5 km on the day was 23:14 which was set jointly by Yvonne Brennan and René Borg although it should be mentioned Yvonne decided to stop and wait for René with 100m to go! 6 out of 12 runners beat their handicap – apart from those previously mentioned there were good performances by Yvonne Brennan (84 seconds ahead of handicap) and Flora McKnight (2 minutes 24 seconds ahead of handicap).

The current standings mean that any runner who is 2 minutes or less behind the leader only needs one result where they improve their handicap by 2 minutes to jump back in front of the pack. Any runner within 4 minutes will need to post two such results in the final three rounds at the Miner’s Road, Roundwood Reservoir and Brockagh Woods.

NEWS: Winter League and AGM time change

January 25, 2019 by glendaloughac, posted in AGM, Club races / events

Please note that due to a funeral in Laragh, tomorrow’s AGM and Club Winter League race will be moved forward to 9 am and 10 am respectively. The run will start from 9 am (5 km and 10 km options) and club AGM from 10 am instead of 11 am as previously planned.

AGM Agenda

Agenda for tomorrow’s AGM.

The primary purpose of the AGM is to elect officers and review the work of the previous year as well as get member’s view on club policy.

1. Adoption of standing orders
2. Minutes of previous AGM
3. Chairperson’s address
4. Youth Officer’s Report
5. Election of officers and members of the Committee
6. Consideration of Financial Statements and Accounts (Treasurer’s report)
7. Secretary’s summary of 2018 activity
8. Notices of motions (not motions received)
9. Other business

Winter League – route switch

Also the course run for the Winter League has been changed from the planned Miner’s Road in Glendalough to the Green Gapways course starting from the Glendalough Green. The Miner’s Road run will be run on the 9th of February.

WINTER LEAGUE: Round 9 info

January 21, 2019 by glendaloughac, posted in Club races / events, Winter League

This Saturday’s run will take place on the Green Gapways course (not Miner’s Road as originally planned) with the usual 5 km and 10 km options. Below are the expected times for those who have run before. To score well in the league you need to improve your 5 km or 10 km time by up to 1 min and up to 2 min respectively.

Finish and start line at the Glendalough Green. AGM in Lynhams afterwards from 11 am.

Name	Expected time	Distance
Torben Dahl	0:19:00	Short
Catherine Devitt	0:19:00	Short
Michael Heatly	0:19:00	Short
Darren Reilly	0:21:00	Short
Angus Tyner	0:22:00	Short
Amidou Dembele	0:22:00	Short
Jason Kehoe	0:22:00	Short
Derek Cullen	0:22:00	Short
Ben Mooney	0:22:00	Short
Arne Klohn	0:22:00	Short
John Conway	0:22:00	Short
Jack Kennedy	0:22:00	Short
Bruce Phillips	0:22:00	Short
Robert Cherry	0:23:00	Short
Rachel Wisdom	0:23:00	Short
René Borg	0:23:00	Short
Donna Quinn	0:23:00	Short
Marcus Murphy	0:23:00	Short
Barry Murray	0:24:00	Short
James Kelly	0:24:00	Short
Ciaran Frisby	0:24:00	Short
Barry O’Neill	0:24:00	Short
Colm Kenna	0:24:00	Short
Yvonne Brennan	0:25:00	Short
Aisling Kirwan	0:25:00	Short
Colm Mullen	0:25:00	Short
Claire O’Callaghan	0:25:00	Short
Alessandro Poloni	0:26:00	Short
Harry Conroy	0:26:00	Short
Sheila Donelan	0:26:00	Short
Terry Kavanagh	0:26:00	Short
Vincent Coller	0:27:00	Short
Niall Corrigan	0:27:00	Short
James Heggie	0:27:00	Short
Aoife Joyce	0:27:00	Short
Irene Clark	0:28:00	Short
Jack Conroy	0:28:00	Short
Keith Thompson	0:29:00	Short
Ciara Burke	0:29:00	Short
Aideen Burke	0:29:00	Short
Peter Merrigan	0:29:00	Short
Keith McLoughlin	0:29:00	Short
Philip Cullen	0:30:00	Short
Laurence Colleran	0:30:00	Short
Niamh Cherry	0:30:00	Short
Caitriona Murphy	0:30:00	Short
Colette Matthews	0:30:00	Short
Mick Cullen	0:30:00	Short
Sheelagh O’Malley	0:30:00	Short
Derek Cullen 2	0:30:00	Short
Andrea Cullen	0:30:00	Short
Flora McKnight	0:30:00	Short
Carol Costello	#DIV/0!	Short
AJ Cotter	#DIV/0!	Short
Heather Cullen	#DIV/0!	Short
Amanda Halligan	#DIV/0!	Short
Torben Dahl	0:34:00	Long
Darren Reilly	0:37:00	Long
Amidou Dembele	0:39:00	Long
Jason Kehoe	0:39:00	Long
Ben Mooney	0:40:00	Long
Robert Cherry	0:40:00	Long
Angus Tyner	0:40:00	Long
Arne Klohn	0:41:00	Long
Marcus Murphy	0:41:00	Long
Rachel Wisdom	0:42:00	Long
Michael Heatly	0:43:00	Long
Jack Kennedy	0:43:00	Long
John Conway	0:43:00	Long
Barry Murray	0:43:00	Long
Catherine Devitt	0:43:00	Long
Yvonne Brennan	0:44:00	Long
Aisling Kirwan	0:44:00	Long
James Kelly	0:45:00	Long
Colm Mullen	0:45:00	Long
Alessandro Poloni	0:45:00	Long
Vincent Coller	0:45:00	Long
Derek Cullen	0:46:00	Long
Ciaran Frisby	0:46:00	Long
Colm Kenna	0:46:00	Long
Claire O’Callaghan	0:47:00	Long
René Borg	0:47:00	Long
Donna Quinn	0:48:00	Long
Bruce Phillips	0:48:00	Long
Terry Kavanagh	0:48:00	Long
Harry Conroy	0:48:00	Long
James Heggie	0:48:00	Long
Barry O’Neill	0:49:00	Long
Sheila Donelan	0:49:00	Long
Niall Corrigan	0:50:00	Long
Irene Clark	0:50:00	Long
Jack Conroy	0:53:00	Long
Keith Thompson	0:53:00	Long
Philip Cullen	0:53:00	Long
Laurence Colleran	0:54:00	Long
Ciara Burke	0:54:00	Long
Aideen Burke	0:54:00	Long
Peter Merrigan	0:56:00	Long
Keith McLoughlin	0:56:00	Long
Aoife Joyce	0:57:00	Long
Derek Cullen 2	0:59:00	Long
Colette Matthews	0:59:00	Long
Carol Costello	1:00:00	Long
AJ Cotter	1:00:00	Long
Heather Cullen	1:00:00	Long
Amanda Halligan	1:00:00	Long
Flora McKnight	1:00:00	Long
Sheelagh O’Malley	1:00:00	Long
Mick Cullen	1:00:00	Long
Andrea Cullen	1:00:00	Long
Caitriona Murphy	1:00:00	Long
Niamh Cherry	1:00:00	Long

REPORT: ParkRun Updates – Avondale

January 19, 2019January 21, 2019 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Trail running

More training than racing to report from this week – Aoife Joyce had a run-out at the Avondale ParkRun today for her first 5 km ‘race’ in nearly 5 years and had an enjoyable time coming around in 24:10 on the somewhat bumpy course.

RESULT

Unknown, 20:06
Gearoid O’Brian, Parnell AC 20:11

————GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———

22. Aoife Joyce 24:10 (3rd lady)

Full results

REPORT: Corrin Hill

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports

Another result from the hills. As Catherine Devitt was racing at Hellfire, Barry Murray took to the start line at Corrin Hill in Munster. The race had the unusual feature of having three Pauls occupying the top-3 placings. Perhaps Paul is replacing John as the name to pick if you want to excel in the hills.

Barry meanwhile showed he was only a bit behind his early-season form of 2018 – finishing 7th for the second consecutive year in a time only 23 seconds slower than the previous seasons outing. With conditions in the hills ever-changing such small variations are nearly the same as ‘no change’.

RESULTS

Paul Tierney 26:42

———-GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———

6. Barry Murray 29:42 (3rd M40)

FULL RESULTS