Author: glendaloughac

WINTER LEAGUE: Round 9 info

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

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

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

————GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———

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

Full results

REPORT: Corrin Hill

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

  1. Paul Tierney 26:42

———-GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———

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

FULL RESULTS

 

REPORT: Hellfire

by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Uncategorized

After the club shenanigans in Clara Vale Saturday, one club runners was involved in more serious business as the IMRA 2019 season kicked off at Hellfire Woods.

Seven day after her come-back in cross-country, Catherine Devitt returned for her first IMRA run since August 2017 and finished 14th in the ladies race and 86th overall with 217 finishers in this the first race of the Winter/Spring League.

RESULTS

  1. Conor O’Keefe, UCD 30:52

———-GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———

86. Catherine Devitt 43:46

full results: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/1672/category/O/

Winter League Round 8 – Clara Vale

by glendaloughac, posted in Club races / events, Winter League

Our Winter League is now 3/4 one with today’s Clara Vale run the 8th of 12 with 4 to score.

Overall results

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Overall result adjusted for handicaps (Round 8)

Barry O’Neill was the fastest overall on the 9.1 km long route with 39:53. He had intended to run only the short course due to a sore back but a wrong turn changed his fate and the course record – Barry was over 5 minutes faster than his handicap and finished 2nd in the adjusted rankings. Arne Klohn’s 40:13 was the second fastest and 47 seconds faster than his handicap. Derek Cullen with third-fastest time was 20 seconds slower than his handicap on a day when many were blown away – a few highlights:

  • Bruce Phillips 1:58 faster than handicap on the 9.1 km course
  • Aoife improved her time by 1:38 on the 5 km course
  • Donna Quinn 1:08 faster and set a new course record for women of 42:52
  • Yvonne, Arne and Colm all run 30-47 seconds better than their handicaps

On the other side Johnny Conway matched his handicap exactly as did the first-timers in this year’s league: Flora, Jimmy Cullen and Lizzie Murphy. Derek Cullen was the only runner slower than handicap – but only narrowly – he ran 41:16 having run 41:20 last time – full marks for consistency!

clara messy group photo
Glendalough Green is closed – where will we go now?
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Derek (sitting) ponders his handicap, Johnny (standing) just remembering his his

René Borg cemented his overall lead by running 7 minutes faster than his handicap to take overall victory on the day but this overall lead is now precarious: Donna Quinn lies 24 seconds behind with two ‘worse than handicap scores’ yet to potentially better and three more runners within the 2 minutes that they can improve by beating their handicap by 2 minutes in one of the last four races.

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Overall rankings after 8 of 12 with 4 to score

Of the runners with 3 or less to score, Derek Cullen and Claire O’Callaghan are well-positioned to jump right into the top-3 if they can keep current standards and Barry O’Neill and Marcus Murphy are dark horses if they can put together 2-4 good results in the last 4 rounds

PARKRUN ‘DOWNUNDER’

by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running
A belated race result from 2018. Torben Dahl ran the Wanake ParkRun on 29th of December as part of his holiday in New Zealand. If you’re around those parts Torben heartily recommends what was a stunning run with great view.
 
RESULTS
1. Michael CHRISTOFOROU, Edinburgh AC 16:17
———–GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS—–
5. Torben Dahl 18:46
 

REPORT: Wicklow Masters Cross-country

by glendaloughac, posted in Cross-country running, Race reports

Having missed the previous three instalments of this years Wicklow cross-country championship, it was heartening to see a big squad of our runners out for today’s Wicklow Masters Cross-Country Championship held in pristine conditions in Shanganagh Park today and hosted by Bray Runners. Thanks in advance to our hosts for a marvellous event!

messy team photo
Most chaotic team photo ever!

A great Nollaig na mBan

Our women where up first and we sported our biggest team yet with 5 runners: two of our ‘regulars’ (Yvonne Brennan and Donna Quinn) with Catherine Devitt and Aoife Joyce making their come-backs after extended breaks and Rachel Wisdom returning to cross-country for the first time in many years.

Rachel went off in an early lead but Parnell’s Catherine O’Connor quickly asserted herself and dominated the majority of the race to finish first – 24 seconds ahead of Aisling Smith. Rachel battled midway for the last podium spot with another Parnell runner – Ann-Marie Kenny – but lost out by 21 seconds in the end. As a consolation she took the Gold Medal in the F35 category. Behind our Catherine Devitt set out in second but had been caught midway by Yvonne Brennan and Donna Quinn.

rachel in lead
Rachel Wisdom on the first lap 

The girls worked together and packed well and in the end Donna Quinn paced herself best to take 5th overall – Yvonne and Catherine followed in quick succession in 6th and 8th spot and then Aoife in 15th. Such tight packing was duly rewarded: our women took Gold in the team competition with 15 points – 7 ahead of second-placed Parnell and four individual medals – the Gold, Silver and Bronze in the F35 category (Rachel, Donna and Catherine respectively) and the Bronze medal in the F40 category for Yvonne. This was the 5th team medal in cross-country in our history so far but only the 2nd gold.

 

‘A’ means medals: awards for Angus and Anthony

Not to be completely outdone, our men also took home two individual medals: Angus Tyner had another excellent race – as is his habit – finishing 13th overall and taking the Bronze medal in the M50 category. Not far behind was a determined Anthony Breen in 20th who was rewarded for his efforts with the Bronze medal in the M45 category. Barry O’Neill and Rene Borg worked together for the mid-part of the race and finished 28th and 31st respectively with Johnny Conway (making his senior debut in the discipline) in 37th. Next in was another first-time cross-country runner – ultra-man Duncan Barrett in 47th followed by Colm Kenna and Keith Mulvey in 49th and 50th place. Winner of the men’s race were the hosts Ian McGrath.

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Anthony and Johnny at the start (photo: Andrew Hanney)

Overall, our men finished 5th out of 6 teams with 51 points – avoiding finishing last by a mere two points ahead of the Kilcoole B team – every place counts!

All in all, 1 team GOLD, 1 individual gold, 1 individual silver, and 4 individual bronze medals represented a fantastic haul for the teams which will hopefully encourage everyone ahead of the 2019-2020 cross-country season!

A special thanks for our hosts Bray Runners for putting on a smoothly run event on a superb course.

WOMEN’S RACE (4K)

  1. Catherine O’Connor, Parnell AC 15:35

————–GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS—————

4. Rachel Wisdom  16:39 , 1st F35, TEAM GOLD

5. Donna Quinn 17:03, 2nd F35, TEAM GOLD

6. Yvonne Brennan 17:07, 3rd F40, TEAM GOLD

8. Catherine Devitt 17:25 , 3rd F35, TEAM GOLD

15. Aoife Joyce 19:06, TEAM GOLD

 

MEN’S RACE (6K)

  1. Ian McGrath, Bray Runners 20:24

————–GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS—————

13. Angus Tyner 22:01, 3rd M50

20. Anthony Breen 22:51, 3rd M45

28. Barry O’Neill 23:30

31. René Borg 23:36

37. Johnny Conway 24:12 (XC debut)

47. Duncan Barrett 26:33 (XC debut)

49. Colm Kenna 26:55

50. Keith Mulvey 27:08

 

WOMEN’S TEAMS

  1. Glendalough AC 15 pts

 

MEN’S TEAM

  1. Kilcoole 10 pts

5. Glendalough AC 51 points

 

CLUB RUN: Starting the New Year on Lug

by glendaloughac, posted in Club training, Socials

 

Seven brave club members decided to start the New Year with a bang by heading up Leinster’s highest peak Lug na Coille. Sadly, the forecast ‘partially cloudly’ conditions turned into ‘blanket mist’ pretty quickly as our group ascended the Table Track to summit Lug via Camenabologue.

A slightly rushed beginning to the descent to shake heat back into cold bodies led to the classical mistake of picking the Corrigaslaggaun spur off Lug na Coille instead of the planned for Clohernagh descent. Thankfully everyone kept their wits and calm about them and an alternative – if 10 km longer (!) – route back to the cars was quickly identified as our group broke through Drumgoff wood via some bush-hacking to rejoin the Wicklow Way and civilisation.

Despite the disappointment of missing out on the fabulous descent off Clohernagh including the ‘zig-zags’, we got lovely views of Kelly’s Lough on the way across Lough Mountain as well as a true adventure leaving many in the group refreshed in spirit if not in their legs! Now hopefully we’ll all stay on course in this Sunday’s Master’s Cross-country.

WINTER LEAGUE – ROUND 7 (Kevin’s Jaunt)

by glendaloughac, posted in Club races / events, Race reports, Trail running, Winter League

Arne Klohn demolished the group to cruise home in a fine 20:40 on the tough 5 km up to the turning point over Glendasan valley exactly 2.5 km from the Glendalough Hotel. The route follows Kevin’s Way up along the Glendasan River.

His time was a new record in the second running over the course and Rachel Wisdom also set a new ladies record with her 21:41. Only one runner raced/ran the long course – Bruce Phillips – and one took the option of running solo after the mass start (René). Once handicaps were factored in Arne Klohn still retained the win ahead of Rachel Wisdom and Aoife Joyce.

Bruce Phillips was the first person to do the long course so his 49:49 stands as the course record for that as well.

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Arne’s win moves him up to third in the standings and with 5 races left and 4 runners on 3 races (with 4 to score) competition is heating up.

REPORT: Xmas Racing at Djouce and in Wexford

by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running, Trail running
Arne hammering to the finish line at Djouce Woods

Arne Klohn continued recent good form with a fine 18th place finish at IMRA’s Djouce Remembrance Race. It was great to see good club turn-out at an event where many old friends passed in the recent years were remembered.

  1. Neilus Healy 28:57

———GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———–

18. Arne Klohn 33:11

31. Derek Cullen 35:29

34. Yvonne Brennan 35:44 (2nd lady, 2nd F40)

45. Bruce Phillips 39:54

Full results

 

Meanwhile club coach René Borg braved the stampede on the harbour front in Wexford running 6:09 for the Goal Mile Wexford.

René turning for the sharp cones at Wexford Quay