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REPORT: Wednesday double at Scalp and Road Championship

by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

A quick report from the Netherlands before we dig into the Wednesday evening action from the Scalp and from Arklow for this year’s Athletics Wicklow 5k Road Championship.

BRABANTSE WAL 10K

Catherine Devitt was ready to take on a full Trail Marathon but the organiser’s ran into permit issues seeing her race reduced to a 10 km. On a relatively flat and fast course, she took another win in 42:33. Full results pending….

SCALP

James Heggie at the Scalp (photo: Peter Parker)

A crew of ten of our runners joined 199 others at Carrickgolligan for the Scalp race in the IMRA Leinster League with Richard Allan first home once again and finishing 2nd M50 with Alan Kennedy (2nd M55) and Joe Lalor (2nd M70) also finishing top-3 in their categories.

RESULT
1. Daire Finn () 0:33:00
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
22. Richard Allan 0:41:41 (2nd M50)
45. Alan Kennedy 0:45:50 (2nd M55)
71. Grace Curham 0:49:10
76. Angus Tyner 0:49:41
96. Niall MacCarthy 0:52:35
117. Andy Walker 0:56:25
157. Keith Mulvey 1:00:29
183. James Heggie 1:06:27
208. Richard Kieran DNF

WICKLOW ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

We’ve been present at every Wicklow Road Championship since 2015 and this year was no exception even if our contingent of seven was the smallest since the strange years 2019 and 2020 (were we sent 6 and 7). Late injuries and withdrawals meant our M50 and our F35 teams folded leaving it up to 7 runners split over 2x M35 teams to try and contest.

Gavin Kennedy led the team home for the lone medal of the day (our 31st in this event) finishing a solid 2nd in the M45 category – he also dipped under 19 minutes for the first time (18:23) for a breakthrough performance and banked 100 points in the Club Championship.

Gavin Kennedy leading the team home with a PB, first sub-19 and M45 silver medal

Next was Blaise Kinsella in 19:23 with club coach Rene Borg 3 spots and 5 seconds further back. Eoin Phelan was next leading home our 2nd team and breaking the 20 minute barrier for the first time with a very fine time of 19:49 (a massive PB).

Blaise Kinsella (front) with Rene Borg behind two Parnell runners

next was Graham Kearns in his 5k road debut in 20:49 with Colm Kenna 43 seconds later – improving his 2023 time by about a minute – and Mark Willoughby rounding out the team. Donna’s absence means Colm is now the only Glendalough AC runner to have run all 10 road championship races we have contested – keep it up!

Finally thanks to Donna, Paul and Feidhlim – our volunteers on the night!

RESULT
1. Alex Gray (Kilcoole AC) 0:15:30
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
38. Gavin Kennedy 0:18:23 (2nd M45, PB, Individual Silver)
65. Blaise Kinsella 0:19:23
68. René Borg 0:19:28
75. Eoin Phelan 0:19:49 (PB)
95. Graham Kearns 0:20:49 (PB)
122. Colm Kenna 0:21:32
145. Mark Willoughby 0:23:12

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP – AFTER ROUND 8

Gavin took his first ever victory in a Club Championship counter to move up to 4th and closer to the injured run-away leader Paul Duffy while Eoin Phelan’s fine run moves him up to 3rd with Rene Borg (absent the last 5 rounds with injury) moves up to 6th. With no women running tonight, Aoife retains her lead in that category.

RankNameRaces#Best 5Wins
1Paul Duffy5500.05
2Kevin Ferguson5448.90
3Eoin Phelan5402.70
4Gavin Kennedy4381.61
5Aoife Joyce4321.50
6René Borg3285.90
7Aran Lynham3281.00
8Alan Kennedy3266.80
9Mark Willoughby4262.10
10Graham Bushe2196.30
11Richard Allan2189.51
12Angus Tyner2183.40
13Anthony Breen2180.30
14James Heggie3179.90
15Catherine Devitt2179.40
16Loraine Creane2177.50
17Colm Kenna2167.80
18Claire Thompson2146.20
19Rebecca Whineray2127.20
20Gerard O’Rourke2122.50
21Graeme Warren1100.01
22Diarmuid Kavanagh196.20
23Torben Dahl195.60
24Marcus Murphy195.50
25Kevin Doherty195.20
26Blaise Kinsella194.60
27Chris willoughby187.80
28Rachel Wisdom187.40
29Graham Kearns186.80
30Philip O’Brien186.60
31Donna Quinn186.20
32Jeff Swords183.40
33Ben Lewis183.40
34Grace Curham181.60
35fergal Olohan177.70
36Corrie Adams177.60
37Niall MacCarthy176.90
38Neil Fusco171.80
39Richard Kieran164.20
40Brendan Farrell163.50
41Andy Walker160.20
42Sam Fleming155.50
43Aaron Kedward148.90
44Tadeusz Cantwell16.70

REPORT: Graham Bush completes original Wicklow Round!

by glendaloughac, posted in Challenges

Congratulations to Graham Bush who became the first runner to complete the original Wicklow Round below 24 hours. The original round was thought to be 18-20 km longer than the current version and after one failed attempt (by Tony Kiernan, Aisling Coppinger, Gary Morelee and one other (whose name escapes us just now) in biblical conditions, Tony and Gary returned to finish the route in 33 hours 56 minutes.

Graham Bush on Camaderry (photo: Alan Kennedy)

It was deemed to long and difficult for the purpose it had and replaced with the current round (generally 106-116 km depending on route choice) leaving out the long Eastern sojourn to Croghanmoira – the peak stricken from the round (a sad loss as it is one of Wicklow’s better peaks).

Graham stocking up in Glenmalure ([photo: Claire Keeley)

Having already completed the current incarnation of the Round and with times having plummeted for the existing version (with Gavin Byrne having run it now at 15:04 – 9 hours below the time limit), Graham started Saturday morning to bring the original under 24 hours. This process has been helped by the shortcuts becoming not just increasingly known but also increasingly well worn

Moving well throughout the day in fair conditions and with strong route choices Graham never looked in danger of slipping below schedule and finished in 23:07. Congratulations on this terrifc performance Graham and we are certain others will now have the gra for taking on ‘The Original’.

Graham Bush at the finish in Kippure (photo: Ben Lewis)

REPORT: Prince William’s Seat

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A new longer (10.6 km) version of the oft-changed Prince Willie’s Wednesday evening race enticed in one of our more experienced crews with an average age over 50 and Mark Willoughby our youngest runner (at 44) and Joe Lalor the age president in his first outing for us (at 71).

Veteran Joe Lalor running his first race as a Glendalough AC member

There was some joy in these older categories when Richard Allan was first home again as 3rd M50 and Alan Kennedy took another M55 third place for good measure and Joe Lalor winning the M70 ahead of John Fitzgerald. Next in were Jeff Swords, Angus Tyner, Niall McCarthy, Richard Kieran, Keith Mulvey, Joe Lalor, Mark Willoughby and James Heggie our ninth and final finisher on the day.

RESULT
1. Mark McAdden () 0:54:32
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
25. Richard Allan 1:04:30 (3rd M50)
44. Alan Kennedy 1:08:00 (3rd M55)
63. Jeff Swords 1:13:53
75. Angus Tyner 1:15:52
79. Niall MacCarthy 1:16:10
94. Richard Kieran 1:19:35
138. Keith Mulvey 1:31:14
164. Joe Lalor 1:32:50 (1st M70)
167. Mark Willoughby 1:33:29
178. James Heggie 1:45:27

REPORT: Catherine wins in Holland, ParkRun and Tower action locally, Clare Burren….

by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

A quick-fire report from boardwalks, trail and road as we pass by 250 races this year from our members. Eoin Phelan – in action this weekend – leads our ‘Most Prolific’ competition with 19 races followed by James Heggie (14) and Alan Kennedy (10). Most prolific woman so far is Aoife Joyce (with 8) – a tally she shares with husband Rene Borg and the current club champion Paul Duffy.

TOWER SPRINT – BEYOND THE TREES (AVONDALE)

Our first runner in action this weekend was club coach Rene Borg who lined up for the penultimate May ‘Tower Challenge’ at Beyond the Trees in Avondale starting at 8 am. One by one runners were sent off to complete the 775m run from the bottom to the top of the wooden tower – a climb with an average incline of 6%.

Rene finished 1st on the day (2:43) and fourth fastest so far. the best regular competitor has set a time of 2:36 so far with the masked mystery runner ‘The Twig’ setting a stupendous 2:03.96 on the run.

RESULT
1. Rene Borg (Glendalough AC) 0:02:43 (4th overall for the month)
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ParkRun Shanganagh

Colm and Donna continued Wicklow Road Race preparations at the Shanganagh ParkRun where Donna was first woman home in 21:03.

RESULT
1. Noel Mannion () 0:18:07
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
13. Donna Quinn 0:21:03 (1st woman)
29. Colm Kenna 0:22:35

STUWWALOOP

In Holland, Catherine Devitt notched up yet another victory on a cross-country style course of 21 km . Results are currently not available .

CLARE BURREN HALF AND FULL MARATHON

Nora Butler crosses the line in the Clare Burren Half-marathon

Nora Butler and Eoin Phelan took on the Clare Burren challenge over the half and full marathon distances respectively. While some sections are on road most are on the challenging terrain of the Burren but both came away with a very memorable experience.

RESULT – marathon
1. Dylan Kehoe () 3:13:35
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
48. Eoin Phelan 4:23:54
RESULT – HALF
1. Barry Hartnett (DSD AC) 1:26:21
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
86. Nora Butler 2:05:11

CIRCUIT OF AVONBEG

Angus Tyner (photo: Brendan Delaney)

At the Circuit of Avonbeg a select crew of 30 runners set off on the 26 km traverse (if you hit the shortest route) over much of the rougher terrain on offer in the area with Graham Bush narrowly edging out fellow M55 Angus Tyner for the last spot on that particular category ‘virtual podium’.

RESULT
1. Peter Bell (Kilcoole AC) 2:59:05
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
13. Graham Bushe 3:37:54 (3rd M55)
14. Angus Tyner 3:43:53

IN OTHER NEWS…

Also in running-related matters congratulations to club captain Marcus Murphy who finished 3rd in his age category at the Castle Series Olympic triathlon.

REPORT: Track and Roads (May so far…)

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due to the sheer volume of results recently, we will try to split into off-road and road/track reports for the main season.

WICKLOW TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

We have to start this report with Paul Duffy’s annihilation of his club and personal record of 4:52 for the 1500m distance (which will survive in our record books as an indoor record) with his phenomenal 4:39 in his third go at the distance – enough for M40 gold at the county championship. Behind him was friend Kevin Ferguson who was having his first go at the distance and recorded a very credible 5:24.

RESULT
1. Drew Donohue (Bray Runners) 0:04:16
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
9. Paul Duffy 0:04:39 (1st M40, Club Record, Individual Gold)
32. Kevin Ferguson 0:05:24 (2nd M40, Individual Silver)

As a counter in the Club Championship, Paul Duffy secured another 100 pts for his win with Kevin banking 84 pts.

GLEN TO GLEN AND LAP OF THE GAP MARATHON

Glendalough AC crew at the finish line

Our big local fund-raiser AND club championship counter saw Paul Duffy (half) and Philip O’Brien (full) first over the line. We had 13 competing despite nearly 30 club members being part of the 100 strong crew for the day (many helped before and after their races.). Rebecca Whineray was our only female contestant on the day running the full marathon.

Paul Duffy was pipped on the line for the 1st M40 prize and we got no further chances today to add to our podiums and category wins in this event.

Anthony Breen passes Glendalough Hotel in the half
RESULT – HALF
1. Tudor Moldovan (Clonliffe Harriers) 1:11:13
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
15. Paul Duffy 1:32:05
22. Gavin Kennedy 1:34:30
27. Kevin Ferguson 1:36:00
29. Kevin Doherty 1:36:28
33. Anthony Breen 1:39:30
68. Ben Lewis 1:47:23
158. Mark Willoughby 2:02:19
183. Brendan Farrell 2:05:43
Our men talk shop pre-half
RESULT – MARATHON
1. Marc Augustin (Le Cheile AC) 2:46:47
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
20. Philip O’Brien 3:39:12
22. Aran Lynham 3:40:02
55. Eoin Phelan 3:58:50
98. Rebecca Whineray 4:34:07
124. Aaron Kedward 4:52:08

FASTLANE 10K AND HALF-MARATHON

We move on to Fastlane races in Clondalkin where we believe there was PBs all round for Mark Lindsay in the half and Daniel O’Riordan (getting close to the 40 min barrier) and Julia Palma in the 10k.

RESULT – 10k
1. Lee Lindsay () 0:35:29
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
11. Paul O’Riordan 0:40:45 (PB)
62. Julia Palma 0:48:02 (PB)
RESULT – HALF
1. David Cullinane () 1:17:30
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
82. Mark Lindsay 1:36:28 (PB)

SANDYFORD 5 KM

Also in Dublin, Nora Butler ran 22:39 for the corporate 5 km there.

RESULT
1. Robert Corbally (Roughan & O’Donovan) 0:16:06
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
76. Nora Butler 0:22:39

REPORT: Off-road summary (May so far…)

by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

We are quite far behind with reports due to Lap of the Gap so here goes a look back at off-road activity starting with last night’s race at Brockagh where 14 of our runners competed. It was good to see some of the Lap of the Gap podium finishers (like Sean Meehan and Julie McNamee) out in action only 5 days on!

Loraine Creane – our first woman home at Brockagh (photo: Mick Hanney)

BROCKAGH

One of four counters in the Club Championship in busy May, a new shorter and rougher Brockagh course was run by 14 of our number with Loraine Creane finishing 2nd woman and Aoife Joyce winning the O40 category (finishing 5th woman).

Of our men Richard Allen was once again first home followed by Graham Bush who was 1st M55. Also a big congratulations to James Heggie who earnt his Club 100 tshirt.

RESULT
1. Daire Finn () 0:42:40
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
20. Richard Allan 0:52:38
22. Graham Bushe 0:52:50 (1st M55)
32. Torben Dahl 0:54:56
43. Alan Kennedy 0:56:39
55. Loraine Creane 0:58:09 (2nd overall, 1st F40)
60. Aoife Joyce 0:58:43 (1st F45)
67. Colm Kenna 1:00:34
69. Angus Tyner 1:00:40
72. Jeff Swords 1:01:21
94. Eoin Phelan 1:04:23
98. Niall MacCarthy 1:04:47
121. Gerard O’Rourke 1:10:11
139. James Heggie 1:22:53
157. Mark Willoughby 1:18:29
Torben Dahl at Brockagh (photo: Mick Hanney)

WICKLOW WAY RELAY

While most of our runners where busy working or running the roads – especially at Lap of the Gap – a few took on the Wicklow Way Relay including Rachel Wisdom and Robin Seymour whose ‘Where’s Patrick’ team finished 14th whilst John Conway’s ‘Mountain Misfits’ finished 10th. All ran well personally with Rachel 4th on leg 3 (3rd woman) , Robin 5th on leg 4 and John 5th on leg 8.

RESULT – leg 3
1. Malikka Hammani (TT Racers) 0:36:48
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
4. Rachel Wisdom 0:38:21 (2nd F40)
RESULT – leg 4
1. Donal Giltinan (East Cork AC) 0:40:44
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
6. Robin Seymour 0:44:18 (2nd M50)
RESULT
1. Laura McDonnell  (TT Racers) 0:39:29
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
5. John Conway 0:43:40 (2nd M40)

SUGARBOWL

We go back a week to the previous IMRA race with a new route by our own Graham Bush where a more modest six of our number competed on a gorgeous sunny day.

RESULT
1. Daire Finn () 0:43:51
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
90. Donall Flanagan 1:07:08
91. Eoin Phelan 1:07:10
107. Richard Kieran 1:08:46
111. Niall MacCarthy 1:09:21
113. Angus Tyner 1:10:10
119. Ben Lewis 1:11:34

ÀRDGILLAN

the last Wednesday night race we have to catch up on since our Scarr report was Ardgillan where two Richard (Allen and Kieran) ran along with Eoin Phelan with Richard K. taking the 1st M55 win.

RESULT
1. Daniel O’Brien () 0:35:49
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
17. Richard Allan 0:42:13
44. Eoin Phelan 0:47:02
57. Richard Kieran 0:50:05 (1st M55)

UTS 50K AND 100K

It was tough times abroad on the unrelentingly brutal Ultra Tour Snowdonia where James Heggie suffered his second DNF of the season while Alan Kennedy soldiered through his first ultra (and allegedly last!) in 12 hours 23 minutes in the UTS 50K (really 55k). On the day even the 55k had a 26% DNF rate.

RESULT
1. Brennan Townsend (High Peak Running) 0:00:00
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
503. Alan Kennedy 12:23:43

REPORT: (Nearly) Scarr …

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Paul Duffy – our leading man at Scarr(ish) (Photo: Ben Conroy)

Fourteen of our runners descended on the 2nd IMRA Leinster League race which doubled up as our fourth counter out of twelve in the annual Club Championship. Paul Duffy – as so often before – was our first man home in his favourite spot (13th – the position he has finished in in 10% of his IMRA races!). A few minutes behind was Richard Allan who continues to impress in his maiden season also finishing 3rd M50.

Kevin Ferguson (front) chased by Gavin (yellow) and Alan Kennedy in the latter stages of the race (Photo: Conor NOlan)

The course had been shortened from 8.3 km to 6.7 km due to NPWS concern around erosion of the top trail meaning a slightly faster than normal route cutting out nearly 2 km of the slowest terrain and with a new section around the forest and a kicker to Brusher’s Gap hut. The route also started further up Gaffney’s Lane than normal meaning an almighty jostle to get into position with little time for the field to spread before the many sections of single-track that make passing hard on this route.

Catherine Devitt just before being caught by Niamh Brophy. she would repass her on the final climb (photo: Conor Nolan)

Gavin Kennedy was 23 seconds behind with Kevin Ferguson another 34 seconds down and then 21 seconds passed before Alan Kennedy returned as the 2nd M55 on the day. Our first woman (and the third woman overall) was Catherine Devitt who also won the F40 category. Catherine briefly struggled on the descent losing two positions and sitting in 5th place in the women’s race before she rallied strongly on the little climb to Brusher’s Gap Hut where she retook her spot and put 20 and 23 seconds into Aideen Burke and Niamh Brophy on this final kilometer.

Aoife Joyce nearing the forest line (photo: Conor Nolan)

Aoife Joyce arrived just under 2 minutes later in 6th woman overall and 2nd F45 (1st being winner Sarah Flanagan). Eoin Phelan was next and a few minutes later Rebecca Whineray as 3rd F45. Richard Kieran and Gerard O’Rourke rounded out our contingent.

RESULT
1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 0:31:49
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
13. Paul Duffy 0:37:37
31. Richard Allan 0:41:35 (3rd M50) – WW RC
33. Gavin Kennedy 0:41:59
34. Chris willoughby 0:42:13 – WW RC
36. Kevin Ferguson 0:42:33
40. Alan Kennedy 0:42:54 (2nd M55) – WW RC
52. Catherine Devitt 0:44:00 (1st F40)
66. Aoife Joyce 0:45:55 (2nd F45)
81. Eoin Phelan 0:47:36 – WW RC
87. Neil Fusco 0:48:14 – WW RC
103. Rebecca Whineray 0:49:16 (3rd F45) – WW RC
112. Richard Kieran 0:51:05
128. Andy Walker 0:52:35 – WW RC
138. Gerard O’Rourke 0:54:14 – WW RC

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 4

Paul Duffy got the maximum score in the race for the Club Championship with several getting ‘on the board’ for the first time this season. He was far ahead enough to put a big points gap into several of the chasers….

The result consolidates Paul in first with Kevin Ferguson moving up into 2nd place and Aoife third. Only three runners have completed three races at this pint.

In the women’s ranking, Aoife Joyce now leads Catherine and Claire as the only finisher with 3 races so far. It was unfortuante loraine Creane missed out on the entry as she was well placed to move up into the top-3 otherwise.

REPORT: Belmont and Little Sugarloaf

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Nine Glendalough AC/Wicklow Wolfers descended on Belmont for the first Leinster League race of the season along with 258 other starters in one of the bigger fields in recent times on a Wednesday night.

There were two IMRA debutantes on the night (David Murphy and Richard Allan) the former being our first man home on the night ahead of veteran Angus Tyner who was 2nd M55 and Loraine Creane who was the 2nd F40 and sixth woman. There was also a club racing debut for Stephen Dowling.

David Murphy with Nora Butler on his shoulder both in the Wicklow Wolf RC teeshirt
RESULT
1. Daire Finn () 0:37:46
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
34. Richard Allan 0:47:17
47. Angus Tyner 0:48:57 (2nd M55)
66. Loraine Creane 0:51:56 (2nd F40)
77. Niall MacCarthy 0:53:25
86. Eoin Phelan 0:54:28
95. Colm Kenna 0:55:07
146. David Murphy 1:00:20
151. Nora Butler 1:00:54
182. Stephen Dowling 1:06:56

REPORT: Killiney Relay, Great Ireland 10k, trio of Wexford races and win for Richard in Holland

by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running, Trail running

while we wait for results from the Leinster League opener at Belmont last night, we have a truckload of older results to catch up on.

CLUB RECORD FOR CATHERINE IN HOLLAND

We start with the biggest news as Catherine Devitt took 10 seconds off her current club record for the 5 km AND improved her long-standing 5 km PB (run in 2012) of 18:41 with the new mark of 18:39 at the Zuiderparkrun.

RESULT
1. Ian Lowe (Oswestry Olympians) 0:18:03
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
2. Catherine Devitt 0:18:39 (1st F40, PB, Club Record)

ROSSLARE 10 KM

We start in Rosslare where Jonathan Cody had a good run-out which he followed up at….

RESULT
1. Paul Doran () 0:34:06
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
213. Jonathan Cody 1:01:26 (PB)

WEXFORD 10 KM / HALF-MARATHON

…the double-header also in county Wexford where it was Sam Fleming’s turn to run the 10k with Jonathan upgrading to the half-marathon where he was joined by Eoin Phelan our first man home on the day.

RESULT – 10 k
1. David Mahon () 0:32:37
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
265. Sam Fleming 0:58:07 (PB)
RESULT
1. Paul Doran (United Striders) 1:12:50
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
262. Eoin Phelan 1:42:07
1253. Jonathan Cody 2:33:56 (PB)

MOUNT LEINSTER

The third Wexford race to report on was the absolute classic that is Mt. Leinster – held over a slightly shorter (800m) than regular course this year but in great conditions and saw the very welcome comeback of long-standing member Barry O’Neill who finished 2nd M45.

RESULT
1. Anthony Forristal (East Cork AC) 0:58:58
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
26. Barry O’Neill 1:42:15 (2nd M45)

GREAT IRELAND RUN 10K

David Murphy was our sole representative in the Great Ireland Run in the Phoenix Park.

RESULT
1. Aaron Hanlon (Drogheda and District AC) 0:31:10
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
473. David Murphy 0:48:34

KILLINEY HILL RELAY

James Heggie was our only runner in the Killiney Hill Relay where you get drawn into random teams of three to run the 2.5 km loop of the hill and James set the 30th fastest time on the night out of 51 runners.

RESULT
1. Stephen Kennedy () 0:11:24
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
30. James Heggie 0:15:55

PARKRUN – SPORT CAMPUS IRELAND

Angus Tyner was first across the line on a parkrun course consisting 100% of grass with half on the dedicated cross-country course at the Sport Ireland Campus in Blanchardstown.

RESULT
1. Angus Tyner (Glendalough AC) 0:21:13

HENK HAKKER MEMORIAL RUN 30K

In Holland Richard ran away with the win in the Henk Hakker Memorial Run and commented: “Took the lead after a few meters and was solo for the whole race. Small turnout (15?), enjoyable route around some new trails. Had a nice chat wtih Henk’s son, apparently he was an avid runner & coach, still running marathons in his 70’s.”

The time looked at first to be a new club 30k record but as seems to be the case with many Dutch races, the course was 400m short!

RESULT
1. Richard Costelloe (Glendalough AC) 2:04:10

OLDER RESULTS – BELEEK AND FAT TURKEY 10K

We also got a late notice on the two ‘real’ PBs from David Murphy and Nora Butler which we missed in 2023 run at the Fat Turkey 10k and Beleek 10k respectively in december last year.

RESULT – BELEEK 10K
1. Rory Chesser (Ennis Track Club) 0:33:49
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
58. Nora Butler 0:45:28 (3rd F40, PB)
RESULT – FAT TURKEY TROT
1. David Kirwin () 0:34:27
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
81. David Murphy 0:47:29 (PB)

REPORT: Paris Marathon, 5k and 10ks on the road, Annagh Hill and Dargle Four Peaks

by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running, Trail running, Ultra running

We begin our report by extending congratulations to our finishers of the various Quest Adventure Race distances this weekend: John Conway, Corrie Adams, Britta ???, and Mark Willoughby.

Corrie Adams at Quest

MAURICE MULLINS 51K

There are still some errors with early starters in the Maurice Mullins 51k results but we have tried to manually adjust and report below.

RESULT
1. Barry McEvoy () 4:33:00
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
96. Richard Kieran 6:45:11
161. Alan Kennedy 7:29:27
213. Eoin Phelan 8:05:56
232. James Heggie 8:58:13

ROSSLARE 10K

Another ‘legacy’ result we missed was Jonathan Cody running in the Rosslare 10k.

RESULT

  1. Paul Doran () 0:34:06
    ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
  2. Jonathan Cody 1:01:26

ANNAGH HILL

Wet and muddy climbing on hands and knees was the order of the day at the always tough Annagh Hill course once again on the IMRA calendar in a slightly changed variation.

Eoin Kennedy on the slide since fatherhood?
RESULT
1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 0:57:40
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
23. Alan Kennedy 1:11:58 (2nd M55)
27. Eoin Kennedy 1:20:22
52. Eoin Phelan 1:31:12

WINDMILL 5 KM AND 10 KM

Aran Lynham and Nora Butler took on the 5 km and 10 km distances respectively at a windy ‘Windmill’ run. While PBs were not on the cards, Aran helped himself to a 5th place overall while Nora secured PB in the 10 km which doubled up as the Dublin County 10k championship.

5 km

RESULT
1. Sean McCreery (Rathfarnham WSAF) 0:18:57
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
5. Aran Lynham 0:19:33

10 km

RESULT
1. Ian Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) 0:31:51
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176. Nora Butler 0:47:53 (PB)

PARIS MARATHON

Donall Flanagan reported from Paris that while things didn’t quite go to plan, he was still relieved to get through this big city marathon.

RESULT
1. Uma Mulugeta () 2:05:33
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32205. Donall Flanagan 4:18:01

DARGLE 4 PEAKS

The most recent results came at the tough and muddy Dargle 4 Peaks unmarked mountain race where a strong field including several Irish internationals and the legend that is Robin Bryson (now competing in the M60) had a go at a route which is point to point and can be run either clockwise or counterclockwise.

Graham Bushe was our first runner home followed by the Wicklow Wolf women Grace Curham and Rebecca Whineray.

RESULT
1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 1:32:40
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8. Grace Curham 2:49:10 (3rd FS)
10. Rebecca Whineray 2:56:38 (1st F45)
18. Graham Bushe 2:10:36 (3rd M55)