Race results from the period 29th November to the 7th December.
BALLYHOURA AGM RACE
This weekend’s roundup starts in Ballyhoura on 29th November where Becky Quinn was our lone competitor in the pre-AGM run over 16.7 km. Becky was 3rd woman and 1st F50 (she has now won the F50 category in 33 of her 34 races this year).
RESULT
1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 1:18:12
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
16. Becky Quinn 1:44:56 (1st F50, 3rd woman)
WATERFORD HALF-MARATHON
On the same day, a bit East, Eoin Phelan lined up next to nearly 600 other runners for the Waterford Half-marathon – his 52nd race of the season so far – where he ran a solid 1:42.
RESULT
1. Ryan Creech (Leevale AC) 1:05:58
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
598. Eoin Phelan 1:42:26
CLARA VALE VALE 3K , 5K AND 10K
Some hardy souls braved the torrential conditions and wet trails to support the fundraiser in Clara Vale: 20 people turned out for the 3k, 15 for the 5k and 46 for the 10k and we had a few good results including Yvonne Brennan winning the women’s 5k and Colm finishing 5th in the 10k while club coach Rene Borg ran with his son Cillian to finish 5th in the 3k. In total 8 of our runners turned out on the day.
RESULT 3k
1. Aidan Tchakana () 0:17:04
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
5. René Borg 0:21:25
19. Gary Neill 0:45:12
RESULT – 5k
1. Elliot Gethings () 0:24:22
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
4. Yvonne Brennan 0:29:20 (1st F45)
RESULT – 10k
1. Thomas O’Byrne () 0:42:51
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
5. Colm Kenna 0:46:38
9. Andy Walker 0:47:34 – WW RC
19. Fiona Smyth 0:53:41
26. Cindy Doyle 0:59:42
27. Joe Lalor 1:00:18
JINGLE BELLS 5k
Despite nearly 2000 runners being out for the Jingle Bells 5k, we only had Nora Butler in the race and she ran a good 21:24 to finish 779th.
RESULT
1. Kevin McGrath (Bohermeen AC) 0:14:14
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
779. Nora Butler 0:21:24
SHANGANAGH PARKRUN
Tivon Tyner set his 7th PB of the year – most having been lowering his 5k time sequentially – and this time he went under 20 minutes for the first time at the Shanganagh ParkRun.
The club is on course for a record number of annual racers and November brought a good mix of hill, trail and road performances. After many months without reports, we pick up again with some later October and November results.
CHICAGO MARATHON
Let’s start by wishing Mark Lindsay a belated ‘well done’ on his Chicago Marathon. Mark became the second club runners to run in Chicago and his PB of 3:12:53 is the 15th fastest time on our all-time list and the fifth best this year.
As we go back in our records also a belated congratulations to our varies IMRA championship and league winners: Joe Lalor, Ian Bromley and Anne Bromley for winning the M70, M45 and F40 Leinster League categories, Becky Quinn for her wins in the IMRA Leinster and Connact Championships, and Graham Bush who won the M55 Leinster Championship and Joe Lalor who won the M70 category in both the Leinster and Irish Championship.
RESULT
1. Jacob Kiplimo (Kenya) 2:02:23
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
6804. Mark Lindsay 3:12:53 (PB)
LSA 4 MILE
Staying with roads, Aaron Cullen continues his terrific season on the roads by claiming the club senior and overall 4 mile record with a time of 22:10.
RESULT
1. Malcolm Kiplagat (Clonliffe Harriers) 0:20:14
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
8. Aaron Cullen 0:22:10 (PB, Club Record)
CLANE 5K AND 10K
Angus Tyner has been on roll reducing first his 10k and marathon over-55 club records this Autumn and at the 5k in Clane his 18:56 took nearly 30 seconds off his previous record while son Tivon set a PB of 41:39. James Heggie finished out our representation with a solid 52:40.
RESULT – 10 km
1. Colm Roche (Cellbridge AC) 0:32:18
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
53. Tivon Tyner 0:41:39 (PB)
165. James Heggie 0:52:40 – WW RC
RESULT – 5K
1. Donal Mongey (Naas AC) 0:16:02
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
13. Angus Tyner 0:18:56 (3rd M55, Club M55 record)
TRAILS ROUND-UP
On the trails it has been a productive season with Becky Quinn winning the Leinster and Connacht Championships (finishing 2nd in the Irish Championship), Graham Bushe winning M55 category in the Leinster Championships with 2nd places in his category in the Irish Championship and Leinster League. Honourable mention must also go to Joe Lalor, Ian Bromley and Anne Bromley who won their age categories in the Leinster League (M70, M45 and F40 respectively).
Our members have recorded a stupendous 310 hill and 246 trail results this year – nearly 3/4 of all races run by our members.
WESTERN WAY
Becky Quinn secured her 27th individual or category win in 33 trail races this season at the Western Way 28 k races where Eoin Phelan brought his season tally to 50 – only 3 away from his all-time club record for races run in a season from 2024.
RESULT
David Hernon () 2:23:10 ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
Becky Quinn 2:43:45 (1st F50)
Eoin Phelan 3:34:01 – WW RC
RUN THE LINE 11.6 AND 26K
Our usual good contingent at Run the Line was out with Paul Duffy leading us home with a time nearly 10 minutes faster than his previous best on the course. He was closely followed by Ian Bromley with Kate Flynn our first woman home. The two Kevin’s came in under the 3 hour mark and then Andy Walker.
Alan Kennedy was our sole competitor in the 11.6 km race.
We begin this report by wrapping up the Dublin Marathon action. Apart from the results reported last week, we now have confirmation of how the club fared in the Wicklow Marathon Championship which yielded 8 individual medals and a team gold medal for the women’s F35 team where Donna Quinn, Anne Bromley and Nora Butler combined to distance Kilcoole’s team by 27 minutes. The senior men’s team won Silver with just over two minutes ahead of Lakeshore Striders and 36 minutes behind Kilcoole. The scorers were Niall MacCague, Aaron Cullen and Eoin Morton.
Our two M35+ teams did not medal but finished 4th with the first team seeing Louis Byrne, Angus Tyner and Jimmy Cullen combining. The second team finished 7th with Ian Bromley, Ben Lewis and Steve Cregan the scorers. Our club was the third most well represented in the race behind Bray and Kilcoole.
Powerscourt Ridge
Powerscourt Ridge briefing (photo: John Shiels)
In the first race since the Dublin Marathon, we have ten runners in action at the IMRA race at Powerscourt Ridge which yielded two age category podiums.
RESULT
Matthew McConnell () 1:13:08 ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
Two road marathons and two trail races in our backlog of reporting.
ROTTERDAM MARATHON
Report pride of place goes to Catherine Devitt whose fantastic 3:01:39 marathon debut in Rotterdam knocked 13 minutes off Donna Quinn’s overall and F40 club records.
RESULT
1. Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) 2:04:33
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
919. Catherine Devitt 3:01:39 (PB, Club Record)
Brighton Marathon
David Murphy enjoyed good sunshine taking on the Brighton Marathon and reported: ‘Tough day, but got it done. 👍’
RESULT
1. Sam Cook () 2:26:47
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
1622. David Murphy 3:41:55
Westport Marathons
Wind, sun and hills were on offer at the Westport marathon where Nora Butler ran well to secure 4th female spot overall on a day where the course record was lowered to 2:33 by Sean Hehir.
RESULT
1. Sean Hehir (Croghan AC) 2:33:22
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
77. Nora Butler 3:35:57
WEXFORD 10K AND HALF-MARATHON
Before we turn to the trails, we had a few more road races – with Eoin Phelan building his lead in ‘Most Prolific’ racer to 11 running despite broken ribs in the half-marathon where new member Owen O’Connor ran in the 10k.
RESULT – 10 KM
1. Jack Butler () 0:35:04
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
193. Owen O’Connor 0:53:22
RESULT – HALF-MARATHON
1. Adam O’Connnor (United Striders) 1:16:12
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
575. Eoin Phelan 1:56:36
RESULT
1. Patsy O’Cualan (CG-258) 0:39:11
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
36. Tivon Tyner 0:48:55
Inis Oirr 10 km
Tivon Tyner ran the Lee Road ParkRun with his father – long-term club member Angus Tyner – in 22:52 (Angus ran 20:10 for 3rd overall) and then headed over to run the very bump Inis Oirr 10 km race in 48:55 – a club best for men aged 18-19 years in our club.
RESULT
1. Patsy O’Cualan (CG-258) 0:39:11
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
36. Tivon Tyner 0:48:55
STREETS OF KILKENNY 5K
The most recent result of our bunch where club secretary Donna Quinn had won tickets to the Streets of Kilkenny with daughter Lily (member of Parnell) to the Streets of Kilkenny 5k and ran a solid time while enjoying a night away!
RESULT
1. Cathal O’Reilly (Kilkenny City Harriers AC) 0:14:15
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
338. Donna Quinn 0:21:12
Maurice Mullins 50k
Only three GMACers took on the Maurice Mullins this year and it was Philip O’Brien leading the team home ahead of Graham Bush and James Heggie.
RESULT
1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 4:21:48
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
66. Philip O’Brien 5:49:35
68. Graham Bushe 5:51:27
237. James Heggie 8:40:23
Strahahely Woods
Becky Quinn took yet another victory as she extends her women’s win record with IMRA with Graham Bush taking the M55 and Joe Lalor the M70 at Stranahelly where James Heggie DNFed.
A full six race to report on since the 14th of March including Devil’s Glen – the third counter of this year’s Club Championship and a (sort of) trial for the Wicklow Way Relay team and a new men’s club marathon record!
GMAC in the news!
KPMG Lentemarathon Amstelveen
Paul O’Riordan finally broke Torben Dahl’s long-standing club marathon record of 2:57 (run, it should be noted, on the Lap of the Gap course!) and moved up to second overall among the fastest marathoners in our club with his 2:54:19 PB in the Netherlands. Well done Paul – gauntlet thrown down to all other aspiring sub-3 marathoners in the club!
RESULT
1. Aidan Billington (South Africa) 2:31:13
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
29. Paul O’Riordan 2:54:19 (PB, Club Record) – WW RC
ST PATRICK’S DAY 5 KM (TALLAGHT)
Mark Willoughby returned after a 6 week injury spell to race the Tallaght 5k on Patrick’s Day in 27:30 on a cold dry day.
RESULT
1. Ben Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) 0:15:09
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
288. Mark Willoughby 0:27:30
Crone Night challenge
Five of our runners took the chance to practice running in the dark (or ‘by head-torch’) with Graham Bush first home and 1st M55. This was first of a raft podiums – Chris Willoughby 2nd M50 (in his last race for us before he transferred to Kilcoole AC), with Alan Kennedy 2nd M55, Grace Curham 2nd FS and Rebecca Whineray 3rd F45.
RESULT
1. Peter O’Farrell () 0:39:05
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
8. Graham Bushe 0:42:27 (1st M55)
13. Chris willoughby 0:45:10 (2nd M50)
22. Alan Kennedy 0:48:24 (2nd M55)
41. Grace Curham 0:52:39 (2nd FS) – WW RC
45. Rebecca Whineray 0:55:07 (3rd F45) – WW RC
Askanagap Hill
Three of our runners checked out the new route at Askanagap Hill with Becky Quinn taking another F50 win. Eoin Phelan was 42nd with Joe Lalor winning the M70 category in 45th spot.
RESULT
1. Zak Hannah (Newcastle AC) 0:38:32
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
13. Becky Quinn 0:51:15 (1st F50) – WW RC
42. Eoin Phelan 1:10:33
45. Joe Lalor 1:12:19 (1st M70)
Devil’s Glen
The new temporary 8.3 km course at Devil’s Glen (rerouted due to treefall) drew a big crowd as it was a championship counter and a key race to show form ahead of the selection for our Wicklow Way Relay team. Louis Byrne narrowly beat out Kevin Ferguson with Angus Tyner a further 34 seconds back as the first m55 on the dya. Becky Quinn was a further 20 seconds back and first F50 with Loraine Creane 1st F45 four places back. Paul O’Riordan – recovering from his marathon club record – ran home with partner Julia Palma in 64th and 65th.
RESULT
1. Barry Minnock (Rathfarnham WSAF) 0:34:50
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
12. Louis Byrne 0:39:39
15. Kevin Ferguson 0:39:46
19. Angus Tyner 0:40:20 (2nd M55)
21. Becky Quinn 0:40:40 (1st F50) – WW RC
25. Loraine Creane 0:41:51 (1st F45)
53. Colm Kenna 0:47:57
64. Julia Palma 0:49:50 – WW RC
65. Paul O’Riordan 0:49:50 – WW RC
70. James Heggie 0:50:47
85. Brendan Lawlor 0:54:01
Forth Mountain
Claire Thompson had a rare trail outing at the independent trail race at Forth Mountain where Fiona Smyth also ran.
RESULT
1. Brendan Dunne () 0:49:24
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
68. Claire Thompson 1:06:38
170. Fiona Smyth 1:20:25
Aaron Cullen on his way to 4th place at the Wicklow Codling Windfarm 10k
DUNBOYNE 10K (NATIONAL HALF-MARATHON)
Nora Butler was our only representative at the National 10k in Dunboyne and scored a good PB on a course that was widely hailed as ‘flat and fast’.
RESULT
1. Jack O’Leary (Mullingar Harriers) 0:29:15
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
646. Nora Butler 0:43:48 (PB)
Wicklow Codling Wind Farm Half-marathon and 10 km
Graeme Warren led home the team in the half-marathon in the Codling Windfarm half-marathon (formerly the Gaol-break!). Paul Duffy was coming on strong until a calf strain on the final 4 km slowed him down to a jog and ruined any chance of a PB. Five more runners competed in the distance with a PB from Tivon Tyner.
Rebecca Whineray at Wicklow Half
In the 10 km Grace Curham was the first woman home in a PB (and her first 10 km road race!) as our only runner on that distance on the day. Ahead of her Aaron Cullen had finished 4th overall removing Aran Lynham’s male senior club record of 39:48 from our club books as he romped home in 37:13. This was the sixth club record set this year and makes Aaron the fourth fastest 10k runner currently in the club and his team the third fastest run by an active Glendalough AC member.
Hills were the menu for this weekend: on the roads of Kerry and the flanks of our local Sugarloaf.
SUGARLOAF WINTER
Kevin Ferguson at Sugarloaf
Club man Graham Bush had scouted out a new course avoiding the newly busier summit (after the introduction of the staircase to the top) which seemed to be very well received.
We had a ‘lucky’ thirteen on the long course along with coach Rene Borg running the short course with son Cillian and collected category podiums galore (5) with Joe winning the M70, course creater Graham 2nd M55 (ahead of club mate Angus in 3rd), Loraine 2nd in the F45, and Kevin Ferguson 3rd in the M40. For Alan this was enough for 3rd M55 in the winter League overall and Joe Lalor winning the M70 trophy.
Long
RESULT
1. Garreth Davis () 0:40:18
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
17. Graham Bushe 0:46:56 (2nd M55)
20. Kevin Ferguson 0:48:06 (3rd M40)
26. Richard Allan 0:49:15
29. Chris willoughby 0:50:25
34. Angus Tyner 0:50:39 (3rd M55)
36. Loraine Creane 0:50:57 (2nd F40)
44. Alan Kennedy 0:52:25
66. Jeff Swords 0:55:50
78. John Campbell 0:58:23
90. Eoin Phelan 1:00:28
123. Gerard O’Rourke 1:07:52
129. Joe Lalor 1:09:46 (1st M70)
157. Brian Howard 1:20:38
Short
RESULT
1. Leo Charnecki () 0:23:27
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
13. René Borg 0:29:38
GAP OF DUNLOE HALF-MARATHON
Siobhan and Fiona at Gap of Dunloe
Siobhan Brennan and Fiona Smyth travelled to the Kingdom for the tough Gap of Dunloe Half organised by Hardman. Siobhan got a 1:58:27 PB in her debut (roughly equivalent to a 1:50 on a flat course) with Fiona running her PB (from Dingle) close to a few seconds.
Two mountain running races to report on from this weekend past.
TROOPERSTOWN WINTER
Brian Howard (right) in a sprint finish
We had solid attendance as always at Trooperstown with twelve running officially (and Loraine unofficially as her order had not gone through!) on the long (9.4 km) and short (5.3 km) courses.
Ten of our runners finished the longer course – similar to the 2024 but a bit shorter and more direct – with Kevin Ferguson having a very strong run to lead the team home ahead of Johnny Conway, Paul Duffy and Chris Willoughby. This quartet ‘packed well’ finishing 22nd, 24th, 28th and 30th within a 2 minute time-frame. There was a further 1 minute down to debutante Huw Thomas in 34th and then Alan Kennedy in 48th securing another M55 podium spot. Brian Hendley and Andy Walker came in just after the hour mark and Monica Timmins just after the 70 minute mark in 116th with Brian Howard our last runner. 173 runners completed the race.
Rene Borg (green jacket) with son Cillian near the summit
RESULT
1. Emmett McNamara () 0:42:05
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
22. Kevin Ferguson 0:49:02
24. John Conway 0:49:27
28. Paul Duffy 0:49:55
30. Chris willoughby 0:50:56 (WW RC)
34. Huw Thomas 0:51:58 (WW RC)
48. Alan Kennedy 0:53:50 (WW RC – 2nd M55)
80. Brian Hendley 1:01:19 (WW RC)
87. Andy Walker 1:02:51 (WW RC)
116. Monica Timmins 1:10:18
166. Brian Howard 1:26:58 (WW RC)
Chaperoning Cillian and Feihlim, Rene Borg and Sile Keane ran on the short course with 23 others – a mixture of older juniors, under-14s, parents and older runners. First home was Loraine’s son Oisin in his Roundwood and District colours.
RESULT
1. Oisin Donelon (Roundwood and District AC) 0:31:25
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
12. René Borg 0:43:40
19. Sile Keane 0:54:58
Sli Chorcaí Ultra
James Heggie ran in Tipperary and managed to complete 43 km of the 71.5 km of the Sli Chorcai Ultra before having to retire. 66 runners competed in the ultra with a further 104 completing the half-marathon run as part of the same evenb.
The year so far has featured mainly trail and mountain running results and these last weeks were no different with two local IMRA races at Brockagh and Carrick to report on along with another outing for Catherine Devitt at the Puinduinrun run on the dunes and trails in the Netherlands.
BROCKAGH BURST
Tivon Tyner (front)
Brockagh Burst always draws a good local crowd as one of the nearest races to our home trails and this year was no exception with 14 runners out (compared to 7 last year). Paul Duffy led us home as many times before on the hills with Grace Curham finishing 1st in the Female Senior. There was an ‘IMRA debut’ for Tivon Tyner running as part of Glendalough AC – the son of long-term member Angus Tyner who won out on the day and was also 1st M55. Monica Timmins also ran for us on the hills for the first time.
RESULT
1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 0:25:33
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
12. Paul Duffy 0:30:27
19. Kevin Ferguson 0:31:51
34. Chris willoughby 0:32:58
35. Angus Tyner 0:33:03 (1st M55)
46. Grace Curham 0:34:49 (1st FS)
60. Tivon Tyner 0:36:27
62. Kevin Doherty 0:36:54
74. Andy Walker 0:38:44
78. Brian Hendley 0:39:49
83. Colm Kenna 0:40:13
87. Eoin Phelan 0:40:38
94. Monica Timmins 0:41:45
96. Keith Mulvey 0:42:02
138. Mark Willoughby 0:47:13
CARRICK WINTER
Monica Timmins crosses the finish (photo: Diane McConnell)
At Carrick, Chris Willoughby turned the tables on Kevin Ferguson (who had beaten him at Carrick) to be our first man home in 22nd place. Loraine Creane was 1st F45 and 3rd woman overall with Alan Kennedy (3rd M55) and Joe Lalor (1st M70) also securing category top-3s.
It was a shortened version of the 2024 course – wet, icy, slippy and mucky in many places – greeting the runners where Ben Mangan (coached by club head coach Rene Borg) took a narrow win against Niall Davis.
On the short course (planned 4.8 – 5.6 km with detour!) Rene Borg and Paul Duffy ‘chaperoned’ their sons up and down a very tough junior course both finishing just behind their respective charges in 8th and 12th and presumably ‘taking it easy enough’.
LONG COURSE
RESULT
1. Ben Mangan (Setanta Orienteers) 0:41:10
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
22. Chris willoughby 0:52:49
32. Kevin Ferguson 0:54:10
45. Loraine Creane 0:57:43 (1st F45, 3rd woman)
48. Alan Kennedy 0:58:18 (3rd M55)
98. Monica Timmins 1:08:58
99. Eoin Phelan 1:09:18
107. Joe Lalor 1:12:50 (1st M70)
Rene follows in Cillian Borg (representing Roundwood and District) on the junior / short course
SHORT COURSE
RESULT
1. Finn McGurren (Clonliffe Harriers) 0:41:10
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
8. René Borg 0:48:31
12. Paul Duffy 0:53:15
PUINDUINRUN
Catherine Devitt returned to the Puinduinrun – a 10.5 km mix of trails and dunes with plenty of undulations where she had finished 2nd woman in 2023. This year she improved her time by nearly a minute and took a step up the podium. She finished 29th overall (compared to 30th in 2023).
Dunes, road and local hills where this menu for this belated update covering races from 10th of November to 3rd December.
STOOK 10 MILE
Wicklow Wolf RC alumni Andy Walker was our sole representative in the Stook 10 mile – only the fifth run over this classical distance by a club member this year.
RESULT
1. David Cullinane (Ferrybank AC) 0:58:09
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
145. Andy Walker 1:27:00
HALVE DEN MONSTER
Catherine Devitt ran the dune race – ‘Monster half-marathon’ – or ‘Halve den Monster’ in Dutch for the second time. She finished 3rd woman for the second time in a time just over a minute slower than 2 years ago in what continues to be a very impressive season for Catherine.
POWERSCOURT RIDGE
Torben and Eoin Phelan braved wet conditions ahead of the IMRA AGM at the tough 15 km Powerscourt Ridge course.
RESULT
1. Sasha Chepelin () 1:12:32
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
105. Torben Dahl 2:07:19
123. Eoin Phelan 2:18:37
VALENCIA MARATHON
David Murphy secured a marathon PB on a very fast day in Valencia in the 43rd marathon race run by a club member in 2024.
RESULT
1. Sebastian Sawe () 2:02:05
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
12197. David Murphy 3:27:53 (PB)
WATERFORD HALF-MARATHON(ISH)
It’s tradition with the odd road trip for our club and county Waterford has been the destination for a few. This time it was a double quartet travelling to the Waterford half-marathon with several good runs and Louis Byrne leading the club home again after doing so in Dublin. Only real negatives on the day was that the course appears to have been roughly 300m short meaning times cannot be accounted for in the old PB reckoning and that Aoife Joyce had to DNF after roughly 8 miles.
Eoin Phelan extended his record of races per season for the club to 52.
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 in the dunes
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
Brian Howard – Wicklow Wolf RC alumni -at Gaelforce Wicklow
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!
Eoin Phelan shows off the Clontarf bling
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)
Eoin O’Neill at Run the Line
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.
Glendalough AC 