Mountain running – Page 7

REPORT: Glacier Lakes ,Connemara, Wexford, London and Copenhagen!

Eleven Glendalough AC athletes did well wherever they went this weekend with five PBs, three top-10 placings and four category podiums as our runners roved from the hills of Wicklow to the roads of Connemara, London, and Wexford to the forest trails of Copenhagen.

WICKLOW GLACIER LAKES

Graham Bush put in a real honest shifts in one of the roughest mountain races on the IMRA calendar – the 41.6km connecting of all Wicklow’s glacier lakes finishing 7th and 2nd in the M55 category in an exclusive field of 23 runners! (yes it’s not for the faint-hearted!).

RESULT

1. Andrew Tees (BARF) 4:44:00

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

7. Graham Bushe 6:15:00 (2nd M50)

ECOTRAIL COPENHAGEN 20K

Rene Borg and Diarmuid Kavanagh joined a contingent of 17 other Irish residents for a trip to EcoTrail Copenhagen and our two athletes were taking on the 20 km distance through the bumpy forest trails North of Copenhagen city.

*Showing off the Wicklow brand in Copenhagen*

Two strong French athletes separated from the field early and Clement le Touze would go on to win by a minute. The EcoTrail regular had a hard time when he visited Wicklow in 2019 languishing in 53rd place but on Danish soil and with 4 more years running in his leg, he was a different man.

Rene reports from behind them:

“Diarmuid said ‘”they are in a rush aren’t they” as we settled into the main chasing pack. Aggressive running from both of us whittled that pack down to three: the two of us and former orienteering world champion Jamie Stevenson. Diarmuid held the lead until 7k after which I took over until about the 14k mark. Myself and Jamie worked together and talked for a little while before he built a break on the toughest of the later hills. From here it was pure attrition as Diarmuid’s second wind saw him begin to chase me down. I thought I had fourth nailed and kept a faint hope of 3rd in my heart when I took a wrong turn that cost 600m. Diarmuid managed to correct the error earlier but not before a Norwegian runner snuck in between us. Desperate and on fading legs I tried to take my position back but the lads kept what they had got and it was a respectable 4th and 6th place for us. With legs up we saw our travelling companion Julie McNamee (a runner of mine in Running Coach Ireland) take 2nd place after Enda Cloake – of Slaney Olympic – had won the 48k earlier. Great day for the Irish and the Hiberno-Norse. I was also happy to finish first Dane – beating all my countrymen in the race at least.”

RESULT

1. Clément Le Touze (France) 1:21:46

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

4. Diarmuid Kavanagh 1:31:18 (3rd MS)

6. René Borg 1:31:39 (2nd M40)

*Diarmuid on the chase at around 12.5 km in EcoTrail Copenhagen*

WEXFORD 10 KM AND HALF-MARATHON

In Wexford club captain Marcus Murphy was our first man home in the half-marathon breaking his 2017 PB by 2 minutes and 19 seconds despite carrying a few niggles going into the race. This was his 2nd PB of the year in what is proving a productive season. Gavin Kennedy got himself a 93 minute finish and also a PB despite not quite reaching his aspiration of sub-90.

Aoife Joyce nearly missed the start of the 10k and had to make a sprint for it but still managed 3rd in the F45 category with Colm Kenna following within the minute.

Suitably yellow-bellied in Wexford (Colm Kenna, Gavin Kennedy, Marcus Murphy)

RESULT – 10k

1. Dmytro MUSIIATCHENKO () 0:32:01

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

63. Aoife Joyce 0:47:00 (3rd F45)

103. Colm Kenna 0:47:59

RESULT – HALF-MARATHON

1. Sean Hehir (Croghan AC) 1:10:31

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

30. Marcus Murphy 1:27:38 (PB, M40 PB)

80. Gavin Kennedy 1:33:53 (PB, M45 PB)

CONNEMARATHON (AND HALF!)

Paul Duffy took 2.5 minutes off his PB from Wicklow Gaol-Break despite the tough Connemarathon course dipping under the 90 minute barrier for the first time with Nora Butler running within two minutes of her own PB on the course too.

*Paul Duffy struggling with the Connemara sun but not the course as he records a new half PB*

RESULT

1. John Lee () 1:16:39

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

22. Paul Duffy 1:29:33 (PB)

185. Nora Butler 1:49:22

Eoin Phelan took part in the full marathon finishing solidly in the middle of the field in 4:28:29 and dipping under this 4:33:30 PB from Dublin last year – a great sign of progressgiven the much tougher course.

Eoin in Connemara (and no, he did not use the ladies’ tent!)

RESULT

1. George Snee () 2:36:21

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

236. Eoin Phelan 4:28:29 (PB)

LONDON MARATHON

Finally, Wicklow Wolf RC alumni David Murphy was in action in the London Marathon (a covetted spot) where all the drama unfolded this weekend and where the world saw the second-fastest ever marathon time run. David got a tidy PB of 4:24:21 running with his brother.

RESULT

1. Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya) 2:01:29

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

25422. David Murphy 4:24:21 (PB)

REPORT: Large turn-out for Scalp

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports

There was a massive Wicklow Athletics imprint on the Scalp race with most of the Wicklow clubs well represented and Sli Cualann and Kilcoole AC athletes occupying 5 of the top-11 spots (it would have beeen 5 had Belmont winner Noah Harris not DNFed ) and Emily Ryan (Parnell) taking 2nd spot in the women’s race.

We had 7 runners in action as well as Lee Borland and Sinead Boland from Wicklow Wolf Run Club (who represens Bray Runners and Kilcoole AC in their day jobs). Laragh native Martin Cullen also ran well to finish 31st.

Philip O’Brien made his debut by being first man across the post. Tivon Tyner – son of Angus – also made his IMRA debut running for Setanta Orienteers. Glendalough AC dominated the M55 category where Angus took first and Alan 3rd.

RESULT

1. Killian Mooney (DSD AC) 0:32:15 (CR)

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

25. Philip O’Brien 0:40:57

29. Brian Lydon 0:41:44

41. Angus Tyner 0:43:10 (1st M55)

52. Alan Kennedy 0:44:56 (3rd M55)

54. Mark Lindsay 0:46:01

128. Mark Willoughby 0:58:45

RACE: Shanganagh,Rotterdam, Gaelforce, Aughavannagh and a not so Great Ireland Run 2023

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running

The first of two very busy weekends for our runners began with an eclectic mix of races ranging from the open mountain navigation over Lugnacoille in the Aughavannagh race to one of the fastest marathon courses in the world in Rotterdam as seven of our runners competed across 5 separate races.

SHANGANAGH PARKRUN

Angus Tyner kicked off the action Saturday in the low-key (but well attended) Shanganagh ParkRun recording 20:23 and finishing 2nd M50.

RESULT

1. Ben Paviour (Reading Roadrunners) 0:16:27

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

17. Angus Tyner 0:20:23 (2nd M50)

ROTTERDAM MARATHON

Then it was straight to the weekend’s main course: the Rotterdam Marathon where Richard Costelloe was chasing the sub-3 hour marathon (in his road marathon debut) and looked on form to potentially put the club marathon record of 2:57 under threat if all went well. But most of all, he was there to learn about the distance and the dynamics.

Rich passed things well running consistent 5 km splits at pace between 4:11-4:16 min/km and looked safely past the defining 32 km point when he started to slow down after 35 km losing just enough time over the last 7k to finish in 3:04:23.

While missing out on sub-3 is always disappointing when it is within reach, Richard’s time was the 2nd fastest run by a current member of our club and if you take into account the IAAF’s age graded ranking, it is the second best marathon performance by a member eclipsed only by the 2:59 run by Bruce Phillips when he was 51.

RESULT

1. Bashir Abdi (Belgium) 2:03:47

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

1744. Richard Costelloe 3:04:23 (PB, M45 PB, M45 Club Record)

6877. Niall MacCarthy 3:48:14 (PB) – WW RC

7156. Graham Wheeler 3:49:57 (PB) – WW RC

It was unfiltered satisfaction from our two WW RC alumni Graham Wheeler and Niall MacCarthy who came in close together (within a minute) and both secured solid PBs.

Graham Wheeler and Niall MacCarthy in Rotterdam

GAELFORCE KIPPURE 10K

Back in the muck and the dirt of Wicklow, there were feet hitting hills both in the North and the South of the county where Gaelforce held their annual 10 km hill race at Kippure while IMRA opened the Leinster Championship by returning the classical Aughavannagh race to the calendar. Wicklow Wolfer Cameron Soane finished 448th.

RESULT

1. Edward O’Connor () 0:40:58

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

448. Cameron Soane 1:29:17 – WW RC

Wicklow Wolfers Dave Bollard (left) and Cameron Soane at Gaelforce Kippure

AUGHAVANNAGH LEINSTER CHAMPIONSHIP

Aughavannagh is a classical championship route (having been a counter in both Leinster and Irish championships) but tends to attract small fields (in this case 40) due to the long time spend on open mountain, free route choice and onus on navigation. Graham Bush is no stranger to all this and had a tight battle with Liam Vines throughout to secure top-10. Former club chairman Niall Corrigan was also out and finished 27th.

RESULT

1. Adrian Hennessy () 2:20:20

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

10. Graham Bushe 2:38:35 (2nd M55)

GREAT (?) IRELAND RUN (NATIONAL 10K)

While runners navigated themselves skilfully over hills and through valleys, the same could not be said for the 2000 strong field at the Great Ireland Run (the National 10k championship) who were sent astray leading to the race ending up as an 8.5 km event. The only runner we had caught up in this was Sarah Foster who ran 45:54 – equivalent to a 54:32 10 km.

RESULT

1. Jake O’Regan (St. John’s AC) 0:26:08

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

843. Sarah Foster 0:45:54

UP NEXT….

The Leinster League continues at Scalp before Paul Duffy and Eoin Phelan travel to the Connemarathon, Blaise Kinsella goes to the Limerick Marathon, Marcus, Aoife, and Gavin go to the Wexford Half and Diarmuid Kavanagh and coach Rene Borg take on EcoTrail Copenhagen….

REPORT: Blown off Belmont (and Little Sugarloaf)

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports

A magnificent seven dauntless Glendalough AC runners braved the howling winds to attend the Leinster League opener in Belmont over the Giltspur ridge (also known as Little Sugarloaf) – a fast, steep, and rocky race with several technical descents.

LEINSTER LEAGUE BEGINS…

Brian Lydon – our ‘Man in the West’ – was home in Leinster and led the team home in 26th followed by Graeme Warren closing out the top-50 and Eoin Kennedy who summarised the experience simply on his Strava as ‘fun fun fun!’. Loraine Creane opened her racing season finishing 7th in the women’s category and overall. Both Ben Lewis and Sarah Foster likewise had theirs season opener as both recorded their fifth IMRA result. Colm Kenna was our final competitor on the night finishing slightly ahead of Sarah.

Eoin Kennedy (red) zips up against the wind in the early stages of Belmont and Little sugarloaf

It was also a great night for county Wicklow with 15-year old Noah Harris sinking the field and winning the race in a new Course Record. Whether it will stand or be taken down as ‘wind-assisted’, time will show.

RESULT

1. Noah Harris () 0:39:11

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

26. Brian Lydon 0:48:50

50. Graeme Warren 0:51:13

65. Eoin Kennedy 0:53:02

81. Loraine Creane 0:54:37

95. Ben Lewis 0:57:32

118. Colm Kenna 1:04:57

It’s now a big few weeks coming up with Richard Costelloe in action in the Rotterdam marathon this weekend, Diarmuid and coach Rene travelling to take on EcoTrail Copenhagen next weekend (with Gavin Kennedy and Marcus Murphy hitting the Wexford Half) before Blaise Kinsella tows the start line in the Limerick Marathon on the 30th of April. In between we expect to be reporting on more Wednesday night hill runners….

REPORT: Snow at Trooperstown, fast runs at Bohermeen and in the Netherlands

March 13, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running, Trail running

Two PBs, two age category PBs, two club records and lots of running over snow as our runners took on hills, trails and half-marathons.

TROOPERSTOWN WINTER

The weekend action started locally on the snowy flanks of Trooperstown dutifully marked by club coach Rene Borg who had to dust off one or two flags that had been further covered in snow from Friday to Saturday morning.

James Heggie and other happy runners in Trooperstown Wood – below the snowline!

The runners began in slush and light rain before reaching the winter wonderland of the upper trail to Boots and Trooperstown where the snow rose gradually from ankle height to shin height and back down again during the descent.

Mark Willoughby passes Trooperstown cairn

First home was Colm Kenna followed by James Heggie and Mark Willoughby (lamenting his cold feet!). Winner Killian Mooney secured the overall Leinster Spring League. Our highest placed finisher was Alan Kennedy in 31st followed by James Heggie in 46th. In total 69 runners completed the league and 428 did at least one race.

RESULT

1. Killian Mooney () 0:45:12

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

46. Colm Kenna 1:08:46

75. James Heggie 1:33:20

82. Mark Willoughby 1:46:52

NN CPC DEN HAAG 10 KM AND HALF MARATHON

The Devitt/Costelloe power couple continued their brilliant early Spring running over the two days of the NN CPC Loop den Haag where Catherine opened the weekend with a quadruple of achievements: 2nd in her category, an F40 personal best, and lowering her own Ladies and F40 club records).

10 km (12/03)

RESULT

1. Trond Einar Moen Pedersli (Norway) 0:29:59

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

85. Catherine Devitt 0:38:25 (2nd F40, F40 PB, CR, F40 CR)

Husband Richard was not to be totally outdone when he towed the start line for the half-marathon on Sunday 13th and smashed his half-marathon personal best from 2022 by 6 minutes with 1:22:29 (the fifth fastest time run in our club colours – the other four being run by Torben and Angus).

Both ran in massive fields with nearly 6000 runners in the 10 km and over 8500 in the half-marathon.

Half-marathon (13/03)

RESULT

1. Brian Kiptoo (Kenya) 1:00:53

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

385. Richard Costelloe 1:22:29 (PB, M45 PB)

BOHERMEEN HALF-MARATHON

Finally in Bohermeen Blaise Kinsella and Eoin Phelan got a run-out. Blaise ran well as he continues to settle into a routine after an injury scare last month in his marathon build-up. With 1:25:23, he ran his second fastest half-marathon and looks well on track for a strong sub-3 attempt in the marathon.

Eoin meanwhile kept it tight in regards PBs – dipping under his previous mark by a mere 4 seconds (but it all counts!). The tenth PB set by a club runner this year.

RESULT

1. Yared Derese (Carrick Aces AC) 1:05:58

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

174. Blaise Kinsella 1:25:23

893. Eoin Phelan 1:52:07 (PB)

REPORT: Annacurra, Bundoran, Corkagh ParkRun

March 6, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running, Trail running

Seven of our runners got their weekend race outings done and dusted on Saturday this weekend across 4 different races: the Annacurra IMRA Spring League mountain race, the Avondale and Corkagh Parkruns, and the Bundoran 10 miler all the way North in Donegal. We’ll go through them alphabetically.

ANNACURRA

125 runners made their way down to south-east Wicklow for a new revised version of the Annacurra race – the penultimate counter in the IMRA Spring League including four of ‘our own’. First and last of our scorers were members of the ‘Wicklow Wolf’ division of the club – Alan Kennedy (leading our team home for the first time) and James Heggie. Sandwiched between them was Barry O’Neill (in his first race since November) and Colm Kenna (running his first race of the calendar year).

RESULT

1. Andrew O Donnghaile (NUIG) 0:49:02

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

57. Alan Kennedy 1:09:31

79. Barry O’Neill 1:15:49

83. Colm Kenna 1:16:43

112. James Heggie 1:28:05

AVONDALE PARKRUN

Donna Quinn ran the Avondale Parkrun and crossed the line as the first woman in 21:30. Unfortunately, she was missing bar code meaning she’s registered only as ‘unknown’ in the results.

RESULT

1. Finn Buck () 0:17:36

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

7. Donna Quinn 0:21:30 (1st woman)

CORKAGH PARKRUN

Aran Lynham meanwhile was recorded as running 20:02 in Corkagh Park for another ParkRun as he continues building back the running-specific fitness after a 2022 focused on GAA.

RESULT

1. Barry Whelan (Tallaght AC) 0:17:00

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

12. Aran Lynham 0:20:02

BUNDORAN 10 MILE

Much further North, Nora Butler ran well in the Bundoran 10 mile race attended by nearly 1200 runners. This was only the third 10 mile race run by a Glendalough AC female runner in our 9 year history and the first by an F40 setting up the club mark for that age category to beat.

RESULT

1. Jake O’Regan (St. John’s AC) 0:49:23

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

368. Nora Butler 1:17:57 (PB, F40 PB, F40 CLUB RECORD)

REPORTS: 5k record for Catherine at Zuiderpark and Mullaghmeen IMRA race

February 27, 2023March 3, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running

The racing action dampened a little bit this weekend with only 3 runners in action.

Zuiderpark ParkRun

Catherine Devitt continued her strong form setting a new club 5 km record for women and lowering the F40 category as well whilst winning the women’s category in the Zuiderpark Parkrun. To do this she beat her own time of 18:59 set a few weeks back in the same ParkRun. These two runs remain the only two times a female runner has run under 19 minutes in our club colours although Catherine’s all-time best from club members (18:41 – shared with Aoife Joyce) remains safe (for now).

correction: Catherine had run another Zuiderparkun in 18:49 on 4th February which is the ACTUAL record time – not 18:57.

RESULT

1. Jonny Oosterbos () 0:17:51

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

4. Catherine Devitt 0:18:57 (1st woman, F40 PB, Club Record, Club F40 record)

MULLAGHMEEN

Back in Ireland, Alan Kennedy and James Heggie continued their IMRA Spring League adventure in Meath in Mullaghmeen Forest Park. On a winding course over 10.8 km (over 11.5 km for some!), Alan got himself into the top half of the field and finished 4th in the M55 category while James Heggie completed in 104th.

RESULT

1. Killian Mooney (DSD AC) 0:48:25

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

45. Alan Kennedy 1:04:15

104. James Heggie 1:23:48

REPORT: Howth Winter

February 17, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports

Torben Dahl opened his season at Howth Winter with a very credible 32nd spot in a race where many – including a pack of the leaders – took several detours leading to some familiar names finishing further down than normal and people completing anything from the allotted 7.7k to over 11km! (some like winner Killian Mooney ‘only’ added 400 or 500m to the course).

HOWTH WINTER

Nora Butler from Wicklow Wolf RC also competed and banked a spot in the top-100 and both her and Torben completed a ‘clean run’ of the route as intended.

RESULT

1. Killian Mooney (DSD AC) 0:37:58

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

32. Torben Dahl 0:40:39

100. Nora Butler 0:51:49

REPORTS: Bursting up Brockagh

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports

Only one race this weekend and it was the IMRA Leinster season-opener at Brockagh Burst. Two men in the top-20, four in the top-50, three category placings, two debutantes and a few returnees – this race had it all.

Graeme Warren checking in on the post-Art O’Neill legs (photo: Graham Bush)

BROCKAGH BURST (SL season-opener)

report by club coach Rene Borg

We had our third largest crew ever at an IMRA race (10)* at one of the most local races for us: Brockagh Burst, this year serving as the season-opener for mountain running in Leinster and the Spring League – something shown by sold out tickets and nearly 200 starters. On the side-lines we were also well-represented with Graham Bush serving as summit marshal and Barry O’Neill as deputy race director although no special shortcuts for our members we reported.

Paul Duffy, myself and Kevin Ferguson stayed close together up and around the first bend on the constantly steepening fire-road (at 1.2k). For Kevin this was his first race for our club and also his first IMRA race! In general the theme for our runners was comebacks: Derek Cullen back after injury with his first IMRA race since 2019, Graeme Warren returning to shorter racing after Art O’Neill and Paul Duffy back after nursing a peroneal injury for a month.

Also racing on the day was a good contingent of our Wicklow Wolf RC runners: Alan Kennedy, Mark Willoughby, Maria Forsyth, Elaine McKinney (one of the 2023 new-joiners) and James Heggie. It was particularly sweet for Elaine who won the F45 category!

RESULT

1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 0:25:11

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

13. Paul Duffy 0:30:26 – 3rd M40

15. René Borg 0:30:33

33. Kevin Ferguson 0:31:49

46. Graeme Warren 0:33:26

51. Derek Cullen 0:33:57

67. Alan Kennedy 0:35:34 (WW RC) – 2nd M55

92. Elaine McKinney 0:38:46 (WW RC) – 1st F45

100. James Heggie 0:39:36 (WW RC)

141. Mark Willoughby 0:44:48 (WW RC)

164. Maria Forsyth 0:49:30 (WW RC)

* Our record IMRA attendance at a race was Brockagh 2017 and Scarr 2020 (11 runners in each case)

Summit ahead, bright skies behind for Alan Kennedy in his WW RC gear (photo: Graham Bush)

As fire-road gave way to the infamous grassy bank, I carved out a bit of a lead on our other runners arriving at the summit somewhere in the top-20 with two runners closely ahead. A few spots back first Kevin arrived and then Paul Duffy. At the Xmas Party, myself and Paul had featured on the Table Quiz as the ‘Rivalry of the Year’ – facing off six times in official races – with me winning the 4 hill races and Paul the two cross-country runs. This year the tables look set to turn. I was enjoying a good descent – passing out 5 runners only to lose a spot late on to the hard charging Paul who gained at least 10 spots on the descent.

*Kevin Ferguson (yellow tshirt) arrives as our 2nd man to the summit on his debut*

Kevin was next over the line followed by Graeme Warren and Derek Cullen in that order and then came our five Wicklow Wolf RC pack: first Alan in a great 67th spot then Elaine (11th lady), James Heggie (securing his top-100 spot!), Mark Willoughby and Maria Forsyth.

Elaine McKinney near the summit (Photo: Graham Bush)

REPORT: In Art O’Neill’s footsteps – 2023 edition!

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports

Art O’Neill Challenge (and Pursuit!)

Three of our runners took on the daunting challenge that is the Art O’Neill Challenge – warming up with 25 km on the streets of Dublin before taking on 35 km of rough mountain side and trails on the way to Glenmalure.

The last man to complete this for us was John Conway in 2020 and he came through with a very strong performance finishing joint 5th with Parnell’s Michael Dowling.

Behind him was Graeme Warren who was well up the field in 41st despite adding 4 km to the route late on! Ross Thompson – the Dynafit ambassador and Wicklow Wolf Run Club regular – was next in 60th position. The course claimed 34 DNFs and many more who were deemed ‘non-competitive’ for various reasons.

RESULT

1. Fabio Baltieri () 6:52:35

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

5. John Conway 7:33:36

41. Graeme Warren 10:34:34

60. Ross Thompson 12:04:59

In the newly minted ‘Pursuit’ (using the roughly 26-27 km road section as the route), we had another trio in action – all Wicklow Wolf Run Club recruits. Nora Butler led the team home in 42nd position followed by Mick Green and James Heggie ‘fresh’ from his Ballyhoura Winter Moonlight Challenge the week before.

RESULT

1. Kieran Campbell () / Andrew Moore 2:07:39

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

43. Nora Butler 2:53:48

61. Mick Greene 3:08:39

72. James Heggie 3:15:42

BALLYHOURA WINTER MOONLIGHT CHALLENGE

James Heggie could have been forgiven for showing a bit of fatigue as he had done over 4 hours running in the Ballyhouras only a week earlier as our only representative in another winter running event – the Moonlight Challenge in Ballyhoura.

RESULT

1. John Kinsella (Bilboa AC) 2:03:32

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

160. James Heggie 4:12:00

The racing season continues today in the Leinster Master’s and Intermediate Cross-Country in Avondale.