Race reports – Page 2 – Glendalough AC

Glendalough AC: Early Season Racing Highlights

The opening weeks of the season saw Glendalough AC members ease back into racing with a varied mix of hill, road, trail, and marathon events, combining steady returns, family-friendly outings, and some standout performances. From solid placings at the Pier Gates Remembrance Race and the MJ Bolton Memorial, to winter IMRA action at Ballyhoura, the early calendar also delivered notable milestones: Louis Byrne and Christina Byrne setting new club age-category records at Ferrycarrig, Aaron Cullen breaking a long-standing 5 km club record at the Coca Cola 5 km, and Monica Timmins opening her marathon account for the year with a Donadea PB.

PIER GATES REMEMBRANCE RACE

Last year’s racing season concluded for our members with the Pier Gates Remembrance hill race which was run on a course about 1 km shorter than the 2025 edition. Ian Bromley was our first man home with Kate Flynn next (and second FS) with Alan Kennedy next as the 3rd M55. It was also great to Huw Thomas back after long-term injury as he partook in the short race.

LONG

RESULT

1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 0:33:30

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

25. Ian Bromley 0:44:08 – WW RC

31. Kate Flynn 0:45:58 (2nd FS) – WW RC

47. Alan Kennedy 0:49:18 (3rd M55) – WW RC

87. Andy Walker 0:56:14 – WW RC

93. Eoin Phelan 0:57:22 – WW RC

111. Brendan Lawlor 1:01:11

136. Joe Lalor 1:06:29 (2nd M70)

157. James Heggie 1:13:18 – WW RC

SHORT

RESULT

1. Finn McGurren (Clonliffe Harriers) 0:29:04

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

25. Huw Thomas 0:40:59 – WW RC

MJ BOLTON MEMORIAL RACE

The memorial 5 km for MJ Bolton has become the starting point for the racing calendar these last few years, and this year’s edition had a new (allegedly tougher) course with an uphill finish. Usually, taking more as a blow-out than a full on race, there was still a big field and fast times around the field although most of our participants took it easy with Aoife Joyce and Catherine Devitt running along with respective sons Cillian and Rowan.

RESULT

1. Dean Power () 0:26:01

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

135. Ciara Flynn 0:30:56

144. Aoife Joyce 0:32:09

153. Catherine Devitt 0:34:29

BALLYHOURA WINTER

Eoin Phelan was our most prolific runner both in 2024 and 2025 and he shows no sign of losing his desire to race with another outing at one of the first IMRA races of the year – the Ballyhoura Winter Moonlight Challenge on 3rd January.

RESULT

1. Matthew McConnell () 0:29:16

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

142. Eoin Phelan 3:51:03 – WW RC

FERRYCARRIG 5 MILE

On the 4th of January, Aoife Joyce returned to her home area to race the Ferrycarrig 5 mile (also on a new, allegedly tougher, course than previous edition), accompanied by the family trio of Louis Byrne, Christina Byrne and Ann Cunningham. Louis set a new 5 mile club and M40 record while Christina set the mark for the F70 category.

RESULT

1. Evan Fitzgerald (West Waterford AC) 0:26:01

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

34. Louis Byrne 0:31:02 (Club Record, PB)

98. Aoife Joyce 0:36:25

258. Ann Cunningham 0:47:11

285. Christina Byrne 0:49:56 (2nd F70, Club F70 record)

COCA COLA 5 KM

Today, Amidou Dembele’s 9 year old 5 km club record of 16:45 was finally beaten when Aaron Cullen took 8th place while recording a time of 16:44 in the Coca Cola 5 km race. This is both the new senior and overall record and, we have a feeling, not the last record Aaron will break this year.

RESULT

1. Danny Nugent (Ace AC) 0:29:16

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

8. Aaron Cullen 0:16:44 (PB, Club Record PB) – WW RC

DONADEA MARATHON

Monica Timmins ran the first marathon of the year for our club, setting a new PB despite the trail surface of Donadea Forest.

RESULT

1. David Murphy (Clonliffe Harriers) 0:29:16

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

38. Monica Timmins 4:20:45 (PB)

REPORT: Ballyhoura, Clara, Jingle Bells, Shanganagh

December 12, 2025 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running, Trail running

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.

RESULT

1. Matthew Barry () 0:16:42

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

12. Tivon Tyner 0:19:45 (PB)

REPORT: Gaelforce, Run the Line, Western Way, LSA 4 mile, Chicago Marathon

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Trail running

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.

RESULT – 26k

RESULT

1. Niall Davis () 2:05:17

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

37. Paul Duffy 2:25:50

52. Ian Bromley 2:30:17 – WW RC

78. Kate Flynn 2:37:37 – WW RC

111. Kevin Doherty 2:44:10

123. Anne Bromley 2:46:25 – WW RC

169. Kevin Ferguson 2:55:59

264. Andy Walker 3:14:17 – WW RC

RESULT – 11.6 KM

1. Mark Fitzachary (Rathfarnham WSAF) 0:53:33

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

65. Alan Kennedy 1:11:55 – WW RC

RESULTS: Powerscourt Ridge and Marathon medals round-up

November 2, 2025 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running

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

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————-
Becky Quinn 1:37:44 (1st F50)
Kate Flynn 1:41:26 (3rd FS)
Christopher Shannon 1:43:42 – WW RC
Alan Kennedy 1:50:40 – WW RC
Eoin Kennedy 1:54:11
James Fitzgerald 2:02:00 – WW RC
Andy Walker 2:06:18 – WW RC
Monica Timmins 2:13:44
Eoin Phelan 2:26:52 – WW RC
James Heggie 2:46:25 – WW RC

REPORT: DUBLIN AND VENICE MARATHONS

October 27, 2025October 28, 2025 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running

The Dublin Marathon is unsurprisingly one of the biggest events for our club every year: last year saw a record 27 participants and this year we broke that with 28 runners whilst Ross Thompson was also in action in Venica (with former member and Wicklow Wolfer Chris Willoughby).

This is a recent development as we didn’t have any participation in the Dublin Marathon until 2017, only two in 2019 and when things resumed in 2022 we had 8 before we began to see the rise with 17 in 2023. All in all, 91 Glendalough AC have runners have completed the Dublin Marathon in the 6 editions since 2017.

Fantastic to see so many out and running so well – congratulations to all the finishers and enjoy the well-deserved rest this week.

DUBLIN MARATHON

Several new club records were set on the streets of Dublin with Niall MacCague taking 1:28 off Paul O’Riordan’s overall and M35 record of 2:54:19 (set in Amsterdam in March). Torben Dahl retains his hold on the ‘all-time’ best time by a club athlete (of 2:50) run during his time with Crusaders AC.

Angus Tyner lowered his own m55 record by nearly 8 minutes with a time of 3:06 which also made him the highest placed category runner in Dublin (24th in the m55 category).

Aaron Cullen’s fine 2:55:34 took 17 minutes off Aran Lynham’s Male Senior record from 2023.

Louis Byrne took 63 seconds off Blaise Kinsella (now of Parnell AC) 2023 record with a fine PB of 2:58:58*. Both Aoife Joyce and Donna Quinn broke the previous best time for the F45 but it will be Donna’s impressive 3:18:10 that is now the new F45 mark.

We don’t yet have a full overview of Personal Bests – except we know there were a lot more than called out below – or of any of our runners being involved with team medals or individual regional or county medals. We will try to follow up with that at a later stage.

* Five runners have now banked sub-3 times while being members of our club: Torben Dahl (2017) and now in 2025 Paul O’Riordan, Niall MacCague, Aaron Cullen and Louis Byrne (in that order).

RESULT

1. Daniel Meslin () 2:08:51

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

504. Niall MacCague 2:52:51 (PB, Club Record – overall and M35)

641. Aaron Cullen 2:55:34 (PB, MS Club Record) – WW RC

1044. Louis Byrne 2:58:58 (PB, M40 Club Record)

1135. Eoin Morton 3:00:06 (PB) – WW RC

1426. Angus Tyner 3:06:06 (PB, M55 Club Record)

2060. Neil Fusco 3:13:41 – WW RC

2091. Jimmy Cullen 3:14:04 (PB)

2137. Gavin Kennedy 3:14:30 (PB) – WW RC

2307. Ian Bromley 3:16:22 – WW RC

2373. Sebastian Slotwinski 3:16:59

2507. Donna Quinn 3:18:10 (F45 Club Record)

3807. Anne Bromley 3:27:59 (PB)

4103. Nora Butler 3:29:27 (PB)

4399. Ben Lewis 3:31:49

4620. Kevin Ferguson 3:33:53

7400. Claire Thompson 3:50:46

7871. Eoin Phelan 3:53:24

8214. Emmet Bergin 3:55:04

9078. Alan McCarthy 3:58:23

9580. Aoife Joyce 4:01:15

11376. James McCarthy 4:14:19

11668. Philip O’Brien 4:16:23

12671. Fiona Smyth 4:23:59

13162. Steve Gregan 4:27:32

16469. Edson Ferreira 5:08:22

16719. Matthew O’Brien 5:13:53

18008. James Heggie 6:04:01

VENICE MARATHON

We couldn’t find Ross results yet but will update once we get them. In the meantime a shot from sunny Venice!

REPORT: Wicklow Road Champs 25

June 16, 2025 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running

We are still working through a massive backlog of results so let’s start from near the end with last week’s Wicklow Road Championship. The tenth we attended and this time with our second biggest squad (13) we’ve sent to these events.

First home was Paul Duffy, reigning club champion, taking 100 pts in our club championship but more importantly a personal best and first run under 18 minutes. Louis Byrne was next in a strong 18:32 with Gavin Kennedy third. Angus took another in a long line of category medals finishing 3rd in the M55 category while matching his own club M55 record of 19:24. Jimmy Cullen also had a strong run dipping sub-20 in his first championship appearance for our team.

Our women’s team have won many team and individual medals and continued the streak when Donna, Aoife and Claire combined for Team Bronze. Fourth woman was Monica Timmins with a PB of 24:30 and Chrissie Byrne who won individual silver in the F70 category and set the mark for any future F70 5 km to beat.

RESULT

1. Ger Forde (Kilkenny City Harriers AC) 0:15:02

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

48. Paul Duffy 0:17:57 (PB)

64. Louis Byrne 0:18:32

82. Gavin Kennedy 0:19:11

91. Angus Tyner 0:19:24 (3rd M55, Individual Bronze)

109. Jimmy Cullen 0:19:51

114. Aran Lynham 0:20:03

138. Tivon Tyner 0:20:46 (MJ Club Record)

151. Donna Quinn 0:21:28 (Team Bronze)

159. Aoife Joyce 0:22:00 (Team Bronze)

163. Claire Thompson 0:22:06 (Team Bronze)

171. Colm Kenna 0:22:30

207. Monica Timmins 0:24:30 (PB)

258. Christina Byrne 0:32:06 (2nd F70, PB, Individual Silver, Club Category Record)

REPORT: Brighton, Rotterdam and Westport Marathons, Wexford 10k/ and Half, Maurice Mullins 50k, Gaelforce and Strahahely Woods

April 18, 2025 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running, Trail running, Ultra running

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.

RESULT

1. Ben Mangan (Setanta Orienteers / Running Coach Ireland) 1:14:49 (Course Record)

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

7. Becky Quinn 1:28:25 (1st woman)

10. Graham Bushe 1:31:15 (1st M55)

43. Joe Lalor 2:07:20 (1st M70)

53. James Heggie DNF

GAELFORCE BELMONT 10K

Edson participated in another Gaelforce event – this one in Belmont with Laura Cardiff also finishing.

RESULT

1. Joe Roche () 0:46:51

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

156. Edson Ferreira 1:05:47

418. Laura Cardiff 1:22:45

REPORT: Crone Night, Askanagap Hill, Devil’s Glen, Forth Mountain, KPMG Marathon, Dunboyne 10k and Wicklow Half-marathon!

March 29, 2025April 1, 2025 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running, Trail running

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!

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.

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.

half-marathon

RESULT

1. Daragh Keegan (Donore Harriers) 1:16:05

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

13. Graeme Warren 1:25:56

50. Paul Duffy 1:32:49

139. Eoin Phelan 1:38:54

239. Tivon Tyner 1:44:22 (PB)

458. Rebecca Whineray 1:54:32

495. Philip Nordmand Andersen 1:52:48

501. John Campbell 1:55:32

542. Edson Ferreira 1:56:45

10 km

RESULT

1. Alex Gray (Kilcoole AC) 0:35:04

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

4. Aaron Cullen 0:37:13 (MS club record, PB – TBC) – WW RC

31. Grace Curham 0:44:13 (1st FS, PB) – WW RC

REPORT: Gorey 10 mile, Wicklow Way Half, CPC and Bohermeen Half and Annacurra Trail

March 14, 2025 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running, Trail running

Two road races and two trails races to catch up on….

Gorey 10 mile

We were represented by Sile Keane in Wexford, who delivered a strong performance to achieve a personal best time of 1:53:21, placing 279th overall.

RESULT

1. Sean Hehir (Croghan AC) 0:55:41

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

279. Sile Keane 1:53:21 (PB)

CPC HALF-MARATHON DEN HAAG

Catherine lowers the club half-marathon record for women again!

Also this previous Sunday Catherine Devitt lowered her own PB and women’s overall and F40 half-marathon record from 1:25:49 to 1:23:27 putting her five minutes clear of any other female runner in the club over the distance with a time that ranks as the seventh fastest PB overall in the club currently. this was enough for 562nd spot out of nearly 20,000 competitors!

Catherine also secured savage bragging rights on the homefront when husband Richard Costello (one of the six men ahead of her on the PB list) came in four minutes and 386 spots later in an otherwise fine 1:27:04 (about 5.5 minutes off his current PB and the club M45 record).

RESULT

1. Eric Sang (Kenya) 0:59:36

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

562. Catherine Devitt 1:23:27 (PB, Club Record)

948. Richard Costelloe 1:27:04

Wicklow Way Half

We had a strong club turnout with notable performances across multiple age categories. Paul Duffy led us home, finishing in a commendable 30th position in 2:06:03, closely followed by Kevin Ferguson in 40th. Special congratulations go to Loraine Creane who secured 3rd place in the F40 category, Angus Tyner who placed 2nd in the M55, and Alan Kennedy who completed our podium successes with 3rd place in the M55 category.

RESULT

1. Adam Cunningham (Mourne Runners AC) 1:45:13

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

30. Paul Duffy 2:06:03

40. Kevin Ferguson 2:09:47

59. Loraine Creane 2:16:36 (3rd F40)

61. Angus Tyner 2:16:58 (2nd M55)

82. Eoin O’NEILL 2:21:58

85. Alan Kennedy 2:23:47 (3rd M55)

167. Andy Walker 2:42:01

183. Brian Hendley 2:46:46

186. Eoin Phelan 2:48:52

227. Monica Timmins 2:58:41

274. James Heggie 3:17:30

Bohermeen Half

Half-marathon action continued on the roads at the Bohermeen Half Marathon. Blaise Kinsella was our fastest finisher, placing 327th overall with an impressive 1:27:30. Mark Lindsay, Graham Kearns, and Paul O’Riordan all broke the 1:40 mark, showcasing solid mid-pack strength. Julia Palma rounded out our participation, crossing the line in 1:53:24.

RESULT

1. Michael Fox (Armagh AC) 1:07:23

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

327. Blaise Kinsella 1:27:30

718. Mark Lindsay 1:38:49

728. Graham Kearns 1:39:24

747. Paul O’Riordan 1:38:58

1203. Julia Palma 1:53:24

Annacurra Trail

At the challenging Annacurra Trail race, Becky Quinn was a standout performer for us, winning the F50 category in a swift 49:59 and securing 23rd overall. Eoin Phelan also represented us ‘as usual’ as you’d be tempted to say as he racks up the races, finishing 49th in 57:17.

RESULT

1. Matthew McConnell () 0:37:45

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

23. Becky Quinn 0:49:59 (1st F50)

49. Eoin Phelan 0:57:17

REPORT: Hospice Half, Moneystown 4 mile, Annacurra Trail, and Carlingford 10k

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running, Trail running

Big focus on road races in this report with a slew of Club Records falling on the 4 mile and even the classical 10 km distance! A few of our runners also decided to skip the Moneystown 4 miler and head further south to the Annacurra Trail Race. Updated Club Records can be found here.

WICKLOW HOSPICE HALF

We had nine people in action at the annual Wicklow Hospice fund-raiser in Avondale. All copmeted in the half-marathon distance and Ben Lewis was our first man home with Nora Butler our first woman.

RESULT

1. Jason Reilly (Civil Service Harriers) 1:17:08

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

43. Ben Lewis 1:39:15

69. Nora Butler 1:42:38 (WW RC)

71. Jack Moore 1:42:44 (WW RC)

82. John Campbell 1:44:01 (WW RC)

115. Brian Hendley 1:48:09 (WW RC)

171. Julia Palma 1:53:19 (WW RC)

172. Paul O’Riordan 1:53:20 (WW RC)

200. Monica Timmins 1:57:23

330. Sam Fleming 2:12:04 (WW RC)

MONEYSTOWN 4 MILE

Catherine Devitt- women’s winner and course record holder…

In the Moneystown 4 Mile – the second counter in this year’s club championship – Catherine Devitt was our first runner home. She annihilated the existing 4 mile women’s record in the process lowering Rachel Wisdom’s ten year old 25:24 mark to 23:51 (a time also faster than Angus Tyner’s 24:02 men’s record – the first woman’s club record to be faster than a current men’s record) while lowering her own eight year old personal best. As if that was not enough it also constituted a new course record breaking Donna Quinn’s inaugural mark.

Last year’s winner Donna Quinn – 3rd this year in an improved time

Catherine was followed home by Gavin Kennedy who also hugely improved his PB from 26:15 to 24:55. Richard Allen – next in 25:55 – set a new club m50 record breaking Fergal Olohan’s 30:01 from last year. Donna Quinn was next as 2nd woman overall followed by Aoife Joyce (1st F45) and Siobhan Brennan who both won the F50 category and lowered her own club F50 record by over a minute and a half. We had several more finishers – most in PBs – including co-organiser David Clancy who would have been delighted to see 255 finishers.

RESULT

1. Ed O’Connor (Brother’s Pearse AC) 0:20:31 (Course record)

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

15. Catherine Devitt 0:23:51 (1st woman, PB, Club Record, Course Record))

18. Gavin Kennedy 0:24:55 (PB)

26. Richard Allan 0:25:55 (PB, Club M50 Record) – WW RC

29. Donna Quinn 0:26:22 (2nd woman)

44. Aoife Joyce 0:28:44 (1st F45)

51. Rebecca Whineray 0:30:06 (PB)

52. Colm Kenna 0:30:20

54. Siobhan Brennan 0:30:26 (1st F50, PB)

64. David Clancy 0:31:42 (PB)

71. Cari Burke 0:32:24 (PB)

122. Ciara Flynn 0:38:54 (PB)

123. Sile Keane 0:39:24 (PB)
130. Hilary Minch 0:40:21 (PB)
137. Aine Doyle 0:40:45 (PB)
138. Mary Doyle 0:41:59 (PB)
139. Maria Doyle 0:42:39 (PB)

annacurra trail race

109 IMRA runners took the start in Annacurra on a fast course where Eoin Phelan kept building his early lead in the ‘most prolific’ and Becky Quinn was our first finisher and took the 1st F50 prize a day after collecting her Wicklow Star Award for her performances at the World Masters in Canfranc last year.

RESULT

1. Matthew McConnell () 0:37:45

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

23. Becky Quinn 0:49:59 (1st F50) – WW RC

49. Eoin Phelan 0:57:17 – WW RC

CARLINGFORD 10 KM

Paul O’Riordan had a terrific run at the Carlingford 10 km – finishing 4th overall in a field of 286. His time of 36:57 was not only a new personal best but also broke the overall and M35 club record’s breaking Richard Costelloe’s 37:08 (overall record) and Torben Dahl’s long-standing M35 record of 37:45. It also put’s places Paul joint 3rd on our ‘all-time ranking’ (times run by current club runners) with club coach Rene Borg with only Amidou Dembele’s all-time best of 36:31 and Torben Dahl’s 36:55 from 2015 faster.

RESULT

1. Noel McNally () 0:32:55

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

4. Paul O’Riordan 0:36:57 (PB, Club Record, Club M35 record) – WW RC