Road running – Page 8 – Glendalough AC

REPORT: Annacurra, Bundoran, Corkagh ParkRun

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: 3 PBs and 2 club records on the roads (Enniscorthy and Delft 10ks)

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running, Trail running, Ultra running

With hill running getting most of the attention last weekend, it was the turn of the road racers this weekend.

Donadea 50 km

Before they got started our club record holder in the 50 km (John Conway with 4:21 – set in this race last year) had to pull out after around 2 hours running in Donadea Forest Park to shield a niggle and keep himself on track on his and Laura’s big adventure this summer: the Transalpine.

Tudor Moldovan who holds the record for our club fundraiser Glen to Glen Half-marathon was crowned national champion in his first go at 50k.

RESULT

1. Tudor Moldovan (Clonliffe Harriers) 2:59:04

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

241. John Conway DNF

Enniscorthy 10 km

Newly elected club captain Marcus Murphy led the charge at the traditional Enniscorthy 10k in Wexford where the Sli Cualann team had a very successful day winning both team events and securing 2nd place overall for men and women (through Derek Crammond and Catherine O’Connor).

Marcus Murphy in action (left) (Photo: Tony Crosbie)

Marcus came in 31st overall and broke the 40 minute barrier for the first, setting a PB in the process (his previous mark was 40:15 from 2017). It had looked tight midway with only a 6 second cushion but a strong finish bagged the result. Aoife Joyce was next as she continues her return to more regular racing. While her time was a good way off her PBs, it’s the first 10k run by someone in the F45 category for our club and stands as the mark to break.

Eoin Phelan was next taking nearly 4 minutes off his PB and cracking the 50 minute barrier.

Aoife Joyce strides home (Photo: Popupraces.ie)

RESULT

1. Isak Eriksen (Halle IF) 0:31:42

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

31. Marcus Murphy 0:39:42 (PB)

93. Aoife Joyce 0:46:16 (club F45 record)

122. Eoin Phelan 0:48:32 (PB)

Delft 10 KM

We saved the best to last: Two more club record followed when Richard Costelloe broke his own overall and M45 10 km record with a stunning time of 36:30 at the Delft 10k in the Netherlands – lowering his 37:08 from a few weeks ago. This also brought him to the top of the ‘all-time’ list beating the 36:30 Amidou Dembele had held since 2011.

*Richard Costelloe eating up ground in Delftse Hout* *on his way to 36:30*

As a final gloss of sheen, he also finished well inside the top 10 with 6th place and likely won his category although this is not confirmed yet.

RESULT

1. Jurre Kaizers (De Koplopers) 0:33:30

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

6. Richard Costelloe 0:36:30 (PB, Club record, Club M45 record)

Some of our Wicklow Wolf RC members also competed at Howth on Saturday a race that saw a substantial part of the field go off course but results are not yet available from this event.

REPORTS: Catherine 2nd in Puinduinrun, Eoin Phelan PBs at Charlie Curran 5 miler

January 30, 2023January 31, 2023 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running, Trail running

Only two races this weekend but they ranged from The Hague in the Netherlands to the Charlie Curran in Carlow…

PUINDUINENRUN

Following up on her first place in the Zuiderparkrun last weekend, Catherine Devitt finished 2nd woman in the unique trail race ‘Puinduinrun’ described thus on their own website:

The Hague's Puinduinen, also referred to with a wink as the “Alps of The Hague”, is a recreational area that was created from a literal heap of rubble as a result of all kinds of demolition work in the fifties and sixties.

Catherine Devitt showing off the 2nd prize trophy

RESULT

1. Vincent Vergeer (Nederlandse Triathlon Bond) 0:41:14

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

30. Catherine Devitt 0:50:22 (2nd lady)

CHARLIE CURRAN MEMORIAL RUN

Meanwhile at home Eoin Phelan ensured the men’s section wasn’t entirely shaded for the weekend with a PB at the Charlie Curran Memorial over the increasingly less common 5 mile distance. It’s a distance that has only been run 4 times by Glendalough AC athletes since 2014.

None of this takes away from Eoin’s run which was the year’s 2nd PB by a club runner and where he finished nicely in the top quarter of the 400 plus field.

RESULT

1. Paddy Kavanagh (St. Laurence O’Toole’s AC) 0:27:00

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

101. Eoin Phelan 0:39:20 (PB)

Eoin Phelan celebrates his PB at Charlie Curran 5 mile

REPORTS: Festive racing in Wicklow and at Djouce

December 29, 2022 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running, Trail running

The 26th/27th December tends to be a busy time for racing and nine of our runners continued this tradition first at the super-traditional Streets of Wicklow 5k and then at the equally tradition-bound Djouce Remembrance Race over the Earl’s Drive course.

With 9 runners in action in the two races our club’s tally for the year stands at 380 races – only four short of the all-time record of 384 in 2017, although discounting club races we are well short with 277 this year to 336 that year).

STREETS OF WICKLOW 5K

Richard Costelloe was back for the holidays from his regular hunting grounds in Den Haag and promptly recorded the second fastest time over 5 km this season by one of our runners (beaten only by Aran Lynham’s 18:11). He was followed home by Marcus Murphy continuing a good ‘comeback season’ by taking 27 seconds off his time from earlier in the year (and running within 26 seconds of his PB from 2018).

Diarmuid Kavanagh saying he was ‘feeling the pints’ got around in 21:03 and Colm Kenna recorded his first road race since the Dublin Marathon and first since the Dublin Marathon. Aoife Joyce returned with her first road race since September (and first 5 km since last year) while Donna Quinn jogged around with daughter Lily to complete a fast year in sedate fashion.

RESULT

1. Jonas Stafford (Ashford AC) 0:15:06

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

27. Richard Costelloe 0:18:30

42. Marcus Murphy 0:18:58

71. Diarmuid Kavanagh 0:21:03

88. Colm Kenna 0:22:05

106. Aoife Joyce 0:23:22

190. Donna Quinn 0:27:20

DJOUCE REMEMBRANCE RACE (EARL’S DRIVE)

Alan Kennedy, Gavin Kennedy and David Clancy at Djouce Woods

At the Djouce Remembrance race Gavin Kennedy led a hill running contingent of three home – Alan Kennedy and David Clancy (two of our Wicklow Wolf Run Club ‘recruits’) made up the other two of three musketeers.

RESULT

1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 0:32:40

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

37. Gavin Kennedy 0:40:46

77. Alan Kennedy 0:45:28

111. David Clancy 0:50:30

PB in Waterford, podium and Santas in Rathdrum

December 5, 2022 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running

While many club members were ‘resting up’ with a controlled run around at the 4th round of our club Winter League in Brockagh Woods, two of our runners still had time for ‘serious business’ and serious it was!

WATERFORD HALF-MARATHON

Blaise Kinsella clocked an impressive PB of 1:24:04 in the well-attended Waterford Half-marathon. It was a good day all-round for Wicklow athletes with many PBs and Sli Cualann taking home the men’s team prize and the women securing 3rd spot.

2022 has been the busiest year for half-marathon events with 16 attempts and Blaise’s PB (his second this year) was the 8th fastest run since the club foundation in 2014. It caps a great year for Blaise where 10 races have yielded 6 PBs.

RESULT

1. Ryan Creech (Leevale AC) 1:05:02

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

103. Blaise Kinsella 1:24:06

RATHDRUM SANTA DASH

More locally Marcus Murphy took to the 5 km distance twice this week. First as a leisurely stroll around our Brockagh Woods 5k in the Saturday WL and then at a more determined pace to run 19:41 in the Rathdrum 5k Santa Dash where he finished second. This continues a good comeback season for Marcus – having raced only sparsely the last few years due to injuries.

Marcus taking 2nd place in the Rathdrum Santa Dash

REPORTS: Half-marathon and Wicklow Senior XC

November 30, 2022 by glendaloughac, posted in Cross-country running, Race reports, Road running

Clonakilty Half-marathon

The weekend’s action began in Clonakilty where Eoin Phelan – along with all others entered in the full marathon – was downgraded to the half-marathon due to road flooding. Expecting a different type of race, he cruised through a good 9 minutes below his PB on a slow day overall.

The race was won by the winner of our club fund-raiser – Tudor Mircea.

RESULT

1. Tudor Mircea (Clonliffe Harriers) 1:13:21

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

504. Eoin Phelan 2:01:09

Clontarf Half-marathon and 5 mile

Meanwhile further North three of our Wicklow Wolf Run Club members took on the traditionally windy half-marathon with it’s beach finish. Mark Lindsay and Conor Diamond competed in the half with Claire Harrington running in the 5 mile.

RESULT

1. Jesus Calle Arroyo (Raheny Shamrocks) 1:14:20

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

574. Mark Lindsay 1:47:41

1826. Conor Diamond 2:12:53

RESULT

1. Ian FitzGerald (Donore Harriers) 0:27:57

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

699. Claire Harrington 0:51:49

WICKLOW SENIOR CROSS-COUNTRY 2022

It’s no secret that cross-country doesn’t get the love it deserves: the discipline has interesting venues, great competition, fantastic physical development, the chance to run for a team (and yourself) and distils running to it’s essence: you against yourself first and you against the next guy/gal second.

So it was not entirely surprising that numbers at the frighteningly named ‘Wicklow Senior’ were somewhat low. Donna Quinn was outnumbered 7 to 1 by host’s Parnell as our lonely representative in the 5 km women’s race in Avondale yet still managed a Silver medal to continue to add shine to another great season.

Our men’s team lost two men to illness and another to injury on Saturday with another drop-out Sunday leaving ever-reliable Colm Kenna to step in and ensure the men had a full team. Paul Duffy led the cross-country team home for the third time in three outings followed by club coach Rene Borg and then Anthony and Colm. In a strong field, we finished fifth out of five teams.

WOMEN’S

RESULT

1. Catherine O’Connor (Parnell AC)

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

2. Donna Quinn 0:22:47 (2nd F40, Individual Silver)

MEN’S

RESULT

1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 0:37:40

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

15. Paul Duffy 0:44:31

17. René Borg 0:45:50

22. Anthony Breen 0:48:57

25. Colm Kenna 0:54:50

Clingandaelcross XC

Our team could have done with the strength of Richard Costelloe – currently residing in The Hague who finished 2nd in the M45 category at the Clingandaelcross race in the Netherlands.

RESULT

1. Jorrit Klinkeberg (Phanos) 0:27:02

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

19. Richard Costelloe 0:30:11 (2nd M45)

RACE REPORTS: ‘Monster’ Half and Run the Line

November 21, 2022 by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running, Trail running

We have had a gap in our reporting since August but our members have not been idle: before this weekend, they had raced 139 times since then, setting 8 new personal bests on roads. We’ll do a big ‘catch-up’ on this shortly.

Our Wicklow Wolf RC members were out in force at Run the Line

MONSTER HALF-MARATHON (DEN HAAG)

These races featured new club records for the women’s section (by Donna Quinn – more on this in our ‘catch-up’) but this weekend Catherine Devitt lowered the half-marathon record once again with her 1:31:30 finish on in the Monster Half-marathon in The Hague (half of it run on hard-packed sand!).

Catherine’s result was also an all-time best for our women in the F40 category.

RESULT

1. Carsten Kok (Fortius) 1:14:05

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

37. Catherine Devitt 1:31:30 (3rd F40, PB, Club Record, F40 PB)

RECORD OUTING AT RUN THE LINE

In Run the Line, our club had it’s greatest single day turn-out with 18 runners competing in the 11.5 and 26 km courses. This was in large degree due our new members from the Wicklow Wolf Running Club side which has seen 46 new runners joining this ‘club within the club’ at Glendalough AC in 2022.

RESULT

1. Eoin Flynn 0:54:09

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

61. Gavin Kennedy 1:07:44

110. Alan Kennedy 1:12:00 (WW RC)

116. Conor Diamond 1:12:25 (WW RC)

130. Jack Moore 1:12:56 (WW RC)

212. Corrie Adams 1:17:59 (WW RC)

515. Maria Forsyth 1:36:31 (WW RC)

The Wicklow Wolf jersey was well represented here by Jack Moore

RESULT – LONG COURSE

1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 1:55:01

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

53. Graham Bushe 2:27:03

82. René Borg 2:35:59

85. Paul Duffy 2:36:59

118. Loraine Creane 2:54:53

119. Diarmuid Kavanagh 2:44:06

123. Graeme Warren 2:44:24

226. Eoin Kennedy 2:58:30

310. Mick Greene 3:28:00 (WW RC)

333. Richard Kieran 3:11:46

390. Mark Willoughby 3:23:10 (WW RC)

435. David Murphy 3:32:19 (WW RC)

471. Jake McManus 3:47:43 (WW RC)

REPORTS: Scarr, Road Championship, Clontarf and Earl’s Drive

July 8, 2022 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running, Trail running

Last week’s action began with our runners competing simultaneously in two arenas: 15 minutes after seven of our runners heard the starter gun at the Wicklow Road Championship, four more headed up the slopes of Scarr at Lough Dan. The busiest day of competition for our runners this year.

The team for this year’s Road Champs (Brian, Marcus, Aoife, Blaise, Donna, Aran and Colm)

WICKLOW ROAD CHAMPS 5K

The annual county championships has always been a happy hunting ground since the formation of our club. This year we sadly didn’t have a ladies team but Donna Quinn ran within 26 seconds of her previous best to secure a Gold medal in the F40 category.

Marcus and Donna side by side (Marcus would win out by 5 seconds)

Sweetest of all was the men’s team: three runners under 19 minutes and a 1 point lead kept us in Bronze position ahead of Bray Runners.

Aran Lynham lowered his best from 18:47 to 18:11 whereas Blaise Kinsella (2nd man over the line) missed out on another PB this year by 9 seconds whereas Brian Lydon annihilated his 21:28 PB to dip under 19 minutes for the first time (18:55)

RESULT

1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 0:15:43

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

19. Aran Lynham 0:18:11 (PB, team Bronze)

26. Blaise Kinsella 0:18:47 30. Brian Lydon 0:18:55 (PB, team Bronze)

35. Marcus Murphy 0:19:25 (team Bronze)

37. Donna Quinn 0:19:30 (1st F40)

55. Colm Kenna 0:21:27 (Team Bronze)

63. Aoife Joyce 0:21:48

SCARR / LOUGH DAN

Meanwhile our quartet of John, Torben, Angus and Barry took the covetted places in the reduced size field at Scarr / Lough Dan (due to ongoing erosion concerns) and Johnny showed himself fully recovered from his recent Cape Wrath adventure and two very strong adventure race outings recently to lead the team home in 12th. Torben was only a further 50 seconds adrift with Angus another 36 after that and Barry O’Neill still managing himself back from injury well.

Torben Dahl crosses the finishing mat at Lough Dan

RESULT

1. Warren Swords (Crusaders AC) 0:49:26

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

12. John Conway 0:55:54

17. Torben Dahl 0:56:44

21. Angus Tyner 0:57:40

37. Barry O’Neill 1:04:25

CLONTARF HALF-MARATHON

Aran Lynham at the Wicklow Road Champs (photo: Andrew Hanney)

Using the 5 km as a final sharpener, Aran Lynham notched a second PB 4 days later in the Clontarf Half-marathon breaking the 90 minute barrier for the first time.

RESULT

1. Jesus Calle Arroyo (Raheny Shamrocks) 1:15:52

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

53. Aran Lynham 1:28:27 (PB)

EUROPEAN ATHLETICS OFF-ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS

While all the action unfolded in Ireland, club coach René Borg had the honour of representing our club at the European Athletics Off-Road Championship in La Palma on the Canary Islands: not in a running capacity but as the official English commentator for European Athletics. It was a fantastic event with a memorable 5th place for Irishman Zak Hannah (the highest Irish finish there since 1991).

Rene Borg in action for European Athletics on La Palma in the Canarias

EARL’S DRIVE

The Wednesday evening races moved from Leinster to Trail League action in the short, flat and fast course at Djouce Woods (now in a slightly lengthened version). While Aran led us out here Graham Bushe took the ‘club lead’ late on followed by Aran, coach Rene (back from La Santa), Paul Duffy and Barry O’Neill making up the rest of the yellow quintet.

Parnell’s Derek Crammond took his second win in a week ahead of one of the fastest fields assembled at an IMRA start line this year with recent race winners as far down as 12th position.

Rene Borg in a late break-away at Earl’s Drive

RESULT

1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 0:28:59

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

22. Graham Bushe 0:33:36 (2nd M50)

24. Aran Lynham 0:33:54

32. René Borg 0:34:59

36. Paul Duffy 0:35:51

58. Barry O’Neill 0:39:15

RACE REPORTS: Devilish hills and trails, Dutch ParkRuns and home turf at Brockagh

June 16, 2022 by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Road running, Trail running, Ultra running

Our result round-up begins at one of the most well-loved trail runs among our club members: the Devil’s Glen.

DEVIL’S GLEN

Paul Duffy led us home continuing his strong comeback – he also got the covetted ‘sub-40’ blue ribbon performance (the fifth club runner to do so in our colours and the 8th current member to have done so).

Less than 2 minutes behind was Diarmuid with Colm Kenna and Barry O’Neill arriving just around the 50th position (a feat they’d repeat a week later).

RESULT

1. Matthew McConnell () 0:34:15

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

8. Paul Duffy 0:39:07

18. Diarmuid Kavanagh 0:40:59

47. Colm Kenna 0:46:27

51. Barry O’Neill 0:47:13

Colm Kenna at Brockagh a week after Devil’s Glen

WICKLOW WAY RACE

48 hours later Duncan Barrett set out on another Wicklow Way Race. Without his 2021 training volume he couldn’t quite replicate his best run over the course in Autumn but he still put in a strong and experienced showing with 12th position and a time of 17 hours 2 minutes for the 127 km.

RESULT

1. Mickie Brennan () 13:45:13

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

12. Duncan Barrett 17:02:18

Graeme Warren descends off Brockagh having used Camaderry as a warmup

CAMADERRY ‘DEVIL’S CLIMB’

While Duncan was still running, a small field of four competed in the 5th round of our Club Championship – the 5 km Uphill only run from the Upper Lake to Camaderry East. Club coach René took the win with Donna Quinn beating Aoife in the ladies. After a slight dip in attendance in the recent Club Champs, we expect them to pick up as the next counter is the Wicklow Road Championship.

RESULT

1. René Borg 0:40:16 (1st M40)

2. Graeme Warren 0:43:24 (1st M45)

3. Donna Quinn 0:43:55 (1st F40)

4. Aoife Joyce 0:51:01 (2nd F40)

ZUIDERBERG PARKRUN

That same morning in The Haag, Richard Costelloe returned to action finishing 4th in the Zuiderberg ParkRun in 20:46.

RESULT

1. Matthew Russell (Kovsie AC) 0:18:06

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

4. Richard Costelloe 0:20:46 (1st M45)

Rene takes the club lead baton late on the Brockagh climb with Aran in pursuit

BROCKAGH LL

The Leinster continued this Wednesday and the ‘yellow wave’ again swept over a local hill – the new 11.3 km Brockagh course. Young guns Aran and Diarmuid led our men out on the ascent but were overtaken late on the climb by René who led the troops home in 12th followed by Aran in 15th. With two men in the top-20, Loraine put more gloss on the evening when she finished 3rd lady and first F40.

Graeme Warren had overtaken Diarmuid late on the climb and he and our next three packed very tightly coming in 26th, 29th, 31st and 32nd all within just over a minute.

Loraine Creane has time to smile down the grassy bank at Brockagh

Colm Kenna came next well inside the top half of the field with a strong run and Barry O’Neill – still managing himself back from knee injury closed out our pack.

It was a good day for Sli Cualann as well with Parnell’s Derek Crammond winning – David and Cormac Conroy in 8th and 10th and Hugh Kinsella winning the M60. For good measure Kilcoole AC’s Peter Bell was 2nd.

RESULT

1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 0:49:40

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

12. René Borg 0:59:20

15. Aran Lynham 1:00:24

26. Graeme Warren 1:02:58

29. Diarmuid Kavanagh 1:03:44

31. Eoin Kennedy 1:04:09

32. Loraine Creane 1:04:21 (3rd lady, 1st F40)

51. Colm Kenna 1:09:43

56. Barry O’Neill 1:11:55