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REPORT: Wicklow Road, World Mountain Masters, mile record and much more….

July 17, 2026July 17, 2026 by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

Between 10/06/2026 and 15/07/2026, Glendalough AC recorded 80 results from 32 athletes across 24 races. 4 personal bests were recorded. Graham Bushe was the club’s most active competitor, racing 8 times.

KEADEEN

Regular double-act Alan Kennedy and Eoin Phelan were the only runners who decided to grace the West Wicklow hills – in this case the superb hill Keadeen – with their presence among 97 other athletes. Alan finished in the top third of the field.

Result: Keadeen

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Ruben Bartelnik	DSD AC	50:00	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
24	Alan Kennedy	Glendalough AC	1:04:16	WW RC
41	Eoin Phelan	Glendalough AC	1:10:25	WW RC

WICKLOW ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP 26

Thirteen Glendalough AC athletes raced in a field of 218 and came home with three individual medals and one team medal with Aaron Cullen breaking the club 5k record on his way to running the highest individual finish ever for one of our runners in this event (4th).

Individual Silver medals were won by Paul Duffy (M45), Donna Quinn (F45) and Christina Byrne (F70) with Bronze team medals for our women’s team.

Result: Wicklow Road Championship 26

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Noah Harris	Parnell AC	14:51	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
4	Aaron Cullen	Glendalough AC	16:16	1st MS, PB, WW RC
28	Paul Duffy	Glendalough AC	17:56	2nd M45, PB
35	Gavin Kennedy	Glendalough AC	18:18	PB, WW RC
69	Louis Byrne	Glendalough AC	18:59
80	Graham Bushe	Glendalough AC	19:33
83	Angus Tyner	Glendalough AC	19:44
88	Jimmy Cullen	Glendalough AC	19:53
98	Tivon Tyner	Glendalough AC	20:09
105	Donna Quinn	Glendalough AC	20:44	2nd F45
125	Colm Kenna	Glendalough AC	21:33
133	Aoife Joyce	Glendalough AC	22:05
163	Monica Timmins	Glendalough AC	24:08
209	Christina Byrne	Glendalough AC	29:52	3rd F70

CROAGH PATRICK UPHILL

One Glendalough AC athlete raced in a field of 39 – Joe Lalor who duly took the M70 win.

Result: Croagh Patrick Uphill

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Trevor Costello		35:10	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
33	Joe Lalor	Glendalough AC	57:38	1st M70

MWEELREA

Like at Croagh Patrick we only had one Connact Championship competitor at Mweelrea but this time it was Eoin Phelan.

Result: Mweelrea

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Niall McCartan	BARF	59:09	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
48	Eoin Phelan	Glendalough AC	1:49:02	WW RC

LETTERGESH-BINN CHUANNA LOOP

Only Joe Lalor and Eoin Phelan travelled West for the Lettergesh race in Connact where they joined a small field of 43 runners. Joe won the M70 category.

Result: Lettergesh-Binn Chuanna Loop

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Eiviltas Evan Radavicius	Dublin Runners	1:03:53	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
32	Eoin Phelan	Glendalough AC	1:49:02	WW RC
33	Joe Lalor	Glendalough AC	1:54:15	1st M70

BALLINASTOE

In the always tough Ballinastoe race Graham Bushe secured a top-20 spot with Joe Lalor taking 2nd m70.

Result: Ballinastoe 24

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Killian Mooney	DSD AC	51:53	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
18	Graham Bushe	Glendalough AC	1:02:51
85	Joe Lalor	Glendalough AC	1:30:40	2nd M70
100	Brendan Lawlor	Glendalough AC	1:26:10
125	Richard Kieran	Glendalough AC	1:31:05

BRAY INVITATIONAL

We don’t have full results for this year’s Bray Invitational Track Meet but what we do know is that Aaron finished 4th behind race winner Bobby Moore in a new 1 mile club record of 4:54.

Result: Bray Invitational

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Bobby More		—	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
4	Aaron Cullen	Glendalough AC	4:54	2nd MS, WW RC

CARROWKEEL

Ronan Roberts and Eric Kelly raced in a field of 49 over in Connacht for the IMRA Carrowkeel race.

Result: CarrowKeel

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Alan Dunne		49:36	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
41	Ronan Roberts	Glendalough AC	1:20:23	WW RC
46	Eric Kelly	Glendalough AC	1:30:11	WW RC

NOT THE WOBBLY BRIDGE

Six of our athletes were in action in the club championship counter at ‘Not the Wobbly Bridge’ in Clara Vale with Aaron Cullen taking another IMRA podium finishing 3rd overall and 2nd male senior. We also had Huw, Ian and Graham in quick succession (making it four men in the top twenty) and all taking category podiums. Anne Bromley won the F40 category and was 2nd woman overall.

Result: Not the Wobbly Bridge

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Barry Minnock	Rathfarnham WSAF	34:44	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
3	Aaron Cullen	Glendalough AC	36:18	2nd MS, WW RC
11	Huw Thomas	Glendalough AC	39:40	2nd M35, WW RC
13	Ian Bromley	Glendalough AC	40:22	2nd M45, WW RC
16	Graham Bushe	Glendalough AC	41:16	1st M55
38	Anne Bromley	Glendalough AC	45:15	1st F40, WW RC
85	Monica Timmins	Glendalough AC	52:30

One the short course, Richard Allen and Rene Borg accompanied their daughter and son respectively around the course.

Result: Not the Wobbly Bridge

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Lara Woods	Blackrock AC	21:23	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
9	Richard Allan	Glendalough AC	25:10	1st M50, WW RC
23	René Borg	Glendalough AC	30:50	2nd M45

ST COCAS AC 5K ROAD RACE

Gavin Kennedy and Donna Quinn raced in a field of 521 at the fast St Coca’s 5k road race where Gavin got close to his PB.

Result: St Cocas AC 5k Road Race

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Jonas Stafford	USD ac	14:09	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
187	Gavin Kennedy	Glendalough AC	18:19	WW RC
312	Donna Quinn	Glendalough AC	20:52

WMMRC UPHILL RACE

Alan Kennedy, Brendan Lawlor and Joe Lalor started off the World Masters Mountain Running weekend in Czechia.

Result: WMMRC Uphill Race

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Douglas Andrew	Westerlands CCC	42:15	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
224	Alan Kennedy	Glendalough AC	1:07:15	WW RC
318	Brendan Lawlor	Glendalough AC	1:25:26
325	Joe Lalor	Glendalough AC	1:28:24

WMMRC LONG TRAIL

Only Paul Duffy and Kevin Doherty opted to compete in the long 21k trail race Glendalough AC athletes raced in a field of 297 and from Paul’s report it was a hot one: “Despite the heatwave I was very happy with the long run. The second climb at 13k was an issue but mainly due to heat…had to ease right off due to dizziness but up to then was first irish runner.“

Result: WMMRC Long Trail

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Szcześniewski Miłosz	Poland	1:39:45	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
116	Paul Duffy	Glendalough AC	2:18:46
227	Kevin Doherty	Glendalough AC	2:46:37

WMMRC CLASSIC

The Classic Up and Down race had 326 competitors and we had an impressive 5 runners in action and for the second day running Paul Duffy led our crew home followed by Alan, Kevin Doherty and then Brendan lawlor (competing in the over-60s) and Joe once again representing in the M70 category.

Result: WMMRC Classic

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Douglas Andrew	Westerlands CCC	38:09	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
183	Paul Duffy	Glendalough AC	56:45
234	Alan Kennedy	Glendalough AC	1:03:28	WW RC
251	Kevin Doherty	Glendalough AC	1:05:39
302	Brendan lawlor	Glendalough AC	1:16:18
309	Joe Lalor	Glendalough AC	1:20:16

SORRELL HILL 26

If it is not Graham Bushe and Eoin Phelan representing us at a race where there is no one else, it is Graham and Alan Kennedy – the double acts of the season! While there was a good 9 minutes between them, they took 2nd and 3rd in the M55 category.

Result: Sorrell Hill 26

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Robin Mooney	Inbhear Dee AC	49:45	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
13	Graham Bushe	Glendalough AC	57:51	2nd M55
47	Alan Kennedy	Glendalough AC	1:09:26	3rd M55, WW RC

MICK MURPHY MEMORIAL 5 KM

The Mick Murphy 5 km in Ferns is always popular and we had five runners travelling with Paul Duffy lowering his personal best from 17:56 to 17:53 on the course with Louis Byrne our second runner home.

Result: Mick Murphy Memorial 5 km

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Rhys Johnson	Donore Harriers	15:42	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
33	Paul Duffy	Glendalough AC	17:53
58	Louis Byrne	Glendalough AC	19:02
107	Colm Kenna	Glendalough AC	22:02
109	Aoife Joyce	Glendalough AC	22:10
139	Fiona Smyth	Glendalough AC	24:01

CLONTARF HALF-MARATHON

Clontarf has grown into am assive race in the last few years but despite this we only had Darragh Lawlor competing who finished in the middle of the field in 2:11.

Result: Clontarf Half-marathon

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Ned Brockmann		1:11:12	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
2391	Darragh Lawlor	Glendalough AC	2:11:38	WW RC

BRANDON HILL HALF

Five runners travelled to the Brandon Hill Half-marathon that is part of the Leinster Half-marathon league and in another tight battle Ian Bromley got in ahead of Graham with wife Anne in third followed by Alan Kennedy and Eoin Phelan.

Result: Brandon Hill Half

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Con Halpin	Cherryorchard AC	1:48:32	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
5	Ian Bromley	Glendalough AC	2:03:37	2nd M45, WW RC
6	Graham Bushe	Glendalough AC	2:04:36	1st M55
17	Anne Bromley	Glendalough AC	2:20:08	2nd F40, WW RC
23	Alan Kennedy	Glendalough AC	2:26:47	3rd M55, WW RC
68	Eoin Phelan	Glendalough AC	3:08:56	WW RC

AYLING ABYSS

The Ayling Abyss is one of the most demanding courses in the Winter League and it was four very experienced runners who took it on with Graham, Joe Lalor and Richard Kieran all banking podium finishes in their categories. There was general chaos with a large proportion of the field taking the wrong route but as it could not be ascertained exactly who the standings were left as they were.

Result: Ayling Abyss 24

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Jude Wejchert		1:01:58	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
21	Graham Bushe	Glendalough AC	1:14:59	3rd M55
79	Eoin Phelan	Glendalough AC	1:35:22	WW RC
112	Joe Lalor	Glendalough AC	1:51:49	2nd M70
115	Richard Kieran	Glendalough AC	1:53:10	3rd M55

DOCKLANDS 5K

In a field of 1955, Aaron Cullen nearly made the top-20 as he lowered his own club 5 km record by another 7 seconds to 16:09.

Result: Docklands 5k

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Hugh Armstrong	Ballina AC	14:40	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
23	Aaron Cullen	Glendalough AC	16:09	PB, WW RC

LUGNACOILLE

Only our near omni-present runners Graham and Eoin took place in the race to Wicklow’s highest peak and Graham Bush took another win that brings him close to the Irish M55 championship title with IMRA.

Result: Lugnacoille

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Niall McCArtan	BARF	57:37	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
16	Graham Bushe	Glendalough AC	1:17:56	1st M55
53	Eoin Phelan	Glendalough AC	1:59:57	WW RC

THE RIDGEWAY – RACE TO THE STONES

Graeme Warren took part in the Race to the Stones in England and gained a superb top-50 finish in sweltering conditions and said: “Race to the Stones. 100km, 32degrees C. Provisional results. 45th place (top 5%), 3rd M50. 12 hours 19. Might have made 12 ,if hadn’t fallen and cut my hand which needed redressing repeatedly at the medical supports. Temperature brutal: really hard to run. Aching now!”

Result: The Ridgeway – Race to the Stones

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Dan Blake		8:18:42	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
50	Graeme Warren	Glendalough AC	12:19:04	3rd M50

TROOPERSTOWN SUMMER

Only 136 runners opted for the 11.6 long course, the longest in the Leinster League so far this year, but 11 of our men were at the start line, which was also the 7th counter in our club championship and here Paul Duffy took a convincing win and 2nd M45. There was also category podiums for Graham Bush and Huw Thomas and possibly Richard Kieran (tbc).

Result: Trooperstown Summer 26

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
1	Ruben Bartelnik	DSD AC	53:49	Race winner
Glendalough AC athletes
13	Paul Duffy	Glendalough AC	1:00:05	2nd M45
16	Graham Bushe	Glendalough AC	1:02:04	2nd M55
23	Huw Thomas	Glendalough AC	1:05:09	3rd M35, WW RC
37	Kevin Doherty	Glendalough AC	1:08:46
42	Tivon Tyner	Glendalough AC	1:09:31
49	Kevin Ferguson	Glendalough AC	1:12:51
51	Alan Kennedy	Glendalough AC	1:13:15	WW RC
64	Ben Lewis	Glendalough AC	1:17:24	WW RC
84	Colm Kenna	Glendalough AC	1:25:00
99	Eoin Phelan	Glendalough AC	1:43:46	WW RC
123	Richard Kieran	Glendalough AC	1:59:45

A massive short course field of 75 was perhaps prompted by the hot conditions. Brendan Lawlor took 1st M60 while coach Rene ran in with son Cillian again in 44th.

Result: Trooperstown Summer 26

Position	Runner	Club	Time	Notes
38	Brendan Lawlor	Glendalough AC	46:05	1st M60
44	René Borg	Glendalough AC	47:06	2nd M45

REPORT: Athletics Wicklow Off-Road 24 (and more trails and hill results…)

August 20, 2024 by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

With a heavy heart we had to hand back the Athletics Wicklow Off-Road Championship trophy to the first winners: Parnell AC. We fielded 30 runners (the same as last year) and they did their best collecting the highest medal haul (20) but our 7 gold medals fell one short of Parnell who collected 8 (and 12 medals total).

Before we delve too deep into the championship, we also have two IMRA races to report on from this weekend along with ‘4 missed races’ from previous weeks.

MT LEINSTER HALF-MARATHON AND GALTYMORE

Both the Leinster Half-Marathon League and the Irish Championships concluded this weekend and we had Aoife O’Brien and Alan Kennedy competing at Mt. Leinster and with some success as Aoife O’Brien won with nearly 7 minutes to spare on the nearest woman. This was enough to secure the overall win in the league ahead of Anna Cronin (3rd on the day) and Aoife’s first outright win in a non-relay IMRA race.

For Alan Kennedy it was also a crucial day in the league: by finishing 2nd in the M55, he secured his overall win in the league in that category.

RESULT

1. Rory Campbell () 2:12:39

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

7. Aoife O’Brien 2:49:54 (1st woman, 1st F35, LEAGUE winner)

24. Alan Kennedy 2:32:48 (2nd M55, LEAGUE winner)

Graham Bush – doing his regular ‘double race weekend’ – finished 23rd in a field of 62 at the Irish Championship finish on the toughest course of the series: Galtymore and was third M55. Joe Lalor also competed winning the M70. This confirmed Graham as 2nd in this year’s M55 championship with Joe Lalor M70 champion.

RESULT

1. Matthew McConnell () 1:23:07

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

23. Graham Bushe 1:50:04 (3rd M55, 2nd in Championship in category)

56. Joe Lalor 2:23:04 (1st M70, Irish Champion)

SEAHAN AND OTHER MISSING RACES

A few results were missed – firstly Eoin Phelan’s runs on Brandon Half, Tory Hill, Mullaghmeen and Seahan meaning he now leads the ‘Most Prolific’ with a staggering 42 races in 8 months!

We missed the Seahan results for all our racers which included also Graham, Torben, Alan, Jeff , Joe and Keith. Our club runners have now done an average of 2 races per day in 24!

RESULT

1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 0:46:56

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

18. Graham Bushe 0:56:42 (2nd M55)

28. Torben Dahl 1:00:18

44. Alan Kennedy 1:04:44

56. Jeff Swords 1:05:55

74. Eoin Phelan 1:11:23

116. Joe Lalor 1:21:32 (1st M70)

131. Keith Mulvey 1:16:32

CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMARY

Larger teams from several clubs – including Bray Runners and Lakeshore and Benedicts – meant gold medals were spread around more. We had won 5 gold medals in the 20 k last year (versus 2 this year) and where we had taken three team golds in the 10k (F35, M35 and M50) only our O50 men retained their title with our other four teams all taking silver. The margins were narrow with our women losing out to Benedict’s by a mere 10 seconds to St. Benedicts (who took their first gold medals in the championship

Paul Allan, Graham Bush and Blaise Kinsella

Noteable successes were the clean sweeps of the F40 podium (taken by Catherine, Rachel and Donna for the second year running) and the M40 podium in the 20 km race (taken by Louis Byrne, Torben Dahl and John Conway).

DERRYBAWN WOODS 10 KM (ATHLETICS WICKLOW OFF-ROAD – SHORT)

Start of the 10k (Kevin Ferguson, Paul Duffy, Graham Bush, Paul Allen and Richard Costelloe in front row)

Richard Costelloe was yellow shirt across the line for the second year running in 46:16 with Graham Bush continuing his strong resurgence only 47 seconds behind (and 36s faster than last year) and similarly doughty o50 Richard Allan another 28 seconds back. This is the first time we have had three men under 47 minutes (all 5 sub-47 min times have been run by the three aforementioned gentlemen). Paul Duffy came agonisingly close with a course best of 47:07. Despite running semi-injured Gavin Kennedy was next taking 3 minutes off his 2023 time.

Richard Costelloe on the final km (photo: Lindie Naughton)

Blaise and Kevin Ferguson were either side of Gavin and both contributed to the Male Senior team taking the Silver with Edson Ferreira as the third scorer in his championship debut for us.

Catherine Devitt flanked by St. Benedict men (photo: Lindie Naughton)

Catherine Devitt was first woman home once again in 48:17 improving on last year’s time by over 30 seconds and lowering the women’s club record on the course. She was followed by Rachel having a great run – knocking 1:14 of her 2023 mark with Donna Quinn third scorer for the master’s women’s team.

Anthony Breen, Angus Tyner and Rachel Wisdom (photo: Lindie Naughton)

Anthony Breen showed remarkable consistency – finishing 10 seconds faster than his 2023 time. Colm Kenna reduced his PB for the cousre by over three minutes.

Aoife Joyce and Colm Kenna (photo: Lindie Naughton)

Aoife Joyce won the F45 category and together with Siobhan Brennan (2nd in the F50 category taking over 2 minutes off her best) helped our female seniors (Grace, Kate and Fiona) take team silver behind the rampant Parnell side led home by women’s winner Sile O’Byrne.

Grace Curham and Kate Flynn (photo: Lindie Naughton)

RESULT

1. Barry Minnock (Tullamore Harriers) 0:39:34

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

6. Richard Costelloe 0:45:29 (1st M45, Team Silver M35+)

12. Graham Bushe 0:46:16 (1st M55, Team Gold M50)

15. Richard Allan 0:46:44 (2nd M50, Team Gold M50)

16. Paul Duffy 0:47:07 (Team Silver O35+)

21. Blaise Kinsella 0:47:42 (Team Silver MS)

22. Gavin Kennedy 0:48:03 (3rd M45, Team Silver O35+)

23. Kevin Ferguson 0:48:04 (Team Silver MS)

25. Catherine Devitt 0:48:17 (1st F40, Team Silver O35))

27. Angus Tyner 0:49:34 (3rd M55, Team Gold M50)

29. Rachel Wisdom 0:50:04 (2nd F40, Team Silver O35)

37. Anthony Breen 0:51:18 (3rd M50)

39. Chris willoughby 0:51:48

43. Donna Quinn 0:52:45 (3rd F40, Team Silver O35)

49. Edson Ferreira 0:53:48 (Team Silver MS)

52. Richard Kieran 0:54:10

54. Aoife Joyce 0:54:24 (1st F45, Team Silver FS)

58. Colm Kenna 0:54:46 (Team Silver FS)

61. Grace Curham 0:55:48 (Team Silver FS)

69. Siobhan Brennan 0:57:47 (2nd F50, Team Silver FS))

73. Kate Flynn 0:58:50

116. Fiona Smyth 1:09:36

20 km start (Louis Byrne, John Conway and Torben Dahl)

RUN THE RIDGE 20 KM (ATHLETICS WICKLOW OFF-ROAD LONG)

It was a case of Bray vs Glendalough to a large degree in this year’s 20 km and we swept the podium in the M40 category and packed well in the process. Louis Byrne – fresh off his 12-hour race – was our first man home followed by ‘Mr Run the Ridge Torben Dahl’ 1 spot back (Torben holds the club record at 1:32 and has also run the 2nd fastest time of 1:43:01) and winner of the o45 category. John Conway (who led our charge in 2023) was next in 1:48:01 with Kevin Doherty a few more minutes back taking a bronze medal in his championship debut. Then we had Jack Moore (in a personal best on the course), Eoin, Ben, Andy and Dave Lawless arriving.

RESULT

1. Gavin Kelly (Clane AC) 1:29:40

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

13. Louis Byrne 1:46:12 (1st M40)

14. Torben Dahl 1:46:35 (1st M45)

16. John Conway 1:48:01 (2nd M40)

25. Kevin Doherty 1:51:19 (3rd M40)

30. Jack Moore 1:54:45

38. Eoin Phelan 1:59:12

51. Ben Lewis 2:06:56

61. Andy Walker 2:10:21

63. Dave Lawless 2:11:01

PERFORMANCES OVER THE YEARS – RANKED

10k

Athlete	Date	Time
Richard Costelloe	19/08/2023	0:43:57 (Club Record)
Graham Bushe	20/08/2022	0:45:05
Richard Costelloe	17/08/2024	0:45:29
Graham Bushe	17/08/2024	0:46:16
Richard Allan	17/08/2024	0:46:44
Torben Dahl	20/08/2022	0:46:48
Graham Bushe	19/08/2023	0:46:52
Diarmuid Kavanagh	20/08/2022	0:47:03
Paul Duffy	17/08/2024	0:47:07
Angus Tyner	19/08/2023	0:47:16
René Borg	20/08/2022	0:47:23
Paul Duffy	20/08/2022	0:47:25
Marcus Murphy	19/08/2023	0:47:35
Blaise Kinsella	17/08/2024	0:47:42
Aran Lynham	19/08/2023	0:47:56
Gavin Kennedy	17/08/2024	0:48:03
Kevin Ferguson	17/08/2024	0:48:04

Paul Duffy	19/08/2023	0:48:15
Catherine Devitt	17/08/2024	0:48:17 (Club Record)
Catherine Devitt	19/08/2023	0:48:51
Catherine Devitt	20/08/2022	0:48:51
Angus Tyner	20/08/2022	0:49:31
Angus Tyner	17/08/2024	0:49:34
Rachel Wisdom	17/08/2024	0:50:04
Kevin Ferguson	20/08/2022	0:50:06
Anthony Breen	20/08/2022	0:50:12
Anthony Breen	17/08/2024	0:51:18
Rachel Wisdom	19/08/2023	0:51:19
Gavin Kennedy	19/08/2023	0:51:22
Anthony Breen	19/08/2023	0:51:28
Donna Quinn	19/08/2023	0:51:40
Chris willoughby	17/08/2024	0:51:48
Donna Quinn	17/08/2024	0:52:45
Aoife Joyce	27/11/2021	0:53:15
Paul Duffy	27/11/2021	0:53:15
Richard Costelloe	27/11/2021	0:53:20
Edson Ferreira	17/08/2024	0:53:48
Richard Kieran	17/08/2024	0:54:10
Aoife Joyce	17/08/2024	0:54:24
Yvonne Brennan	19/08/2023	0:54:41
Colm Kenna	17/08/2024	0:54:46
Eoin Kennedy	19/08/2023	0:55:27
Grace Curham	17/08/2024	0:55:48
Siobhan Brennan	17/08/2024	0:57:47
Colm Kenna	19/08/2023	0:58:07
Kate Flynn	17/08/2024	0:58:50
Claire Thompson	19/08/2023	0:58:51
Sarah Foster	19/08/2023	0:59:17
René Borg	27/11/2021	0:59:41
Siobhan Brennan	19/08/2023	1:00:01
Colm Kenna	27/11/2021	1:01:47
Mark Willoughby	19/08/2023	1:02:02
Annie Lowney	19/08/2023	1:03:20
Eleanor Carty	19/08/2023	1:06:51
Fiona Smyth	17/08/2024	1:09:36

20K

*Eoin Phelan banks race 42 this season….* (photo: Lindie Naughton)

Athlete	Date	Time
Torben Dahl	18/08/2018	1:32:07 (Club record)
Torben Dahl	17/08/2019	1:43:01
John Conway	19/08/2023	1:43:19
Louis Byrne	17/08/2024	1:46:12
Torben Dahl	17/08/2024	1:46:35
John Conway	17/08/2024	1:48:01
René Borg	19/08/2023	1:48:49
Philip O’Brien	19/08/2023	1:49:01
Graeme Warren	19/08/2023	1:49:18
Torben Dahl	19/08/2023	1:49:38
Kevin Doherty	17/08/2024	1:51:19
Barry O’Neill	18/08/2018	1:54:06
Jack Moore	17/08/2024	1:54:45
Jack Moore	19/08/2023	1:55:30
Loraine Creane	19/08/2023	1:56:15 (Club record)
Eoin Phelan	17/08/2024	1:59:12
Alan Kennedy	19/08/2023	2:02:15
Ben Lewis	19/08/2023	2:03:48
Ben Lewis	17/08/2024	2:06:56
Andy Walker	17/08/2024	2:10:21
Dave Lawless	17/08/2024	2:11:01
Colm Kenna	18/08/2018	2:15:04
Rebecca Whineray	19/08/2023	2:22:00

REPORT: Park West and Glen of the Downs

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

Eoin Phelan continues to draw away from the pack in the Most Prolific by completing a Tuesday/Wednesday race double encompassing the two races of our mid-week report. Eoin leads our most profilic with 31 races – eight clear of James Heggie – and now matching Angus Tyner’s record of 31 races (from 2017).

PARK WEST 5 KM

Eoin started Tuesday evening with his second best 5 km performance and 25th overall in a field of nearly 400 at the Park West 5 km in Dublin.

RESULT

1. Abel Deresu Dufera () 0:16:59

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

25. Eoin Phelan 0:20:11

GLEN OF THE DOWNS

24 hours later he was joined for another evening race by five more of our runners: the new 8.2 km course in the traditional surrounds of Glen of the Downs.

Graham Bush continues his rise in form coming home as our first runner in 16th overall and 2nd M55. Loraine Creane was next – 2nd woman overall and 1st F40 – four races, four podiums this year and all the more impressive given her bad bike crash earlier in the year.

Graham Bush (right) with Liam Vines at Glen of the Downs

Eoin Phelan was next with James Heggie fourth while Chris Willoughby unfortunately had to concede his first DNF after pulling a hamstring midway through the race. The Wednesday night races now return to the Leinster League next weekend at Church Mountain….

RESULT

1. Daire Finn () 0:34:45

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

16. Graham Bushe 0:42:57 (2nd M55)

56. Loraine Creane 0:49:47 (1st F40, 2^nd woman)

66. Eoin Phelan 0:51:12

123. James Heggie 0:59:42

186. Chris willoughby DNF

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Five runners are heading to Lugnacoille tomorrow in what will likely be a club championship counter – good luck to Eoin (!), Paul, Kevin F. and Kevin D. and Graham Bush….

REPORT: Flagstaff, Wobbly Bridge, Minnesota and Holland!

June 20, 2024 by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

Three trail/hill races and two road races to report on including a fine PB in the Netherlands for Richard Costelloe while Gavin Kennedy secured our joint highest IMRA finish of the year on the men’s side matching Paul Duffy’s 10th place from Brockagh Burst and Angus Tyner’s 10th from Stranahelly Woods (the latter albeit in a very small field).

BIKE LOW CARBON RACE TICKNOCK

Phelan joined 43 others at the slightly unusual time of 6 pm on a Saturday for the ‘Bike low carbon race Ticknock’ utilising bits of the old Blue Light course and finished 16^th and 3^rd in the M35 category. Eoin would run at Wobbly Bridge too (below) to extend his lead in the ‘Most prolific’ competition with 23 races to James Heggie’s 17.

Winner was Slaney’s Enda Cloake doing his fourth race in ten days since travelling back from the Europeans in France.

RESULT

1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 0:35:17

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

16. Eoin Phelan 0:50:45 (3rd M35)

FLAGSTAFF

Meanwhile in the North, John Conway attended the always competitive NIMRA event at Flagstaff (to Carlingford) finishing 22nd out of 78 runners on a course with an average gradient modifier of 30% over it’s nearly 17 km.

RESULT

1. Keith Johnston (Armagh AC) 1:47:38

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

22. John Conway 2:11:20

FOLEY’S FUN RUN – MINNESOTA

Having relocated from warm Florida to the cooler climate of Minnesota, Flora was back in action on the American roads finishing 2^nd in the F45 category at the Foley’s Fun Run in 28:54.

RESULT

1. Preston Holewa () 0:17:21

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

59. Flora McKNight 0:28:54 (2nd F45)

WOBBLY BRIDGE

Wobbly Bridge trail race saw it’s largest crowd yet with over 250 runners registered of which 187 turned up to race the long course. The course was slightly shortened from the 7.8 km of the last few years to 7.6 km this year robbing racers of a bit of downhill but also providing a surprise relief on the day…

The field is strung out quite wide on the downhill start meaning the back of the field will run nearly 100m extra in any case!

*Chris Willoughby (orange), Rene Borg (centre) and Eoin Phelan (Navy) at the start line*

We had eight runners competing, and banking Club Championship points, with Gavin Kennedy showing for the second time that he’s really moved up a level when he led us home in 10^th and a fine time of 32:53 (winning the M45 category) as he outsprinted Irish international Sarah Flanagan (who won the women’s) on the line. Second home was club coach René Borg, opening his trail running season in 2024 with a 23^rd placed finish and finishing 3^rdM45 in his first outing in that category. Chris Willoughby was next followed by Eoin Phelan and Colm (all dipping under 40 minutes) with Chris taking 3^rd in the M50 category. Donall Flanagan and Andy Walker came in next with Mark Willoughby, struggling through stomach issues, our final finisher.

RESULT

1. Daire Finn () 0:28:26

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

10. Gavin Kennedy 0:32:53 (1ST M45)

23. René Borg 0:35:09 (3rd M45)

36. Chris willoughby 0:37:09 (3rd M50)

48. Eoin Phelan 0:38:51

64. Colm Kenna 0:39:43

86. Donall Flanagan 0:41:26

96. Andy Walker 0:42:38

150. Mark Willoughby 0:48:30

Midzomeravondwedstrijd 5000m

Last in action – at nearly 10 pm Irish time, at the Midsummer track meet in the Netherlands, Richard Costelloe lowered this overall 5 km PB of 17:38 (from 2020) to 17:34.25 to win the Master’s men race and finish 9^th overall.

While this is the fastest 5 km run on track for our club, Angus Tyner’s 17:18 M45 club record still stands as an indomitable challenge for our Master’s athletes.

RESULT

1. Stefan Buck (Rotterdam Atletik) 0:15:40

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

8. Richard Costelloe 0:17:34.25 (2nd M45, PB)

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE – ROUND 9 OF 16

With only men competing at Wobbly Bridge only the overall ranking was affected by today’s counter with Gavin Kennedy moving up to 2nd place with his second win yielding 100 pts.

Name	Round 9 – Hill/Trail counter
Gavin Kennedy	100.0
René Borg	93.1
Chris Willoughby	87.0
Eoin Phelan	81.9
Colm Kenna	79.2
Donall Flanagan	74.0
Andy Walker	70.3
Mark Willoughby	52.5

One more win and he’ll draw level with Paul Duffy and it will go down to ‘head to head’. Eoin Phelan and Rene Borg climbed to 4th and 5th respectively. Currently only 6 runners out of 44 have the minimum 5 races for a full score – so expect plenty of upsets later in the season….

Rank	Name	Races#	Best 5	Wins	Behind
1	Paul Duffy	5	500.0	5	0.0
2	Gavin Kennedy	5	481.6	2	18.4
3	Kevin Ferguson	5	448.9	0	51.1
4	Eoin Phelan	6	411.1	0	88.9
5	René Borg	4	379.0	0	121.0
6	Aoife Joyce	4	321.5	0	178.5
7	Mark Willoughby	5	314.6	0	185.4
8	Aran Lynham	3	281.0	0	219.0
9	Alan Kennedy	3	266.8	0	233.2
10	Colm Kenna	3	247.0	0	253.0
11	Graham Bushe	2	196.3	0	303.7
12	Richard Allan	2	189.5	1	310.5
13	Angus Tyner	2	183.4	0	316.6
14	Anthony Breen	2	180.3	0	319.7
15	James Heggie	3	179.9	0	320.1
16	Catherine Devitt	2	179.4	0	320.6
17	Loraine Creane	2	177.5	0	322.5
18	Chris willoughby	2	174.8	0	325.2
19	Claire Thompson	2	146.2	0	353.8
20	Andy Walker	2	130.6	0	369.4
21	Rebecca Whineray	2	127.2	0	372.8
22	Gerard O’Rourke	2	122.5	0	377.5
23	Graeme Warren	1	100.0	1	400.0
24	Diarmuid Kavanagh	1	96.2	0	403.8
25	Torben Dahl	1	95.6	0	404.4
26	Marcus Murphy	1	95.5	0	404.5
27	Kevin Doherty	1	95.2	0	404.8
28	Blaise Kinsella	1	94.6	0	405.4
29	Rachel Wisdom	1	87.4	0	412.6
30	Graham Kearns	1	86.8	0	413.2
31	Philip O’Brien	1	86.6	0	413.4
32	Donna Quinn	1	86.2	0	413.8
33	Jeff Swords	1	83.4	0	416.6
34	Ben Lewis	1	83.4	0	416.6
35	Grace Curham	1	81.6	0	418.4
36	fergal Olohan	1	77.7	0	422.3
37	Corrie Adams	1	77.6	0	422.4
38	Niall MacCarthy	1	76.9	0	423.1
39	Donall Flanagan	1	74.0	0	426.0
40	Neil Fusco	1	71.8	0	428.2
41	Richard Kieran	1	64.2	0	435.8
42	Brendan Farrell	1	63.5	0	436.5
43	Sam Fleming	1	55.5	0	444.5
44	Aaron Kedward	1	48.9	0	451.1
45	Tadeusz Cantwell	1	6.7	0	493.3

REPORT: Wednesday double at Scalp and Road Championship

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

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

BRABANTSE WAL 10K

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

SCALP

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

RESULT

1. Daire Finn () 0:33:00

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

22. Richard Allan 0:41:41 (2nd M50)

45. Alan Kennedy 0:45:50 (2nd M55)

71. Grace Curham 0:49:10

76. Angus Tyner 0:49:41

96. Niall MacCarthy 0:52:35

117. Andy Walker 0:56:25

157. Keith Mulvey 1:00:29

183. James Heggie 1:06:27

208. Richard Kieran DNF

WICKLOW ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RESULT

1. Alex Gray (Kilcoole AC) 0:15:30

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

38. Gavin Kennedy 0:18:23 (2nd M45, PB, Individual Silver)

65. Blaise Kinsella 0:19:23

68. René Borg 0:19:28

75. Eoin Phelan 0:19:49 (PB)

95. Graham Kearns 0:20:49 (PB)

122. Colm Kenna 0:21:32

145. Mark Willoughby 0:23:12

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP – AFTER ROUND 8

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

Rank	Name	Races#	Best 5	Wins
1	Paul Duffy	5	500.0	5
2	Kevin Ferguson	5	448.9	0
3	Eoin Phelan	5	402.7	0
4	Gavin Kennedy	4	381.6	1
5	Aoife Joyce	4	321.5	0
6	René Borg	3	285.9	0
7	Aran Lynham	3	281.0	0
8	Alan Kennedy	3	266.8	0
9	Mark Willoughby	4	262.1	0
10	Graham Bushe	2	196.3	0
11	Richard Allan	2	189.5	1
12	Angus Tyner	2	183.4	0
13	Anthony Breen	2	180.3	0
14	James Heggie	3	179.9	0
15	Catherine Devitt	2	179.4	0
16	Loraine Creane	2	177.5	0
17	Colm Kenna	2	167.8	0
18	Claire Thompson	2	146.2	0
19	Rebecca Whineray	2	127.2	0
20	Gerard O’Rourke	2	122.5	0
21	Graeme Warren	1	100.0	1
22	Diarmuid Kavanagh	1	96.2	0
23	Torben Dahl	1	95.6	0
24	Marcus Murphy	1	95.5	0
25	Kevin Doherty	1	95.2	0
26	Blaise Kinsella	1	94.6	0
27	Chris willoughby	1	87.8	0
28	Rachel Wisdom	1	87.4	0
29	Graham Kearns	1	86.8	0
30	Philip O’Brien	1	86.6	0
31	Donna Quinn	1	86.2	0
32	Jeff Swords	1	83.4	0
33	Ben Lewis	1	83.4	0
34	Grace Curham	1	81.6	0
35	fergal Olohan	1	77.7	0
36	Corrie Adams	1	77.6	0
37	Niall MacCarthy	1	76.9	0
38	Neil Fusco	1	71.8	0
39	Richard Kieran	1	64.2	0
40	Brendan Farrell	1	63.5	0
41	Andy Walker	1	60.2	0
42	Sam Fleming	1	55.5	0
43	Aaron Kedward	1	48.9	0
44	Tadeusz Cantwell	1	6.7	0

REPORT: Prince William’s Seat

May 30, 2024 by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

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

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

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

RESULT

1. Mark McAdden () 0:54:32

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

25. Richard Allan 1:04:30 (3rd M50)

44. Alan Kennedy 1:08:00 (3rd M55)

63. Jeff Swords 1:13:53

75. Angus Tyner 1:15:52

79. Niall MacCarthy 1:16:10

94. Richard Kieran 1:19:35

138. Keith Mulvey 1:31:14

164. Joe Lalor 1:32:50 (1st M70)

167. Mark Willoughby 1:33:29

178. James Heggie 1:45:27

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

May 27, 2024 by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

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

TOWER SPRINT – BEYOND THE TREES (AVONDALE)

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

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

RESULT

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

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ParkRun Shanganagh

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

RESULT

1. Noel Mannion () 0:18:07

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

13. Donna Quinn 0:21:03 (1st woman)

29. Colm Kenna 0:22:35

STUWWALOOP

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

CLARE BURREN HALF AND FULL MARATHON

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

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

RESULT – marathon

1. Dylan Kehoe () 3:13:35

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

48. Eoin Phelan 4:23:54

RESULT – HALF

1. Barry Hartnett (DSD AC) 1:26:21

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

86. Nora Butler 2:05:11

CIRCUIT OF AVONBEG

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

RESULT

1. Peter Bell (Kilcoole AC) 2:59:05

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

13. Graham Bushe 3:37:54 (3rd M55)

14. Angus Tyner 3:43:53

IN OTHER NEWS…

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

REPORT: Track and Roads (May so far…)

May 23, 2024 by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

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

WICKLOW TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

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

RESULT

1. Drew Donohue (Bray Runners) 0:04:16

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

9. Paul Duffy 0:04:39 (1st M40, Club Record, Individual Gold)

32. Kevin Ferguson 0:05:24 (2nd M40, Individual Silver)

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

GLEN TO GLEN AND LAP OF THE GAP MARATHON

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

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

Anthony Breen passes Glendalough Hotel in the half

RESULT – HALF

1. Tudor Moldovan (Clonliffe Harriers) 1:11:13

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

15. Paul Duffy 1:32:05

22. Gavin Kennedy 1:34:30

27. Kevin Ferguson 1:36:00

29. Kevin Doherty 1:36:28

33. Anthony Breen 1:39:30

68. Ben Lewis 1:47:23

158. Mark Willoughby 2:02:19

183. Brendan Farrell 2:05:43

RESULT – MARATHON

1. Marc Augustin (Le Cheile AC) 2:46:47

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

20. Philip O’Brien 3:39:12

22. Aran Lynham 3:40:02

55. Eoin Phelan 3:58:50

98. Rebecca Whineray 4:34:07

124. Aaron Kedward 4:52:08

FASTLANE 10K AND HALF-MARATHON

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

RESULT – 10k

1. Lee Lindsay () 0:35:29

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

11. Paul O’Riordan 0:40:45 (PB)

62. Julia Palma 0:48:02 (PB)

RESULT – HALF

1. David Cullinane () 1:17:30

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

82. Mark Lindsay 1:36:28 (PB)

SANDYFORD 5 KM

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

RESULT

1. Robert Corbally (Roughan & O’Donovan) 0:16:06

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

76. Nora Butler 0:22:39

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

May 23, 2024 by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

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

BROCKAGH

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

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

RESULT

1. Daire Finn () 0:42:40

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

20. Richard Allan 0:52:38

22. Graham Bushe 0:52:50 (1st M55)

32. Torben Dahl 0:54:56

43. Alan Kennedy 0:56:39

55. Loraine Creane 0:58:09 (2nd overall, 1st F40)

60. Aoife Joyce 0:58:43 (1st F45)

67. Colm Kenna 1:00:34

69. Angus Tyner 1:00:40

72. Jeff Swords 1:01:21

94. Eoin Phelan 1:04:23

98. Niall MacCarthy 1:04:47

121. Gerard O’Rourke 1:10:11

139. James Heggie 1:22:53

157. Mark Willoughby 1:18:29

Torben Dahl at Brockagh (photo: Mick Hanney)

WICKLOW WAY RELAY

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

RESULT – leg 3

1. Malikka Hammani (TT Racers) 0:36:48

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

4. Rachel Wisdom 0:38:21 (2nd F40)

RESULT – leg 4

1. Donal Giltinan (East Cork AC) 0:40:44

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

6. Robin Seymour 0:44:18 (2nd M50)

RESULT

1. Laura McDonnell (TT Racers) 0:39:29

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

5. John Conway 0:43:40 (2nd M40)

SUGARBOWL

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

RESULT

1. Daire Finn () 0:43:51

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

90. Donall Flanagan 1:07:08

91. Eoin Phelan 1:07:10

107. Richard Kieran 1:08:46

111. Niall MacCarthy 1:09:21

113. Angus Tyner 1:10:10

119. Ben Lewis 1:11:34

ÀRDGILLAN

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

RESULT

1. Daniel O’Brien () 0:35:49

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

17. Richard Allan 0:42:13

44. Eoin Phelan 0:47:02

57. Richard Kieran 0:50:05 (1st M55)

UTS 50K AND 100K

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

RESULT

1. Brennan Townsend (High Peak Running) 0:00:00

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

503. Alan Kennedy 12:23:43

REPORT: (Nearly) Scarr …

May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 by glendaloughac, posted in Uncategorized

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RESULT

1. Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic) 0:31:49

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-

13. Paul Duffy 0:37:37

31. Richard Allan 0:41:35 (3rd M50) – WW RC

33. Gavin Kennedy 0:41:59

34. Chris willoughby 0:42:13 – WW RC

36. Kevin Ferguson 0:42:33

40. Alan Kennedy 0:42:54 (2nd M55) – WW RC

52. Catherine Devitt 0:44:00 (1st F40)

66. Aoife Joyce 0:45:55 (2nd F45)

81. Eoin Phelan 0:47:36 – WW RC

87. Neil Fusco 0:48:14 – WW RC

103. Rebecca Whineray 0:49:16 (3rd F45) – WW RC

112. Richard Kieran 0:51:05

128. Andy Walker 0:52:35 – WW RC

138. Gerard O’Rourke 0:54:14 – WW RC

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 4

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

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

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