Tag: Barry Murray

REPORTS: Assault on Annagh Hill

by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports, Uncategorized

Barry Murray got a fine podium finish (2nd) at Annagh Hill this weekend – 31 seconds behind the legendary Robbie Bryson who continues to run strongly in his fifties. This was also Barry’s first run for his new club – West Kerry AC – so we bid him farewell (here in our race reports) but will continue to follow his exploits with interest in his new home.

A wrong turn lead some of the top-10 runners astray including Torben Dahl, who had also missed the start and came home in an uncharacteristic 23rd and Adrian Hennessey, former ‘Lap of the Gap’ and Run the Ridge winner, whose wrong turn dropped him to 9th.

RESULTS

  1. Robbie Bryson 61.42 , Newcastle AC

———GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———

2. Barry Murray 62:13

23. Torben Dahl 73:24

full results

 

Also a belated mention – Torben Dahl was our only representative in the previous IMRA Winter League race at Maulin where he finished 13th.

MAULIN WINTER

  1. Killian Mooney 45:05

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS——

13. Torben Dahl 50:02

full results

SLÍ MHÚSCRAÍ SUCCESS AND MURRAY DOUBLES…

by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports

The SLÍ MHÚSCRAÍ races series is fast getting a fantastic reputation. Torben Dahl ran away with victory in the half-marathon event more than 3 minutes clear of the nearest challenger. This was the first outright individual victory for our club in 2019 – so now we’re on the board.  The race was notable in that the top-6 overall finishers were all over 40!

Duncan Barrett (pictured) meanwhile finished 15th in the Ultra in 8:53 narrowly behind ladies winner Eilis Connery who set a new women’s record on the course.

RESULTS

Sli Mhuscrai Half

  1. Torben Dahl 1:56

Full results

Sli Mhuscrai Ultra

  1. Gavin Byrne 7:17:45

——–GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS——-

15. Duncan Barrett 8:53:20

full results

MORE RESULTS…

Meanwhile in Kerry, Barry Murray started his day by running 18:50 in the ParkRun he has founded on Inch Beach. Later in the day he took fourth place at Claragh Mountain (results not yet available) so perhaps Billy Bland was right when he said ‘rest and recovery, I have never heard such bloody nonsense in all my life’.

REPORT: Corrin Hill

by glendaloughac, posted in Mountain running, Race reports

Another result from the hills. As Catherine Devitt was racing at Hellfire, Barry Murray took to the start line at Corrin Hill in Munster. The race had the unusual feature of having three Pauls occupying the top-3 placings. Perhaps Paul is replacing John as the name to pick if you want to excel in the hills.

Barry meanwhile showed he was only a bit behind his early-season form of 2018 – finishing 7th for the second consecutive year in a time only 23 seconds slower than the previous seasons outing. With conditions in the hills ever-changing such small variations are nearly the same as ‘no change’.

RESULTS

  1. Paul Tierney 26:42

———-GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———

6. Barry Murray 29:42 (3rd M40)

FULL RESULTS

 

3 more podiums as 2018 draws to a close

by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Road running, Trail running

Angus Tyner continued his tour of Dublin ParkRuns on the last Saturday of November and last weekend where he won the Brickfield event in a fine 19:33 – even more impressive as the course is 5.3 km! At Poolbeg the previous week he finished 3rd to record his 7th podium of the year in 19:11

It was fitting he ran the 200th race of the season having won our ‘Road Performer of the Year’ Award for his club record over 10 miles early in the season.

Meanwhile on the trails Barry Murray took his 10th podium of the season when he finished 2nd on the gruelling ‘constant up and down’ Glanageenty 21 km race near Castleisland – John Lenihan’s old stomping ground.

BRICKFIELD PARKRUN (8/12)

  1. Angus Tyner 19:33

 

POOLBEG PARKRUN (1/12)

  1. Dave McCarrick 18:13

——-glendalough ac runners——

3. Angus Tyner  19:11 (first M50)

 

GLANAGEENTY 21 KM TRAIL

  1. Paul Deane TBC

———GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———–

2. Barry Murray