Ivan Mahon was only Glendalough AC runner in action at the Great Sugarloaf where he finished 70th out of 184 runners. He also raced Ballinastoe last week – being omitted from our report by accident – where he finished 53rd. these were Ivan’s first two IMRA races of 2019 and his first competing in the M50 category
RESULTS
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70. Ivan Mahon 54:42
Both Ivan Mahon and Rich Costelloe tackled the challenging course of the IMRA Ballinastoe race on Wednesday July 31st. One of the tougher routes in the IMRA calendar, this is the longest in the Leinster League (12k) and just under 500m of climbing.
Aside from the distance and climbs this was also a quite technical course – traversing gravel fire roads, long steep single tracks, a short section on the Wicklow Way, mucky bog-trotting , stream-jumping, midge-biting, fallen-tree ducking, dark forest tracks and some mountain bike trails.
Ivan had a strong race, finishing in 1:09:03 and 53rd place.
This was Rich’s fifth race in July and after recent successes on the flat roads he left the racing legs at home for this one, finishing in 63rd place with a time of 1:11:29.
IMRA BALLINASTOE
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53. Ivan Mahon 1:09:03
63. Rich Costelloe 1:11:29
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