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REPORT: No April fools! Just lots of races and records!

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

A very busy month behind us with a score of trail races including an overall win for one of our women and no less than three new club records on the roads!

Road Races

A good spread of road racing over the last while, mostly centred around half marathons and shorter races, with a few stepping up to the marathon.

What stands out isn’t any one result but how a few of them line up: particularly Catherine Devitt hitting a PB and then backing it up shortly after with a marathon club record and Aaron Cullen decimating the men’s 10k record.

Bohermeen Half Marathon

Bohermeen as usual: quick course, but only if you get it right early. The Tyners, father and son, ran it sensibly together.

RESULT

  1. Hugh Armstrong (Ballina AC) 1:04:23

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
536. Angus Tyner 1:32:06
557. Tivon Tyner 1:32:29
1199. Karen Croal 1:53:54
1406. Aileen Duffy 2:02:41

CPC Half Marathon

A stronger field than most and a good place to test yourself. Catherine secured a PB by about 30 seconds in her final preparations for Rotterdam lowering her own half-marathon club record too. Only five of the club’s male members hold faster PBs on this distance now than Catherine.

RESULT

  1. Felix Masai Kibet (Kenya) 0:59:52

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
755. Catherine Devitt 1:23:15 (PB, Club Record, Club o45 record)

Limassol Half Marathon

Very different conditions to Ireland this spring as Bruce did one of his regular Spring warm weather half-marathons: this time in Limassol.

RESULT

  1. Lamaris Christos () 1:12:43

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
1272. Bruce Phillips 2:21:31

Wicklow Half Marathon

We had a good contingent out in the Wicklow Half and 10k once again and Eoin Phelan got to lead the team home this time around with only Sam Fleming taking on the 10k. Watch Eoin’s video on the race below.

RESULT

  1. John Christian Deighan (Frogner Runners) 1:13:31

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
246. Eoin Phelan 1:40:52
378. Jack Moore 1:45:10
885. Steve Gregan 1:58:34
1325. James Heggie 2:19:50
1359. Morgan O’Halloran 2:16:34

Wicklow 10 km

RESULT

  1. Erik Sebastian Ranberg (Frogner Runners) 0:35:56

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
479. Sam Fleming 0:59:37

Streets of Kilkenny 5k

Gavin led home a trio consisting of himself, Colm and Donna in Streets of Kilkenny with a good flat 19 showing that recent injury issues hasn’t taken too much of him.

RESULT

  1. Sean Tobin (Clonmel AC) 0:13:57

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
210. Gavin Kennedy 0:19:00
328. Donna Quinn 0:20:34
403. Colm Kenna 0:22:09

Tallaght 5k

If there’s a race somewhere Eoin will find it. As of the writing of this report he has 14 races for the year and is closing in rapidly on Colm Kenna as the second most prolific racer for the club (Colm has 151 races, Angus still leads with 213.

RESULT

  1. Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) 0:15:07

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
248. Eoin Phelan 0:21:19

Inis Oirr 10k

Shane Keogh into the top 15 and a PB to go with it on a bumpy course out on Inis Oirr.

RESULT

  1. Evan O’Rourke () 0:33:10

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
15. Shane Keogh 0:42:11 (PB)

Rome Marathon

Kevin has struggled a bit with injury leading into Rome but managed to get himself through in a solid sub-4 .

RESULT

  1. Rutto Asbel (Kenya) 2:06:32

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
13551. Kevin Ferguson 3:59:34

Rotterdam Marathon

In one of the road results of the year: Catherine backed up her CPC run with a PB but a club record even while falling agonisingly short of the 3 hour barrier in the final stages of the race.

RESULT

  1. Guye Idemo Adola (Ethiopia) 2:03:54

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
1174. Catherine Devitt 3:00:56 (PB, Club Record, O45 Club Record)

DUNBOYNE 10K

Catherine’s records would have been the stand-out performances of this month, and perhaps year, but Aaron Cullen threw the gauntlet down taking a chunk out of the men’s 10 km record, bringing it down from 36:30 to 34:20.

RESULT

  1. Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers) 0:29:34

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
61. Aaron Cullen 0:34:20 (PB, Club Record)

Trail & Mountain Races

Plenty happening off-road and noticeably more at the longer end of things over 10 trail races. Grace Curham got her first win whilst Ross Thompson drew headlines for the Marathon des Sables!

GAELFORCE BRAY 10K

A big field of 585 runners here and one of those races that’s rarely as straightforward as the distance suggests. Kieran Grant getting another solid run on the board.

RESULT

  1. Michael (Cannon) 0:46:29

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
164. Kieran Grant 1:05:32

Glen of Aherlow 50k

James Heggie took on another ultra and completed without issue making it two 50kers in quick succession as he was also in action at Maurice Mullins.

RESULT

  1. Eoin O’Connor () 4:19:20

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
79. James Heggie 8:58:38

Maurice Mullins 51k

Chad Biddle

Big turnout here and one of the tougher days out on the calendar although this year without Maulin and Djouce summits in the mix.

Grace Curham’s 2nd senior finish looked like a breakthrough at the time and it turned out to be just that. Our first finishers, however, where Ian followed by wife Anne twenty places later and Stephen Kennedy in one of his first outings for our club. The Tyners once again paced the race together before Eoin Phelan, Julia Palma, James Heggie and new member Chad Biddle rounded out the field (in his first ultra).

RESULT

RESULT

  1. Luke Weldon () 4:00:23
    ——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
  2. Ian Bromley 5:40:52 – WW RC
  3. Anne Bromley 5:57:17 – WW RC
  4. Stephen Kennedy 5:58:14 – WW RC
  5. Grace Curham 6:03:28 (2nd FS) – WW RC
  6. Angus Tyner 6:40:11
  7. Tivon Tyner 6:40:11
  8. Eoin Phelan 7:43:37 – WW RC
  9. Julia Palma 7:49:12 – WW RC
  10. James Heggie 8:35:43 – WW RC
  11. Chad Biddle 8:39:52 – WW RC

Wicklow Way Half

Another favourite with our members and a close battle between Ian and Graham (a regular occurrence of late) with three age category podiums to celebrate.

RESULT

  1. Alan Dunne () 1:40:34

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
24. Ian Bromley 2:04:45
31. Graham Bushe 2:06:30 (1st M55)
49. John Conway 2:15:27
64. Kate Flynn 2:19:57
71. Anne Bromley 2:22:10 (3rd F40)
120. David Gray 2:35:41
140. Andy Walker 2:40:31
160. Niall MacCarthy 2:49:10
164. Eoin Phelan 2:50:28
236. Kara Fleischmann 3:33:26 (1st F50)

Bray Head

Grace went one better than Maurice Mullins and took the overall win in the women’s category in the first summer league race of the season. Loraine Creane notched another of many wins in the F45 category.

RESULT

  1. Barry Minnock (Rathfarnham WSAF) 0:36:41

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
30. Grace Curham 0:44:47 (1st Woman)
32. Richard Allan 0:45:02
52. Loraine Creane 0:49:28 (1st F45)
61. Alan Kennedy 0:50:28
94. John Campbell 0:55:08
112. Richard Kieran 0:58:50
140. James Heggie 1:05:17

Powerscourt Uphill

Not too much interest from our club in the uphill race on Djouce but Joe Lalor wasn’t shy and got 1st M70 in return for his trouble.

RESULT

  1. Zak Hanna (Newcastle AC) 0:33:23

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
26. Joe Lalor 1:08:00 (1st M70)

Forth Mountain

Another solid run from Andy Walker in what’s been a consistent block.

RESULT

  1. Emmet McNamara () 1:07:40

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
42. Andy Walker 1:32:36

Powerscourt Spring

Powerscourt Ridge made it’s first spring appearance and the duel of the day here was between Wicklow Way Relay team mates Huw and Ian who finished 9 minutes between them. Behind them Loraine nipped just under a minute ahead of Anne Bromley.

RESULT

  1. Peter McDaid (Newcastle AC) 1:09:23

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
23. Huw Thomas 1:28:36
24. Ian Bromley 1:28:45 (2nd M45)
53. Loraine Creane 1:43:50
56. Anne Bromley 1:44:43
107. Brendan Lawlor 2:09:23
111. Richard Kieran 2:12:30

Night Challenge Series

Night Challenge 1: Crone Wood

RESULT

  1. Liam Blackburn () 0:40:00

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
69. Eoin Phelan 0:59:45
71. Loraine Creane 0:59:47
80. Brendan Lawlor 1:01:42

Night Challenge 2: Cruagh Woods

A sharper outing here from Graham Bushe, finishing well up the field.

RESULT

  1. Donatas Jocius (Crusaders AC) 0:39:52

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
6. Graham Bushe 0:43:16
58. Eoin Phelan 0:58:33
69. Keith Mulvey 1:02:39
81. Brendan Lawlor 1:04:56

ENDURANCE LIFE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 32K

One of the most scenic coastal routes on the island saw Wayne Earls getting through this one in solid fashion about midway through the field. The Causeway trail run was about 32.5 k with over 1000m climb.

RESULT

  1. Jack Duncan () 2:38:44

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
188. Wayne Earls – WW RC 4:10:38

MARATHON DES SABLES

And last but certainly not least, Ross Thompson took on the Marathon des Sables: a 250 km multi-day, self-sufficient stage race and about as far removed from a Sunday morning 10k as you can get. Finishing 891 out of over 1500 competitors in 59 hours – very impressive!

Read more about it here!

Getting Over That Sahara Marathon Hump

RESULT

  1. Mohamed El Morabity () 20:47:39

——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
891. Ross Thompson 59:59:12

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: ParkRun Updates – Avondale

by glendaloughac, posted in Race reports, Trail running

More training than racing to report from this week – Aoife Joyce had a run-out at the Avondale ParkRun today for her first 5 km ‘race’ in nearly 5 years and had an enjoyable time coming around in 24:10 on the somewhat bumpy course.

RESULT

  1. Unknown, 20:06
  2. Gearoid O’Brian, Parnell AC 20:11

————GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———

22. Aoife Joyce 24:10 (3rd lady)

Full results

REPORT: Wicklow Masters Cross-country

by glendaloughac, posted in Cross-country running, Race reports

Having missed the previous three instalments of this years Wicklow cross-country championship, it was heartening to see a big squad of our runners out for today’s Wicklow Masters Cross-Country Championship held in pristine conditions in Shanganagh Park today and hosted by Bray Runners. Thanks in advance to our hosts for a marvellous event!

messy team photo
Most chaotic team photo ever!

A great Nollaig na mBan

Our women where up first and we sported our biggest team yet with 5 runners: two of our ‘regulars’ (Yvonne Brennan and Donna Quinn) with Catherine Devitt and Aoife Joyce making their come-backs after extended breaks and Rachel Wisdom returning to cross-country for the first time in many years.

Rachel went off in an early lead but Parnell’s Catherine O’Connor quickly asserted herself and dominated the majority of the race to finish first – 24 seconds ahead of Aisling Smith. Rachel battled midway for the last podium spot with another Parnell runner – Ann-Marie Kenny – but lost out by 21 seconds in the end. As a consolation she took the Gold Medal in the F35 category. Behind our Catherine Devitt set out in second but had been caught midway by Yvonne Brennan and Donna Quinn.

rachel in lead
Rachel Wisdom on the first lap 

The girls worked together and packed well and in the end Donna Quinn paced herself best to take 5th overall – Yvonne and Catherine followed in quick succession in 6th and 8th spot and then Aoife in 15th. Such tight packing was duly rewarded: our women took Gold in the team competition with 15 points – 7 ahead of second-placed Parnell and four individual medals – the Gold, Silver and Bronze in the F35 category (Rachel, Donna and Catherine respectively) and the Bronze medal in the F40 category for Yvonne. This was the 5th team medal in cross-country in our history so far but only the 2nd gold.

 

‘A’ means medals: awards for Angus and Anthony

Not to be completely outdone, our men also took home two individual medals: Angus Tyner had another excellent race – as is his habit – finishing 13th overall and taking the Bronze medal in the M50 category. Not far behind was a determined Anthony Breen in 20th who was rewarded for his efforts with the Bronze medal in the M45 category. Barry O’Neill and Rene Borg worked together for the mid-part of the race and finished 28th and 31st respectively with Johnny Conway (making his senior debut in the discipline) in 37th. Next in was another first-time cross-country runner – ultra-man Duncan Barrett in 47th followed by Colm Kenna and Keith Mulvey in 49th and 50th place. Winner of the men’s race were the hosts Ian McGrath.

anthonyjohnny.jpg
Anthony and Johnny at the start (photo: Andrew Hanney)

Overall, our men finished 5th out of 6 teams with 51 points – avoiding finishing last by a mere two points ahead of the Kilcoole B team – every place counts!

All in all, 1 team GOLD, 1 individual gold, 1 individual silver, and 4 individual bronze medals represented a fantastic haul for the teams which will hopefully encourage everyone ahead of the 2019-2020 cross-country season!

A special thanks for our hosts Bray Runners for putting on a smoothly run event on a superb course.

WOMEN’S RACE (4K)

  1. Catherine O’Connor, Parnell AC 15:35

————–GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS—————

4. Rachel Wisdom  16:39 , 1st F35, TEAM GOLD

5. Donna Quinn 17:03, 2nd F35, TEAM GOLD

6. Yvonne Brennan 17:07, 3rd F40, TEAM GOLD

8. Catherine Devitt 17:25 , 3rd F35, TEAM GOLD

15. Aoife Joyce 19:06, TEAM GOLD

 

MEN’S RACE (6K)

  1. Ian McGrath, Bray Runners 20:24

————–GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS—————

13. Angus Tyner 22:01, 3rd M50

20. Anthony Breen 22:51, 3rd M45

28. Barry O’Neill 23:30

31. René Borg 23:36

37. Johnny Conway 24:12 (XC debut)

47. Duncan Barrett 26:33 (XC debut)

49. Colm Kenna 26:55

50. Keith Mulvey 27:08

 

WOMEN’S TEAMS

  1. Glendalough AC 15 pts

 

MEN’S TEAM

  1. Kilcoole 10 pts

5. Glendalough AC 51 points

 

REPORT: Xmas Racing at Djouce and in Wexford

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

Arne hammering to the finish line at Djouce Woods

Arne Klohn continued recent good form with a fine 18th place finish at IMRA’s Djouce Remembrance Race. It was great to see good club turn-out at an event where many old friends passed in the recent years were remembered.

  1. Neilus Healy 28:57

———GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———–

18. Arne Klohn 33:11

31. Derek Cullen 35:29

34. Yvonne Brennan 35:44 (2nd lady, 2nd F40)

45. Bruce Phillips 39:54

Full results

 

Meanwhile club coach René Borg braved the stampede on the harbour front in Wexford running 6:09 for the Goal Mile Wexford.

René turning for the sharp cones at Wexford Quay

 

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