REPORTS: Assault on Annagh Hill

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

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REPORT: Hellfire

After the club shenanigans in Clara Vale Saturday, one club runners was involved in more serious business as the IMRA 2019 season kicked off at Hellfire Woods.

Seven day after her come-back in cross-country, Catherine Devitt returned for her first IMRA run since August 2017 and finished 14th in the ladies race and 86th overall with 217 finishers in this the first race of the Winter/Spring League.

RESULTS

  1. Conor O’Keefe, UCD 30:52

———-GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS———

86. Catherine Devitt 43:46

full results: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/1672/category/O/