The report begins with Wednesday’s Dublin Athletics graded track and field meet in Tallaght, the 5th in this year’s series. There was a bit of a breeze and a constant threat of rain, but it largely held off. Nevertheless, the event took place in quite clammy conditions. There are some question marks over several of the 800m results, so they should be treated with a lot of caution, but the 200m and 3,000m results are probably accurate. In the men’s 200m C race John O’Loughlin placed 2nd in 25.77, whilst Paul Kelly, in the same race, took 8th in 33.40. The women’s B 800m race was stuffed with Crusaders along with a runner, Lorraine Healy, who trains with us. After leading for much of the race, Anna King, in her first race of the season, had to settle for 2nd place in a possible time of 2:25.59. Anna was followed by the steady Fiona Shine who placed 3rd in 2:28.23 and Lesley-Ann Doughan just behind, 5th in 2:28.92. Next came Lorraine (7th in 2:30.54), followed by Catherine Thornton (10th in 2:35.19) and Lisa Shine (12th in 2:40.51). Paul Kelly went on to compete in the men's 800m D race, placing 13th in a time of 3:37.20, whilst John Fahy placed 5th in the 800m C 1st race in a time of 2:17.60 and John Thuillier was 8th in the 2nd race in a time of 2:23.71. In the men’s 800m B 1st race, Alan Sheehy ran 2:11.93 to place 6th, whilst Brian Carroll placed 7th in the 2nd race in a time of 2:08.55. Finally, there were PBs for all our runners in the 3,000m. Darina Scully ran in a combined A, B and C women’s race, placing 16th overall in a PB time of 12:26.71, and although John McAuley and Joe McDermott also ran in a men’s combined A, B and C race, their results were treated differetly from those of the women and their places were split out into separate races. John duly won the C standard with a PB time of 9:53.53 (his first time under 10 minutes), whilst Joe was given 7th place with a PB time of 10:22.12.
On the same night, our intrepid mountaineers were taking part in an IMRA league race in Brockagh, Co. Wicklow. The course measured 11km and was considered of moderate difficulty with a climb of 443m. Jason Kehoe won for the 2nd time in as many weeks in a time of 50:27, followed by Brian Leonard (19th in 57:10), winning for once in the usual battle with teammate Brian McGuckin (24th in 58:29). They were followed by Ali Onur Uyar (73rd in 1:07:18) and Gavan Doherty (81st in 1:08:25), who's returned to his first love from last week’s parkrun. The field measured 178 runners. On Friday night Dominick Branigan took on the Drogheda and District Midsummer 5K, placing 11th in a field of nearly 600 participants. Dominick’s time was 17:39. Then on Saturday, there was a lot to report. The morning saw a few of our clubmates travel down to Waterford to take part in the half and quarter marathons in the Viking Marathon festival. Russell Murphy and Fiona Bane took on the half, in warm conditions on a hilly course, placing, respectively, 352nd and 367th overall in times of 1:51:12 and 1:52:14 (74th woman finisher) in a field of over 1,200 participants. We had 3 runners in the quarter: In a field of nearly 970 runners, Diarmuid Byrne took 16th spot in 45:15, followed by Aoife Clarke (63rd overall, 16th woman, in 52:32) and Maria Pertl (241st overall, 102nd woman, and potentially the fastest 6-months pregnant woman in the field in 1:03:29). The afternoon witnessed an IMC meet in a windy Belfast on the Mary Peters track there. Several Crusaders decided to make a weekend of it and put in a bit of racing too. Nick Ennis placed 6th in the men’s 400m A race in a great time of 48.95, whilst then going on to run in the men’s 400m A event, placing 4th in 11.06. We had several running in the 800m. In the women’s B race, Lesley-Ann Doughan improved on her time in Tallaght, by running 2:27.35 and placing 5th (again!). Alan Sheehy ran 2:12.52 in the men’s 800m C race to place 4th, whilst Michael O’Conor took on the C race and grabbed 7th spot in 2:01.75, close to the time he recorded in Irishtown two weeks ago. In the men’s 1500m A race, Michael Kiely ran 4:03.38 and came home in 14th place, whilst Niamh Boland, in the women’s equivalent event, placed 7th in 4:43.32. Finally, Shane Collins participated in the men’s 3,000m and took 21st position in a PB time of 9:12.89. The evening was dedicated to the classic 10K race in Dunshaughlin, in its 38th edition. It’s a super race and always attracts around 800 runners. This year was no exception, on a slightly windy and warm evening, the field finally measured north of 770, nearly 25% of them breaking 40 minutes, which shows what quality the race exhibits. The course is not flat, with a couple of hills around the 6Km mark, but it is fast and extremely enjoyable, with a marvellous feast afterwards provided by the townspeople. We fielded a small contingent of 12 runners, but it was full of quality, with Orla Drumm coming home in a season’s best time of 35:52 and taking an excellent 2nd place (55th overall) behind the prolifically successful Laura Shaughnessy who marked a PB in her winning time of 34:02. Catherine Thornton was our next woman home, in her 2nd event of the week, taking 7th spot (162nd overall) in a super PB time of 39:23 and also getting a likely PB at 5k, breaking 19 minutes for the first time. The women’s team was completed by Kate Murray (356th overall, 53rd woman) in a time, close to a PB for the distance set 2 weeks ago, of 44:49 and Olwyn Dunne (390th overall, 68th woman) in a time of 46:04. The combined total of positions for the first three women was agonisingly close to a podium place, only 1 point off taking 3rd spot in the team competition. Considering we only had 4 women running, 4th place was an excellent outcome all the same. The men also ran well, with Rob Cross, despite carrying a neck injury which saw him lose a few places towards the end, winning his age category and taking home for the 2nd time a shield as big as a door which will have to have his name engraved on it. Rob finished in a creditable 13th place in a race which Sergiu Ciobanu won with considerable ease, with our Kenyan friends Peter Somba and Freddie Sittuk fighting it out between them for 2nd and 3rd spots some distance behind. Peter inevitably prevailed, having sat on Freddie’s shoulder until the last 100m or so. Our next runner home was Ger Forde who ran well to place 37th in a PB time of 35:52, followed by Joe McDermott with his 2nd PB of the week. Joe placed 81st in a great chiptime he hadn’t realised he’d achieved of 36:59 (official guntime of 37:02). This was the first year where runners enjoyed a chipped start. In previous years Joe would not have been able to claim the lower time, because the starts were all based on gun. Joe was followed by Joe Walsh who was on autopilot towards the end, but ran bravely to take 96th spot in 37:16. Next came Colm Kernan who was another runner also to mark his finish with a PB. Colm placed 122nd in 37:48 and he was followed by Eddie Nugent (127th in 37:57), Simon Kenny (222nd in 41:36) and Kevin O’Connor (445th in 47:37). On Sunday morning, Jane Wallace joined Thomas Clarke and 370 or so other runners to run in the Malahide Castle 10K and distinguished herself with a 3rd place finish in the women’s race. Jane’s time was 42:47 and her overall position was 31st. Thomas, on the other hand, ran 40:07 to place 9th overall. Gary Park reports that Crusaders men came 5th in their premier division pool in the first qualifying round of the National track and field league in Athlone on Sunday. County Tipperary had 133 points after the first round, Menapians, 131, Leevale, 120, GCH, 95, Crusaders, 85, Tullamore, 75 and Kilkenny City, 42 points. There was a win for Oisin Taylor in the triple jump, 2nd for Nick Ennis in the 400m and Sam Gaine in the Discus. 3rd places went to Ciaran Donnelly in the hammer and the 56lb and Tom De Jongh in the shot put. All to play for in the 2nd round, with the team lying in 10th overall at this stage (8 places up for grabs) and we wish the team the best of luck. Also, over the weekend on the track, Jason Harvey reported that he ran in France in a 400mH race, coming home with a season's best 51.20. Pat Quill ran in the North Lavaredo Ultra trail race near Cortina in Italy over the weekend. The distance was 120km with a climb of some 5,800m. He reported that it was highly enjoyable up until the 80k mark when his right quad became exceptionally sore and too painful to run on. He walked the rest and shed a lot of places but was never in any doubt for a finish. As usual, the last part of the report is dedicated to the outcome of the various parkruns in which our clubmates have participated, not too many this week. Alex Romano was our lone participant along with 350 other runners in Marlay. Alex finished in 17th place in 20:46. Likewise, Maria Kennedy took on Kilkenny on her own, placing 4th woman (29th overall in a field of 106) in a time of 25:04. Similarly, Mairead Cashman, whilst holidaying in Kerry, ran in Killarney and placed 38th overall (11th woman) in 27:47 and a field of 61 runners. Darina Scully, in her search for parkruns all over Ireland, decided to run in Glengariff, Co. Cork, actually coming home as first woman finisher in a time of 24:40 (4th place overall) in a modest field of 34. The larger contingents turned up in St Anne’s and Cabinteely. In Raheny, in a field of nearly 340, Michael Maughan honed his skills with a 13th place and a time of 19:26. Michael was followed by Noel Reilly (28th in 20:27), Denis Murphy (183rd in 27:52) and Lorraine Fitzsimons (272nd overall, 118th woman, in 31:43). Finally, Helena Walsh placed 17th overall (2nd woman) in a time of 22:07 in Cabinteely (among 114 other runners), followed by Colm Foley (33rd in 24:34), Fiona Shine (87th overall, 28th woman, in 31:20) and Orlaith de Burca (88th overall, 29th woman, in 31:48). Dunshaughlin 10K Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Sergiu Ciobanu 1 00:30:12 27 Laura Shaughnessy 1 00:34:02 Crusaders AC runners 13 Rob Cross 00:32:55 37 Ger Forde 00:34:48 (PB) 55 Orla Drumm 00:35:52 (2) 81 Joe McDermott 00:36:59 (PB) 96 Joe Walsh 00:37:16 122 Colm Kernan 00:37:48 (PB) 127 Eddie Nugent 00:37:57 162 Catherine Thornton 00:39:23 (PB) (7) 222 Simon Kenny 00:41:36 357 Kate Murray 00:44:49 (53) 390 Olwyn Dunne 00:46:04 (68) 445 Kevin O’Connor 00:47:37 Full results here: http://www.sportsplits.com/Home/Results Malahide castle 10K Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Brian Martin 1 00:36:02 7 Zoe Quinn 1 00:39:55 Crusaders AC runners 9 Thomas Clarke 00:40:07 31 Jane Wallace 00:42:47 (3) Full results here: http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/bdee40_2c743a339e27436ab7c834ea3db7a514.pdf Drogheda Midsummer 5K Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Valdas Dopolskas 1 00:15:45 22 Nicola Bull 1 00:17:39 Crusaders AC runner 11 Dominick Branigan 00:17:39 Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/drogheda__district_ac_midsummer_5k/1956/results Waterford Half marathon Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Trevor Power 1 01:13:03 10 Ruth Fitzgerald 1 01:24:14 Crusaders AC runners 352 Russell Murphy 01:51:52 367 Fiona Bane 01:52:14 (74) Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/waterford_viking_marathon_2017/2007/results Waterford Quarter marathon Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 David Mansfield 1 00:36:32 20 Sinead Brannigan 1 00:46:30 Crusaders AC runners 16 Diarmuid Byrne 00:45:15 63 Aoife Clarke 00:52:32 (16) 241 Maria Pertl 01:03:29 (102) Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/waterford_viking_marathon_2017/2007/results Marlay Parkrun #215 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Charlie McGowan 1 00:17:04 8 Lynne Hennessy 1 00:19:06 Crusaders AC runner 17 Alex Romano 00:20:46 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=215 KilkennyParkrun #139 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Gerry O’Brien 1 00:19:27 13 Bronagh O’Hara 1 00:22:28 Crusaders AC runner 29 Maria Kennedy 00:25:04 (4) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/kilkenny/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=139 Killarney Parkrun #105 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Larry Arthur 1 00:17:37 7 Niamh Clifford 1 00:20:38 Crusaders AC runner 38 Mairead Cashman 00:27:47 (11) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/killarney/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=105 St Anne’s Parkrun #188 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Aidan Jones 1 00:17:28 16 Elaine McNulty 1 00:19:42 Crusaders AC runners 13 Michael Maughan 00:19:26 28 Noel Reilly 00:20:27 183 Denis Murphy 00:27:52 272 Lorraine Fitzsimons 00:31:43 (118) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=188 Cabinteely Parkrun #117 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Paul Caulfield 1 00:19:10 16 Cristin Scollard 1 00:21:59 Crusaders AC runners 17 Helena Walsh 00:22:07 (2) 33 Colm Foley 00:24:34 87 Fiona Shine 00:31:20 (28) 88 Orlaith de Burca 00:31:48 (29) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=117 Glengariff Parkrun #73 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Liam Cotter 1 00:20:17 4 Darina Scully 1 00:24:40 Crusaders AC runner 4 Darina Scully 00:24:40 (1) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/glengariff/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=73 On Wednesday evening there was a decent turnout from the club for the 29th running of the BHAA Trinity Track races. Two distances were on offer, 800m and 2,000m, and the races were broken down into standards, so that in principle everyone was competing against his or her own peer group and everyone, therefore, had a chance to win. We ended up with several podium places as a consequence. There was a bit of a wind in Dublin that evening, but the grass track in the university is relatively well-sheltered, so that runners would not have felt it much. The weather was otherwise dry and quite warm. In other words it was perfect for track racing. Times were not so important as everyone would have expected to run slower on a grass track than a tartan and it was generally felt that the difference over 800m would be in the region of 3-5 secs. Mike McGovern took on the role of starter for the night. The first event incorporated standards 14-30 among the women and the race with a large field was won from gun to tape convincingly by Rachel Yorke who thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Rachel finished in a time of 2:46.8. Mairead Cashman also ran and placed 14th in 3:49.0. In the women’s standards 1-13 800m, Niamh Boland was able to latch on to another runner who broke away from the start and duly finished in second place, well clear of the field in a time of 2:21.7. Until the last 250m Catherine Thornton was leading a group of pursuers and hung on well to place 4th in 2:34.5, with Niamh Aspell hard on her heels in 5th place in 2:36.3 and Dee Ni Chearbhaill a little further back in 8th place in 2:56.0. For the men there were at least 5 races run for the 800m. In standards 8-9, Niall McGeorge put on a great display to win the race in 2:23.6, followed by Philip Matthews in 7th (2:42.0). Despite running in the 2nd lane for most of the race, Luke Haran put on a similar display in the 800m for standards 10-11, taking 2nd place in 2:30.4. The next race was for standards 12-13 and we had 3 runners in the large field. Denis Murphy put in an excellent effort in the last lap to place 4th in 2:37.4, followed by Brendan Glynn (7th in 2:42.7) and Robbie Moore (14th in 2:50.8). Gearoid Grogan also ran well in standards 17-21, coming home in 2nd place in 2:34.7, whilst Paul Kelly took 5th place in 3:35.8 in his race for the 22-30 standards. Several went on to run in the 2,000m on the wonderful grass surface. Niamh Boland managed to beat her opponent from the 800m with a convincing win in 7:07.1, followed by Catherine Thornton who was on the tail of the previous victor right up until the last 300m, finishing in 3rd place (7:23.0). Dee Ni Chearbhaill also decided to give it a go and placed 6th in 8:13.0. We had 2 runners in the standards 14-30, with Kate Murray’s fresh legs helping her to take 2nd place in 8:26.5 and Mairead Cashman who took 10th in a time of 10:41.7. Luke Haran placed 7th in his race (standards 10-11) in 7:36.7, whilst in the next race (12-13), Denis Murphy placed 6th in 7:49.5, Brendan Glynn was 9th in 7:55.6 and Robbie Moore 12th in 8:03.2. Gearoid Grogan missed the race for his standard and so competed in a higher standard (14-16), managing to win the event in a time of 7:38.4. Finally, Paul Kelly, put himself on the podium with a 3rd place finish in his race (standards 22-30) in 9:50.3. There was also an IMRA league race around Djouce that evening. Jason Kehoe distinguished himself by winning the event that was on a course marked as moderately difficult over a distance of 9.8km and a climb of 580m. Jason’s time was 54:02 and he led home 175 other competitors in the race, most notably including at least 8 other Crusaders. Warren Swords was next in 14th place (58:47) and he was followed by John McAuley (19th in 1:00:36), Brian McGuckin (20th in 1:00:43), Brian Leonard (24th in 1:03:17), John Fahy, a sometime mountaineer (37th in 1:06:48), Laura Flannelly (46th overall, 6th female, in 1:09:33), Ali Onur Uyar (65th in 1:12:33) and Berndt Heim (160th in 1:40:09). On Thursday night in windy conditions Brendan Glynn (a glutton for punishment!), Paul Kelly, Liam Lyster, Darina Scully and Lorraine Healy, who trains with the club, went up to Drogheda to take part in the 4th graded meet in the Lourdes stadium. In the 800m mixed C standard race, Lorraine ran 2:32.6 for 7th place, with Brendan two places back in 2:39.4. Paul ran in the D standard, placing 13th in 3:26.1. In the first of two events, Liam took part in the mixed 200m C standard race, taking 4th place in 29.90. Following that, he went on to compete in the shot put, but as the only competitor in the 5kg event he was never going to lose it. Like Liam, Paul also went on to run in the 200m (mixed F standard), finishing in 2nd spot in a time of 33.27. Finally, in the mixed 3,000m race, Darina Scully took 4th place in a time of 12:47.62. Also, on Thursday, we had runners in the 3rd races of the Born 2 Run series. This time the event moved on to Newbridge House near Swords. In the 10K race on a largely flat course Jim Stagg placed 2nd in a field exceeding 100 runners in a time of 38:09, whilst in a field of approx. 80 runners we had two runners in the 5K. Iseult Ni Chuinneagain took 39th place overall (15th female) in 28:44, whilst Ciara McElligott placed 57th overall, 27th female, in 32:26. On a warm and sultry Friday night Susan Walsh went on to provide live commentary for the annual Dublin Pride 5K race taking place in the Phoenix Park around the 15 Acres area. We only appear to have had one competitor in the 542-strong race: Dominick Branigan placed 3rd in a time 18:16. One of the highlights of the weekend was the Irish Runner 5 mile race on Saturday morning that took place mostly in the northern section of the Phoenix Park, thereby cutting out most of the hills around the Military Road and the Chapelizod Gate. The race used to be part of the Dublin race Series, but has now become a solo effort by the magazine, largely because numbers have been falling in recent years. Indeed, Saturday’s edition may well have seen its lowest total of finishers yet, with fewer than 2,000. Despite that, in sunny, warm and windy conditions, the race enjoyed a quality field and, appropriately, despite the presence of our two almost-resident Kenyans who tend to win a lot these days, Peter Somba and Freddie Sittuk, who placed respectively 5th and 6th, the top 3 male places went to household Irish runners: Kevin Maunsell, Sean Hehir (who put in a great run in the last half mile to grab 2nd place) and John Coughlan. The course was most interesting, allowing spectators to see the runners several times and not too hilly either, except for the sharp left turn off the Fairy Glen onto the Upper Glen Road. The wind, however, seemed to be in runner’s faces when it came to uphill sections. The start of the race was delayed by about 13 minutes, because of a surprise visit being paid to Aras an Uachtarain just at the moment the race was due to start, one of the hazards of a Phoenix Park event. We had a great turnout for the race with at least 22 participants, to such an extent that the commentator at the finish, having seen so many Crusaders cross the line in the first 100 or so finisher,s felt bound to ask publicly if there were anone from the club still at home! Rob Cross won his age group with a 9th place finish, a position he largely held throughout the race. His time was 26:31. Rob was followed by John Mulvihill in 14th place, who similarly held a top 15 position throughout the race and picked off another runner with half a mile to go. John’s time was 27:07. Ciaran Diviney was next only 3 places behind John in 17th and finishing in a PB time of 27:16 and 4th place in his age category. Top 50 places went to Frank Halligan (28th in 28:08), Niall O’Connell (45th in a PB time of 29:17) and Joe McDermott (49th in a time just 4 secs off his PB in 29:32). Joe Walsh (60th in 29:53) and Eddie Nugent (73rd in 30:32) were able to finish in the top 100 also, along with Ilona McElroy, still with a niggling ankle injury but able to place 6th female and 84th overall in a creditable time of 30:53. Among the later runners, Nina Holmes acquitted herself well with 208th place overall, 23rd female, in 34:50, whilst Michael Fitzsimons demonstrated that he is returning to form, placing 110th in 32:01 and there was also a top 150th placing for David Killion (144th in 33:12). Fiona Bane ran in the race but her time was not recorded and she disposed of her number before the error was discovered. Finally, John Fitzsimons was able to take 3rd in the O/70 category, despite being only 2 months away from his 80th birthday, with a time of 53:01 (1,508th). On Sunday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar joined a field of more than 700 runners, including a couple from the club, in the Castleknock 5K. He finished in a time of about 28 mins, although his result appears not to have been recorded. The course was quite challenging with a nice downhill section for the first mile but a really tough last 800m up Knockmaroon Hill, finishing in the grounds of Castleknock College. The two club-mates who competed in the race were Frank Hague who came home in 7th spot (18:24) and Donal Foley who placed 67th in 22:33. Also, on Sunday, Bob Cahill took part in the local Kildare marathon (the first running of the Thoroughbred Run Kildare), and in his second marathon in as many weeks he placed 2nd out of 100 runners in 3:03:48. On the flat course, Bob was leading at the half way mark but found the last quarter of the 2 lap race tough in the hot weather (despite the race having started at 8:30). So, this was his second 2nd place finish inside of 15 days. On Thursday, in the UK, Leo Lundy took on the Dorney Lake ultra in and around the Olympic rowing venue in Buckinghamshire. It was a hot oppressive day at 27 degrees and his 28.8 miles was good enough for 8th out of 83 finishers (6:15:58). On Sunday on the hottest day of the year in the UK so far (30 degrees) he took on the Hampshire Hoppit which was a hilly nearly 800m of climb) off-road trail marathon in and around the Test Valley and Watership Down areas in North Hampshire. Leo reported that it was survival at the end of a 150+ mile week. On the track, Matthew Behan achieved two European U/23 qualifying times in the 110m hurdles in the England U/23 and U/20 championships over the weekend. He completed an excellent two days by taking third place in Sunday's final in a time of 14.34. Many congratulations to him. Mairin Shine reported that she and John Fitzsimons ran in the Raheny Shamrocks-organised Tommy Lynam 2 mile run on Sunday and both won their respective age categories. In a small field of 31 runners, John ran the distance in 17:32 and Mairin, 17:52. Finally, in the parkruns we had the usual participants, as well as a few newcomers to the event, and some excellent results. Matt Cranley joined 305 other runners in St. Anne’s Raheny to place 18th in 19:53. Matt was followed by Phelim Murray (35th in 21:34), Denis Murphy (37th in 21:54), Sarah Lyons (64th overall, 7th female, in 23:22) and Aoife Quinn, making her way back to form steadily after her knee operation (159th overall, 38th female, in 28:08). Ciara McElligott was our sole representative in the 111-strong field in Naas, placing 87th overall, 32nd female, in 32:13, as was Sharon Woods, who placed 50th overall, 9th female, in a time of 25:16, in Tymon, among a field of 134 participants. Similarly, Maria Pertl took on Poppintree on her own, placing 55th overall out of nearly 100 runners (22nd female), in a time of 28:41. Our best result of the day went to Daniel Lowe who was first finisher in Lough Key. Daniel came in ahead of 144 other runners in a time of 18:20. Colm Kernan was also a lone runner for the club in Ballincollig, placing 6th in 20:09. The field measured 264 runners. Darina Scully and Mairead Cashman took on the 84-strong Bushy Dublin field with Darina coming home in 20th place overall (3rd woman finisher) in 23:38 and Mairead Cashman finished in 50th place overall, 15th woman, in 28:55. In Cabinteely, our 6 runners finished as follows: In a field of nearly 90 runners, Dave Carter came home in 2nd place in 19:42, followed by Colm Foley (19th in 23:14), Gavan Doherty (25th in 23:28), Lisa Shine (72nd overall, 25th woman, in 30:29), Orlaith de Burca (73rd overall, 26th woman, in 30;30) and Mairin Shine(78th overall, 28th woman, in 32:07). Lastly, Olwyn Dunne attended a parkrun international conference in Berkhamsted and took part in a parkrun in Tring…but she walked the hilly course! Irish Runner 5 mile race Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Kevin Maunsell 1 00:24:18 25 Laura Shaughnessy 1 00:27:53 Crusaders AC runners 9 Rob Cross 00:26:31 14 John Mulvihill 00:27:07 17 Ciaran Diviney 00:27:16 (PB) 28 Frank Halligan 00:28:08 45 Niall O’Connell 00:29:17 (PB) 49 Joe McDermott 00:29:32 60 Joe Walsh 00:29:53 73 Eddie Nugent 00:30:32 84 Ilona McElroy 00:30:53 (6) 110 Michael Fitzsimons 00:32:01 144 David Killion 00:33:12 208 Nina Holmes 00:34:50 (23) XXX Fiona Bane 309 Robbie Moore 00:35:43 580 Niamh Quinn 00:39:04 (128) 642 Mary Fitzsimons 00:40:22 (159) 648 Carina Davidson 00:40:14 (163) 935 Martina White 00:45:00 (295) 1355 Aisling O’Connor 00:49:00 (553) 1371 Derv Hynes 00:49:15 (563) 1508 John Fitzsimons 00:53:01 1796 Lorraine Fitzsimons 00:58:38 (883) Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/irish_runner_5_mile_/2089/results Kildare Thoroughbred Marathon Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Thomas Shanahan 1 02:56:20 5 Dolores Duffy 1 03:16:13 Crusaders AC runner 2 Bob Cahill 03:03:48 Full results here: http://www.sportsplits.com/Home/Results Kildare Thoroughbred 5K Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Brian Byrne 1 00:15:54 5 Ruth O’Loughlin 1 00:18:59 Crusaders AC runner 7 Alex Romano 00:19:59 Full results here: http://www.sportsplits.com/Home/Results Born 2 Run 10K Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Ger Copeland 1 00:36:38 4 Hannah Carroll 1 00:38:50 Crusaders AC runner 2 Jim Stagg 00:38:09 Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/born_2_run_dublin_run_series_newbridge_house/2309/results Born 2 Run 5K Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Ronan Wogan 1 00:17:10 3 Laura Buckley 1 00:19:05 Crusaders AC runners 39 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:44 (15) 57 Ciara McElligott 00:32:26 (27) Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/born_2_run_dublin_run_series_newbridge_house/2309/results Dublin Pride 5K Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Owen Fletcher 1 00:17:24 5 Kate O’Neill 1 00:18:31 Crusaders AC runner 3 Dominick Branigan 00:18:16 Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/dublin_pride_run_2017/2101/results Castleknock 5K Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 John Coughlan 1 00:15:34 9 Catherina McKiernan 1 00:18:50 Crusaders AC runners 7 Frank Hague 00:18:24 67 Donal Foley 00:22:33 Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/castleknock_5k/2113/results Naas Parkrun #168 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Matthew Pollard 1 00:18:03 8 Ciara Shortall 1 00:20:20 Crusaders AC runner 87 Ciara McElligott 00:32:13 (32) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/navan/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=168 Lough Key Parkrun #56 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Daniel Lowe 1 00:18:20 16 Suzanne Keenehan 1 00:22:42 Crusaders AC runner 1 Daniel Lowe 00:18:20 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/loughkey/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=56 Ballincollig Parkrun #53 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Tobi Grab 1 00:18:28 18 Mary Sweeney 1 00:22:01 Crusaders AC runner 6 Colm Kernan 00:20:09 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/ballincollig/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=53 St Anne’s Parkrun #187 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Joseph O’Donoghue 1 00:16:24 16 Fiona Victory 1 00:19:38 Crusaders AC runners 18 Matt Cranley 00:19:53 35 Phelim Murray 00:21:34 37 Denis Murphy 00:21:54 64 Sarah Lyons 00:23:22 (7) 159 Aoife Quinn 00:28:08 (38) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=187 Cabinteely Parkrun #116 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Barry Thornton 1 00:18:15 9 Susanna Murphy 1 00:21:35 Crusaders AC runners 2 David Carter 00:19:42 19 Colm Foley 00:23:14 25 Gavan Doherty 00:23:28 72 Lisa Shine 00:30:29 (25) 73 Orlaith de Burca 00:30:30 (26) 78 Mairin Shine 00:32:07 (28) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=116 Tymon Parkrun #156 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Kevin English 1 00:17:41 10 Lisa Nagle 1 00:21:30 Crusaders AC runner 50 Sharon Woods 00:25:16 (9) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/tymon/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=156 Poppintree Parkrun #137 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 unknown 1 00:19:41 17 Kate Cleary 1 00:23:15 Crusaders AC runner 55 Maria Pertl 00:28:41 (22) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poppintree/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=137 Bushy Dublin Parkrun #17 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Brian Crinion 1 00:19:38 9 Christine Kinsella 1 00:21:16 Crusaders AC runners 20 Darina Scully 00:23:38 50 Mairead Cashman 00:28:55 (15) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/bushydublin/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=17 On Saturday, Crusaders hosted an exciting track meet, the annual GV Ryan, at the Irishtown stadium, on the same day that we celebrated the club’s 75th anniversary at the Hilton Hotel, a fitting combination, with both the meet and dinner being graced by the presence of club icons Ronnie Delaney and Caroline O’Shea. There was a super Cru turnout for both occasions, both of which ran like clockwork thanks to the efforts of Susan Walsh and Michael McGovern, ably supported by club volunteers led by another stalwart, Jim O’Neill. Club president Niall O’Connell gave a wonderful speech too, followed by some words of inspiration from Ronnie. No one will forget Ronnie’s parting comment about the importance of winning! Belatedly, but deservedly, John O’Connor received a lifetime achievement award, and also demonstrated that not only do we have excellent athletes in the club, but we also have some great visionaries too. To cap a long day, several of us saw the dawn, before making the effort of a long run on Sunday morning! We start with racing that took place earlier in the week. On Wednesday evening, a few of our members headed up to Santry to participate in Dublin Athletics’ 4th graded meet. It was at times wet and windy, but in spite of that there were some excellent races. Our only female competitor on the night, Fiona Shine, took part in the women’s 1500m C race and won a sprint for the line to take 2nd place in 5:00.66 (likely a PB). Abbas Bowen ran in race 2 of the men’s 100m B event, placing 5th in 12.14, whilst John O’Loughlin, in search of a qualifying standard, ran 57.8 also to place 5th in the men’s 400m C race. Kevin Woods, who has been racing abroad recently, most notably in Belgium, with some excellent times and results, distinguished himself with a super win in the men’s 400m A race and a time of 49.64. Finally, we had 3 runners in the men’s 1500m C race. Alan Sheehy led the way home in 3rd place and a time of 4:32.10, followed by Frank Halligan (6th in 4:38.05) and John Thuillier (9th in 4:50.32) on his return to racing after a hiatus whilst he studies for an MBA. Also, on Wednesday, as usual, IMRA held another league race, this time on Sorrel Hill. The course was approx. 9.45km, with a climb of some 400m and described as of moderate difficulty. The race having been won by Croghan AC’s Pat Foley in 44:39, as a club we had some excellent results further down the field. Warren Swords took 8th place in 46:56, followed by Jim Stagg, not exactly a household name in mountain running, who ran well to place 15th in 49:26. In a field exceeding 140 runners, Brian McGuckin was next in 21st in a time of 50:08, followed by Laura Flannelly (52nd overall in 56:49 and 6th female). Ali Onur Uyar was next in 70th place (1:00:23) and he was followed by the final member of our contingent, Berndt Heim, who placed 121st in 1:17:43. We had 2 podium placings on Thursday evening in the 2nd 5k race of the Born to Run Series. Last week’s events had taken place in the grounds of Malahide Castle and this week the event moved on to St. Anne’s Raheny. Conditions were calm, but with a couple of heavy showers. Darina Scully took 1st place in the women’s race, beating 30 other women in the process. In a total field of 66 runners, Darina placed 13th overall in a time of 22:40, whilst Diarmuid Byrne demonstrated that he is nearly over a recent injury with a 3rd place finish in a time of 19:10. We now come to the blue riband event of the week, the IMC-organised, Crusader-hosted, GV Ryan meet on Saturday afternoon. With a strong headwind down the home straight (officially gale force strength) it was always going to be difficult to record PBs, particularly in the sprint events, but PBs there were during the day. We had participants in several events. Kevin Woods capped his excellent week with a PB in the men’s 800m A race, taking 5th place in 1:50.80, whilst there was an inspirational run from Michael O’Conor in the men’s 800m D race. Michael managed to hold onto the pacer in a group of 3 or 4 runners that separated itself from the rest of the field early on and lying for much of the race in 3rd or 4th place, finally coming through to win in a sprint for the line with a 3 second PB improvement (2:01.64). Brian Carroll and Alan Sheehy also took part, with Brian placing 6th in a PB time of 2:07.50 and Alan, 9th in 2:10.80. Michael Kiely ran in the 1500m B race, placing 12th in 4:28:84 and finding the going tough, whilst Niamh Boland Orla Kennedy also found conditions challenging in the women’s 1500m. Niamh eventually placed 5th in 4:45.89, whilst Orla took 7th spot in a time of 4:59.84. In the women’s 800m B race, Fiona Shine returned to the track after her midweek exploits, but, because of the conditions, both she and Lisa, who ran in the same race, produced runs which were a couple of seconds off their PBs. Fiona took 6th place in 2:29.83, with Lisa in 7th in 2:40.48 and the multi-talented Alix Hughes, one place behind in 8th in a time of 2:55.74. There were other good spectacles in the two races run by the 110m hurdlers. Matthew Behan won both in respective times of 14.79 and 14.67, whilst Valantinos Goularas, running as a junior alongside, took 2nd in both races in respective times of 14.91 and 15.12. Alix Hughes demonstrated her versatility with a 2nd place in the women’s 100m in a time of 13.46, with Rhianna McCarthy right on her tail in 3rd in 13.54. In fact, Alix also took part in the long jump, but results are yet to be published. Like her, John O’Loughlin took on multiple events during the meet. He placed 5th in the 200m in 26.24 and 6th in the 400m in 58.60. Finally, in a race of only two competitors unfortunately, Ciara Barry followed the winner home in a time 1:03.61. It was a tough environment to run in and Ciara acquitted herself well. Brian O'Kelly ran in the 3000m, but his result is yet to appear and will be added once it is published. Over the weekend, Kris Ryan and Leo Lundy took part in the Endure 24 in Aldermaston in Berkshire. It’s known as the Glastonbury of running due to everyone camping for the weekend and having the craic. Over 3,000 runners took part, mostly in 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8-person relay teams over the hilly 5 mile trail (around 2000ft of climb per marathon). Kris and Leo took part with 238 others in the blue riband 24hr solo. The temperature was mid 20's during the day and there was constant rain over night, when the trails became slippery. Leo squeezed in 20 laps for 100 miles exactly and a top 30 finish. Kris ran a really strong 23 laps for 115 miles and 3rd overall and 1st woman (2nd all-time overall female distance holder in the 6 editions of the event). Both were inaugurated into the Endure 24 100 mile club. Joe Walsh reported that he was in San Sebastian in Spain at the weekend and took part in a 10k night race. The race took place on a picturesque course along the seafront which kicked off just as the sun was setting on the bay but it was a bit of a surprise to have to descend a flight of about 40 steps in the last km. He’s not sure if his time of 39:24 (20th in a field of just under 300) was more down to the warm conditions or a week of over-indulging on holiday! Paul O’Meara ran in the Mourne Way marathon on Saturday, his 17th. Conditions were tough. Following a deluge overnight, the trails were knee deep in mud, although the day was sunny enough. Paul recorded a time of 4:02:45, reflecting how difficult the conditions were, and placed 9th out of 189 runners. Dave Tilly reported that he and visually-impaired athlete Donnacha McCarthy took part in the Wicklow 100K mountain cycle, the toughest in Ireland, that was followed by a run at the finish of the cycle. They were the first tandem home. More podium places were recorded for our clubmates over the weekend, notably in some of the parkruns. In a field of 200 runners, our Malta exile, Rebecca Fleming took advantage of a brief trip home to run in Castletown and took 8th place overall, first female finisher, in a time of 21:26, whilst, in Poppintree, Darina Scully also placed first female finisher (her second win in a week!) and 14th overall in a field of nearly 100 runners. Darina’s time was 22:34. Our third 1st finisher was Fiona Bane, who ran in Enniskillen with nearly 90 other runners. Fiona ran 23:50 and placed 5th overall. In a field of nearly 460 runners in Marlay, Dominick Branigan, took 2nd place in 17:42. He was followed by Lesley-Ann Doughan in 41st place overall, 3rd female finisher, in 21:34. Next came Alex Romano, 50th in 21:34 followed by a returning racer, Barry O’Neill, who took 78th spot in 22:47 and Kate Murray (97th overall, 16th female, in 23:20). Whilst going through pregnancy, Maria Pertl is still keeping her running up. She and partner Diarmuid Byrne ran side by side in Navan on Saturday morning, placing 40th and 41st in the same time of 28:44 in a field of 68 runners. Gillian Errity took 4th place in 23:54 in the women’s event, and 41st overall, in Griffeen with a field of more than 200 participants. Other solo participants included Sharon Woods who took 23rd place overall, 4th placed woman, in a time of 24:55 in the 103-strong Tymon parkrun and Mairead Cashman (84th overall, 36th female finisher, in 49:09) among nearly 90 runners in Bushy Dublin. Finally, we had 6 runners in the nearly 400-strong field in St. Anne’s Raheny. Michael Maughan led the contingent home in 22nd place in a time of 20:04, followed by Zlatko Kulic (48th in 21:38) and Denis Murphy (121st in 24:28). It was great to see that Martina White has returned to racing after a long break, placing 170th overall, 39th female, in 26:22. The remaining runners were John and Lorraine Fitzsimons, with John placing 249th in 29:14 and Lorraine, 316th overall, 119th female, in 31:36. Born to Run 2nd 5K race Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Brian Sexton 1 00:18:02 13 Darina Scully 1 00:22:40 Crusaders AC runners 3 Diarmuid Byrne 00:19:10 13 Darina Scully 00:22:40 (1) Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/born_2_run_run_dublin_run_series/2308/results Mourne Way Marathon Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Patrick Higgins 1 03:19:51 36 Rita Devlin 1 04:36;10 Crusaders AC runner 9 Paul O’Meara 04:02:45 Full results here: http://www.26extreme.com/DataEditorUploads/Mourne%20Way%20Marathon%20Results%203rd%20Render.pdf Navan Parkrun #86 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Paul Gleeson 1 00:18:30 5 Breda Harris 1 00:21:12 Crusaders AC runners 40 Maria Pertl 00:28:44 (9) 41 Diarmuid Byrne 00:28;44 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/navan/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=86 Marlay Parkrun #213 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Ronan O’Flynn 1 00:17:25 20 Sarah Baryga 1 00:20:04 Crusaders AC runners 2 Dominick Branigan 00:17:42 41 Lesley-Ann Doughan 00:21:07 (3) 50 Alex Romano 00:21:34 78 Barry O’Neill 00:22:47 97 Kate Murray 00:23:20 (16) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=213 Griffeen Parkrun #208 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Mark O’Connor 1 00:19:12 25 Che McGann 1 00:22:25 Crusaders AC runner 41 Gillian Errity 00:23:54 (4) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/griffeen/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=208 St Anne’s Parkrun #186 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Simon Devenney 1 00:17:03 33 Adrienne Atkins 1 00:20:44 Crusaders AC runners Michael Maughan 00:20:04 48 Zlatko Kulic 00:21:38 121 Denis Murphy 00:24:28 10 Martina White 00:26:22 (39) 249 John Fitzsimons 00:29:14 328 Lorraine Fitzsimons 00:31:49 (123) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=186 Enniskillen Parkrun #211 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Peter Cassidy 1 00:22:47 5 Fiona Bane 1 00:23:50 Crusaders AC runner 5 Fiona Bane 00:23:50 (1) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/enniskillen/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=211 Tymon Parkrun #103 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Sean MacFhearraigh 1 00:19:45 5 Ruth Kelly 1 00:20:47 Crusaders AC runner 23 Sharon Woods 00:24:55 (4) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/tymon/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=103 Poppintree Parkrun #136 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Bobby Bedford 1 00:17:32 14 Darina Scully 1 00:22:34 Crusaders AC runner 14 Darina Scully 00:22:34 (1) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poppintree/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=136 Castletown Parkrun #79 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Stephen Coller 1 00:19:03 8 Rebecca Fleming 00:21:26 Crusaders AC runner 8 Rebecca Fleming 00:21:26 (1) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/castletown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=79 Bushy Dublin Parkrun #16 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Derval Devaney 1 00:20:38 2 Tim Delaney 1 00:20:51 Crusaders AC runner 84 Mairead Cashman 00:49:09 (36) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/bushydublin/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=16 Back row: Michael Kiely, Vinnie McGuinness, Michael McGovern, Jim O'Neill, Olwyn Dunne, Susan Walsh, James Cottle, Brian Murphy, Gary Park, Eddie Nugent, John Thuillier, John Mulvihill, Caroline O'Shea, Ciaran Diviney, Will Owens, Niall O'Connell, Michael O'Conor, Richie MacLiam, Brian Carroll, Russell Murphy, Gian Piero Allerta, Niall McGeorge, Gillian Earley, Yvonne Macauley. Front row: Rebcca Fleming, Lisa Shine, Emer Kenny, Paul Kelly, Fiona Shine, Mairin Shine, Michael Maughan, Anna King, Philip Matthews, Alan Sheehy The racing week started in Dunboyne, the scene of the BHAA Govt. Services 5 mile road race, traditionally fast and flat, and so it proved to be on what was quite a warm but dry evening. We had at least 15 runners in the race and there were some excellent results. The race was won by Mick Clohisey (23:27), who got the better of Kevin Maunsell (23:36) and Peter Somba (24:39). First across the line for Crusaders was Rob Cross in 4th place who not only won his age category but also marked his run with a PB of 25:35. Members will be interested to know that Sean Murphy, who trains with the club, placed 36th in 28:36, just ahead of John McAuley (39th in 28:49). Niall O’Connell was next with a storming run to place 51st in a 72 second PB improvement to 29:19 (first time under 30 mins). In a field of nearly 440 runners, top 250 finishes went to Joe Walsh (57th in 29:32), Eddie Nugent (66th in 31:09), Tomas Mahony (86th in 31:09), relative newcomer Ollie McGrath (90th in 31:19), Tomas Dunne (123rd in 32:42), Tony Hackett (196th in 35:13), Robbie Moore (202nd in 35:25) and Neil Brown (236th in a PB time of 36:59). Kate Murray was our first female home, placing 215th overall, 18th woman finisher and 5th in her age category, in a time of 35:56. Kate was followed by Kris Ryan (266th overall, 24th woman, in 37:06), Emma O’Mahony (266th overall, 31st woman, in 37:37) and by Mairead Cashman (385th overall, 87th woman, in 45:17).
On Wednesday evening we had 7 runners take part in an IMRA league race that took place around Trooperstown Hill. 192 runners in total took on the 9km event with a 430m climb and a turnaround at the summit of Boots Mountain. Diarmaid Collins won it in 43:02 and our runners were led home by Warren Swords who placed 4th in 44:38. In his 100th IMRA race, Brian McGuckin was 20th in 48:24 followed in 23rd by Brian Leonard, who was running his 50th, in 48:28. In 44th place overall came Laura Flannelly (53:20) and 2nd female finisher. Anthony O’Reilly was 51st in 54:06, followed by Sonja Fuhrmann in 58th place overall (55:10) (5th woman finisher) and Berndt Heim in 168th (1:14:55). The next racing took place on Thursday evening. On the track, Brendan Glynn and Lorraine Healy, who trains with the club, went up to Drogheda, to take part in the local club’s 3rd graded meet. Brendan used the 400m mixed E race to warm up for a 1500m race and actually won it in 67.96. Lorraine joined him for the mixed 1500m B race, placing 10th in 5:07.15, whilst Brendan came home in 16th in 5:31.96. Also on Thursday, Emma O’Mahony and husband Barry competed with Ciara McElligott in the first of 4 races by the UK-based organisation behind the Born to Run Series. The 10K trail race took place in the grounds of Malahide Castle Demesne in damp conditions. In a field of more than 150 runners, Barry took 3rd place in a time of 36:28, whilst Emma, in her second race of the week, placed 40th overall, 4th woman, in 45:07. Meanwhile, Ciara took 145th spot overall, 67th woman, in 1:02:00. Moving on to the weekend, we had two runners in the Cork City marathon on Sunday. In warm conditions on a challenging course, Eugene McDonough managed to come home in 3:07:36, 75th place out of more than 1,150 runners, after finding the last 5k extremely tough with cramp. Newcomer Damien O’Brien also took part, coming home in 180th spot in an 8-minute PB-improved time of 3:25:02. On Saturday, Bob Cahill made an effort to win a race which he won two years ago and placed 2nd in last year: the Tullaroan marathon. In a field of 29 runners, Bob was unable to recover the title, but did a sterling job, in warm conditions on a tough hilly course, to place 2nd again in a time of 3:02:29. Kris Ryan joined 12 other runners to take on the ultra and she placed 2nd woman home, 5th overall, in a time of 6:10:02. Then, on Monday, Leo Lundy joined a small group of 25 runners to take part in the Director’s marathon in Tullaroan, coming home in a time of 4:34. Our mountain-running specialist, Jason Kehoe, travelled down to Kerry to take part in the Irish and Munster league race on Carrauntoohil and on Saturday he won the race which involved a distance of 12.5km and a climb of nearly 1,150m, beating 86 other runners in the process. On Sunday, several clubmates travelled to Tullamore to take part in the Leinster U23, senior and masters track and field championships. Rhianna McCarthy placed 4th in the U23 100m in a time of 13.11. Then, she ran in the Senior 200m and took bronze in 27:05. John O'Loughlin ran in 3 events as an O/50, taking silver in each of the 100m and 200m in respective times of 12.89 and 25.83. He then went one better by taking gold in the 400m in 57.72, whilst Simon Everard also took gold as an O/35 in the 400m in 54.57. Neil Brown placed 6th in the O/45 5,000m race in a time of 21:49 and then went on to win silver in the shot put with a throw of 7.01m. Also, in the field, Karen Conway took silver in the O/35 discus event with a throw of 23.17m and then went on to win the hammer with a throw of 31.31m. Another highlight of the bank holiday weekend was the running of the Women's mini marathon. reputedly, 30,000 women took to the streets and roads of South Dublin on a course that was the reverse of previous years, which made for what appeared to be a super fast race. This is the last year of the race being held on a Monday and next year, as with the marathon, it will be held on a Sunday. It was duly won by Ann-Marie McGlynn in an excellent time of 33:55, well ahead of Laura Shaughnessy (34:27) in 2nd place and nearly a minute faster than she ran it in 2015 when she placed 2nd. Our Orla Drumm, who was lying in 15th place or so at the 3k mark, managed to storm through the field and by 6k had made it to 9th position, finally coming through at the end in a well-deserved 6th in 36:45, an amazing result given that she was recovering from sickness this week. Results have now been officially released and we had at least 12 runners in the race, with Orlaith de Burca and Rachel Yorke at least getting PBs. In Orlaith's case it was a 5 minute improvement to 48.13. The results are as follows: Nina Holmes (60th in 42:52), Dee Ni Chearbhaill (71st in 43:02), Kate Murray (108th in 44:25), Amy Wright (152nd in 45:38, and discovering that she was going down with a bug that kept her in bed the following day), Rachel Yorke (160th in a PB time of 45:51), Orlaith de Burca (279th in a PB time of 48:13), Darina Scully (308th in 48:40), Fiona Bane (373rd in 49:24), Louise Yorke (1,197th in 55:29, possibly a PB), Mairead Cashman (1,433rd in 56:36) and Rhona McGrath (2,219th in 59:51). A race missed off last week’s report was the Brussels 20k on Sunday 28 May in which Robbie Moore competed. Robbie reports that the course was quite challenging, owing to the gentle long overall climb and it had several tunnels between km 3 and 7 as well as a long and steep climb about 3km long up the last avenue to the finish. After a decent start, Robbie went through 10km in 46.30 but faded slightly as the heat, about 27 degrees Celsius, got to him producing a finish in 1.36.20, still about a minute faster than 2016. He reckons he drank about 2 1/2 litres of water during the race. Race atmosphere was apparently brilliant with live music or DJ's every 3 or 4 km and there was great support from the residents of Brussels. There was a decent turnout in the parkruns over the bank holiday weekend. Colm Kernan joined Matt Cranley, Maria Pertl, Ciara McElligott and Lorraine Fitzsimons, along with 335 other runners in St. Anne’s. Colm took 11th place in 18:46, followed by Matt (22nd in 19:42), Maria (164th overall, 32nd woman, in 26:47), Ciara (240th overall, 75th woman, in 30:04) and Lorraine (254th overall, 82nd woman, in 30:52). Anthony O’Reilly was our lone representative in Cootehill. In a field of 34, Anthony placed 3rd in 20:40. Donal Foley was also on his own in Johnstown, Wexford, among 155 other runners. Donal placed 27th in 22:04. In Shanganagh, with its field of 121 runners, Mike Stewart placed 21st in 22:08, whilst Orlaith de Burca came home in 110th spot overall, 44th woman, in 33:21. David Carter and Colm Foley took on the hilly Cabinteely, with David placing 2nd in 19:49 and Colm, 29th in 23:47. They were accompanied by 113 other participants. Darina Scully was our only runner in Father Collins, placing 33rd overall in a total field of 89 runners. Morevoer, Darina was 4th woman home in a time of 26:50. In his first parkrun, James Cahill participated alongside Mairead Cashman in Bushy Dublin. Among a field of 90 runners, James placed 2nd in 18:15, whilst Mairead took 59th spot overall, 15th woman, in 28:16. In Marlay, Lesley-Ann Doughan joined more than 440 other runners, coming home in 39th place overall and 2nd to Ciara Hickey in a time of 20:45. Lastly, participating in one of her last events before departing for Texas at the end of the month, Yvonne Macauley took on and placed first finisher overall in a challenging Castlehaven. Yvonne’s time of 21:03 was good enough to finish ahead of the entire field of 23 other runners. BHAA Govt. Services 5 mile Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Mick Clohisey 1 00:23:27 102 Aoife Brady 1 00:31:52 Crusaders AC runners 4 Rob Cross 00:25:35 (PB) 39 John McAuley 00:28:49 51 Niall O’Connell 00:29:19 (PB) 57 Joe Walsh 00:29:32 66 Eddie Nugent 00:30:06 86 Tomas Mahony 00:31:09 90 Ollie McGrath 00:31:19 123 Tomas Dunne 00:32:42 196 Tony Hackett 00:35:13 202 Robbie Moore 00:35:25 215 Kate Murray 00:35:56 (18) 236 Neil Brown 00:36:59 (PB) 244 Kris Ryan 00:37:06 (24) 266 Emma O’Mahony 00:37:37 (31) 385 Mairead Cashman 00:45:17 (87) Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/government_services_5_mile_bhaa_rules/2282/results Born to Run Series #1 10K Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Ger Copeland 1 00:35:09 4 Zoe Quinn 1 00:37:30 Crusaders AC runners 3 Barry O’Mahony 00:36:28 40 Emma O’Mahony 00:45:07 (4) 145 Ciara McElligott 01:02:00 (67) Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/born_2_run_series_10k__5k_run_dublin/2307/results Cork marathon Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Chris Mocko 1 02:26:42 23 Jill Hodgins 1 02:48:17 Crusaders AC runners 75 Eugene McDonough 03:07:36 180 Damien O’Brien 03:25:02 (PB) Full results here: http://www.myrunresults.com/events/cork_city_marathon/2072/results Tullaroan marathon Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Mick McKenna 1 03:01:59 22 Siobhan Roche 1 05:05:13 Crusaders AC runner 2 Bob Cahill 03:03:28 Full results here: http://www.myrunresults.com/events/tullaroan_marathon/2069/results Mini Marathon Overall place Name Cat. Place guntime 1 Annmarie McGlynn 1 00:33:55 Crusaders AC runners Full results here: St Anne’s Parkrun #185 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Colin Griffin 1 00:16:38 27 Crona Brady 1 00:20:09 Crusaders AC runners 11 Colm Kernan 00:18:46 22 Matt Cranley 00:19:42 164 Maria Pertl 00:26:47 (32) 240 Ciara McElligott 00:30:04 (75) 254 Lorraine Fitzsimons 00:30:52 (82) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=185 Cootehill Parkrun #135 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Damien Connolly 1 00:18:59 7 Oonagh Duffy 1 00:22:30 Crusaders AC runner 3 Anthony O’Reilly 00:20:40 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cootehill/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=135 Johnstown Parkrun #118 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Anthony Dowd 1 00:17:59 18 Michelle Langan 1 00:21:28 Crusaders AC runner 27 Donal Foley 00:22:04 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/johnstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=118 Shanganagh Parkrun #115 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Joe Cawley 1 00:17:29 27 Ciara Carter 1 00:23:35 Crusaders AC runners 21 Mike Stewart 00:22:08 110 Orlaith de Burca 00:33:21 (44) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/shanganagh/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=115 Cabinteely Parkrun #114 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Barry Thornton 1 00:18:23 12 Cristin Scollard 1 00:22:30 Crusaders AC runners 2 David Carter 00:19:49 29 Colm Foley 00:23:47 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=114 Father Collins Parkrun #89 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Alan Foley 1 00:18:01 14 Margaret McCreavy 1 00:22:56 Crusaders AC runner 33 Darina Scully 00:26:50 (4) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fathercollins/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=89 Castlehaven Parkrun #73 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Yvonne Macauley 1 00:21:03 2 unknown 1 00:21:06 Crusaders AC runner 1 Yvonne Macauley 00:21:03 (1) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/castlehaven/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=73 Marlay Parkrun #212 Overall Place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Stephen O'Donnell 1 00:17:27 12 Ciara Hickey 1 00:19:04 Crusaders AC runner 39 Lesley-Ann Doughan 00:20:45 (2) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=212 Bushy Dublin Parkrun #15 Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Charlie McGovern 1 00:18:04 12 Stephanie Bergin 1 00:21:31 Crusaders AC runners 2 James Cahill 00:18:15 59 Mairead Cashman 00:28:16 (15) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/bushydublin/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=15 |