After all the excitement of last weekend, by our usual standards it has been relatively quiet this week in terms of road racing in Ireland and also no local XC or mountain events on which to report. The majority of those athletes to be seen running around Dublin are those in the middle of their taper for the marathon championships with little thought of serious racing until the big day.  It was, however, an important weekend of racing, mostly abroad, for some of our clubmates, nearly all running on courses considered flat and fast.

On Saturday morning, despite severe calf and upper leg discomfort throughout, Jens Seggewiss recorded a PB in the Lisbon marathon, conducted on a mildly undulating coastal course, and he finished with a great time of 2:47:17. In the flat streets of Berlin, Luke Haran took part on Sunday morning in the Great 10k Run there, placing in the top 700 in a field of over 4000 and in a time of 44:59. Then, also on Sunday, we had at least 3 clubmates join the huge field for the Chicago marathon. Held in warm and sunny conditions, with little to no wind, and where world (female wheelchair) or course records (men’s wheelchair) were set on the day, John McDonagh recorded a time of 2:54:47, followed by Scott Rosen, who found the heat in the second half quite challenging but who still managed to run a PB (3:50:32) and Olwyn Dunne (3:53:28) who was treating the event as a warm up before the Dublin marathon. The trio was also joined by one of our exiles, Hector Jimenez Perez, who ran 4:16:35. Further north east, Kevin Kenny ran in the hilly Montréal marathon which he completed in 4:31:20. Also, on Sunday, Brian Regan paced a friend in the Oxford Half marathon, where he ran 97 minutes. One of our Spanish exiles, Pablo Sanchez won the Campeonato de Madrid Master Mille en Ruta, the  Madrid masters mile road race championship, in 4.50. Finally, Andrea Rondina, now residing in San Francisco, ran in the Tamalpa 6.8k XC where he finished 6th in 23:14.

Locally, on Saturday, around the outside of Leopardstown Racecourse, Tanja Narancic was our lone representative in the Laura Lynn 5k. Joining 434 other runners, Tanja placed 46th and 10th in 26:03.

There was one mountain/trail race in the North in which a Crusader participated on Saturday. This was one of the 3 races on offer in the Sky the Mournes series. Donatas Jocius took on the 20k event, where, in a field of 146, he placed 4th (2nd M40) in a time of 2:15:37.

In great running conditions on Saturday morning, several of us tapering for the Dublin marathon incorporated parkruns into our last medium long runs. By far the largest turnout as usual was in Poolbeg where numbers were swelled with prospective marathoners.

In a field of 240, one of those preparing for the Dublin marathon, Emma Rowe, placed 18th overall and first female finisher in a time of 19:59. Emma was preceded by Kevin Fitzgibbon, an athlete preparing for next week’s Amsterdam marathon, who took 2nd place in 16:45. Kevin was followed by Stephen Hurley (5th in 17:59), Kenan Furlong (7th in 18:36) and Jamie Renehan (10th in 18:55). Further back came Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (30th in 21:05), followed by at least 9 Crusaders also preparing for the Dublin marathon and who had put in some miles before the parkrun. They were headed by Charlie Coonan (37th in 21:41) ahead of Ciara Regan (42nd and 3rd in 22:02), Ciara Lynch (43rd and 4th in 22:03), Jemma Lyons (46th and 6th in 22:09), Diarmuid Finan (48th in 22:16), Paul Campbell (49th in 22:17), James Cottle (51st in 22:33), John Lohan (61st in 23:11) and Caroline Fleming, whose time and position were not recorded.

Further back came Aoife McCarthy (71st and 10th in 23:57), Ed Joyce (73rd in 24:05), Aitor Arribas Velasco (87th in 24:40), Russell Murphy (89th in 24:41) and Kevin Lambe (109th in 25:58). Ella Campbell, who also got a decent long run in first as she prepares for the marathon, placed 117th and 23rd in a PB time of 26:19 and she was followed by Juliane Frydenlund (123rd and 26th in 26:43), Nicola Finnegan (131st and 32nd in 26:53), with the contingent completed by Josie Ward (212th and 76th in 33:54) alongside Mari Hansen (213th and 77th in 33:55).

Orla Kennedy was a first finisher in Brickfields with its field of 93. Orla placed 17th overall in 21:46, whilst, in Shanganagh, Dee Lalwor once again led the field of 277 home in 17:30 and he was followed by Órlaith de Burca (149th and 45th in 28:51).  Another first finisher, Ashley Hayes, ran in the modest field of 18 in Achill where he recorded a time of 17:52. On the podium in Monaghan Town, alongside 90 other runners, was Ross Neill who placed 2nd in 20:26, whilst, in Donabate with its field of 261, Michael O’Shea placed 3rd in 19:35, ahead of Mikel Crisostomo (4th in 19:47) and Ryan Hoey (33rd in 23:00). Laura O’Malley ran in the 28-strong field in Castlehaven, where she placed 13th and 3rd in 30:54.

In Russborough, in a field of 144, Daniel Littlewood took 6th spot in 20:49 and he was followed by Kabir Sala (11th in 22:43) and Bo Chicoine (65th in 29:33), whilst, in Oranmore, Tom Conlon joined 60 other runners, placing 12th in 24:08. Martina White ran in Porterstown, placing 79th and 25th in 29:34 in the field of 171, whilst, in St. Anne’s, Enda Currid placed 30th in 21:31, followed by Mark Browne (212th in 29:28). Cian Coughlan ran alongside 275 other participants in Tramore Valley, where he placed 67th in 25:10, whilst, in the same county, Helena O’Keeffe joined 306 other runners in Ballincollig, placing 109th and 22nd in 27:48. In Dodder Valley, with its field of 155, Fanny Trébouet ran 31:14 for 83rd and 23rd spots, whilst, on Wexford Racecourse, Lisa Shine placed 38th and 12th in 26:08, followed by Máirín Shine pushing a buggy (97th and 42nd in 31:43). Mairead Cashman joined 61 other runners in Glen River, placing 40th and 13th in 32:44, whilst, on his trip to England, Brian Regan took on the 863-strong filed in Oxford University Parks, where he placed 9th in 18:12.
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Laura Lynn 5k (435)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Junior Santos Santos 1 00:17:50
13 Courtney McGuire 1 00:20:14
Crusaders AC runner
46 Tanja Narancic 00:26:03 (10)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/laura_lynns_5k_10k/6352/results
Monaghan Town Parkrun (91) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Steven McGlone 1 00:20:22
5 Sinead Doherty 1 00:22:44
Crusaders AC runner
2 Ross Neill 00:20:26
Castlehaven Parkrun (28) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 James Stokes 1 0:20:16
6 Deirdre McCarthy 1 00:25:19
Crusaders AC runner
13 Laura O’Malley 00:30:54 (3)
Oranmore Parkrun (61)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Harrington 1 00:18:16
17 Claire O’Sullivan 1 00:24:42
Crusaders AC runner
12 Tom Conlon 00:24:08
Porterstown Parkrun (171)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:18:05
21 Laura Rodal 1 00:23:50
Crusaders AC runner
79 Martina White 00:29:34 (25)
Brickfields Parkrun (93)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Higgins 1 00:18:13
17 Orla Kennedy 1 00:21:46
Crusaders AC runner
17 Orla Kennedy 00:21:46 (1)
Poolbeg Parkrun (240)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 William Anderson 1 00:16:25
18 Emma Rowe 1 00:19:59
Crusaders AC runners
2 Kevin Fitzgibbon 00:16:45
5 Stephen Hurley 00:17:59
7 Kenan Furlong 00:18:36
10 Jamie Renehan 00:18:55
18 Emma Rowe 00:19:59 (1)
30 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:21:05
37 Charlie Coonan 00:21:41
42 Ciara Regan 00:22:02 (3)
43 Ciara Lynch 00:22:03 (4)
46 Jemma Lyons 00:22:09 (6)
48 Diarmuid Finan 00:22:16
49 Paul Campbell 00:22:17
51 James Cottle 00:22:33
61 John Lohan 00:23:11
71 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:57 (10)
73 Ed Joyce 00:24:05
87 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:24:40
89 Russell Murphy 00:24:41
109 Kevin Lambe 00:25:58
117 Ella Campbell 00:26:19 (PB) (23)
123 Juliane Frydenlund 00:26:43 (26)
131 Nicola Finnegan 00:26:53 (32)
212 Josie Ward 00:33:54 (76)
213 Mari Hansen 00:33:55 (77)
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (276)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Green 1 00:17:31
6 Teresa Murphy 1 00:19:17
Crusaders AC runner
67 Cian Coughlan 00:25:10
Shanganagh Parkrun (277) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Derek Lawlor 1 00:17:30
10 Maeve O’Grady 1 00:19:59
Crusaders AC runners
1 Derek Lawlor 00:17:30
149 Órlaith de Burca 00:28:51 (45)
Achill Greenway Parkrun (18) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:17:52
5 Nicola Cooke 1 00:26:54
Crusaders AC runner
1 Ashley Hayes 00:17:52
St. Anne’s Parkrun (425)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cristian Davalos 1 00:18:27
8 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:41
Crusaders AC runners
30 Enda Currid 00:21:31
212 Mark Browne 00:29:28
Donabate Parkrun (261) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alessandro Porazzini 1 00:18:17
13 Geraldine McHale 1 00:21:12
Crusaders AC runners
3 Michael O’Shea 00:19:35
4 Mikel Crisostomo 00:19:47
33 Ryan Hoey 00:23:00
Ballincollig Parkrun (307)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Mannix 1 00:17:42
17 Siobhan Holland 1 00:21:10
Crusaders AC runner
109 Helena O’Keeffe 00:27:48 (22)

Important Membership Changes 
We are making some changes to our club membership structure to align our membership year with Athletics Ireland, and to make the registration process simpler for our members. These changes will affect adult memberships only. There will be no change to juvenile memberships, which are already on a calendar-year membership renewing from 1st December.

From your next renewal
Our adult memberships will move from a 12-month rolling membership to a calendar-year membership. All memberships will run from January to December, with membership renewals taking place from 1st December each year. At the same time, the annual adult membership fee will increase from €135 to €160. This new fee will include your Athletics Ireland membership, meaning that members will no longer need to register separately with Athletics Ireland. The club will take care of this registration on your behalf.

What this means for current members
Your current membership remains valid until your existing renewal date. Until your next renewal, you will continue to be responsible for registering or renewing your membership with Athletics Ireland yourself. When your club membership comes up for renewal, you will move to the new €160 calendar-year membership, which will include your Athletics Ireland registration. You will only be charged for the remaining months of the year when you renew, and then you can start renewing yearly from December 2027. 

New members
From October onwards, all new members joining the club will be registered with Athletics Ireland by the club as part of their membership.This change will make the membership process easier for everyone and ensure that our club membership year is aligned with Athletics Ireland.
We appreciate your understanding and support as we make this change. If you have any questions about your individual membership or renewal date, please contact the club committee at [email protected].

It was great to see so many new club members participate in the first XC race of the season, the Dublin Novices, on the Acres in the Phoenix Park on Sunday afternoon and we came away with a medal too!

In benign conditions, perhaps even a little warm, we fielded two teams, with the women embarking on a 4k race, which measured closer to 3.5k and the men taking on 6k (measuring closer to 5.5k). The women’s race involved a short loop of 1k, followed by two longer ones of 1.5k. The men had to run four 1.5k loops. All of this undertaken on undulating ground once off the Acres playing area.

The event is described as being for “novices”. However, in reality it enjoys quite high-quality fields which include younger but fast runners taking on a senior event perhaps for the first time, alongside seasoned athletes eligible to race at Novice level. So, it can be considered for some a baptism of fire and a tough challenge!

The women’s race went off first to the sound of a hooter (rather than a gun!) with a field of 71, and our contingent of 6 athletes was led home by first time cross-country runner Sarah-Grace Breen in 6th place in a time of 14:05, just 79 seconds behind the race winner. Jade Murphy was next, also running her first XC, placing 18th in 14:38 and she was followed by Aoife Quigley (21st in 14:57). The next runner across the line was newcomer Alejandra Victorera Gil (48th in 16:15) and between the 4 athletes, we placed 5th as a club out of 9 clubs competing. Another newcomer, Shantal Tapia, was next (69th in 21:24) and she was followed by Helen Finucane (71st in 22:03).

The men’s race was just as exciting, with Crusaders fielding a team of 13 in a total field of 110. Adam Shier burst out of a group of about 4-5 athletes on the last lap with about 300m to go, coming home to take the silver medal in 17:28, just 9 seconds behind the race winner and well ahead of the chasing runners.

Tim Conway was next (10th in 18:13), followed by Brian Regan (23rd in 19:04), Alex Ainsworth (33rd in 19:23), Dimitri Jeannon (38th in 19:34), Jan Manschot (48th in 19:48) and newcomer, Kyle Fitzgerald (63rd in 20:45).

Further back came Cillian Traynor (71st in 21:16), Paul Kilgarriff (100th in 23:19), Phelim Murray (101st in 23:29), Mustaf Ahmed (103rd in 23:47) and Garret Connolly (106th in 25:00). The men's team came home in 4th place, just 4 points behind the bronze medal and well ahead of 5th place in a competition involving 12 clubs. Spare a thought for Rory O’Flaherty who found the pace of the field a bit too strong for him and he ended up pulling out after two laps.

The chiptiming crew had something of a challenge in sorting out several of the results, as the finish line gantry had been placed much closer to the course than usual, so that some of the runners still on their laps were coming too close to the gantry, triggering finishing times with some distance to go. However, it all got sorted in the end, following some prompting.

It was a great start to the season and also a fitting tribute to the efforts of coach Colm Parnell and club captains Sarah Lyons and Phelim Murray.

Elsewhere, for those preparing for the Dublin marathon the weekend marked the end of the build-up before enjoying a three-week taper. As usual, at this time, our marathoners were presented with an opportunity to run in one of two ¾ marathons on offer, the “Fastlane” in on the towpath of the Grand Canal and around Grangecastle Business Park on Saturday, and the other “Irish ¾” race on Sunday morning. We had athletes in both, along with some participating in the shorter events presented in the Fastlane series on the day. Conditions for both were prefect. Nevertheless, our marathoners were generally encouraged not to race the event too hard and leave their upcoming marathon on the banks of the Grand Canal or in Co. Meath!

In the Fastlane ¾, Ryan Preston joined a field of 406, placing 65th in a time of 2:40:29. Anousheh Alamir is incorrectly identified as placing 27th. However, she ran in the half marathon rather than the ¾, and, by deduction, placing 493rd overall and 184th female finisher in a field of 590 in a time of 2:17:11.

Also running in the half marathon were TJ Bourke, preparing for the Valencia marathon, who placed 9th and 1st M50 in 82:30. TJ was followed by Christophe Marsan (74th and 2nd M50 in 97:19), Steven Webster (170th in 1:46:19) and Tom Moore (180th in 1:47:24).
Then, in the 10k race, conducted on the same course as the ¾ and half marathons, Daniel Lowe placed 17th in 39:20. Also, in the field of 641, Tim O’Donnell ran 41:04 for 28th spot.

The second ¾ marathon took place around Longwood in Co. Meath on Sunday morning. We had runners and also pacers in that event. In a field of 1004 finishers, the contingent of at least 17 Crusaders was led across the line by Donal O’Malley, whose place was not recorded, but who likely took 58th in 2:17:59, and then by John O’Donnell (75th in 2:19:59) ahead of pacers Kieran Martin (85th in 2:20:54) and Dee Lawlor (86th in 2:20:55). They were followed by Emma Rowe (100th and 8th in 2:23:06) and Ronan Moynihan (111th in 2:25:12) and then further back by Louise O’Riordan (190th and 17th in 2:36:17). Gavan Doherty (206th in 2:38:07) was next, followed by Diarmuid Finan (248th in 2:41:54), Steven Michel (260th in 2:42:51) and pacers Paul Campbell (262nd in 2:42:56) and John Lohan (263rd in 2:42:58). Charlie Coonan was next across the line (270th in 2:43:28), followed further back by Phil Sykes (398th in 2:55:07), Ella Campbell (619th and 129th in 3:07:56) and pacers Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (627th in 3:08:36), fresh from his exploits last Sunday in the Berlin marathon, and Joe Dunne (629th in 3:08:37).

On Saturday, we had Crusaders take part in two of the 3 races on offer in the Galway Bay series. Amy O’Donoghue took part in her 2nd marathon, placing 264th and 41st in a field of 571 with both marathon and half marathon PBs. Amy’s time was 4:09:31. Then, in the 10k, Ciara Reilly placed 462nd and 194th in a field of 1713, running a time of 54:34. Conditions in the west were good but a little breezy.

Further afield, one of our London exiles, Louise Lancaster ran in the Kingston half marathon, finishing in a time of 1:40, whilst another exile, Alessandro Nappi, this time in Italy, ran in the Monza half marathon, which he completed in 1:58.

As usual, there is plenty to report on in the parkruns this weekend, although numbers may have been slightly reduced as those in marathon mode prepared for their weekend final long runs.

In hilly Cabinteely, described by Daniel Toal, who placed 2nd in 18:57, as quite the toughest parkrun in Dublin and who filmed the event, before, during and after, we had a decent representation among the 184 runners. On a crisp and sunny morning, Dee Lawlor led everyone home in 17:56, followed by Daniel and then by John O’Donnell (3rd in 20:06).  The podiuming three Crusaders were followed by Stephen Mulligan (15th in 23:25), James Cottle (20th in 23:59) and then by Tanja Narancic (57th and 9th in 27:33) alongside Olwyn Dunne (58th and 10th in 27:34) and then further back by Carmel Higgins (82nd and 23rd in 29:20) alongside Lisa Shine (83rd and 24th in 29:21), just ahead of Fiona Shine (86th and 27th in 29:33). Fiona, in turn, finished just ahead of Miriam Logan (87th and 28th in 29:35) alongside Georgina Loughrey (88th and 29th in 29:36) and Máirín Shine (89th and 30th in 29:38). The contingent was completed by Mairead Cashman (139th and 61st in 33:49).

Kathryn Tomkins was a first finisher in Marlay Park alongside 517 other participants. Kathryn placed 32nd overall in 20:50, whilst, on Laytown Beach, Kabir Sala took 3rd place in a field of 58 and a time of 22:17. Meanwhile, in Tolka Valley, with its field of 80, Sarah Lyons  placed 9th and 3rd in 23:52 and Maria Pertl placed 47th and 19th in 29:33, whilst, in Ardgillan, Grainne Regan joined a field of 91, placing 25th and 4th in 26:29.

As usual, the largest contingent of Crusaders turned out in Poolbeg. In a field of 213 Ronan Walsh placed 14th in 21:38, followed by Conor Kilkenny (16th in 21:51), Ashley Hayes (23rd in 22:27), Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (46th in 23:55), Aitor Arribas Velasco (47th in 23:57) and Ger Moore (52nd in 24:17). Further back came Louise O’Riordan (82nd and 17th in 26:03), Kenan Furlong (84th in 26:06) and Russell Murphy (86th in 26:09), ahead of Juliane Frydenlund (101st and 24th in 26:58). The next runner was Siobhan Russell (130th and 36th in 28:35), followed by Tara Murphy (132nd and 38th in 28:43), Maureen McGinley (149th and 49th in 29:30), Lieze Verberght (157th and 55th in 30:06) alongside Edwina Hogan (158th and 56th in 30:07) and Fanny Trébouet (161st and 58th in 30:11), just ahead of Josie Ward (170th and 65th in 31:36) and Cynthia Perucca (174th and 69th in 32:07).

In Fairview, with its field of 201, Jamie Renehan placed 8th in 20:37, ahead of Michael O’Shea (19th in 22:21), whilst Aoife McCarthy placed 83rd and 8th in 24:15 in the 291-strong field in Shanganagh. Aoife was followed by Carina Davidson (172nd and 42nd in 28:27). Luke Haran joined 92 other runners in Mungret Park, where he placed 12th in 21:57, whilst, in Sligo, Ross Neill also finished in 12th place in a field of 105 and in a time of 23:28. Kev Moore and Luke Corcoran ran in Bushy Park, where, in a field of 201, Kev placed 17th in 22:26, ahead of Luke (21st in 22:34).

Darina Scully paced the 30 minutes runners in River Valley Park, placing 50th and 11th in 29:54 in a field of 103, whilst Helena O’Keeffe ran once again in Ballincollig. In a field of 345, Helena finished in 28:32 for 169th and 44th spots. Then, in St. Anne’s, Aisling O’Riordan joined 431 other participants where she placed 299th and 103rd in 31:50.

Moving abroad, Charles Cartledge ran in Southwark in London, where, in a field of 636, he placed 100th in 22:47, whilst in Toyen in Oslo, Kevin Lambe joined 195 other runners, placing 38th in 23:43. Finally, two of our Australian exiles were also ibn action, at opposite ends of the country. Christina Campbell placed 49th and 12th in 26:35 in 135-strong field in Lake Clermont WA, whilst, in Queensland, Kris Ryan ran in Coomera where she placed 137th and 60th in 36:01 in a field of 195.
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Dublin Novices XC Women’s 4k (71)
Overall place Name Guntime
1 Roisin Treacy 00:12:46
Crusaders AC runners
6 Sarah-Grace Breen 00:14:05
18 Jade Murphy 00:14:38
21 Aoife Quigley 00:14:57
48 Alejandra Victorera Gil 00:16:15
69 Shantal Tapia 00:21:24
71 Helen Finucane 00:22:03
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/dublin_novice_xc_/6394/results
Dublin Novices XC Men’s 6k (109)
Overall place Name Guntime
1 Adam Condon 00:17:19
Crusaders AC runners
2 Adam Shier 00:17:28
10 Tim Conway 00:18:13
23 Brian Regan 00:19:04
33 Alex Ainsworth 00:19:23
48 Jan Manschot 00:19:48
63 Kyle Fitzgerald 00:20:45
71 Cillian Traynor 00:21:16
100 Paul Kilgarriff 00:23:19
101 Phelim Murray 00:23:29
103 Mustaf Ahmed 00:23:47
106 Garret Connolly 00:25:00
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/dublin_novice_xc_/6394/results?class=novice%20men
Fastlane ¾ marathon (406)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Will Boyle 1 01:57:32
19 Tina Molloy 1 02:20:39
Crusaders AC runner
65 Ryan Preston 02:40:29
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/lifestyle_sports_fastlane_3_4_half_marathon__10k_autumn_edition/6117/results
Fastlane Half marathon (590)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jack Duncan 1 01:16:47
23 Holly Brennan 1 01:28:55
Crusaders AC runners
9 TJ Bourke 01:22:30
74 Christophe Marsan 01:37:19
170 Steven Webster 01:46:19
180 Tom Moore 01:47:24
493 Anousheh Alamir 02:17:11 (184)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/lifestyle_sports_fastlane_3_4_half_marathon__10k_autumn_edition/6117/results
Fastlane 10k (641)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Oskar Szmyt 1 00:34:56
6 Edel McCreery 1 00:37:59
Crusaders AC runners
17 Daniel Lowe 00:39:20
28 Tim O’Donnell 00:41:04
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/lifestyle_sports_fastlane_3_4_half_marathon__10k_autumn_edition/6117/results
Galway Bay Marathon (571)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Feidhlim McGowan 1 02:30:17
13 Katie Parker 1 02:55:36
Crusaders AC runner
264 Amy O’Donoghue 04:09:31 (PB) (41)
Full results here: https://redtagtiming.com/results/RGB2026_42km.html
Galway Bay 10k (1713)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Tadhg O’Sullivan 1 00:31:58
6 Hannah Steeds 1 00:34:38
Crusaders AC runner
462 Ciara Reilly 00:54:34 (194)
Full results here: https://redtagtiming.com/results/RGB2026_10km.html
Irish 3/4 marathon (1006)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Conor Tiernan 1 01:52:56
19 Nicole Moorehouse 1 02:09:10
Crusaders AC runners
XX Donal O’Malley 02:17:59
75 John O’Donnell 02:19:59
85 Kieran Martin 02:20:54 PACER
86 Derek Lawlor 02:20:55 PACER
100 Emma Rowe 02:23:06 (8)
111 Ronan Moynihan 02:25:12
190 Louise O’Riordan 02:36:17 (17)
206 Gavan Doherty 02:38:07
248 Diarmuid Finan 02:41:54
260 Steven Michel 02:42:51
262 Paul Campbell 02:42:56 PACER
263 John Lohan 02:42:58 PACER
270 Charles Coonan 02:43:28
398 Phil Sykes 02:55:07
619 Ella Campbell 03:07:56 (129)
627 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 03:08:36 PACER
629 Joe Dunne 03:08:37 PACER
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/irish_3_4_marathon_2026/6125/results
Sligo Parkrun (105) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Louis Morrissey 1 00:19:38
14 Lesley Ann Armstrong 1 00:23:46
Crusaders AC runner
12 Ross Neill 00:23:28
Cabinteely Parkrun (184) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Derek Lawlor 1 00:17:56
10 Derval Devaney 1 00:22:45
Crusaders AC runners
1 Derek Lawlor 00:17:56
2 Daniel Toal 00:18:57
3 John O’Donnell 00:20:06
15 Stephen Mulligan 00:23:25
20 James Cottle 00:23:59
57 Tanja Narancic 00:27:33 (9)
58 Olwyn Dunne 00:27:34 (10)
82 Carmel Higgins 00:29:20 (23)
83 Lisa Shine 00:29:21 (24)
86 Fiona Shine 00:29:33 (27)
87 Máirín Shine 00:29:35 (28)
88 Georgina Loughrey 00:29:36 (29)
89 Miriam Logan 00:29:38 (30)
139 Mairead Cashman 00:33:49 (61)
Ardgillan Parkrun (91)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fiachra Corkery 1 00:20:19
14 Erica Casey 1 00:25:08
Crusaders AC runner
25 Grainne Regan 00:26:29 (4)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (80)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark Lord 1 00:19:56
3 Vanessa Sallier 1 00:21:46
Crusaders AC runners
7 Ian Clifford 00:23:37
9 Sarah Lyons 00:23:52 (3)
47 Maria Pertl 00:29:33 (19)
Laytown Beach Parkrun (58)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daugvinas Zujus 1 00:21:00
15 Emily Ryan 1 00:26:17
Crusaders AC runner
3 Kabir Sala 00:22:17
Poolbeg Parkrun (213)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 August Benedicto 1 00:17:41
13 Olivia McCloskey 1 00:21:15
Crusaders AC runners
14 Ronan Walsh 00:21:38
16 Conor Kilkenny 00:21:51
23 Ashley Hayes 00:22:27
46 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:23:55
47 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:23:57
52 Gerard Moore 00:24:17
82 Louise O’Riordan 00:26:03 (17)
84 Kenan Furlong 00:26:06
86 Russell Murphy 00:26:09
101 Juliane Frydenlund 00:26:58 (24)
130 Siobhan Russell 00:28:35 (36)
132 Tara Murphy 00:28:43 (38)
149 Maureen McGinley 00:29:30 (49)
157 Lieze Verberght 00:30:06 (55)
158 Edwina Hogan 00:30:07 (56)
161 Fanny Trébouet 00:30:11 (58)
170 Josie Ward 00:31:36 (65)
174 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:07 (69)
Bushy Parkrun (201)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Maxim Bondarenko 1 00:18:49
23 Bernadette Crowley 1 00:22:48
Crusaders AC runner
17 Kev Moore 00:22:26
21 Luke Corcoran 00:22:34
Shanganagh Parkrun (291) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jack Maughan 1 00:17:04
12 Maeve O’Grady 1 00:19:46
Crusaders AC runners
83 Aoife McCarthy 00:24:15 (8)
172 Carina Davidson 00:28:27 (42)
Marlay Parkrun (518) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Andy Durkan 1 00:17:34
32 Kathryn Tomkins 1 00:20:50
Crusaders AC runner
32 Kathryn Tomkins 00:20:50 (1)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (432)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Graham 1 00:17:54
10 Miranda Frizzelle 1 00:19:25
Crusaders AC runner
299 Aisling O’Riordan 00:31:50 (103)
Fairview Parkrun (201) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ruairi O’Donohoe 1 00:18:33
11 Aisling Gouldson 1 00:21:28
Crusaders AC runners
8 Jamie Renehan 00:20:37
19 Michael O’Shea 00:22:21
Mungret Parkrun (93)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Darragh Whelan 1 00:15:37
33 Caoimhe Maguire 1 00:26:32
Crusaders AC runner
12 Luke Haran 00:21:57
Ballincollig Parkrun (345)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Ciarán Murray 1 00:19:10
21 Patricia Vicario 1 00:21:32
Crusaders AC runner
169 Helena O’Keeffe 00:28:32 (44)
River Valley Parkrun (103)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Viktoras Kuzminas 1 00:19:13
12 Úna O’Riordan 1 00:23:51
Crusaders AC runner
50 Darina Scully 00:29:54 (11)

 ​It was another weekend of road and trail racing, both here and abroad, and our athletes were on fire! Next week we will be reporting on the first major XC fixture of the season, the Dublin Novices, but this edition is dedicated to the intrepid runners in Rathfarnham who braved biblical conditions on Sunday morning, to those who took on the marathon in the heat of Berlin on the same day with super results and to those clubmates who participated in the four longest of the five Ecotrail races that took place the previous day.

We start with Berlin, one of the marathons in the Major Marathon series and which has produced many fast results including world records in its history. It did not disappoint this year either with the win going to an Ethiopian athlete (Guye Adola) in 2:02:50, with another Ethiopian (Tigst Assefa) finishing in 2:11:04, only about 90 seconds off a (questionable) world record, to win the women’s race.

Our runners ran out of their skins too, the contingent being led home by Sebastian Hansen with a PB time of 2:27:15, a significant improvement. Not too far behind, also with a major PB effort, came Conor Kilkenny in 2:27:51. Then came Ashley Hayes, another runner with a major improved time, who ran 2:43:04, followed by Kenan Furlong, who also recorded a PB with his time of 2:54:23. John Fahy was the next runner across the line in a time of 3:09:26 and he was followed by Eamon MacFhionnlaoich who completed the 42.2km distance in 3:26:36. Liz Nixon was next, with a satisfying 3:38:22. Members may be interested to learn that Declan Ryan, a visually impaired runner from Thurles who has trained with us from time to time, was guided by Vinnie McGuinness and ex-Crusader Michael O’Conor, each running a half marathon, to a 2:44:31 finish. Well done to all!

By contrast, those of us who ran on Sunday morning were treated to a practically unrelenting deluge! Several of us were involved in doing our long runs in preparation for the Dublin marathon, some spending around 3 hours getting totally soaked. The same was true for those who lined up for the Dublin 5k championships in Rathfarnham.

The original participant list indicated that more than 50 Crusaders were signed up to compete in the race. Despite the miserable conditions we were still able to demonstrate a turnout of at least 43 of our clubmates. This time, it was the turn of the men’s teams to bring home most of the medals, with the women’s teams coming agonisingly close to the podium, likely made up, however, by a couple of individual age category medals.

The contingent was led home on the fast and furious course by Colm Parnell with a super PB time of 14:47 to place 9th overall in a field of 1184 runners. Colm was followed by Adam Shier (27th in 15:08), Alex Ainsworth (43rd in 15:26) and Kevin Fitzgibbon (61st in 15:46), the four athletes being rewarded for their sub-16 minutes efforts with the men's senior team bronze medal in a competition involving 17 clubs.

Next came new member Samuel Bayliss (80th in 16:08), and he was followed by John Mulvihill (113th in 16:41), Ciarain Kelly (122nd in 16:50), Stephen Hurley (125th in 16:47), Michael Wycherley (126th in 16:50), Kevin Kavanagh (134th in 16:51) and Jan Manschot (145th in 16:55).

Charlotte Myers was our first female athlete home (182nd overall and 14th female finisher in 17:33), just ahead of Emily Sheils (186th and 16th in 17:29). Both were followed by Tim Bowen (203rd in 17:43), Karl Fitzmaurice (208th in 17:52), Caroline Crowley (223rd and 22nd and likely F35 bronze medal winner in 17:54), Cillian Traynor (225th in a PB time of 17:59), Simon Kenny (291st in 18:31), Killian Lynskey (352nd in 19:07), Niall O’Connell, making a welcome return to road racing (354th in a PB time of 19:16), Jade Murphy (360th and 49th in a PB time of 19:29), Tim O’Donnell (391st in 19:38), Mags Foley (394th, 59th and likely F40 bronze medal winner in 19:36), Louise O’Riordan (399th and 61st in a PB time of 19:45), Mustaf Ahmed (408th in 19:32), and Rachael Yorke (412th and 66th in 19:49). The senior women’s team placed 4th in a competition involving 15 clubs and we had at least 26 runners break 20 minutes in the race.

Next across the line came Ruadhán MacCormaic, in training for the upcoming Dublin marathon (463rd in 20:06) and he was followed by ladies and men’s club captains Sarah Lyons (487th and 84th in 20:06) and Phelim Murray (524th in 20:38). David O’Donnell was not too far behind (544th in 20:41) and, between Michael, Karl, Niall and David, Crusaders men also won the bronze medal in the men’s O/50 team competition involving 8 clubs.

Kabir Sala came home in 575th place in a time of 21:22 (on top of his Ecotrail exploits of the previous day), leading Orla O’Flynn (595th and 119th in 21:49) and Joanne Carey (668th, 142nd and a member of the 4th placed O/35 women’s team alongside Caroline, Mags and Orla in a time of 22:50). Joanne is also preparing for the DCM as is Myles Nolan (705th in 22:46). Myles was followed by Anna Brown (766th and 187th in 24:07), Lisa Shine (791st and 200th in 24:39), Kevin Kenny (848th in 25:23), Claire O’Doherty (859th and 238th in 25:13), Laura O’Malley (865th and 243rd in 25:54), Ailish Hassett (952nd and 288th in 27:45), Carina Davidson (965th and 296th in 28:25), Máirín Shine (988th and 308th in 28:55) and Paul E. Kelly (1160th in 34:55). Congrats and kudos to all!

The previous day, we had several of our clubmates take part in all of the 80k, 46k, 30k and 19k events that made up the hilly Wicklow Ecotrail series, taking place from, to and south of Bray near the coast and also incorporating a circuit of the base of Sugarloaf Mountain. The only event without a Crusader taking part was the 10k.

In warmish and dry conditions, newcomer Kyle Fitzgerald took on the 80k race, placing 25th in a field of 126 finishers and in a time of 9:49:21. Then, Arturo Lopez Lozada joined the field of 364 finishers to place 246th in 7:07:22. We had at least 3 runners in the 30k edition with its field of 349 finishers. They were led home by Ger Moore (114th in 4:03:28), with Kabir Sala placing 188th in 4:26:27 and Shantal Tapia taking 318th and 83rd spots in 5:23:36. Finally, Brandon Lai (11th in 1:54:52) and Greg Marnotte (156th in 2:37:14) contested the 459-strong field of finishers in the 19k race.

Further afield, two of our Spanish exiles, Cristian Vilchez Ceballos and Esther Requena Ferri, were in action again over the weekend. In Southern Spain they took part in the Carrera Feria De Nerja 10k, where Cristian recorded a time of 38:05 and Esther ran 40:06 to place 2nd in the women’s race. Then, in London two of our London exiles, Rob Glascott and Thom Martini ran in the Ealing Half marathon, which Rob completed in 92 minutes, followed by Thom (2:20:00). Meanwhile, Brian Regan ran in a trail race on Lidingoloppet in Sweden, finishing the 30k+ distance in 2:06:00. Finally, Donatas Jocius ran in the 1000m, Vertical Vilnius, 10k race in his native Lithuania, where he placed 3rd overall in a time of 71:54.

We had more success this week in Saturday morning’s parkruns. Peter O’Toole led the field of 435 home in St. Anne’s in a time of 18:07, whilst in Lees Road in Ennis with its field of 79, Mary Donnelly placed 7th and 2nd in 23:46. More 2nd places followed. Kathryn Tomkins placed 18th and 2nd in the 486-strong field in Marlay Park in a time of 21:34, leading Aoife McCarthy (88th and 18th in 24:46) and Carina Davidson (223rd and 67th in 28:54) across the line, whilst Kev Moore joined a field of 73 to place 2nd in 19:37 in Mungret in Limerick. Kate Murray placed 42nd and 3rd in 23:46 in the 206-strong field in Griffeen Park, whilst Áine Kenny, preparing to pace the 60-minutes runners in a 10k race in Roscommon the following day, placed 8th and 4th in a field of 38 in Mountbellew Forest and in a time of 25:25.

Michael O’Shea headed to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia where he placed 4th in a time of 20:57 in a field of 73 in the Taman Pudu Ulu parkrun, whilst John Lohan ran in River Valley, where, alongside 95 other runners, he placed 10th in a time of 23:37. Meanwhile, Jamie Renehan took 7th spot in Fairview in 19:56 and he was followed in the field of 208 by Ellen Caulfield (77th and 21st in 28:34)  and Martina White (131st and 53rd in 31:45). Mairead Cashman ran on Inch Beach, where, alongside 46 other participants, she placed 27th and 9th in 33:01, whilst Maria Pertl placed 40th and 16th in 30:42 in a field of 65 in Tolka Valley Park. In Donabate, Ran Hoey ran 23:17 for 13th place, followed by Mikel Crisostomo in the field of 232 in 29th place and a time of 24:55.

Kevin Kenny ran in Corkagh Park in a field of 287, where he placed 68th in 27:42, whilst, in Tramore Valley, Áine Crotty and Cian Coughlan joined 237 other runners, where Áine placed 82nd and 17th in 26:53 and Cian followed in 123rd spot in a time of 28:57. In Shanganagh with its field of 259, Miriam Logan placed 91st and 22nd in 27:09 and she was followed by Fiona Shine (117th and 35th in 28:28), Máirín Shine (229th and 105th in 37:18) alongside Lisa Shine (230th and 106th in 37:19), whilst, in Ballincollig, Helena O’Keeffe placed 149th and 35th in 28:29 in a field measuring 325. Meanwhile, we had a slightly smaller turnout in Poolbeg than usual as runners saved themselves for the following day’s action.

Stephen Hurley placed 15th in 20:21, followed in the field of 268 by Ronan Walsh (25th in 21:12), Luke Haran (33rd in 21:32), Piarais Neary (41st in 22:15), Claire Reidy (63rd and 9th in 24:02), Olwyn Dunne, celebrating her 250th parkrun (75th and 13th in 24:30), Sophia Morgan (107th and 21st in 25:57), Emily Glen (117th and 28th in 26:26), Franky Keane (119th in 26:27), Louise O’Riordan (120th and 29th in 26:28), Nicola Finnegan (128th and 33rd in 26:38), John Kennedy (172nd in 28:41), Ellen Walsh (187th and 64th in 29:41), Maureen McGinley (196th and 71st in 30:00), Cynthia Perucca (213th and 78th in 31:24) and Sharon Woods, tailwalking.
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Further afield, Deirdre Kennedy, one of our exiles in Sydney, Australia, recorded a PB, placing 59th and 3rd in a field of 613 in a time of 21:26 in Centennial Park, whilst, another in Queensland, Kris Ryan ran in a field of 441 once again in Paradise Point, placing 98th and 20th in 25:04. Finally, Thom Martini, exiled in London, placed 177th in 25:17 in the 816-strong field in Gunnersbury Park in Ealing.
 
Rathfarnham AC 5k (including the Dublin 5k Championships) (1184)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Tadhg Donnelly 1 00:14:20
82 Elizabeth Gahan1 00:16:15
Crusaders AC runners
9 Colm Parnell 00:14:47 (PB)
27 Adam Shier 00:15:08
43 Alex Ainsworth 00:15:26
61 Kevin Fitzgibbon 00:15:46
80 Samuel Bayliss 00:16:08
113 John Mulvihill 00:16:41
122 Ciarain Kelly 00:16:50
126 Michael Wycherley 00:16:50
134 Kevin Kavanagh 00:16:51
145 Jan Manschot 00:16:55
182 Charlotte Myers 00:17:33 (14)
186 Emily Sheils 00:17:29 (16)
203 Timothy Bowen 00:17:43
208 Karl Fitzmaurice 00:17:52
223 Caroline Crowley 00:17:54 (22)
225 Cillian Traynor 00:17:59 (PB)
291 Simon Kenny 00:18:30
352 Killian Lynskey 00:19:07
354 Niall O’Connell 00:19:16 (PB)
360 Jade Murphy 00:19:29 (PB) (49)
391 Tim O’Donnell 00:19:38
394 Margaret Foley 00:19:36 (59)
399 Louise O’Riordan 00:19:45 (PB) (61)
408 Mustaf Ahmed 00:19:32
412 Rachael Yorke 00:19:49 (66)
463 Ruadhán MacCormaic 00:20:06
487 Sarah Lyons 00:20:06
524 Phelim Murray 00:20:38
544 David O’Donnell 00:20:41
575 Kabir Sala 00:21:22
595 Orla O’Flynn 00:21:49 (119)
668 Joanne Carey 00:22:50 (142)
705 Myles Nolan 00:22:46
766 Anna Brown 00:24:07 (187)
791 Lisa Shine 00:24:39 (200)
848 Kevin Kenny 00:25:23
859 Claire O’Doherty 00:25:13 (238)
865 Laura O’Malley 00:25:54 (243)
952 Ailish Hassett 00:27:45 (288)
965 Carina Davidson 00:28:25 (296)
988 Máirín Shine 00:28:55 (308)
1160 Paul E. Kelly 00:34:55
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/rathfarnham_5k_road_race_2026/6128/results?class=5k
Ecotrail 80k (126)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Luca Manfredi Negri 1 07:28:18
4 Laura O’Driscoll 1 08:11:46
Crusaders AC runner
25 Kyle Fitzgerald 09:49:21
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/eco_trail_wicklow_2026/6124/results
Ecotrail 46k (364)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Daniel Squires 1 03:56:08
4 Muireann McDonnell 1 04:36:11
Crusaders AC runner
246 Andres Arturo Lopez Lozada 07:07:22
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/eco_trail_wicklow_2026/6124/results
Ecotrail 30k (349)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Remi Cosma 1 02:37:02
17 Lisa Byrne 1 03:08:47
Crusaders AC runners
114 Gerard Moore 04:03:28
188 Kabir Sala 04:26:27
318 Shantal Tapia 05:23:36 (83)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/eco_trail_wicklow_2026/6124/results
Ecotrail 19k (459)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Zak Hanna 1 01:36:29
10 Ashley Cregan 1 01:53:21
Crusaders AC runners
11 Brandon Lai 01:54:52
156 Grégoire Marnotte 02:37:14
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/eco_trail_wicklow_2026/6124/results
Griffith Avenue 1 mile (National road championships) (300)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Patrick Sheridan 1 00:04:07
27 Elizabeth Gahan 1 00:04:38
Crusaders AC runners
2 Lucas Ryan 00:04:08
25 Abdéssamed Boumaza 00:04:36
40 Senan Garvey 00:04:47
41 Charlotte Myers 00:04:49 (3)
102 Garret Connolly 00:05:46
115 Myles Nolan 00:05:56
162 Lisa Shine 00:07:18 (34)
190 Máirín Shine 00:08:06 (CR) (53)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/griffith_avenue_mile__family_fun_mile_2026/6228/results
Mountbellew Forest Parkrun (38) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Domnick Sharkey 1 00:20:03
4 Niamh Conway 1 00:23:31
Crusaders AC runner
8 Áine Kenny 00:25:25 (4)
Inch Beach Parkrun (47) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter McGovern 1 00:18:52
5 Esther Murphy 1 00:23:12
Crusaders AC runner
27 Mairead Cashman 00:33:01 (9)
Tramore Valley Parkrun (239)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rory O’Sullivan 1 00:18:13
18 Lauren Clarke 1 00:21:45
Crusaders AC runners
82 Áine Crotty 00:26;53 (17)
123 Cian Coughlan 00:28:47
Tolka Valley Parkrun (65)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jake Redgate-Large 1 00:19:50
12 Anne-Marie McCluskey-Lambert 1 00:24:48
Crusaders AC runner
40 Maria Pertl 00:30:42 (16)
Griffeen Parkrun (206)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oliver Warren 1 00:17:40
29 Caroline O’Sullivan 1 00:22:38
Crusaders AC runner
42 Kate Murray 00:23:46 (3)
Poolbeg Parkrun (268)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Ryan 1 00:16:48
18 Caitriona Quinn 1 00:20:31
Crusaders AC runners
15 Stephen Hurley 00:20:21
25 Ronan Walsh 00:21:12
33 Luke Haran 00:21:32
41 Piarais Neary 00:22:15
63 Claire Reidy 00:24:02 (9)
75 Olwyn Dunne 00:24:30 (13)
107 Sophia Morgan 00:25:57 (21)
117 Emily Glen 00:26:26 (28)
119 Franky Keane 00:26:27
120 Louise O’Riordan 00:26:28 (29)
128 Nicola Finnegan 00:26:38 (33)
172 John Kennedy 00:28:41
187 Ellen Walsh 00:29:41 (64)
196 Maureen McGinley 00:30:0 (71)
213 Cynthia Perucca 00:31:24 (78)
268 Sharon Woods 00:52:53
Corkagh Parkrun (212)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aidan Kelly 1 00:19:29
16 Tara Seoighe 1 00:23:57
Crusaders AC runner
68 Kevin Kenny 00:27:42
Lees Road Parkrun (79)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Thomas Duffy 1 00:21:51
3 Edel O’Halloran 1 00:22:27
Crusaders AC runner
7 Mary Donnelly 00:23:46 (2)
Shanganagh Parkrun (259) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Brophy 1 00:18:27
5 Emma Hand 1 00:19:58
Crusaders AC runners
91 Miriam Logan 00:27:09 (22)
117 Fiona Shine 00:28:28 (35)
229 Mairín Shine 00:37:18 (105)
230 Lisa Shine 00:37:19 (106)
Marlay Parkrun (486) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Halpin 1 00:17:08
12 Lynne Hennessy 1 00:20:43
Crusaders AC runners
18 Kathryn Tomkins 00:21:34 (2)
88 Aoife McCarthy 00:24:46 (18)
223 Carina Davidson 00:28:54
St. Anne’s Parkrun (435)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter O’Toole 1 00:18:07
14 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:55
Crusaders AC runners
1 Peter O’Toole 00:18:07
9 Adrian Groarke 00:19:23
Fairview Parkrun (208) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oliver Stanley 1 00:18:44
16 Orla Coffey 1 00:22:39
Crusaders AC runners
7 Jamie Renehan 00:19:56
77 Ellen Caulfield 00:28:34 (21)
131 Marina White 00:31:45 (53)
Mungret Parkrun (73)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniel McCarthy 1 00:19:12
9 Eimear O’Sullivan 1 00:21:34
Crusaders AC runner
2 Kev Moore 00:19:37
Donabate Parkrun (232) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ben Nugent 1 00:18:07
10 Katie Halpin 1 00:22:27
Crusaders AC runners
13 Ryan Hoey 00:23:17
29 Mikel Crisostomo 00:24:55
Ballincollig Parkrun (325)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Marcin Swiatkowski 1 00:18:15
14 Sorcha McCarthy 1 00:21:03
Crusaders AC runner
149 Helena O’Keeffe 00:28:29 (35)
River Valley Parkrun (96)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Viktoras Kuzminas 1 00:19:20
6 Helena Crossan 1 00:22:27
Crusaders AC runner
10 John Lohan 00:23:37

It was a lovely weekend for running. The sun shone and there was little wind. Our athletes were out in droves, many of them taking on more half marathons in preparation for the Dublin marathon as well as some of those on the continent, a means of benchmarking for the upcoming challenges. Many of our clubmates would have got a huge boost of confidence from their races, which for some formed just part of much longer runs on the day.

We start, however, with Sunday’s Griffith Avenue Mile which has been held as an annual event since 1983. This year the race incorporated the National One-Mile road championships and we came home with some medals. Lucas Ryan narrowly missed winning the entire 300-strong event by one second, finishing in 2nd place with the senior silver in a great time of 4:08. Lucas was followed by Abdé Boumaza who ran 4:36 for 25th spot, with Senan Garvey coming home in 40th place in 4:47 to win the U18 age category.

Charlotte Myers was next, taking senior bronze with a super run of 4:49 to place 41st overall and she was followed further back by Garret Connolly (102nd in 5:46), Myles Nolan (115th in 5:56), Lisa Shine (162nd overall and 34th female finisher in 7:18), Anna Shine (184th and 49th in 7:57) and Máirín Shine who won the F70 age category with an age category course record of 8:06 for 190th and 53rd places.

There were several half marathons taking place around the country over the weekend and we had Crusaders in at least two of them, the more local one, the Race Series Half Marathon, also incorporating the Dublin Half marathon championships. Again, we took some individual medals away and might have increased the haul. Unfortunately, however, not everyone identified Crusaders as their club or declared for the Dublin Championships.

There were nearly 6500 finishers in the hilly race in the Phoenix Park and our large contingent of more than 40 clubmates was led home by Dimitri Jeannon who placed 23rd in 75:57. Dimitri was followed by Andy Dunne who recorded a PB time of 78:18 for 45th place. Next came Benjamin Carter (96th in 81:10) and he was followed by Tim Bowen (106th in 81:39), Donal O’Malley (152nd in 83:29), Steven Michel, getting over injury (165th in 83:57), Derek Boland (199th in 84:36), John O’Donnell (234th in 85:44), Alby Allan (266th in 86:46), Simon Kenny (282nd in 86:40), Dee Lawlor (341st in 85:06), Eugene McDonough, preparing for Amsterdam (380th in 89:17), Isabella Gyori (412th and 25th in 89:14), Ray Walsh (444th and 3rd M60, gold in the Dublin championships, in 90:02), Adrian Groarke (695th in 94:10), Karl Walsh (875th in 94:29), Gavan Doherty (901st in 97:18), Noel Carr (992nd in 98:32), Paul Campbell (1099th in 98:43), Triona Quill (1229th, 141st and 3rd F55, silver in the Dublin championships, in 1:41:27), Ciara Lynch who ran 1:40 but whose place and time were not recorded, Stephen O’Connor, training for Lisbon and who started quite far back (1271st in 89:43), Lisa Branigan (1295th and 156th in 1:40:18), Caroline Fleming (1391st and 177th in 1:40:47), Aitor Arribas Velasco (2418th in 1:51:48), Kabir Sala (2645th in 1:56:19), Julienne Kelly (2846th and 657th in 1:53:40), Fanny Trébouet (3494th and 918th in a PB time of 1:56:25), Divya Sardana (3531st and 936th in 1:56:35), Kevin Kenny (3574th in 2:01:48), Olwyn Dunne, pacing the 2 hours runners (3863rd and 1091st in 1:59:37), Alan Martin (40110th in 2:01:03), Ella Campbell (4172nd  and 1248th in 2:02:50), Mauro Verrocchio (4242nd in 2:04:14), Noel Higgins (4319th in 1:57:43), Bo Chicoine (4523rd in 2:07:55), Michelle English (4539th and 1461st in 2:08:09), Gian Piero Allerta (4728th in 2:10:37), Anousheh Alamir (4755th and 1576th in 2:07:03), Joe Dunne, pacing the 2:10 runners (4841st in 2:09:54), Laura O’Malley (4856th and 1637th in 2:12:02), Ryan Hoey (4999th in 2:11:03) and Darren Kelly (6300th in 2:43:17).

In the Dublin championships both of our men’s and women’s senior teams of Benjamin, Tim, Derek and Donal and Isabella, Triona, Lisa and Caroline placed 7th.
 
Over in Co. Clare, we had 4 runners take part in the Lahinch half marathon, with one of them, Kev Moore, unfortunately not recording a time, having started a little after the gun went. In a field of 572 finishers, David O’Donnell placed 47th and 1st M60 in 97:55, and he was followed by Mary Donnelly (87th and 15th in 1:43:33) and then by Chris Bannon (147th in 1:49:56).

Further afield, also in great weather, we had clubmates over in Copenhagen for the 5k and half marathon there, part of a range of races involving different distances and strong elite fields in the World Athletics Road Running Championships. Our contingent in the half marathon was led home by Brian Regan who ran 75:51 for 816th place in a huge field. Brian was followed by Cillian Traynor who ran 88:14, with, further back, Ellen Walsh (1:47:32) and Patricia Velasquez (1:51:43). Members may remember Markus Rossel, who now lives in Stockholm. He ran 86:53. Meanwhile, in the 5k, Sean Brady and his father Frank recorded times, respectably, of 22:12 and 27:37.

Also abroad, Lieze Verberght ran in the 10-mile Dam tot Dam Loop from Amsterdam to Zaandam, which she completed in 1:29.

We had a few first finishers in Saturday’s parkruns, as usual. In Shanganagh, with its field of 289 runners, Miriam Logan placed 18th and 1st in 21:45. Miriam was followed by Aoife McCarthy (64th and 9th in 25:13), Olwyn Dunne (87th and 15th in 26:08), Carina Davidson (139th and 33rd in 28:33), Máirín Shine (245th and 94th in 35:21), Lisa Shine (247th and 95th in 35:26) and Órlaith de Burca, tailwalking.

Louise Dobbyn was a also a first finisher, in Poolbeg, where she placed 24th overall in a field of 215. Louise was preceded by Stephen Hurley (2nd in 17:44) and by Ross Neill (6th in 18:35) and then followed by John Lohan (53rd in 24:34), Mark Browne (76th in 26:05) alongside Franky Keane (77th in 26:06) and then by Louise O’Riordan (81st and 14th  in 26:17) alongside Ciara Regan, just coming back from injury (82nd and 15th in 26:18), Paul Campbell (83rd in the same time) and Aitor Arribas Velasco (84th in 26:19). Further back came Tara Murphy, also coming back from injury (146th and 47th in 29:42), Maureen McGinley (150th and 50th in 29:54) and Edwina Hogan (167th and 58th in 32:24).

In Mountbellew Forest, Áine Kenny placed 5th and 1st in 23:04, in a field of 41, whilst, on the Achill Greenway, Ashley Hayes led the field of 29 home in 17:38. In his first parkrun, Alex Ainsworth ran 16:35, to place 1st in a field of 519 in Marlay Park, whilst, in Tolka Valley, Felipe De Sousa placed 2nd in 20:19. In the field of 70 there, Laura O’Malley placed 27th and 9th in 27:46, followed by Maria Pertl who placed 45th and 20th in 30:53.
In Bushy Park, Kev Moore ran 20:46 for 5th place, ahead, in the field of 199, of Mary Donnelly who took 23rd and 2nd spots in 22:46. Meanwhile, in Fairview, Jamie Renehan ran alongside 167 other participants, placing 6th in 20:08, whilst, in Naas, Karl Walsh joined 143 other runners, where he took 6th place also in 20:43. Kabir Sala headed down to Kilkenny, where, in a field of 161, he placed 16th in 23:14, whilst, in Mungret, Luke Haran joined 105 other runners, placing 17th in 23:01. In Donabate, with its field of 221, Ryan Hoey took 23rd spot in 23:23, whilst in Ballincollig, Helena O’Keeffe ran 27:23 for 85th and 13th spots in a field of 266. In Avondale Forest Darina Scully took 34th and 12th places in 29:01 in a field of 98, whilst Kevin Kenny ran 29:15 for 83rd place alongside 211 other participants in Dodder Valley.
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Further afield, Ronan Walsh and Claire Reidy joined 616 other runners in the Mile End parkrun in London, where Claire placed 125th and 9th in 23:58, followed immediately later by Ronan who placed 126th in 24:00. Mairead Cashman headed to Hilversum in the Netherlands where she ran in the Zonrestraal parkrun. In a field of 43, Mairead placed 38th and 12th in 33:13. Lastly, Kris Ryan ran once again in Coomera in Australia. Our Australian exile placed 32nd and 7th in 25:28.
 
Race Series Dublin Half marathon (including the Dublin Half marathon Championships) (6464)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 James Hyland 1 01:08:51
28 Meghan Ryan 1 01:16:46
Crusaders AC runners
23 Dimitri Jeannon 01:15:57
45 Andrew Dunne 01:18:18 (PB)
96 Benjamin Carpenter 01:21:10
106 Timothy Bowen 01:21:39
152 Donal O’Malley 01:23:29
165 Steven Michel 01:23:57
199 Derek Boland 01:24:36
234 John O’Donnell 01:25:44
266 Alby Allan 01:26:46
282 Simon Kenny 01:26:40
341 Derek Lawlor 01:25:06
380 Eugene McDonough 01:29:17
412 Isabella Gyori 01:29:14 (25)
444 Ray Walsh 01:30:02
695 Adrian Groarke 01:34:10
875 Karl Walsh 01:34:29
901 Gavan Doherty 01:37:18
992 Noel Carr 01:38:32
1099 Paul Campbell 01:38:43
1229 Triona Quill 01:41:27 (141)
1271 Stephen O’Connor 01:29:43
1295 Lisa Branigan 01:40:18 (156)
XXXX Ciara Lynch 01:40:00 (XXX)
1391 Caroline Fleming 01:40:47 (177)
2418 Aitor Arribas Velasco 01:51:48
2645 Kabir Sala 01:56:19
3494 Fanny Trébouet 01:56:25 (PB) (918)
3531 Divya Sardana 01:56:35 (936)
3574 Kevin Kenny 02:01:48
3863 Olwyn Dunne 01:59:37 (1091) PACER
4010 Alan Martin 02:01:03
4172 Ella Campbell 02:02:50 (1248)
4242 Mauro Verrocchio 02:04:14
4319 Noel Higgins 01:57:43
4523 Bo Chicoine 02:07:55
4539 Michelle English 02:08:09 (1461)
4728 Gian Piero Allerta 02:10:37
4755 Anousheh Alamir 02:07:03 (1576)
4841 Joseph Dunne 02:09:54 PACER
4856 Laura O’Malley 02:12:02 (1637)
4999 Ryan Hoey 02:11:03
6300 Darren Kelly 02:43:17
Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4253#1_0EF5D0
Lahinch Half marathon (572)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Christopher Prendiville 1 01:21:29
15 Leah O’Neill 1 01:30:30
Crusaders AC runners
47 David O’Donnell 01:37:55
87 Mary Donnelly 01:43:33 (15)
147 Chris Bannon 01:49:56
Full results here: https://my.raceresult.com/420871/
Griffith Avenue 1 mile (National road championships) (300)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Patrick Sheridan 1 00:04:07
27 Elizabeth Gahan 1 00:04:38
Crusaders AC runners
2 Lucas Ryan 00:04:08
25 Abdéssamed Boumaza 00:04:36
40 Senan Garvey 00:04:47
41 Charlotte Myers 00:04:49 (3)
102 Garret Connolly 00:05:46
115 Myles Nolan 00:05:56
162 Lisa Shine 00:07:18 (34)
184 Anna Shine 07:57 (49)
190 Máirín Shine 00:08:06 (CR) (53)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/griffith_avenue_mile__family_fun_mile_2026/6228/results
Mountbellew Forest Parkrun (41) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Domnick Sharkey 1 00:21:44
5 Áine Kenny 1 00:23:04
Crusaders AC runner
5 Áine Kenny 00:23:04 (1)
Bushy Parkrun (199) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Vic Wang 1 00:19:49
13 Marion Dolan 1 00:21:49
Crusaders AC runners
5 Kev Moore 00:20:46
23 Mary Donnelly 00:22:46 (2)
Kilkenny Parkrun (161)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Graham Bourne 1 00:19:09
20 Neasa Ruane 1 00:23:30
Crusaders AC runner
16 Kabir Sala 00:23:14
Tolka Valley Parkrun (70)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Steve Gilder 1 00:15:07
3 Caroline Monk 1 00:20:44
Crusaders AC runners
2 Felipe De Sousa 00:20:19
27 Laura O’Malley 00:27:46 (9)
45 Maria Pertl 00:30:53 (20)
Avondale Forest Parkrun (98)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mick Byrne 1 00:19:30
6 Helen Winterbotham 1 00:22:25
Crusaders AC runner
34 Darina Scully 00:29:01 (12)
Poolbeg Parkrun (215)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 August Benedicto 1 00:17:42
24 Louise Dobbyn 1 00:21:25
Crusaders AC runners
2 Stephen Hurley 00:17:44
6 Ross Neill 00:18:35
24 Louise Dobbyn 00:21:25 (1)
53 John Lohan 00:24:34
76 Mark Browne 00:26:05
77 Franky Keane 00:26:06
81 Louise O’Riordan 00:26:17 (14)
82 Ciara Regan 00:26:18 (15)
83 Paul Campbell 00:26:18
84 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:26:19
146 Tara Murphy 00:29:42 (47)
150 Maureen McGinley 00:29:54 (50)
167 Edwina Hogan 00:32:24 (58)
Dodder Valley Parkrun (212)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robert Fagan 1 00:19:22
4 Aleksandra Rogalska 1 00:20:21
Crusaders AC runner
83 Kevin Kenny 00:29:15
Achill Greenway Parkrun (29)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:17:38
5 Kate O’Brien 1 00:22:52
Crusaders AC runner
1 Ashley Hayes 00:17:38
Shanganagh Parkrun (289) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Slevin 1 00:19:01
18 Miriam Logan 1 00:21:45
Crusaders AC runners
18 Miriam Logan 00:21:45 (1)
64 Aoife McCarthy 00:25:13 (9)
87 Olwyn Dunne 00:26:08 (15)
139 Carina Davidson 00:28:33 (33)
245 Mairín Shine 00:35:21 (94)
247 Lisa Shine 00:35:26 (95)
285 Órlaith de Burca 00:50:47
Marlay Parkrun (519) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alex Ainsworth 1 00:16:35
25 Eimear Diskin 1 00:21:06
Crusaders AC runner
1 Alex Ainsworth 00:16:35
Naas Parkrun (144)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Joyce 1 00:18:27
14 Patricia Kelly 1 00:22:18
Crusaders AC runner
6 Karl Walsh 00:20:43
Fairview Parkrun (168) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brent Gardner 1 00:18:17
7 Marie-Claire Healy 1 00:20:37
Crusaders AC runner
6 Jamie Renehan 00:20:08
Mungret Parkrun (106)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniel McCarthy 1 00:19:02
8 Sinead McDermott 1 00:21:45
Crusaders AC runner
17 Luke Haran 00:23:01
Donabate Parkrun (221) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Charlie Keogh 1 00:19:18
7 Geraldine McHale 1 00:21:38
Crusaders AC runner
23 Ryan Hoey 00:23:23
Ballincollig Parkrun (266)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Noah Murphy 1 00:19:20
15 Siobhan Holland 1 00:21:51
Crusaders AC runner
85 Helena O’Keeffe 00:27:23 (13)

There were more annually recurring races last week with which we are familiar, among them the ALG 5K and the Ratoath and Charleville Half marathons. We had several Crusaders take part in each of them and more.

The report starts with the ALG 5K Corporate Team Challenge, a race with a large field exceeding 3000, and using much of the same route as our Docklands 5k but which has perhaps more twists and turns and as a result which might not be expected to produce many PB. This was largely the case on Tuesday evening. However, there was at least one PB among our 20 odd participants. In addition, they all ran well, with at least 18 figuring in the top 250 overall finishers in such a large field (all our female clubmates finishing among the top 75 women) and all appearing to finish in under 23 minutes in windy conditions (a strong westerly along the quays).

The group was led home by an excellent run from Conor Kilkenny (2nd in 15:46) who is beginning his taper for the Berlin marathon towards the end of the month. Conor was followed by John Mulvihill (31st in 17:16), Tim Bowen (54th in 17:45), another marathoner Kenan Furlong (78th in 18:04), John McDonagh (85th in 18:07), Ross Neill (91st in 18:11), Peter O’Toole (94th in 18:15), Barry O’Mahony (122nd in 18:38), Simon Kenny (128th in 18:45) alongside Liam Nagle (129th in the same time), Molly Hyland (139th overall and 6th female finisher in 18:51), Ger Moore (144th in 18:53), Emma Rowe (193rd and 10th in 19:16), Adrian Groarke (198th in 19:19) alongside Felipe De Sousa (199th in 19:20), Aoibhinn Gilmartin (209th and 12th in 19:24), Tristan Freeman (234th in 19:36) alongside under 14 runner Abigail O'Shaughnessy (235th and 16th in 19:37), Liam Morris (348th in 20:21), Bex Fleming (444th and 42nd in 21:01), David O’Donnell (459th in 21:08), Joanne Carey (636th and 71st in 22:17) and Charles Cartledge (774th in 22:49).

Then, in equally windy, but also wet, conditions on a familiar undulating course, we had a similar number of runners take on the Ratoath half marathon, starting near and finishing on the Fairyhouse racecourse. Our first finisher was Marc Geraghty who placed 7th in 73:36, followed by Maurice Kelter, back temporarily from Australia and, although nursing an injury may well start in Berlin (15th in 75:50). Later came Shane Egan (55th with a PB time of 80:19), Mikel Crisostomo (71st in 81:46), Paddy Gaynor (75th in 81:46), Henry Griffin with a possible PB (79th in 82:06), late entrant Molly Hyland (158th and 8th in 86:01), Ross Potterton (161st in 86:04), Jamie Symmons (219th in 88:16), Emma Rowe (227th and 11th in 88:38), Cormac Fenton with a PB (235th in 88:49), Ronan Smith (244th in 88:59), Charlie Coonan (357th in 93:03), Gill Earley (367th and 36th in 93:05), Aoibhinn Gilmartin (382nd and 42nd in a PB time of 94:11), Oisin Browne (387th in 94:33), Aoife Quigley (437th and 48th in 96:25), Dee Ni Chearbhaill (491st and 62nd in 98:13), Triona Quill (626th and 87th in 1:42:28), Ryan Preston (634th in 1:42:53), Emer Kenny (639th and 89th in 1:43:00) and Bex Fleming (799th and 141st in 1:47:35).

On the same day, Conor Macguinness took part in the Mediaeval Half marathon, one of a series of races in Kilkenny. In a field of 749 finishers, Conor placed 60th in 98:20. Down in Kerry, meanwhile, Tilde Martinsen joined 262 other runners in the Jerry Kiernan Tralee 10k, where she placed 40th and 4th in a time of 45:47.

There were more races to come. On Sunday, at least 4 Crusaders took part in the Charleville Half marathon, an out-and-back race in the rebel county and the last in this year's Peugeot Race Series. In a race won by veteran John Travers (65:05) and ex-Crusader Niamh Allen (17th overall in 70:47), Ciarain Kelly placed 57th in the field of 1771 finishers, in a time of 77:23. Ciarain was followed by Emma Noonan who recorded a time of 84:10 for 143rd and 11th places. Emma was followed by Ciara Lynch (458th and 62nd in 95:12) and by Cork native Ronan Moynihan (772nd in 1:44:09).

The Dublin 5-mile championships took place on Sunday in the context of the Lucas Harriers AC 5-miler, with a field of 522. Whilst no medals were forthcoming among our small contingent of 4 runners, they all acquitted themselves well. Kevin Kavanagh was our first athlete to finish, placing 18th in 28:24. Kevin was followed by Joe McDermott (39th in 30:30), Anna Brown (208th and 47th in 40:04) and Daragh Crowley (342nd in 46:05).

Further afield on Sunday, our recent exile, Luz Estevan, now running in her native Spain, took part in the 10k Correria Guardia Civil Zaragoza. Luz described the race as fun, conducted on a variety of different surfaces: road, gravel, stairs, trail and she placed 77th overall and 2nd female finisher in a time of 44:01. Then in Italy, south of Verona, Louise O’Riordan joined the field running the Guastalla half marathon, where she placed 6th female finisher in warm conditions on a mildly undulating course in a time of 94:27. Also, on the same day, Pat Quill took part in the Tallinn marathon in Estonia which he completed in 3:59. Finally, Andrea Rondina took part in a XC race on Sunday, the 40th running of the Golden Gate Park XC in San Francisco where he placed 26th on the 6.6k course in a time of 22:20.

Moving on to Saturday morning’s parkruns, there seemed to be fewer of our members taking part, possibly because of all the other events taking place. Still, we did have some first finishers and podium results on the morning.

In Achill, Ashley Hayes led the field of 38 across the line in a time of 17:37, whilst, in Shanganagh, Dee Lawlor did the same in a field of 264 and in a time of 18:01. Dee was followed by Lisa Shine (107th and 20th in 27:50), Carina Davidson (127th and 28th in 28:53) and Máirín Shine (138th and 34th in 29:10).

Louise Dobbyn placed 37th and 2nd in 22:33 in Poolbeg, preceded, in the field of 233, by Michael Wycherley (5th in 18:22), Luke Corcoran (6th in 18:44), Stephen Hurley (15th in 19:47), Ronan Walsh (18th in 20:35), Daniel Littlewood (25th in 21:26), Conor Kilkenny (26th in 21:29) and Luke Haran (31st in 21:53). Next came Sharon Woods (47th and 4th in 23:53), Susan Clarke (49th and 6th in 24:00), Paula Nolan (54th and 7th in 24:21), Claire Reidy (58th and 9th in 24:42), Diarmuid Finan (75th in 26:07), John Lohan (76th in 26:08), Paul Campbell (78th in 26:10), Franky Keane (105th in 27:31), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (117th and 28th in 27:57), Aisling O’Riordan (133rd and 38th in 28;43), Mari Hansen (135th and 39th in 28:49) and Edwina Hogan (172nd and 66th in 31:21). Alby Allan also took part. However, his result is not recorded.

Rachael York, Sarah Lyons and Felipe De Sousa ran in Tolka Valley. Alongside 72 other participants, Felipe placed 7th in 20:29, followed by Rachael (8th and 2nd in 20:34) and Sarah (17th and 5th in 23:32), whilst in her native Co. Tyrone, Kathryn Tomkins ran once again in Omagh alongside 87 other runners, where she placed 14th and 2nd in 22:20. Meanwhile, in Fairview, Jamie Renehan placed 5th in 19:58 in a field of 237. Jamie was followed by Mairead Cashman (165th and 62nd in 33:50), whilst, in Naas, with its field of 153, Karl Walsh took 7th spot in 18:49. Also placing 7th was Ross Neill, this time in Ormeau Park in Belfast. Ross ran 18:44 in the field of 553.

Darina Scully took on Broadmeadow Linear where, in a field of 38, she placed 17th and 8th in 26:53, whilst, in Mullingar, with its field of 136, Kevin Lambe placed 12th in 22:27. In Marlay Park, with its field of 474, Myles Nolan took 98th spot in 25:09, followed by Barry O’Neill (127th in 26:22) and Kate Murray (164th and 35th in 27:42), whilst, in Donabate, Ryan Hoey ran 24:20 for 24th place in a field of 188.

Further afield, Mustaf Ahmed ran in the Brooklyn Bridge parkrun in New York City, where, in a field of 267, he placed 29th in 21:00, whilst, in the first running of the Trione parkrun in Italy, Louise O’Riordan placed 21st and 7th in 25:54 in a field of 95. Our exile in Glasgow, Aidan Hudner ran once again in Pollok. In a field of 330, Aidan placed 49th in 23:57. Finally, Kris Ryan ran once again in Paradise Point in Queensland, Australia, where our Antipodean exile placed 111th and 26th in 25:53 in a field of 421.

Incidentally, if any of the results published here are incorrect or there are races/results which need to be include please let us know. The report will be updated, as was the case last week, where Áine Kenny’s 6-day exploits in Iceland were added during the week as well as those of Rebecca Kelly and Patricia Velasquez who took part in the Kerry Way Ultra Lite 58k.
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ALG 5k Corporate Team Challenge (3175)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Fintan Kerins 1 00:15:36
59 Aedin Corr 1 00:17:49
Crusaders AC runners
2 Conor Kilkenny 00:15:46
31 John Mulvihill 00:17:16
54 Timothy Bowen 00:17:45
78 Kenan Furlong 00:18:04
85 John McDonagh 00:18:07
91 Ross Neill 00:18:11
94 Peter O’Toole 00:18:15
122 Barry O’Mahony 00:18:38
128 Simon Kenny 00:18:45
129 Liam Nagle 00:18:45
139 Molly Hyland 00:18:51 (6)
144 Gerard Moore 00:18:53
193 Emma Rowe 00:19:16 (10)
198 Adrian Groarke 00:19:19
199 Felipe De Sousa 00:19:20
209 Aoibhinn Gilmartin 00:19:24 (PB) (12)
234 Tristan Freeman 00:19:36
235 Abigail O'Shaughnessy 00:19:37 (16)
348 Liam Morris 00:20:21
444 Rebecca Fleming 00:21:01 (42)
459 David O’Donnell 00:21:08
636 Joanne Carey 00:22:17 (71)
774 Charles Cartledge 00:22:49
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/alg5k_corporate_team_challenge_2026/6224/results
Ratoath Half marathon (1815)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Robert Murphy 1 01:08:39
45 Fiona Stack 1 01:19:39
Crusaders AC runners
7 Marc Geraghty 01:13:36
15 Maurice Kelter 01:15:50
55 Shane Egan 01:20:19 (PB)
71 Mikel Crisostomo 01:21:46
75 Patrick Gaynor 01:21:56
79 Henry Griffin 01:22:06 (PB)
158 Molly Hyland 01:26:01 (8)
161 Ross Potterton 01:26:04
219 Jamie Symmons 01:28:16
227 Emma Rowe 01:28:38 (11)
235 Cormac Fenton 01:28:49 (PB)
244 Ronan Smith 01:28:59
357 Charlie Coonan 01:33:03
367 Gillian Earley 01:33:05 (36)
382 Aoibhinn Gilmartin 01:34:11 (PB) (42)
387 Oisin Browne 01:34:33
437 Aoife Quigley 01:36:25 (48)
491 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 01:38:13 (62)
626 Triona Quill 01:42:28 (87)
634 Ryan Preston 01:42:53
639 Emer Kenny 01:43:00 (89)
799 Rebecca Fleming 01:47:35 (141)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/ratoath_ac_half_marathon_2026/6141/results
Mediaeval Half marathon (749)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 David Ryan 1 01:21:46
14 Geraldine Lacey 1 01:27:47
Crusaders AC runner
60 Conor Macguinness 01:38:20
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/_medieval_marathon_2026/6160/results?class=half%20marathon
Lucan Harriers AC 5 miler (incorporating Dublin Championships) (522)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Colm Rooney 1 00:23:48
45 Sarah Mulligan 1 00:30:48
Crusaders AC runners
18 Kevin Kavanagh 00:28:24
39 Joe McDermott 00:30:30
208 Anna Brown 00:40:04 (47)
342 Daragh Crowley 00:46:05
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/lucan_harriers_ac_5_mile__dub_champs/6387/results
Charleville International Half marathon (1771)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 John Travers 1 01:05:05
17 Niamh Allen 1 01:10:47
Crusaders AC runners
57 Ciarain Kelly 01:17:23
143 Emma Noonan 01:24:10 (11)
458 Ciara Lynch 01:35:12 (62)
772 Ronan Moynihan 01:44:09
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/charleville-international-half-marathon-2026/
Jerry Kiernan Tralee 10k (263)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Tadhg O’Sullivan 1 00:31:58
11 Mairéad Walsh 1 00:39:50
Crusaders AC runner
40 Tilde Martinsen 00:45:47 (4)
Full results here: https://sporthive.com/events/s/45365508-024d-4101-8da9-457f722b3d8c/race/e1d03375-4a3a-4ba3-8b57-115f8d4d1faa
Omagh Parkrun (88) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Declan Leonard 1 00:18:13
4 Alana Casey 1 00:19:32
Crusaders AC runner
14 Kathryn Tomkins 00:22:20 (2)
Ormeau Parkrun (553) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Scott Stirling 1 00:15:26
38 Clodagh Bradley 1 00:21:45
Crusaders AC runner
7 Ross Neill 00:18:44
Broadmeadow Linear Parkrun (38)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Adam Butler 1 00:19:55
4 Sarah Rossiter 1 00:22:20
Crusaders AC runner
17 Darina Scully 00:26:53 (8)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (75)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aaron Gibson 1 00:17:39
6 Karen Hayes 1 00:19:30
Crusaders AC runners
7 Felipe De Sousa 00:20:29
8 Rachael Yorke 00:20:34 (2)
17 Sarah Lyons 00:23:32 (5)
Mullingar Parkrun (136)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kyle Gillanders 1 00:19:38
4 Monika de Almeida 1 00:20:23
Crusaders AC runner
12 Kevin Lambe 00:22:27
Poolbeg Parkrun (233)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 William Appman 1 00:16:53
14 Raquel Garcia-Cabrera 1 00:19:40
Crusaders AC runners
5 Michael Wycherley 00:18:22
6 Luke Corcoran 00:18:44
15 Stephen Hurley 00:19:47
18 Ronan Walsh 00:20:35
25 Daniel Littlewood 00:21:26
26 Conor Kilkenny 00:21:29
31 Luke Haran 00:21:53
37 Louise Dobbyn 00:22:53 (2)
47 Sharon Woods 00:23:53 (4)
49 Susan Clarke 00:24:00 (6)
54 Paula Nolan 00:24;21 (7)
58 Claire Reidy 00:24:42 (9)
75 Diarmuid Finan 00:26:07
76 John Lohan 00:26:08
78 Paul Campbell 00:26:10
105 Franky Keane 00:27:31
117 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:27:57 (28)
133 Aisling O’Riordan 00:28:43 (38)
135 Mari Hansen 00:28:49 (39)
172 Edwina Hogan 00:31:21 (66)
Fairview Parkrun (237)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Seán Cahill 1 00:18:56
6 Joanna O’Byrne 1 00:20:03
Crusaders AC runners
5 Jamie Renehan 00:19:58
165 Mairead Cashman 00:33:50 (62)
Achill Greenway Parkrun (38)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:17:37
4 Anne Hand 1 00:23:24
Crusaders AC runner
1 Ashley Hayes 00:17:37
Shanganagh Parkrun (264) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Derek Lawlor 1 00:18:01
18 Lynne Hennessy 1 00:20:54
Crusaders AC runners
1 Derek Lawlor 00:18:01
107 Lisa Shine 00:27:50 (20)
127 Carina Davidson 00:28:53 (28)
138 Mairín Shine 00:29:10 (34)
Marlay Parkrun (474) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniil Miasoedov 1 00:18:26
22 Eimear Diskin 1 00:21:33
Crusaders AC runners
98 Myles Nolan 00:25:09
127 Barry O’Neill 00:26:22
164 Kate Murray 00:27:42 (35)
Naas Parkrun (153)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jamie O’Brien 1 00:18:49
10 Edith Dowling 1 00:21:38
Crusaders AC runner
7 Karl Walsh 00:20:56

It has been a relatively straightforward day of results compiling by your race reporter for this week as it seems the number of road races featuring Crusaders participation could be found on the fingers of one hand. It has been perhaps the calm before the storm as many of our members are in full swing now preparing for races in the build up to the Autumn season of marathons. Indeed, some of such racing has already begun.

As is happening so often now, we are witnessing the annual return of old friends in the form of the Dingle marathon and half marathon, as well as the Ireland West ¾ marathon, this last with perhaps a shorter history, but a favourite among some all the same since its inception in 2023.

The ¾ marathon took place in East Mayo on Saturday morning, taking in views of the river Moy and various other iconic sights in the Swinford area, with a downhill start and an uphill finish (80m or so of descent and climb). Two of our clubmates joined the field of 200, with Ashley Hayes taking 3rd place overall in 2:00:14, followed by Kenan Furlong (8th in 2:09:38).

Then, down in Kerry on the same day, we had runners returning to Dingle to take part in the equally scenic (and hilly) full and half marathons there. In the marathon, Anthony Craig placed 343rd in a field of 747 and in a time of 4:09:07, whilst, in the half with a significant field of 2021 finishers, Barry O’Neill placed 846th in 2:04:57, followed by Carina Davidson (1178th overall and 517th female finisher in 2:16:54) who was joined later in the race by Mark Browne (1179th in 2:14:23). Incidentally, some of the longer serving members may notice that the half marathon field was led home by ex-Crusader Shane Collins in 71:53, running for some time now with Leevale.

On Sunday, we had a runner in the Run the Bridges 10k that took place around Nenagh in Co. Tipperary. On a testing and undulating course with a severe climb at 6k, Mark Culleton placed 28th in a field of 350 and in a time of 44:45.

A late entry to the report has come from Áine Kenny who has just finished the gruelling challenge that is the Fire and Ice Ultra held over 6 days in Iceland. The official measurement of the course is 250km. However, Áine reported that she covered a distance closer to 258km by the finish, placing 6th overall and first female finisher. At the end there were 22 who survived the challenge, with Áine recording an overall time of 40:01:25, just under 14 hours behind the race winner. The course took in lava fields, ash and barren desert. It went up and around volcanoes and across rivers and participants encountered snow, rain and wind along the way. 

Another late entry  comes from Kerry, where Patricia Velasquez and Rebecca Kelly took part in the 58k Kerry Way Ultra Lite. In a field of 194 finishers, Rebecca placed 151st and 33rd in 9:45:51, followed immediately after by Patricia, who placed 152nd and 34th in 9:45:54.
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We had at least three first finishers in Saturday morning’s parkruns. Once again, Dee Lawlor took the honours in Shanganagh where he led the field of 328 home in 17:27. Dee was followed by Paul Flynn in 2nd place (17:39) and by John O’Donnell (13th in 19:04), David Carter (34th in 20:26), Máirín Shine (224th and 66th in 30:21) and Lisa Shine (254th and 85th in 33:00). Grainne Regan placed 21st overall and first woman home in Ardgillan with its field of 74. Grainne’s time was 25:30. Meanwhile, Stephen Hurley led the field of 221 home in Poolbeg in a time of 17:44. Stephen was followed across the line by Ronan Walsh (16th in 20:44), Daniel Littlewood (27th in 22:22), Claire Reidy (35th and 4th in 23:23), Sharon Woods (37th and 5th in 23:26) right behind, Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (40th in 23:51) and Aoife McCarthy (43rd and 6th in 24:19). Further back came Bo Chicoine (76th in 26:50) and he was accompanied by Stephen Ryan (77th in 26:51) and then followed by Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (89th and 24th in 27:30). Siobhan Russell (90th and 25th in 27:35), Aisling O’Riordan (114th and 43rd in 28:47) just ahead of Tanja Narancic *115th and 44th in 28:49), Franky Keane (118th in 28:54), alongside Louise O’Riordan (119th and 46th in 28:55) and then ahead of Josie Ward (121st and 47th in 28:57), Anousheh Alamir (123rd and 49th in 29:07), Kevin Kenny (127th in 29:13) and Edwina Hogan (187th and 88th in 33:58).

Felipe De Sousa appeared on the podium in Tolka Valley. In a field of 75, he placed 2nd in 20:16, followed by Kabir Sala (12th in 23:47), Laura O’Malley (27th and 5th in 26:44) and Maria Pertl (54th and 18th in 32:57). Michael O’Shea was also on the podium in Fort William in Scotland, where, in a field of 99, he placed 2nd in 20:34. Kate Murray took 25th and 4th places in the 136-strong field in Lough Key in a time of 26:09, whilst Ross Neill also placed 4th in Sligo, where alongside 123 other runners, he ran 18:38.

In Marlay Park with its field of 495, Myles Nolan took 38th spot in a time of 22:34, whilst, in Russborough, with a field of 141, Ellen Walsh placed 61st and 20th in 29:03. Paul F. Kelly ran once again in Poppintree where, alongside 140 other participants, he placed 56th in 27L:27, whilst, down in Ballincollig, Helena O’Keeffe joined 304 other runners, placing 119th and 29th in 28:02. Martina White took on Porterstown again, where, in a field of 157, she placed 116th and 63rd in 34:43, whilst Mairead Cashman tackled Bushy Park, placing 189th and 65th in 33:38. Finally, Darina Scully ran in the 308-strong field in Malahide where she placed 268th and 94th in 34:40, whilst, Órlaith de Burca ran in the Burgess parkrun in Camberwell in London, where, in a field of 628, she placed 326th and 67th in 28:22.
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Dingle Half marathon (2021)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Shane Collins 1 01:11:53
15 Jette Beermann 1 01:23:29
Crusaders AC runners
846 Barry O’Neill 02:04:57
1178 Carina Davidson 02:16:54 (517)
1179 Mark Browne 02:14:23
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/dingle_half_marathon__full_marathon_2026/6031/results
Dingle marathon (747)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ben Mathewson 1 02:47:04
3 Lillian Bradley 1 02:48:37
Crusaders AC runner
343 Anthony Craig 04:09:07
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/dingle_half_marathon__full_marathon_2026/6031/results
Ireland West 3/4 marathon (200)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Keelan Kilrehill 1 01:49:29
17 Sinead Egan 1 02:17:25
Crusaders AC runners
3 Ashley Hayes 02:00:14
8 Kenan Furlong 02:09:38
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/ireland_west_3_4_marathon_10k__5k_2026/6220/results
Run the Bridges 10k (350)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Power 1 00:37:51
7 Eimear O’Leary 1 00:39:59
Crusaders AC runner
28 Mark Culleton 00:44:45
Full results here: https://my.raceresult.com/420781/
Kerry Way Ultra Lite marathon  58k (194)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Cillian Fleming 1 05:06:59
10 Jade Van Deventer 1 06:07:31
Crusaders AC runners
151 Rebecca Kelly 09:45:51 (33)
152 Patricia Velasquez 09:45:54 (34)
Full results here: https://results.primaltracking.com/event/kerrywaylite26
Ardgillan Parkrun (74) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jim McCafferty 1 00:20:49
21 Grainne Regan 1 00:25:30
Crusaders AC runner
21 Grainne Regan 00:25:30 (1)
Russborough Parkrun (141) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jude Connolly 1 00:20:10
2 Hayley McAteer 1 00:20:25
Crusaders AC runner
61 Ellen Walsh 00:29:03 (20)
Porterstown Parkrun (157)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:17:52
5 Gillian Kelly 1 00:21:19
Crusaders AC runner
116 Martina White 00:34:43 (63)
Lough Key Parkrun (136)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Kelly 1 00:20:31
10 Jacinta Ní Chonghaile 1 00:23:35
Crusaders AC runner
25 Kate Murray 00:26:09 (4)
Bushy Parkrun (225)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Joyce 1 00:18:13
9 Laura Cullen 1 00:20:23
Crusaders AC runner
189 Mairead Cashman 00:33:38 (65)
Poolbeg Parkrun (221)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Hurley 1 00:17:44
11 Sophie Coman1 00:20:25
Crusaders AC runners
1 Stephen Hurley 00:17:44
16 Ronan Walsh 00:20:44
27 Daniel Littlewood 00:22:22
35 Claire Reidy 00:23:23 (4)
37 Sharon Woods 00:23:26 (5)
40 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:23:51
43 Aoife McCarthy 00:24:19 (6)
76 Bo Chicoine 00:26:50
77 Stephen Ryan 00:26:51
89 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:27:30 (24)
90 Siobhan Russell 00:27:35 (25)
114 Aisling O’Riordan 00:28:47 (43)
115 Tanja Narancic 00:28:49 (44)
118 Franky Keane 00:28:54
119 Louise O’Riordan 00:28:55 (46)
121 Josie Ward 00:28:57 (47)
123 Anousheh Alamir 00:29:07 (49)
127 Kevin Kenny 00:29:13
187 Edwina Hogan 00:33:58 (88)
Poppintree Parkrun (141)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Pádraig Mac Criostail 1 00:18:07
20 Molly Higgins-Jackson 1 00:23:25
Crusaders AC runner
56 Paul F. Kelly 00:27:27
Ballincollig Parkrun (305)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sheldon Kirkwood 1 00:19:01
2 Catherine Murphy 1 00:19:15
Crusaders AC runner
119 Helena O’Keeffe 00:28:02 (29)
Shanganagh Parkrun (328) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Derek Lawlor 1 00:17:27
16 Olatz Cole Garcia 1 00:19:41
Crusaders AC runners
1 Derek Lawlor 00:17:27
2 Paul Flynn 00:17:39
13 John O’Donnell 00:19:04
34 David Carter 00:20:26
224 Mairín Shine 00:30:21 (66)
254 Lisa Shine 00:33:00 (85)
Marlay Parkrun (495) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Golden 1 00:18:00
10 Eva Kelly 1 00:20:34
Crusaders AC runner
38 Myles Nolan 00:22:34
Tolka Valley Parkrun (75)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Wayne Bevan 1 00:19:22
5 Caroline Monk 1 00:21:23
Crusaders AC runners
2 Felipe De Sousa 00:20:16
12 Kabir Sala 00:23:47
27 Laura O’Malley 00:26:44 (5)
54 Maria Pertl 00:32:57 (18)
Hillsborough Forest Parkrun (134)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Josh Mulligan 1 00:19:22
13 Emma Clapton 1 00:22:33
Crusaders AC runner
104 Mairead Cashman 00:32:56 (29)
Malahide Parkrun (308)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Grant 1 00:16:34
6 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:40
Crusaders AC runner
268 Darina Scully 00:34:40 (94)
Sligo Parkrun (124)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ottokar Callewaert 1 00:17:47
21 Ann McNamara 1 00:22:47
Crusaders AC runner
4 Ross Neill 00:18:38

We had at least one of our club-mates take part in the World Masters Track & Field Championships held over the past week in Daegu in South Korea. Karl Fitzmaurice represented the club well in the 800m and 1500m.

He started his campaign with an M50 PB in the first heat of the 800m, placing 5th in 2:14.09, narrowly missing the final by less than a second as a non-automatic qualifier but improving by 1.4 seconds on his previous PB which he had set when taking silver in the National Masters Championships. Later in the week, and running in temperatures of around 35 degrees Celsius, Karl finished in 6th place in his 1500m heat in a time of 4:34.86 to qualify for the weekend’s final, where he surprised himself by placing 10th in a season’s best time of 4:33.86. Many congrats to him.

We had participants in several road races over the past three days. On Friday evening, Gill Earley and Bex Fleming ran in the 100-strong field in the 4-miler organised by Clane AC. Gill finished in 17th spot overall, 3rd female, in a time of 26:16, followed not too far behind by Bex who placed 25th and 5th in 27:40.

On Saturday morning at least 5 Crusaders took part in the Tullamore Harriers AC-organised Leinster Half Marathon Championships. Alongside nearly 1200 other athletes, on a hilly course, Kathryn Gibbons placed 118th and 7th in a great time of 85:14 and earning F35 individual gold and club and county team gold medals. Doireann Hughes was close behind, placing 120th and 8th in 85:36, also winning club and county gold medals. A little further back came Mags Foley (200th and 17th in 90:52), also winning club and county team gold medals as well as individual F40 gold. Congrats to them! The finishing contingent was completed by Andy O’Dwyer (283rd in 94:02). Congrats to everyone. Spare a thought for Ciara Regan who found herself needing to stop and pull out early on, but realising after a while that she would need to run the circular course to get home and tenaciously managed to complete the distance.

There was another half marathon that took place on Saturday, down in Waterford on the Greenway. We had at least two runners on the point-to-point net downhill undulating course. Jens Seggewiss was our first athlete home, placing 26th in the field of 712, in a time of 78:47 and he was followed by Kate Murray (531st and 163rd in 2:03:15).

There were at least two more half marathons with Crusaders participation that took place on Sunday morning. Down in Oylegate in Co. Wexford, Dee Ni Chearbhaill placed 42nd and 8th in a time of 1:44:27 in a field of 117. Dee also placed 4th in her F40 age category. Then, over in Longford, we had runners participating in both the marathon and half marathon there.

Suffering from a stomach bug, Liam O’Brian ran a creditable 3:44:24 in the marathon to place 90th in a field of 289, whilst in the half, Peter O’Toole led our contingent home in 35th spot in a time of 88:00. In the field of 576, Peter was followed by Jemma Lyons who finished on the women’s podium in 3rd place, taking 52nd spot overall in 90:36. John Lohan completed the contingent, placing 118th in 98:27.

There was a midweek race down in the Wicklow mountains, organised by IMRA. This was the 8.2k Belmont and Little Sugar Loaf which enjoyed a field of 162, among them 2 Crusaders. On a course with a climb of 335m, Donatas Jocius placed 11th in 44:06, followed by Jason Kehoe (28th in 46:38). The latter participated in the Leinster Mountain Championships on Sunday that took place in the Blackstairs Mountains in Co. Wexford. The 18k race with its climb of 1055m, was conducted, taking in Cooliagh and Bran Scultair. Jason also ran in this event, and in a modest field of 32, he placed 9th and 2nd M45 in a time of 2:31:20. Further afield, in the Swiss mountains, one of our UK-based exiles, Louise Lancaster (née Van Wildermeersch), ran in the OCC Ultra, a 62k point-to-point race over the mountains from Orsières to Chamonix, which she completed in just over 11 hours.

 We had at least 5 first finishers in Saturday morning’s parkruns.  Kathryn Tomkins placed 9th overall and first female home in 22:20 in her hometown run in Omagh with its field of 85. Emily Glen ran in the SETU Arena parkrun with its field of 57, placing 4th and 1st in 23:42. Then, Dee Lawlor led the field of 159 home in Cabinteely in a time of 18:32. He was followed by John O’Donnell who placed 7th in 20:16. In Fairview, Brian O’Kelly was first across the line in 18:52 and was followed in the field of 179 by Jamie Renehan (4th in 20:24) and Michael O’Shea (19th in 23:02).  Aoife McCarthy was also a first finisher, placing 18th overall in 24:32 in the 53-strong field in Carlow Town. Aoife was followed by Lisa Shine (32nd and 7th in 30:09). Meanwhile, Tim O’Donnell found himself on the podium in Clonakilty where, alongside 47 other runners, he recorded a time of 20:22.

Karl Walsh took 5th spot in the 118-strong field in Sligo in a time of 22:17, whilst, in Tymon Park, Daniel Lowe placed 4th in a field of 79 and in a time of 19:46. Once again Poolbeg enjoyed the largest contingent of Crusaders. In a field of 221, Ross Neill was the first Crusader home in 5th place in a time of 18:30. He was followed closely by Ashley Hayes (6th in 18:33) and further back by John Healy (20th in 20:13). Kabir Sala finished in 38th place in 22:08, with Kenan Furlong (52nd in 22:44), Zlatko Kulic (54th in 23:03), Saketh Ravuluri (58th in 23:17) and Sharon Woods (64th and 8th in 23:35) further back. Ellen Walsh was next (114th and 21st in 27:32), followed by Tanja Narancic (125th and 29th in 27:57) alongside Franky Keane (126th in 27:58), and then by Josie Ward (145th and 42nd in 28:40) with the picture being completed by Kevin Kenny (164th in 30:56) and Maureen McGinley (166th and 57th in 31:24).

Over in Father Collins Park, with its field of 127, Emer Kenny ran 26:16 for 43rd and 9th places, followed by Darina Scully (46th and 11th in 26:38), whilst, in Hillsborough Forest, Mairead Cashman joined 133 other runners, placing 104th and 29th in 32:56. In the 67-strong field in Tolka Valley Park, Phelim Murray placed 19th in 25:17, with Laura O’Malley finishing in 32md and 13th in 27:36, whilst Martina White placed 59th and 25th in 31:32 in Porterstown with its field of 119. Paul F. Kelly ran in St. Anne’s with its field of 348, where he placed 156th in 27:51, whilst, in Marlay Park, Carina Davidson joined a field of 429, where she placed 256th and 70th in 29:25.

Finally, we had at least 3 of our exiles in parkrun action. In the UK, Aidan Hudner ran once again in Pollok with its field of 433, finishing in 57th place in 23:58, whilst Thom Martini ran in Gunnersbury Park, where, in a field of 693, he placed 90th in 22:41. Meanwhile, down in  Perth in Western Australia, Christina Campbell ran once again in Lake Claremont where, in a field of 105, she placed 44th and 17th in 29:25.
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Clane AC 4-miler (100)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Kenneth Rogers 1 00:19:49
13 Ellen Gannon 1 00:25:48
Crusaders AC runners
17 Gillian Earley 00:26:16 (3)
25 Rebecca Fleming 00:27:40 (5)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/clane-ac-4-mile-road-race-2026/
Tullamore AC Half marathon (Leinster Championships) (1170)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jake O’Regan 1 01:05:23
27 Maebh Brannigan 1 01:16:05
Crusaders AC runners
118 Kathryn Gibbons 01:25:14 (7)
120 Doireann Hughes 01:25:36 (8)
200 Margaret Foley 01:30:52 (17)
283 Andrew O’Dwyer 01:34:02
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/bnm_tullamore_harriers_half_2026/6138/results?class=half%20marathon
Waterford Greenway Half marathon (712)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Evan Fitzgerald 1 01:04:57
12 Ciara Wilson 1 01:14:10
Crusaders AC runners
26 Jens Seggewiss 01:18:47
531 Kate Murray 02:03:15 (163)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/greenway_half_marathon_2026/6219/results
Oylegate Half marathon (117)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Aaron Doyle 1 01:18:24
15 Nicole Moorehouse 1 01:29:35
Crusaders AC runner
42 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 01:44:27 (8)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/oylegate-half-marathon-10k-2026/
Longford Half marathon (576)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Clive Glancy 1 01:14:50
45 Nikita Cassidy 1 01:29:50
Crusaders AC runners
35 Peter O’Toole 01:28:00
52 Jemma Lyons 01:30:36 (3)
118 John Lohan 01:38:27
Full results here: https://www.championchipireland.com/index.html#results
Longford marathon (289)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Hehir 1 02:36:33
9 Adele Walsh 1 02:56:14
Crusaders AC runner
90 Liam O’Brien 03:44:24
Full results here: https://www.championchipireland.com/index.html#results
IMRA Belmont and Little Sugar Loaf 8.2k (162)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian Melia 1 00:38:41
26 Emer Perkins 1 00:46:28
Crusaders AC runners
11 Donatas Jocius 00:44:06
28 Jason Kehoe 00:46:38
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2851
IMRA Blackstairs 18k (32)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Con Halpin 1 02:00:15
8 Eimear McKenna 1 02:26:06
Crusaders AC runner
9  Jason Kehoe 02:31:20
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2941
Carlow Town Parkrun (53) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Matthew Kavanagh 1 00:18:06
18 Aoife McCarthy 1 00:24:32
Crusaders AC runner
18 Aoife McCarthy 00:24:32 (1)
Omagh Parkrun (85) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tomas Haigney 1 00:17:59
9 Kathryn Tomkins 1 00:22:20
Crusaders AC runner
9 Kathryn Tomkins 00:22:20 (1)
Porterstown Parkrun (119)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Eoin Wylie 1 00:19:32
22 Margaret O’Friel 1 00:25:36
Crusaders AC runner
59 Martina White 00:31:32 (25)
Clonakilty Parkrun (48)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tiarnan O’Donoghue 1 00:18:10
10 Niamh Cronin 1 00:24:18
Crusaders AC runner
3 Tim O’Donnell 00:20:22
Tymon Parkrun (79)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Máirtín Ó Goibín 1 00:19:01
9 Christine Kinsella 1 00:20:38
Crusaders AC runner
4 Daniel Lowe 00:19:46
Poolbeg Parkrun (221)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Christopher O’Reilly 1 00:17:10
9 Aoife Hyland 1 00:19:01
Crusaders AC runners
5 Ross Neill 00:18:30
6 Ashley Hayes 00:18:33
20 John Healy 00:20:13
38 Kabir Sala 00:22:08
52 Kenan Furlong 00:22:44
54 Zlatko Kulic 00:23:03
58 Saketh Ravuluri 00:23:17
64 Sharon Woods 00:23:35 (8)
114 Ellen Walsh 00:27:32 (21)
125 Tanja Narancic 00:27:57 (29)
126 Franky Keane 00:27:58
145 Josie Ward 00:28:40 (42)
164 Kevin Kenny 00:30:56
166 Maureen McGinley 00:31:24 (57)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (348)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Hackett 1 00:18:29
9 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:45
Crusaders AC runner
156 Paul F. Kelly 00:27:51
SETU Arena Parkrun (57)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gerard Long 1 00:22:44
4 Emily Glen 1 00:23:42
Crusaders AC runner
4 Emily Glen 00:23:42 (1)
Cabinteely Parkrun (159) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Derek Lawlor 1 00:18:32
14 Elaine Healy 1 00:22:19
Crusaders AC runners
1 Derek Lawlor 00:18:32
7 John O’Donnell 00:20:16
Marlay Parkrun (429) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Robert Hackett 1 00:17:43
11 Laura Ryan 1 00:19:41
Crusaders AC runner
256 Carina Davidson 00:29:25 (70)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (67)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Richard Bartlett 1 00:19:49
9 Hannah Geraghty 1 00:22:50
Crusaders AC runners
19 Phelim Murray 00:25:17
32 Laura O’Malley 00:27:36 (13)
Hillsborough Forest Parkrun (134)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Josh Mulligan 1 00:19:22
13 Emma Clapton 1 00:22:33
Crusaders AC runner
104 Mairead Cashman 00:32:56 (29)
Father Collins Parkrun (127)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ben Robinson 1 00:18:29
7 Maebh O’Shaughnessy 1 00:19:40
Crusaders AC runners
43 Emer Kenny 00:26:16 (9)
46 Darina Scully 00:26:38 (11)
Fairview Parkrun (179)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian O’Kelly 1 00:18:52
30 Hannah Coleman 1 00:23:58
Crusaders AC runners
1 Brian O’Kelly 00:18:52
4 Jamie Renehan 00:20:24
19 Michael O’Shea 00:23:02
Sligo Parkrun (118)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Gaffney 1 00:19:18
4 Áine Dowd 1 00:20:59
Crusaders AC runner
5 Karl Walsh 00:22:17

There were a few races taking place this week on the roads that enjoyed Crusaders participation. The first two road races took place on Thursday evening with the latest BHAA event, this time on the roads around the Rosemount Business Park in Blanchardstown over a distance of about 4.9k, along with the fast Celbridge AC 5k in Co. Kildare. Conditions were benign and excellent for racing that evening.

As we have come to expect nowadays with the BHAA, the field was relatively modest at 79 and there were four Crusaders who took part on a course that was largely flat. The contingent was led home by Joe Walsh in 5th place and winner of the M50 age category in a time of 17:21. Joe was followed by Eoghan Corrigan, returning from injury (32nd in 21:46), Sharon Woods (39th overall, 5th female finisher and 1st F55 in 22:12) and Mairead Cashman (73rd, 20th and 2nd F60).

Celbridge was the other place to be on Thursday evening, where we had 5 Crusaders participating. In a decent and quality field of 654, Doireann Hughes was our first runner across the line, placing 67th overall and 9th female finisher in 18:26. Doireann was followed by two Kildare-based athletes, Gill Earley (166th and 35th in 20:08) and Rebecca Fleming (203rd and 41st in 20:57), and then by Michelle English (476th and 159th in 27:11) and Paul E. Kelly (575th in 31:22).

On Saturday afternoon, four of our clubmates took part in the annually-held Warriors Run, a hilly race behind and along the coast of Co. Sligo. The distance covered is an odd 14.27km, but it has a history and has been staged annually for the last 40 years. It is also highly popular and this year enjoyed a field of 1364 finishers.

Brian Regan led our small contingent home in 12th place in a time of 62:58 and he was followed by Sligo natives Shane Egan (17th in 64:49), Paddy Gaynor (19th in 65:21) and Ellen Walsh (512th and 71st in 95:10).

On Sunday morning, Sebastian Hansen was our sole runner in the highly international (and elite) field in the Antrim Coast Half marathon, an out-and-back race on the road along the coast there. In a field of 4405 finishers, Sebastian, who is preparing for a tilt at the Berlin marathon, recorded a super PB time of 71:51 to place 67th.

Finally, further afield, two of our exiles in Spain, Esther Requena Ferri and Cristian Vilchez Ceballos, ran in a couple of street races in the south of the country. On Wednesday evening they took part in the 5.7k Carrera urbana Beas de Granada where Cristian placed 8th overall and 3rd M35 in 20:53 and Esther ran 24:24 to win the women's race. Then, on Friday evening they ran in the 7k Carrera Urbana Alhendrin, where Cristian ran 25:18 for 10th place overall and 3rd M35, whilst Esther ran 28:27 for 3rd place in the women's race. 
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On Wednesday evening, IMRA organised the Mountain Meitheal Fundraiser, an 8k race with a climb of 400m that took place between Lough Tay and Ballinastoe. Donatas Jocius was the lone Crusader in the field of 79, placing 22nd in 69 minutes.

There were Crusaders spread across quite a few parkruns on Saturday morning, several running tempo pace as part of their substantial long runs or before embarking on them later in the weekend, training for Autumn half and full marathons.

Peter O’Toole led the field across the line in the Broadway Linear parkrun, in a time of 18:57 alongside 39 other participants, whilst, in Vandeleur, Dee Lawlor did the same. In a field of 115, Dee recorded a time of 18:11. Aoife McCarthy found the podium in the 48-strong field in Deerpark Forest parkrun in Virginia, where she placed 11th and 2nd in 25:17.

Meanwhile, in Poolbeg, Stephen Hurley placed 3rd in 18:03. In ta field of 247, Kev Moore came home in 10th place (19:26), followed by Zlatko Kulic (24th in 21:14), Louise Dobbyn (31st and 3rd in 22:11) alongside Luke Haran (32nd in 22:12), ahead of Ronan Walsh (35th in 22:19), Mary Donnelly (37th and 6th in 22:27), Claire Reidy (62nd and 14th in 24:25), Ciara Regan  and Olwyn Dunne (respectively 84th and 85th and 25th and 26th in a time of 25:55), Marie-Theresa Murphy (110th and 37th in 27:13), Jessica Norris (114th and 39th in 27:29), Tanja Narancic (132nd and 49th in 28:21), Franky Keane (135th in 28:23), Siobhan Russell (151st and 54th in 29:45), Maureen McGinley (167th and 63rd in 31:15) and Cynthia Perucca (201st and 83rd in 33:34).

We had 5 runners in Shanganagh with a field 327 strong. Tim Bowen placed 4th in 18:35 and he was followed further back by Fiona Shine (116th and 23rd in 26:09), Órlaith de Burca (167th and 40th in 28:01), Máirín Shine (245th and 89th in 32:13) and Lisa Shine (252nd and 93rd in 32:39).

Joe Walsh as our first runner home in Brickfields with its field of 102, where he placed 4th in 18:38, and he was followed by Mairead Cashman (72nd and 29th in 33:02). Michael O’Shea also placed 4th in Poppintree. In a field of 174, he ran 19:17 and was followed by Kabir Sala (16th in 22:01), Paul F. Kelly (32nd in 24:30) and Laura O’Malley (51st and 10th in 25:57). On Midleton Greenway, Niall O’Connell took 7th spot in a field of 157 and in a time of 20:01, being followed by Áine Crotty (118th and 46th in 33:41), whilst, in Bushy Park with its field of 197, Luke Corcoran placed 12th in 21:15.

Jamie Renehan and Brian O’Kelly joined 182 other runners in Fairview, where Jamie placed 4th in 20:13, followed by Brian (15th in 22:02), whilst, in St. Anne’s, Raheny, Emer Kenny placed 99th and 13th in 24:34, ahead of Louise O’Riordan (151st and 27th in 26:04). The field there measured 503.

Darina Scully paced the 28 minutes runners in Malahide, placing 158th and 42nd in a field of 333 with a time of 27:58, whilst, in Con Smit, Barry O’Neill joined 69 other runners, placing 17th in 25:03. Meanwhile, Aisling O’Riordan ran 28:50 for 108th and 25th spots in the 289-strong field in Tralee, whilst, in Marlay Park, Kevin Kenny recorded a time of 29:25 to place 326th in a field of 603. Brendan Glynn ran once again in Donabate, where, alongside 188 other participants, he placed 18th in 23:24, whilst, in the prison confines (Mountjoy) of the Progression run, Martina White took 38th and 17th spots in 28:11 in a field of 55.

Finally, Enda Currid joined a field of 276 in Corkagh Park, where he placed 11th in 22:09, whilst, further afield, Kris Ryan, one of our Australian exiles, ran once again in Paradise Point, placing 91st and 25th in 28:50 in a field of 289.
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BHAA Keypoint 5k road race (76)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Nagle 1 00:16:26
15 Elaine De Courcy 1 00:19:50
Crusaders AC runners
5 Joe Walsh 00:17:21
32 Eoghan Corrigan 00:21:46
39 Sharon Woods 00:22:12 (5)
326 Mairead Cashman 00:29:22 (125)
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/555
Celbridge AC 5k (654)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Dylan Wright 1 00:15:16
17 Kelly Breen 1 00:16:31
Crusaders AC runners
67 Doireann Hughes 00:18:26 (9)
166 Gillian Earley 00:20:0 (35)
203 Rebecca Fleming 00:20:57 (41)
476 Michelle English 00:27:11 (159)
575 Paul E. Kelly 00:31:22
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/celbridge-a-c-5km-road-race-2026/
The Warriors Run 14.3k (1364)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Gavin Callery 1 00:56:14
13 Sarah McCormack 1 01:03:16
Crusaders AC runners
12 Brian Regan 01:02:58
17 Shane Egan 01:04:49
19 Patrick Gaynor 01:05:21
512 Ellen Walsh 01:35:10 (71)
Full results here: https://my.raceresult.com/415923/#1_876FAE
Antrim Coast Half Marathon (4405)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Isaia Lasoi 1 00:58:26
31 Girmawit Gebrazihair 1 01:06:11
Crusaders AC runner
67 Sebastian Hansen 01:11:51 (PB)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/antrim_coast_half_marathon_2026/6218/results?class=half%20marathon&page=27&perPage=100
IMRA Mountain Meitheal Fundraiser 8k (79)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor O’Meara 1 01:00:51
20 Hazel Thompson 1 01:08:30
Crusaders AC runner
22 Donatas Jocius 01:09:00
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2921
Deerpark Forest, Virginia Parkrun (48) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jonathan Horan 1 00:18:51
7 Audrey McDermott 1 00:24:26
Crusaders AC runners
11 Aoife McCarthy 00:25:17 (2)
Tralee Parkrun (289) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniel Glennon 1 00:18:16
10 Evie O’Sullivan 1 00:20:50
Crusaders AC runner
108 Aisling O’Riordan 00:28:50 (25)
Progression Parkrun (55)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 M. Leixlip 1 00:18:30
6 Emma Finlay 1 00:21:50
Crusaders AC runner
38 Martina White 00:28:11 (17)
Broadmeadow Linear Parkrun (40)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter O’Toole 1 00:18:57
11 Ruth Moran 1 00:23:11
Crusaders AC runner
1 Peter O’Toole 00:18:57
Shanganagh Parkrun (327)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Drew Donohoe 1 00:17:56
19 Eileen O’Toole 1 00:20:28
Crusaders AC runners
4 Timothy Bowen 00:18:35
116 Fiona Shine 00:26:09 (23)
167 Órlaith de Burca 00:28:01 (40)
245 Máirín Shine 00:32:13 (89)
252 Lisa Shine 00:32:39 (93)
Poolbeg Parkrun (247)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Denis Buckley 1 00:17:24
27 Rebecca Mann 1 00:21:42
Crusaders AC runners
3 Stephen Hurley 00:18:03
10 Kev Moore 00:19:26
24 Zlatko Kulic 00:21:14
31 Louise Dobbyn 00:22:11 (3)
32 Luke Haran 00:22:12
35 Ronan Walsh 00:22:19
37 Mary Donnelly 00:22:27 (6)
62 Claire Reidy 00:24:25 (14)
84 Ciara Regan 00:25:55 (25)
85 Olwyn Dunne 00:25:55 (26)
110 Marie-Theresa Murphy 00:27:13 (37)
114 Jessica Norris 00:27:29 (39)
132 Tanja Narancic 00:28:21 (49)
135 Franky Keane 00:28:23
151 Siobhan Russell 00:29:45 (54)
167 Maureen McGinley 00:31:15 (63)
201 Cynthia Perucca 00:33:34 (83)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (503)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gavin Maher 1 00:18:27
3 Zoe Quinn 1 00:18:41
Crusaders AC runners
99 Emer Kenny 00:24:34 (13)
151 Louise O’Riordan 00:26:04 (27)
Con Smith Parkrun (70)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alicia Boylan 1 00:20:31
2 Eamonn McCabe 1 00:21:01
Crusaders AC runner
17 Barry O’Neill 00:25:03
Vandeleur Parkrun (115) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Derek Lawlor 1 00:18:11
9 Dympna O’Dwyer 1 00:21:37
Crusaders AC runner
1 Derek Lawlor 00:18:11
Marlay Parkrun (603) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Matthew O’Connor 1 00:16:53
9 Aisling O’Connor 1 00:19:57
Crusaders AC runner
326 Kevin Kenny 00:29:25
Brickfields Parkrun (102)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Thomas Goulding 1 00:17:09
8 Iina Elfving 1 00:19:52
Crusaders AC runners
4 Joe Walsh 00:18:38
72 Mairead Cashman 00:33:02 (29)
Donabate Parkrun (189)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Joe Holt 1 00:17:27
7 Maria Ferguson 1 00:21:27
Crusaders AC runner
18 Brendan Glynn 00:23:24
Bushy Parkrun (197)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rory McLaughlin 1 00:18:27
27 Irene Falvey 1 00:22:55
Crusaders AC runner
12 Luke Corcoran 00:21:15
Fairview Parkrun (184)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Seán Cahill 1 00:18:30
22 Mairead O’Rourke 1 00:22:40
Crusaders AC runners
4 Jamie Renehan 00:20:13
15 Brian O’Kelly 00:22:02
Midleton Greenway Parkrun (157)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cian Dunning 1 00:18:48
3 Marie Claire Healy 1 00:19:18
Crusaders AC runners
7 Niall O’Connell 00:20:01
118 Áine Crotty 00:33:41 (46)
Malahide Parkrun (333)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jack Maughan 1 00:16:28
6 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:51
Crusaders AC runner
158 Darina Scully 00:27:58 (42)
Poppintree Parkrun (174)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Said Abdiwaahab 1 00:16:43
15 Peigi Allen 1 00:21:59
Crusaders AC runners
4 Michael O’Shea 00:19:17
16 Kabir Sala 00:22:01
32 Paul F. Kelly 00:24:30
51 Laura O’Malley 00:25:57 (10)
Corkagh Parkrun (276)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Gonda 1 00:18:21
16 Caroline Sheary 1 00:23:15
Crusaders AC runner
11 Enda Currid 00:22:09

​We’re now very much back to road racing and, among some other decent races, there were a couple of good 10-milers run this weekend.

The first, on Saturday morning, was the Dublin 10-mile road championships, held as usual in the Phoenix Park and incorporated into the Frank Duffy 10-miler, one of the races in the Dublin marathon race series.

In mild conditions on a familiar hilly course within the western side of the park, the field measured 3680 finishers, among whom there were at least 37 Crusaders, some declaring for the club in the championships. The results are all set out below, but there are a few noteworthy comments. Our first runner home was Dee Lawlor (63rd in 59:43) followed by Abdé Boumaza (68th in 59:27). Unfortunately, neither appeared to have been declared for the Championships, so that our first scorer was Killian Lynskey (125th in 62:32).  Likewise, Doireann Hughes placed 157th overall and 11th female finisher in 63:51, but unfortunately again for some reason was not declared. An appeal has been launched, since, with Doireann’s result the team of Isabella Gyori (297th and 23rd in 67:21), Ciara Lynch (749th and 32nd in a PB time of 68:36) and Luz Estevan (749th and 102nd in 74:32) and her would have likely won Senior team gold. We did get a couple of medals at least among individuals. Orla O’Flynn won gold in the F55 category, placing 818th and 117th in 76:12, whilst Ray Walsh won silver in the M60 category (339th in 68:35) and Olwyn Dunne, even though acting as a pacer, went on to win silver in the F60 category (1990th and 519th in 89:48). Juliane Frydenlund was also one of those with a PB (1687th and 386th in 86:03) along with Alan Martin (1845th in 87:52). There were likely more, despite the challenges of the event. Nevertheless, several of our runners were treating the race as a training run in their preparations for the marathon and added extra miles to their day with the race. In a quality field, it was good to see so many excellent times from our runners, particularly under 80 minutes. For example, Denis Holohan placed 180th in 6428, followed by Simon Kenny (255th in 66:41), Eddie Nugent (342nd in 68:23), Eamonn Egan (394th in 67:44), Adrian Groarke (581st in 71:37), David O'Donnell (607th in 72:29), Dee Ni Chearbhaill (906th and 141st in 76:31), Kabir Sala (934th in 77:30), Lisa Branigan (989th and 168th in 78:10) and Chris Bannon 79:03). Emily Glen, on her long run was only just outside 80 minutes (80:16) and she was likely accompanied by Paul Campbell whose place and time were not recorded (likely around 76 minutes), as also was the case for Ciara Regan (around 73 minutes).

The other 10-miler was in Co. Kildare in Kilcock, organised by St. Coca’s AC on Sunday morning. On a relatively flat course involving running along the Royal Canal Greenway for a spell, we had at least 5 clubmates take part in a field of 428. Ciarain Kelly placed 25th in 57:40, and he was followed by Gill Earley (132nd and 11th in 68:52), Aoife Quigley (138th and 13th in 69:11), Bex Fleming (190th and 24th in 75:46) and Richard Kavanagh (257th and 2nd M70 in 82:59).

On the same day, Emma Noonan was likely our sole representative in the Cork City 10k. In warmish conditions on a course with a significant hill around the halfway point, Emma placed 61st and 6th in a field of more than 1000 runners and in an excellent time of 38:33.

The previous day, Cillian Traynor ran in the Rathkenny 5k held in Co. Meath. Cillian placed 5th in 18:36 alongside 521 other participants. Also, on Saturday, Áine Kenny tackled the annual running of the Run the Ridge 20k (one of a series of trail races of different lengths on the day) down in Co. Wicklow. In a field of 73, she placed 16th and 3rd in 1:57:52.

Earlier in the week, as usual on a Wednesday at this time, we had at least 9 Crusaders take part in the Liberties Fun Run. It is often described as a 4-miler (6.44k), but its measurements are not always reliable and this year measured 6.6k and had a field of 924. TJ Bourke was our first runner across the line in 10th place and 1st M50 in 24:10. TJ was followed by Joe Walsh (14th and 2nd M50 in 24:49). Peter Beddy was next (48th in 27:43) enjoying the success of his older daughter Cate who runs for Templeogue (40th and 3rd in 26:41) and also of her younger sibling Alice who is in the JuCru (59th and 7th in 28:36) just ahead of one of her clubmates Abigail O’Shaughnessy (60th and 8th in 28:37). Cate was 1st in her JF category, with Alice 2nd and Abigail 3rd.

Ronan Walsh paced Claire Reidy to a time of 27:57 and 27:59 for 51st and 52nd places respectively (Claire being 4th female finisher), with John Cunnane (75th in 29:02) and Ellen Walsh further back (128th and 20th in 31:40).

Up in the Wicklow Mountains on Wednesday evening, Gavan Doherty joined 91 other runners in support of the Mountain Rescue Service in a race of around 8k, involving a climb of 300m. The race was held on a short route around Paddock Hill near Laragh. Gavan placed 42nd in a time of 50:50.

There are fewer parkrun results on which to report this week. We had a slightly smaller number running in Poolbeg, led home by Ross Neill (4th in 18:35). In the field of 246, Ronan Walsh was next (22nd in 21:19), followed by Stephen Ryan (32nd in 21:44), Zlatko Kulic (37th in 21:58), Luke Haran just behind (38th in 22:06), Claire Reidy (55th and 5th in 23:46), Franky Keane (78th in 26:11), Diarmuid Finan (81st in 26:12), Josie Ward (116th and 31st in 28:09), Ellen Walsh (120th and 33rd in 28:19), Anousheh Alamir (145th and 47th in 29:32), Siobhan Russell (149th and 51st in 29:42), Maureen McGinley (164th and 61st in 31:11), Edwina Hogan (180th and 69th in 32:33), Cynthia Perucca (182nd and 70th in 32:44) and Una McCullagh, tailwalking.

Kev Moore led the field of 215 home in Bushy Park in a time of 19:51 and he was followed by Mary Donnelly (25th and 3rd in 22:43) and by Mairead Cashman (171st and 49th in 34:03). Jamie Renehan and Michael O’Shea ran in Fairview, where, in a field of 167, Jamie placed 6th in 20:23 and Michael placed 8th in 21:29, whilst, in Oldbridge, and its field of 99, Aoife McCarthy took 39th and 4th spots in 26:06, followed by Carina Davidson (55th and 7th in 28:59). Mustaf Ahmed was our sole runner in St. Anne’s, alongside 455 other runners, placing 39th in 21:26, whilst Kevin Lambe placed 6th in 20:37 in Mullingar with its field of 169. John Lohan ran once again in Athlone RSC, with a field of 167, where he placed 7th in 21:19, whilst, in Marlay Park, Paul Flynn took 6th spot in 18:22, followed by Myles Nolan (40th in 21:50) and Imogen Guinness (253rd and 73rd in 28:52). The field there measured 457.

We had 4 runners among the 277 who took on Shanganagh. Niall O’Connell placed 12th in 20:19, followed by Fiona Shine (133rd and 34th in 28:16) alongside Lisa Shine (134th and 35th in 28:17) and Máirín Shine (168th and 53rd in 30:27), whilst Lorraine McMahon joined 168 other participants on the Midleton Greenway, placing 97th and 30th in 29:54. Paul F. Kelly ran once again in the 172-strong field in Poppintree, where he placed 52nd in 25:53, whilst Martina White ran in the Edgbaston Reservoir parkrun in Birmingham, where in a field of 703 she placed 360th and 77th in 27:54. Finally, our exile in Glasgow, ran once again in Pollok, where in a field of 417 he placed 42nd in 23:23.
 
Liberties 4-miler (924)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin Flynn 1 00:21:14
15 Lorraine Sheehan 1 00:24:52
Crusaders AC runners
10 TJ Bourke 00:24:10
14 Joe Walsh 00:24:49
48 Peter Beddy 00:27:43
51 Ronan Walsh 00:27:57
52 Claire Reidy 00:27:59 (4)
59 Alice Beddy 00:28:36 (7)
60 Abigail O’Shaughnessy 00:28:37 (8)
128 Ellen Walsh 00:31:40 (20)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/2026-liberties-fun-run/
Frank Duffy 10-miler (incorporating Dublin championships) (3680)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Cormac Dalton 1 00:49:17
20 Maebh Brannigan 1 00:56:59
Crusaders AC runners
63 Derek Lawlor 00:59:43
68 Abdessamed Boumaza 00:59:27
125 Killian Lynskey 01:02:32
157 Doireann Hughes 01:03:51 (11)
180 Denis Holohan 01:04:28
255 Simon Kenny 01:06:41
297 Isabella Gyori 01:07:21 (23)
339 Ray Walsh 01:08:35
342 Eddie Nugent 01:08:23
359 Ciara Lynch 01:08:36 (PB) (32)
394 Eamonn Egan 01:07:44
581 Adrian Groarke 01:11:37
607 David O’Donnell 01:12:29
749 Luz Estevan 01:14:32 (102)
818 Orla O’Flynn 01:16:12 (117)
906 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 01:16:31 (141)
934 Kabir Sala 01:17:30
989 Lisa Branigan 01:18:10 (168)
1075 Chris Bannon 01:19:03
1185 Emily Glen 01:20:16 (218)
1384 Anthony Hackett 01:23:42
1484 Sharon Woods 01:23:09 (315)
1518 Garret Connolly 01:24:47
1527 Brendan Glynn 01:26:11
1554 Brian O’Neill 01:24:07
1586 Gian Piero Allerta 01:26:08
1687 Juliane Frydenlund 01:26:03 (PB) (386)
1840 John O’Donnell 01:22:49
1845 Alan Martin 01:27:52 (PB)
1990 Olwyn Dunne 01:29:48 (519) PACER
2281 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 01:34:27 (655)
2357 Bo Chicoine 01:30:24
2376 Laura O’Malley 01:30:50 (705)
2653 Djinn Von Noorden 01:41:22 (844)
2654 Michelle English 01:35:33 (845)
2921 Joe Dunne 01:40:00 PACER
3447 Darren Kelly 01:53:06
Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4235#1_C8E02C
Cork City 10k (1068)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 David McCarthy 1 00:30:27
16 Sinead O’Connor 1 00:34:57
Crusaders AC runner
61 Emma Noonan 00:38:33 (6)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/cork-city-10km-2026/
Run the Ridge 20k (73)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Benjamin Butler 1 01:30:38
12 Catherine Devitt 1 01:50:57
Crusaders AC runner
16 Áine Kenny 01:57:52 (3)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/run_the_ridge__wicklow_off_rd_champs_2026/6139/results
Rathkenny AC 5k (522)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ronan Moore 1 00:17:44
6 Áine O’Connor 1 00:18:42
Crusaders AC runner
5 Cillian Traynor 00:18:36
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/rathkenny_ac_5k_road_race/5741/results
St. Coca’s AC Kilcock 10 from 10 (428)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Hugh Armstrong 1 00:50:01
8 Alice Wright 1 00:55:07
Crusaders AC runners
25 Ciarain Kelly 00:57:40
132 Gillian Earley 01:08:52 (11)
138 Aoife Quigley 01:09:11 (13)
190 Rebecca Fleming 01:15:46 (24)
257 Richard Kavanagh 01:22:59
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/st_cocas_ac_kilcock_10_from_10/6119/results
IMRA Mountain Rescue Benefit 8k (92)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian Melia 1 00:34:16
14 Niamh Brophy 1 00:42:56
Crusaders AC runner
42 Gavan Doherty 00:50:50
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2884
Oldbridge Parkrun (99) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Kelly 1 00:16:40
24 Rebecca Carolan 1 00:23:22
Crusaders AC runners
39 Aoife McCarthy 00:26:06 (4)
55 Carina Davidson 00:28:59 (7)
Fairview Parkrun (167) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Cole Tamburri 1 00:18:01
14 Orla Coffey 1 00:22:09
Crusaders AC runners
6 Jamie Renehan 00:20:23
8 Michael O’Shea 00:21:29
Poppintree Parkrun (172)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jack Matthews 1 00:18:31
34 Elizabeth Daly 1 00:23:12
Crusaders AC runner
52 Paul F. Kelly 00:25:53
Athlone RSC Parkrun (167)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Bashir Hussain 1 00:19:21
2 Kate McCormick 1 00:20:19
Crusaders AC runner
7 John Lohan 00:21:19
Shanganagh Parkrun (277)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall McCague 1 00:17:07
15 Blanaid Callan 1 00:20:51
Crusaders AC runners
12 Niall O’Connell 00:20:19
133 Fiona Shine 00:28:16 (34)
134 Lisa Shine 00:28:17 (35)
168 Máirín Shine 00:30:27 (53)
Poolbeg Parkrun (246)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Sean Terek 1 00:17:49
5 Christine Parsons 1 00:18:53
Crusaders AC runners
4 Ross Neill 00:18:35
22 Ronan Walsh 00:21:19
32 Stephen Ryan 00:21:44
37 Zlatko Kulic 00:21:58
38 Luke Haran 00:22:06
55 Claire Reidy 00:23:46 (5)
78 Franky Keane 00:26:11
81 Diarmuid Finan 00:26:12
116 Josie Ward 00:28:09 (31)
120 Ellen Walsh 00:28:19 (33)
145 Anousheh Alamir 00:29:32 (47)
149 Siobhan Russell 00:29:42 (51)
164 Maureen McGinley 00:31:11 (61)
180 Edwina Hogan 00:32:33 (69)
182 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:44 (70)
246 Una McCullagh 00:57:33
St. Anne’s Parkrun (456)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Braxton O’Shea 1 00:17:03
18 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:49
Crusaders AC runner
39 Mustaf Ahmed 00:21:26
Bushy Parkrun (215)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kev Moore 1 00:19:51
13 Sinead Staunton 1 00:22:01
Crusaders AC runners
1 Kev Moore 00:19:51
25 Mary Donnelly 00:22:43 (3)
171 Mairead Cashman 00:34:03 (49)
Mullingar Parkrun (169) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Diarmuid Moran 1 00:19:31
18 Amie Giles 1 00:23:01
Crusaders AC runner
6 Kevin Lambe 00:20:37
Marlay Parkrun (457) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oscar Lubliner 1 00:17:20
48 Eimear Diskin 1 00:22:04
Crusaders AC runners
6 Paul Flynn 00:18:22
40 Myles Nolan 00:21:50
253 Imogen Guinness 00:28:52 (73)
Midleton Greenway Parkrun (169)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean O’Sullivan 1 00:18:35
10 Helen Cronin 1 00:21:28
Crusaders AC runner
97 Lorraine McMahon 00:29:54 (30)

​This week’s report belongs mainly to  T&F for two meets coming close to the end of the season.

The two events were, firstly, the National Masters T&F Championships, and the second one, a day later, was the final of the National T&F League on Sunday, both events taking place in warm and relatively sunny conditions at the same venue, the Morton Stadium in Santry.

We start with the Masters Championships, where we witnessed a magnificent haul of medals for our athletes. Lisa Corrigan picked up 4 medals: In the F50 category she placed 3rd in the 100mH (0.762m) in a time of 17:22. She also picked up a bronze in the 200m with a time of 35:05. Then, in the long jump, with her last jump of 4, she took silver with a leap of 3.75m. Finally, along with Karl Fitzmaurice, Joanne Carey and Robert Cervi, she picked up a bronze medal in the mixed relay with an aggregate time of 4:32.01.

Robert Cervi also did well. In addition to medalling in the relay, he also took gold in the M45 100m in a time of 12.35, followed by silver in the 200m with a time of 24.80 and gold in the long jump, also with his last leap, with a distance of 5.36m.  Another multiple medal winner was Michael Burke who placed 3rd in the M50 100m in 13.23, followed by 2nd in the 200m in 26.73.

Kevin Fitzgibbon took M40 silver in 16:11.49 in the 5000m, followed by John Mulvihill who placed 4th in the same category in 16:49.85. Meanwhile, Sean Brickell took silver in the M55 discus (1.5kg) with his 4th attempt, having left no marks on his first three. Sean threw the discus 32.43m. He also placed 4th in the javelin (700g) with a throw of 33.56m (on his 4th throw). Karl Fitzmaurice placed 2nd in the M50 800m recording a time of 2:15.42, whilst John O’Loughlin took 3rd place in the M55 400m with a time of 63.41. Finally, Paul Francis placed 5th in the M60 100m with a time of 14.40.

On Sunday, our senior men were competing in the Premier Division, whilst our senior women were contesting the First Division and both teams acquitted themselves extremely well. The men placed 4th in the top division once all the scores had been totalled, agonisingly close to the podium, missing out by one point after the best 17 results were totalled, whilst the women placed 5th in theirs. We’re finally back on the League map and many congrats to all who took part.

The scores appeared as follows (maximum 9 points available to the winner of any event). In the 4x 400m women’s relay, Hope Lewis, Jade Murphy, Rachael Yorke and Sarah Lyons placed 5th in 4:24.73, yielding 4 points. Juliette McCloskey finished in 4th place in the 100mH in 19.46 (4). Charlotte Myers won her 1500m in 4:39.49 (9). Jade took 6th spot in the 400m with a time of 66.09 (3), whilst Emily Sheils won the 3000m in a time of 10:15.44 (9). Juliette also ran in the 200m, placing 5th in 27.78, whilst Hope also placed 5th in the 800m in 2:25.05 (4). Ladies captain Sarah won the 2000m steeplechase in a time of 7:47.31, her training in Irishtown on the water jump for the last couple of Tuesday evenings having fully paid off! Sara Marini Lazarov took 6th place in the shot put (4kg) with a throw of 8.2m (her 3rd of 4 efforts) (3), whilst Marion Gillman placed 3rd in the 100m with a time of 13.55 (6). The redoubtable Philippa Conway threw the hammer 20.25m (her 3rd of 4) for 3rd place (6), whilst also later throwing the discus (1kg) 23.15m with her last effort of 4 for 4th place (5). Juliette O’Connor placed 4th in the triple jump with a leap of 8.57m (5), whilst Elif Ekson participated in both the weight for distance (28lbs) placing 4th with a throw of 3.95m (her 4th effort) and then in the long jump where she also placed 4th with a leap of 4.41 on her first attempt (of 4) (5).

The men also had an enjoyable day. If they weren’t earning many points in one or two cases they were at least getting PBs. As was the case for Alex Ainsworth who ran in the 800m, placing 8th but obtaining a PB time of 2:00.03.

When the smoke cleared the men found they had placed 4th overall, only 1 point behind Ratoath, with the outcome in doubt until the last event, the 4 x 400m relay, where the team of Alex, Robert Cervi, Jack Byrne and Danny Shine placed 7th in 3:40.83 for 2 points, Ratoath placing 2nd for 7 points.

Just as with the women, the day started well with Sean Owens winning the 110mH in 15.07 (9). That was followed by Danny Shine in the 400mh where he placed 4th in 62.70 (5). The 4 x 100m relay team of Lúc Culliton, Liam Beaumont, Sean and Valentinos Goularas took 4th spot in 42.78 (5), whilst Cai Lewis won the 1500m in 4:12.85 (9). Jack Byrne placed 4th in the 400m in 51.53 (5), whilst Adam Shier, in his first 3000m steeplechase took 3rd place in 9:44.11 (6), looking extremely polished in the event.

Lúc went on to place 6th in the 200m in 22.83 (3), whilst Colm Parnell placed 3rd in the 5000m in a time of 15:23.14 (6). Liam took 6th spot in 11.80 in the 100m (3), whilst in the field we also had some excellent results.

Ciaran Donnelly placed 4th with his first throw of the hammer reaching 38.85m (5), whilst Alfie Casey placed 5th in the pole vault after reaching 2.3m (4). Harry Alexander placed 7th with is first attempt in the long jump, a leap of 5.41m, whilst Alfie also took on the high jump, placing 4th with a jump of 1.7m (5). Harry also placed 5th with a leap of 11.21m, his 2nd, in the triple jump, whilst Danny Shine placed 8th with the 800g javelin (27.03m, his 2nd of 4) (1) and Ciaran threw the weight for distance (56lbs) 5.5m (his first effort) for 5th spot (4). Finally, Conor Quinn threw the 2kg discus 28.88m for 5th place (4) and in the shot put (7.26kg) he placed 2nd with a put of 11.89m (7).

On the roads the weekend began on Friday evening with a 5k race down in New Ross, Co. Wexford, organised by United Striders. The downhill race (even more helpful than the Jingle Bells race later in the year) would have yielded quite a few PBs. Indeed, as an example, the winner of the women’s race, Ciara Wilson, who recorded a time of 16:36 to place 2nd in our fast and flat Docklands 5k race in July, ran 15:42 on Friday evening. Three of our members took the opportunity to run and were not disappointed. In the field of 408, Eddie Nugent ran 18:57 for 73rd place, followed by Dee Ni Chearbhaill who placed 118th overall, 18th female finisher and 2nd F45 in 20:25 and then by Mairead Cashman (326th and 125th and 1st F60).

On Saturday evening, the iconic Streets of Galway 8k welcomed a field of 3140, among them at least 6 Crusaders who made the trip west. It is also on a decently fast course. Brian Regan was the first to cross the line, placing 34th in 28:01 and he was followed by Paul Kilgariff (180th in 32:44). John McDonagh was next (209th in 31:14), followed by Louise O’Riordan (211th and 18th in 33:06), Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (265th in 34:02) and Maureen McGinley (2009th and 789th in 49:35).

On Sunday, in damp conditions Kathryn Gibbons joined a field of 382 in the Monaghan 10-miler, where she placed 38th and 4th in 65:22, a super result for our ladies’ vice-captain.

Further afield, two of our Spanish exiles ran in a couple of races last week. The first was the 5.7k trail race, the Subido a Colmenar, where Esther Requena Ferri took 3rd place in the women’s race in 29:14, whilst Cristian Vilchez Ceballos ran 26:11. Later in the week they both competed in the Carrera Santo Cristo del Zapato, another trail race of 10.7k where Esther won the women’s event in 59:42 and Cristian ran 55:39. Also, on Saturday, Tilde Martinsen, on a trip to Alberta in Canada, took part in a 25k foothill trail race near Calgary (the Iron Legs 25k) with 200m climbs in places, and where she won the women's race in a time of 3:25. Finally, Jens Seggewiss ran a 10k road race in Laer (the Beerlager) in his native Germany where he recorded a time of 36:26.

There was one race organised in the mountains by IMRA at the weekend with Crusader participation. Jason Kehoe ran alongside 117 other participants in the Tinahely Half marathon trail race (actually measuring 22.5k), with a climb of over 1000m, where he placed 22nd in 22:36:50.

Several Crusaders headed over to the Aran Islands for the weekend, where they took part in the Inis Méain parkrun on Saturday morning. In a field of 65, Stephen Ryan placed 6th in 21:02, followed by Daniel Littlewood (7th in 21:22), Kabir Sala (9th in 22:05), Saketh Ravuluri (12th in 22:47), Sean Brady (14th in 24:44), Luz Estevan (15th and 2nd in 24:45), Aoife McCarthy (17th and 4th in 25:51), Laura O’Malley (21st and 6th in 26:52), Michelle English (33rd and 11th in 29:27), Carina Davidson (34th and 12th in 29:30), Darren Kelly (45th in 31:51), Cynthia Perucca (48th and 20th in 33:21) and Marie-Claire Daly (56th and 27th in 38:35).

Stephen Hurley was once again a first finisher in Poolbeg. In a field of 194 he ran 17:32, and he was followed by Ronan Walsh (27th in 21:55), Zlatko Kulic (43rd in 23:47), Claire Reidy (45th and 7th in 23:51), Brian O’Neill (60th in 25:11), Sharon Woods (78th and 13th in 26:41), Siobhan Russell (114th and 32nd in 29:31), Djinn Von Noorden (118th and 36th in 29:41), Josie Ward (122nd and 39th in 30:02), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (137th and 45th in 31:09), Mairead Cashman (148th and 52nd in 32:14) and Edwina Hogan (157th and 57th in 33:27).

Mikel Crisostomo was another first finisher, this time in Father Collins, where, in a field of 154, he ran 17:36, whilst, in the Achill Greenway parkrun, Ashley Hayes placed 2nd in 21:22 in a field of 53. Ross Neill headed to Belvoir Forest, Belfast, where he ran 20:00 for 4th place in a field of 78, whilst Kevin Lambe joined 166 other runners in Mullingar where he placed7th in 20:46. John Lohan ran in Athlone where, in a field of 117, he placed 11th in 21:41, whilst in St. Anne’s, with a field of 500, Peter O’Toole placed 6th in 18:56, followed by Emer Kenny (102nd and 12th in 24:06).

Lisa Shine ran down in Cork on the Midleton Greenway, where she took 55th and 15th spots in a field of 175 and in a time of 26:41, whilst David Carter was our sole runner among the 343 participants in Shanganagh where he recorded a time of 19:53 for 15th place.

Runners in the later Streets of Galway joined the field of 80 in Clonbur Woods, where Eamon MacFhionnlaoich placed 6th in 23:44, followed by Louise O’Riordan (26th and 5th in 28:17) and Maureen McGinley (65th and 27th in 51:29). Myles Nolan and Natalie McEvoy joined 524 other runners in Marlay Park, where Myles placed 37th in 21:453, followed by Natalie (392nd and 140th in 33:20), whilst Ailish Hassett placed 183rd and 88th in 53:13 in the field of 225 on Bere Island. Georgina Loughrey placed 131st and 34th in 31:00 in the 255-strong field in Tramore, Waterford, whilst Ellen Walsh placed 56th and 12th in Dodder Valley. The field measured 157 and Ellen’s time was 27:41. Meanwhile, we had 3 runners in Cabinteely with its field of 185. Kevin Kenny placed 104th in 30:14, followed by Fiona Shine (110th and 20th in 30:58) and Máirín Shine (113th and 22nd in 31:15).

Several of our members ran in parkruns abroad. Chris Bannon ran in Denmark in the 140-strong field of Amager Strandpark where he placed 34th in 23:13, whilst Michael O’Shea placed 25th in 20:24 in Woodlands, Scarborough with its field of 286. Joe O’Reilly placed 472nd in 35:19 in the 544-strong field in Bishop’s Stortford, whilst Martina White placed 135th and 34th in 29:25 in Gladstone in London with a field of 290. Finally, one of our London exiles, Thom Martini, ran once again in Gunnersbury. In a field of 763 he placed 184th in 24:51.

South East Greenway 5k Stride (408)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin Everard 1 00:14:31
11 Ciara Wilson 1 00:15:42
Crusaders AC runners
73 Eddie Nugent 00:18:57
118 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:20:25 (18)
326 Mairead Cashman 00:29:22 (125)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/south_east_greenway_5k_stride_2026/5897/results
Monaghan 10-miler (382)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Lally 1 00:55:51
4 Judith Storm 1 00:58:00
Crusaders AC runner
38 Kathryn Gibbons 01:05:22 (4)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/the-monaghan-10-miler-2026/
Streets of Galway 8k (3140)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Thomas McStay 1 00:23:28
26 Meabh Brannigan 1 00:27:28
Crusaders AC runners
34 Brian Regan 00:28:01
180 Paul Kilgariff 00:32:44
209 John McDonagh 00:31:14
211 Louise O’Riordan 00:33:06 (18)
265 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:34:02
2009 Maureen McGinley 00:49:35 (789)
Full results here: https://redtagtiming.com/results/SoG2026.html
IMRA Tinahely Half marathon trail race 22.5k (118)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Dunne 1 01:55:26
7 Sinead Farrell 1 02:10:03
Crusaders AC runner
22 Jason Kehoe 02:36:50
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2860
Achill Greenway Parkrun (53) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jake O’Connor 1 00:21:16
3 Sarah McCarthy 1 00:22:50
Crusaders AC runners
2 Ashley Hayes 00:21:22
Inis Meáin Parkrun (65) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Matthew Reid 1 00:18:55
5 Fionnuala Mulroy 1 00:20:43
Crusaders AC runners
6 Stephen Ryan 00:21:02
7 Daniel Littlewood 00:21:22
9 Kabir Sala 00:22:05
12 Saketh Ravuluri 00:22:47
14 Sean Brady 00:24:44
15 Luz Estevan 00:24:45 (2)
17 Aoife McCarthy 00:25:51 (4)
21 Laura O’Malley 00:26:52 (6)
33 Michelle English 00:29:27 (11)
34 Carina Davidson 00:29:30 (12)
45 Darren Kelly 00:31:51
48 Cynthia Perucca 00:33:21 (20)
56 Marie-Claire Daly 00:38:35 (27)
Clonbur Woods Parkrun (80)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Torrin Thomas 1 00:19:51
11 Eve Holleran 1 00:24:39
Crusaders AC runners
6 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:23:44
26 Louise O’Riordan 00:28:17 (5)
65 Maureen McGinley 00:51:29 (27)
Athlone RSC Parkrun (117)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Henry Pugh 1 00:16:48
13 Aiveen Digby 1 00:21:55
Crusaders AC runner
11 John Lohan 00:21:41
Shanganagh Parkrun (343)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Drew Donohoe 1 00:17:49
29 Maeve O’Grady 1 00:21:29
Crusaders AC runner
15 David Carter 00:19:53
Poolbeg Parkrun (194)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Hurley 1 00:17:32
8 Amy Morrison 1 00:19:52
Crusaders AC runners
1 Stephen Hurley 00:17:32
27 Ronan Walsh 00:21:55
43 Zlatko Kulic 00:23:47
45 Claire Reidy 00:23:51 (7)
60 Brian O’Neill 00:25:11
78 Sharon Woods 00:26:41 (13)
114 Siobhan Russell 00:29:31 (32)
118 Djinn Von Noorden 00:29:41 (36)
122 Josie Ward 00:30:02 (39)
137 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:31:09 (45)
148 Mairead Cashman 00:32:14 (52)
157 Edwina Hogan 00:33:27 (57)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (500)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ian Conroy 1 00:17:32
20 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:58
Crusaders AC runners
6 Peter O’Toole 00:18:56
102 Emer Kenny 00:24:06 (12)
Belvoir Forest Parkrun (78)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian McFlynn 1 00:17:40
6 Ailis McKavanagh 1 00:21:52
Crusaders AC runner
4 Ross Neill 00:20:00
Mullingar Parkrun (167) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John O’Reilly 1 00:20:02
16 Claire Ross 1 00:23:14
Crusaders AC runner
7 Kevin Lambe 00:20:46
Marlay Parkrun (526) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fionn Neville 1 00:16:49
43 Amy Cooke 1 00:22:08
Crusaders AC runners
37 Myles Nolan 00:21:53
392 Natalie McEvoy 00:33:20 (140)
Cabinteely Parkrun (185)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cameron Fallon 1 00:17:34
17 Emma Theobald 1 00:22:11
Crusaders AC runners
104 Kevin Kenny 00:30:14
110 Fiona Shine 00:30:58 (20)
113 Máirín Shine 00:31:15 (22)
Dodder Valley Parkrun (157)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Marcus Sheridan 1 00:17:46
4 Aleksandra Rogalska 1 00:21:10
Crusaders AC runner
56 Ellen Walsh 00:27:41 (12)
Tramore Waterford Parkrun (255)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Liam Walsh 1 00:17:35
4 Gabrielle Lodge 1 00:18:54
Crusaders AC runner
131 Georgina Loughrey 00:31:00 (34)
Father Collins Parkrun (154)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mikel Crisostomo 1 00:17:36
18 Natalia Lungu 1 00:22:10
Crusaders AC runner
1 Mikel Crisostomo 00:17:36
Midleton Greenway Parkrun (175)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ryan McCarthy 1 00:18:14
8 Emily Auld 1 00:19:48
Crusaders AC runner
55 Lisa Shine 00:26:41 (15)
Bere Island Parkrun (225)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Loughlin Campion 1 00:19:07
3 Ella Collins 1 00:19:57
Crusaders AC runner
183 Ailish Hassett 00:53:13 (88)

The report starts with the Dublin Athletics T&F graded meet, the 8th of which was held on Wednesday evening in the Morton Stadium in Santry.

At least seven of our athletes took part in either the 100m sprints or the 1500m. Juliette McCloskey placed 3rd in the grade C 100m race in a time of 13.42, whilst, in the initial rounds of the men’s 100m, Lúc Culliton won the first heat in 11.20, with Charlie Bastow placing 3rd in 11.19 in the second heat. The two Crusaders placed 3rd and 4th overall out of 14 athletes who participated in the heats. Then, in the final, Lúc placed 3rd in 11.14, with Charlie coming home in 7th place in 11.25.

Jade Murphy took on the women’s Grade C race, leading from gun to tape and winning easily in a time of 5:11.69, whilst in the men’s grade D race of the same distance Patrick Conlon placed 4th in 4:43.86, followed by Jan Manschot (6th in 4:44.38) and Cillian Traynor (8th in 4:48.42).

On the roads, once again, David O’Donnell raced in Co. Donegal, this time in the Dungloe Festival 5k, where, in a field of 130, he placed 34th in 21:16, winning his M60 age category again. On the same night, early in the week, Lorraine McMahon joined 98 other runners competing in the St. Catherine’s AC 5k in Fermoy in Co. Cork. Lorraine placed 69th overall and 26th female finisher in a time of 28:32.

Then, on Friday evening we had runners in at least 2 races. In the Trasna 5k in Naas, Co. Kildare, Molly Hyland joined a field of 303, where she placed 22nd and 8th in 18:51, whilst, in the Streets of Athboy, a contingent of at least 4 Crusaders were led home by Ciara Regan who placed 75th and 5th in 19:04 in the field of 394. Ciara was followed by Louise O’Riordan who recorded yet another PB (109th and 9th in 19:50), Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (127th in 20:26) and Emily Glen (138th and 16th in 20:44).

There were more 5k races to come over the rest of the weekend. We had at least 12 Crusaders take part In the Inner City RC 5k on Sunday morning. In a decent field of 1028, the race was won by this year’s Docklands 5k winner, Hugh Armstrong, albeit in a time that was nearly half a minute slower, and he was followed by Joe Walsh (14th in 17:49) and TJ Bourke (17th in 18:02). Further back came Stephen Ryan (111th in 21:15) and he was followed by James Bradshaw (134th in 21:15), Myles Nolan (145th in 21:53), Noel Carr (158th in 22:13), Paula Bradshaw (168th and 33rd in 22:16), Anousheh Alamir (455th and 185th in 27:21), Sharon Woods(491st and 209th in 28:02), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (518th and 230th in 28:32), Federica Delvecchio (555th and 258th in 29:05) and Cáit Ni Mhurchu (718th and 380th in 33:01).

Down in Kerry on Sunday morning, Mags Foley won the women’s race in the Banna Beach 5k, placing 12th overall in the field of 155 in a time of 19:23.

Back in Co. Donegal, Áine Kenny took on an Ultramarathon, the Blue Stacks Way 50k, where, in a field of 60, she placed 7th and 1st in 5:39:30. The race was conducted on a mix of road and trail with at least a couple of long steep climbs along the way.

On Bank Holiday Monday, we had at least 7 Crusaders take part in the Leinster 10-mile Road Championships, held as part of the Battle of Clontarf 10-miler in St. Anne’s Park in Raheny on a winding, mostly flat, course but with a hill to be negotiated twice, in sunny and windy conditions.

The contingent was led home by Peter O’Toole (53rd in 66:52), with Aoife Quigley, our first scorer in the Championships not too far behind in the field of 322 in 74th and 8th place in a time of 70:10. Aoife took home the individual F40 silver medal and she was followed by Emily Glen (133rd and 22nd in 77:41 and bronze F35) and by Olwyn Dunne (141st and 27th in 78:28). Olwyn also took silver in her F60 age category. When the smoke had cleared, the team of Aoife, Emily and Olwyn had won the Leinster O/35 team category, as well as Aoife and Olwyn being awarded gold medals as being respectively as members of the Co. Dublin teams in the Championships. Aoife was 3rd scorer on the senior team, whilst Olwyn was 3rd scorer on the O/50 team. Congrats to them.

The next athlete across the line was Emer Kenny (160th and 33rd in 80:26) and Emer was followed by Brendan Glynn (183rd in 84:37) and Kevin Kenny (242nd in 92:46).

There was a midweek mountain race organised by IMRA in Co. Wicklow in the Glen of the Downs. It measured 8.2k with a climb of 310m. Karl Walsh joined the field of 166, placing 14th in 43:54.

We had at least one first finisher in Saturday morning’s parkruns together with a few podium placers.

On a return to her native Cork, Aoife Quigley joined the field of 261 in Tramore Valley Park, where she placed 9th and 1st in 20:03. Then, in Marlay Park, Kathryn Tomkins ran in a field of 473, where she placed 24th and 2nd in 20:59. Alma Hanevy placed 17th and 2nd in a time of 22:03 in the field of 98 in Brickfields, whilst Jan Manschot also placed 2nd in Poolbeg in a time of 17:44. In the field of 217, Jan was followed by Stephen Hurley (3rd in 17:48), Joe Murphy (6th in 19:02), Eddie Nugent (10th in 20:24), Ronan Walsh (19th in 21:23) and Zlatko Kulic (23rd in 21:46). Further back came Claire Reidy (55th and 7th in 24:45) and she was followed by Emily Glen (82nd and 17th in 26:35) alongside Louise O’Riordan (83rd and 18th in the same time) and just ahead of Sophia Morgan (90th and 22nd in 26:55), Sharon Woods (93rd and 24th in 26:57) and Josie Ward (97th and 25th in 27:05). Ellen Walsh was next (115th and 34th I 27:59) and she was followed by Mari Hansen (128th and 40th in 28:34), Edwina Hogan (167th and 61st in 32:12) and Cynthia Perucca (173rd and 65th in 33:04).

Another podium place went to Aoife McCarthy in Fairview. In a field of 161 Aoife placed 43rd and 3rd in 25:07. She was preceded by Jamie Renehan who placed 6th in 19:38. Meanwhile, Ashley Hayes and David O’Donnell ran on the Achill Greenway, where, in a field of 93, Ashley placed 3rd in 19:55, with David finishing in 7th spot in a time of 21:26.

Down in Kilkenny, Conor Macguinness placed 9th in 21:06 in a field of 214, whilst, in Lough Key, Ross Neill placed 7th in 19:49 in a field of 183, and whilst Karl Walsh ran 20:06 to take 9th spot in the 205-strong field in Naas. John Lohan joined 54 other runners in Mountbellew Forest, were he ran 23:02 for 6th place, whilst, in Mungret, Luke Haran ran 21:16 for 17th spot in a field of 109. Meanwhile, Kabir Sala ran alongside 280 other participants in Donabate, placing 21st in 21:16, whilst Brian O’Kelly joined the field of 369 taking part in St. Anne’s, where he placed 14th in 19:52. Emer Kenny took on Father Collins again, placing 62nd and 10th in 25:45 in a field of 165, whilst, Darina Scully ran in Avondale Forest alongside 129 other participants where she placed 49th and 15th in 29:30.

Ailish Hassett joined 181 other runners on Bere Island, where she placed 129th and 56th in 40:34, whilst Mairead Cashman ran in Westport with its field of 132. Mairead placed 94th and 30th in 30:55. Meanwhile, we had quite large contingent in the field of 382 in Shanganagh. Kevin Kenny placed 134th in 26:04, and he was followed by Olwyn Dunne (192nd and 53rd in 27:57) running alongside Carina Davidson (193rd and 54th in 27:58) and just ahead of Tanja Narancic (197th and 56th in 28:10) and Lisa Shine (198th and 57th in the same time). Órlaith de Burca was next (220th and 66th in 28:49), followed by Máirín Shine (262nd and 93rd in 30:37).

Down in Cork again, Lorraine McMahon and Áine Crotty ran on the Midleton Greenway where, in a field of 195, Lorraine placed 97th and 23rd in 29:15, followed by Áine who placed 152nd and 51st in 35:30, whilst, in Ballincollig, Helena O’Keeffe placed 114th and 28th in a time of 27:04 and in a field of 311.

Finally, further afield, one of our London exiles, Thom Martina, ran in Gunnersbury Park, where, in a field of 732, he placed 110th in 22:58.
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Battle of Clontarf 10-miler (incl. Leinster Championships (322)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Michael Brady 1 00:51:20
4 Alice Wright 1 00:55:22
Crusaders AC runners
53 Peter O’Toole 01:06:52
73 Aoife Quigley 01:10:10 (8)
133 Emily Glen 01:17:41 (22)
141 Olwyn Dunne 01:18:28 (27)
160 Emer Kenny 01:20:26 (33)
183 Brendan Glynn 01:24:37
242 Kevin Kenny 01:32:46
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/battle_of_clontarf_10_mile_leinster_championships/6107/results
Streets of Athboy 5k (590)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sergii Raschupkin 1 00:15:32
32 Ava Costello 1 00:17:32
Crusaders AC runners
75 Ciara Regan 00:19:04 (5)
109 Louise O’Riordan 00:19:50 (PB) (9)
127 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:20:26
138 Emily Glen 00:20:44 (16)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/streets-of-athboy-5k-2026/
Trasna 5k (303)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Aaron Getty 1 00:15:27
7 Lauren Tinkler 1 00:17:20
Crusaders AC runner
22 Molly Hyland 00:18:51 (8)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/trasna_5k/6342/details
St. Catherine’s AC 5k (130)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Dermot Ryan 1 00:16;54
4 Hannah Steeds 1 00:17:10
Crusaders AC runner
69 Lorraine McMahon 00:28:32 (26)
Full results here: https://www.premiertimingsystems.ie/2026-Race-Results/St-Catherines-AC-5K-Results?fbclid=IwY2xjawTZTBBwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7CijGxJ5CQ3Fg-K9sxjp6X3NTY3_uYAVC1tkh884CqJtYGNGGJlbQCBZS4qA_aem_lpCGqA3yABlFvLbb_ZlHrQ
Dungloe Festival 5k (130)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Declan Ferry 1 00:15:54
14 Helen McCready 1 00:18:36
Crusaders AC runner
34 David O’Donnell 00:21:16
Full results here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555717735585
Bluestack Way Ultra 50k (60)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Caolan Moorehead 1 04:52:32
7 Áine Kenny 1 05:39:30
Crusaders AC runner
7 Áine Kenny 05:39:30 (1)
Full results here: https://results.primaltracking.com/event/2026bluestack50
Banna Beach 5k (155)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Finn Woodger 1 00:15:42
12 Margaret Foley 1 00:19:23
Crusaders AC runner
12 Margaret Foley 00:19:23 (1)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/banna_run_2026_10k_5k/6332/results
Inner City RC 5k (1028)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Hugh Armstrong 1 00:15:07
52 Narangarav Gankhuyag 1 00:19:51
Crusaders AC runners
14 Joe Walsh 00:17:49
17 TJ Bourke 00:18:02
111 Stephen Ryan 00:21:15
134 James Bradshaw 00:21:15
145 Myles Nolan 00:21:53
148 Noel Carr 00:22:13
168 Paula Bradshaw 00:22:16 (33)
455 Anousheh Alamir 00:27:21 (185)
491 Sharon Woods 00:28:02 (209)
518 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:32 (230)
555 Federica Delvecchio 00:29:05 (258)
718 Caitlin Ni Mhurchu 00:33:01 (380)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/inner_city_rc_5k/6264/results?class=5k
IMRA Glen of the Downs 8.2k (166)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter O'Farrell 1 00:37:39
12 Loraine Creane 1 00:43:12
Crusaders AC runner
14 Karl Walsh 00:43:54
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2918
Achill Greenway Parkrun (93) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Patrick Troy 1 00:19:10
16 Karen Jones 1 00:22:51
Crusaders AC runners
3 Ashley Hayes 00:19:55
7 David O’Donnell 00:21:26
Kilkenny Parkrun (214) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Graham Bourne 1 00:18:15
5 Leanne Butler 1 00:19:49
Crusaders AC runner
9 Conor Macguinness 00:21:06
Ballincollig Parkrun (311)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tiarnan O’Donoghue 1 00:17:37
12 Elizabeth Ann Ryan 1 00:20:49
Crusaders AC runner
114 Helena O’Keeffe 00:27:04 (28)
Mountbellew Forest Parkrun (55)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Conway 1 00:20:37
8 Dalva McPhillips 1 00:23:38
Crusaders AC runner
6 John Lohan 00:23:02
Shanganagh Parkrun (382)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciarán Deegan 1 00:18:07
17 Liadh Fitzmaurice 1 00:20:20
Crusaders AC runners
134 Kevin Kenny 00:26:04
192 Olwyn Dunne 00:27:57 (53)
193 Carina Davidson 00:27:58 (54)
197 Tanja Narancic 00:28:10 (56)
198 Lisa Shine 00:28:10 (57)
220 Órlaith de Burca 00:28:49 (66)
262 Máirín Shine 00:30:37 (93)
Poolbeg Parkrun (217)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Andrew Vettraino 1 00:17:40
37 Ava Rose Clarke 1 00:23:02
Crusaders AC runners
2 Jan Manschot 00:17:44
3 Stephen Hurley 00:17:48
6 Joe Murphy 00:19:02
10 Eddie Nugent 00:20:24
19 Ronan Walsh 00:21:23
23 Zlatko Kulic 00:21:46
55 Claire Reidy 00:24:45 (7)
82 Emily Glen 00:26:35 (17)
83 Louise O’Riordan 00:26:35 (18)
90 Sophia Morgan 00:26:55 (22)
93 Sharon Woods 00:26:57 (24)
97 Josie Ward 00:27:05 (25)
115 Ellen Walsh 00:27:59 (34)
128 Mari Hansen 00:28:34 (40)
167 Edwina Hogan 00:32:12 (61)
173 Cynthia Perucca 00:33:04 (65)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (369)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry Meehan 1 00:16:49
8 Rachel McFadden 1 00:19:01
Crusaders AC runner
14 Brian O’Kelly 00:19:52
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (261)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aaron Kelly 1 00:18:33
9 Aoife Quigley 1 00:20:03
Crusaders AC runner
9 Aoife Quigley 00:20:03 (1)
Fairview Parkrun (161) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Raymond Dunne 1 00:18:00
39 Aisling Kirby 1 00:24:39
Crusaders AC runners
6 Jamie Renehan 00:19:38
43 Aoife McCarthy 00:25:07
Marlay Parkrun (473) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Adriele Prina Mello 1 00:17:40
16 Ailish Reid 1 00:20:32
Crusaders AC runner
24 Kathryn Tomkins 00:20:59 (2)
Donabate Parkrun (281)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Joe Holt 1 00:17:31
12 Eadaoin Moore 1 00:20:33
Crusaders AC runner
21 Kabir Sala 00:21:16
Brickfields Parkrun (98)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Richard Finegan 1 00:17:18
8 Aoife Hyland 1 00:19:36
Crusaders AC runner
17 Alma Hanevy 00:22:03 (2)
Mungret Parkrun (109)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniel McCarthy 1 00:18:30
37 Aleksandra Madej 1 00:24:46
Crusaders AC runner
17 Luke Haran 00:22:14
Naas Parkrun (205)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oliver Warren 1 00:18:09
11 Robyn Browne 1 00:20:36
Crusaders AC runner
9 Karl Walsh 00:20:06
Lough Key Parkrun (183)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Evan Powell 1 00:17:42
13 Leah Harte 1 00:21:02
Crusaders AC runner
7 Ross Neill 00:19:49
Father Collins Parkrun (165)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Kelly 1 00:17:16
7 Carla Moran 1 00:19:31
Crusaders AC runner
62 Emer Kenny 00:25:45 (10)
Avondale Forest Parkrun (130)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Louis Dunne 1 00:17:01
11 Layla Dixon 1 00:21:16
Crusaders AC runner
49 Darina Scully 00:29:30 (15)
Westport Parkrun (132)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Marcus Sheridan 1 00:17:17
15 Cora Firth 1 00:21;18
Crusaders AC runner
94 Mairead Cashman 00:30:55 (30)
Midleton Greenway Parkrun (195)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter Fitzmaurice 1 00:17:20
12 Aisling Groarke 1 00:20:24
Crusaders AC runners
97 Lorraine McMahon 00:29:15 (23)
152 Áine Crotty 00:35:30 (51)
Bere Island Parkrun (182)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Billy Moriarty 1 00:18:34
4 Michelagh Murphy 1 00:20:29
Crusaders AC runner
129 Ailish Hassett 00:40:34 (56)

The end of the week seemed to mark a change in the weather, if only temporary, with overcast skies and quite strong winds.

It did not seem to affect too adversely, however, those athletes involved in the National Senior Track and Field Championships held over the two days of the weekend in the Morton Stadium in Santry. We were treated to some excellent contests, several involving our club colleagues.

On the first day, Charlotte Myers was our first athlete out on the track and, running in the first heat of three, she posted the 9th fastest time across the 3 heats, finishing in an excellent 4th place in her heat with a time of 2:10.80. The men’s 1500m involved four heats and in the first Cai Lewis broke away early from the field but was slowly reeled in to finish in a creditable 6th place in 3:58.23. Alex Ainsworth tackled the second heat, placing 11th in 4:11.25. Finally, Sarah Lyons ran a gutsy 4:47.12, not far off her PB in the women’s 1500m, placing 14th in her heat. None of the runners progressed to the final in what was for each their first appearances in national senior competition on the track. Hugo Magee and Lúc Culliton contested heat 5 (of 7) in the men’s 200m, with Hugo placing 2nd in 21.98 and Lúc just behind in 3rd in 22.77. Unfortunately, despite their placings, their times were not fast enough to qualify for the semi-final, ending up 17th and 26th of 51 competitors in the first round of the event.

The first day was concluded by two 4 x 100m relays, men’s and women’s. The women’s team of Marion Gillman, Meabh Murphy, Juliette O’Connor and Juliette McCloskey placed 6th in their final in a time of 51.97, whilst the men’s team unfortunately got into difficulties on the second exchange and were unable to finish.

We had 4 athletes compete on day 2 in the men’s 100m. There were ten heats, leading to a semi-final and a final. In the second heat Luke Timlin qualified for the semi-final in 2nd place with a time of 10.80. He was joined by Sean Owens who also placed 2nd in his heat (9) in a time of 10.84. Liam Beaumont, with a 7th place in heat 5 in 11.49, and Lúc, placing 5th in heat 8 in 11.32, were unable to progress. In the semi-final first heat, Luke placed 6th in 10.85, with Sean placing 6th in the same time in the second semi-final. Unfortunately, neither were able to progress.

Then, towards the end of the afternoon, Colm Parnell and Adan Shier ran in the second of three runnings of the 5000m, the medals being decided by the fastest times across the 3 races. Colm placed 5th in a time of 15:04.24, with Adam, punching the air as he crossed the line, placing 7th in a PB time of 15:08.14 (an improvement of nearly 12 seconds).

There were several road races taking place during the week and over the weekend.

On Tuesday evening Abdé Boumaza participated in the Park West Night Run 5k in a field of 590, placing 6th overall in a time of 17:45. He was followed by Helen Finucane (390th overall and 163rd female finisher in 31:56), whilst on the same evening, David O’Donnell ran in the Burtonport Festival 5k, situated near Letterkenny in Co. Donegal. In a field of 130, David placed 27th overall in a PB time of 20:25 and first place in his M60 age category. Also, during the week, Ellen Walsh joined the field of 75 on the well-known mile loop in Raheny for the John Fennell Cup, a two-mile race in the Raheny 2-mile Race Series. Ellen placed 39th overall and 4th female finisher in a time of 14.23.

Then, over the weekend, Sligo natives Shane Egan, Paddy Gaynor and Ellen took part in the two races on offer there, a 10k and 5k known as the Keash King of the Hill. Ellen, in her second race of the week, took on the 5k with a field of 51, where she placed 13th and 5th in 24:08, whilst in the 113-strong field in the 10k, Shane placed 6th in 38:38, followed closely by Paddy (7th in 39:14). The 10k involved an early climb in the first 3k, followed by a largely downhill 7k.

Then, in Co Clare, we had at least 5 of our members take part in the Kilkee Half marathon. On a windy, rainy and hilly course, Asley Hayes placed 4th in the field of 1216 finishers and in a time of 79:24. Ashley was followed by Louise O’Riordan (68th and 7th in a PB time of 93:21), Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (86th and 2nd M60 in a time of 95:28), James Beary (208th in 1:41:33) and Matthew Dundon (280th in 1:45:50).

Further afield, Aitor Arribas Velasco tackled another ultra marathon. The race was staged in the Wirral in the UK and was a Backyard Ultra, consisting of running loops of 4.1 miles every hour until one runner remains. Aitor was able to manage 12 hours with a total distance of 50 miles. He did, however, point out that there were still athletes going after 25 hours!

There was a midweek IMRA race in which we had a participant. Donatas Jocius joined a field of 108 in Co. Louth for the Carnavaddy 10k, involving a 450m climb around the Ravensdale Forest. Donatas placed 11th in 58:00. Then, at the weekend, Kevin Lambe raced on Slieve Bawn in Co. Roscommon. In a race of 8k with a climb of 250m, Kevin placed 20th and 3rd M50 in a field of 34 and in a time of 43:30.

We had one first finisher this week in the parkruns. April Dunne placed 24th and 1st in 24:53 in Fairview. In the field of 194, April was followed by Fanny Trébouet (52nd and 7th in 28:14).

Meanwhile, Mary Donnelly placed 25th and 2nd in 22:54 in Bushy Park with its field of 247. Mary was preceded by Kev Moore (5th in 20:01), whilst, in Shanganagh with 285 runners, Dee Lawlor took 2nd spot in 18:25. He was followed by Mairead Cashman (192nd and 67th in 31:03) and Órlaith de Burca (194th and 69th in 31:06), just behind Mairead.

In Ballymount, with its field of 189, Aoife McCarthy placed 32nd and 3rd in 24:43, followed by Carina Davidson (69th and 15th in 28:37), Máirín Shine (96th and 28th in 30:57) and Lisa Shine (107th and 37th in 32:01), whilst, in St. Anne’s, Peter O’Toole took 6th spot in 18:51, ahead of Michael O’Shea (11th in 19:12) and Grainne Regan (130th and 17th in 25:30). The field there measured 490.

There was a field of 292 in Poolbeg, among them fewer Crusaders than of late. The contingent was led home by Stephen Hurley (5th in 18:05) and he was followed by Joe Murphy (7th in 18:33), Mustaf Ahmed (17th in 20:07), Daniel Littlewood (35th in 21:36), Russell Murphy (77th in 25:23), Imogen Guinness (80th and 11th in 25:38), Sharon Woods (106th and 23rd in 27:03), Aisling O’Riordan (153rd and 52nd in 29:10), Kevin Kenny (169th in 29:42), Lorraine McMahon (171st and 59th in 29:48), Cynthia Perucca (230th and 96th in 34:14), Edwina Hogan (233rd and 99th in 34:23, with Tara Murphy tailwalking.
Meanwhile, David O’Donnell joined 65 other runners in Dungloe, where he placed 10th in 22:56, whilst in Malahide, Kabir Sala was our sole representative in the field of 385, placing 42nd in 21:30. Brendan Glynn took 30th spot in the 242-strong field in Donabate, with a time of 23:04, whilst, in Marlay Park, with its field of 534, Alban Coghlan placed 7th in 18:44, followed by Paul Flynn (8th in 18:46), Killian Barry (15th in 19:47) and Myles Nolan (41st in 21:51). Paul F. Kelly ran alongside 60 other runners on Narin Beach, where he placed 6th in 24:42, whilst Áine Crotty placed 168th and 46th in 31:17 in the field of 252 in Tramore Valley in Cork. Staying in that region, Helena O’Keeffe placed 124th and 24th in Ballincollig with its field of 306 in a time of 27:50.

Finally, further afield, Rob Glascott and Eva Kennedy, two of our London exiles, ran in the 746-strong field on Clapham Common, where Rob placed 62nd in 21:24 and Eva placed 179th and 26th in 24:35. Down in Australia, Kris Ryan, one of our exiles there, ran once again in Paradise Point parkrun where, in a field of 407, she placed 133rd and 32nd in 25:46.
 
Parkwest Dublin Night Run 5k (590)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Adam Foy 1 00:16:09
8 Lorraine O’Connor 1 00:18:04
Crusaders AC runners
6 Abdessamed Boumaza 00:17:45
​390 Helen Finucane 00:31:56 (163)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/parkwest_dublin_night_run_2026/6123/results
John Fennell Cup (Raheny Shamrock 2-mile series) (75)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Butler 1 00:10:15
27 Ciara Brady 1 00:13:35
Crusaders AC runner
39 Ellen Walsh 00:14:23 (4)
Full results here: https://rahenyshamrock.ie/?p=37120
Burtonport Festival 5k (130)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Declan Ferry 1 00:15:25
13 Helen McCready 1 00:18:13
Crusaders AC runner
27 David O’Donnell 00:20:25 (PB)
Full results here: https://www.facebook.com/p/North-West-Chip-Timing-61555717735585/
Keash King of the Hill 10k (725)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Killian Mooney 1 00:32:00
11 Valeriia Petrova 1 00:42:50
Crusaders AC runners
6 Shane Egan 00:38:38
7 Patrick Gaynor 00:39:14
Full results here: https://my.raceresult.com/412463/#1_2EB1FB
Keash King of the Hill 5k (51)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Aherne 1 00:19:27
6 Laurie Douglas 1 00:22:33
Crusaders AC runner
13 Ellen Walsh 00:24:08 (5)
Full results here: https://my.raceresult.com/412463/#2_975A90
Kilkee Half marathon (1216)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jake O’Regan 1 01:09:30
13 Mary Gough 1 01:23:03
Crusaders AC runners
4 Ashley Hayes 01:19:24
68 Louise O’Riordan 01:33:21 (PB) (7)
86 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 01:35:28
208 James Beary 01:41:33
280 Matthew Dundon 01:45:50
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/run_kilkee_half_marathon__10km/6325/results?class=half%20marathon
IMRA Carnavaddy 10k (108)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Millar 1 00:51:56
26 Anna-May Woods 1 01:08:09
Crusaders AC runner
11 Donatas Jocius 00:58:00
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2850
IMRA Slieve Bawn 8k (34)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Declan Brennan 1 00:32:26
13 Donna Gallagher 1 00:39:36
Crusaders AC runner
20 Kevin Lambe 00:43:30
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2823
Dungloe Parkrun (66) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Charlie O’Donnell 1 00:19:07
3 Sarah Hudak 1 00:19:43
Crusaders AC runner
10 David O’Donnell 00:22:56
Narin Beach Parkrun (61) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eimear Marie English 1 00:21:36
2 Ewan Campbell 1 00:21:57
Crusaders AC runner
6 Paul F. Kelly 00:24:42
Ballincollig Parkrun (306)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Matthew Cooke 1 00:18:40
23 Caitriona McGettigan 1 00:21:35
Crusaders AC runner
124 Helena O’Keeffe 00:27:50 (24)
Ballymount Parkrun (189)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Valentine 1 00:18:41
23 Rosie Lenehan 1 00:23:43
Crusaders AC runners
32 Aoife McCarthy 00:24:43 (3)
69 Carina Davidson 00:28:37 (15)
96 Máirín Shine 00:30:57 (28)
107 Lisa Shine 00:32:01 (37)
Shanganagh Parkrun (285)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Dylan Nazareth 1 00:16:30
4 Eleanor Foot 1 00:19:24
Crusaders AC runners
2 Derek Lawlor 00:18:25
192 Mairead Cashman 00:31:03 (67)
194 Órlaith de Burca 00:31:06 (69)
Poolbeg Parkrun (262)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Denis Buckley 1 00:17:30
13 Mia Goddard 1 00:19:31
Crusaders AC runners
5 Stephen Hurley 00:18:05
7 Joe Murphy 00:18:33
17 Mustaf Ahmed 00:20:07
35 Daniel Littlewood 00:21:36
77 Russell Murphy 00:25:23
80 Imogen Guinness 00:25:38 (11)
106 Sharon Woods 00:27:03 (23)
169 Kevin Kenny 00:29:42
171 Lorraine McMahon 00:29:48 (59)
230 Cynthia Perucca 00:34:14 (96)
233 Edwina Hogan 00:34:23 (99)
262 Tara Murphy 00:59:14
St. Anne’s Parkrun (490)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aidan Jones 1 00:17:39
12 Rachel McFadden 1 00:19:32
Crusaders AC runners
6 Peter O’Toole 00:18:51
11 Michael O’Shea 00:19:12
130 Grainne Regan 00:25:30 (17)
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (252)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Carrasco Coquillat 1 00:17:07
20 Elaine Morrissey 1 00:21:00
Crusaders AC runner
168 Áine Crotty 00:31:17 (46)
Fairview Parkrun (194) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Koffi Kpoglo 1 00:18:52
24 April Dunne 1 00:24:53
Crusaders AC runners
24 April Dunne 00:24:53 (1)
52 Fanny Trébouet 00:28:14 (7)
Marlay Parkrun (534) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fionnán Keogh 1 00:17:20
22 Niamh Keegan 1 00:20:28
Crusaders AC runners
7 Alban Coghlan 00:18:44
8 Paul Flynn 00:18:46
15 Killian Barry 00:19:47
41 Myles Nolan 00:21:51
Donabate Parkrun (242)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Hill 1 00:17:05
16 Geraldine McHale 1 00:21:49
Crusaders AC runner
30 Brendan Glynn 00:23:04
Bushy Parkrun (247)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Ben Cocker 1 00:18:51
7 Megan Walls 1 00:20:21
Crusaders AC runners
5 Kev Moore 00:20:01
25 Mary Donnelly 00:22:54 (2)
Malahide Parkrun (385)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Baragwanath 1 00:16:17
10 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:36
Crusaders AC runner
42 Kabir Sala 00:21:30

The hot weather is either a blessing or a curse, depending on your point of view. The short distance racers love it; but, it’s not so helpful for our longer distance runners. On balance though, despite its challenges, we should embrace it and enjoy it while it lasts and we may have to get used to it going forward in any event!

On a warm sunny evening on Wednesday, the 7th Dublin Athletics graded meet took place in Lucan. The club was well represented with several athletes taking part in the track & field events.

In the first heat of the women’s grade A 800m Charlotte Myers placed 6th in 2:12.41, followed by Sarah Lyons (11th in 2:19.98). Then, in the grade C race of the same distance, Jade Murphy placed 3rd in a time of 2:29.67. In the men’s 800m series, Lucas Ryan placed 2nd in the A grade event with a super time of 1:53.19 whilst Enda Clarke placed 3rd in the first heat of the B standard race, with a time of 2:01.26.

We then had a series of 3000m races and we were well represented by the men here. Brian Regan ran in the A graded race where he placed 15th in 9:49.21, whilst Karl Fitzmaurice and Jan Manschot both ran in the B grade race, placing, respectively, 6th and 7th in times of 10:07.10 and 10:11.40. Finally, on the track, Cillian Traynor won the grade C race in a time of 10:36.05.

There was only one field event that took place at the meet, the shot put, which was won by Antonio Santa Otero using the standard 7.25kg shot, which he launched a mighty 17.48m with his 2nd throw of 6.

Saturday and Sunday saw the AAI Games along with the National Combined Events Championships take place in the Morton Stadium in Santry and we had several athletes taking part, mostly in the sprints, but also in middle distance events and in the field too.

Lisa Corrigan took on the F50 pentathlon, where she recorded points in 4 of the 5 events, running 17.67 for the 80mH (0.762m), 3:02.11 for the 800m, registering 3.67m for the long jump and 4.72m with the 3kg shot, to win the gold medal in that category. Congrats to her!

The 100m races were divided into 2 series, with each series involving several heats, with finishing places being determined by the times across the heats in each series. In the first series of the women’s 100m, Marion Gillman ran in heat 1 where she placed 7th in 13.46. Then, in heat 3, Juliette McCloskey placed 4th in 13.30, followed by Elif Eksin (7th in 14.18). Overall, Juliette placed 18th, Marion 20th and Elif 22nd. In series 2, Marion placed 3rd in heat 3 in 13.18, followed by Juliette (4th in 13.44) and Elif (7th in 14.39). When the smoke had cleared, Marion placed 17th overall, followed by Juliette (18th) and Elife (21st).

The men’s 100m had the same arrangement. In heat 1 of the first series Charlie Bastow placed 6th in 11.10, whilst in heat 2 Luc Culliton took 2nd in 11.34, with Liam Beaumont placing 5th in heat 3 in a time of 11.58, meaning that Charlie placed 6th overall, followed by Luc (12th) and Liam (20th). Charlie then took 5th place in heat 1 of series 2 in 11.16, whilst, in heat 2, Luc placed 2nd in 11.12, followed by Liam (6th in 11.49). The overall picture revealed that Luc placed 6th, Charlie 7th and Liam 16th. The men’s field largely measured 24-30, whilst the women’s overall field was 21-23.

There was just one round of the 200m. In heat 2 of 3, Karen Hughes placed 6th in 27.28. Then, in the 3rd heat, the race was won by Marion (27.01), followed by Juliette (2nd in 27.48) and Meabh Murphy (5th in 28.85). The 200m event overall was won in 24.14 by ex-Crusader, now running for UCD, Rhianna McCarthy, with Marion placing 12th, Karen 13th, Juliette 14th and Meabh 17th.

Luc was our only male representative in the 200m series, placing 6th in the 2nd heat in 22.58, and 11th overall.

Sarah Lyons took on the women’s 1500m where she placed 10th in 4:52.10, whilst Alex Ainsworth ran in the men’s race of the same distance, placing 7th in heat 2 in a time of 4:06.49. Finally, Antonio Santana Otero easily beat the field in the shot put with all three of his successful marks of the 7.26kg shot, recording a distance of 17.78m with his second effort.

On the same evening as the graded meet, the BHAA held its annual DCC 5k race using the Poolbeg parkrun course in Seán Moore Park, with its climb and descent in the Irishtown Nature Reserve. As usual, our clubhouse played an integral part in the registration and post-race festivities.

In a field of 120 runners, rather a regular size now for BHAA events, Joe Walsh ran 18:10 for 6th place overall and 2nd in his M50 age category. He led the Crusaders contingent home and was followed by Lucas Huchard in quite possibly his first BHAA race (9th in 18:28). Next came Karl Walsh (15th and 2nd M45 in 19:35), followed by Eamon MacFhionnlaoich, a man familiar with the course (25th and 2nd M60 in 20:42), David O’Donnell (34th and 3rd M60 in 21:08), Anthony Hackett (48th in 21:57), Sharon Woods (51st overall, 10th female finisher and 3rd F55 in 22:21), Chris Bannon (61st in 23:31) and Robbie Moore (73rd in 24:45).

Then, on Saturday, Dee Ni Chearbhaill took part in the East wall ITBB 5k, where in a field of 375, she placed 50th overall and 5th female finisher in a time of 22.13. Further afield on the same day, Ronan Walsh and his partner Claire Reidy ran in the Battersea half marathon in London, finishing side by side in 99:41 (Claire) and 99:42 (Ronan) in 189th and 190th places in a field of 873.

In slightly cooler but still sunny conditions, 1626 runners finished the Irish Runner 10-miler in the Phoenix Park, a race that incorporated the 10-mile national road championships. As with all longer distance races in the Phoenix Park, the course was hilly.

We had at least 15 runners in the race, led home by Ciarain Kelly in a time of 58:25 for 54th place. Ciarain was followed by Henry Griffin (118th in 62:11), Michael O’Shea (219th in 68:10), Ray Walsh (280th in 70:36), Liam O’Brien (358th in 72:01), David O’Donnell (412th in 73:46), Sharon Woods (501st and 97th in 78:00), Phelim Murray (534th in 75:53), Daniel Littlewood (648th in 79:32), Juliane Frydenlund (932nd and 225th in 88:22), Mauro Verrocchio (975th in 89:50), Lisa Branigan (1145th and 320th in 96:29) after a long run to get to the start line, Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (1168th and 333rd in 97:28), Kevin Kenny, pacing the 100 minutes runners (1246th in 99:30), and Heather Sander (1354th and 433rd in 1:44:20).  

Also, on Sunday morning, TJ Bourke took part in the Malahide Castle Summer Series 10k, where, alongside 724 other finishers, he placed 5th in a PB time of 36:54.

There was one race in the mountains with Crusaders participation. On Wednesday, 132 runners took to Trooperstown Hill in Co. Wicklow, with its climb of 455m over 11.5k, and they were joined by Jason Kehoe and Gavan Doherty. Jason placed 30th in 67:34, followed by Gavan in 70th spot in 78:19.

There was a decent participation by club members on Saturday morning’s parkruns. Alma Hanevy was a first finisher in Mullingar, where, in a field of 112, she placed 9th overall in a time of 22:09, whilst, in Father Collins Park, in a field of 217, Ivan Kinahan led everyone home in 17:19. Luke Corcoran did the same in Bushy Park (its 400th edition), running 18:41. Luke was followed across the line in the field of 208 by Mairead Cashman who placed 140th and 42nd in 32:20. Likewise, Emma Rowe was a first finisher in Poolbeg where she also placed 8th overall in a time of 20:01. Emma was preceded by Jamie Renehan (2nd in 18:57) and followed by Piarais Neary (13th in 21:09). Daniel Littlewood was next (15th in 21:39) and he was followed by Luke Haran (19th in 22:02) a Limerick man who stayed in Dublin for the weekend for the All-Ireland SHC, Kabir Sala (25th in 22:14), Zlatko Kulic (28th in 22:25), Adrian Byrne (30th in 22:26), Lucas Ryan (32nd in 22:28), John Lohan (36th in 22:40), Charles Cartledge (59th in 24:04), Russell Murphy (76th in 25:10), Josie Ward (90th and 21st in 26:23) whose pregnancy seems to be making her faster (!), Imogen Guinness (108th and 26th in 27:32), Ella Campbell (147th and 47th in 29:31), Mari Hansen (150th and 48th in 29:37), Sharon Woods (153rd and 50th in 29:53), Ashley Hayes (174th in 31:08), Maureen McGinley (180th and 71st in 31:48) and Cynthia Perucca (186th and 74th in 32:15).

Cillian Traynor and Jade Murphy headed to Letterkenny, where, in a field of 72, Cillian placed 3rd in 19:52, followed by Jade (7th and 2nd in 21:08). Ross Neill ran in Sligo alongside 152 other participants, placing 3rd in 19:11, whilst, on a training course with her new employer in San Francisco, Fiona Shine ran in the Sunnyvale Bay Trail parkrun there with its field of 188, placing 43rd and 3rd in 24:57. Olwyn Dunne ran in Alstervold in Hamburg, where she placed 32nd and 7th in 27:21 in a field of 77, whilst back in her old haunt, Cabinteely, Niall O’Connell took 11th spot in a field of 165 in a time of 21:56. Niall was followed by Carina Davidson (67th and 14th in 27:28).

Michael O’Shea ran in Donabate with 190 other runners, placing 22nd in 23:20, whilst, in Porterstown, with its field of 156, Martina White placed 104th and 39th in 33:17. In Griffeen Park with its field of 179, Colm Foley ran 25;01 for 45th spot, whilst, in Poppintree, Paul F. Kelly placed 36th in 24:36, followed in 61st place by Bo Chicoine in a time of 26:32. The field there measured 173. Meanwhile, in Ballincollig, Helena O’Keeffe joined 292 other participants, where she placed 147th and 37th in 28:42, whilst, on Wexford Racecourse, Lisa Shine took 116th and 43rd spots in 35:39, followed by mother Máirín (125th and 48th in 37:39). The field there measured 147.

Darina Scully paced the 27 minutes runners in Malahide, placing 150th and 25th in a field of 383 and in a time of exactly 27:00, whilst, in Marlay Park, in a field 397-strong, Myles Nolan ran 22:39 for 37th spot, followed by Kate Murray (94th and 20th in 25:13) and Fanny Trébouet (243rd and 81st in 30:18).

Down in Co. Cork, Aitor Arribas joined a field of 71 in Clonakilty, where he placed 31st in 26:01, whilst Ailish Hassett ran alongside 121 other participants on Bere Island, where she placed 97th and 43rd in 46:51. Cork native Lorraine McMahon ran in Stockport in the Woodbank parkrun, where, in a field of 205, she placed 124th and 41st in 32:07, whilst, finally, one of our exiles in Australia, Christina Campbell joined 105 other runners in Lake Claremont, Western Australia, where she placed 77th and 26th in 33:23.

BHAA DCC 5k (120)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jacob Collins 1 00:16:47
11 Orna Dignam 1 00:18:47
Crusaders AC runners
6 Joe Walsh 00:18:10
9 Lucas Huchard 00:18:28
15 Karl Walsh 00:19:35
25 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:20:42
34 David O’Donnell 00:21:08
48 Anthony Hackett 00:21:57
51 Sharon Woods 00:22:21 (10)
61 Chris Bannon 00:23:31
73 Robbie Moore 00:24:45
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/553
Irish Runner 10-miler (National 10-mile Championships) (1626)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Stephen McAuley 1 00:50:01
42 Cliodhna O’Malley 1 00:57:22
Crusaders AC runners
54 Ciarain Kelly 00:58:25
118 Henry Griffin 01:02:11
219 Michael O’Shea 01:08:10
280 Ray Walsh 01:10:36
358 Liam O’Brien 01:12:01
412 David O’Donnell 01:13:46
501 Sharon Woods 01:18:00 (97)
534 Phelim Murray 01:15:53
648 Daniel Littlewood 01:19:32
932 Juliane Frydenlund 01:28:22 (225)
975 Mauro Verrocchio 01:29:50
1145 Lisa Branigan 01:36:29 (320)
1168 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 01:37:28 (333)
1246 Kevin Kenny 01:39:30 PACER
1354 Heather Sander 01:44:20 (433)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/irish_runner_10m_challenge_2026/6113/results?class=10%20mile&perPage=100
East Wall ITBB 5k (375)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Hynes 1 00:16:43
23 Emer Hyland 1 00:20:19
Crusaders AC runner
50 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:22:13 (5)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/eastwall_itbb_5km_fun_day_run/6289/results
Malahide Castle Summer Series 10k (725)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jack Doyle 1 00:35:45
21 Marine Sillien 1 00:40:13
Crusaders AC runner
5 TJ Bourke 00:36:54 (PB)
Full results here: bdee40_f822ecf945d34cadae5e36fffe9e4da0.pdf
IMRA Trooperstown Hill 11.5k (132)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ruben Bartelink 1 00:53:49
25 Emer Perkins 1 01:05:15
Crusaders AC runners
30 Jason Kehoe 01:07:34
70 Gavan Doherty 01:18:19
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2849
Clonakilty Parkrun (71) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Deane 1 00:18:55
6 Fionnuala Mulroy 1 00:20:59
Crusaders AC runner
31 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:26:01
Bere Island Parkrun (106) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael O’Connor 1 00:17:33
4 Michelagh Murphy 1 00:20:57
Crusaders AC runner
97 Ailish Hassett 00:46:51 (43)
Ballincollig Parkrun (293)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tiarnan O’Donoghue 1 00:17:30
13 Emma Cleary 1 00:20:33
Crusaders AC runner
147 Helena O’Keeffe 00:28:42 (37)
Wexford Racecourse Parkrun (147)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Downey 1 00:17:33
14 Una Gaines 1 00:21:31
Crusaders AC runners
116 Lisa Shine 00:35:39 (43)
125 Máirín Shine 00:37:39 (48)
Mullingar Parkrun (112)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Whelehan 1 00:19:22
9 Alma Hanevy 1 00:22:09
Crusaders AC runner
9 Alma Hanevy 00:22:09 (1)
Poolbeg Parkrun (239)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter Kern 1 00:18:49
8 Emma Rowe 1 00:20:01
Crusaders AC runners
2 Jamie Renehan 00:18:57
8 Emma Rowe 00:20:01 (1)
13 Piarais Neary 00:21:09
15 Daniel Littlewood 00:21:39
19 Luke Haran 00:22:02
25 Kabir Sala 00:22:14
28 Zlatko Kulic 00:22:25
30 Adrian Byrne 00:22:26
32 Lucas Ryan 00:22:28
36 John Lohan 00:22:40
59 Charles Cartledge 00:24:04
76 Russell Murphy 00:25:10
90 Josie Ward 00:26:23 (21)
108 Imogen Guinness 00:27:32 (26)
147 Ella Campbell 00:29:31 (47)
150 Mari Hansen 00:29:37 (48)
153 Sharon Woods 00:29:53 (50)
174 Ashley Hayes 00:31:08
180 Maureen McGinley 00:31:48 (71)
186 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:15 (74)
Sligo Parkrun (153)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Gaffney 1 00:18:57
10 Anja Kolodziej 1 00:20:46
Crusaders AC runner
3 Ross Neill 00:19:11
Griffeen Parkrun (179)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jacek Latala 1 00:18:42
20 Ruby Kelly 00:22:24
Crusaders AC runner
45 Colm Foley 00:25:01
Father Collins Parkrun (217) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ivan Kinehan 1 00:17:19
12 Natalia Lungu 1 00:19:35
Crusaders AC runner
1 Ivan Kinehan 00:17:19
Marlay Parkrun (397) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Allistair Gray 1 00:17:24
20 Jean McAdam 1 00:21:22
Crusaders AC runners
37 Myles Nolan 00:22:39
94 Kate Murray 00:25:13 (20)
243 Fanny Trébouet 00:30:18 (81)
Donabate Parkrun (191)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 William Kerr 1 00:18:12
7 Eibhin Eviston 1 00:20:15
Crusaders AC runner
22 Michael O’Shea 00:23:20
Porterstown Parkrun (156)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:17:31
11 Patricia McLoughlin 1 00:22:12
Crusaders AC runner
104 Martina White 00:33:17 (39)
Bushy Parkrun (208)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Corcoran 1 00:18:41
6 Liza Vul 1 00:19:52
Crusaders AC runners
1 Luke Corcoran 00:18:41
140 Mairead Cashman 00:32:20 (42)
Malahide Parkrun (383)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Baragwanath 1 00:16:11
16 Frances Joyce 1 00:20:25
Crusaders AC runner
150 Darina Scully 00:27:00 (25)
Cabinteely Parkrun (165)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daragh Concannon 1 00:18:22
12 Meg Giblin 1 00:22:05
Crusaders AC runners
11 Niall O’Connell 00:21:56
67 Carina Davidson 00:27:28 (14)
Poppintree Parkrun (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Said Abdiwaahab 1 00:17:11
16 Frances Leogue 1 00:22:19
Crusaders AC runners
36 Paul F. Kelly 00:24:36
61 Bo Chicoine 00:26:32
Letterkenny Parkrun (72)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciaran McBride 1 00:19:02
2 Eimear Gormley 1 00:19:35
Crusaders AC runners
3 Cillian Traynor 00:19:52
7 Jade Murphy 00:21:08 (2)

We have been enjoying an incredible heatwave and once again we had warm and sunny conditions for the 10th running on Thursday evening of the Docklands 5k, a major fundraiser for the club. Indeed, we also were able to cope with a much larger field than previously, with nearly 2,000 finishers and the out-and-back race along the quays was, as usual, well received by those who took part.

We start, however, with the DSD games, organised by Leinster Athletics for masters athletes in the athletics stadium up in Tibradden on Saturday. The format was a one-day league and, as with the senior league, points were awarded for finisher positions, regardless of age. We had 5 intrepid members take part, competing in 9 different disciplines along with a mixed format 4 x 100m relay.

When the smoke had cleared, the club placed 4th overall. However, one of the places went to Co. Meath, so that we actually finished as 3rd placed club.

In the men’s 100m, Michael Burke placed 2nd with a PB of 12.76 and 1st in his M50 category. Michael also placed 3rd in the 200m, again finishing 1st M50 in 26.23. Unfortunately, he developed a hamstring niggle and his place was taken admirably by our discus thrower, Sean Brickell, his first such race since school days.

Lisa Corrigan placed 6th and 2nd F50 in the women’s 100m in a time of 15.81 and following that result up with 5th place overall and 1st F50 in the high jump with a leap of 1.04m. Gary Park placed 5th and 2nd in the M50 category in a time of 5:18.87 in the 1500m and 6th and 2nd in the 800m in 2:29.67, whilst Robert Cervi placed 2nd and 1st in his M45 age category with a jump of 4.99m in the long jump. Sean Brickell took 4th place overall, 3rd in his M55 category, in the 6kg shot put with a throw of 8.12m and followed that with 2nd overall and 1st in the age category in the discus with a throw of 34.06m. Finally, in the 4 x 100m relay, the team of Lisa, Sean, Robert and Gary ran a collective 58.44 in heat 1 of 2 heats, placing 5th overall.

On Wednesday evening, a few of our members took part in the Dublin Track Club-organised paced 1 kilometre on Lucan’s track. Ciara Regan ran 3:19, followed by Mags Foley who ran 3:33 and Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (3:41). A great idea!

On Saturday afternoon, Charlotte Myers headed to Watford for the British Milers Club meet, where she ran in the women’s C grade 800m on the track there, placing 6th in a time of 2:09.49.  

Back to the Docklands 5k. We had been hopeful of both our course records of 14:30 (men) and 16:12 (women) set in 2017 might be broken this year as we had a quality field. In the event, the strong-ish headwind on the way out to the Point and then along Sir John Rogerson’s Quay to the finish line probably scuppered that. Nevertheless, we had excellent runs from our two winners, Hugh Armstrong (14:40) and Leevale’s Michelle Finn (16:20) on what must be Dublin’s fastest inner-city course.

It was a super turnout of members, volunteering to steward and assist generally in the race and we also had several members participate in the race itself. Several of them are listed below, but there were definitely a few more, whose results are hard to find. Additionally, the official results need to be updated with the results of our general pacers, of which there were 8, ably organised by Kieran Martin. There were also at least 5 pacers from the club supporting those runners who took part in our most recent Couch25k programme, specifically focused for this race. It should also be noted that the Mary Purcell Cup for the first club female team was won for the second year in a row by DCH, whilst Raheny won the men’s trophy, the John Fitzsimons Cup.

As mentioned, there were a few Crusaders in the race, and a few need to be mentioned. Sebastian Hansen, running with his Meta colleagues, placed 15th in a PB time of 15:46, whilst Gerry Cooper placed 75th in 17:25. Stephen Ryan was another athlete to record a PB, of which there were many amongst the field on the night, with his time of 20:43 for 401st spot. Gavan Doherty, in the second of 3 races in which he competed this week (whilst also being crucial for erecting signs for the race), placed 353rd in 20:34. It should be noted that Ira Rischkopf finished her short spell with us before returning to her native Germany, placing 756th overall and 133rd female finisher in 24:08.

On Sunday morning, in warm and sunny conditions and on a new course (apparently avoiding the dual carriageway), we had at least 22 clubmates take part in the Irish Life Race Series Fingal 10k, the first of this year's races organised by the Dublin marathon overseers in the build up to the 42.2k event in October. At least 8 Crusaders helped to pace runners in the race and did a super job. They were Mikel Crisostomo and Kieran Martin (45 mins), Emily Glen and Kabir Sala (50 mins), Paula Bradshaw and Fiona Shine (55 mins) and Olwyn Dunne and Lisa Shine (60 mins). It should be noted that the winner of the women’s race, Ciara Wilson, had placed 2nd in the Docklands 5k on Thursday evening.

The racing contingent was led home by Michael O’Shea, placing 162nd in the field of 2717 finishers and in a time of 40:43. Michael was followed by Isabella Gyori (215th and 10th in 41:03), Eddie Nugent (263rd in 42:11), Noel Carr (406th in 44:08), David O’Donnell (477th with a PB time of 44:38), Luz Estevan (552nd and 64th in 43:47), Lisa Branigan (583rd and 72nd in 46:25), Chris Bannon (815th in 48:51), Robbie Moore (1132nd in 52:44), Robert Cervi (1311th in 54:45), Phelim Murray who had a delayed start (1338th in 51:46), Emer Kenny (1370th and 320th in 54:37), Kevin Kenny (1487th in 56:31), Bo Chicoine (1498th in 56:37) and Paul E. Kelly (2172nd in 65:11).

As mentioned, Gavan Doherty took to the mountains on both Wednesday evening and Saturday morning. On Wednesday, he took part in the 11.67k race over Djouce with a field of 142 and enjoying a climb of 660m. Gavan placed 100th in 1:45:15. Then, on Saturday, he ran again in Wicklow, in the 10.5k race up and down Log Na Coille involving a climb of 700m. In a field of 65, Gavan placed 27th in 93:00.

We had a smaller contingent than usual in Poolbeg on Saturday morning. One of our London exiles, Kate O’Malley placed 6th and 1st in 19:05 in the field of 227, and she was followed by Ciara Regan (10th and 2nd in 19:49). Further back came Daniel Littlewood (20th in 21:20) and he was followed by Russell Murphy (90th in 26:45), Jan Manschot (97th in 27:10) pacing one of his sons, Josie Ward (101st and 22nd in 27:19), Ellen Walsh (103rd and 24th in 27:25), alongside Emily Glen (104th and 25th in the same time), Sharon Woods, who nobly stepped in at the last minute to pace the 30 minutes runners (156th and 54th in 30:14), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (159th and 56th in 30:27), Mari Hansen (177th and 71st in 32:53) and Maureen McGinley (180th and 73rd in 33:10).

Timothy Bowen placed 2nd in the field of 295 in Shanganagh with a time of 18:32, and he was followed by Louise O’Riordan (34th and 2nd too in 23:08). Aoife McCarthy was next (93rd and 21st in 26:08), followed by Kate Murray (103rd and 23rd in 26:22), Carina Davidson, celebrating a milestone birthday (164th and 47th in 29:20) alongside Darina Scully (165th and 48th in 29:21), Máirín Shine (194th and 68th in 31:09), Fiona Shine (195th and 69th in 31:10) and Lisa Shine (249th and 96th in 36:40). Then, in Mullingar, Ross Neill took 3rd spot in a field of 119 and in a time of 18:57. Lucas Corcoran placed 2nd in the 286-strong field in Bushy Park with a time of 19:02, whilst, in Tymon, Daniel Lowe placed 4th in 19:08. The field there measured 110.

Kev Moore took 3rd spot (in 19:47), followed by Mary Donnelly (22nd and 6th in 23:48) alongside 87 other runners in Lees Road, Ennis, whilst Jamie Renehan placed 5th in 19:36, followed by Michael O’Shea (52nd in 25:58) in the 207-strong field in Fairview. In Cabinteely, with its field of 278, John O’Donnell ran 20:47 for 6th place, followed by Stephen Mulligan (19th in 23:21), Barry O’Neill (53rd in 26:20), Kevin Kenny (81st in 28:01) and Olwyn Dunne (125th and 32nd in 29:57).

Karl Walsh ran in Naas with its field of 146, placing 7th in 19:24, whilst Maria Pertl also placed 7th (27th overall) in a time of 30:44 in Tolka Valley Park alongside 43 other runners. Michelle Geoghegan placed 40th and 7th in 27:06 in the field of 128 in Navan. Meanwhile, Kabir Sala and Brendan Glynn ran in Donabate, where, in a field of 178, Kabir placed 22nd in 22:04, followed by Brendan (32nd in 23:26).

Garret Dunne headed to Lanhydrock in the UK where, in a field of 250, he placed 13th in 22:19, whilst in Mungret Park in Limerick Luke Haran placed 11th in 22:30 in a field of 71. Natalie McEvoy took 103rd and 21st places in the 187-strong field in Dodder Valley Park in a time of 31:24, whilst Mairead Cashman placed 162nd and 49th in 31:59 in a field of 239 there. Martina White ran 29:13 for 47th and 16th spots in the 135-strong field in Porterstown, whilst, further afield, Órlaith de Burca ran in Green Point in South Africa, where, in a field of 458, she placed 139th and 27th in 30:11. Finally, one of our Australian exiles, Kris Ryan, ran once again in Paradise Point, where, in a field of 380, she placed 82nd and 17th in 25:39.
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Docklands 5k (1959)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Hugh Armstrong 1 00:14:40
30 Michelle Finn 1 00:16:20
Crusaders AC runners
15 Sebastian Hansen 00:15:46 (PB)
75 Gerry Cooper 00:17:25
353 Gavan Doherty 00:20:34
401 Stephen Ryan 00:20:43 (PB)
489 Luke Haran 00:21:38
563 Seamas Bulaéir 00:22:39
756 Ira Rischkopf 00:24:08 (133)
789 Paul F. Kelly 00:24:13
966 Peter Rosenshine 00:25:55
1072 Josie Ward 00:26:58 (264)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/docklands_5k_2026/6120/results?class=5k&perPage=100
Irish Life Race Series Fingal 10k (2717)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Michael Brady 1 00:30:51
14 Ciara Wilson 1 00:34:55
Crusaders AC runners
162 Michael O’Shea 00:40:43
215 Isabella Gyori 00:41:03 (10)
263 Eddie Nugent 00:42:11
406 Noel Carr 00:44:08
414 Mikel Crisostomo 00:44:19 PACER
415 Kieran Martin 00:44:20 PACER
477 David O’Donnell 00:44:38 (PB)
552 Luz Estevan 00:43:47 (64)
583 Lisa Branigan 00:46:25 (72)
815 Chris Bannon 00:48:51
836 Kabir Sala 00:49:11 PACER
842 Emily Glen 00:49:14 (137) PACER
1132 Robbie Moore 00:52:44
1311 Robert Cervi 00:54:45
1338 Phelim Murray 00:51:46
1370 Emer Kenny 00:54:37 (320)
1377 Paula Bradshaw 00:54:48 (324) PACER
1378 Fiona Shine 00:54:49 (325) PACER
1487 Kevin Kenny 00:56:31
1498 Bo Chicoine 00:56:37
1833 Olwyn Dunne 00:59:19 (547) PACER
1836 Lisa Shine 00:59:19 (549) PACER
2172 Paul E. Kelly 01:05:11
Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4224
IMRA Log Na Coille 10.5k (65)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Cartan 1 00:57:37
6 Sinead Farrell 1 01:08:01
Crusaders AC runner
27 Gavan Doherty 01:33:00
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2883
IMRA Djouce -The Ayling Abyss 11.67k (142)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jude Wejchert 1 01:01:58
18 Emer Perkins 1 01:14:14
Crusaders AC runner
100 Gavan Doherty 01:45:15
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2848 
Lees Road Parkrun (89) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rory Chesser 1 00:16:09
7 Marie Keane 1 00:21:04
Crusaders AC runners
3 Kev Moore 00:19:47
22 Mary Donnelly 00:23:48 (6)
Dodder Valley Parkrun (187) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Owen Jones 1 00:19:19
19 Ellie Woulfe 1 00:22:29
Crusaders AC runner
103 Natalie McEvoy 00:31:24 (21)
Mungret Parkrun (71)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Louis Morrissey 1 00:19:30
14 Aine Ryan 1 00:22:46
Crusaders AC runner
11 Luke Haran 00:22:30
Shanganagh Parkrun (295)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rory Lush 1 00:17:57
19 Jessica O’Connor 1 00:21:39
Crusaders AC runners
2 Timothy Bowen 00:18:32
34 Louise O’Riordan 00:23:08 (2)
93 Aoife McCarthy 00:26:08 (21)
103 Kate Murray 00:26:22 (23)
164 Carina Davidson 00:29:20 (47)
165 Darina Scully 00:29:21 (48)
194 Máirín Shine 00:31:09 (68)
195 Fiona Shine 00:31:10 (69)
249 Lisa Shine 00:36:40 (96)
Mullingar Parkrun (119)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Shane McLoughlin 1 00:17:30
24 Carmel Wallace 1 00:25:27
Crusaders AC runner
3 Ross Neill 00:18:57
Poolbeg Parkrun (227)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Carrasco Coquillat 1 00:17:25
6 Kate O’Malley 1 00:19:05
Crusaders AC runners
6 Kate O’Malley 00:19:05 (1)
10 Ciara Regan 00:19:49 (2)
20 Daniel Littlewood 00:21:20
90 Russell Murphy 00:26:45
97 Jan Manschot 00:27:10
101 Josie Ward 00:27:19 (22)
103 Ellen Walsh 00:27:25 (24)
104 Emily Glen 00:27:25 (25)
156 Sharon Woods 00:30:14 (54)
159 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:30:27 (56)
177 Mari Hansen 00:32:53 (71)
180 Maureen McGinley 00:33:10 (71)
Tymon Parkrun (110)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robert O’Brien 1 00:17:54
12 Franyenis Rivera 1 00:21:59
Crusaders AC runner
4 Daniel Lowe 00:19:08
Naas Parkrun (146)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ger Forde 1 00:17:28
34 Siobhan O’Carroll 1 00:24:01
Crusaders AC runner
7 Karl Walsh 00:19:24
Navan Parkrun (128) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Harry Monaghan 1 00:17:32
18 Kate Gibbons 1 00:23:07
Crusaders AC runner
40 Michelle Geoghegan 00:27:06 (7)
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (239) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Simon Vaisey 1 00:17:12
8 Isabelle Crowley 1 00:20:30
Crusaders AC runner
162 Mairead Cashman 00:31:59 (49)
Donabate Parkrun (178)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alessandro Porazzini 1 00:17:54
8 Sinead Currie 1 00:20:41
Crusaders AC runners
22 Kabir Sala 00:22:04
32 Brendan Glynn 00:23:26
Porterstown Parkrun (135)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Forde 1 00:19:28
3 Alana Mills 1 00:20:19
Crusaders AC runner
47 Martina White 00:29:13 (16)
Bushy Parkrun (286)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry McCartin 1 00:17:52
3 Niamh Murphy 1 00:19:09
Crusaders AC runner
2 Luke Corcoran 00:19:02
Fairview Parkrun (207)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fiachra O’Donovan 1 00:19:09
22 Jane Barnett 1 00:23:16
Crusaders AC runners
5 Jamie Renehan 00:19:36
52 Michael O’Shea 00:25:58
Cabinteely Parkrun (278)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Terek 1 00:18:54
18 Emma Gunn 1 00:23:15
Crusaders AC runners
6 John O’Donnell 00:20:47
19 Stephen Mulligan 00:23:21
53 Barry O’Neill 00:26:20
81 Kevin Kenny 00:28:01
125 Olwyn Dunne 00:29:57 (32)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (44)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Grogan 1 00:19:42
12 Mary Gavin 1 00:26:01
Crusaders AC runner
27 Maria Pertl 00:30:44 (7)

It was a super weekend in Tullamore for our young athletes who were competing in the U20 and U23 National Track & Field Championships and they did the club proud. It’s great to see our sprinters flourishing.

One of the highlights of day one of the two-day competition was the winning of the men’s U23 4 x 100m relay with a new national U23 record time of 42.82. The team comprised Sean Owens, who also took home the silver medal in the 100m with a time of 10.77, Luke Timlin, Liam Beaumont and Charlie Bastow. All had competed in the individual 100m heats with differing outcomes. Liam placed 6th in heat 1 in a time of 11.67, whilst Sean had placed 2nd in the second heat in 10.84, and qualifying in a non-automatic time. In the third heat Charlie placed 4th in 11.26, whilst Luke won the fourth heat in a time of 11.18. Sean, as mentioned, ran in the final with Luke, the latter, like Sean, improving his time, placing 6th in 10.89.

On the second day Sean went on to take silver in the U23 110mH straight final, with a time of 14.69. Congrats to the relay team and to Sean for his individual success too, bringing home 3 medals (one gold and two silver).

Otherwise, all the racing action this weekend took place on the roads, in a couple of half marathons. A few of our club-mates headed over to Achill Island for the latest running of the annual half-marathon there. In wet and windy conditions, Ashley Hayes was our first runner home on a hilly course in the field of 821 finishers, placing 11th in 87:35. Ashley was followed by James Sherry (23rd in 89:39) and then further back by Karl Walsh (86th in 99:35), just ahead of David O’Donnell (89th in 99:46). Next came recent returnee from Dubai, John Cunnane, who placed 108th in 1:41:18, just ahead of Darran Lovely (116th in 1:41:59), with Patrick Needham further back in 184th spot (1:48:22). Chris Bannon came next (307th in 1:53:40), followed by Robbie Moore (377th in 1:57:58). There was another runner from the club in the race, Brian (?). However, his result may not have been recorded. If clarified, the report will be updated.

The usual mayhem that is the summer running of the Clontarf half marathon took place on Saturday morning in windy conditions too, but also warm. In the field of 3984 finishers, Sebastian Hansen placed 6th in 75:53, well ahead of our other runners who were led by Denis Holohan (126th in 91:35). Denis was followed by Michael O’Shea (225th in 95:54), Jill O’Flynn (306th overall and 25th female finisher in 98:47), and then by Ryan Preston (581st in 1:45:33). Daniel Littlewood was next (807th in 1:47:36), followed by Phil Sykes (1538th in 1:55:10), Sharon Woods (2598th and 712th in 2:11:10). Ryan Murphy and Noel Higgins must have started quite far back as they had faster chip times than Sharon, but finished behind her on gun time. Ryan placed 2898th in 2:08:14, with Noel taking 2911th in 2:08:40. Finally, Anousheh Alamir placed 3021st and 929th in 2:13:38.

Further afield, on Saturday, and coming back from injury, Andrea Rondina, now residing in San Francisco, placed 22nd in 16:06 in the Blue Heron 5k there, whilst on Sunday one of our exiles in Australia, Maurice Kelter, further improved on his marathon time with an amazing PB improvement of nearly 6 minutes, to run 2:30:04 in the Gold Coast Marathon.

There should be two races organised by IMRA on which to report during this period. The first is recorded and was a 10k race on Wednesday evening on Sorrel Hill in Co. Wicklow. In the race, with its climb of 544m and a field of 136, we had three Crusaders take part. Gavan Doherty placed 61st in 72:58, followed by Daniel O’Mahony (98th in 84:47) and his partner, Cecilia Sandre, 100th and 22nd in 85:07. The second took place in rainy and foggy conditions on Benulben in Co. Sligo, involving a distance of 9k and a 400m climb. Kevin Lambe took part, placing 35th in a field of 43 in a time of 80 minutes.

There was the first running of a new parkrun on Saturday morning, in Ballymount, and it attracted a sizeable field of 371, including Mairead Cashman who placed 204th and 64th in 31:01.

We had at least one first finisher with a smattering of podium places too. Isabelle Cairns placed 6th and 1st in the 122-strong field in New Ross, in a time of 21:46, whilst, in Bushy Park with a field of 292, Luke Corcoran placed 2nd in 19:35, followed by Kev Moore (3rd in 19:41) and Mary Donnelly (24th and 2nd in 22:34). Meanwhile, in Father Collins Park with its field of 147, Ivan Kinahan took 2nd place in a time of 17:20 as did Stephen Hurley in Poolbeg. Stephen’s 2nd place finish was 18:01 in a field of 248. He was followed by young Joe Murphy (4th in 18:52) and then by Ross Neill (11th in 20:56). John Lohan flew to record a time of 21:23 and 18th place and he was followed by a super run from young Alice Beddy, who recorded a time of 22:54 (for 37th and 6th spots) without a bother. Eamon MacFhionnlaoich placed the 24 minutes runners, placing 53rd in 23:54, and he was followed by James Cottle (64th in 24:36) just ahead of Claire Reidy (66th and 11th in 24:46). Ger Moore was next (71st in 25:02) and he was followed by Imogen Guinness (87th and 18th in 26:04), Josie Ward, who is expecting her first child in November (102nd and 25th in a highly respectable 26:55), who ran with Emily Glen (103rd and 26th in 26:57) and Louise O’Riordan (104th and 27th in 26:58). Iseult Ni Chuinneagain was next (128th and 38th in 28:11), followed by Bo Chicoine (141st in 28:40), running his 50th parkrun, Aisling O’Riordan (151st and 51st in 29:18), Kevin Kenny, pacing the 30 minutes runners (158th in 29:52), Djinn Von Noorden (161st and 55th in 29:59), Luz Estevan (162nd and 56th in 30:04), Mari Hansen (180th and 68th in 31:13), Maureen McGinley (184th and 71st in 31:35), Edwina Hogan (10th and 92nd in 35:29) , with Tara Murphy, recovering from a broken arm, tailwalking.

Kathryn Tomkins joined 311 other runners in Shanganagh where she placed 35th and 4th in 22:16, followed by Órlaith de Burca (224th and 74th in 31:59), whilst in Tymon Park, Daniel Lowe also placed 4th (in 19:12) and he was followed in the field of 141 by Myles Nolan (23rd in 22:40) and Kate Murray (53rd and 10th in 27:03). James Donlon took 4th spot in the 186-strong field in Cabinteely in a time of 20:35, followed by Niall O’Connell (14th in 23:03), whilst Paula Nolan ran in Tramore Valley, Cork, in a field of 240, placing 60th and 6th in 24:50.

Partly in support of the Sanctuary Runners who had experienced some aggressive behaviour against them last week, we had several runners take part in the 240-strong field in Poppintree. Paul F. Kelly placed 85th in 27:00, followed by Anna Shine (113th and 36th in 28:26), Lisa Shine (127th and 43rd in 29:39) alongside Emer Kenny (128th and 44th in 29:40) and ahead of Máirín Shine (180th and 74th in 34:57). Martina White ran once again in Porterstown where, alongside 141 other participants, she placed 74th and 17th in 30:03, whilst, in Ballincollig, Helena O’Keeffe placed 71st and 19th in 27:17. The field there measured 187. Colm Foley took 41st spot in 23:42 in Griffeen with its 187 participants, whilst Kabir Sala headed up to Stormont where, in a field of 420, he placed 64th in 23:41. Finally, Darina Scully ran in Avondale Forest again, placing 42nd and 8th in 27:40. Darina was joined in the field of 114 by Carina Davidson who placed 57th and 12th in 30:04.

Further afield, Áine Kenny ran in the UK, in the Heaton parkrun, where, in a field of 865, she placed 106th and 7th in 22:42, whilst one of our London exiles, Thom Martini ran 24:00 for 66th spot in the 448-strong field in Osterley. Garret Dunne also ran in England, placing 46th in 28:23 in the 268-strong field in Woolacombe Downs, whilst Aidan Hudner, based in Scotland, ran alongside 106 other participants in Whitekirk Hill where he placed 17th in 25:24. The last result is that of Christina Campbell, one of our exiles in Australia, where she ran in Lake Claremont, placing 83rd and 33rd in 30:58 in the field of 108.  
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Achill Half marathon (821)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mick Silke 1 01:17:11
12 Norah Newcombe Pietersen 1 01:27:46
Crusaders AC runners
11 Ashley Hayes 01:27:35
23 James Sherry 01:29:39
86 Karl Walsh 01:39:35
89 David O’Donnell 01:39:46
108 John Cunnane 01:41:18
116 Darran Lovely 01:41:59
184 Patrick Needham 01:48:22
307 Chris Bannon 01:53:40
377 Robbie Moore 01:57:58
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/achill-half-marathon-10k-2026/#2_47D931
Clontarf Half marathon (3984)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Nedd Brockmann 1 01:11:12
58 Ashleigh Hennessy 1 01:27:29
Crusaders AC runners
6 Sebastian Hansen 01:15:53
126 Denis Holohan 01:31:35
225 Michael O’Shea 01:35:54
306 Jill O’Flynn 01:38:47 (25)
581 Ryan Preston 01:45:33
807 Daniel Littlewood 01:47:36
1538 Phil Sykes 01:55:10
2598 Sharon Woods 02:11:10 (712)
2898 Ryan Murphy 02:08:14
2911 Noel Higgins 02:08:40
3021 Anousheh Alamir 02:13:38 (929)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/st_cocas_ac_5k_road_race_2026/6118/results
Clonee 10k (510)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Oscar Vandeneijde 1 00:32:57
44 Sofia Chetelat 1 00:38:45
Crusaders AC runners
88 Killian Lynskey 00:41:45
120 Eddie Nugent 00:43:47
297 Robbie Moore 00:54:01
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/clonee_10k_2026/6112/results
Roscommon Harriers 10 miler (505)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Tobin 1 00:49:29
6 Sorcha Nic Dohmhnaill 1 00:55:02
Crusaders AC runners
40 Ronan Smith 01:06:47
59 Áine Kenny 01:10:56 (10)
96 Triona Quill 01:15:04 (22)
210 Richard Kavanagh 01:25:21
384 Kate Murray 01:40:00 (176)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/roscommon-harriers-10-miler-2026/
IMRA Sorrel Hill 10k (136)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robin Mooney 1 00:49:45
20 Anna-May Woods 1 01:01:17
Crusaders AC runners
61 Gavan Doherty 01:12:58
98 Daniel O’Mahony 01:24:47
100 Cecilia Sandre 01:25:07 (22)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2847
IMRA Benbulben 9k (43)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Dunne 1 00:47:16
3 Sinead Farrell 1 00:51:48
Crusaders AC runner
35 Kevin Lambe 01:20:00
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2861
Ballymount Parkrun (371) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jared Murray 1 00:17:31
14 Emma Finlay 1 00:20:05
Crusaders AC runner
204 Mairead Cashman 00:31:01 (64)
Father Collins Parkrun (147) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Butler 1 00:16:49
27 Ewelina Lason 1 00:23:58
Crusaders AC runner
2 Ivan Kinahan 00:17:20
Stormont Parkrun (420)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jamie Coulter-Smyth 1 00:16:58
21 Maisie Thompson 1 00:21:25
Crusaders AC runner
64 Kabir Sala 00:23:41
Shanganagh Parkrun (312)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Burke 1 00:18:17
6 Sarah Baryga 1 00:19:31
Crusaders AC runners
35 Kathryn Tomkins 00:22:16 (4)
224 Órlaith de Burca 00:31:59 (74)
Avondale Forest Parkrun (114)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jimmy Allott 1 00:18:57
14 Moya Kelly 1 00:23:01
Crusaders AC runners
42 Darina Scully 00:27:40 (8)
57 Carina Davidson 00:30:04 (12)
Poolbeg Parkrun (248)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Samuel Bayliss 1 00:17:46
20 Neasa Ruane 1 00:21:47
Crusaders AC runners
2 Stephen Hurley 00:18:01
4 Joe Murphy 00:18:52
11 Ross Neill 00:20:56
18 John Lohan 00:21:23
37 Alice Beddy 00:22:54 (6)
53 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 23:54
64 James Cottle 00:24:36
66 Claire Reidy 00:24:46 (11)
71 Gerard Moore 00:25:02
87 Imogen Guinness 00:26:04 (18)
102 Josie Ward 00:26:55 (25)
103 Emily Glen 00:26:57 (26)
104 Louise O’Riordan 00:26:58 (27)
128 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:11 (38)
141 Bo Chicoine 00:28:40
151 Aisling O’Riordan 00:29:18 (51)
158 Kevin Kenny 00:29:52
161 Djinn Von Noorden 00:29:59 (55)
162 Luz Estevan 00:30:04 (56)
180 Mari Hansen 00:31:13 (68)
184 Maureen McGinley 00:31:35 (71)
210 Edwina Hogan 00:35:29 (92)
248 Tara Murphy 00:53:38
Tymon Parkrun (141)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aaron McCann 1 00:18:57
7 Laura Ryan 1 00:19:26
Crusaders AC runners
4 Daniel Lowe 00:19:12
23 Myles Nolan 00:22:40
53 Kate Murray 00:27:03 (10)
Poppintree Parkrun (240)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Brady 1 00:17:02
12 Sarah Case 1 00:21:29
Crusaders AC runners
85 Paul F. Kelly 00:27:00
113 Anna Shine 00:28:26 (36)
127 Lisa Shine 00:29:39 (43)
128 Emer Kenny 00:29:40 (44)
180 Máirín Shine 00:34:57 (74)
New Ross Parkrun (122) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Connick 1 00:18:57
6 Isabelle Cairns 1 00:21:46
Crusaders AC runner
6 Isabelle Cairns 00:21:46 (1)
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (240) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Carrasco Coquillat 1 00:17:28
32 Carol Lucey 1 00:23:07
Crusaders AC runner
60 Paula Nolan 00:24:50 (6)
Ballincollig Parkrun (224)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conrad Watt 1 00:18:44
6 Natasha Toole 1 00:20:30
Crusaders AC runner
71 Helena O’Keeffe 00:27:17 (19)
Porterstown Parkrun (142)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:17:43
13 Emma O’Riordan 1 00:22:58
Crusaders AC runner
74 Martina White 00:30:03 (17)
Bushy Parkrun (292)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark Darcy 1 00:19:23
7 Megan Walls 1 00:20:11
Crusaders AC runners
2 Luke Corcoran 00:19:35
3 Kev Moore 00:19:41
24 Mary Donnelly 00:22:34 (2)
Griffeen Parkrun (187)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David McConn 1 00:17:19
31 Anne Whelan 1 00:23:07
Crusaders AC runner
41 Colm Foley 00:23:42
Cabinteely Parkrun (186)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Joe Duignan 1 00:20:13
5 Emer Perkins 1 00:20:49
Crusaders AC runners
4 James Donlon 00:20:35
14 Niall O’Connell 00:23:03

It’s that time of year again, graded track and field events along with iconic annual events such as the St. Coca’s 5k, Clonee 10k and Roscommon Harriers 10-mile road races, all conducted in sweltering conditions.

The 6th Dublin graded track and field meet of the season took place on Wednesday evening at the Morton Stadium in Santry in warm conditions. Rachael Yorke ran in the women’s grade C 1500m, placing 2nd in 5:12.61, whilst in the men’s series, Enda Clarke placed 3rd in 4:12.03 in the grade B race. Gary Park took 7th spot in 4:56.02 in the first heat of the grade D event, whilst Brendan Glynn placed 12th in 6:06.15 in the second heat.

Maria Cornado ran in the women’s 400m grade D race, placing 4th in 71.67, whilst, in the field, Daniel Murphy won the junior hammer event (B standard) and throwing the 5kg hammer 54.31m with the 4th of 6 throws.

There was another BHAA road race on Tuesday evening. This was the Marsh 5k that took place on an undulating loop around Donomore Green south of Tallaght. In a field of 91, Joe Walsh placed 4th in 18:19, followed by Karl Walsh (10th in 19:06), Sharon Woods (41st overall and 3rd female finisher in 23:01) and Emma O’Mahony (57th overall, 6th female finisher and 1st F40).

On Thursday, a few members made the trip, always a challenge in rush hour, to Clonee on the border of Counties Meath and Dublin. One or two decided not to race because of it being the hottest day of the year so far. Those that did, found the going challenging. In a field of 510, Killian Lynskey placed 88th in 41:45, followed by Eddie Nugent (120th in 43;47) and Robbie Moore (297th in 54:01). Then, the following evening, we had more takers for the St. Coca’s 5k, in slightly cooler conditions, but of course a shorter distance.

At least 24 Crusaders joined the field of 518 in Kilcock, Co. Kildare for the race, held on a reasonably fast course and notable for having km markers that descend from 5k to the finish. The contingent was led home by Brian O’Kelly (12th in 14:57 and possibly given 1st M40 as the podium featured two of his age category). Brian was followed by Conor Kilkenny (44th in 15:55), Sebastian Hansen (45th in a PB time of 15:57), John Mulvihill (56th in 16:27), Brian Regan (63rd in a PB time of 16:40) and Ciarain Kelly (87th in 16:58).

Further back and nursing a slight injury came Joe McDermott (117th in 17:31) and Joe was followed by Paddy Gaynor (128th in 17:32). Next came Doireann Hughes (202nd and 23rd in 18:46) and she was followed by Rachael Yorke (275th and 33rd in 20:10), Gill Earley (283rd and 38th in 20:20) alongside Miriam Logan (284th and 39th in 20:18), Saketh Ravuluri (293rd in 20:22), Phelim Murray (301st in 20:38), Isabelle Cairns (302nd and 43rd in 20:44), Bex Fleming (313th and 49th in 21:00), Dee Ni Chearbhaill (354th and 65th in 21:45), Eamon Power (407th in 23:35), Paul Campbell (431st in 24:35) along with his daughter Ella (433rd and 107th in 24:19), Michelle English (478th and 130th in 27:40), Carina Davidson (482nd and 133rd in 27:44), Paul E. Kelly (502nd in 29:18) and Helen Finucane (508th and 150th in 29:32).

We had at least 5 Crusaders take part in the 505-strong Roscommon Harriers 10-miler. Again, in warm conditions, Ronan Smith placed 40th in 66:47, followed by Áine Kenny (59th and 10th in 70:56), Triona Quill (96th and 22nd in 75:04), Richard Kavanagh (210th in 85:21) and Kate Murray (384th and 176th in 1:40:00).

In the hills last week, a field of 145 contested the “Not the Wobbly Bridge Rathdrum” 8.5k, organised by IMRA. On a course with a climb of 180m, Gavan O’Doherty was our sole entrant, placing 48th in 46:46.

Onto the parkrun results for this week. Ciara Regan was a first finisher in Poolbeg on Saturday morning, placing 9th overall in 19:27. Ciara was headed by Simon Kenny (6th in 18:52) and then followed in the field of 248 by Tim O’Donnell (15th in 20:54), John Lohan (25th in 22:05), Zlatko Kulic (26th in 22:07), Daniel Littlewood (36th in 22:49), Franky Keane (45th in 23:20), Sharon Woods (52nd and 5th in 23:48), Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (56th in 23:59) and Kabir Sala (60th in 24:02). Further back came Juliane Frydenlund (101st and 21st in 26:42), followed by Thomas Vogée (105th in 26:47), Louise O’Riordan (116th in 28th in 27:16), Josie Ward (136th and 41st in 28:07), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (143rd and 44th in 28:20), Fanny Trébouet (186th and 66th in 31:15), Maureen McGinley (196th and 70th in 32:18), Imogen Guinness (205th and 77th in 33:08) and Tara Murphy, tailwalking.

Sarah Lyons was another first finisher, this time in Aylesbury in the UK, where she placed 9th overall in 20:50 in a field of 141. Kathryn Tomkins found herself on the podium in Gorey, where, in a field of 171, she placed 11th and 3rd in 21:50, whilst, Laura O’Malley placed 20th and 2nd in the 94-strong field in Letterkenny. Meanwhile, in St. Anne’s with its field of 473, Daniel Toal placed 6th in 18:09, followed by Mikel Crisostomo (28th in 19:52), Bo Chicoine (223rd in 27:40) and Aisling O’Riordan (323rd and 95th in 31:17), whilst Daniel Lowe took 11th spot alongside 212 other runners in Dodder Valley. Daniel’s time was 21:29.

Myles Nolan joined 51 other participants in Inch Beach, where he placed 8th in 23:34, whilst Paul F. Kelly took 21st place in Tramore, Waterford in a field of 114. Kev Moore and Mary Donnelly ran once again Bushy Park, where Kev placed 8th in 1951, followed by mary (38th and 7th in 23:19). Alongside them in the field of 319 came Garret Dunne (105th in 26:49) and Natalie McEvoy (257th and 86th in 33:36).

In Shanganagh, with its field of 323, David Carter placed 6th in 19:50, followed by John O’Donnell (16th in 21:08), Fiona Shine (130th and 29th in 27:10), Órlaith de Burca (180th and 54th in 29:29), Lisa Shine (263rd and 97th in 34:52) and Máirín Shine (264th and 98th in 35:08). Darina Scully ran alongside 111 other runners in Avondale Forest, placing 39th and 9th in 28:20, whilst, in Tolka Valley Park, with its field of 46, Anna Shine ran 29:18 for 22nd and 9th spots, followed by Maria Pertl (29th and 12th in 31:29. Lorraine McMahon ran with 56 other participants in Illanmanaugh where she placed 22nd and 11th in 30:03, whilst Brendan Glynn joined a field of 277 in Donabate where he placed 107th in 26:24. Mairead Cashman placed 239th and 80th in 31:52 in a field of 315 in Malahide, whilst, in Cabinteely, Niall O’Connell ran 23:15 for 19th spot in a field of 211. Niall was followed by Kevin Kenny (108th in 30:02) and Carina Davidson (129th and 33rd in 31:34).

Finally, two of our UK exiles, Aidan Hudner placed 63rd in 24:35 in the field of 335 in Pollok in Glasgow and Thom Martini ran 37:05 for 94th spot in Alton Water, whilst two of our exiles in Australia also ran. Kris Ryan took on Paradise Point again, placing 103rd and 22nd in a field of 374, whilst Christina Campbell ran in the Lake Claremont parkrun, placing 47th and 11th in a field of 72 and a time of 29:17.
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BHAA Marsh 5k (91)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aidan Jones 1 00:17:16
25 Elaine De Courcy 1 00:21:26
Crusaders AC runners
4 Joe Walsh 00:18:19
10 Karl Walsh 00:19:06
41 Sharon Woods 00:23:01 (3)
57 Emma O’Mahony 00:25:13 (6)
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/552
St. Coca’s AC 5k (518)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jonas Stafford 1 00:14:09
Danielle Donegan 1 00:15:44
Crusaders AC runners
12 Brian O’Kelly 00:14:57
44 Conor Kilkenny 00:15:55
45 Sebastian Hansen 00:15:57 (PB)
56 John Mulvihill 00:16:27
63 Brian Regan 00:16:40 (PB)
87 Ciarain Kelly 00:16:58
117 Joe McDermott 00:17:31
128 Patrick Gaynor 00:17:32
202 Doireann Hughes 00:18:46 (23)
275 Rachael Yorke 00:20:10 (33)
283 Gillian Earley 00:20:20 (38)
284 Miriam Logan 00:20:18 (39)
293 Saketh Ravuluri 00:20:22
301 Phelim Murray 00:20:38
302 Isabelle Cairns 00:20:44 (43)
313 Rebecca Fleming 00:21:00 (49)
354 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:21:45 (65)
407 Eamon Power 00:23:35
431 Paul Campbell 00:24:35
433 Ella Campbell 00:24:19 (107)
478 Michelle English 00:27:40 (130)
482 Carina Davidson 00:27:44 (133)
502 Paul E. Kelly 00:29:18
508 Helen Finucane 00:29:32 (150)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/st_cocas_ac_5k_road_race_2026/6118/results
Clonee 10k (510)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Oscar Vandeneijde 1 00:32:57
44 Sofia Chetelat 1 00:38:45
Crusaders AC runners
88 Killian Lynskey 00:41:45
120 Eddie Nugent 00:43:47
297 Robbie Moore 00:54:01
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/clonee_10k_2026/6112/results
Roscommon Harriers 10 miler (505)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Tobin 1 00:49:29
6 Sorcha Nic Dohmhnaill 1 00:55:02
Crusaders AC runners
40 Ronan Smith 01:06:47
59 Áine Kenny 01:10:56 (10)
96 Triona Quill 01:15:04 (22)
210 Richard Kavanagh 01:25:21
384 Kate Murray 01:40:00 (176)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/roscommon-harriers-10-miler-2026/
IMRA Not the Wobbly Bridge Rathdrum 8.5k (145)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry Minnock 1 00:34:44
23 Niamh Brophy 1 00:42:06
Crusaders AC runner
48 Gavan Doherty 00:46:46
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2909
Dodder Valley Parkrun (213) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry McCartin 1 00:18:26
10 Grainne Black 1 00:21:25
Crusaders AC runner
11 Daniel Lowe 00:21:29
Gorey Parkrun (171) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Samuel Power 1 00:19:08
5 |Sonia Redmond 1 00:20:12
Crusaders AC runner
11 Kathryn Tomkins 00:21:50 (3)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (46)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Neil McCormick 1 00:19:58
9 Claire Dowling 1 00:24:14
Crusaders AC runners
22 Anna Shine 00:29:18 (9)
29 Maria Pertl 00:31:29 (12)
Shanganagh Parkrun (323)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul McKenna 1 00:18:00
11 Lara Woods 1 00:20:40
Crusaders AC runners
6 David Carter 00:19:50
16 John O’Donnell 00:21:08
130 Fiona Shine 00:27:10 (29)
180 Órlaith de Burca 00:29:29 (54)
263 Lisa Shine 00:34:52 (97)
264 Máirín Shine 00:35:08 (98)
Malahide Parkrun (315)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Douglas Oliveira 1 00:16:55
11 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:51
Crusaders AC runner
239 Mairead Cashman 00:31:52 (80)
Poolbeg Parkrun (248)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Durcan 1 00:17:03
9 Ciara Regan 1 00:19:27
Crusaders AC runners
6 Simon Kenny 00:18:52
9 Ciara Regan 00:19:27 (1)
15 Timothy O’Donnell 00:20:54
25 John Lohan 00:22:05
26 Zlatko Kulic 00:22:07
36 Daniel Littlewood 00:22:49
45 Franky Keane 00:23:20
52 Sharon Woods 00:23:48 (5)
56 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 23:59
60 Kabir Sala 00:24:02
101 Juliane Frydenlund 00:26;42 (21)
105 Thomas Vogée 00:26:47
116 Louise O’Riordan 00:27:16 (28)
136 Josie Ward 00:28:07 (41)
143 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:20 (44)
186 Fanny Trébouet 00:31:15 (66)
196 Maureen McGinley 00:32:18 (70)
205 Imogen Guinness 00:33:08 (77)
242 Tara Murphy 00:47:26
Avondale Forest Parkrun (112)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mick Byrne 1 00:19:19
2 Lara Buck 1 00:20:01
Crusaders AC runner
39 Darina Scully 00:28:20 (9)
Inch Beach Parkrun (52)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter McGovern 1 00:20:41
10 Sarah Leahy 1 00:23:48
Crusaders AC runner
8 Myles Nolan 00:23:34
Letterkenny Parkrun (94) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oliver Hill 1 00:17:45
15 Annie Whitton 1 00:25:57
Crusaders AC runner
20 Laura O’Malley 00:26:51 (2)
Tramore Waterford Parkrun (114) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ben Storey 1 00:19:24
6 Jean Murphy 1 00:21:21
Crusaders AC runner
21 Paul F. Kelly 00:24:15
St. Anne’s Parkrun (473)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Brady 1 00:16:13
11 Maire Nic Amhlaoibh 1 00:18:21
Crusaders AC runners
6 Daniel Toal 00:18:09
28 Mikel Crisostomo 00:19:52
223 Bo Chicoine 00:27:40
323 Aisling O’Riordan 00:31:17 (95)
Donabate Parkrun (277)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Ferry 1 00:18:27
20 Aisling Andrews 1 00:20:47
Crusaders AC runner
107 Brendan Glynn 00:26:24
Bushy Parkrun (319)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Grissing 1 00:18:44
2 Aoife Hyland 1 00:19:32
Crusaders AC runners
8 Kev Moore 00:19:51
38 Mary Donnelly 00:23:19 (7)
105 Garret Dunne 00:26:49
257 Natalie McEvoy 00:33:36 (86)
Illanmanaugh Parkrun (57)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eoin Casey 1 00:21:59
8 Shakira Garibbo 1 00:26:12
Crusaders AC runner
22 Lorraine McMahon 00:30:03 (11)
Cabinteely Parkrun (211)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark Hanlon 1 00:18:03
10 Claire Curtin 1 00:22:29
Crusaders AC runners
19 Niall O’Connell 00:23:15
108 Kevin Kenny 00:30:02
129 Carina Davidson 00:31:52 (80)

​It was such fun in Tullamore on Saturday as Crusaders made a super return to the club league outdoor track and field competition. Saturday marked the preliminary round, with the final to take place in the Morton Stadium on Sunday 9 August, with everyone encouraged either to come and participate or to support.

There is little that is elitist or especially intimidating about the competition, although total novices in a particular event can find themselves competing alongside national and even better standard athletes at times, but it’s also about participating and getting points. As long as you don’t get disqualified then you will score for the club, and you may be surprised, as several found in Tullamore, how many points can be amassed by such novices who took on multiple events.

The competition is divided into club and county teams and we were competing against 15 other clubs, the top 8 places proceeding to the Premier League final in Santry, whilst the bottom 8 would contest the First Division final. The counties were similarly divided up. No athlete can compete in more than 3 events, excluding the relays, and the 3 events can be two track and one field, or two field events and one track. We had several of our 12 men and 9 women multi-tasking on Saturday in order to cover as many of the 20 or so events on offer. The team scores would ultimately be based on the best 16 of the events in which you compete.

So, 17 plucky athletes made the 90 minutes trip to Tullamore, and it was a most enjoyable experience for those of us watching them compete. The sun shone in Tullamore and so did the club!

For the men’s team, the day started really brightly, for, although we had no one in the hammer which started the event rolling, we did have a strong representative in Sean Owens in the 110m hurdles who won his heat by a country mile and on an aggregated time won the event overall, having the lowest time of 14.76 in the 2 heats. In parallel, aspiring decathlete, Alfie Casey, took on the pole vault for the first time, placing 7th overall with a vault of 2m. Next came the 1500m walk and Joe Murphy stepped forward placing 3rd in 9:05.41, having had limited experience but enough not to get disqualified! Joe also took on the 400mH, placing 10th in 73.66 and then, for good measure, the javelin, finishing in 12th place with the 3rd of his 4 throws of 26.33m. He was not done, as he also joined Eoin Carroll, Lucas Ryan and Jack Byrne, running the second leg of the men’s 4 x 400m relay where the team placed 9th overall in 3:37.62.

Eoin, Harry Alexander, Cillian Traynor and Sean had fun taking on the 4 x 100m relay, placing 9th in 46.17. Colm Parnell ran in the 1500m, finishing in 11th spot in 4:09.60, whilst Jack ran in the first heat of the 400m, where he placed 5th in a PB time of 51.38, and 9th overall, whilst Alex Ainsworth made his debut in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase and with aplomb taking 5th spot in an impressive 10:40.59. Eoin ran in the 200m, placing 13th overall after coming home in 5th place in his heat in 24.79, whilst Lucas Ryan ran in the 800m and, in his heat, placing 4th (7th overall) in 1:56.24. Jens Seggewiss ran a steady 17:24.59 for 10th place in the 5000m, whilst Alfie stepped in to run the 100m, taking 13th spot overall (6th in his heat) in 12.10.

Like several others, Cillian was multi-eventing, joining the field in the long jump where he placed 11th with a leap of 4.23m, whilst Alfie participated in his 2nd field event of the day, placing 3rd by overcoming a height of 1.8m, a PB for him in that event. Antonio Santana Otero was another winner on the day. This time it was the shot put and his first put of 17.49m being so far ahead of the field, he felt it disrespectful to continue and was duly the winner of that event. He then took on the discus, a relatively novel experience for him, but he still managed a throw of 35.32m (his 2nd of 4) for 3rd place. Finally, Harry placed 3rd with a leap of 11.63 (his last of 4) in the triple jump. When the smoke had cleared our 184 points were enough to put us in 5th place and meant that we would contest the final of the Premier Division, and everything would be reset, no points being carried over.

The women were back participating in the League after a longer hiatus than the men and with 9 athletes it was harder to compete in as many events as the men, meaning several were not contested. As a consequence, the team placed 11th with 121.5 points, an outstanding result given that the team only participated in 16 events. Hopefully, we can get more athletes out and this can be rectified in the final, where the team will participate in the first division.

Again, as with the men, there was much multi-tasking. The surprise of the day was brand new member, Julia Poradowski, who, having undertaken a decidedly short practice on Thursday in Irishtown stadium, and with limited experience of the event, took on the pole vault, clearing 3 heights (and like Alfie using one of the poles recently donated to the club) and placing 5th in the event, her final vault being 2.15m. It’s super to have the possibility of developing at least two pole vaulters in the club after a gap of at least 10 years. Julia then gamely volunteered to fill the gap in the 3,000m, where she placed 10th in 15:09.72.

Unlike the men, we did have the hammer covered in the women’s team, with Karen Conway placing 3rd with the last of her 4 throws and a distance of 26.97m. Karen went on to compete in the discus and with her first throw (of 4) of 22.32m, she managed to place 4th.  Caroline Crowley placed 10th in the 1500m with a time of 5:03.85, whilst Sarah Lyons placed 5th in 2:18.27 in the 800m. Maria Cornado joined the field in the 400m, placing 4th in her heat in 71.80, following that with the weight for distance, where she placed 9th with a throw of 2.5m and capping the day by running in the 4 x 100m relay, where, alongside Elif Eksin, Ada Skrobol and Juliette O’Connor, she contributed to a time of 56.33 for 8th place.

Ada went on to do the high jump, where she placed 8th with a leap of 1.35m, and also the 200m, taking 4th spot in her heat 28.39. Juliette took part in the triple jump, placing 9th with her first leap of two (8.66m), having earlier competed in the long jump where she placed 13th with her 2nd jump (of 4) of 4.19m. Elif ran in the 100m, placing 6th in her heat with 14.61. Finally, Caoilinn Doorley threw the javelin 9.63m (her 3rd of 4 attempts) for 10th place.

Irishtown Stadium hosted a track and field meet on Thursday evening. Men’s vice-captain Charlie Bastow put the event, the Crusaders Summer Meet, together and it went smoothly with some excellent results.

Jade Murphy made her debut in the 400m, placing 3rd in 68.36, followed by Maria in 4th spot with 72.95, marginally slower than her run in the League. Hugo Kirkham placed 4th in the 100m in 12.44, followed by Robert Cervi (5th in 12.97), whilst, in the men’s 400m, Jack ran a PB at the time of 51.41 (improving to 51.38 in the League two days later), with Eoin taking 3rd spot in 54.78. The men’s mile attracted a reasonable field including 5 Crusaders. They were led home by Gerry Cooper (4th in 5:14.66, followed by Cillian (5th in 5:20.57), Phelim Murray (6th in 5:44.72), Myles Nolan (8th in 6:38.61) and Paul E. Kelly (9:05:00). All, but Paul, were running their first proper mile race on the track. Finally, in the field Harry and Robert competed in the long jump with Harry outjumping Robert with his 2nd of 4 leaps (5.44m) to Robert’s 5.09m (his 2nd jump).

Road racing started on Wednesday evening, down in Cork, with the Cork BHAA’s Apple Sport and Social 5k. It attracted a field of 327, among them Ronan Moynihan, who placed 185th in 25:53.  Then, on Friday evening we had two runners in the Boyne 5k with a field of 600 runners. Kevin Fitzgibbon placed 5th overall and 1st M40 in 16:25, followed by Sean Brady (148th in 22:20).

On Saturday morning Louise O’Riordan participated in the Cork version of the 5k Grocers Fun Run. In a field of 164, Louise placed 9th and 2nd in 21:27.

Then, on a balmy Saturday evening we had a smaller contingent than in the past head to Dunshaughlin for the iconic 10k there, one of the events in the Peugeot Series of races. Nevertheless, we had reason to cheer as our ladies team came home with first prize in the team competition. The contingent was led home by Kathryn Gibbons who recorded a PB with her time of 38:47 for 158th overall in a field of 1113 finishers and 8th female finisher) and Kathryn was followed by Ollie McGrath (201st in 39:41), Ciara Regan (232nd and 17th in 40:35), Mags Foley (263rd and 22nd in 41:21) and Aoife Quigley (317th and 30th in 43:01) who experienced a couple of interruptions in her run, including a shoe-lace malfunction.

The sun continued to shine on Sunday for the running of the 5-mile national road championships incorporated as usual in the Irish Runner 5-mile race on a tough course in the Phoenix Park. We had at least 16 Crusaders in the field of 1505, including Mikel Crisostomo who placed 59th in an excellent 29:00. Unfortunately, Mikel (along with a few others) had not declared for the National Championships, so his time was not recorded for the team score. A man who enjoys running in warm conditions, TJ Bourke, was next (75th in 29:41) and he was followed by Lucas Huchard (148th in 32:09) and by Isabella Gyori (174th and 16th in 32:30) just ahead of Felipe De Sousa (175th in 32:32). Michael Fitzsimons followed (266th in 34:38), with Sharon Woods following further back (371st and 76th in 36:58) and Dee Ni Chearbhaill (390th and 83rd in 37:35). Just behind Dee came Niall O’Connell (409th in 38:23), followed by Kevin Kenny (670th in 43:35), Mauro Verrocchio (709th in 42:12), Djinn Von Noorden (841st and 202nd in 45:06), Evelyn Neary (920th and 233rd in 47:14), Anousheh Alamir (1052nd and 297th in 47:10), having started further back, Heather Sander (1168th and 366th in 50:52) and Darren Kelly (1298th in 53:30). The men’s senior team placed 16th, whilst the women’s team placed 10th.

Finally, on Sunday, brilliant news from the Déise in the Waterford Viking marathon, where Molly Hyland, after failing to finish recently in Cork, went all out to finish this time and actually won the women's race in a super PB time of 3:01:54, placing 15th overall in a field of 715. It was a huge confidence builder and hopefully has prepared the ground for a sub-3-hour finish next time out. Brian Canny ran 46:20 in the 1480-strong field for the Quarter marathon there, placing 84th overall.

Further afield, one of our Spanish exiles, Laura Garcia, ran in the half marathon de San Fermin in Pamplona on Sunday morning, completing the distance in 97:51.

In the mountains this week, there was an 11k around Ballinastoe Forest near Roundwood in Co. Wicklow midweek, with a climb of over 500m. Gavan Doherty was our lone competitor in the field of 52, placing 50th in 71:56.

There were several first finishers among our parkrunners this week. Gill Earley ran alongside 140 other participants on Wexford Racecourse where she placed 5th and 1st in 21:37, whilst in Mountbellew Forest, Áine Kenny placed 2nd overall and 1st female finisher in 22:03 in a field of 46. Mary Donnelly was another first finisher in Bushy Park, where she placed 27th overall in a field of 316 and in a time of 22:37. Mary was followed by Paula Nolan (72nd and 13th in 25:31) and preceded by Kev Moore (8th in 20:23). Meanwhile, Rob Cross led the field of 178 home in Tramore, Waterford, where he ran 17:48, followed by Fiona Bane (39th and 7th in 24:23), whilst Dee Lawlor also headed the field in Shanganagh. Among 319 other runners he ran 17:19, followed by Órlaith de Burca (170th and 48th in 28:53), whilst, in Poolbeg Kenan Furlong was matching the feat, crossing the line ahead of a field of 267, in a time of 17:36.

Kenan was followed by at least 23 other club members, including Stephen Hurley (2nd in 17:41), Jan Manschot (5th in 18:13) and John Healy (15th in 20:20). Further back came Zlatko Kulic (28th in 22:07) and he was followed by Daniel Littlewood (30th in 22:19), Aaron Farrell (32nd in 22:21), Mark McGovern (52nd in 23:31) just ahead of Kevin Lambe (53rd in 23:37). Next to cross the line was Ashley Hayes (62nd in 24:04) and he was followed by Sharon Woods (71st and 11th in 24:31). Behind Sharon came Josie Ward (89th and 18th in 25:38) and she was followed further back by Emily Glen (106th and 24th in 26:49) alongside Franky Keane (107th in 26:50) and Kabir Sala, running his 100th parkrun (109th in 26:53). Luz Estevan was next (118th and 30th in 27:07) and she was followed by Lisa Branigan (137th and 39th in 28:00), Laura O’Malley (145th and 46th in 28:21), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (147th and 48th in 28:27), Kevin Kenny (170th in 30:00), Michelle English (174th and 63rd in 30:09), Mari Hansen (193rd and 74th in 31:20), Anousheh Alamir (214th and 89th in 32:43) and Cynthia Perucca (223rd and 95th in 33:04).

Daniel Lowe placed 5th in the 150-strog field in Tymon Park in a time of 18:57, whilst Emer Kenny ran 27:37 for 71st and 16th spots in the field of 155 in Father Collins Park. Meanwhile, Myles Nolan and Kate Murray ran with the other 117 participants in Brickfields, with Myles placing 24th in 24:01 and Kate placing 41st and 11th in 26:02, whilst, in Glen River, Lorraine McMahon and Mairead Cashman celebrated Mairead’s 350th parkrun. In a field of 63, Lorraine placed 35th and 8th in 29:59, with Mairead finishing in 31:56 for 42nd and 15th spots.

Aitor Arribas Velasco placed 17th in 24:49 alongside 58 other runners in Clonakilty, whilst, in Donabate, Brendan Glynn ran 22:57 for 22nd place. The field there measured 208. Finally, Darina Scully ran in the 339-strong field in Malahide where she placed 219th and 69th in 29:01, whilst Ross Neill headed to Belvoir Forest in the UK, placing 70th in 34:12 in a field of 76, Barry O’Neill ran in East Bay Garden in Singapore placing 73rd in 38:34 in a field of 85 and once again Kris Ryan, one of our Australian exiles, ran in Paradise Point, placing 97th and 28th in 25:43 in a field of 348.
​
Cork BHAA Apple S&S 5k race (106)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Nathan O’Leary 1 00:15:47
10 Michelle Kenny 1 00:18:01
Crusaders AC runner
185 Ronan Moynihan 00:25:53
Full results here: https://www.corkbhaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Apple-5k-Results-Jun-16-2026.pdf
Irish Runner (National Championships) 5-mile (1505)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jake O’Regan 1 00:24:26
24 Heather Murphy 1 00:27:24
Crusaders AC runners
59 Mikel Crisostomo 00:29:00
75 TJ Bourke 00:29:41
148 Lucas Huchard 00:32:09
172 Felipe De Sousa 00:32:32
174 Isabella Gyori 00:32:30 (16)
266 Michael Fitzsimons 00:34:38
371 Sharon Woods 00:36:58 (76)
390 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:37:35 (83)
409 Niall O’Connell 00:38:23
670 Kevin Kenny 00:43:35
709 Mauro Verrocchio 00:42:12
841 Djinn Von Noorden 00:45:06 (202)
920 Evelyn Neary 00:47:14 (233)
1052 Anousheh Alamir 00:47:10 (297)
1168 Heather Sander 00:50:52 (366)
1298 Darren Kelly 00:53:30
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/irish_runner_5m_challenge_2026/6111/results?class=5%20mile&perPage=100
Dunshaughlin Michael Manning Memorial 10k (1113)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Tobin 1 00:29:08
20 Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill 1 00:32:50
Crusaders AC runners
158 Kathryn Gibbons 00:38:47 (PB) (8)
201 Ollie McGrath 00:39:41
232 Ciara Regan 00:40:35 (17)
263 Margaret Foley 00:41:21 (22)
317 Aoife Quigley 00:43:01 (30)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/michael-manning-memorial-dunshaughlin-10k-2026/
Cork Grocers Fun Run 5k (164)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Shane Healy 1 00:17:04
7 Maura O’Dea 1 00:21:14
Crusaders AC runner
9 Louise O’Riordan 00:21:27 (2)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/grocers-fun-run-cork-2026/
Boyne 5k (600)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Istvan Szogi 1 00:14:49
22 Alex Murphy 1 00:18:01
Crusaders AC runners
5 Kevin Fitzgibbon 00:16:25
148 Sean Brady 00:22:20
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/boyne_5k_2026/5877/results
Waterford Viking Marathon (715)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Michael Brady 1 02:24:15
15 Molly Hyland 1 03:01:54
Crusaders AC runner
15 Molly Hyland 03:01:54 (1)
Full results here: https://my.raceresult.com/402206/
Waterford Viking Quarter Marathon (1480)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Fergal Campbell 1 00:33:16
38 Carol Molloy 1 00:42:33
Crusaders AC runner
84 Brian Canny 00:46:20
Full results here:  https://my.raceresult.com/402206/
IMRA Ballinastoe 11k (52)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Killian Mooney 1 00:51:53
24 Anna-May Woods 1 01:04:16
Crusaders AC runner
50 Gavan Doherty 01:11:56
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2846
Tymon Parkrun (150) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Christopher Hamilton 1 00:17:43
11 Grainne Black 1 00:20:43
Crusaders AC runner
5 Daniel Lowe 00:18:57
Wexford Racecourse Parkrun (141) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Dowd 1 00:18:34
5 Gillian Earley 1 00:21:37
Crusaders AC runner
5 Gillian Earley 00:21:37 (1)
Father Collins Parkrun (155)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ben Robinson 1 00:18:36
7 Ella Woods 1 00:20:11
Crusaders AC runner
71 Emer Kenny 00:27:37 (16)
Shanganagh Parkrun (320)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Derek Lawlor 1 00:17:19
10 Ciara McGuirk 1 00:19:26
Crusaders AC runners
1 Derek Lawlor 00:17:19
170 Órlaith de Burca 00:28:53 (48)
Malahide Parkrun (339)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Baragwanath 1 00:16:56
13 Jen Preston 1 00:19:35
Crusaders AC runner
219 Darina Scully 00:29:01 (69)
Poolbeg Parkrun (267)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kenan Furlong 1 00:17:36
25 Terse Doherty 1 00:21:58
Crusaders AC runners
1 Kenan Furlong 00:17:36
2 Stephen Hurley 00:17:41
5 Jan Manschot 00:18:13
15 John Healy 00:20:20
28 Zlatko Kulic 00:22:07
30 Daniel Littlewood 00:22:19
32 Aaron Farrell 00:22:21
52 Mark McGovern 00:23:31
53 Kevin Lambe 00:23:37
62 Ashley Hayes 00:24:04
71 Sharon Woods 00:24:31 (11)
89 Josie Ward 00:25:38 (18)
106 Emily Glen 00:26:49 (24)
107 Franky Keane 00:26:50
109 Kabir Sala 00:26:53
118 Luz Estevan 00:27:07 (30)
137 Lisa Branigan 00:28:00 (39)
145 Laura O’Malley 00:28:21 (46)
147 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:27 (48)
170 Kevin Kenny 00:30:00
174 Michelle English 00:30:09 (63)
193 Mari Hansen 00:31:20 (74)
214 Anousheh Alamir 00:32:43 (89)
223 Cynthia Perucca 00:33:04 (95)
Mountbellew Forest Parkrun (46)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Cunningham 1 00:21:35
2 Áine Kenny 1 00:22:03
Crusaders AC runner
2 Áine Kenny 00:22:03 (1)
Brickfields Parkrun (119)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brad Wilde 1 00:17:59
20 Sheelagh Doyle 1 00:23:39
Crusaders AC runners
24 Myles Nolan 00:24:01
41 Kate Murray 00:26:02 (11)
Glen River Parkrun (63) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aaron Hornibrook 1 00:19:23
4 Marie-Claire Healy 1 00:20:12
Crusaders AC runners
35 Lorraine McMahon 00:29:59 (8)
42 Mairead Cashman 00:31:56 (15)
Tramore Waterford Parkrun (178) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob Cross 1 00:17:48
8 Jean Murphy 1 00:20:36
Crusaders AC runners
1 Rob Cross 00:17:48
39 Fiona Bane 00:24:23 (7)
Clonakilty Parkrun (59)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gediminas Daskauskas 1 00:19:38
9 Gillian Galvin 1 00:22:55
Crusaders AC runner
17 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:24:49
Donabate Parkrun (208)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Joe Holt 1 00:18:49
4 Sheila Bourke 1 00:20:13
Crusaders AC runner
22 Brendan Glynn 00:22:57
Bushy Parkrun (316)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Simon Rouse 1 00:18:55
27 Mary Donnelly 00:22:37
Crusaders AC runners
8 Kev Moore 00:20:23
27 Mary Donnelly 00:22:37 (1)
72 Paula Nolan 00:25:31 (13)

We had some significant participation in the latest Graded Meet on Saturday, organised by Dublin Athletics in DSD’s stadium.

The event, the 5th of the season, had several disciplines on offer. In heat 1 of the women’s 200m grade B event, Karen Hughes placed 3rd in 27.63, whilst, in heat 2 of the D grade races, Marion Gilman crossed the line in 1st place in 27.30, with Meabh Murphy taking 3rd place in 29.01 in the 3rd heat of the same grade.

In the first heat of the men’s 200m grade A races, Luc Culliton placed 5th in 22.87, just behind Leo Gormley (4th in 22.78) who now runs for UCD. Hugo Kirkham won heat 1 of the 200m grade D race in a time of 24.10, whilst, in heat 2, Robert Cervi took 2nd spot in 25.19, followed by Michael Burke (4th in 25.86).

In the middle-distance races, Alex Ainsworth placed 2nd in grade B of the 800m in 2:03.32, whilst Cillian Traynor took 4th spot in the 2nd heat of the D grade event in 2:17.59.  Then, we had several runners take on the 3,000m events. In heat 1 of the women’s grade B race, Kathryn Gibbons placed 2nd in 10:48.78, whilst in heat 1 of the men’s A grade race, runners ran 370m before being called back as the clock had failed to start. The race was restarted 15 minutes later, with Kevin Fitzgibbon achieving a PB time of 9:16.19 for 3rd place, followed by Conor Kilkenny who also recorded a PB time of 9:23.24 for 7th and John Mulvihill (10th in 9:34.28). Unfortunately, Michael Wycherley was unable to finish the race. Then, in the 2nd heat of the same grade, Colm Parnell placed 2nd in 8:53.61, followed by Adam Shier (4th in 8:56.42).

Once again, Sean Brickell took on the discus, placing 7th with the last of his 6 throws, recording a distance of 34.09m.

On the trails and roads this week, on Tuesday the BHAA held the traditional 5k trail run near the cricket pitches, just off Chesterfield Ave in the Phoenix Park. In a field of 106, Joe Walsh placed 7th and 1st M50 in 19:35, and he was followed by Karl Walsh (12th and 2nd M45 in 20:36), Chris Bannon (60th in 24:42) and Robbie Moore (67th in 25:18).

Around the Acres in the Phoenix Park on Friday night, DFR held the annual Dublin Pride 5k run. We had at least 3 Crusaders take part alongside 1446 other runners. They were led home by Caroline Crowley (18th overall and 2nd female finisher in a time of 18:53). Caroline was followed across the line by Dee Ni Chearbhaill (175th and 17th in 22:34) and by Maria Kennedy, up from Kilkenny, who placed 275th and 30th in 23:41.

On Saturday we had two runners who joined the field of 350 for the Half on the Head Half marathon down in Co. Kerry. Like Caroline, Emma Rowe distinguished herself by placing 2nd in the women’s race (21st overall) in a time of 94:40. Emma was followed by Aoibhinn Gilmartin (123rd and 23rd in 1:53:35).

Then, on Sunday morning, capping a glorious weekend of sunshine racing, we had at least 3 Crusaders take part in the Castleknock 5k. In a field of 1907, Oisin Browne placed 87th in 19:22, just ahead of Killian Lynskey (101st in 19:34) and then further back came Paul F. Kelly (247th in 22:12).

Further afield, one of our French exiles, Raphael Crueyze, ran in the hilly 5k de Lathus-Saint-Rémy north of Limoges, where he placed 6th in 20:18.

IMRA organised at least two races last week with Crusaders participation. One, the ascent and descent of Mweelrea in Co. Mayo over the weekend, enjoyed the participation of Áine Kenny who completed the distance of nearly 11k in 93:17, placing 38th and 4th in the field of 70. Áine also possibly won the F45 age cat. as second place in the overall women's race went to someone in the same age category.

On Wednesday, we had a couple of runners in Co. Wicklow on Keadeen. In a field of 93 and on a course measuring about 10k with a climb of about 385m, Jeffrey Marvel placed 17th in 61:41, followed by Daniel O’Mahony (25th in 64:25).

We had nearly 30 of our clubmates take part in the Poolbeg parkrun on Saturday morning, on a day when numbers were generally much higher than the previous week everywhere, reflecting the improved weather conditions.

Kenan Furlong took 2nd place in a field of 262 and a time of 17:46. He was followed by Rob Cross (3rd in 18:00), Stephen Hurley (6th in 18:41), Ross Potterton (11th in 19:34) and Claire Reidy (18th and 2nd in a possible PB time of 20:55), paced by Ronan Walsh (19th in 20:56).

Mustaf Ahmed (25th in 21:05) was next, followed by Diarmuid Finan (30th in 21:27), John Lohan (35th in 21:37), Darragh Jones (39th in 21:47), Zlatko Kulic (46th in 22:10), Daniel Littlewood (49th in 22:15) and Sharon Woods (53rd and 6th in 22:37) paced by her son Kevin (54th in likely the same time). Next came Saketh Ravuluri (62nd in 23:01), followed by Ashley Hayes (63rd in 23:04), Kevin Lambe (76th in 23:53) and Fiona Bane (79th and 12th in 23:56). Further back came Josie Ward (114th and 21st in 25:26) and she was followed by Imogen Guinness (140th and 37th in 26:35), Anousheh Alamir (142nd and 39th in 26:36), Bo Chicoine (156th in 27:30), Louise O’Riordan (173rd and 52nd in 29:11), Lieze Verberght (176th and 54th in 29:19), Fanny Trébouet (181st and 58th in 29:30), Una McCullagh (195th and 67th in 30:21), Lorraine McMahon (201st and 71st in 30:36), Maureen McGinley (204th and 73rd in 31:09) and Tara Murphy, tailwalking.

In Naas, with its field of 161, Gill Earley placed 14th and 2nd in 20:36, followed by Rebecca Fleming (26th and 4th in 22:50), whilst in Father Collins Park, Mikel Crisostomo also placed 2nd in 17:37, followed by Emer Kenny (91st and 25th in 26:55). The field there measured 211. Another second placer was Kate Murray (19th overall) in a time of 25:33 in the 131-strong field in Lough Key, whilst Mary Donnelly also found herself on the podium in Bushy Park, placing 44th and 2nd there in a time of 23:29. Mary was preceded in the field of 306 by Kev Moore (10th in 20:28) and Myles Nolan (39th in 23;11). Kabir Sala headed to the Netherlands, where, in Oosterplas with its field of 23 he placed 5th in 23:08, whilst in Brickfields, John Fahy ran alongside 106 other participants, placing 7th in 20:05.

Members of the Shine family ran alongside 207 other runners in Poppintree, with Lisa placing 76th and 17th in 26:59, followed by Anna who placed 94th and 24th in 28:05 and Máirín who ran 31:06 for 129th and 39th spots. Meanwhile, Michael O’Shea placed 12th in 20:59 in the 228-strong field in Donabate, followed by Brendan Glynn (37th in 23:36), whilst, in Tramore Valley in Cork, Tim O’Donnell took 18th place in 22:04 in a field of 272. Paul F. Kelly also placed 18th in Tolka Valley, where he recorded a time of 27:52 in a field of 36, whilst Órlaith de Burca placed 167th and 49th in 29:08 in the 330-strong field in Shanganagh. Darina Scully joined 260 other runners in Fairview, placing 130th and 26th in 28:43, whilst, in Tymon Park, Garret Dunne placed 32nd in 23:08 in a field of 176. Helena O’Keeffe took 134th and 29th spots in 28:05 in the 289-strong field in Ballincollig, whilst Mairead Cashman took on Ards Forest, placing 80th and 35th in 36:37 in the field there of 114. Finally, in Ireland, Martina White ran once again in Porterstown, placing 63rd and 24th in 30:27 in a field of 117, and then, elsewhere, Sean Brady ran in Camberwell in London in the Burgess parkrun, placing 128th in 22:18 in a field of 794, whilst one of our exiles in Australia ran in Yokine, placing 61st and 12th in 27:35, in a field of 203.
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BHAA BCM Global 5k trail race (106)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mick Quirke 1 00:18:50
16 Elaine De Courcy 1 00:21:08
Crusaders AC runners
7 Joe Walsh 00:19:35
12 Karl Walsh 00:20:36
60 Chris Bannon 00:24:42
67 Robbie Moore 00:25:18
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/551
Dublin Pride 5k (1449)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Liam Naughton 1 00:16:24
7 Eavan McLoughlin 1 00:17:56
Crusaders AC runners
18 Caroline Crowley 00:18:53 (2)
175 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:22:34 (17)
275 Maria Kennedy 00:23:41 (30)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/dublin_pride_run_2026/6217/results
Half on the Head Half marathon (350)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Derek Griffin 1 01:16:00
8 Selenia Nolan 1 01:27:18
Crusaders AC runners
21 Emma Rowe 01:34:40 (2)
123 Aoibhinn Gilmartin 01:53:35 (23)
Full results here:https://myrunresults.com/events/half_on_the_head_half_marathon__10k_run/6093/results?class=10km&perPage=100
Castleknock 5k (1907)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Oisin Dunne 1 00:15:44
32 Ellen McLoughlin 1 00:17:41
Crusaders AC runners
87 Oisin Browne 00:19:22
101 Killian Lynskey 00:19:34
247 Paul F. Kelly 00:22:12
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/castleknock-5km-2026/
Dublin Pride 5k (1449)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Liam Naughton 1 00:16:24
7 Eavan McLoughlin 1 00:17:56
Crusaders AC runners
18 Caroline Crowley 00:18:53 (2)
175 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:22:34 (17)
275 Maria Kennedy 00:23:41 (30)
Full results here:
IMRA Keadeen 10k (93)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ruben Bartelink 1 00:50:00
18 Aideen Burke 1 01:02:37
Crusaders AC runners
17 Jeffrey Marvel 01:01:41
25 Daniel O’Mahony 01:04:25
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2790
IMRA Mweelrea 10.7k (70)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall McCartan 1 00:59:09
32 Rosy Temple 1 01:26:58
Crusaders AC runner
38 Áine Kenny 01:33:17 (4)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2855
Tymon Parkrun (176) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Chun Man Tam 1 00:17:46
12 Christine Kinsella 1 00:21:06
Crusaders AC runner
32 Garret Dunne 00:23:08
Porterstown Parkrun (117) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Padraig Mac Criostail 1 00:18:40
13 Eve O Hea 1 00:22:47
Crusaders AC runner
63 Martina White 00:30:27 (24)
Naas Parkrun (161)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob O’Brien 1 00:18:45
13 Ruth O’Loughlin 1 00:20:27
Crusaders AC runners
14 Gillian Earley 00:20:36 (2)
26 Rebecca Fleming 00:22:50 (4)
Shanganagh Parkrun (330)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Neill Foley 1 00:16:44
25 Rita O’Connor 1 00:21:03
Crusaders AC runner
167 Órlaith de Burca 00:29:08 (49)
Fairview Parkrun (261)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Elliot Palmer 1 00:16:48
30 Jeanne De Lagarcie 1 00:23:05
Crusaders AC runner
130 Darina Scully 00:28:43 (26)
Poolbeg Parkrun (262)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniel Soltys 1 00:16:39
13 Johanna Wilson 1 00:19:45
Crusaders AC runners
2 Kenan Furlong 00:17:46
3 Rob Cross 00:18:00
6 Stephen Hurley 00:18:41
11 Ross Potterton 00:19:34
18 Claire Reidy 00:20:55 (PB) (2)
19 Ronan Walsh 00:20:56
25 Mustaf Ahmed 00:21:05
30 Diarmuid Finan 00:21:27
35 John Lohan 00:21:37
39 Darragh Jones 00:21:47
46 Zlatko Kulic 00:22:10
49 Daniel Littlewood 00:22:15
53 Sharon Woods 00:22:37 (6)
54 Kevin Woods 00:22:37
62 Saketh Ravuluri 00:23:01
63 Ashley Hayes 00:23:04
76 Kevin Lambe 00:23:53
79 Fiona Bane 00:23:56 (12)
114 Josie Ward 00:25:26 (21)
140 Imogen Guinness 00:26:35 (37)
142 Anousheh Alamir 00:26:36 (39)
156 Bo Chicoine 00:27:30
173 Louise O’Riordan 00:29:11 (52)
176 Lieze Verberght 00:29:19 (54)
181 Fanny Trébouet 00:29:30 (58)
195 Una McCullagh 00:30:21 (67)
201 Lorraine McMahon 00:30:36 (71)
204 Maureen McGinley 00:31:09 (73)
257 Tara Murphy 00:48:42
Lough key Parkrun (131)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jamie Williams 1 00:18:39
5 Lily Murray 1 00:21:49
Crusaders AC runner
19 Kate Murray 00:25:33 (2)
Brickfields Parkrun (107)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oscar Lindsay 1 00:17:43
20 Sheelagh Doyle 1 00:23:18
Crusaders AC runner
7 John Fahy 00:20:05
Tolka Valley Parkrun (36) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Andrew Coulter 1 00:17:39
8 Claire Gilligan 1 00:24:39
Crusaders AC runner
18 Paul F. Kelly 00:27:52
Father Collins Parkrun (211) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Carrasco Coquillat 1 00:17:22
16 Ella Woods 1 00:20:22
Crusaders AC runners
2 Mikel Crisostomo 00:17:37
91 Emer Kenny 00:26:55 (25)
Ards Forest Parkrun (114)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Joel Harrison 1 00:19:07
4 Lucy Donnelly 1 00:21:27
Crusaders AC runner
80 Mairead Cashman 00:36:37 (35)
Poppintree Parkrun (210)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oliver Bernstein 1 00:16:57
19 Lucy McFetridge 1 00:21:02
Crusaders AC runners
76 Lisa Shine 00:26:59 (17)
94 Anna Shine 00:28:05 (24)
129 Máirín Shine 00:31:06 (39)
Donabate Parkrun (228)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Joe Holt 1 00:17:18
13 Julia Masotti 1 00:21:06
Crusaders AC runners
12 Michael O’Shea 00:20:59
37 Brendan Glynn 00:23:36
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (272)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciarán Murray 1 00:19:11
5 Teresa Murphy 1 00:19:40
Crusaders AC runner
18 Tim O’Donnell 00:22:04
Ballincollig Parkrun (289)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciaran Costello 1 00:17:39
26 Jennifer Walsh 00:22:11
Crusaders AC runner
134 Helena O’Keeffe 00:28:05 (29)
Bushy Parkrun (306)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Andrew Brett 1 00:17:55
4 Niamh Murphy 1 00:19:11
Crusaders AC runners
10 Kev Moore 00:20:28
39 Myles Nolan 00:23:11
44 Mary Donnelly 00:23:29 (2)

​By all accounts, several of the events covered in this week’s report were conducted in damp and possibly windy conditions.

We start with the 4th Dublin graded meet of the season that took place on Wednesday evening in the Morton Stadium. Several distances were on offer, including the 100m, 800m and 5000m on the track and we had a decent representation on the night.

In the women’s grade C 800m, Jade Murphy placed 7th in 2:33.90, followed by Rachael Yorke who placed 8th in 2:35.82. Then, in the men’s grade D race of the same distance, Karl Fitzsimons placed 2nd in 2:18.68, followed by Cillian Traynor (6th in 2:23.70). In heat 2 of the A graded men’s 100m, Charlie Bastow placed 4th in 10.95, whilst in the C grade event (2nd heat) Liam Beaumont placed 4th in 11.71 and Robert Cervi took 2nd spot in the first heat of the D grade race in 12.57. Enda Clarke came away with 7th place in the men’s grade B 5000m in a time of 16:56.30, whilst Ciarain Kelly placed 2nd in the D grade race in 17:54.85.

Finally, in the field, we had two athletes competing in the hammer competition, with Daniel Murphy recording the win with a throw of 51.79m (his 6th throw), followed by Matthew Westlake who placed 7th, also with his 6th attempt, a throw of 35.44m.

We had more athletes on the track and in the field at the IMC meet at Irishtown Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Sarah Lyons recorded yet another PB in the 1500m, placing 5th in the B grade race in a time of 4:46.77. Meanwhile, Alex Ainsworth ran in the C grade event, finishing in 7th place in 4:08.72, whilst Charlotte Myers ran in the women’s A race, placing 9th in 4:30.85. Colm Parnell and Adam Shier joined a field of 19 in the men’s B grade 5000m, where Colm placed 5th in 15:11.58 and Adam, 8th in 15:20.03, whilst Brendan Glynn took 9th spot in one of the mile races with a time of 6:43.19. We may have had Crusaders take part in the two field events on offer, the long jump and shot put. However, no results appear to be available for the field events in these competitions.

For our non-track athletes, there wasn’t an enormous amount on offer this week. However, we did have participants involved in the 4-mile Grocers Run that takes place on the path around the outside of Leopardstown Racecourse on late Saturday morning, along with the Bohermeen 5k that occurred later in the day.

Altogether, at least 9 Crusaders ran in the Grocers Run with its field of 663. They were led across the line by Fiona Shine (59th overall and 8th female finisher) in a time of 28:54, and Fiona was followed by Eimear Lynch (95th and 22nd in 30:07) and by Emer Kenny (97th and 23rd in 30:30). Lisa Shine ran 32:29 for 174th and 55th places with Joy Flaherty placing 297th and 135th in 38:07, followed by Anna Shine (308th and 141st in 38:47) and Máirín Shine (323rd and 149th in 39:09). They were joined at the last minute by Aoife McCarthy (132nd and 33rd in 32:29) and Carina Davidson (240th and 102nd in 36:37), both having run the Marlay Parkrun earlier in the day.

In the evening we had at least 5 Crusaders join the field of 460 in the Bohermeen 5k. Louise O’Riordan recording a PB time of 20:37 for 140th and 22nd places. Louise was followed by Rebecca Kelly (181st and 40th in 22:12) and then by Tanja Narancic (213th and 55th in 23:22), Richard Kavanagh (247th and 2nd M70 in 24:35) and Fanny Trébouet, also with a PB result, recording a time of 24:51 for 252nd and 75th places. Further afield, One of our French exiles, Raphael Crueyze, took part in a 6k race in Martaizé, placing 2nd in a time of 21:51.

There was an IMRA race at the weekend over Galty Crossing, a distance of over 32k and with the  involvement of at least two members of the club, Áine Kenny and Richie Phelan. The course was boggy in many places and the race took place in rainy conditions. Áine placed 31st and 7th and also 2nd F45 in a time of 5:01:48, whilst Richie took 43rd spot in the field of 80 in 5:13:17.

Meanwhile, Donatas Jocius was selected by Lithuania to run in the uphill event in the European senior offroad championships. Donatas ran the event with a distance of around 8.5k and a vertical climb of 1,280m, in a time of 72 minutes for 75th place, his national team placing 19th. Also, abroad, Valentin Akdim, another of our exiles in France, took part in the 105k Aspe trail race in Bedous in the French Pyrenees, where he recorded a time of 19:27.

Last Wednesday, there was an IMRA race on Scarr in Co. Wicklow. With a distance of 8.6k and a climb of 400m in difficult terrain, we had one runner in the field of 150. Barry O’Mahony placed 25th in 56:01.

Numbers in the parkruns on Saturday morning were significantly reduced in places, perhaps because of the weather.

Brian O’Kelly and Michael O’Shea joined a field of 195 in Fairview, where Brian led everyone home in 18:42, with Michael further back in 26th with a time of 22:47. Ciara Regan was a first finisher in Poolbeg, placing 21st overall in a time of 21:47.

In the event, with its reduced field of 188, Kenan Furlong placed 3rd in 18:12, followed by Stephen Hurley (5th in 18:28), Ross Neill (7th in 19:06), Joe Murphy (9th in 19:25), Ashley Hayes (11th in 20:59), Ross Potterton (18th in 21:41) Diarmuid Finan (19th in 21:44) and Ciara.

Ciara was followed by Sharon Woods (32nd and 2nd in 23:04), who was followed by Ryan Preston (58th in 24:37), Franky Keane (59th in 24:39), Kevin Lambe (68th in 25:11), Russell Murphy (73rd in 25:47), Kabir Sala (79th in 26:24), Olwyn Dunne (82nd and 15th in 26:31), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (107th and 27th in 28:05), Ellen Walsh (116th and 33rd in 28:54), Aisling O’Riordan (122nd and 35th in 29:13), Lorraine McMahon (126th and 38th in 29:28), Maureen McGinley (142nd and 45th in 31:14), Cynthia Perucca (151st and 50th in 32:26) and Niamhy Trihy, tailwalking.

In Naas, with its field of 161, Karl Walsh placed 5th in 19:29, followed by Gill Earley (15th and 2nd in 20:29), whilst, in Malahide, Rob Cross placed 2nd in 17:31, followed by Fiona Bane (51st and 7th in 23:46). The field there measured 237. Felipe De Sousa ran 22:06 for 6th spot in Tolka Valley, with its field of 37, followed by Mairead Cashman (28th and 8th in 32:21), whilst, John O’Donnell took 6th spot in a time of 19:19 in Shanganagh. He was followed, in the field of 292, by Órlaith de Burca (172nd and 53rd in 28:58) and by Kevin Kenny (249th in 34:33). Enda Currid took on Tymon Park, placing 10th in 21:38 in a field of 79, whilst, alongside 451 other runners, Myles Nolan ran 23:02 for 70th place, Aoife McCarthy (126th and 17th in 24:55) and Carina Davidson (244th and 59th in 28:48) followed in Marlay Park.

Paul F. Kelly ran in the field of 157 in Poppintree where he placed 46th in 25:18, whilst Colm Foley ran once again in Griffeen with its field of 199, placing 43rd in 23:46.  Susanne English placed 17th and 5th in 28:07 in the 41-strong field in Laytown Beach, whilst Martina White took 72nd and 22nd places in 29:42 in Porterstown with its field of 147. Niall O’Connell ran 38:33 for 100th place in the 125-strong field in Cabinteely, whilst, in Scotland, our exile there, Aidan Hudner ran 24:50 for 82nd spot in the field of 383 in Pollok, and Ceolan McMullin placed 296th in 37:51 in the 342-strong field in Galup Reserve in Perth, Western Australia.

Grocers Fun Run 4-miler (460)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Altair Reyes Seanz de Buruega 1 00:21:02
5 Sarah Mulligan 1 00:23:47
Crusaders AC runners
59 Fiona Shine 00:28:54 (8)
95 Eimear Lynch 00:30:07 (22)
97 Emer Kenny 00:30:30 (23)
132 Aoife McCarthy 00:32:29 (33)
174 Lisa Shine 00:34:12 (55)
240 Carina Davidson 00:36:37 (102)
297 Joy Flaherty 00:38:07 (135)
308 Anna Shine 00:38:47 (141)
323 Máirín Shine 00:39:09 (149)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/grocers-fun-run-dublin-2026/
Bohermeen 5k (460)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Istvan Szogi 1 00:14:41
17 Ciara Hickey 1 00:16:32
Crusaders AC runners
140 Louise O’Riordan 00:20:37 (PB) (22)
181 Rebecca Kelly 00:22:12 (40)
213 Tanja Narancic 00:23:22 (55)
247 Richard Kavanagh 00:24:35
252 Fanny Trébouet 00:24:51 (PB) (75)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/patrick_bell__nicky_philips_5k_bohermeen_ac/5949/results
IMRA Scarr 8.6k (150)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robin Mooney 1 00:46:08
30 Anna-May Woods 1 00:56:49
Crusaders AC runner
25 Barry O’Mahony 00:56:01
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2845
IMRA Galty Crossing 32k (80)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Kennedy 1 03:57:17
19 Elaine Collins 1 04:41:55
Crusaders AC runners
31 Áine Kenny 05:01:48 (7)
43 Richard Phelan 05:13:17
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2828
Tymon Parkrun (79) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Leahy 1 00:18:11
6 Sinead Tighe 1 00:20:37
Crusaders AC runner
10 Enda Currid 00:21:38
Porterstown Parkrun (147) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:19:26
13 Caoimhe Monahan 1 00:22:57
Crusaders AC runner
72 Martina White 00:29:42 (22)
Naas Parkrun (161)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robert Fagan 1 00:17:44
10 Robyn Browne 1 00:19:53
Crusaders AC runners
5 Karl Walsh 00:19:29
15 Gillian Earley 00:20:29 (2)
Shanganagh Parkrun (292)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Lochlann Hannon 1 00:16:46
9 Adele Heskin 1 00:20:14
Crusaders AC runners
6 John O’Donnell 00:19:19
172 Órlaith de Burca 00:28:58 (53)
249 Kevin Kenny 00:34:33
Fairview Parkrun (195)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian O’Kelly 1 00:18:42
18 Alissa Haupt 1 00:21:30
Crusaders AC runners
1 Brian O’Kelly 00:18:42
26 Michael O’Shea 00:22:47
Poolbeg Parkrun (188)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Andrew Frame 1 00:17:40
21 Ciara Regan 1 00:21:47
Crusaders AC runners
3 Kenan Furlong 00:18:12
5 Stephen Hurley 00:18:28
7 Ross Neill 00:19:06
9 Joe Murphy 00:19:25
11 Ashley Hayes 00:20:59
18 Ross Potterton 00:21:41
19 Diarmuid Finan 00:21:44
21 Ciara Regan 00:21:47 (1)
32 Sharon Woods 00:23:04 (2)
58 Ryan Preston 00:24:37
59 Franky Keane 00:24:39
68 Kevin Lambe 00:25:11
73 Russell Murphy 00:25:47
79 Kabir Sala 00:26:24
82 Olwyn Dunne 00:26:31 (15)
107 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:05 (27)
116 Ellen Walsh 00:28:54 (33)
122 Aisling O’Riordan 00:29:13 (35)
126 Lorraine McMahon 00:29:28 (38)
142 Maureen McGinley 00:31:14 (45)
151 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:26 (50)
188 Niamh Trihy 00:57:06
Laytown BeachParkrun (41)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Bagnall 1 00:19:45
9 Mairead Murphy 1 00:25:05
Crusaders AC runner
17 Susanne English 00:28:07 (5)
Griffeen Parkrun (199)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Plunkett Clarke 1 00:17:53
10 Laura Buckley 1 00:20:43
Crusaders AC runner
43 Colm Foley 00:23:46
Tolka Valley Parkrun (37) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aidan Kelly 1 00:20:09
7 Siobhan Nugent 1 00:22:29
Crusaders AC runners
6 Felipe De Sousa 00:22:06
28 Mairead Cashman 00:32:21 (8)
Marlay Parkrun (454) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fionnán Keogh 1 00:17:47
26 Roisin McGrath 1 00:21:22
Crusaders AC runners
70 Myles Nolan 00:23:02
126 Aoife McCarthy 00:24:55 (17)
244 Carina Davidson 00:28:48 (59)
Cabinteely Parkrun (125)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Lynham 1 00:19:25
19 Velma Corcoran 1 00:24:43
Crusaders AC runner
100 Niall O’Connell 00:38:33
Poppintree Parkrun (157)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Harris 1 00:17:41
8 Caitriona Bregazzi 1 00:19:27
Crusaders AC runner
46 Paul F. Kelly 00:25:18
Malahide Parkrun (237)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Darryl Shelley 1 00:17:09
4 Aine O’Connor 1 00:18:19
Crusaders AC runners
2 Rob Cross 00:17:31
51 Fiona Bane 00:23:46 (7)

After adventures on the track and in the field, which dominated last week’s report, it’s back to reporting mainly on road races this week.

We start with the annual visit to Dunboyne by the BHAA for its 5-mile country road race that takes in a bit of the Dunboyne 10k and finishes on the local club's track. In warm conditions on Tuesday evening, there was a field of 166, among them at least 6 Crusaders. They were led home by Karl Walsh (33rd in 30:53) and he was followed by Simon Kenny (41st in 31:21). Next came David O’Donnell (65th in 34:13) and he was followed by Tony Hackett (97th in 37:47), Chris Bannon (115th in 39:28) and Robbie Moore (124th in 39:55).

Also, during the week, Seamus Moore took part in his local Balbriggan Summerfest 5k. In a field of 393, Seamus placed 40th in a time of 21:21.

Then, there were two races on Saturday. In the morning, a returning US exile, Frank Renehan, ran in the Tullaroan Half marathon, where he placed 66th in a field of 89 and in a time of 2:10:37. Meanwhile, in the evening, Aoife Quigley took on the Dunleer 5k with its field of 365 runners. Placing 49th overall Aoife also finished 7th female and 2nd F40 in a time of 19:23.

On Sunday, we had the national half marathon championships included in the Cork City festival of races which also saw the traditional marathon along with a 10k.

Whilst we did not win any national medals, we did have some excellent performances.

In the half marathon, with its field exceeding 4300, and on a twisty-turny course and in warm conditions, Kevin Fitzgibbon was our first runner home, placing 23rd and 4th M40 in 75:29. Kevin was followed closely by Brian Regan (26th in 76:02) and Conor Kilkenny (27th in 76:07). Between them they placed 5th in the senior team competition involving 103 clubs.

Aoife Cleary was next, suffering at one stage from muscle cramp, but still managing a highly respectable 80:18 for 52nd place overall and 6th female finisher. Joe McDermott was just behind, placing 54th in 80:22. The next runner across the line was Simon Everard (310th in 93:31) and he was followed by one of our exiles in Australia, Katie O’Keeffe (née Rogers), who placed 539th and 74th in 99:00. Louise O’Riordan was next to finish (744th and 123rd in 1:43:32) and she was followed further back by Aitor Arribas Velasco (1410th in 1:53:45), Jack Cahalane (1572nd in 1:54:16) and Joy Flaherty (3493rd overall in 2:19:58).

Tim O’Donnell was our lone runner in the 3367-strong 10k, where he placed 152nd in 42:24, whilst, in the marathon we had at least three finishers. Emma Noonan ran a super race to place 147th and 12th in a PB time of 3:03:34, an unexpected outcome for Emma, having been under physio supervision over the past few weeks. She was followed by Aisling Harrington (497th and 54th in 3:28:59) and by Áine Crotty (568th and 66th in 3:33:38). Spare a thought for Molly Hyland who had to drop out after 30k.

On the same day, we saw the latest running of the Women’s Mini-Marathon in South Dublin, from City centre to City centre via the N11 and UCD. Like Cork, also in warm conditions, albeit with a bit of a breeze in places, the race enjoyed a field of over 24,000, which, although large in itself, was much reduced from its heyday of 40,000 participants a few years back.

We had at least 22 Crusaders in the race, with Cría Dowling in 33rd, recording a time of 39:10, and Emma Rowe, 35th in 39:24, being our first two runners home. Jade Murphy  (62nd in 41:33) and Rachael Yorke (68th in 41:45) were next and not too far behind. Ciara Lynch was next (118th in 43:43), followed by Dee Ni Chearbhaill (162nd in 44:39), just ahead of Caroline Fleming (165th in 44:40), and then by Sharon Woods (243rd in 46:04).

Further back came April Dunne (463rd in 48:49) and she was followed by Carmel Higgins (471st in 48:40), Ellen Walsh (480th in 48:44), Caoimhe O’Halloran (491st in 48:48) and Aoife McCarthy (545th in 49:08). The next cohort was led by Sophia Morgan (670th in 50:05), followed by Juliane Frydenlund (854th in 51:09) and then by Amy O’Donoghue (1485th in a PB time of 53:43), Aoife Cowhie (1981st in 55:05), Lisa Shine (2192nd in 55:39), Ruby McMahon (2667th in 56:46), Máirín Shine (4971st in 61:08), Tanja Narancic (7573rd in 65:44), Mari Hansen (7783rd in 66:09) and Mairead Cashman who ran 68:00 for 8821st place.

Further afield, we had runners take part in at least two continental marathons at the weekend, along with Cork among the last of the Spring marathon season. Simon Catteau ran in Utrecht in Belgium where he recorded a time of 2:56:20, whilst, in Stockholm, Conor Macguinness ran 3:07:35 on a hot and hilly “beautiful brute of a course”. Also, in France, one of our exiles there, Raphael Crueyze, ran in a 9k trail race, the Trail des Vignes Marigny Brizay near Chatellerault, which he completed in 35:18, placing 6th overall and 1st master. Then, in San Jose, California, Andrea Rondina, one of our exiles in the state, ran in the half marathon there, completing it in a PB time of 71:06.

On Wednesday evening, a few of our members took part in the usual midweek IMRA run. This time it was the 9k Sugar Bowl, a race around and over Sugarloaf, involving a climb of some 575m. In a field of 173, Warren Swords placed 15th and 1st M45 in 60:56, followed by Tristan Freeman (33rd in 66:38) and Gavan Doherty (63rd in 74:17).

Possibly because of the bank holiday weekend, we appear to have had fewer runners out in the parkruns, and those that did run were spread across several events on the island and elsewhere.

Kenan Furlong was a first finisher in the 248-strong field in Poolbeg where he ran 18:02. Kenan was followed by Diarmuid Finan (23rd in 21:15), Oisin Browne (25th in 21:35), Ed Joyce (33rd in 21:58) and Ryan Preston (34th in 21:59) just behind.

Further back came Aoife McCarthy (77th and 9th in 24:31), followed by John Lohan (88th in 24:59), Djinn Von Noorden (121st and 24th in 27:01), Sharon Woods (123rd and 26th in 27:13), Conor Kilkenny (137th in 27:41), just ahead of Ellen Walsh (139th and 33rd in 27:47), and then Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (145th and 38th in 28:01) and Carina Davidson (161st and 47th in 29:04). The contingent was completed by Edwina Hogan (201st and 75th in 31:24), Maureen McGinley (203rd and 77th in 31:33) and Cynthia Perucca (213th and 84th in 32:53).

Brian O’Kelly led the field of 60 home in Castlerea in a time of 20:10, whilst, in Donabate, with a field of 235, Rob Cross placed 3rd in 17:58, followed by Fiona Bane (45th and 6th in 24:08) and Brendan Glynn (56th in 24:45). Kate O’Malley, one of our London exiles, joined a field of 966 on Clapham Common where she placed 24th and 2nd in 19:44, whilst Ross Neill, on a visit to South Africa, ran in the Green Point parkrun, placing 7th in a field of 491 and in a time of 19:59.

Meanwhile, Peter O’Toole ran in the 297-strong field in Fairview, taking 6th spot in 19:49, whilst Michelle Geoghegan joined 89 other runners in Navan, placing 33rd and 4th in 27:55. Daniel Lowe took 5th place in Tymon alongside 107 other participants in a time of 19:31, whilst Mikel Crisostomo was another runner to place 5th, this time in Marlay Park, in a time of 18:54. Mikel was followed by Mairead Cashman in the field of 500 in 382nd and 128th places in a time of 33:13.

On a visit to Wales, Áine Kenny took part in the Cardiff parkrun, where, in a field of 882, she placed 118th and 12th in 21:48, whilst Enda Currid took 12th spot in the 91-strong field in Brickfields. Enda’s time was 22:48. Aitor Arribas Velasco ran in Clonakilty where alongside 51 other participants, he placed 10th in 25:06, whilst Lorraine McMahon also ran in Cork, where, in the Midleton Greenway parkrun, she placed 81st and 17th in 28:51. Dave carter and members of the Shine family ran in Shanganagh with its field of 250. Dave placed 17th in 19:53, whilst Máirín and Lisa ran side by side placing 236th and 90th and 237th and 91st in 39:11 and 39:12.

On the eve of the Cork half marathon, Louise O’Riordan ran in Tramore Valley, where, in a field of 271, she placed 172nd and 33rd in 30:11, whilst, in Poppintree, Paul F. Kelly placed 35th in a time of 23:59. Luke Haran joined 204 other runners in Killarney House where he placed 29th in 22;46, whilst, once again, Niall O’Connell ran in Cabinteely. In a field of 190, Niall placed 20th in 23:25. Martina White ran 28:50 for 85th and 23rd places in Porterstown with its field of 156, whilst Fanny Trébouet headed to Denmark where she ran in the Faelledparken parkrun in Copenhagen, placing 119th in a field of 133 and in a time of 35:59. Finally, our exile Kris Ryan ran again in Paradise Point in Australia where she placed 89th and 28th in 25:37 in a field of 393.

BHAA Irish Life 5-miler (166)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tomás Fitzpatrick 1 00:26:12
55 Mairead Hogan 1 00:32:50
Crusaders AC runners
33 Karl Walsh 00:30:53
41 Simon Kenny 00:31:21
65 David O’Donnell 00:34:13
97 Anthony Hackett 00:37:47
115 Chris Bannon 00:39:28
124 Robbie Moore 00:39:55
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/550
Balbriggan Summerfest 5k (393)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Anthony Brady 1 00:17:00
32 Niamh Coughlan 1 00:20:37
Crusaders AC runner
40 Seamus Moore 00:21:21
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/balbriggan_summerfest_5k_2026/6170/results
Tullaroan Half marathon (89)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 John Scott 1 01:22:22
11 Helen O’Connor 1 01:40:13
Crusaders AC runner
66 Frank Renehan 02:10:37
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/_tullaroan_festival_of_running_2026/6159/results
Dunleer 5k (365)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Charlie White 1 00:15:13
24 Laura McDonnell 1 00:18:07
Crusaders AC runner
49 Aoife Quigley 00:19:23 (7)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/dunleer_5k/6186/results?class=5k&perPage=100
Cork City 10k (3367)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ibrahim Samow 1 00:30:58
5 Niamh Allen 1 00:32:14
Crusaders AC runner
152 Tim O’Donnell 00:42:24
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/analog-devices-cork-city-marathon-2026/#2_47D931
Cork City Marathon (2095)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Stephen McAuley 1 02:22:42
26 Melissah Gibson 1 02:40:41
Crusaders AC runners
147 Emma Noonan 03:03:34 (12)
497 Aisling Harrington 03:28:59 (54)
568 Áine Crotty 03:33:38 (66)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/analog-devices-cork-city-marathon-2026/#2_47D931
Cork City Half Marathon (inc. the National Half Marathon Championships) (4307)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ryan Creech 1 01:04:51
22 Heather Murphy 1 01:15:08
Crusaders AC runners
23 Kevin Fitzgibbon 01:15:29
26 Brian Regan 01:16:02
27 Conor Kilkenny 01:16:07
52 Aoife Cleary 01:20:18 (6)
54 Joe McDermott 01:20:22
310 Simon Everard 01:33:31
539 Katie O’Keeffe 01:39:00 (74)
744 Louise O’Riordan 01:43:32 (123)
1410 Aitor Arribas Velasco 01:53:45
1572 Jack Cahalane 01:54:16
3493 Joy Flaherty 02:19:58 (XX)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/analog-devices-cork-city-marathon-2026/#2_47D931
VHI Women’s Mini-Marathon 10k (24132)
Overall place Name Chiptime
1 Chaltu Dida 00:31:39
Crusaders AC runners
33 Cría Dowling 00:39:10
35 Emma Rowe 00:39:24
62 Jade Murphy 00:41:33
68 Rachael Yorke 00:41:45
118 Ciara Lynch 00:43:43
162 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:44:39
165 Caroline Fleming 00:44:40
243 Sharon Woods 00:46:04
463 April Dunne 00:48:49
471 Carmel Higgins 00:48:40
480 Ellen Walsh 00:48:44
491 Caoimhe O’Halloran 00:48:48
545 Aoife McCarthy 00:49:08
670 Sophia Morgan 00:50:05
854 Juliane Frydenlund 00:51:09
1485 Amy O’Donoghue 00:53:43 (PB)
1981 Aoife Cowhie 00:55:05
2192 Lisa Shine 00:55:39
2667 Ruby McMahon 00:56:46
4971 Máirín Shine 01:01:08
7673 Tanja Narancic 01:05:44
7783 Mari Hansen 01:06:09
8821 Mairead Cashman 01:08:00
Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4206#0_3AF9CB
IMRA Sugar Bowl 9k (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian Melia 1 00:51:03
19 Isabel O’Reilly 1 01:01:47
Crusaders AC runners
15 Warren Swords 01:00:56
33 Tristan Freeman 01:06:38
63 Gavan Doherty 01:14:17
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results?id=2844
Brickfields Parkrun (91) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Christopher Ostoich 1 00:18:55
15 Sheelagh Doyle 1 00:23:28
Crusaders AC runner
12 Enda Currid 00:22:48
Porterstown Parkrun (156) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Christopher McMahon 1 00:18:40
5 Alana Mills 1 00:19:40
Crusaders AC runner
85 Martina White 00:28:50 (23)
Tymon Parkrun (108)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Sheehan 1 00:19:00
11 Christine Kinsella 1 00:21:18
Crusaders AC runner
5 Daniel Lowe 00:19:31
Shanganagh Parkrun (250)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Bobby More 1 00:17:16
22 Adele Heskin 1 00:20:36
Crusaders AC runners
17 David Carter 00:19:53
236 Máirín Shine 00:39:11 (90)
237 Lisa Shine 00:39:12 (91)
Castlerea Parkrun (60)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian O’Kelly 1 00:20:10
8 Nicola Bruen 1 00:24:01
Crusaders AC runner
1 Brian O’Kelly 00:20:10
Poolbeg Parkrun (248)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kenan Furlong 1 00:18:02
19 Sophie Coman 1 00:21:02
Crusaders AC runners
1 Kenan Furlong 00:18:02
23 Diarmuid Finan 00:21:15
25 Oisin Browne 00:21:35
33 Ed Joyce 00:21:58
34 Ryan Preston 00:21:59
77 Aoife McCarthy 00:24:31 (9)
88 John Lohan 00:24:59
121 Djinn Von Noorden 00:27:01(24)
123 Sharon Woods 00:27:13 (26)
137 Conor Kilkenny 00:27:41
139 Ellen Walsh 00:27:47 (33)
145 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:01 (38)
161 Carina Davidson 00:29:04 (47)
201 Edwina Hogan 00:31:24 (75)
203 Maureen McGinley 00:31:33 (77)
213 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:53 (84)
Clonakilty Parkrun (52)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Francesco Meroi 1 00:20:21
8 Eileen McCarthy 1 00:24:12
Crusaders AC runner
10 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:25:06
Fairview Parkrun (297)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry Murphy 1 00:17:45
21 Sarah McDade 1 00:21:20
Crusaders AC runner
6 Peter O’Toole 00:19:49
Navan Parkrun (90) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Feargal Daly 1 00:18:51
24 Joy Cahill 1 00:26:35
Crusaders AC runner
33 Michelle Geoghegan 00:27:55 (4)
Marlay Parkrun (500) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Donal Brennan 1 00:17:51
21 Paula Grant 1 00:20:13
Crusaders AC runners
5 Mikel Crisostomo 00:18:54
382 Mairead Cashman 00:33:13 (128)
Cabinteely Parkrun (190)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:19:09
30 Sinéad Cullen 1 00:24:36
Crusaders AC runner
20 Niall O’Connell 00:23:25
Midleton Greenway Parkrun (139)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Derek Smyth 1 00:18:52
21 Elaine O’Callaghan 1 00:22:33
Crusaders AC runner
81 Lorraine McMahon 00:28:51 (17)
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (271)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Max Wharton 1 00:15:37
7 Melissah Gibson 1 00:18:53
Crusaders AC runner
172 Louise O’Riordan 00:30:11 (33)
Poppintree Parkrun (210)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Harry Jenkins 1 00:17:31
10 Lucy McFetridge 1 00:20:22
Crusaders AC runner
35 Paul F. Kelly 00:23:59
Donabate Parkrun (235)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Shane Minogue 1 00:17:22
6 Alex Bell 1 00:18:59
Crusaders AC runners
3 Rob Cross 00:17:58
45 Fiona Bane 00:24:08
56 Brendan Glynn 00:24:45
Killarney House Parkrun (205)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brendan Caffrey 1 00:17:42
4 Marie-Claire Healy 1 00:19:00
Crusaders AC runner
29 Luke Haran 00:22:46

A good lot of racing took place this past week, starting with the Bob Heffernan 5k on Tuesday, through the graded meet (including some championship events) on Wednesday, the Staff Relays on Thursday and a myriad of events over the weekend including success in the Leinster T&F Championships.

We start with Track and Field and we were well represented at the Dublin Graded Meet, the third episode this year, which took place on our very own track in Irishtown.  

In the women’s grade C 1500m, Caroline Crowley placed 3rd in a time of 5:06.96. Then, in Grade D of the same event, Rachael Yorke also placed 3rd in 5:18.85. In the men’s 1500m, Enda Clarke won the grade B race in 4:22.15, whilst, in heat 1 of the grade D races, Karl Fitzmaurice placed 3rd in 4;44.87, followed by Brian Horgan (5th in 4:51.08) and, then, in the second heat, Jamie Renehan placed 7th in 5:00.51, followed by Paul E. Kelly (13th in 7:44.46). We had two runners in the women’s 400m grade C event, with Maria Cornado placing 2nd in 72:07, followed by Ciara Looby (3rd in 73.34), whilst, in the men’s 400m B race, Jack Byrne won the event in 51.58, and, by virtue of it being the Dublin Championship for that race, he took silver behind the only competitor in the A grade. Meanwhile, Robert Cervi won heat 1 of the grade D event in 59.44, ahead of Jamie who placed 4th in 65.73, whilst Alfie Casey placed 2nd in the second heat in a time of 55.20. Alfie went on to win the men’s long jump with a leap of 5.47m (his first attempt of 6). Finally, Alanna O’Neill appears to have picked up two medals, one bronze in the women’s javelin (4th on the night, but one of the throwers appears not to have been attached to an AI-affiliated club). Alanna threw a distance of 26.95m with her 3rd attempt of 6. She then went on to take silver in the women’s long jump with a leap of 4.41m (5th of 6 jumps). Both women’s javelin and long jump were Dublin Championship events.

The weekend saw two days of track and field down in County Carlow for the Leinster Championship of diverse age categories. We had athletes taking part in several of the events on offer, with some success. Sean Owens won the senior men’s 110mH in 14.97, whilst in the masters men’s 1500m, Jamie ran once again, taking 5th spot in 4:50.41. Gary Park was also a gold medal winner, finishing ahead of the field in the M50 category in a time of 11:55.44.

We also had runners compete in the U23 events. Charlie Bastow won gold with a 1st place finish in the final of the 100m in a time of 10.98, having won his heat (heat 2) in 11.02. Saad Ashraf also raced in the final as a non-automatic qualifier, having placed 4th in the same heat in 11.41. Saad placed 7th in the final in 11.36.

 In heat 1 of the men’s senior 100m, Luc Culliton placed 5th in 11.32, but was unable to progress further, whilst, in the women’s senior 400m, Maria Cornado placed 4th in 71.37. In the senior men’s race of the same distance Jack Byrne took home the silver medal after placing 2nd in a PB time of 51.42. Then, in the M45 category in the 800m, Jamie took bronze with a 3rd place finish in 2:21.05, followed by Gary Park who placed 6th in 2:26.71 in the M50 category. These events took place on Saturday. Then, on Sunday, in the senior women’s 200m heat 2, Meabh Murphy placed 5th in 29.03, but failed to qualify, whilst Lisa Corrigan picked up silver in the F50 category with a 2nd place finish in 33.88. In the discus (1.5kg), new member Sean Brickell won the gold medal in the M55 age category with a throw of 35.85m (his last throw of 4), with Mick McDermott placing 6th in the M50 category with his 1st throw (of 4) of 22.47m. Incidentally Sean would have beaten all the M50s too and has been informed that he broke the M55 provincial record which had stood for 7 years. Finally, on the track, Michael Wycherley won gold in the M50 category (in the process recording a better time than the M40s in a previous race too!) in the masters 5000m, which he won in 16:58.15.

On to road racing, and the week started on Tuesday evening with a race on the Meath and Kildare border, the Bob Heffernan and Mary Hanley 5k, another event in the Peugeot Race series. It is known to be a fast course and did not disappoint. In the field of nearly 700, there were at least 50 runners who broke 16 minutes.

Kevin Fitzgibbon was the first Crusader over the line, placing 32nd in 15:43. He was followed by Conor Kilkenny with a PB time of 15:53 for 45th spot. Conor was followed by Ciarain Kelly (103rd in 16:56), Joe McDermott (108th in 17:01) and then further back by Karl Walsh (206th in 18:05).

Not far behind Karl came ladies captain Sarah Lyons (207th overall and 19th female finisher in a PB time of 18:11). Kathryn Gibbons was not too far behind, also with a PB result (222nd and 24th in 18:23). Further back came Cillian Traynor (263rd in 18:52) and he was followed by Oisin Browne (283rd in 19:16). Cría Dowling was next (322nd and 41st in 19:35), followed by Jade Murphy (341st and 47th in a PB time of 19:47) and Jade was followed by Ian Weldon (405th in 20:38), just ahead of Louise O’Riordan, another runner with a PB on the night (407th and 65th in 20:40). Emily Glen (434th and 75th in 21:02), Dee Ni Chearbhaill (467th and 91st in 21:22) and Richard Kavanagh (571st in 24:16 and winner of the M70 age category) completed the picture.

On Thursday evening, we had a few of our clubmates take part in the Staff Relays, held on a loop of just under 5k taking in the Acres on grass as well as the Military Road and Khyber Pass. Those participating included Dimitri Jeannon (17:10), Warren Swords (18:08), Ronan Walsh (18:28), Conor Macguinness (19:06), James Bradshaw (a PB time of 20:17), James Moran (21:43), Kabir Sala (23:38) and Lorraine McMahon (27:43).

The annual running of the races for members of the legal profession took place in the Phoenix Park and on Blackhall Place on Saturday morning. These are known as the Calcutta 10k and 6k races. In sunny conditions, Caroline Crowley won the women’s 6k in a great time of 21:56 placing 3rd overall in a field of 561. Then, in the 10k we had at least 6 Crusaders participate. The contingent was led home in 4th place by Stephen Hurley in a field of 381. Stephen was closely followed by Kenan Furlong (5th in 36:56) and then by Ross Neill (9th in 38:12) and then by Charlie Coonan (29th in 42:42). Barry McCarthy came across the line in 49th spot (in 44:42) and he was followed by Gareth Phelan (89th in 47:19).

Finally, on Sunday, Ciara Regan headed north and ran in the Newry 10k, where, in a field of 618, she placed 39th and 3rd in 41:26.

Further afield, Tim O’Donnell ran in the Edinburgh half marathon on Sunday morning. In warm conditions he completed the event in 99 minutes. Dee Lawlor and John O’Donnell, respectively, took on the challenging Transylvania 80k and 50k events in Romania, a festival that Dee has taken on before. However, following several falls in the snow (!) early on, Dee decided to step down to the 50k which he completed in 8:05:38 for 34th place, whilst John ran 9:46:14 for the same event, placing 136th out of 544 finishers. One of our French exiles, Raphael Crueyze ran in the 10k de Chatellorault which he completed in 37:41 for 27th place out of 500.

There was an unusual event in Sligo for one of our runners. John McDonagh took up race walking and won the 30k ESB Sligo race walk in a time around 3h20m.

Perhaps, because there was so much racing over the weekend and despite the glorious weather we are starting to have, the parkruns weren’t as populous overall this weekend.
Aoife Quigley joined a field of 574 in Marlay Park where she placed 8th and 1st in 19:45, followed by Kathryn Tomkins (42nd and 4th in 21:53) and Kevin Kenny (167th in 26:11). Meanwhile, Daniel Lowe ran alongside 138 other participants in Tymon Park, placing 5th in 20:01, whilst, in Naas, Karl Walsh ran 19:31 also for 5th spot. The field there measured 189.

As usual, we enjoyed a reasonable turnout in Poolbeg. In a field of 230, Conor Kilkenny placed 11th in 20:41, followed by Ronan Walsh (12th in 20:46), Oisin Browne (21st in 21:36), just ahead of Paul Campbell (22nd in 21:38). Further back came Sharon Woods (37th and 5th in 23:07) ahead of Eamon MacFhionnleach (52nd in 23:58) and then Russell Murphy (72nd in 25:24), Emily Glen (74th and 11th in 25:33), Franky Keane (76th in 25:43), Saketh Ravuluri (83rd in 26:08), Kabir Sala (87th in 26:29), just ahead of Juliane Frydenlund (88th and 18th in 26:31). Next came Josie Ward (94th and 22nd in 26:40), ahead of Djinn Von Noorden (124th and 34th in 28:06), Bo Chicoine (177th in 31:24), Cynthia Perucca (184th and 66th in 31:51) and Maureen McGinley (186th and 68th in 31:55).

Áine Crotty completed her training for next week’s Cork marathon by placing 94th and 16th in 26:56 in the 239-strong field in Tramore Valley in Cork. Ellen Walsh also placed 16th (64th overall) in 28:40 in the field of 135 in Sligo, whilst Ailish Hassett ran 34:48 in Templemore alongside 107 other runners for 86th and 33rd places. Niall O’Connell continued his return to competitive running, placing 19th in 24:10 in the 209-strong field in Cabinteely, followed by Olwyn Dunne (101st and 28th in 30:28), whilst Darina Scully joined 405 other runners in Malahide, placing 179th and 36th in 26:27. Martina White took 84th and 27th spots in 29:33 in Porterstown with its field of 160, whilst Helena O’Keeffe ran 28:43 for 162nd and 40th places in the 327-strong field in Ballincollig. We had at least 5 athletes in Shanganagh with its field of 290. Carina Davidson placed 163rd and 41st in 28:33, followed by Lorraine McMahon (179th and 49th in 29:44), Órlaith de Burca (182nd and 51st in 29:54), Lisa Shine (205th and 64th in 31:28), just ahead of Máirín Shine (207th and 66th in 31:30), whilst, in Deerpark, Carlanstown, Mairead Cashman joined 42 other participants, where she ran 33:27 for 33rd and 12th spots.

Finally, one of our exiles in Australia, Christina Campbell, ran in the University of Western Australia parkrun in Perth, where, in a field of 128, she placed 86th and 33rd in 34:47.

Bob Heffernan & Mary Hanley 5k (696)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 John Travers 1 00:13:45
65 Ciara Wilson 1 00:16:33
Crusaders AC runners
32 Kevin Fitzgibbon 00:15:43
45 Conor Kilkenny 00:15:53 (PB)
103 Ciarain Kelly 00:16:56
108 Joe McDermott 00:17:01
206 Karl Walsh 00:18:05
207 Sarah Lyons 00:18:11 (PB) (19)
222 Kathryn Gibbons 00:18:23 (PB) (24)
263 Cillian Traynor 00:18:52
283 Oisin Browne 00:19:16
322 Cría Dowling 00:19:35 (41)
341 Jade Murphy 00:19:47 (PB) (47)
405 Ian Weldon 00:20:38
407 Louise O’Riordan 00:20:40 (PB) (65)
434 Emily Glen 00:21:02 (75)
467 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:21:22 (91)
571 Richard Kavanagh 00:24:16
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/the-bob-heffernan-and-mary-hanley-5k-2026/
Calcutta Run 10k (381)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Andrew O’Brien 1 00:34:22
27 Orla McGovern 1 00:42:28
Crusaders AC runners
4 Stephen Hurley 00:36:31
5 Kenan Furlong 00:36:56
9 Ross Neill 00:38:12
29 Charlie Coonan 00:42:42
49 Barry McCarthy 00:44:42
89 Gareth Phelan 00:47:19
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/calcutta-run-2026/
Calcutta Run 6k (561)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Kevin Leen 1 00:20:03
3 Caroline Crowley 1 00:21:56
Crusaders AC runners
3 Caroline Crowley 00:21:56 (1)
77 Aoibhinn Gilmartin 00:29:44 (20)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/calcutta-run-2026/
Newry 10k (618)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Chris Drysdale 1 00:33:45
27 Sinead Murtagh 1 00:40:14
Crusaders AC runner
39 Ciara Regan 00:41:26 (3)
Full results here: ChampionChip Ireland - Race Timing and Sporting Events
Ballincollig Parkrun (327) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Benjamin Tanner 1 00:17:29
10 Patricia Vicario 1 00:20:52
Crusaders AC runner
162 Helena O’Keeffe 00:28:43 (40)
Porterstown Parkrun (160) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Golden 1 00:18:01
6 Caroline McCarthy 1 00:20:21
Crusaders AC runner
84 Martina White 00:29:33 (27)
Tymon Parkrun (139)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Declan Cassells 1 00:18:30
6 Sinead Tighe 1 00:20:16
Crusaders AC runner
5 Daniel Lowe 00:20:01
Shanganagh Parkrun (290)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ed Byrne 1 00:17:37
11 Catherine O’Connor 1 00:19:21
Crusaders AC runners
163 Carina Davidson 00:28:33 (41)
179 Lorraine McMahon 00:29:44 (49)
182 Órlaith de Burca 00:29:54 (51)
205 Lisa Shine 00:31:28 (64)
207 Máirín Shine 00:31:30 (66)
Naas Parkrun (189)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob O’Brien 1 00:18:03
11 Ruth O’Loughlin 1 00:20:58
Crusaders AC runner
5 Karl Walsh 00:19:31
Poolbeg Parkrun (212)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Christopher O’Reilly 1 00:17:51
24 Sophie Tonge 1 00:21:48
Crusaders AC runners
11 Conor Kilkenny 00:20:41
12 Ronan Walsh 00:20:46
21 Oisin Browne 00:21:36
22 Paul Campbell 00:21:38 
37 Sharon Woods 00:23:07 (5)
52 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:23:58
72 Russell Murphy 00:25:24
74 Emily Glen 00:25:33 (11)
76 Franky Keane 00:25:43
83 Saketh Ravuluri 00:26:08
87 Kabir Sala 00:26:29
88 Juliane Frydenlund 00:26:31 (18)
94 Josie Ward 00:26:40 (22)
124 Djinn Von Noorden 00:28:06 (34)
177 Bo Chicoine 00:31:24
184 Cynthia Perucca 00:31:51 (66)
186 Maureen McGinley 00:31:55 (68)
Deerpark Carlanstown Parkrun (43)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ross Miotti 1 00:20:32
11 Orla Carolan 1 00:25:16
Crusaders AC runner
33 Mairead Cashman 00:33:27 (12)
Templemore Parkrun (108)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Sherlock 1 00:18:54
6 Caoimhe Slevin 1 00:20:56
Crusaders AC runner
86 Ailish Hassett 00:34:48 (33)
Malahide Parkrun (406) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Valentine 1 00:18:08
6 Annette Kealy 1 00:19:00
Crusaders AC runner
179 Darina Scully 00:26:27 (36)
Marlay Parkrun (574) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Philip Simpson 1 00:17:39
8 Aoife Quigley 1 00:19:45
Crusaders AC runners
8 Aoife Quigley 00:19:45 (1)
42 Kathryn Sweeney 00:21:53 (4)
167 Kevin Kenny 00:26:11
Cabinteely Parkrun (209)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oscar Rowe 1 00:19:39
27 Jennifer Reynolds 1 00:25:01
Crusaders AC runners
19 Niall O’Connell 00:24:10
101 Olwyn Dunne 00:30:28 (28)
Sligo Parkrun (135)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Declan Harkin 1 00:18:24
14 Meabh McIntyre 1 00:22:33
Crusaders AC runner
64 Ellen Walsh 00:28:40 (16)
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (239)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Shane Winters 1 00:17:55
5 Karen Walsh 1 00:19:16
Crusaders AC runner
94 Áine Crotty 00:26:56 (16)

This weekend we saw the return of several popular events, including the Wicklow Way Relay, the Naas 5 miler and the Fastlane 10k and Half marathon races along the Grand Canal towpath.

We start with the National 5k Road Championships, held on Saturday morning as part of the Irish Runner 5k in the NW quadrant of the Phoenix Park. The one-loop course is not really set up as a PB possibility, with its descent into, and climb out of, the Furry Glen and a sharp steep turn onto the Upper Glen Road, along with windy conditions, but, surprisingly, although we did not medal as a club, we did get close and at least two of our athletes achieved PBs.

At least 14 clubmates ran in the race, with Michael Wycherley our first man home in 64th place overall, 4th M50, in 16:42. In the field of 2002, Jan Manschot was next, in 106th spot, with a time of 17:33 and he was followed by James Sherry, with yet another PB, placing 114th in 17:36. Tomás Bradley followed James in 254th place in a time of 19:13 ahead of Paul Murphy (305th in 19:30), Ray Walsh (309th and 8th M60 in 19:44) and Aoife Quigley (339th overall, 58th female finisher and 5th F40 in 20:12).

Paul Kilgarriff was next, placing 364th in 19:49, suggesting he started a little far back, and he was followed by Ellen Walsh (660th and 153rd in a PB time of 22:39), Kevin Kenny (823rd and 7th M65 in 25:35), Mauro Verrocchio (902nd in 24:51), Ed Forester (1030th in 24:24), Anna Hernick (1455th and 493rd in 30:10) and Darren Kelly (1558th in 31:23).

On the same morning, we saw at least six of our female members join the field of 329 in the Naas AC-organised 5 miler in Co. Kildare. The race is famous for there being a significant cash prize for the first mixed team of 4 to cross the line. So, despite, our female colleagues placing really well, without two male colleagues we were never in with a shout for the cash! Our first athlete across the line was Molly Hyland in 19th place overall, 4th female finisher in 30:01. Next across the line came Yvonne Macauley (41st and 8th in 31:37), followed by Gill Earley (52nd and 11th in 33:20), Nina Holmes (62nd and 14th in 34:05), Caoimhe Dempsey (78th and 22nd in 35:05) and Rebecca Fleming (109th and 31st in 37:42).

We had Crusaders in at least two of the three races on offer in the Fastlane series of 10k, half marathon and ¾ marathon events, conducted in Clondalkin along the Grand Canal and around the industrial estate there. Our main contingent took part in the 10k with its field of 664 and was led home by Steven Michel with a PB time of 36:20 for 9th place overall. Steven was followed by Niamh Farrell who had a super race to place 19th and 3rd in 38:31, ahead of Stephen O’Connor (44th in 38:13) whose guntime was 42:32 so must have started quite far back, and Jill O’Flynn who placed 46th and 4th with a PB time of 43:09. Seamas Bulaeir completed the group, placing 165th in 49:39. In the half marathon, with its field of 837 finishers, Daniel Lowe placed 402nd in 1:47:54.

There were plenty of other road and trail races during the week and over the weekend on which to report, close to home and further afield. Forty-two athletes started the 161km Beara Way Ultra and twenty-seven finished, among them Eimear Lynch who placed 11th overall and 2nd female finisher in a time of 26:17:41, a super achievement. The race involved a gain of over 5500m. There was also a shorter version of the event, the so-called Lite (!), which involved a distance of about 70k and had 44 runners who completed it. Richard Phelan and Daniel O’Mahony took part in that, with Richie completing it in 10:08:41 (23rd) and Daniel, 11:30:33 (33rd). We, also, had two runners in the Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park in Wales, competing in the 56k ultra there. Tristan Freeman ran 9:31:18 for the distance, followed by Charles Cartledge (10:52:39).

Áine Kenny headed to Riga for Sunday’s marathon. On a flat city course and with even pacing, Áine completed the race in 3:13:09, 19th female finisher and 3rd in her F45 age category. Meanwhile, Mags Foley ran once again in the Hackney Half marathon in London, which she completed in 90:20. Two of our London-based exiles also ran in the event. Jeanie Watson ran 93:25, followed by Louise Lancaster (née Vandermeersch) who ran 99:16 and they were followed by Djinn Von Noorden (2:17:05) who was pacing her daughter in her first half marathon.

Another half marathon, the Mezza Maratona del Naviglio, northwest of Milan, was run on Sunday morning by Kabir Sala who completed the distance in 1:53:05. Meanwhile, one of our exiles in Australia, Maurice Kelter, took part in the Sydney 10k on the same day, running a one-minute PB time improvement of 32:54. Finally, midweek, Andrea Rondina, one of our exiles in San Francisco ran in the 2 miles Paavo Nurmi time trial on the track, taking 4th place in a time of 9:43.02. He then went on to run in the San Francisco Bay to Breakers 12k on Sunday, which he completed in a time of 41:45.

On the track this weekend, we had two Crusaders take part in the May Open, organised by Athletics Ireland in Tullamore. Our two athletes competed in both rounds of the senior men's 100m, improving with each round. In heat 1 of round 1, Sean Owens placed 3rd in 10.78, followed by Valentinos Goularas (8th in 11.33). Then, in the 2nd round, Sean placed 2nd in 10.73 in the first heat, with Valentinos placing 3rd in 11.22 in the second heat. 

In the mountains close to home, there were two events this week. The first was the usual Wednesday evening race, this time the 9.9k Brockagh challenge in Co. Wicklow with its climb of 414m. In a field of 130 and in “brutal weather” Warren Swords was delighted with his 8th place (2nd M45) in 51:17. Warren was followed by Jeffrey Marvel (23rd in 56:23) and Ollie McGrath (99th in 75:32). Then, on Saturday, there was the annual running of the Wicklow Way Relay, with this year 45 teams (fielding a max of 8 in each) competing on 8 legs of differing distance and terrain over 104k from Kilmashogue to Shillelagh. In conditions that were a bit windy and otherwise mixed as usual, we had at least 10 Crusaders taking part, spread across three teams. Dee Lawlor ran the half marathon 7th leg in 92:44 for a non-Cru team which placed 11th, whilst Warren ran 1:45:13 in the same leg for another, which placed 16th. The club then fielded an all-women’s team of Lisa Shine, Emer Kenny, Máirin Shine, Carmel Higgins, Tanja Narancic, Emma O’Mahony, Ciara Lynch and Anna Shine which completed the challenge in 11:57:24, finishing as the 5th all-women’s team. As always, a great time was had by all, and it appears no one got lost!

We did well as a club in the parkruns on Saturday morning. Brian O’Kelly led the field of 277 home in Malahide with an impressive time of 15:26, whilst, in Sligo, Ross Neill finished first ahead of 111 other runners in 19:08.  Rob Cross was also a first finisher in Kilcock, where, in a field of 164, he recorded a time of 17:35, with Fiona Bane placing 22nd and 3rd in 23:57. Meanwhile, Emily Glen placed 7th and 1st in 23:34 in the 72-strong field in the SETU Arena in Waterford, whilst John O’Donnell led home the field of 90 in Claremorris where he ran 19:22.

We had our usual large turnout in Poolbeg, where, in a field of 212, Ashley Hayes took first place in 17:27, followed by Kenan Furlong (3rd in 17:55), Stephen Hurley (4th in 17:57), Mikel Crisostomo (5th in 18:39), Paul Cowhie (6th in 18:46) and then by Ryan Preston (19th in 21:39), Redmond Murphy (20th in 21:44), Sharon Woods (35th and 5th in 23:13) and by Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (43rd in 23:50).

Further back came Mark McGovern (54th in 24:36), Franky Keane (55th in 24:41), Julianne Frydenlund (78th and 20th in 26:13), Bo Chicoine (84th in 26:40) and Saketh Ravuluri (96th in 27:07), just working his way back from injury. Iseult Ni Chuinneagain was next (115th and 37th in 28:45), followed by Michelle English (139th and 51st in 29:31), Cynthia Perucca (159th and 60th in 30:57) and Maureen McGinley (167th and 64th) alongside Edwina Hogan (168th and 65th in 31:31).

Conor Macguinness placed 2nd in a time of 19:50 in Bushy Park, with its field of 200, whilst Jamie Renehan also placed 2nd in Fairview in 18:49 in a field of 171. He was followed by Fanny Trébouet (134th and 49th in 34:23). Aoife McCarthy took on Shanganagh, placing 39th and 4th in 23:55, followed by Dee Lawlor, taking it easy before the WWR (55th in 24:42) and Órlaith de Burca (127th and 27th in 27:41). Whilst, Grainne Regan also placed 4th (23rd overall) in a time of 26:17 in the 65-strong field in Tolka Valley Park.

Kevin Keenan took 6th spot running alongside 186 other participants in Gorey and recording a time of 19:43, whilst, Mustaf Ahmed ran 19:26 to place 6th in the field of 165 in Father Collins Park. Kev Moore placed 10th in 21:36 and in a field of 260 in Corkagh Park, whilst, in Cabinteely, Niall O’Connor ran 24:06 for 30th place in a field of 173.

Luke Haran joined a field of 86 in Mungret Park where he placed 11th in 22:47, whilst, Paul F. Kelly took 237th spot in the 480-strong field in St. Anne’s and in a time of 27:49 and whilst, in Tramore Valley, Cork, Áine Crotty placed 226th and 76th in 33:14, accompanied by Cian Coughlan who placed 227th in 33:15. The field there measured 271.

A group of Crusaders headed to Denmark for a few days and participated in two parkruns there. On Ascension Thursday they ran in the Amager Faelled parkrun, with its field of 444. Louise O’Riordan placed 57th in 23:12, followed by Kate Murray (82nd in 24:29), Darina Scully (174th in 27:51), Carina Davidson (209th in 28:57) and Mairead Cashman (302nd in 32:41). On Saturday, they ran in Damhusengen with its field of 88. Kate placed 46th in 26:43, alongside Darina (47th in 26:44) and ahead of Louise (54th in 27:29), Carina (64th in 29:09) and Mairead (79th in 31:53).

 We also had runners in other overseas parkruns. Between overseas flights, Olwyn Dunne managed to join a field of 199 for an early parkrun at the Brooklyn Bridge, placing 96th and 29th in 28:19. Kabir Sala ran in the Murra di Lucca parkrun near Pisa, placing 38th in a field of 157 in a time of 25:03, whilst down under, one of our exiles in Australia, Christina Campbell, ran in Perry Lakes where she placed 103rd and 27th in a field of 242 and a time of 28:05.

In Scotland, John Reidy placed 30th in 20:58 in Perth with a field of 324, whilst, in Oban, Aidan Hudner, another of our exiles there, placed 37th in 26:18 in the 92-strong field in Ganavan Sands. Finally, one of our London exiles, Thom Martini, joined a field of 457 in Osterley Park, where he placed 29th in 21:59.

Irish Runner 5k (including National Championships) (2002)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ben Guiden 1 00:14:27
28 Ellen Fennelly 1 00:16:02
Crusaders AC runners
64 Michael Wycherley 00:16:42
106 Jan Manschot 00:17:33
114 James Sherry 00:17:36 (PB)
254 Tomás Bradley 00:19:13
305 Paul Murphy 00:19:30
309 Ray Walsh 00:19:44
339 Aoife Quigley 00:20:12 (58)
364 Paul Kilgarriff 00:19:49
660 Ellen Walsh 00:22:39 (PB) (153)
823 Kevin Kenny 00:25:35
902 Mauro Verrocchio 00:24:51
1030 Edward Forester 00:24:24
1455 Anna Hernick 00:30:10 (493)
1558 Darren Kelly 00:31:23
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/irish_runner_5k_challenge_2026/6110/results
Naas AC 5-miler (329)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Rhys Johnson 1 00:25:17
5 Lauren Tinkler 1 00:28:08
Crusaders AC runners
19 Molly Hyland 00:30:01 (4)
41 Yvonne Macauley 00:31:37 (8)
52 Gillian Earley 00:33:20 (11)
62 Nina Holmes 00:34:05 (14)
78 Caoimhe Dempsey 00:35:05 (22)
109 Rebecca Fleming 00:37:42 (31)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/naas-ac-5-miler-2026/#1_7336A4
Fastlane 10k (664)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Brendan Dunne 1 00:32:42
12 Ruth Tansey 1 00:37:21
Crusaders AC runners
9 Steven Michel 00:36:20 (PB)
19 Niamh Farrell 00:38:31 (3)
44 Stephen O’Connor 00:38:13
46 Jill O’Flynn 00:43:09 (PB) (4)
165 Seamas Buleaeir 00:49:39
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/life_style_sports_fastlane_3_4_half_marathon__10k/6115/results
Fastlane Half marathon (837)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Neil Foley 1 01:16:36
21 Ashleigh Hennessy 1 01:25:43
Crusaders AC runner
402 Daniel Lowe 01:47:54
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/life_style_sports_fastlane_3_4_half_marathon__10k/6115/results
IMRA Brockagh 9.9k (130)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry Minnock 1 00:45:59
75 Niamh Garvey 1 01:09:14
Crusaders AC runners
8 Warren Swords 00:51:17
23 Jeffrey Marvel 00:56:23
99 Ollie McGrath 01:15:32
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2843/category/O/
IMRA Beara Way Ultra (27)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin O’Connor 1 20:25:59
10 Lianne Van Dijk 1 25:41:42
Crusaders AC runner
11 Eimear Lynch 26:17:41 (2)
Full results here: https://results.primaltracking.com/event/bearawayultra26
IMRA Beara Way Lite (44)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Mark Smith 1 06:55:33
11 Sarah Clarke 1 08:44:57
Crusaders AC runners
23 Richard Phelan 10:08:41
33 Daniel O’Mahony 11:30:33
Full results here: https://results.primaltracking.com/event/bearawaylite26
Bushy Parkrun (200) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Howe 1 00:19:37
14 Christine Kinsella 1 00:22:20
Crusaders AC runner
2 Conor Macguinness 00:19:50
St. Anne’s Parkrun (480) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Giovanni Salvatore 1 00:17:47
10 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:32
Crusaders AC runner
27 Paul F. Kelly 00:27:49
SETU Arena Parkrun (72)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Evan Fitzgerald 1 00:15:56
7 Emily Glen 1 00:23:34
Crusaders AC runner
7 Emily Glen 00:23:34 (1)
Shanganagh Parkrun (285)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Finlay Hiscock 1 00:17:53
16 Ruth Comerford 1 00:21:51
Crusaders AC runners
39 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:55 (4)
55 Derek Lawlor 00:24:42
127 Órlaith de Burca 00:27:41 (27)
Fairview Parkrun (171)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Andrew Vettraino 1 00:18:41
12 Katie Cooper 1 00:21:27
Crusaders AC runners
2 Jamie Renehan 00:18:49
134 Fanny Trébouet 00:34:23 (49)
Poolbeg Parkrun (212)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:17:27
13 Sophie Coman 1 00:20:59
Crusaders AC runners
1 Ashley Hayes 00:17:27
3 Kenan Furlong 00:17:55
4 Stephen Hurley 00:17:57
5 Mikel Crisostomo 00:18:39
6 Paul Cowhie 00:18:46
19 Ryan Preston 00:21:39
20 Redmond Murphy 00:21:44
35 Sharon Woods 00:23:13 (5)
43 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:23:50
54 Mark McGovern 00:24:36
55 Franky Keane 00:24:41
78 Juliane Frydenlund 00:26:13 (20)
80 Leo Lundy 00:26:18
84 Bo Chicoine 00:26:40
96 Saketh Ravuluri 00:27:07
115 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:45 (37)
139 Michelle English 00:29:31 (51)
159 Cynthia Perucca 00:30:57 (60)
167 Maureen McGinley 00:31:30 (64)
168 Edwina Hogan 00:31:31 (65)
Father Collins Parkrun (165)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cathal Leahy 1 00:18:41
10 Ayana O’Callaghan 1 00:20:33
Crusaders AC runner
6 Mustaf Ahmed 00:19:26
Royal Canal, Kilcock Parkrun (164)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob Cross 1 00:17:35
10 Rachael O’Neill 1 00:21:37
Crusaders AC runners
1 Rob Cross 00:17:35
22 Fiona Bane 00:23:57 (3)
Claremorris Parkrun (90) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John O’Donnell 1 00:19:22
8 Mary Gleeson 1 00:21:54
Crusaders AC runner
1 John O’Donnell 00:19:22
Gorey Parkrun (187) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aaron Doyle 1 00:17:01
13 Suzanne Keane 1 00:22:06
Crusaders AC runner
6 Kevin Keenan 00:19:43
Cabinteely Parkrun (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Golden 1 00:18:50
14 Maria Dolan 1 00:22:20
Crusaders AC runner
30 Niall O’Connell 00:24:06
Corkagh Parkrun (260) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Adam Tuite 1 00:18:53
20 Beata Wilk 1 00:23:03
Crusaders AC runner
10 Kev Moore 00:21:36
Malahide Parkrun (277) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian O’Kelly 1 00:15:26
23 Lorraine O’Reilly 1 00:21:11
Crusaders AC runner
1 Brian O’Kelly 00:15:26
Sligo Parkrun (112)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ross Neill 1 00:19:08
15 Ann McNamara 1 00:23:27
Crusaders AC runner
1 Ross Neill 00:19:08
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (271)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Shane Byrne 1 00:17:59
14 Mari Burke 1 00:21:07
Crusaders AC runners
226 Áine Crotty 00:33:14 (76)
227 Cian Coughlan 00:33:15
Tolka Valley Parkrun (65)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jack Dolan 1 00:19:16
17 Saoirse Maher 1 00:24:39
Crusaders AC runner
23 Grainne Regan 00:26:17 (4)
Mungret Parkrun (86)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Hickey 1 00:19:26
13 Una O’Riordan 1 00:23:37
Crusaders AC runner
11 Luke Haran 00:22:47

Hot on the heels of last week’s first Dublin graded track & field meet of the year and also the first IMC meet, we were treated to two more events on the track and in the field, with the Belfast Milers meet held on the Mary Peters track in Lisburn on Saturday, followed by the second Dublin graded meet at the Morton Stadium on Sunday. The latter occasion included some Dublin Championships events in which we featured as a club and where we had some success.

In Lisburn, Hugo Magee took part in the men’s international 400m, where he placed 6th in 48.39. Then in the men’s C graded 1500m, Barry McCarthy placed 14th in 4:28.38, whilst, in the D race, Alex Ainsworth placed 7th running 4:10.47.

At the Dublin graded meet, once again we had three of our female athletes run in middle-distance events, after their exploits in the 3000m last weekend. This time, in the C grade 1500m, the results were reversed. Sarah Lyons won the race in a PB time of 4:51.95, followed by Kathryn Gibbons placing 3rd in 5:02.52. Sarah’s time was fast enough to give her the silver medal in the Dublin Championships as the she ran faster than all but one athlete from Donore in the B grade which was run in conjunction with the C graded race. In the D graded race, Jade Murphy placed 3rd in 5:16.56.

We had three male athletes in the 1500m D race, with Jamie Renehan leading the contingent home in 2nd place in 4:48.26, followed by Cillian Traynor (5th in 4:54.64) and Gary Park (6th in 4:55.26).

Karen Hughes placed 3rd in the women’s 200m B event in a time of 27.09, whilst, in the D race, Meabh Murphy took 4th spot in 29.34, followed by Grainne McGuill (5th in 30.12). Luc Culliton placed 3rd in the men’s 200m A race in a time of 22.68, whilst, in heat 1 of the D grade, Eoin Carroll took 1st place in 24.35, with young Alfie Casey doing the same in the second heat in a time of 24.24.

In the field, new masters member Sean Brickell placed 4th in the discus with the 4th of his 6 throws, a distance of 34.00m. Meanwhile, Harry Moylan finished just behind Sean in 5th place with his 4th throw of 33.89m. Finally, in the Dublin Championships, Alfie Casey went on to win the men’s triple jump with his 6th leap of 11.28m, just ahead of another 16-year-old athlete, Harry Alexander, in 2nd place with a leap of 10.99m, on the first of his 6 jumps. Congrats to Sarah, Alfie and Harry on their medal success, hot on the heels of the senior gold medal won last week by another juvenile athlete, 15-year-old Ada Skrobol, in the high jump.

There have been a few road races on which to report this week, as well as the annual BHAA ESB 5k Beach race that took place on Sandymount Strand on Tuesday evening. In a mixed race involving 68 runners, Ronan Walsh and his partner Claire Reidy both came home with their first cash prizes in running. Ronan placed 3rd in 19:33, whilst Claire placed 12th overall and 2nd female finisher in 21:36. In between them came Karl Walsh (5th overall and 1st M45 in 19:56), followed by Tim O’Donnell (9th and 2nd M45 in 20:45). David O’Donnell was next, placing 15th and 2nd M60 in 21:49, with Robbie Moore completing the picture, placing 37th in 25:37.

On Wednesday, we had two Crusaders taking part in the iconic Clonliffe Harriers 2-miler, the oldest continuous road race in Europe, with its 135th running. In a field of 170, Karl Fitzmaurice placed 16th and 2nd M50 in 11:15, followed by Tomás Bradley (30th in 11:51).

A day later, we had at least two runners in the Drivalia Sandyford 5k. Aoife Quigley distinguished herself placing 50th and 2nd in a time of 20:17 in a field that was 627 strong. Aoife was followed by Kevin Kenny (219th in 25:21).

There were two local road races on which to report on Sunday. Iseult Ni Chuinneagain was likely our sole competitor in the Maynooth 10k, where, in a field of 647 finishers, she placed 463rd and 165th in 57:43.

The other race, the Terenure 5-miler, organised by Sportsworld, on the roads around Terenure College, was altogether a different affair, with at least 26 Crusaders taking part in a field measuring 1328.

On a cool and windy but sunny morning, Oisin Browne was our first Crusader across the line, placing 91st in 32:39. Oisin was followed by Luz Estevan (148th and 21st in 34:09) and then by Brian McGuckin (156th in 34:30), David O’Donnell (172nd in 34:46), Noel Carr (in a PB time of 34:56), Emily Glen (208th and 26th, also with a PB of 35:26), Conor Macguinness (219th in 35:38), Orla O’Flynn (224th, 33rd and 1st F55 in 35:52) just ahead of Isabelle Cairns (226th and 34th in 35:56) and Paul F. Kelly (228th in 35:39). Next came Luke Haran (250th in 36:21), followed by Sharon Woods (258th, 45th and 2nd F55 in 36:30) and then further back by Paula Nolan (328th and 72nd in 37:08), Phelim Murray (337th in 38:13), Chris Bannon (341st in 38:10), Robbie Moore (462nd in 39:51) and Anna Brown (505th in 40:11).

The next contingent was led by Kabir Sala (690th in 42:28), ahead of Triona Quill (737th and 240th in 44:00), Caoilinn Doorley (739th and 242nd in the same time), Kevin Kenny (779th in 43:14), Carina Davidson (798th and 277th in 45:29), Michelle English (969th and 387th in 47:30), Cynthia Perucca (1042nd and 444th in 48:46), Marie-Claire Daly (1137th and 513th in 51:47) and Paul E. Kelly (1196th in 53:43).

Further afield this weekend, one of our continental exiles, Léa Braud, ran in the Schwabing-Freimann 10k in Germany, which she completed in 42:17. Then, another of our exiles, in Spain, Laura Garcia ran 26:39 in the Carrera de la Mujer 6k in Madrid, whilst two others, Esther Requena Ferri and Cristian Vilchez Ceballos, ran in two races. The first was a seafront 5k out-and-back, which Esther completed in 19:43, Cristian running 17:12. The second was an inland 8.5k in Algarrobo where Esther won the women’s race in 35:37, with Cristian running 32:05. Meanwhile, Aitor Arribas Velasco headed to the UK for the weekend where he took part in the Brighton Backyard 61k ultra marathon held in the South Downs National Park. Aitor completed the hilly race (a gain of 1355m) in a time of 8:53:34.

There was one race on which to report in the Wicklow Mountains this week. On Wednesday evening, Gavan Doherty joined a field of 159 running on Carrick Mountain over a distance of nearly 8k with a climb of 450m Gavan placed 79th in a time of 62:43.

We had a good turnout in Poolbeg and Cabinteely on Saturday morning, the latter with Emer Kenny and the Shine family celebrating Máirín’s 400th parkrun. Emer placed 103rd and 25th in 31:11, followed by Máirín (110th and 31st in 31:42), Anna Shine (118th and 38th in 32:55), Lisa Shine (141st and 54th in 37:07) just ahead of Fiona Shine (142nd and 55th a second behind). It was also good to see Niall O’Connell back in action placing 44th in 25:54 whilst Carina Davidson also ran in the 164-strong event, placing 134th and 50th in 35:55.

Ashley Hayes led the field of 265 home in Poolbeg in a time of 16:59. In a contingent of at least 27 Crusaders, Ashley was followed by Kenan Furlong (4th in 17:51). It was good to see Paul and Aoife Cowhie back running, after recent health challenges for Aoife, with the M60 Paul placing 9th in 18:50 and Aoife placing 141st and 44th in 27:02. Paul was followed by Ronan Walsh (10th in a great time of 18:59), Ross Neill (12th in 19:10), Brian Horgan (15th in 19:18), Adrian Groarke (20th in 20:08), Ryan Murphy (21st in 20:13), Emma Rowe (30th and 3rd in 20:43), Claire Reidy (34h and 4th in 20:59), Diarmuid Finan (47th in 22:16), Charles Cartledge (60th in 23:12) and Sharon Woods (83rd and 16th in 24:22).

Next came Russell Murphy (108th in 25:36), followed by Julianne Frydenlund (111th and29th in 25;44), Alan Martin (114th in 25:49), Ellen Walsh (127th and 36th in 26:32) just ahead of Emily Glen (128th and 37th in 26:36) alongside Franky Keane (129th in 26:37). Then, Tanja Narancic was next (136th and 42nd in 26:54), followed by Aoife, and then Louise O’Riordan (143rd and 46th in 27:05), Djinn Von Noorden (150th and 51st in 27:38), Anousheh Alamir (161st and 58th in 28:21), Kabir Sala (162nd in 28:22), Cynthia Perucca (204th and 85th in 31:00) and Piarais Neary (236th in 34:45).

Rob Cross was first across the line in Tramore, Waterford, where ahead of a field of 155, he ran 17:59. Rob Was followed by his partner Fiona Bane (23rd and 4th in 24:34). Kate Murray was also a first finisher, placing 18th overall in 24:11 in the 135-strong field in Lough Key, whilst Aoife McCarthy placed 20th and 2nd in 23:37 alongside 169 other participants in Sligo.

Dee Lawlor joined a couple of other Crusaders in Shanganagh, where, in a field of 238, he placed 2nd in 17:48, with Fanny Trébouet (157th and 42nd in 30:25) and Lorraine McMahon (160th and 44th in 30:30). Meanwhile, Jamie Renehan placed 4th in Fairview where he joined 3 other Crusaders in the field of 169. Jamie’s time was 20:15, and he was followed by Daniel Cullen (32nd in 24:09), Kevin Kenny (70th in 27:47) and Caolan McMullin (95th in 30:19). Peter O’Toole joined 506 other runners in St. Anne’s where he placed 9th in 19:05, whilst, in Longford, Mairead Cashman ran alongside 73 other participants, placing 42nd and 15th in 31:50. Brendan Glynn took 39th spot in 23:29 in the 242-strong field in Donabate, whilst Paul F. Kelly placed 63rd in 25:48 in the field of 201 in Poppintree. Finally, in Surfers Paradise in Australia, one of our exiles there, Kris Ryan, placed 47th and 12th in a field of 157 and in a time of 25:48.

Sportsworld Terenure 5-miler (1328)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eddie O’Connor 1 00:25:14
8 Michelle Finn 1 00:27:27
Crusaders AC runners
91 Oisin Browne 00:32:39
148 Luz Estevan 00:34:09 (21)
156 Brian McGuckin 00:34:30
172 David O’Donnell 00:34:46
176 Noel Carr 00:34:56 (PB)
208 Emily Glen 00:35:26 (PB) (26)
219 Conor Macguinness 00:35:38
224 Orla O’Flynn 00:35:52 (33)
226 Isabelle Cairns 00:35:56 (34)
228 Paul F. Kelly 00:35:39
250 Luke Haran 00:36:21
258 Sharon Woods 00:36:30 (45)
328 Paula Nolan 00:37:08 (72)
337 Phelim Murray 00:38:13
462 Robbie Moore 00:39:51
505 Anna Brown 00:40:11
690 Kabir Sala 00:42:28
737 Triona Quill 00:44:00 (240)
739 Caoilinn Doorley 00:44:00 (242)
779 Kevin Kenny 00:43:14
798 Carina Davidson 00:45:29 (277)
969 Michelle English 00:47:30 (387)
1042 Cynthia Perucca 00:48:46 (444)
1137 Marie-Claire Daly 00:51:47 (513)
1196 Paul E. Kelly 00:53:43
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/_sportsworld_terenure_5_mile_2026/6263/results?class=5%20mile&page=4&perPage=100
Drivalia Sandyford 5k (627)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin Healy 1 00:15:54
25 Sonia Redmond 1 00:18:44
Crusaders AC runners
50 Aoife Quigley 00:20:17 (2)
219 Kevin Kenny 00:25:21
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/drivalia-sandyford-5k-2026/
Clonliffe 2-mile road race (170)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ben Guiden 1 00:09:05
5 Michelle Finn 00:10:14
Crusaders AC runners
16 Karl Fitzsimons 00:11:15
30 Tomás Bradley 00:11:51
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/clonliffe_2_mile_2026/6179/results
Maynooth 10k (647)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Noah Ferron 1 00:32:56
5 Rachel Birt 1 00:36:46
Crusaders AC runner
463 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:57:47 (165)
Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4200#0_70C5BF
BHAA ESB 5k Beach Race (68)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eamonn O’Neill 1 00:19:14
10 Mairead Hogan 1 00:21:21
Crusaders AC runners
3 Ronan Walsh 00:19:33
5 Karl Walsh 00:19:56
9 Tim O’Donnell 00:20:45
12 Claire Reidy 00:21:36 (2)
15 David O’Donnell 00:21:49
37 Robbie Moore 00:25:37
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/549
IMRA Carrick Mountain 7.9k (159)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry Minnock 1 00:42:28
35 Eimear McKenna 1 00:52:38
Crusaders AC runner
79 Gavan Doherty 01:02:43
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2842/category/O/
Bushy Parkrun (170) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Wes McGowan 1 00:17:40
11 Myrtle Bamber 1 00:21:42
Crusaders AC runner
20 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:37 (2)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (507) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
3 Barry Meehan 1 00:17:19
15 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:26
Crusaders AC runner
9 Peter O’Toole 00:19:04
Lough Key Parkrun (135)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Chris Matthews 1 00:20:32
18 Kate Murray 1 00:24:11
Crusaders AC runner
18 Kate Murray 00:24:11 (1)
Shanganagh Parkrun (238)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aaron Fitzsimons 1 00:17:30
16 Rebecca Duignan 1 00:20:54
Crusaders AC runners
2 Derek Lawlor 00:17:48
157 Fanny Trébouet 00:30:25 (42)
160 Lorraine McMahon 00:30:30 (44)
Fairview Parkrun (169)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alistair Barnwell 1 00:19:22
18 Catherine Lynch 1 00:22:33
Crusaders AC runners
4 Jamie Renehan 00:20:15
32 Daniel Cullen 00:24:09
70 Kevin Kenny 00:27:47
95 Ceolan McMullin 00:30:19
Poolbeg Parkrun (265)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:16:59
7 Rosie Brown 1 00:18:36
Crusaders AC runners
1 Ashley Hayes 00:16:59
4 Kenan Furlong 00:17:51
9 Paul Cowhie 00:18:50
10 Ronan Walsh 00:18:59
12 Ross Neill 00:19:10
15 Brian Horgan 00:19:18
20 Adrian Groarke 00:20:08
21 Ryan Murphy 00:20:13
30 Emma Rowe 00:20:43 (3)
34 Claire Reidy 00:20:59 (4)
47 Diarmuid Finan 00:22:16
60 Charles Cartledge 00:23:12
83 Sharon Woods 00:24:22 (16)
108 Russell Murphy 00:25:36
111 Juliane Frydenlund 00:25:44 (29)
114 Alan Martin 00:25:49
127 Ellen Walsh 00:26:32 (36)
129 Franky Keane 00:26:37
136 Tanja Narancic 00:26:54 (42)
141 Aoife Cowhie 00:27:02 (44)
143 Louise O’Riordan 00:27:05 (46)
150 Djinn Von Noorden 00:27:38 (51)
161 Anousheh Alamir 00:28:21 (58)
162 Kabir Sala 00:28:22
204 Cynthia Perucca 00:31:00 (85)
236 Piarais Neary 00:34:45
Donabate Parkrun (242)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Joe Holt 1 00:17:39
7 Dara Ann Harford 1 00:20:05
Crusaders AC runner
39 Brendan Glynn 00:23:29
Tramore, Waterford Parkrun (155)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob Cross 1 00:17:59
12 Cathy Kirby 1 00:21:59
Crusaders AC runners
1 Rob Cross 00:17:59
23 Fiona Bane 00:24:34 (4)
Poppintree Parkrun (201) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Said Abdiwaahab 1 00:17:42
18 Elizabeth Daly 1 00:21:24
Crusaders AC runner
63 Paul F. Kelly 00:25:48
Longford Parkrun (74) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eoin Morgan 1 00:17:53
4 Caroline Morgan 1 00:21:25
Crusaders AC runner
42 Mairead Cashman 00:31:50 (15)
Cabinteely Parkrun (164)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Terek 1 00:19:21
31 Helen Burge 1 00:24:54
Crusaders AC runners
44 Niall O’Connell 00:25:54
103 Emer Kenny 00:31:11 (25)
110 Máirín Shine 00:31:42 (31)
118 Anna Shine 00:32:55 (38)
134 Carina Davidson 00:35:55 (50)
141 Lisa Shine 00:37:07 (54)
142 Fiona Shine 00:37:08 (55)