There was much to report on this week, both on the track and on the roads, not forgetting the mountains too. The weekend in particular was marked by several events at home and away in which Crusaders featured prominently.

We start as usual with track and field. During the week the 3rd graded meet of the season took place over in Lucan. Over the weekend we had a small number of Crusaders take part in the Leinster Championships down in Carlow and also some of our athletes joined other  Irish athletes in Oordegem in Belgium at the IFAM/EA Challenger meeting there.

In Lucan on Wednesday night, Ciara Barry ran in the B race of the 400m where she placed 3rd in 60.46, whilst her sister Katie Rose ran 63.50 in the C grade, also placing 3rd in her race. Sean Owens took 4th place in the men’s 400m A race, finishing in 53.90. Then over the weekend he placed 4th in the junior men’s race in Leinster with a time of 54.05. Henry Griffin took on the 800m in the C grade and in heat 1 he placed 3rd in 2:06.15, whilst Enda Clarke ran in heat 2 of the same grade where he placed 2nd in 2:07.91. We then had a runner in each of the two heats of the men’s 800m grade D event: Paul E. Kelly placed 12th in 3:18.07, whilst Brendan Glynn placed 9th in his heat in 2:49.89.

Down in Carlow, Donal Swift won silver in the M70 category of the 400m in 1:33.52, whilst also placing 5th in the 200m in 39.50. Finally, Liam Lyster won the M65 shot put with a throw of 9.57m.

Onto the roads and, midweek, Toby Benham took part in a Cork BHAA 5k road race, the John Buckley, with an astonishing number of 897 finishers for such an event. Toby placed 37th in a PB time of 16.27 on the fast course. Also on Wednesday evening, further afield, one of our London-based exiles, Kate O'Malley won the  women's race in the Run Through Hyde Park 10k in a PB time of 37:28.

We also had a few runners take part in the Staff Relays in the Phoenix Park on Thursday evening. The race involves each runner in a team of 5 completing a 5k leg on a mix of the Acres on grass and along the Military Road (the Snake) and the Khyber Pass. Olwyn and Joe Dunne, Rebecca Fleming, Joe McDermott, Gary Park, Brendan Glynn and Chris Russell were just some of the Crusaders who likely took part in the corporate event on a warm evening.

On Saturday morning, racing returned to the Phoenix Park for the annual Calcutta Run for the legal community conducted there around the zoo and starting and finishing in Blackhall Place. The Run is actually two races, a 5k and a 10k, the latter measuring slightly longer than its name implies. We had 6 runners in the shorter event. Emily Sheils and Maeve Lochrie possibly achieved PBs with their 1st and 2nd placings in the women’s race. Emily ran 17:54 for 4th overall in a field of 579, whilst Maeve placed 6th overall in 18:30. Ahead of them came Patrick Conlon in 2nd place overall in a time of 16:55. Also in the race were Brendan Glynn (34th in 22:00) and Caroline Crowley and Eoghan Corrigan with their son Oisin in a buggy. Caroline placed 72nd and possibly 13th female finisher in a chiptime of 21:45, with Eoghan in 73rd in 21:44.

We also had great results in the 10k. In a field of 323, Stephen Hurley placed 4th in 36:41 with Ross Neill on his shoulder in the same time for 5th place. Paul McNamara was not too far back in 11th place in a time of 40:12.

12 Crusaders travelled to Scotland’s capital city for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival races on Sunday morning. They were joined by some guest runners from Galway City Harriers and Celbridge along with a couple of Crusader exiles who currently live there. It was a super weekend away and a thoroughly enjoyable experience, particularly as the weather, as in Dublin, was sunny and warm.

The half marathon was the first race of the day on Sunday, starting at 8 am in the sun but with a cool temperature from close to the city centre and weaving its way north and eastwards to the coast with lots of twists and turns early on and downhill for the most part (playing havoc with the quads!) but with a few uphill climbs too on what is essentially a net downhill course. There was a short out and back in Holyrood Park, under the shadow of Arthur’s Seat, the site of much international cross-country competition in January of years gone by, and it was fun to see clubmates ahead and behind about 3k into the race. There was another out and back towards the end of the race as, at about 15k as we passed through Musselburgh with its finish on the race course and so we had a good chance to see our positioning as well as those of our friends in the last 6k of the race.

Our first runner home was Chris Russell with a super PB time of 74:04 for 43rd place overall in a field measuring well over 10,500. Not too far behind Chris came Thomas Vogée, another runner to record a PB, with a time of 77:48 for 93rd place and behind Thomas came yet another PB-recording runner, Kevin Kavanagh. Kevin placed 127th in 80:13, knocking off a few seconds from his recent successful half marathon run in Riga. Members may be interested to hear that guest runner, ex-Crusader, now with GCH, Catherine Thornton was next in 157th place overall, 9th female finisher and 3rd in her age category in a well-grounded time of 81:02 and Catherine was followed by Kieran Martin who also had a solid performance (despite his thoughts to the contrary!) in running 82:17 for 182nd place.

Further back came Kevin Lambe (426th in 87:59) fresh from a long sojourn on the French island of Réunion and a parkrun in Ringsend the day before and delighted with his run. Kevin was followed by yet another excellent run from Aoife Quigley (485th overall, 63rd female finisher in 88:47) who considered the race to be a game of two halves, likely recording negative splits. Not too far behind Aoife came another of our guest runners, Celbridge’s James Hanway (517th in 1:29:27) who had Brian McGuckin hard on his tail at the finish (525th in 89:29). Both Brian and James had overtaken James Cottle who was going through a slightly tough patch at around the 8k and 10k marks respectively (after James C had originally passed James H around 3.5k) but James C managed to keep James H in sight for a lot of the second half of the race as he recovered his form, also gradually reeling in Brian. However, on the out and back element at the end, with only about 30m between them Brian overheard James shouting encouragement to Chris as the lead runners approached on the other side of the road and as we turned to come back to the finish he took off with a bang, nearly catching James H and leaving James C in his wake. After that James was able to push a bit but still ended the race 45s back in 573rd place and a time of 90:14. It was a fun battle and at least he had the consolation of beating the other 61 competitors in his M65 age category.

Just behind James came Gillian Earley, another runner with a PB, despite one of her shoes falling apart during the later stages of the race. Gillian ran 91:10 for 621st and 93rd places. One of our Edinburgh exiles, Niall McGeorge, was next, placing 1058th in 96:58, having run much of the race with Rebecca Fleming (1101st and 184th in 97:23). Behind them came Miriam Logan who ran 101:23 for 1555th and 292nd places. Our other GCH guest runners also ran well: Eimear O’Leary placed 547th and 75th in 1:29:48; Sinead Foran placed 952nd and 150th in 1:35:54; and Niamh Hennelly placed 772nd and 120th in her first half marathon with a time of 1:33:28.

The marathon took place 2 hours after the start of the half and so the runners had increasingly warm temperatures to negotiate. The course followed the route of the half but runners kept going along the coast before making the turn at about 27k. In a field of more than 7000 finishers, Charles-Edouard Cattier, who flew into Edinburgh just for the day, recorded another PB, after his recent exploit in Madrid. Charles-Edouard ran 3:08:41 for 380th place, whilst another of our exiles, New Zealand native Andrej Kujikis, ran 3:37:41 for 1339th place.

There were two events in the mountains last week. On Wednesday, in the Leinster League there was the Sugar Bowl 7.5k. The race involved a circuit and climb (of 450m) of Sugarloaf in Co. Wicklow and was considered difficult but on a marked route. Jason Kehoe placed 3rd in 39:02 in a field of 170 and he was followed by Raghnall O'Donoghue (36th in 47:01), Karl Walsh (50th in 49:15) and Gavan Doherty (96th in 55:03).

Then, on Sunday, Becky Quinn took the women's title in the Leinster Championships held in Drumgoff. In a field of 48 Becky placed 13th overall in a time of 1:32:28 on the 14.5k course with it 650m climb in Co. Wicklow.

Enjoying the great weather, there was as usual another great turnout for Saturday’s parkruns. Sarah Lyons was a first finisher in Tolka valley where she placed 5th overall in a time of 20:55. In a field of 38, Phelim Murray also ran, placing 4th in 20:46. Máirín Shine also finished ahead of the women’s field in Erris in Co. Mayo, where with a time of 27:55, she also placed 13th overall, just ahead of daughter Lisa who placed 14th and 2nd in 27:56. John Lohan and Tara Murphy ran in Oranmore. In a field of 69, John placed 6th in 21:52, followed by Tara (22nd and 2nd) in 25:48. Toby Benham also took 2nd spot in Tramore Valley, Cork where, alongside 149 other runners, he ran 18:56.  

As usual, we had a large turnout in Poolbeg. Michael Wycherley placed 3rd in a field of 140 in a time of 18:23 and he was followed by Josie Ward (23rd and 4th in 22:13), Sharon Woods (30th and 5th in 23:05), Russell Murphy (46th in 24:36), Kevin Lambe (53rd in 25:24), Stephen Mulligan (54th in 25:28), Cliodhna O’Reilly (58th and 14th in 25:38), Gillian Curran (104th and 40th in 30:10) and Maureen McGinley (105th and 41st in 30:11).

Áine Crotty took 31st and 5th places in a field of 250 in Ballincollig in Cork and in a time of 23:17, whilst fiancé Cian Coughlan found a parkrun on a trip to Finland. He joined 50 other runners in Tokoinranta, finishing in 18th place in a time of 22:57. Kate Murray and Mairead Cashman decided not to run in the Calcutta Run this year, opting instead for the Bushy Park run. Kate placed 20th and 4th in 23:35, whilst Mairead took 88th and 29th spots in 29:15. There were 169 runners in the event. Andy Deuser ran in Fairview, where he placed 11th in a field of 215 and in a time of 21:25, whilst Paul F. Kelly and Diarmuid Byrne joined 180 other runners in Poppintree. Paul placed 8th in 19:43, whilst Diarmuid crossed the line in 69th spot in a time of 26:53.

Dee Lawlor ran with his daughter again in Cabinteely where he placed 15th in a field of 159 and in a time of 23:00, whilst Kevin Flynn ran once again in Porterstown. In a field of 78, Kevin placed 69th in 38:31. Aidan Hudner ran once again in Pollok in Glasgow, where, in a field of 254, he placed 54th in 24:18, whilst Orlaith de Burca and Niamh Quinn ran once again in Shanganagh. Orlaith placed 132nd and 47th in 30:09, whilst Niamh placed 157th and 64th in 31:41. The field measured 203. Finally, Emer Kenny and Tanja Narancic took on Marlay Park. In a field of 517, Emer placed 219th and 50th in 28:29, with Tanja right behind in 220th and 51st in 28:31.

Cork BHAA John Buckley 5k road race (897)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Doyle 1 00:14:55
47 Lizzie Lee 1 00:16:41
Crusaders AC runner
37 Toby Benham 00:16:27 (PB)
Full results here: https://www.corkbhaa.com/race-results/
Calcutta Run 10k (323)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Conor Deane 1 00:33:35
14 Jennifer O’Sullivan 1 00:41:03
Crusaders AC runners
4 Stephen Hurley 00:36:41
5 Ross Neill 00:36:41
11 Paul McNamara 00:40:12
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/the-calcutta-run-2023/
Calcutta Run 5k (579)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin Molloy 1 00:15:19
4 Emily Sheils 1 00:17:54
Crusaders AC runners
2 Patrick Conlon 00:16:55
4 Emily Sheils 00:17:54 (1)
6 Maeve Lochrie 00:18:30 (2)
34 Brendan Glynn 00:22:00
72 Caroline Crowley 00:21:45 (13)
73 Eoghan Corrigan 00:21:44
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/the-calcutta-run-2023/
Edinburgh Half Marathon (10659)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Kieran Walker 1 01:05:24
52 Emma Houchell 1 01:14:48
Crusaders AC runners
43 Chris Russell 01:14:04
93 Thomas Vogée 01:17:48 (PB)
137 Kevin Kavanagh 01:20:13 (PB)
182 Kieran Martin 01:22:17
426 Kevin Lambe 01:27:59
485 Aoife Quigley 01:28:47 (63)
525 Brian McGuckin 01:29:29
573 James Cottle 01:30:14
621 Gillian Earley 01:31:10 (PB) (93)
1058 Niall McGeorge 01:36:58
1101 Rebecca Fleming 01:37:23 (184)
1555 Miriam Logan 01:41:23 (292)
Full results here: https://www.edinburghmarathon.com/results?name=&running_number=&event=930&gender=M&age_category=
Edinburgh Marathon (7057)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Alex Gladley 1 02:21:34
22 Jemima Farley 1 02:39:38
Crusaders AC runners
380 Charles-Edouard Cattier 03:08:41 (PB)
1339 Andrej Kujikis 03:37:41
Full results here: https://www.edinburghmarathon.com/results?name=&running_number=&event=930&gender=M&age_category=
IMRA Drumgoff 14.5k (48)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Edward O’Connor 1 01:15:30
13 Becky Quinn 1 01:32:28
Crusaders AC runner
13 Becky Quinn 01:32:28 (1)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2317/
IMRA Sugar Bowl 7.5k (170)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter Roche 1 00:36:37
25 Sarah Brady 1 00:45:46
Crusaders AC runners
3 Jason Kehoe 00:39:02
36 Raghnall O'Donoghue 00:47:01
50 Karl Walsh 00:49:15
96 Gavan Doherty 00:55:03
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2308/
OranmoreParkrun (69)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fergus Kelly 1 00:18:05
19 Ashling Downes 1 00:24:25
Crusaders AC runners
6 John Lohan 00:21:52
22 Tara Murphy 00:25:48 (2)
Marlay Parkrun (517)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ruben Bartelink 1 00:16:44
6 Lynn Hennessy 1 00:19:08
Crusaders AC runners
219 Emer Kenny 00:28:29 (50)
220 Tanja Narancic 00:28:31 (51)
Erris Parkrun (30)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Damien Padden 1 00:18:33
13 Máirín Shine 1 00:27:55
Crusaders AC runners
13 Máirín Shine 00:27:55 (1)
14 Lisa Shine 00:27:56 (2)
Shanganagh Parkrun (203)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen McGuinn 1 00:17:31
18 Sheelagh Jones 1 00:21:33
Crusaders AC runners
132 Orlaith de Burca 00:30:09 (47)
157 Niamh Quinn 00:31:41 (64)
Fairview Parkrun (215)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Lahcen Aouissar 1 00:18:23
30 Aoife O’Sullivan 1 00:23:05
Crusaders AC runner
11 Andy Deuser 00:21:25
Ballincollig Parkrun (250)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Twohig 1 00:18:18
6 Nollaigh O’Neill 1 00:19:33
Crusaders AC runner
31 Áine Crotty 00:23:17 (5)
Poppintree Parkrun (182)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Rawling 1 00:18:33
24 Elizabeth Daly 1 00:22:17
Crusaders AC runners
8 Paul F. Kelly 00:19:43
69 Diarmuid Byrne 00:26:53
Poolbeg Parkrun (140)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Hare 1 00:17:48
8 Miranda Spencer 1 00:20:18
Crusaders AC runners
3 Michael Wycherley 00:18:23
23 Josie Ward 00:22:13 (4)
30 Sharon Woods 00:23:05 (5)
46 Russell Murphy 00:24:36
53 Kevin Lambe 00:25:24
54 Stephen Mulligan 00:25:28
58 Cliodhna O’Reilly 00:25:38 (14)
104 Gillian Curran 00:30:10 (40)
105 Maureen McGinley 00:30:11 (41)
Tramore Valley Parkrun (150)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conrad Watt 1 00:17:14
11 Fiona Riordan 1 00:20:32
Crusaders AC runner
2 Toby Benham 00:18:56
Cabinteely Parkrun (159)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ted Burke 1 00:19:15
3 Cristin Scollard 1 00:19:48
Crusaders AC runner
15 Derek Lawlor 00:23:00
Tolka Valley Parkrun (38)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cian Ó Raghaillaigh 1 00:19:37
5 Sarah Lyons 1 00:20:55
Crusaders AC runners
4 Phelim Murray 00:20:46
5 Sarah Lyons 00:20:55 (1)
Bushy Parkrun (169)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Corcoran 1 00:19:14
5 Hannah Pollak 1 00:20:11
Crusaders AC runners
20 Kate Murray 00:23:35 (4)
88 Mairead Cashman 00:29:15 (29)
Porterstown Parkrun (78)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kevin Kelly 1 00:18:54
12 Cate McMahon 1 00:24:32
Crusaders AC runner
69 Kevin Flynn 00:38:31

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​The running was fast and furious this week with at least 3 top-class 5k road races on offer, including the national 5k road race championships held early on Saturday morning in the Phoenix Park.

On a mild and windless day in Dublin, nearly 1,200 runners took part in the Irish Runner 5k that incorporated the national championships. The race was organised on what is becoming a reasonably familiar loop nowadays in the northwest corner of the park on Chesterfield, Ordnance Survey and Furze Roads, but also including the challenging diversion via the Furry Glen and up the steep hill on the switchback towards the top of the Upper Glen Road. There is also the deceptively long finish straight along the Furze Road. One might not automatically think of it as being a PB course. However, at least three of the 13 Crusaders who took part ran their fastest times so far for the distance. Ger Forde was one of them. In Addition to leading our contingent home in 36th place, he also recorded a PB time of 16:22. He may have been helped by the presence of Ciaran Diviney who finished just behind him in 38th place in a time of 16:28, Ciaran having overtaken Ger early in the race. Ger placed 4th M40, whilst Ciaran was the first M50 to cross the line. They were followed by Alex Ainsworth, another runner recording a PB, placing 53rd in 16:56, and he had Paul Cowhie not so far behind (63rd and 2nd M55 in 17:03). Cathal O’Hara was next (136th in 18:43), followed by Eoghan Kerins (180th in 19:06) and Cormac Fenton (193rd in 19:17, a possible PB). Neil Brown has been knocking on the door of a sub-20 minutes finish recently and he finally achieved it on Saturday morning, and in style, with a 19:39 PB time, coming home in 213th place. Behind Neil came Alan Kavanagh (346th in 21:42), Will Holton (352nd in 21:43), Michael Judge (444th in 21:58), Elad Solomon (447th in 23:25) and Paul E. Kelly (740th in 29:15).

At time of writing, we are waiting to see if Ciaran Diviney will be successful in being included in the national championship results having signed up late. If he is included, then the team of Ger, Ciaran and Paul will have won the O/35 team silver and Ciaran will have won individual M50 gold. In any event, Paul has won the silver medal in the M55 age category. Fingers crossed!  

Earlier in the week we were treated to an amazing 5k race in Co. Kildare, part of the Peugeot Series. On a fast course which was generally flat, but with a slight climb early on and a slight downhill finish, in the field of 744, there were nearly 50 runners who broke 16 minutes and nearly 400 who broke 20 minutes, including 50 women. It was a really strong field and graced by the presence of 7 Crusaders, all of whom broke 20 minutes. The group was led across the line by a highly satisfied Brian O’Kelly in 6th place, finishing for the first time since early 2020 in under 15 minutes (14:56). Brian was followed by new member Saoirse McGrath with a super time of 18:34 for 260th overall (40th female finisher) closely followed by Danielle Hopkins also running strongly (264th and 42nd in 18:40). Kathryn Sweeney and Kathryn Gibbons were not too far behind (in 298th and 49th and 309th and 52nd, respectively) in respective times of 19:05 and 19:06, with Phelim Murray, in his second race in as many days, in 323rd in 19:18. To cap off a great performance by the runners, Sarah Lyons placed 340th and 60th in a PB time of 19:28.  In the team competition, the team of Saoirse, Danielle and Kathryn Sweeney placed 9th out of 50 in the competition.

On Friday evening there was yet another quality 5k, this time in Leixlip. The anti-clockwise looped course had its fair share of hills, finishing on the Le Cheile track, with which many of our members will be familiar. There were 206 runners in the race, including 4 Crusaders. Kevin Fitzgibbon recorded a PB time of 16:13 for his 4th place and he was followed by Karl Fitzmaurice (14th in 17:33). Charles-Edouard Cattier, preparing for the Edinburgh marathon next weekend, was next, in 26th place and a great time of 18:24 and he was followed by Irene Gorman whose 29th place overall in a super time of 18:36, was good enough to put her into second place behind Sportsworld’s Aoife O’Leary. Members may be interested to hear that Sean Murphy, who trains with us from time to time, ran 19:04 for 41st place.

There were other road races over the weekend in which Crusaders appeared, notably including the 10k and half marathon in the Fastlane Series. These races took place as usual on the Grand Canal towpath with a relatively flat loop around the Grangecastle business park, the half marathon including two of these loops. We had one runner in the 10k. In a field of 440, Tanja Narancic placed 141st and 22nd (7th F40) in a time of 52:50, whilst we had 8 Crusaders in the half marathon. In a field of 728 finishers, Jim Stagg, making a welcome return to racing, placed 8th in 80:27. Jim was followed by Donatas Jocius, in training for the world mountain championships in a few weeks (15th in 82:53) and by James Donlon, back from Australia (32nd in 88:11). Triona Quill was next (162nd, 22nd and 5th F50 in 1:42:03) and Triona was followed by Anna Hoesl (205th and 33rd in 1:44:37), Joe Green (207th in 1:44:40), Liam O’Brien (259th in 1:48:26) and Phil Sykes (376th in 1:53:40).

Finally, in Ireland, we had one runner in the LSA 4-mile race that took part on the tarmac paths around Balcarrick and Donabate Golf Clubs. On a fairly flat course with a slight incline to the finish, Aitor Arribas Velasco joined 300 other runners, placing 91st in 30:29.
Further afield, Lukasz Batruch ran in the 3-Country Half marathon conducted near to Basle in Switzerland, including also Luxembourg and Germany. Lukasz ran 1:42:40. Kevin Lambe took advantage of a holiday on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean to run in La Ronde des Goyaviers, a 24k trail race with a climb of 753m, which Kevin completed in 2:52. Our exiles in Australia, Eoghan Walsh and Deirdre Kennedy raced this weekend. Eoghan took part in the Sydney half marathon where he finished in 1:26:23, whilst Deirdre ran in the Sydney 10k, finishing in a time of 55:45. Esther Requena Ferri won another race in her native Spain. This was a 4k race (the Carrera urbana El Torcal de Antequera) which she completed in 15:20. Meanwhile, closer to home, Margaret Foley and Kate O’Malley took part in the Hackney Half marathon in northeast London. Kate ran 1:26:59, whilst Margaret ran 1:41:05. 

There was, as usual, a midweek race in the Leinster League organised by IMRA in Co. Wicklow. This one involved a distance of 8.5k and a climb of 410m to the summit of Scarr.  The course was described as difficult, but fully marked on this occasion. Becky Quinn won the women’s race in 48:25, placing 15th overall in a field of 169, whilst ahead of her came Jason Kehoe (6th in 46:51) and Warren Swords (10th in 47:36). Later, Ian Clifford followed in 84th place in a time of 63:23 and had Gavan Doherty behind him (109th in 68:29).

We had quite a lot of activity in the parkruns this weekend, both far and near and, as usual, we had some podium finishes.  

17 Crusaders joined the field of 176 in Poolbeg, with first finish places going to Both Ross Neill (1st in 17:36) and Carmel Cooney (9th overall in 20:36). They were accompanied by Michael Wycherley (3rd in 18:31), Michael Fitzsimons (5th in 19:09), Sharon Woods (31st and 4th in 23:14), Áine Kenny (33rd and 5th in 23:20), Russell Murphy (34th in 23:24), Fiona Bane (41st and 7th in 23:55), Julian Callan (53rd in 24:35), James Bradshaw (57th in 24:41), Gillian Curran (82nd and 20th in 25:33), Josie Ward (96th and 24th in 26:28), Maureen McGinley (114th and 32nd in 27:40), Máirín Shine (120th and 41st in 28:45), Lisa Shine (130th and 42nd in 28:49), Anna Shine (133rd and 44th in 28:53) and Djinn von Noorden, tailwalking.
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Brian McGuckin placed 3rd in Brickfields in a field of 66. Brian’s time was 20:45, whilst, in River Valley, Darina Scully joined87 other runners, placing 15th and 3rd in a time of 24:48. Dee Lawlor ran in Avondale with 72 other runers, placing 4th in a time 21:17, whilst Eoghan Corrigan ran in Kilcock, in the Royal Canal parkrun, placing 15th in a field of 155 and in a time of 21:33. Toby Benham also placed 15th in Tramore Valley, where, alongside 135 other participants, he ran 21:25.  Meanwhile, John Lohan ran 21:42 for 9th place in a field of 86 in Oldbridge and he was followed by Tara Murphy who ran 26:34 for 33rd and 8th places. John Rooney was our lone runner once again in Sligo where, in a field of 80, he placed 19th in 24:15, whilst Mairead Cashman ran in Glen River. In a field of 66, Mairead placed 41st and 16th in 31:05. Dale Whelehan took 17th spot in 22:15 in Bushy Park with its field of 180 participants, whilst Andy Deuser crossed the line in 36th place in 24:14 in Fairview where he ran with 176 other runners. Kevin Flynn joined 100 other participants in Porterstown once again where he ran 37:56 for 84th place, whilst we had 4 runners in Shanganagh. In a field of 182, Olwyn Dunne placed 62nd and 14th in 25:08, followed by Tanja Narancic (65th and 16th in 25:11), Niamh Quinn (138th and 54th in 30:58) and Carina Davidson (146th and 59th in 31:49). We also had 4 runners in St. Anne’s Raheny. Kieran Martin led the contingent home in 9th spot in a time of 18:50 and he was followed by Áine Crotty (92nd and 9th in 23:41) just ahead of Cian Coughlan (93rd in 23:42) with Paul F. Kelly pacing 25-miunte runners, finishing in 131st in 24:48.  Outside of ireland, John McDowell ran in Berlin where, in a field of 107, he placed 13th in 20:11. Karl Walsh ran in the Hanley Parkrun where, in a field of 290, he placed 5th in 20:01; Mari Hansen joined 248 other participants in Harlow where she placed 205th and 66th in 38:16; and, finally, Hannah Jones ran on Clapham Common where, in a field of 923 participants, she placed 716th and 277th in 31:42.

Bob Heffernan and Mary Hanley 5k road race (744)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin Everard 1 00:14:33
33 Ide Nic Dhomhnaill 1 00:15:36 (CR)
Crusaders AC runners
6 Brian O’Kelly 00:14;56
260 Saoirse McGrath 00:18:34 (40)
264 Danielle Hopkins 00:18:40 (42)
298 Kathryn Sweeney 00:19:05 (49)
309 Kathryn Gibbons 00:19:06 (52)
323 Phelim Murray 00:19:18
340 Sarah Lyons 00:19:28 (PB) (60)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/bob-heffernan-mary-hanley-5k-road-race-2023/
BHAA ESB Beach Race 5k (74)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Rory O’Connor 1 00:15:21
16 Aoife O’Leary 1 00:17:37
Crusaders AC runners
4 Kevin Fitzgibbon 00:16:13 (PB)
14 Karl Fitzmaurice 00:17:33
26 Charles-Edouard Cattier 00:18:24
29 Irene Gorman 00:18:36 (2)
Full results here



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Leixlip 5k (206)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Rory O’Connor 1 00:15:21
16 Aoife O’Leary 1 00:17:37
Crusaders AC runners
4 Kevin Fitzgibbon 00:16:13 (PB)
14 Karl Fitzmaurice 00:17:33
26 Charles-Edouard Cattier 00:18:24
29 Irene Gorman 00:18:36 (2)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/leixlip-5k-2023/#1_7336A4
Irish Runner 5k (National 5k Championships) (1174)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Pierre Murchan 1 00:14:26
47 Lizzie Lee 1 00:16:46
Crusaders AC runners
36 Ger Forde 00:16:22 (PB)
38 Ciaran Diviney 00:16:28
53 Alex Ainsworth 00:16:56 (PB)
63 Paul Cowhie 00:17:03
136 Cathal O’Hara 00:18:43
180 Eoghan Kerins 00:19:06
193 Cormac Fenton 00:19:17
213 Neil Brown 00:19:39 (PB)
346 Alan Kavanagh 00:21:42
352 Will Holton 00:21:43
444 Michael Judge 00:21:58
447 Elad Solomon 00:23:25
740 Paul E. Kelly 00:29:15
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/irish_runner_series_5k__2023/4800/results
LSA Peninsula 4-mile race (301)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 David Rooney 1 00:20:52
10 Aoife O’Leary 1 00:23:34
Crusaders AC runner
91 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:30:29
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/lsa_peninsula_4_mile_road_race/4781/results
Fastlane 10k (440)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jake Russell-Carroll 1 00:32:10
12 Alicja Kowalczyk 1 00:38:02
Crusaders AC runner
141 Tanja Narancic 00:52:50 (22)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/fastlane_half_marathon__10km/4665/results
Fastlane Half marathon (728)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Matthew Collins 1 01:12:38
26 Shibeal McCann 1 01:27:05
Crusaders AC runners
8 Jim Stagg 01:20:27
15 Donatas Jocius 01:22:53
32 James Donlon 01:28:11 (PB)
162 Triona Quill 01:42:03 (22)
205 Anna Hoesl 01:44:37 (33)
207 Joseph Green 01:44:40
259 Liam O’Brien 01:48:26
376 Phil Sykes 01:53:40
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/fastlane_half_marathon__10km/4665/results
IMRA Scarr 8.5k (169)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eoin Flynn 1 00:42:57
15 Becky Quinn 1 00:48:25
Crusaders AC runners
5 Jason Kehoe 00:46:51
10 Warren Swords 00:47:36
15 Becky Quinn 00:48:25 (1)
54 Ian Clifford 01:03:23
109 Gavan Doherty 01:08:29
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2307/
Oldbridge Parkrun (86)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark Leacy 1 00:19:20
7 Karen Wilton 1 00:21:20
Crusaders AC runners
9 John Lohan 00:21:42
33 Tara Murphy 00:26:34 (8)
Sligo Parkrun (80)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Declan Munnelly 1 00:19:36
4 Trish Lee 1 00:20:20
Crusaders AC runner
19 John Rooney 00:24:15
Brickfields Parkrun (66)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Kiernan 1 00:20:13
17 Suzanne Ryan 1 00:23:54
Crusaders AC runner
3 Brian McGuckin 00:20:45
Shanganagh Parkrun (182)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robin Mooney 1 00:16:31
11 Aoibhe McCarthy 1 00:19:56
Crusaders AC runners
62 Olwyn Dunne 00:25:08 (14)
65 Tanja Narancic 00:25:11 (16)
138 Niamh Quinn 00:30:58 (54)
146 Carina Davidson 00:31:49 (59)
Fairview Parkrun (177)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tim McBride 1 00:19:01
23 Aisling Kirby 1 00:23:28
Crusaders AC runner
36 Andy Deuser 00:24:14
River Valley Parkrun (88)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian O’Reilly 1 00:19:54
8 Cecile Ollagnier 00:21:37
Crusaders AC runner
15 Darina Scully 00:24:48 (3)
Avondale Parkrun (73)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Toby Gerard 1 00:18:40
6 Juno Fallon 1 00:22:07
Crusaders AC runner
4 Derek Lawlor 00:21:17
Poolbeg Parkrun (176)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ross Neill 1 00:17:36
9 Carmel Cooney 1 00:20:36
Crusaders AC runners
1 Ross Neill 00:17:36
3 Michael Wycherley 00:18:31
5 Michael Fitzsimons 00:19:09
9 Carmel Cooney 00:20:36 (1)
31 Sharon Woods 00:23:14 (4)
33 Áine Kenny 00:23:20 (5)
34 Russell Murphy 00:23:24
41 Fiona Bane 00:23:55 (7)
53 Julian Callan 00:24:35
57 James Bradshaw 00:24:41
82 Gillian Curran 00:25:33 (20)
96 Josie Ward 00:26:28 (24)
114 Maureen McGinley 00:27:40 (32)
120 Máirín Shine 00:28:45 (41)
130 Lisa Shine 00:28:49 (42)
133 Anna Shine 00:28:53 (44)
176 Djinn von Noorden 00:49:32
Tramore Valley Parkrun (136)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Murphy 1 00:18:09
20 Carmel Parnell 1 00:22:32
Crusaders AC runner
15 Toby Benham 00:21:25
St. Anne’s Parkrun (450)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aidan Jones 1 00:16:54
28 Jane Gormley 1 00:20:11
Crusaders AC runners
9 Kieran Martin 00:18:50
92 Áine Crotty 00:23:41 (9)
93 Cian Coughlan 00:23:42
131 Paul F. Kelly 00:24:48
Glen River Parkrun (66)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian Linehan 1 00:20:48
8 Niamh Sheehan 1 00:23:27
Crusaders AC runner
41 Mairead Cashman 00:31:05 (16)
Bushy Parkrun (180)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Corcoran 1 00:17:15
10 Stephanie Slevin 1 00:21:34
Crusaders AC runner
17 Dale Whelehan 00:22:15
Porterstown Parkrun (101)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kevin Kelly 1 00:18:33
14 Rachel Murray 1 00:23:17
Crusaders AC runner
84 Kevin Flynn 00:37:56
Royal Canal Parkrun (155)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gary Cribbin 1 00:17:39
11 Aoife McNerney 1 00:20:23
Crusaders AC runner
15 Eoghan Corrigan 00:21:33

There’s a lot on which to report this week as we get fully into the swing of the outdoor track season as well as the return of at least one old favourite on the roads.

We start with Wednesday’s graded meet, the second in the Dublin series, this time in Tallaght stadium. Several disciplines were on offer and we had participants in the 200m, 1500m and discus events.

Katie-Rose Barry placed 3rd out of 7 runners in a time of 27.86 in the women’s 200m B race, whilst Charlie Bastow placed 5th in the men’s A race in 23.47. Three of our athletes took part in the men’s C 200m race, all taking podium places.  Cillian Doherty came across the line first in 25.11, followed by Liam Beaumont (2nd in 25.19) and Leo Gormley (3rd in 25.55).

Paul E. Kelly ran in the 1500m grade D (heat 1) event, where he placed 16th in 7:21.85, whilst we had 2 athletes in heat 2 of the same grade: Enda Clarke placing 5th in 4:29.66 and Henry Griffin a little further back in 8th place in a time of 4:34.27.  Finally, in the discus, in a field of 13 throwers, Conor Quinn placed 3rd with a throw of 31.10m, whilst James Quinn threw 31.04 for 4th spot.

The next track meet was the one organised in Belfast on Saturday afternoon by the Belfast Milers Club in tandem with the Irish Milers Club fully involving coaches Mike McGovern and Susan Walsh. It was a truly brilliant event with lots of quality athletes from Ireland and abroad. The races were exceptionally high standard and often so close. Who would have expected a B standard women’s 800m to be won in a close finish in 2:04? The venue is good too, well protected by picturesque parkland and in a bowl, so that wind would unlikely to be much of a factor. The Mondo track was in perfect condition and is well-maintained. Many members will have seen athletes being trained by Mike in lane 8 on Tuesday night in preparation for the outdoor track season, and, for most of them, the Belfast meet was their first experience on the track. Loads of PBs as a consequence and some great confidence-boosting performances so early in the season. We had 11 athletes competing   across 7 races, a mix of 800m and 1500m.

First up in warm and sunny conditions was Patrick Conlon who ran in the men’s 1500m E race, placing 9th in a solid 4:35.11.  Staying with the men’s events, we had 3 runners in the 1500m D grade, with Barry McCarthy placing 3rd in 4:02.20, being chased all the way to the line by a fast-finishing Colm Parnell (4th in 4:04.18) and not too far back, with Chris Russell returning to the track after a break of 8 years and recording a PB of 4:10.90 for 8th place. We also had runners in 3 of the 800m races. Aaron Cashman tackled the E standard, where he finished in 6th place in 2:04.34, whilst Felix Martinez ran in the C standard race, where he also placed 6th in 1:53.89. Finally, Fearghal O’Hare took on the men’s B 800m where he placed 10th in 1:53.31.

Annie Hughes, Maeve Lochrie and Laura Garcia Gonzalez enjoyed a baptism of fire, running in the women’s 800 E event. Annie was able to hold onto 4th place in a fierce battle down the home straight, running 2:28.15, followed by Maeve pacing well in 5th (2:34.09) and Laura just behind (6th in 2:38.51). Charlotte Myers was our lone runner in the 800m C standard race. Her gutsy run produced an excellent 4th place in a time of 2:10.36.

We now come to Sunday on the roads and the blue riband event of the weekend was the Terenure 5 miler hosted by Sportsworld. This was the first running of the race since before the pandemic, last year’s event having had to be cancelled because of traffic management issues. Those issues still exist and it is a tribute to the organisers that the race went off without a hitch. It’s a super event and one hopes that it will be able to continue.

Although the two-lap course does not involve any major climbs, it is still a good test of endurance, with long seemingly inexorable drags in places and some sharp turns. It is a PB course, as evidenced by at least a couple being recorded by our athletes, but it seems to require a lot of effort and the final mile to the finish is uphill on a concrete surface.
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There were 3 major clubs in evidence when it came to team prize distribution in particular. Bros Pearse seemed to clear up a lot, along with ourselves and Raheny. Each of us had good numbers in the race, with Bros. Pearse and ourselves each having more than 40 athletes take part in the field of nearly 1000 finishers. The race also enjoyed the best conditions of the day with little wind or rain, although some were feeling the heat in the later stages.

Our sizeable contingent was led home by Andrea Rondina (7th in 26:34) and he was followed by Ger Forde (14th and 2nd M40 in 27:28). Joe Walsh was next in 22nd place with a time of 28:23 (5th M45) just ahead of Paul Cowhie (24th and 1st M55 in 28:26). Thomas Vogée joined Andrea, Ger and Paul on the rostrum as 2nd placed senior men’s team, by running 28:59 for 31st place.

Next came Karl Fitzmaurice (52nd in 29:47) and Karl was followed by Eddie Nugent (57th in 29:58) and Michael Fitzsimons (75th in 31:03). The three athletes placed 5th O/40 team. Members may be interested to know that Ronan Doolin, who has now moved to Mullingar, finished in between Eddie and Michael in 65th in a time of 30:28.

Completing a top 100 performance came Cian Coughlan in 87th place in a time of 31:35, and Cian was followed by Gareth Phelan with a PB run of 32:14 (110th), pursued hotly by Brian McGuckin (113th and 4th M50 in 32:23) and Phelim Murray who seemed to come from nowhere to place 115th in 32:18. Just behind that trio came James Cottle, who had enjoyed a decent changing of places through the race with Brian McGuckin. Despite suffering from nausea in the final approach (and giving vocal expression to it!) James was able to hang on for 117th place and 1st M65 in a time of 32:29, not knowing that Ciara Regan was hard on his heels for a super 121st and 7th female finisher placing in 32:33. Pat Duffy also enjoyed a decent result, placing 129th and 4th M60 in 32:47, and he was followed across the line by Nina Holmes (154th and 12th in 33:42). Neil Brown also ran a PB on the day, placing 156th and 6th M55 in 33:43, with Joanne Carey coming next (177th overall, 19th female finisher and 4th F40 in 34:33), followed by training companion Sophia Morgan (194th overall, 26th female finisher and 5th F45 in 34:57). The team of Ciara, Nina, Joanne and Sophia took second place in the senior team competition.

Next came Tony Owens (266th in 36:27) and he was followed by Olwyn Dunne (275th overall, 46th female finisher and 5th F55), Emily Glen (277th and 46th in 36:43), Alan Kavanagh (286th in 36:35), Carmel Higgins (292nd and 55th in 37:10), James Bradshaw, in his first race for the club (298th in 37:10) and Kate Murray (335th overall, 67th female finisher and 6th F50 in 37:35). The team of Olwyn, Carmel and Kate placed 3rd in the women’s O/40 competition.

The club contingent was completed by Sarah Lyons (387th and 90th in 39:16), Ian Clifford (390th in 39:15), Kelly Brown (460th and 116th in 40:41) despite suffering a stitch in the middle of the race, Aoife Cowhie (490th and 131st in 41:05), Evelyn Neary (551st and 160th in 43:01), Carina Davidson (618th and 202nd in 43:46), Mairead Cashman (637th and 211th in 44:54), Paul E. Kelly (816th in 48:07) and Lorraine Fitzsimons (957th overall in 58:01). The whole great event was topped off by a line up of goodies, similar to that of the Raheny 5, loads of guilty pleasures!

Also, on the day, we had runners in Killarney in two well-attended races, a 10k and a half marathon. In the former, Colm Foley joined 1120 other runners, placing 91st in a time of 48:00, whilst, in the half, Karl Walsh placed 53rd in a field of 938 and a time of 1:32:09. Over in the UK, Kevin Kenny, ever a glutton for punishment,  ran in the Leeds marathon, completing it in a time of 4:10.

There were two IMRA races in the Irish mountains this week. The first was the weekly event in the Leinster League that took place on Wednesday. This race took place in Co. Wicklow and involved a figure of eight course taking in the summit of Carrick Mountain. The course involved 2 climbs and 2 downhills on moderate and fully marked terrain with an overall climb of 421m and an event covering a distance of 7.5k.

In the field of 167, Warren Swords placed 5th in 42:17 and he was followed by Paul McNamara (61st in 54:40), Ian Clifford (84th in 59:44) and Gavan Doherty (106th in 63:45).
At the weekend, results have yet to be published for the first of the Irish Mountain Championship races that took place on Saturday. It was conducted on difficult terrain over 10k with a climb of 850m on Slieve Donard in Co. Down. We do know, however, that Becky Quinn placed second female finisher in the race. Once the details are published, the report will be updated as usual.

Conor Macguinness took part in the Glencullen Backyard Ultra on Saturday where he covered a distance of 57km in 7:15. Further afield, we had runners take part in the Snowdonia 55k, part of the UTMB series. Daniel Gleeson was running his first ultra and he finished the mountainous journey in 10:17. Richie Phelan finished in 10:20, Daniel O’Mahony, 10:02 and Stephen McBrinn, another runner in his first ultra, covered the 4 serious peaks in 12:51.

Again, as usual, we have an update of the parkrun results for Saturday morning where Crusaders were involved. There was only one first finisher this week, but several podium places. Sarah Lyons was our first finisher in Tolka Valley Park where she placed 4th overall in 21:45 in a field of 41. Just behind her, and still working her way through an injury, came Ilona McElroy (6th and 2nd in 22:14). Elsewhere, John Lohan placed 2nd in 21:26 in a field of 39 in Athlone, whilst Toby Benham placed 3rd in Tramore Valley, Cork in 18:03 in a field of 131. We had 7 runners in Poolbeg, with Ross Neill leading them home in 3rd place in a time of 17:53. Ross was followed by Michael Wycherley (5th in 18:28), Kenan Furlong (22nd in 21:36), Redmond Murphy right behind (23rd in 21:38), Diarmuid Bolger (55th in 24:13), Gillian Curran (82nd and 17th in 27:08) and Mari Hansen (126th and 46th in 33:20). The field measured 143. The reason why there were so few Crusaders in Poolbeg this week was because we had a good turnout in Cabinteely to say goodbye to Olwyn Dunne as race director for the event there. We had 9 members from the club take part in an event involving 196 runners. They were led home by Dave Carter, testing his ankle on the ills for the first time since an injury earlier in the year. Dave placed 4th in 19:48, and he was followed by Miriam Logan (25th and 4th in 23:12), Stephen Mulligan (46th in 24:41), Emer Kenny (62nd and 12th in 25:52), Carina Davidson (91st and 25th in 28:02), Lisa Shine (105th and 34th in 28:59), Kate Murray (125th and 41st in 30:02) alongside Aitor Arribas Velasco (126th in 30:03) and Mairead Cashman just behind them (127th and 42nd in 30:10).

Georgina Hawkins was our singleton runner in Shanganagh. In a field of 183, Georgina placed 72nd and 13th in 24:49, whilst, in River Valley Park, Darina Scully placed 25th and 4th in 24:15 in a field of 107. Luke Haran ran once again down in his native Limerick in Mungret Parkrun where he placed 11th in a field of 73 in a time of 20:51, whilst Paul F. Kelly crossed the line in 53rd place in Fairview, where he ran 26:55, in a field of 158. Kevin Flynn ran with 85 other participants in Porterstown where he placed 76th in 37:47, whilst Franky Keane accompanied his wife around Bushy Park. In a field of 157, Franky placed 139th in 34:37. Phil Sykes ran in Marlay Park alongside 422 other runners, placing 54th in 22:38, whilst Tim Hyland joined 440 other runners in St. Anne’s Raheny where he placed 111th in 24:06. Diarmuid Byrne took 27th spot in Poppintree with its field of 173. Diarmuid’s time was 23:02 and, lastly, Kris Ryan, down in Queensland, Australia, joined 263 runners in Paradise Point once again where she placed 79th and 15th in 25:29.
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Sportsworld Terenure 5-mile road race (994)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Aaron Hanlon 1 00:24:42
18 Ciara Hickey 1 00:27:58
Crusaders AC runners
7 Andrea Rondina 00:26:34
14 Ger Forde 00:27:28
22 Joe Walsh 00:28:23
24 Paul Cowhie 00:28:26
31 Thomas Vogée 00:28:59
52 Karl Fitzmaurice 00:29:47
57 Eddie Nugent 00:29:58
65 Ronan Doolin 00:30:28
75 Michael Fitzsimons 00:31:03
87 Cian Coughlan 00:31:35
110 Gareth Phelan 00:32:14 (PB)
113 Brian McGuckin 00:32:23
115 Phelim Murray 00:32:18
117 James Cottle 00:32:29
121 Ciara Regan 00:32:33 (7)
129 Patrick Duffy 00:32:47
154 Nina Holmes 00:33:42 (12)
156 Neil Brown 00:33:43 (PB)
177 Joanne Carey 00:34:33 (19)
194 Sophia Morgan 00:34:57 (26)
266 Anthony Owens 00:36:27
275 Olwyn Dunne 00:36:35 (46)
277 Emily Glen 00:36:43 (47)
286 Alan Kavanagh 00:36:35
292 Carmel Higgins 00:37:10 (55)
298 James Bradshaw 00:37:10
335 Kate Murray 00:37:35 (67)
387 Sarah Lyons 00:39:16 (90)
390 Ian Clifford 00:39:15
460 Kelly Brown 00:40:41 (116)
490 Aoife Cowhie 00:41:05 (131)
551 Evelyn Neary 00:43:01 (160)
618 Carina Davidson 00:43:46 (202)
637 Mairead Cashman 00:44:54 (211)
816 Paul E. Kelly 00:48:07
957 Lorraine Fitzsimons 00:58:01  
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/sportsworld_terenure_5_mile_2023/4764/results
Run Killarney 10k (1121)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Vinny Connolly 1 00:32:22
9 Siobhan Daly 1 00:39:32
Crusaders AC runner
91 Colm Foley 00:48:00
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/run_killarney_10k__half_marathon/4673/results
Run Killarney Half marathon (938)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Derek Griffin 1 01:12:54
2 Niamh Clifford 1 01:17:41
Crusaders AC runner
53 Karl Walsh 01:32:09
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/bweeng_trail_blazers_5k_2023/4768/results
IMRA Carrick Mountain 7.5k (167)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter Roche 1 00:38:41
26 Jan Corcoran 1 00:47:22
Crusaders AC runners
5 Warren Swords 00:42:17
61 Paul McNamara 00:54:40
84 Ian Clifford 00:59:44
106 Gavan Doherty 01:03:45
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2306/
Athlone Parkrun (39)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Vernon Walsh 1 00:18:31
5 Anna Marie O’Dowd 1 00:22:26
Crusaders AC runner
2 John Lohan 00:21:26
Mungret Parkrun (73)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Whittaker 1 00:18:55
12 Susan Murnane 1 00:20:54
Crusaders AC runner
11 Luke Haran 00:20:51
Marlay Parkrun (423)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Lancelot Jacoud 1 00:17:46
10 Lynne Hennessy 1 00:19:12
Crusaders AC runner
54 Phil Sykes 00:22:38
Shanganagh Parkrun (183)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Darren Spring 1 00:18:23
35 Emily Kane 1 00:22:34
Crusaders AC runner
72 Georgina Hawkins 00:24:49 (13)
Fairview Parkrun (158)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ian Conroy 1 00:17:59
18 Ciara Peelo 1 00:22:29
Crusaders AC runner
53 Paul F. Kelly 00:26:55
River Valley Parkrun (107)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian O’Reilly 1 00:19:37
8 Cecile Ollagnier 00:21:31
Crusaders AC runner
25 Darina Scully 00:24:15 (4)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (41)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Fleming 1 00:17:34
4 Sarah Lyons 1 00:21:45
Crusaders AC runners
4 Sarah Lyons 00:21:45 (1)
6 Ilona McElroy 00:22:14 (2)
Poolbeg Parkrun (143)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:17:24
17 Ava Rose Clarke 1 00:21:21
Crusaders AC runners
3 Ross Neill 00:17:53
5 Michael Wycherley 00:18:28
22 Kenan Furlong 00:21:36
23 Redmond Murphy 00:21:38
55 Diarmuid Bolger 00:24:13
82 Gillian Curran 00:27:08 (17)
126 Mari Hansen 00:33:20 (46)
Tramore Valley Parkrun (131)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Declan Brandley 1 00:17:04
13 Sorcha Kearney 1 00:21:18
Crusaders AC runner
3 Toby Benham 00:18:03
St. Anne’s Parkrun (441)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Colm Cassidy 1 00:17:29
27 Vivien Nesbitt 1 00:20:23
Crusaders AC runner
111 Tim Hyland 00:24:06
Cabinteely Parkrun (196)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Maher 1 00:19:07
8 Derval Devaney 1 00:21:14
Crusaders AC runners
4 David Carter 00:19:48
25 Miriam Logan 00:23:12 (4)
46 Stephen Mulligan 00:24:41
62 Emer Kenny 00:25:52 (12)
91 Carina Davidson 00:28:02 (25)
105 Lisa Shine 00:28:59 (34)
125 Kate Murray 00:30:02 (41)
126 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:30:03
127 Mairead Cashman 00:30:10 (42)
Bushy Parkrun (157)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:18:56
13 Stephanie Slevin 1 00:21:59
Crusaders AC runner
139 Franky Keane 00:34:37
Porterstown Parkrun (86)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rafal Wasyl 1 00:20:05
4 Caroline McCarthy 1 00:20:23
Crusaders AC runner
76 Kevin Flynn 00:37:47
Poppintree Parkrun (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Lee Duddy 1 00:17:58
32 Lorna St. Ledger 1 00:23:33
Crusaders AC runner
27 Diarmuid Byrne 00:23:02

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​​It was a relatively quiet week and weekend on the racing front, with no major events, either track or on the roads, taking place in the country.

There were, however, a couple of short distance road races over the weekend on which to report. The first was in Co. Cavan on a north-south oriented loop just north of Cavan town. The event was the Run with Catherina 5k, an annual celebration in favour of Catherina McKiernan, a Cavan native, a race in which she also participates, this year placing 12th overall in a field of 251 and a close 2nd female finisher in a time of 18:55. The female winner, 13-year old Aurelia Crotty, placed 11th overall in 18:47. We had one runner in the race. Ronan Smith, also a man from the lakes, placed 24th in 19:24 in excellent race conditions with a gentle breeze from the south on a clockwise course that had a hilly challenge in the middle with a downhill finish.

On Sunday, Ciaran Diviney ran in his native Cork. This time the event was the Bweeng Trail Blazer 5k south of Mallow. In a field of 292 on a lightly undulating largely out-and-back course that started and finished on a downhill, but which involved runners heading into a strong headwind on the return (25kph from the SW). Ciaran placed 9th overall and 1st in his M50 age category in a super time of 16:24.

Further afield, the enterprising Kevin Kavanagh headed to Latvia for the weekend to take part in the Riga half marathon. Along with several other members of the club, Kevin is currently training for the Edinburgh half at the end of the month and was going to treat this weekend’s race as a training run. However, his competitive juices came into play early on and Kevin surprised himself with a massive PB. Placing 39th in a field of around 3,500, Kevin finished in a super 1:20:33. The city streets race was conducted on relatively flat terrain and had a good few twists and turns, but conditions were otherwise reasonably helpful in a chilly temperature (3 degrees Celsius) and a light breeze.

Elsewhere, Esther Requena Ferri and Cristian Vilchez Ceballos, our Spanish exiles, ran in the Alhaurin de la Torre 10k, in the hinterland just south of Malaga, with Esther winning the women’s race in 41:58 and Cristian completing the course in 37:50. Over in the US, our NY-based exile Damien O’Brien ran in the Newport 5k in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he finished in a time of 18:22.

There was also a race organised by IMRA midweek. It was part of the Leinster Trail league and took place on the Ardgillan Demesne near Balbriggan in north County Dublin on Wednesday evening. There were lots of twists and turns on the rolling hills with a scenic beach section in the middle. Most of the climb of 190m on a race of 9k came from leaving the beach to return home. In a field of 141, Jason Kehoe placed 16th in 39:56 and he was followed by Paul McNamara (25th in 41:29) and Ian Clifford (72nd in 50:45).

Numbers were generally lower than normal in the parkruns around the country on Saturday morning, but we still had a decent participation, with, as usual, some first finishers and podium places.

Ross Neill finished ahead of the field of 383 in Ormeau Park in Belfast in a time of 17:35, whilst Rebecca Fleming was also a first finisher in Castletown. Rebecca placed 9th overall in a field of 183 and in a time of 21:37. Our female runners really shone in Poolbeg. They took all the podium places there. Ciara Regan placed 9th and 1st female across the line in a field of 152 and in a time of 19:44. Ciara was followed by Anna Hoesl (18th and 2nd in 20:44) and Carmel Cooney (19th and 3rd in 20:45) just behind.
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Ahead of them in Poolbeg came Stephen Hurley (3rd in 18:05) and Michael Wycherley (in 4th place once again, in 18:39). Further back came Kieran Finucane (23rd in 21:03), Isabelle Cairns (31st and 5th in 21:39), Sharon Woods (45th and 8th in 23:09), Franky Keane (51st in 23:43), James Bradshaw (58th in 24:12), Paul F. Kelly (81st in 26:38), Maureen McGinley (89th and 24th in 27:45), Djinn von Noorden (94th and 28th in 28:21), Niamh Trihy (129th and 49th in 34:28) and Mari Hansen (131st and 51st in 34:55).

We also had a first finisher in River Valley Park. Darina Scully joined 69 other runners, placing 16th and 1st in 24:06, whilst Kevin Lambe and Kate Murray both found themselves on the rostrum in Mullingar. In a field of 88, Kevin placed 3rd in 20:02, followed by Kate who placed 16th and 2nd in 23:35. Another podium place was recorded by Susanne English in Oldbridge, where, in a field of 70, she placed 29th and 3rd in 26:46, whilst Rob Glascott took 5th spot in Brickfields in a field of 79. Rob’s time was 20:11. Other good results came from Shanganagh, where Dee Lawlor also placed 5th in 19:19. In a field of 196, Dee was followed by Dave Carter hot on his heels (6th in 19:29) and then by Carina Davidson (109th and 35th in 27:56), Orlaith de Burca (139th and 52nd in 29:18) and Niamh Quinn (162nd and 71st in 31:30).

We had 3 runners in Griffeen Park among the participation of 167 runners. John Lohan placed 21st in 21:36 and he was followed by Colm Foley (46th in 23:29) and by Tara Murphy (59th and 7th in 25:01). Andy Deuser ran alongside 167 other runners in Fairview, taking 17th spot in 22:13, whilst Helena O’Keeffe ran once again in Tramore Valley, Cork, placing 57th and 15th in 25:24. We had 8 runners in Cabinteely, some of them celebrating Máirín Shine’s 250th parkrun. The contingent, in a field of 142, were led home by Julian Callan who took 46th place in 25:28. Julian was followed by Stephen Mulligan (86th in 29:40), Tanja Narancic (90th and 26th in 30:24), Mairead Cashman (96th and 29th in 30:56), Máirín (114th and 39th in 34:17) alongside daughter Fiona (115th and 40th in the same time). Anna and Lisa Shine were just a second or two back, with Anna placing 116th and 41st in 34:18 and Lisa (117th and 42nd in 34:19). Finally, Kevin Flynn ran 37:12 in Porterstown where he placed 45th in a field of 63.
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Run with Catherina 5k (251)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Conan McCaughey 1 00:14:59
11 Aurelia Crotty 1 00:18:47
Crusaders AC runner
24 Ronan Smith 00:19:24
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/kingspan_run_with_catherina_5k/4796/results
Bweeng Trail Blazer 5k (292)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eric Curran 1 00:15:34
21 Niamh Moore 1 00:17:15
Crusaders AC runner
9 Ciaran Diviney 00:16:24
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/bweeng_trail_blazers_5k_2023/4768/results
IMRA Ardgillan 9k (141)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark McAdden 1 00:35:39
14 Caoimhe Daniels 1 00:39:14
Crusaders AC runner
16 Jason Kehoe 00:39:56
25 Paul McNamara 00:41:29
​72 Ian Clifford 00:50:45
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2300/
Ormeau Parkrun (383)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ross Neill 1 00:17:35
27 Amy Warke 1 00:20:50
Crusaders AC runner
1 Ross Neill 00:17:35
Griffeen Parkrun (167)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sarah MacMahon 1 00:17:51
2 Noel Conroy 1 00:17:58
Crusaders AC runner
21 John Lohan 00:21:36
46 Colm Foley 00:23:29
59 Tara Murphy 00:25:01 (7)
Oldbridge Parkrun (70)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Micheal Tallon 1 00:18:14
20 Cara Donnelly 1 00:24:29
Crusaders AC runner
29 Susanne English 00:26:46 (3)
Shanganagh Parkrun (196)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Moran 1 00:18:44
3 Sarah Baryga 1 00:18:46
Crusaders AC runners
5 Derek Lawlor 00:19:19
6 David Carter 00:19:29
109 Carina Davidson 00:27:56 (35)
139 Orlaith de Burca 00:29:18 (52)
162 Niamh Quinn 00:31:30 (71)
Fairview Parkrun (168)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Lynch 1 00:17:47
38 Jane Fallon Griffin 1 00:24:24
Crusaders AC runner
17 Andy Deuser 00:22:13
River Valley Parkrun (70)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Moore 1 00:20:11
16 Darina Scully 1 00:24:06
Crusaders AC runner
16 Darina Scully 00:24:06 (1)
Castletown Parkrun (183)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:17:53
9 Rebecca Fleming 1 00:21:37
Crusaders AC runner
9 Rebecca Fleming 00:21:37 (1)
Poolbeg Parkrun (152)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:17:43
9 Ciara Regan 1 00:19:44
Crusaders AC runners
3 Stephen Hurley 00:18:05
4 Michael Wycherley 00:18:39
9 Ciara Regan 00:19:44 (1)
18 Anna Hoesl 00:20:44 (2)
19 Carmel Cooney 00:20:45 (3)
23 Kieran Finucane 00:21:03
31 Isabelle Cairns 00:21:39 (5)
45 Sharon Woods 00:23:09 (8)
51 Franky Keane 00:23:43
58 James Bradshaw 00:24:12
81 Paul F. Kelly 00:26:38
89 Maureen McGinley 00:27:45 (24)
94 Djinn von Noorden 00:28:21 (28)
129 Niamh Trihy 00:34:28 (49)
131 Mari Hansen 00:34:55 (51)
Tramore Valley Parkrun (145)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gabin Bremenson 1 00:17:55
19 Sarah Treacy 1 00:21:48
Crusaders AC runner
57 Helena O’Keeffe 00:25:24 (15)
Brickfields Parkrun (79)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daragh Campbell 1 00:18:24
17 Eva Kennedy 1 00:23:41
Crusaders AC runner
5 Rob Glascott 00:20:11
Cabinteely Parkrun (142)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Terek 1 00:19:55
4 Derval Devaney 1 00:21:06
Crusaders AC runners
46 Julian Callan 00:25:28
86 Stephen Mulligan 00:29:40
90 Tanja Narancic 00:30:24 (26)
96 Mairead Cashman 00:30:56 (29)
114 Máirín Shine 00:34:17 (39)
115 Fiona Shine 00:34:17 (40)
116 Anna Shine 00:34:18 (41)
117 Lisa Shine 00:34:19 (42)
Mullingar Parkrun (88)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Griffin Kearney 1 00:18:31
9 Elaine Plunkett 1 00:21:28
Crusaders AC runners
3 Kevin Lambe 00:20:02
16 Kate Murray 00:23:35 (2)
Porterstown Parkrun (63)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rafal Wasyl 1 00:19:50
2 Caroline McCarthy 1 00:20:25
Crusaders AC runner
45 Kevin Flynn 00:37:12

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​The Dublin Athletics Board took advantage this week of availability of the new UCD track to hold the first graded outdoor meet of the season on Saturday afternoon, the first time such a meet has not taken place on a Wednesday. We had several runners take part in the track events on offer, from 100m, through 800m to 3000m.

We had several of our younger athletes competing in the 100m races. In the A grade of the 100m, heat 2, Valentinos Goularas placed 3rd in 11.34, followed by Luke Timlin in 5th place with a time of 11.49. Charlie Bastow won the B graded event in a time of 11.75, whilst in the grade C race Cillian Doherty placed 4th in 12.53. The D grade competition had 2 heats and Liam Beaumont placed 3rd in the first of them in a time of 12.39.

There was also a good turnout for the longer distance events. The women’s D graded 800m race was won by Sarah Lyons in 2:29.49 and she was followed home by two other Crusaders, Faye Kearney and Carmel Cooney, placing 2nd and 3rd in 2:31.24 and 2:35.54. There were 12 athletes in the race. Fearghal O’Hare ran in the grade A event, placing 4th in heat 1 in 1:54.45, whilst, in the grade C race, Oscar Sherry crossed the line in 3rd place in 2:03.35, followed by men’s captain, Aaron Cashman, in 5th place with a time of 2:05.14. We also had 3 male runners in the D graded heats. In heat 1, Henry Griffin placed 2nd in 2:08.66, whilst in heat 4, Sean Owens finished in 3rd spot in 2:23.64, followed home in 7th place by Paul E. Kelly in 3:16.90.

The last events in which our club-mates featured were heats of the 3000m. In the combined grade A and B race both Colm Parnell and Kevin Fitzgibbon recorded PB results, with Colm placing 8th in 8:57.94 and Kevin, 11th in 9:20.90. Ciaran Diviney ran in the combined grade C and D race, where he placed 4th in 9:51.88. Well done to all who took part on the day.

Road racing this week for the club began on Wednesday evening in the Ballycoolin Business Park in Blanchardstown for the BHAA BMS 5k. On a flat 2-lap course, there were 207 runners in the race. Our small contingent was led home by Karl Walsh who ran an excellent 18:18 for 19th spot and he was followed by a delighted Neil Brown in 42nd place with a PB time of 20:08, knocking on the door of a sub-20 finish. Neil was followed by Robbie Moore (77th in 21:55) just ahead of Tony Hackett who placed 80th in 21:57.
Sunday saw a lot of activity on the roads around the island of Ireland. We had 3 runners in Belfast for the traditional bank holiday weekend marathon. On a humid and warm day, but with little wind, and on a hilly course, Peter O’Toole ran a super PB time of 2:57:06 (a 10-minute improvement) for 89th place overall in a field of 3,321 finishers. Peter was followed by Gerard White who also impressively broke 3 hours for his 136th spot in 2:59:54. Kevin Lambe was our third runner and he found the second half particularly challenging after early fast miles, eventually settling for a 3:54:46 finish in 1,190th place.

Likewise, Limerick also held its marathon on Sunday, along with the half marathon and 6-miles events, all held in increasingly warm conditions. We had two runners at least in the marathon with its field of 877 finishers. Derek Lawlor placed 176th in running 3:28:01, whilst Tara Murphy ran 4:29:25 to place 692nd overall, 132nd female finisher and 6th in her F55 age category.  The half was contested by a large field of nearly 4,300 and involved at least two more Crusaders. Robert Browne ran a splendid 1:18:19 for 15th spot, whilst Paul Reidy came home in 45th place in also an excellent time of 1:22:56. Finally, in the 6 miles (enjoying a field of more than 4,500 competitors), Orla Drumm was running competitively for the first time since 2018 and after becoming a mother of two children. However, Orla’s chip was defective, but she has been told she ran 38:54 for the distance, most likely placing 25th overall and 6th female finisher. Orla was followed home by Luke Haran who placed 84th in 42:54 and by Eugene McDonough who completed the distance in 60:27 for 2,300th place. Eugene was pacing his wife who is new to running and their time was impacted by the many walkers around them with whom they had to contend.

The other road race that took place on Sunday was the Drogheda 10k, a race with a bit of elevation in the early stages but descending in the second half. On a one loop anti-clockwise course that went either side of the river Boyne, Conor Macguinness and Pat Duffy joined a field of 1,260 runners, with Conor taking 80th spot in 41:22, followed by Pat who placed 130th overall and 2nd M60 in 43:07.

 On Sunday too, but this time on the trails of the Kerry Way, Donatas Jocius, in training to represent Lithuania in the world mountain championships in June, won the 25k race, part of the Waterville Trail Festival series of races used by runners to help qualify for UTMB. The race, known as the WTF 25km, started and finished in Waterville, following challenging tracks, trails, beaches and roads with a loop touching Caherdaniel at its furthest point. There were two ascents of 236m on the course.

There were several IMRA races on over the weekend and we had one runner in the latest leg of the Irish Ultra Championships set on Ballyhoura in Limerick. In a tough event, involving a climb of 1,850m and a distance of 60k, Becky Quinn won the women’s race by placing 4th overall in a field of 32 in a time of 6:25:35.

Earlier in the week, on Wednesday, IMRA had organised its annual Prince William’s Seat 9.4k race in the Wicklow mountains. It involved two separate loops not far from Powerscourt on a new course of moderate difficulty and a climb of 405m. Four Crusaders took part in the race with a field of finishers 192-strong. Warren Swords was first to finish, in 7th place in a time of 44:22 and he was followed by Jason Kehoe competing in an IMRA race for the 100th time (12th in 45:58), and then by Alex Ainsworth (20th in 49:27). Further back came Gavan Doherty in 117th spot in 63:42.

Given the bank holiday weekend, a lot of people would have been away and this was reflected in generally lower numbers in parkruns, locally at least. Nevertheless, we saw a reasonable level of participation and of course the usual smattering of podium finishes along with one first finisher.

The first finisher was Fiona Shine who this weekend ran in Renton in Washington State in the USA. In a small field of 43, Fiona ran 23:15 for 6th place overall. Hannah Jones headed up to Narin Beach in Donegal where in a modest field of 22 she placed 8th and 2nd female finisher in 26:54, whilst, in Corkagh, the newly-wed Caroline Crowley placed 13th and 2nd in 21:44 in a field of 208. Husband Eoghan Corrigan took 9th spot in 21:22, whilst Mairead Cashman ran 30:04 for 107th and 39th spots. Paul Cowhie took 3rd place in Malahide with its field of 216, in a time of 17:13, followed by his wife Aoife who ran 24:40 for 71st and 8th, whilst Darina Scully took 18th and 3rd places in Gorey in a time of 23:57. The field there measured 95. Ross Neill placed 3rd in the 100-strong field in Sligo and in a time of 17:23, whilst Kenan Furlong also took 3rd place in Poolbeg in 18:14, ahead of a large contingent of Crusaders in the field of 151. Kenan was followed across the line by Daniel Sheridan (5th in 19:48), Kieran Finucane (20th in 21:42), Dale Whelehan (27th in 22:19), Josie Ward (37th and 4th in 23:11), Kevin Kenny (45th in 24:08), John McDowell (48th in 24:20), Rob Glascott (49th in 24:24), Lisa Shine (57th and 11th in 24:36), James Bradshaw (62nd in 24:52), John Lohan (67th in 25:02), Evelyn Neary (80th and 23rd in 26:05), paced by Michael Fitzsimons (81st in 26:06), Djinn von Noorden (116th and 40th in 28:51) and Mari Hansen (140th and 54th in 36:43).

Paul F. Kelly paced the 25 minutes runners among the 472 athletes in St. Anne’s, finishing in 136th place in a time of 24:54, whilst Helena O’Keeffe ran in Tramore Valley, Cork, where, in a field of 168, she ran 26:37 for 76th and 20th places. Brian Scanlan ran once again in River Valley Park alongside 86 other runners, placing 29th in 27:19, whilst in Cabinteely, Emma O’Mahony took 61st and 13th in 28:41 and Stephen Mulligan placed 64th just behind in 28:45, in a field of 144. We had two runners too in Shanganagh this week. Tanja Narancic placed 62nd and 11th in 25:01, whilst Carina Davidson crossed the line in 125th and 38th spots in 30:43. The field measured 180.

Furthe afield, Héctor Jiménez ran in Tooting Common in London where, in a field of 617, he placed 197th in 25:38. In Swansea Bay parkrun Toby Benham took 8th place in a field of 603 in a time of 17:35, whilst Georgina Hawkins ran in Clevedon Salthouse Fields alongside 305 other participants, where she placed 70th and 15th in 24:05. Finally, Orlaith de Burca joined 59 other runners in Mura di Lucca, where she placed 48th and 12th in 34:22.
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BHAA BMS Ireland 5k (207)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Aaron Farrell 1c00:15:56
53 Orla Gormley 1 00:20:46
Crusaders AC runners
19 Karl Walsh 00:18:18
42 Neil Brown 00:20:08
77 Robbie Moore 00:21:55
80 Anthony Hackett 00:21:57
Full results here: https://irp.cdn-website.com/15e8030f/files/uploaded/BMS%20Ireland%20Site%205k%202023%20Result.pdf
Limerick Marathon (877)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Tudor Mircea 1 02:25:16
43 Yuliya Tarasova 1 02:59:14
Crusaders AC runners
176 Derek Lawlor 03:28:01
692 Tara Murphy 04:29:25 (132)
Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=3918#0_F170C4
Limerick Half marathon (4586)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 William Maunsell 1 01:09:19
25 Sinead Lynch 1 01:20:03
Crusaders AC runners
15 Robert Browne 01:18:18
45 Paul Reidy 01:22:56
Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=3918#0_4446CB
Limerick 6 miles race (4274)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jose Ignacio Giménez Pérez 1 00:29:14
6 Shona Heaslip 1 00:31:43
Crusaders AC runners
25 Orla Drumm 00:38:54 (6)
84 Luke Haran 00:42:54
2300 Eugene McDonough 01:00:27
Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=3918#0_0CFCBE
Drogheda 10k (1260)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Aaron Hanlon 1 00:31:22
8 Michelle Finn 1 00:33:48
Crusaders AC runners
84 Conor Macguinness 00:41:22
130 Patrick Duffy 00:43:07
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/drogheda_10k_2023/4454/results
Belfast Marathon (3321)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Mohammad Oumaarir 1 02:22:54
10 Shewaya Wodemeskel 1 02:37:20
Crusaders AC runners
89 Peter O’Toole 02:57:06
136 Gerard White 02:59:54
1190 Kevin Lambe 03:54:46
Full results here: https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/belfast-city-marathon-2023-live-26780045
IMRA Prince William’s Seat 9.4k (192)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter Roche 1 00:40:43
22 Jan Corcoran 1 00:49:32
Crusaders AC runners
7 Warren Swords 00:44:22
12 Jason Kehoe 00:45:58
20 Alex Ainsworth 00:49:27
117 Gavan Doherty 01:03:42
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2305/
IMRA Ballyhoura Ultra (32)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Lonan O’Farrell 1 05:41:14
4 Becky Quinn 1 06:25:25
Crusaders AC runner
4 Becky Quinn 06:25:25 (1)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2359/
Malahide Parkrun (216)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Evan Reid 1 00:17:02
4 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:35
Crusaders AC runners
3 Paul Cowhie 00:17:13
71 Aoife Cowhie 00:24:40 (8)
Gorey Parkrun (95)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Hunt 1 00:18:18
12 Suzanne Keane 1 00:22:39
Crusaders AC runner
18 Darina Scully 00:23:57 (3)
Corkagh Parkrun (208)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Will Morris 1 00:18:39
12 Kathleen Trunk 1 00:21:40
Crusaders AC runners
9 Eoghan Corrigan 00:21:22
13 Caroline Crowley 00:21:44 (2)
107 Mairead Cashman 00:30:04 (39)
Shanganagh Parkrun (180)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul McKenna 1 00:18:17
3 Chloe Hartley-Green 1 00:19:03
Crusaders AC runners
62 Tanja Narancic 00:25:01 (11)
125 Carina Davidson 00:30:43 (38)
River Valley Parkrun (87)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian O’Reilly 1 00:20:28
24 Yvonne Heaslip 1 00:25:55
Crusaders AC runner
29 Brian Scanlan 00:27:19
Narin Beach Parkrun (22)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniel Allinson 1 00:21:34
4 Siobhan McCarthy 1 00:23:35
Crusaders AC runner
8 Hannah Jones 00:26:54 (2)
Poolbeg Parkrun (150)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Christopher O’Reilly 1 00:16:34
19 Sarah-Jane Barrable 1 00:21:37
Crusaders AC runners
3 Kenan Furlong 00:18:14
5 Daniel Sheridan 00:19:48
20 Kieran Finucane 00:21:42
27 Dale Whelehan 00:22:19
37 Josie Ward 00:23:11 (4)
45 Kevin Kenny 00:24:08
48 John McDowell 00:24:20
49 Rob Glascott 00:24:24
57 Lisa Shine 00:24:36 (11)
62 James Bradshaw 00:24:52
67 John Lohan 00:25:02
80 Evelyn Neary 00:26:05 (23)
81 Michael Fitzsimons 00:26:06
116 Djinn von Noorden 00:28:51 (40)
140 Mari Hansen 00:36:43 (54)
Tramore Valley Parkrun (168)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cillian O’Leary 1 00:16:33
8 Ann Moore 1 00:19:17
Crusaders AC runner
76 Helena O’Keeffe 00:26:37 (20)
Sligo Parkrun (100)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian Kinsella 1 00:17:00
9 Aileen Ruana 1 00:21:09
Crusaders AC runner
3 Ross Neill 00:17:23
Cabinteely Parkrun (144)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ros Clancy 1 00:19:53
22 Lara Woods 1 00:24:25
Crusaders AC runners
61 Emma O’Mahony 00:28:41 (13)
64 Stephen Mulligan 00:28:45
St. Anne’s Parkrun (472)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Maher 1 00:17:17
7 Ciara Brady 1 00:19:32
Crusaders AC runner
136 Paul F. Kelly 00:24:54

It was yet another busy weekend of racing, both in Ireland and abroad, particularly with the running of the National Road Relays on Sunday as well as a plethora of much longer distance races home and away.

We start with the National Road Relays which, as usual, took place on a well-known course in Raheny. The races, involving either 4 mixed distance legs of 1 to 3 miles for senior men or 3 legs of 1 to 2 miles for everyone else, are conducted on concrete roads around a housing estate bordering St. Anne’s Park and the event is hosted every year by Raheny Shamrocks who also conduct their own races throughout the year on the same one-mile loop.

On a sunny but cool day (12 degrees Celsius) with a light northerly wind which had little impact on the mostly east-west oriented loop, we fielded multiple teams in a couple of the races and were generally represented in all categories except the O/50s. Teams representing clubs from across the island competed. Although we didn’t come away with any medals our 25 runners certainly did us proud.

First up was the masters O/35 women’s race and we were represented by Miriam Logan (1 mile), Aoife Quigley (2 miles) and Rebecca Fleming (anchor leg one mile), with the team taking 9th place in a quality field of 16 teams. A similar depth could be found in the masters O/35 men’s race. We fielded two teams among the 22 that took part, with our A team of Peter O’Toole, Ciarain Kelly and anchor Daniel Lowe coming home in 11th place, followed by our B team of Joe McDermott, Warren Swords and Ciaran Diviney on the last leg, placing 16th.

We actually were able to put together 4 women’s teams in the senior competition, contested by 27 teams in all. Team A was comprised of Claire Mooney, Kathryn Gibbons and Charlotte Myers on the third leg and they finished in 7th place, followed by team B of Maeve Lochrie, Irene Gorman and anchor Sarah Lyons who placed 12th. Interestingly, both teams were each 2 seconds ahead of the teams that followed them home! The third of our four teams, team C, comprised Danielle Hopkins, Ciara Regan and anchor Carmel Cooney and they took 16th place overall, to be followed by team D, made up of Lorraine Healy, Faye Kearney and Laura Garcia Gonzalez on the anchor leg. The team finished in 23rd place. Several of the women and indeed several of the men were running the relays for the very first time and hopefully they will have developed a taste for it for next year!

Our senior men were involved in an 8k competition involving 23 teams in all and the team of Chris Russell (2 miles), Fearghal O’Hare (1 mile), Colm Parnell (3 miles) and Barry McCarthy (2 miles) finished in 9th place overall.

Another major event in Ireland over the weekend was the Connemarathon, with its three separate events on Sunday morning. First up was the ultra marathon covering a distance of approx. 63.5k and we had two runners in that. Both were effectively racing over the distance for the first time and they acquitted themselves well. First home was Grattan O’Brien who placed 18th in a field of 164 and a time for the distance of 5:34:28 on a hilly course that had had some changes made to it this year. In partly cloudy conditions in a light northerly breeze, which would have been behind runners for most of the second half of the race, Áine Crotty took 26th place (6th female finisher) in a time of 5:49:49. As conditions warmed up during the morning, the next race to head off was the full marathon and we also had two competitors in that race. Áine Kenny surprised herself with victory in the women’s race, running a highly respectable 3:19:10 on a challenging course, and only a few weeks after the Tokyo marathon, for 15th place overall in a field of 432. Fanny Trébouet, making her marathon debut, was our other competitor who was also joined by her father, Dominique, for the event. Dominique ran 4:55:41 for 336th place, whilst Fanny placed 396th overall in 5:23:18. The last event was the half marathon, following the final stages of both the ultra and the full marathons. We had three competitors in that event, the largest field of the three races on offer. In a field of 1,091 finishers, Sophia Morgan led the small contingent home in 74th place overall (8th female finisher and 2nd F40 of 123 entrants in that age category) in a time of 1:41:43. Joanne Carey was next (97th overall, 14th female finisher and 4th F40) in 1:43:32, followed by Carmel Higgins (141st, 26th and 7th F40) in 1:47:31. Members may be interested to learn that Catherine Thornton, long-time Crusader, now with GCH, and who trains with us from time to time, also won the women’s race, placing 9th overall in a time of 1:24:49. Having dropped her closest competitor relatively early, Catherine could have sat back but instead she decided to push the pace and, in so doing, unexpectedly set a new course record, an improvement of 3 seconds.

Elsewhere, in Ireland, we had at least two Crusaders take part in the half marathon and 10k down in Wexford on Sunday. Yet another hilly out-and-back course (from Wexford to just beyond Johnstown Castle) with a couple of small loops was provided, but Alby Allan took the half marathon in his stride, placing 40th in a field of 982 and running a PB time of 1:28:37. Stephen Mulligan contested the 10k. Alongside 671 other participants, Stephen placed 126th in a time of 52:19. In the west, Donal Foley took part in the 5k option of the 5k and 10k races on offer in the Arran Islands, the Inis Oírr Wild Atlatnic Ireland Run. In a field of 167, Donal took 9th place in a time of 23:54.

Not to be outdone in the hilly stakes, the Madrid half and full marathons are also a major challenge. Ciara Lynch took on the half where she surprisingly recorded a PB time of 1:33:43, whilst, in the full, Charles-Edouard Cattier ran 3:10:29 (an improvement of over 45 minutes over his time in the same event last year), followed by Aitor Arribas Velasco who ran 4:29:11.

We had Crusaders in several other European marathons on Sunday. Olwyn and Joe Dunne, along with Darran Lovely, took part in the Hamburg marathon, which they thoroughly enjoyed.  Olwyn ran a super time of 3:31:09 and in so doing placed 4th in her F55 age category, whilst Joe ran 3:44:18. Darran chose to walk the route, crossing the line in a time of 5:57:53 after the start. We had at least two competitors in Zurich, with Charles Cartledge completing the distance in 4:00:30 and Djinn (Genevieve) Von Noorden runnig 4:32:26, whilst, in Vienna, Rheanna Waters ran an excellent 3:37:43. Rheanna found the going relatively easy until the last two kilometres and, like those running in Hamburg, really enjoyed the experience. Finally, in London with its enormous field of nearly 50,000 competitors we had at least three Crusaders taking on the full distance, whilst two of our other clubmates guided Declan Ryan, a visually impaired runner, over a half marathon each. Declan completed the course in a highly creditable 2:46:32 and he was guided by Ger Forde for the first half and then by Michael Kiely for the second. Next across the line was James Cottle who at the halfway stage was on course for a 3:03 finish, but slipped back in the second half after experiencing the rare occurrence for him of a stitch and in any event finding the last 7k quite tough. James completed the race in 3:09:25, a 10-minute course improvement for him from the last time he ran it in 2014, and placing 4th out of 419 in the M65 age category. Eoghan Kerins was next. On the back of limited training, Eoghan ran a highly respectable time of 3:32:58. In wet conditions for most of the race, our New Zealander exile now based in Scotland, Andrej Kujikis, finished just behind Eoghan in 3:33:31. Members may be interested to hear that three of Caroline Crowley's brothers made the trip over to London to compete in the race. First home was David (3:36:46), followed by Greg (3:53:57) and then Conor (4:14:07).

Further afield, news came from Malaga that our Spanish exile, Esther Requena Ferri won the Carrera del Palo, a race measuring slightly over 5.5k. Esther's time was 21:59.

Last Wednesday there was an IMRA event in Co. Wicklow, the so-called Scalp race. The course involved three independent loops around Barnislingan, Carrickgalligan and Shankhill Hill, a mix of forest and open mountainside. On a fully marked moderately difficult 7.2k course, with a climb of 217m, we had at least 5 runners in the Leinster League race. The contingent was led home by Alex Ainsworth in 8th place out of a field of 170 finishers. Alex’s time was 38:14, and he was followed by Paul Flynn (22nd in 40:07), Jason Kehoe, making a rare appearance in an IMRA race in recent times (23rd in 40:23) and Gavan Doherty (103rd in 53:45).

We finish as usual with results from Saturday morning’s parkruns. By far our largest showing in a parkrun that morning was in Poolbeg, with at least 13 from the club appearing. The field of 169 was led home by Stephen Hurley who ran 17:53 and he was followed by Ross Neill (3rd in 18:28), just ahead of Michael Wycherley (4th in 18:37), Kenan Furlong (6th in 18:49), Kevin Lambe (8th in 19:29), Patrick Duffy (13th in 20:45), Sharon Woods (36th and 6th female finisher in 22:25), John Lohan (43rd in 23:03), Russell Murphy (44th in 23:33), Tara Murphy (75th and 16th in 25:09), Josie Ward (84th and 20th in 25:37), Evelyn Neary (119th and 37th in 27:54) and Mari Hansen (160th and 61st in 35:01).

Nina Holmes was a first finisher in Brickfields, placing 5th overall in 21:39 in a field of 79, whilst Sarah Lyons placed 16th and 4th in Tolka Valley in a time of 26:11. In a field of 50, Phelim Murray also ran there, taking 14th spot in a time of 25:09. We had 4 runners in Shanganagh, alongside 195 other participants. The contingent was led home by David Carter (6th in 19:07) and David was followed by Tanja Narancic (50th and 8th in 24:03), Ciarán Smyth (77th in 25:55) and Carina Davidson (177th and 74th in 34:28). Kate Murray was our sole entrant in Bushy Park where she placed 52nd and 10th in a field of 281 and in a time of 24:12, whilst Andy Deuser ran in Fairview alongside 155 other runners. Andy placed 20th in 23:07. Maureen McGinley joined 54 runners in Clonbur Woods in Co. Galway where she ran 28:42 for 20th and 6th places, whilst Colm Foley ran in Griffeen Park where, in a field of 113, he placed 27th in 23:14. We had three runners in St. Anne’s and two in Naas. In St. Anne’s Michael Maughan placed 46th in a time of 21:57 and he was followed in the field of 448 by Paul F. Kelly (96th in 23:54) and Tim Hyland (101st in 24:00). Meanwhile, Kevin Kenny and Mairead Cashman ran in Naas alongside 100 other runners, with Kevin placing 28th in 25:21 and Mairead, 63rd and 18th in 29:43.

Phil Sykes ran in Cabinteely. In a field of 154, Phil placed 28th in 24:20, whilst, in Porterstown, Diarmuid Byrne placed 29th in 23:16 in a field of 171. Three members of the Shine family ran in Ballina on Saturday morning. In a field of 59, Fiona and Lisa came home side by side in 30th and 31st (10th and 11th) in the same time of 28:03, with Máirín a little further back in 34th and 12th in 29:19. Kevin Flynn placed placed 60th in a field of 70 in Porterstown in a time of 37:40, whilst further afield, Eoghan Corrigan, in Southwark in London to watch his future brothers-in-law (Caroline’s siblings) run in the following day’s marathon, ran 21:00 to place 59th in a field of 540. Aidan Hudner continues to run in Pollok in Glasgow, where he placed 50th in a field of 258 and in a time of 23:56, whilst Kris Ryan ran once again in Surfers Paradise in Queensland, Australia. In a field of 147, Kris ran 29:20 for 44th and 19th places. Finally, Toby Benham ran in Tramore Valley, Cork, where, in a field of 173, he placed 6th in 18:50.
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Wexford Half marathon (982)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Hehir 1 01:10:31
9 Sally Forristal 1 01:22:17
Crusaders AC runner
40 Alby Allan 01:28:37 (PB)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/pettitts_supervalu_wexford_half_marathon__10km/4664/results
Wexford 10k (672)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Dmytro Musiiatchenko 1 00:32:00
15 Claire Earls 1 00:41:03
Crusaders AC runner
126 Stephen Mulligan 00:52:19
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/pettitts_supervalu_wexford_half_marathon__10km/4664/results
​Wexford 10k (672)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Dmytro Musiiatchenko 1 00:32:00
15 Claire Earls 1 00:41:03
Crusaders AC runner
126 Stephen Mulligan 00:52:19
Full results here:


Connemarathon Ultra (164)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Lukasz Wróbel 1 04:11:28
11 Simone Durry 1 05:21:30
Crusaders AC runners
18 Grattan O’Brien 05:34:28 (PB)
26 Áine Crotty 05:49:49 (PB)
Full results here: http://www.redtagtiming.com/results/CNM2023_UltraMarathon.html
Connemarathon (full) (432)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 George Snee 1 02:36:21
15 Áine Kenny 1 03:19:10
Crusaders AC runners
15 Áine Kenny 03:19:10 (1)
396 Fanny Trébouet 05:23:18 (PB)
Full results here: http://www.redtagtiming.com/results/CNM2023_FullMarathon.html
Connemarathon (half) (1091)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 John Lee 1 01:16:39
9 Catherine Thornton 1 01:24:49 (CR)
Crusaders AC runners
74 Sophia Morgan 01:41:43 (8)
97 Joanne Carey 01:43:32 (14)
141 Carmel Higgins 01:47:31 (26)
Full results here: http://www.redtagtiming.com/results/CNM2023_HalfMarathon.html
IMRA Scalp 7.2k (170)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Killian Mooney 1 00:32:15
21 Jan Corcoran 1 00:40:00
Crusaders AC runners
8 Alex Ainsworth 00:38:14
22 Paul Flynn 00:40:07
23 Jason Kehoe 00:40:23
103 Gavan Doherty 00:53:45
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2304/
Ballina Parkrun (59)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Andrew Conway 1 00:19:32
11 Erin McLoughlin 1 00:23:22
Crusaders AC runners
30 Fiona Shine 00:28:03 (10)
31 Lisa Shine 00:28:03 (11)
34 Máirín Shine 00:29:19 (12)
Griffeen Parkrun (113)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Greg Devereux 1 00:17:44
15 Jiaojiao Wang 1 00:21:45
Crusaders AC runner
27 Colm Foley 00:23:14
Clonbur Woods Parkrun (55)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Wojciech Nadolski 1 00:20:13
7 Olivia Darcy 1 00:24:21
Crusaders AC runner
20 Maureen McGinley 00:28:42 (6)
Shanganagh Parkrun (199)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Power 1 00:16:40
14 Layla Dixon 1 00:21:04
Crusaders AC runners
6 David Carter 00:19:07
50 Tanja Narancic 00:24:03 (8)
77 Ciarán Smyth 00:25:55
177 Carina Davidson 00:34:28 (74)
Brickfields Parkrun (79)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciaran Aylward 1 00:18:40
5 Nina Holmes 1 00:21:39
Crusaders AC runner
5 Nina Holmes 00:21:39 (1)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (50)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Fleming 1 00:17:42
7 Miriam Kearney 1 00:23:22
Crusaders AC runners
14 Phelim Murray 00:25:09
16 Sarah Lyons 00:26:11 (4)
Poolbeg Parkrun (169)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Hurley 1 00:17:53
16 Ava Rose Clarke 1 00:20:54
Crusaders AC runners
1 Stephen Hurley 00:17:53
3 Ross Neill 00:18:28
4 Michael Wycherley 00:18:37
6 Kenan Furlong 00:18:49
8 Kevin Lambe 00:19:29
13 Patrick Duffy 00:20:45
36 Sharon Woods 00:22:25 (6)
43 John Lohan 00:23:03
44 Russell Murphy 00:23:33
75 Tara Murphy 00:26:25:09 (16)
84 Josie Ward 00:25:37 (20)
119 Evelyn Neary 00:27:54 (37)
160 Mari Hansen 00:35:01 (61)
Tramore Valley Parkrun (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciaran Doherty 1 00:17:06
8 Naomi Maini 1 00:19:04
Crusaders AC runner
6 Toby Benham 00:18:50
Poppintree Parkrun (171)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Fox 1 00:17:24
26 Nessa Smith 00:22:22
Crusaders AC runner
29 Diarmuid Byrne 00:23:16
Cabinteely Parkrun (154)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ruben Bartelink 1 00:17:24
8 Derval Devaney 1 00:21:37
Crusaders AC runner
28 Phil Sykes 00:24:20
Porterstown Parkrun (70)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Timothée Laurent 1 00:19:53
13 Andrea Brennan 1 00:25:46
Crusaders AC runner
60 Kevin Flynn 00:37:40
St. Anne’s Parkrun (448)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Marcus O’Sullivan 1 00:16:55
15 Vivien Nesbitt 1 00:20:15
Crusaders AC runners
46 Michael Maughan 00:21:57
96 Paul F. Kelly 00:23:54
101 Tim Hyland 00:24:00
Naas Parkrun (102)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gavin Kelly 1 00:17:40
18 Laragh Macdermott 1 00:24:35
Crusaders AC runners
28 Kevin Kenny 00:25:21
63 Mairead Cashman 00:29:43 (18)
Bushy Parkrun (281)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark Griffin 1 00:19:10
5 Clara Kinsella 1 00:19:57
Crusaders AC runner
52 Kate Murray 00:24:12 (10)
Fairview Parkrun (156)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Joshua Smith 1 00:19:36
28 Catriona Kennedy 1 00:24:22
Crusaders AC runner
20 Andy Deuser 00:23:07