​This week the report generally belongs to the middle distance and 5k runners. In particular, we had two athletes taking part in the European Masters Indoors in Torun in Poland, the same venue recently used for the World Indoor Championships.

Enda Clarke ran in the M40 1500m, and in the first round won his heat in a time of 4:43.64. In the final, the following day, he ran a much faster race, achieving a super PB time of 4:09.36 for 4th place overall. Congrats to him! Karl Fitzmaurice took on two events. In the M50 800m first round he placed 5th in a time of 2:18.24, but unfortunately did not get through to the final, whilst, although also not qualifying from the 1500m first round, he ran 4:42.79 for 8th place in his heat. Ireland had 140 athletes competing across all the age categories and events, and with 77 medals, finishing 7th in the table, out of 32 countries that came home with medals.

The other speedsters this week ran in the chilly and damp Streets of Kilkenny on Thursday evening, the 2nd event in this year's Peugeot Series. There were 927 finishers in the high-quality event, nearly 300 of them breaking 20 minutes. Emily Sheils led our contingent home in 97th place overall, 11th female finisher, in an excellent time of 17:28. Emily was followed by Annie Hughes (154th and 18th in a super 18:17), who was just ahead of Conor MacGuinness (155th in a PB time of 18:15). Gary Park was next (221st in 19:20), followed by Kilkenny native and resident, Maria Kennedy (433rd and 151st in 24:24).

On Friday evening, IMRA organised another Night Challenge, this time on Cruagh in the Dublin mountains, involving a race of 8.4k with a climb of 255m. We had 3 Crusaders join the field of 113, and Donatas Jocius won the race in a time of 39:52. Donatas was followed across the line by Gavan Doherty (35th in 51:40) and then by Clare Sullivan (41st and 6th in 53:08).

With it being Easter, many of our parkrunners were dispersed this weekend, several running in their home localities and quite spread out. We have results from at least 22 parkruns around Ireland on Saturday morning before Storm Dave arrived in the afternoon.

It was good to see Orla Drumm back in action down in Tramore Valley in County Cork, where, in a field of 244, she placed 3rd and first female finisher in 18:18. Michael Wycherley had to go all the way to Thetford in Norfolk to finish first in the parkrun there, leading home the field of 290 in a time of 18:20. Garret Dunne stayed closer to home, placing first in Tymon park ahead of a field of 110 participants in a time of 17:47, whilst, in his native Limerick, Rob Cross placed 2nd alongside 186 other runners in a time of 17:50. Rob was followed home by Fiona Bane (54th and 7th in 24:58). Meanwhile, Dave Carter ran in Russborough in a field of 136, where he placed 3rd in 19:54.

Poolbeg saw another large turnout from Crusaders, with the club stacking the top 10 places behind James Sherry, preparing for next week’s Paris marathon, who placed 3rd in the field of 238 in a time of 18:12, quite likely a PB. Stephen Hurley followed closely behind (4th in 18:17) and then he was followed by Kenan Furlong (5th in 18:39), Alby Allan (7th in 18:50), young Joe Murphy (8th in 18:56), Ashley Hayes, tapering for the Vienna marathon in 2 weeks’ time (9th in 19:09) and Gerard Moore (10th in 19:18).

Training for the Boston marathon in a couple of weeks, Conor Kilkenny was next (16th in 19:56) and he was followed by Darragh Jones (19th in 20:26), Zlatko Kulic (36th in 22:00), Kabir Sala (40th in 22:16), Josie Ward (53rd and 6th in 23:29), Sharon Woods (61st and 9th in 23:57) and Eamon MacFhionnlaoich who has been helping the club out overseeing the fit4life group in recent weeks (68th in 24:27).

Sophia Morgan was next (91st and 15th in 25:47) and she was followed by Anousheh Alamir (116th and 27th in 27:16) and Bo Chicoine (130th in 27:52), alongside Tanja Narancic (131st and 30th in 27:53). Kevin Lambe placed 135th in 28:08, and he was followed by Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (137th and 34th in 28:12), Una McCullagh (151st and 43rd in 29:12), Maureen McGinley (161st and 50th in 29:55) and Kevin Kenny (186th in 31:53).

Karl Walsh ran in Westport, where, in a field of 81, he placed 8th in 21:27, whilst, in Mungret down in Limerick, Luke Haran placed 14th in a field of 116, in a time of 22:02. Cathal Murphy joined 30 other runners in Fethard Town, where he took 12th spot in 27:28, whilst Cormac Fenton ran in Marlay Park, with its field of 460 participants, placing 19th in 20:39.

Over in Sligo, Ross Neill placed 9th in 20:57. He was joined in the field of 127 by Ellen Walsh who took 74th and 19th spots in 29:32. Meanwhile, Serena Moloney ran in the field of 121 in Templemore, where she placed 28th and 7th in 25:40. Aisling O’Riordan ran alongside 330 other runners in Tralee, where she placed 143rd and 48th in 30:23, whilst, on Midleton Greenway, Lorraine McMahon placed 90th and 26th in 28:31. The field there measured 177. Down on Inch Beach, Michael O’Shea joined 68 other runners, where he took 8th spot in 24:13, whilst, in Donabate, Brendan Glynn placed 38th in a field of 188 and in a time of 23:48.

Fiona and Lisa Shine ran once again on Wexford Racecourse where, in a field of 115, Fiona placed 99th and 43rd in 36:54 alongside Lisa who placed 100th and 44th in the same time. Meanwhile, in Shanganagh, with its field of 286, Dee Lawlor placed 137th in 27:07, followed by Máirín Shine and Orlaith de Burca, both tailwalking. Mairead Cashman ran 32:56 for 108th and 35th places in the 140-strong parkrun in New Ross, whilst, in Vandeleur, Martina White placed 57th and 24th in 29:45 in a field of 112. Fanny Trébouet joined a field of 54 in Tolka Valley, where she placed 32nd and 14th in 31:13, whilst Carina Davidson was our lone runner in Cabinteely with its field of 173. Carina placed 113th and 30th in 32:02. Finally, one of our Australian exiles, Kris Ryan, ran in Coomera, where she placed 35th and 9th in 26:51 in a field of 114.

Streets of Kilkenny 5k (927)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Tobin 1 00:13:57
36 Michelle Finn 1 00:15:55
Crusaders AC runners
97 Emily Sheils 00:17:28 (11)
154 Annie Hughes 00:18:17 (18)
155 Conor MacGuinness 00:18:15 (PB)
221 Gary Park 00:19:20
433 Maria Kennedy 00:24:24 (151)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/streets-of-kilkenny-5k-2026/
IMRA Night Challenge 2: Cruagh 8.4k (113)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Donatas Jocius 1 00:39:52
15 Gemma Kenny 1 00:48:18
Crusaders AC runners
1 Donatas Jocius 00:39:52
35 Gavan Doherty 00:51:40
41 Clare Sullivan 00:53:08 (6)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2773/category/O/
Sligo Parkrun (127) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Edward Blacque 1 00:17:57
28 Sorcha Moran 1 00:23:44
Crusaders AC runners
9 Ross Neill 00:20:57
74 Ellen Walsh 00:29:32 (19)
Tymon Parkrun (110) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Garret Dunne 1 00:17:47
12 Emer Fitzpatrick 1 00:22:14
Crusaders AC runner
1 Garret Dunne 00:17:47
Marlay Parkrun (460) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Liam O’Flaherty 1 00:17:53
32 Rebecca Leane 1 00:21:58
Crusaders AC runner
19 Cormac Fenton 00:20:39
Fethard Town Parkrun (31) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eoin O’Connell 1 00:20:45
6 Edith Rainsford 1 00:22:53
Crusaders AC runner
12 Cathal Murphy 00:27:28
Inch Beach Parkrun (69) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Steve O’Connell 1 00:21:15
10 Julia Semple 1 00:24:29
Crusaders AC runner
8 Michael O’Shea 00:24:13
Limerick Parkrun (187)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Dylan Storan 1 00:17:20
20 Greta Adomaviciute 1 00:21:50
Crusaders AC runners
2 Rob Cross 00:17:50
54 Fiona Bane 00:24:58 (7)
Shanganagh Parkrun (286)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall McCague 1 00:17:44
11 Liadh Fitzmaurice 1 00:19:46
Crusaders AC runners
137 Derek Lawlor 00:27:07
282 Máirín Shine 00:48:58
285 Orlaith de Burca 00:56:14
Midleton Greenway Parkrun (177)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Darren McCann 1 00:17:58
9 Nollaigh O’Neill 1 00:20:33
Crusaders AC runner
90 Lorraine McMahon 00:28:31 (26)
Templemore Parkrun (121)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Damian Hogan 1 00:18:55
16 Charlotte Brennan 1 00:23:44
Crusaders AC runner
28 Serena Moloney 00:25:40 (7)
Tralee Parkrun (331) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Thomas Lyons 1 00:17:34
14 Ciara Tierney 1 00:22:02
Crusaders AC runner
143 Aisling O’Riordan 00:30:23 (48)
Poppintree Parkrun (179)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Trousdale 1 00:17:33
22 Elizabeth Daly 1 00:22:33
Crusaders AC runner
72 Paul F. Kelly 00:28:17
Poolbeg Parkrun (238)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Matthew Atkins 1 00:17:16
14 Miranda Frizzelle 1 00:19:47
Crusaders AC runners
3 James Sherry 00:18:12 (PB)
4 Stephen Hurley 00:18:17
5 Kenan Furlong 00:18:39
7 Alby Allan 00:18:50
8 Joe Murphy 00:18:56
9 Ashley Hayes 00:19:09
10 Gerard Moore 00:19:18
16 Conor Kilkenny 00:19:56
19 Darragh Jones 00:20:26
36 Zlatko Kulic 00:22:00
40 Kabir Sala 00:22:16
53 Josie Ward 00:23:29 (6)
61 Sharon Woods 00:23:57 (9)
68 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:24:27
91 Sophie Morgan 00:25:47 (15)
116 Anousheh Alamir 00:27:16 (27)
130 Bo Chicoine 00:27:52
131 Tanja Narancic 00:27:53 (30)
135 Kevin Lambe 00:28:08
137 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:12 (34)
151 Una McCullagh 00:29:12 (43)
161 Maureen McGinley 00:29:55 (50)
186 Kevin Kenny 00:31:53
Vandeleur Parkrun (112)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gerald Troy 1 00:18:46
8 Ava Comerford 1 00:21:10
Crusaders AC runner
57 Martina White 00:29:45 (24)
Cabinteely Parkrun (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Simon Donohoe 1 00:19:16
25 Jenny Forde 1 00:24:12
Crusaders AC runner
113 Carina Davidson 00:32:02 (30)
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (244) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Christopher O’Reilly 1 00:16:47
3 Orla Drumm 1 00:18:18
Crusaders AC runner
3 Orla Drumm 00:18:18 (1)
Westport Parkrun (81) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Shane O’Malley 1 00:18:41
3 Fiona Bree 1 00:20:32
Crusaders AC runner
8 Karl Walsh 00:21:27
Wexford Racecourse Parkrun (115) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cillian Larkin 1 00:18:20
20 Lisa Foley 1 00:25:10
Crusaders AC runner
99 Fiona Shine 00:36:54 (43)
100 Lisa Shine 00:36:54 (44)
Russborough Parkrun (136) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter O’Connell 1 00:18:54
10 Niamh Brophy 1 00:21:52
Crusaders AC runner
3 David Carter 00:19:54
New Ross Parkrun (140) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daire Hasson 1 00:19:22
24 Sara Langford 1 00:23:59
Crusaders AC runner
108 Mairead Cashman 00:32:56 (35)
Donabate Parkrun (188)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Patrick Phillips 1 00:19:13
12 Geraldine McHale 1 00:21:28
Crusaders AC runner
38 Brendan Glynn 00:23:48
Mungret Parkrun (116)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Thomas Holmes 1 00:18:19
23 Mary MacNamara 1 00:23:34
Crusaders AC runner
14 Luke Haran 00:22:02
Tolka Valley Parkrun (54)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James McCluskey-Lambert 1 00:21:21
6 Aleksandra Sobota 1 00:23:57
Crusaders AC runner
32 Fanny Trébouet 00:31:13 (14)

 It looks like we’ve have swapped incessant rain for gale-force winds, at least in Ireland. This weekend has been extremely blustery for anyone racing. Thankfully, there were not too many events on to be impacted.

On Sunday, the official start date of Summer Time, the 4th and last of the Women’s Meet & Train winter league took place in Abbotstown on the purpose-built course next to the FAI’s training ground, where, by all accounts, the Irish team was finally practicing penalties.

There were 135 plucky runners in the event, including 20 Crusaders, most running in teams. As usual, Luz Estevan was our first athlete home in the race which measured slightly over 2 miles over two 1500m loops and the usual long and uphill finish, in windy conditions. Luz placed 6th in 13:54, about 40 seconds behind Lorna Sheehan of Sportsworld which as usual packed the top 10 finishers (6 in all).

Luz was followed by Caoimhe O’Halloran (17th in 14:56) and by Fiona Shine (25th in 15:22) not too far behind. We had a lot of mid-pack runners, headed by Paula Bradshaw (29th in 15:39) and including Imogen Guinness (30th in 15:40) just ahead of Emma O’Mahony (31st in 15:40), Kate Murray (33rd in 15:54), Lisa Corrigan, running as an individual (38th in 16:01), Ellen Walsh (42nd in 16:13) and Carmel Higgins (45th in 16:21).
Next came Anousheh Alamir (72nd in 17:36) ahead of Lisa Shine (74th in 17:46) and Lisa was followed by Laura O’Malley (82nd in 17:56), Georgina Loughrey (87th in 18:00), Carina Davidson (103rd in 19:15) and Helen Finucane (109th in 19:48). The contingent was completed by Máirín Shine (123rd in 21:20), Marie-Claire Daly (129th in 22:18), Lisa Harpur (130th in 23:01) and Niamh Trihy (131st in 23:15), ably guided once again by Kevin Kenny.

In the team competition, Crusaders placed 3rd in the top division (Diamond) unsurprisingly behind two Sportsworld teams, 1st in the second division (Platinum) ahead of Esker and Blackrock and 1st in the fifth division (Bronze) ahead of Waterstown and Esker. Well done to all. Also, Máirín Shine won her age category by one point over the 4 races (432 to 433!). Congrats to her. 

Saturday morning saw another round of BHAA XC races, this time in ALSAA up at the airport. Whilst we had no participants in the women’s 2-mile race, we did have 4 Crusaders in the field of 42 in the men’s 5-miler, modest by the standards of previous years. David O’Donnell was our first club-mate home, in 23rd place overall and 3rd M55 in 35:03. He was followed by Karl Walsh (30th in 36:55), Tony Hackett (33rd and 3rd M50 in 37:25) and Brendan Glynn (37th in 41:06).

Back to Sunday and we have two other races on the island to cover. Sarah Bradley was our lone competitor in the 36th running of the Omagh Half marathon, where, in a field of nearly 3500 finishers, she placed 1,426th overall and 330th female finisher in 1:50:30. Meanwhile, Luke Haran ran in the Dooneen AC-organised 10-miler starting from the Racecourse in Co. Limerick. Luke placed 86th in 74:01 in a field of 290.

Further afield, one of our exiles down under, Maurice Kelter, won the Run2Cure half marathon in Sydney on Sunday in a great time of 75:14, finishing 8 minutes ahead of the runner in 2nd place in the field of over 800 finishers. Last year he had placed 2nd in 77:56. Then, in the Berlin Half marathon on Sunday morning, Emma Noonan surprised herself with a terrific 88:33, placing just outside the top 2,500 in a field of more than 40,000. Also running was Lorenzo Battistin  with a PB time of 84:16 along with two of our continental exiles. Lukasz Batruch, now in Switzerland, ran 1:26:25, and he was followed by Florian Mormont (1:41:24).

On Saturday, we had 5 members take part in the Prague half marathon, with a better outcome than the Irish football team had experienced two days earlier. Rebecca Kelly recorded a PB with her finishing time of 1:42:43 and she was followed by Patricia Velasquez (1:47:06), Lieze Verberght (2:05:36), David Pepper (2:08:14) and Fanny Trébouet (2:14:28).

Up in the Wicklow mountains this weekend, IMRA organised the annual running of the Maurice Mullins 50.5k ultra with a climb of 1900m and in the field of 236 finishers there were at least three Crusaders.  The contingent was led across the line by Paul Flynn (33rd in 5:05:14) and he was followed by Gavan Doherty (202nd in 7:28:17 and by Paul Daniels (213th in 7:40:17). Further afield, one of our French exiles, Valentin Akdim, took part in 50:5km trail race partly run on snow on Mont Ventoux. Valentin finished in 200th place in a substantial field in a time 5:49:00.

On to Saturday’s parkruns and inter alia there was a super turnout for Aoife McCarthy’s 150th parkrun in Poolbeg.

We start as usual with the first finishers and podium places. Áine Kenny placed 4th and 1st in 22:33 in the 41-strong field in Mountbellew Forest, whilst, in Tramore, Rob Cross led the field of 154 across the line in 17:50. Rob was followed by Fiona Bane (39th and 7th in 24:51) and Grainne Regan (48th and 10th in 25:13). Bex Fleming placed 10th and 3rd with Gill Earley placing 11th and 4th in respectively 21:03 and 21:05 in the 214-strong field in Naas, whilst Conor MacGuinness paced his young niece Naomi (who was the female first finisher and who runs for Bermuda at under-age level), finishing in 6th spot in 20:25 in the 107-strong field in Dundalk.

As usual, by far and away this week, we had the largest turnout from the club this week in Poolbeg. At least 33 Crusaders took part and they were led home alongside 241 other runners by Kenan Furlong (5th in 18:54). Kenan was followed by Ashley Hayes (8th in 19:25), Ryan Murphy (10th in 19:51), Shane Egan (15th in 20:55), Paddy Gaynor (20th in 21:07), Donal O’Malley (23rd in 21:13), Diarmuid Finan (25th in 21:23), Kabir Sala (26th in 21:31), Zlatko Kulic (27th in 21:36), Ryan Preston (28th in 21:41) and Stephen Mulligan (33rd in 21:48).

Further back came Sharon Woods (53rd and 4th in 22:44), James Sherry (57th in 22:59), just ahead of Mark McGovern (58th in 23:00), Aoife McCarthy (64th and 8th in 23:27), Josie Ward (71st and 10th in 23:46). Next came Ciara Regan (125th and 33rd in 27:21) alongside Emily Glen (126th and 34th in the same time) just ahead of Louise O’Riordan (127th and 35th in 27:22) and Franky Keane (128th in 27:25). Anousheh Alamir was next (134th and 39th in 27:36), followed by Cathal Murphy (144th in 28:17), Ellen Walsh (156th and 51st in 28:51), Diarmuid Bolger (164th in 29:06), Una McCullagh (166th and 56th in 29:09), Tara Murphy (170th and 58th in 29:18), just ahead of Aisling O’Riordan (171st and 59th in 29:19).

The contingent was completed by Carina Davidson (183rd and 67th in 29:51), Maureen McGinley (193rd and 74th in 30:29) just ahead of Siobhan Russell (194th and 75th in 30:31), Cynthia Perucca (218th and 86th in 32:24), Máirín Shine (248th and 108th in 36:19) and Lisa Shine (249th and 109th in 36:20).

In 544-strong field in St. Anne’s, Felipe De Sousa placed 8th in 19:01, and he was followed by Paul F. Kelly (199th in 26:48), whilst in Fairview, Michael O’Shea joined 209 other runners, placing 10th in 21:43. Meanwhile, Lorraine McMahon placed 56th and 12th in 28:06 in the field of 139 on the Midleton Greenway, whilst Martina White took 76th and 20th spots in the 168-strong field in Porterstown with a time of 28:28. Garret Dunne ran 25:32 for 48th place alongside 122 other participants in Tymon Park, whilst in Ormeau, Ross Neill placed 44th in 22:30 in a field of 555.

We had at least 3 runners in Marlay Park, where, in a field of 551, John Lohan placed 106th in 24:44, followed by Conor Kilkenny (likely 195th in 27:17) and Kate Murray (211th and 55th in 27:36). Meanwhile, Kevin Kenny joined a field of 211 in Cabinteely, where he placed 57th in 28:00, whilst, in Shanganagh, Fiona Shine placed 168th and 46th in 29:26 and Orlaith de Burca placed 198th and 62nd in 30:44. The field there measured 306.
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WM&T 2-mile XC (135)
Overall place Name Guntime
1 Lorna Sheehan 00:13:13
Crusaders AC runners
6 Luz Estevan 00:13:54
17 Caoimhe O’Halloran 00:14:56
25 Fiona Shine 00:15:22
29 Paula Bradshaw 00:15:39
30 Imogen Guinness 00:15:40
31 Emma O’Mahony 00:15:48
33 Kate Murray 00:15:54
38 Lisa Corrigan 00:16:01
42 Ellen Walsh 00:16:13
45 Carmel Higgins 00:16:21
72 Anousheh Alamir 00:17:36
74 Lisa Shine 00:17:46
82 Laura O’Malley 00:17:56
87 Georgina Loughrey 00:18:00
103 Carina Davidson 00:19:15
109 Helen Finucane 00:19:48
123 Máirín Shine 00:21:20
129 Marie-Claire Daly 00:22:18
130 Lisa Harpur 00:23:01
131 Niamh Trihy 00:23:15
Full results here: Meet & Train - Race 4 - March 2026 results
BHAA ALSAA Men’s 5-mile XC (42)
Overall place Name Guntime
1 Sean Doran 00:25:43
Crusaders AC runners
23 David O’Donnell 00:35:03
30 Karl Walsh 00:36:55
33 Anthony Hackett 00:37:25
37 Brendan Glynn 00:41:06
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/547
Omagh Half Marathon (3448)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Stephen McAuley 1 01:06:57
17 Ann-Marie Glynn 1 01:14:14
Crusaders AC runner
1426 Sarah Bradley 01:50:30 (330)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/36th_spar_omagh_half_marathon__5k/6178/results
Michal Rejmer Dooneen 10-miler (290)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Conor O’Brien 1 00:53:22
17 Kealey Tideswell 1 01:00:29
Crusaders AC runner
86 Luke Haran 01:13:59
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/michal_rejmer_dooneen_10_mile_2026/6100/results
IMRA Maurice Mullins 50.5k (236)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Weldon 1 04:00:23
16 Sorcha Loughnane 1 04:37:47
Crusaders AC runners
33 Paul Flynn 05:05:14
202 Gavan Doherty 07:28:17
213 Paul Daniels 07:40:17
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2800/category/O/
Ormeau Parkrun (555) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Steven Cannell 1 00:17:10
6 Natasha Kelly 1 00:18:17
Crusaders AC runner
44 Ross Neill 00:22:30
Tymon Parkrun (123) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony O’Rourke 1 00:18:41
8 Sinead Tighe 1 00:20:41
Crusaders AC runner
48 Garret Dunne 00:25:32
Marlay Parkrun (551) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Donal Brennan 1 00:18:07
17 Elizabeth Maher 1 00:20:03
Crusaders AC runners
106 John Lohan 00:24:44
195 Conor Kilkenny 00:27:17
211 Kate Murray 00:27:36 (55)
Mountbellew Forest Parkrun (41) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor O’Brien 1 00:21:43
4 Áine Kenny 1 00:22:33
Crusaders AC runner
4 Áine Kenny 00:22:33 (1)
Fairview Parkrun (210) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Adam Ewart 1 00:18:57
22 Sarah Sharkey 1 00:23:14
Crusaders AC runner
10 Michael O’Shea 00:21:43
Tramore, Waterford Parkrun (154)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob Cross 1 00:17:50
6 Jean Murphy 1 00:20:27
Crusaders AC runners
1 Rob Cross 00:17:50
39 Fiona Bane 00:24:51 (7)
48 Grainne Regan 00:25:13 (10)
Shanganagh Parkrun (306)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Chun Man Tam 1 00:17:15
16 Isabelle Higgins 1 00:21: 21
Crusaders AC runners
168 Fiona Shine 00:29:26 (46)
198 Orlaith de Burca 00:30:44 (62)
Midleton Greenway Parkrun (139)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Carrasco Coquillat 1 00:17:22
6 Emily O’Shea 1 00:19:25
Crusaders AC runner
56 Lorraine McMahon 00:28:06 (12)
Dundalk Parkrun (107)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniel McArdle 1 00:18:49
5 Naomi MacGuinness 1 00:20:24
Crusaders AC runner
6 Conor MacGuinness 00:20:25
Naas Parkrun (214) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ben Crampton 1 00:18:01
3 Emma Boland 1 00:19:29
Crusaders AC runners
10 Rebecca Fleming 00:21:03 (3)
11 Gillian Earley 00:21:05 (4)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (544)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Sharkey 1 00:17:24
4 Laura Behan 1 00:18:36
Crusaders AC runners
8 Felipe De Sousa 00:19:01
199 Paul F. Kelly 00:26:48
Poolbeg Parkrun (274)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Darragh Halpenny 1 0:17:17
35 Ava Rose Clarke 1 00:21:52
Crusaders AC runners
5 Kenan Furlong 00:18:54
8 Ashley Hayes 00:19:25
10 Ryan Murphy 00:19:51
15 Shane Egan 00:20:55
20 Patrick Gaynor 00:21:07
23 Donal O’Malley 00:21:13
25 Diarmuid Finan 00:21:23
26 Kabir Sala 00:21:31
27 Zlatko Kulic 00:21:36
28 Ryan Preston 00:21:41
33 Stephen Mulligan 00:21:48
53 Sharon Woods 00:22:44 (4)
57 James Sherry 00:22:59
58 Mark McGovern 00:23:00
64 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:27 (8)
71 Josie Ward 00:23:46 (10)
125 Ciara Regan 00:27:21 (33)
126 Emily Glen 00:27:21 (34)
127 Louise O’Riordan 00:27:22 (35)
128 Franky Keane 00:27:25
134 Anousheh Alamir 00:27:37 (39)
144 Cathal Murphy 00:28:17
156 Ellen Walsh 00:28:51 (51)
164 Diarmuid Bolger 00:29:06
166 Una McCullagh 00:29:09 (56)
170 Tara Murphy 00:29:18 (58)
171 Aisling O’Riordan 00:29:19 (59)
183 Carina Davidson 00:29:51 (67)
193 Maureen McGinley 00:30:29 (74)
194 Siobhan Russell 00:30:31 (75)
218 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:24 (86)
248 Máirín Shime 00:36:19 (108)
249 Lisa Shine 00:36:20 (109)
Porterstown Parkrun (168)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Nickolas Colyn 1 00:15:15
7 Caroline McCarthy 1 00:20:45
Crusaders AC runner
76 Martina White 00:28:28 (20)
Cabinteely Parkrun (211)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Simon Donohoe 1 00:19:10
4 Philippa Dew 1 00:20:46
Crusaders AC runner
57 Kevin Kenny 00:28:00

It’s been an action-packed week of racing, both on the roads and in the mountains, starting on the eve of Paddy’s Day and going all the way through to Sunday.

There were two big road races on St. Patrick’s Day in which we had competitors.

The 5k in Tallaght, with its field of 660, included the Co. Dublin Novice Championships and the club did itself proud in that competition which was held in windy conditions. At least 12 club members took part in the overall race and they were led home by Emily Sheils who placed 70th overall and 5th female finisher in 18:08. Emily was followed by Ronan Moynihan (88th in 18:37) and then by ladies’ club captain Sarah Lyons (97th, 11th and gold medal winner of the novice championships in a PB time of 18:44). Sarah was followed by Cormac Fenton (121st in 19:15), Cillian Traynor (184th in 20:16) and then by Luz Estevan (201st and 34th in 20:32), Louise O’Riordan (207th and 37th in 20:49) and Jade Murphy (239th and 52nd in 21:18) recovering from a chest infection. Between them, Sarah, Luz, Louise and Jade, won silver in the Novice team competition. Congrats to them. Spare a thought for Michael Wycherley who was forced by a combination of unfortunate circumstances to pull out near the end.

Jade was followed by men’s captain Phelim Murray (262nd in 21:27), Orla O’Flynn (293rd, 76th and 2nd F55 in 22:17) and Chris Bannon (353rd in 23:26).

The wind played a major role in the Mullingar half marathon held on the same day. Runners had a strong headwind to contend with on the run for home. In a field of 2,073 finishers, we had at least 10 runners take part. Peter O’Toole took 116th spot in 88:06 and he was followed closely by Alby Allan (125th in 88:17). Áine Kenny was next (170th and 13th in 90:50) and she was followed by Dee Ni Chearbhaill (490th and 77th in 1:42:36), Liz Nixon (559th and 99th in 1:44:28), Orla O’Neill (669th and 137th in a PB time of 1:47:27), Kate Murray (1152nd and 357th in 1:58:44), Bo Chicoine (1397th in 2:03:02), Alan Martin (1447th in 2:05:36) and Kevin Lambe who paced the 2:10 finishers (likely 1597th in 2:10:15).

Ciara Regan also raced on Paddy’s Day in a 5k race organised by South Sligo AC, the Tubbercurry 5k. In a field of 381, Ciara placed 30th and 6th in 19:54.

Then, on Sunday, there was a great choice available. The major race of the day was the 55th running of the Dunboyne 10k (it has actually had at least two different distances over the years).

In excellent running conditions with no wind and cool with a little misty drizzle early in the race, we saw Alex Ainsworth place 22nd in a field of 1585 and in an excellent time of 32:25 in his debut for the distance. Alex was followed by Sebastian Hansen (29th in 32:45), Pablo Monteagudo Lago (33rd in 32:58) and Ciarain Kelly (74th in 34:53). The 4-man team placed 4th out of 35.

Patrick Conlon was next in 80th spot in 35:04, and he was followed by Barry McCarthy (88th in 35:23). After initially starting apart, Sarah-Grace Breen and Kevin Kavanagh, helping to pace her, finished almost side by side, respectively 181st and 16th in a PB time of 37:43 and 182nd in 37:45, a job well done. Kathryn Gibbon was next, placing 272nd and 25th in 39:07, followed by Emma Rowe (282nd and 28th in 39:11, Cormac Fenton (361st in a PB time of 39:39) and Aoife Quigley (408th and 48th in 41:02).

Karl Walsh placed 432nd in 40:59, followed by Oisin Browne who had been recovering from having fallen in last week’s Malaga half marathon (457th in 41:48), Charlie Coonan (458th in 41:40) and Ciara Regan (471st and 61st in 42:15, having suffered a little from a slightly fast pace in the early stages of the pacing group she had joined. Nevertheless, Kathryn, Emma, Aoife and Ciara formed a 4-woman team that placed 2nd in competition involving 22 clubs. Congrats to them.

Back from her extended foreign travels, Isabella Gyori ran a satisfying  42:00 for 476th and 64th places and she was followed by Tim O’Donnell (492nd in 42:17), David O’Donnell with yet another PB (550th in 43:14), Aoibhinn Gilmartin (551st and 80th in a PB time of 43:29), Kabir Sala (604th in 44:12), Killian Lynskey (751st in 47:00), Gian Piero Allerta (791st in 47:49), Tony Hackett (792nd in 47:53), Chris Bannon (861st in 49:05), Anna Brown (1010th and 256th in 52:27), Alan Martin with a PB time of 53:23 for 1083rd place and Laura O’Malley (1160th and 333rd in 53:39) recovering from recent illness.

There were two road races in Wicklow on the same day. We had at least 4 runners in the 10k with its field of 1117. Joanne Carey placed 48th overall, 5th female finisher and 1st F40 in 45:56. Joanne was followed by Carmel Higgins (105th, 18th and 3rd F40 in 50:03), Darina Scully (193rd and 45th in 53:29) and Carina Davidson (485th and 160th in 61:26) .

The other race was the half marathon which featured at least 4 Crusaders. In a field of 1648 finishers, David Healy took 340th place in 1:44:07, followed by Divya Sardana (845th and 107th in 1:57:55), Calum Kenny (1314th in 2:13:30) and Michelle English (1448th and 338th in 2:22:02).

Finally, we had a runner in the Mallow 10-miler down I Co. Cork on Sunday. In a field of 1159, Geoffrey Keating placed 20th in 58:36.

Further afield, Michael Geers ran his first marathon in Rome on Sunday, which he completed in 3:21. He was joined by Aitor Arribas Velasco who ran 4:31, whilst Enda Currid took part in the Limassol Half marathon in Cyprus, where he ran 97:38. Over in the USA, one of our exiles there, Damien O’Brien ran in NY state in the Clarkstown-based Project 13.1 half marathon, finishing in a PB time of 80:50. One of our UK exiles, Toby Benham, ran in the Ashby 20 mile race in Leicestershire, which he completed in 2:08. Lastly, we had 4 runners take part in the Palma de Mallorca half marathon. Paced for the first 15k by Catherine Thornton, the GCH athlete who trains with us (finishing in 3rd place in the women’s race in 87:28), Gill Earley ran 91:43, followed by Bex Fleming (93:12). Miriam Logan and Michael Kiely also ran in the half marathon, with Miriam recording a time of 99:04 and Michael, 99:52. John Mulvihill ran in the 10k which he completed in 35:29.

The week’s racing actually started on Monday evening with an event organised by IMRA, the 7.4k Night Challenge 1 on Crone Maulin. With a climb of 407m and a field of 134, Donatas Jocius placed 3rd in 42:42, followed by Warren Swords (9th and 2nd M45 in 44:25) and Becky Quinn (7th and 2nd in 47:02).

Then on Sunday morning, there was another mountain race, organised by IMRA, the Powerscourt Spring 14.5k, which featured 3 Crusaders. In a field of 141, Donatas placed 17th and probably 3rd M40 in 82:48, followed by Charles Cartledge (140th in 2:37:21). Unfortunately, Djinn Von Noorden turned her ankle on the course and was unable to finish. We wish her well in her recovery.

The sun on Saturday morning brought out plenty of parkrunners, many of them Crusaders.

Caroline Crowley joined a field of 341, where she placed 4th overall and 1st finisher in 18:42, whilst Áine Kenny was also a first finisher in Mountbellew Forest, placing 7th overall in a field of 49 and in a time of 24:23. Once again, Annie Hughes was a first finisher. In St. Anne’s she placed 16th overall in a field of 577 in a time of 19:05, preceded by Paul Cowhie (11th in 18:44) and followed by Michael Maughan (101st in 22:59) and Grainne Regan (170th and 29th in 25:24). In Glen River, with a field of 67, Ger Moore led the field home in a time of 20:00.

We also had numerous podium places.  Alongside 346 other runners, Rob Cross (2nd in 17:30) and Fiona Bane (81st and 21st in 23:46) ran in Malahide, whilst, in Bushy Park, Luke Corcoran placed 2nd in 18:57 followed by Mary Donnelly (22nd and 5th in 22:35). The field there measured 223. Dee Lawlor also placed 2nd in 17:37 in Shanganagh. In a field of 239, he was followed by Orlaith de Burca (182nd and 53rd in 31:11).

We had a decent turnout in Marlay Park, with its field of 547. Jade Murphy led our contingent home in 28th and 2nd in 20:55, and she was followed by Kate Murray (108th and 20th in 23:52), James Cottle (128th in 24:23), Garret Dunne (221st in 27:04), Diarmuid Bolger (247th in 27:38), Ilona McElroy (256th and 68th in 27:48) alongside Aoife Quigley (257th and 69th in 27:49), Máirín Shine (421st and 171st in 33:20) alongside Lisa Shine and buggy (382nd and 172nd in 33:22). Mairead Cashman walked the event.

As usual, our largest contingent ran in Poolbeg. Ashley Hayes placed 2nd in a field of 242 and in a time of 17:11. He was followed by Michael Wycherley (3rd in 17:32), Jan Manschot (4th in 17:59), Kenan Furlong (5th in 18:43), Ryan Murphy (12th in 19:35) and Conor Kilkenny (15th in 20:02). Also on the podium came Louise Dobbyn (23rd and 3rd in 21:06), followed by Kabir Sala (33rd in 21:49), Claire Reidy (35th and 5th in 21:57) alongside Ronan Walsh (36th in 21:58) and just ahead of Ed Joyce (37th in 22:06).

Rebecca Kelly was next (45th and 8th in 22:20), followed by Ryan Preston (47th in 22:22), Charles Cartledge (54th in 23:05), Sharon Woods (55th and 11th in 23:06), Aoife McCarthy (59th and 12th in 23:18), Mark McGovern (62nd in 23:25), Ross Neill (68th in 23:55), Josie Ward (70th and 15th in 24:06), Paul Campbell (75th in 24:13), Emily Glen (95th and 23rd in 25:56), Tanja Narancic (9th and 24th in 26:03), Kevin Kenny (122nd in 27:19), Aisling O’Riordan (134th and 45th in 27:56), Djinn Von Noorden (137th and 48th in 28:17) alongside Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (138th and 49th in 28:18), Una McCullagh (147th and 56th in 28:34), Carina Davidson (161st and 64th in 29:13), Siobhan Russell (195th and 80th in 31:55), Cynthia Perucca (200th and 83rd in 32:47) and Anousheh Alamir (211th and 91st in 34:31).

Laura O’Malley joined 56 other runners in Tolka Valley Park, where she placed 18th and 4th in 27:08, whilst, on Inch Beach, Michael O’Shea placed 4th in a field of 63 in a time of 20:09. Emer Kenny ran in a field of 177 in Farther Collins Park, where she placed 50th and 10th in 25:40, whilst, in Fethard Town, Cathal Murphy ran alongside 41 other parkrunners, placing 15th in 27:48. Brendan Glynn ran in Donabate where, in a field of 184, he placed 42nd in 24:44, whilst, in Poppintree, Paul F. Kelly ran 27:25 for 129th place and Ellen Walsh placed 271st and 106th in 36:56 in a field of 331.

Martina White ran once again in Porterstown, where, in a field of 135, she placed 58th and 21st in 28:56, whilst, in Cabinteely, John Lohan placed 50th in 25:32, followed by Mia Shine (124th and 36th in 31:26) and Fiona Shine (125th and 37th in 31:27) in a field of 194. Finally, Helena O’Keefe ran in Ballincollig once again, where, in a field of 317, she placed 148th and 38th in 28:24, whilst Bo Chicoine ran in Stormont, where, in a field of 452, he placed 258th in 29:21.
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Tallaght 5k (Co. Dublin Road Championships) (660)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Colm Rooney 1 00:15:07
29 Maebh Brannigan 1 00:16:48
Crusaders AC runners
70 Emily Sheils 00:18:08 (5)
88 Ronan Moynihan 00:18:37
97 Sarah Lyons 00:18:44 (PB) (11)
121 Cormac Fenton 00:19:15 
​184 Cillian Traynor 00:20:16
201 Luz Estevan 00:20:32 (34)
207 Louise O’Riordan 00:20:49 (37)
239 Jade Murphy 00:21:18 (52)
262 Phelim Murray 00:21:27
293 Orla O’Flynn 00:22:17 (76)
353 Chris Bannon 00:23:26
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/tallaght-ac-5k-2026/
Mullingar Half Marathon (2073)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Michael Brady 1 01:10:31
27 Fiona Stack 1 01:19:45
Crusaders AC runners
116 Peter O’Toole 01:28:06
125 Alby Allan 01:28:17
170 Áine Kenny 01:30:50 (13)
490 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 01:42:36 (77)
559 Liz Nixon 01:44:28 (99)
669 Orla O’Neill 01:47:27 (PB) (137)
1152 Kate Murray 01:58:44 (357)
1397 Bo Chicoine 02:03:02
1447 Alan Martin 02:05:36
1597 Kevin Lambe 02:10:15 PACER
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/aon_mullingar_half_marathon/6035/results
Tubbercurry 5k (381)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Lucas Lyons 1 00:14:49
16 Maebh Caffrey 1 00:18:18
Crusaders AC runners
30 Ciara Regan 00:19:54 (6)
Full results here: https://coretiming.ie/events/tubbercurry-10-5k-2026/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQr_G1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeaVt039AFXTEUWugVERxwT__vqkm8qTPm_-VohnxUhoXqVFs05ch1HP_ftKI_aem_V1L5vKjfQIPR97faJ7nAcw#1_356EFE
IMRA Powerscourt Spring 14.5k (141)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Patrick McDaid 1 01:09:23
15 Sinead Farrell 1 01:21:16
Crusaders AC runners
17 Donatas Jocius 01:22:48
140 Charles Cartledge 02:37:21
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2882/category/O/
Dunboyne 10k (1585)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Colm Rooney 1 00:29:34
31 Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill 1 00:32:51
Crusaders AC runners
22 Alex Ainsworth 00:32:25 (PB)
29 Sebastian Hansen 00:32:45
33 Pablo Monteagudo Lago 00:32:58
74 Ciarain Kelly 00:34:53
80 Patrick Conlon 00:35:04
88 Barry McCarthy 00:35:23
181 Sarah-Grace Breen 00:37:43 (PB) (16)
182 Kevin Kavanagh 00:37:45
272 Kathryn Gibbons 00:39:07 (25)
282 Emma Rowe 00:39:11 (28)
361 Cormac Fenton 00:39:39 (PB)
408 Aoife Quigley 00:41:02 (48)
432 Karl Walsh 00:40:59
457 Oisin Browne 00:41:48
458 Charlie Coonan 00:41:40
471 Ciara Regan 00:42:15 (61)
476 Isabella Gyori 00:42:00 (64)
492 Tim O’Donnell 00:42:17
550 David O’Donnell 00:43:14 (PB)
551 Aoibhinn Gilmartin 00:43:29 (PB) (80)
604 Kabir Sala 00:44:12
751 Killian Lynskey 00:47:00
791 Gian Piero Allerta 00:47:49
792 Anthony Hackett 00:47:53
861 Chris Bannon 00:49:05
1010 Anna Brown 00:52:27 (256)
1083 Alan Martin 00:53:23 (PB)
1160 Laura O’Malley 00:53:39 (333)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/dunboyne_55th_road_race_10k_2026/6087/results
Mallow 10-miler (1159)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Paul Moloney 1 00:51:37
35 Andrea Aza Villamor 1 01:00:10
Crusaders AC runner
20 Geoffrey Keating 00:58:36
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/mallow_10_mile_road_race_2026/6109/results
Wicklow 10k (1117)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Erik Sebastian Ranberg 1 00:35:57
5 Meabh Malone 1 00:39:25
Crusaders AC runners
48 Joanne Carey 00:45:56 (5)
105 Carmel Higgins 00:50:03 (18)
193 Darina Scully 00:53:29 (45)
485 Carina Davidson 01:01:26 (160)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/wicklow_half_marathon__10km_2026/6018/results
Wicklow Half Marathon (1648)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 John Christian Deighan 1 01:13:31
18 Ashley Cregan 1 01:22:04
Crusaders AC runners
340 David Healy 01:44:07
845 Divya Sardana 01:57:55 (107)
1314 Calum Kenny 02:13:30
1445 Michelle English 02:22:02 (338)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/wicklow_half_marathon__10km_2026/6018/results
IMRA Night Challenge 1: Crone Maulin 7.4k (134)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Liam Blackburn 1 00:40:00
16 Niamh Brophy 1 00:47:01
Crusaders AC runners
3 Donatas Jocius 00:42:42
9 Warren Swords 00:44:25
17 Becky Quinn 00:47:02 (2)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2770/category/O/
Stormont Parkrun (452) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jamie Coulter-Smyth 1 00:17:15
31 Sarah Moorcroft 1 00:21:31
Crusaders AC runner
258 Bo Chicoine 00:29:21
Glen River Parkrun (67) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gerard Moore 1 00:20:00
7 Nollaigh O’Neill 1 00:21:26
Crusaders AC runner
1 Gerard Moore 00:20:00
Marlay Parkrun (547) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry McCartin 1 00:18:36
10 Sonia Redmond 1 00:19:45
Crusaders AC runners
28 Jade Murphy 00:20:55 (2)
108 Kate Murray 00:23:52 (20)
128 James Cottle 00:24:23
221 Garret Dunne 00:27:04
247 Diarmuid Bolger 00:27:38
256 Ilona McElroy 00:27:48 (68)
257 Aoife Quigley 00:27:49 (69)
421 Máirín Shine 00:33:20 (171)
422 Lisa Shine 00:33:22
Mountbellew Forest Parkrun (49) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Enda Dowling 1 00:22:24
7 Áine Kenny 1 00:24:23
Crusaders AC runner
7 Áine Kenny 00:24:23 (1)
Corkagh Parkrun (341) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robert Jones 1 00:18:20
4 Caroline Crowley 1 00:18:42
Crusaders AC runner
4 Caroline Crowley 00:18:42 (1)
Fethard Town Parkrun (42)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jack Hayes 1 00:20:24
8 Edith Rainsford 1 00:23:41
Crusaders AC runner
15 Cathal Murphy 00:27:48
Shanganagh Parkrun (239)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Neill Foley 1 00:16:45
23 Eva Kelly 1 00:21:08
Crusaders AC runners
2 Derek Lawlor 00:17:37
182 Orlaith de Burca 00:31:11 (53)
Father Collins Parkrun (177)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cillian Mulvey 1 00:18:15
7 Mary Walsh 1 00:19:46
Crusaders AC runner
182 Emer Kenny 00:25:40 (10)
Inch Beach Parkrun (63)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter McGovern 1 00:18:49
8 Marti Spence 1 00:22:38
Crusaders AC runner
4 Michael O’Shea 00:20:09
Malahide Parkrun (348) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Kirker 1 00:16:14
22 Kate Hawkshaw 1 00:20:23
Crusaders AC runners
2 Rob Cross 00:17:30
81 Fiona Bane 00:23:46 (21)
Bushy Parkrun (188)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniil Miasoedov 1 00:18:47
8 Niamh Murphy 1 00:20:37
Crusaders AC runners
2 Luke Corcoran 00:18:57
22 Mary Donnelly 00:22:35 (5)
Donabate Parkrun (184)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Finn Donnelly 1 00:18:47
3 Sheila Bourke 1 00:19:55
Crusaders AC runner
42 Brendan Glynn 00:24:44
St. Anne’s Parkrun (577)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Sharkey 1 00:17:09
16 Annie Hughes 1 00:19:05
Crusaders AC runners
11 Paul Cowhie 00:18:44
16 Annie Hughes 00:19:05 (1)
101 Michael Maughan 00:22:59
170 Grainne Regan 00:25:24 (29)
Poolbeg Parkrun (242)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 August Benedicto 1 00:17:09
17 Sophie Coman 1 00:20:19
Crusaders AC runners
2 Ashley Hayes 00:17:11
3 Michael Wycherley 00:17:32
4 Jan Manschot 00:17:59
5 Kenan Furlong 00:18:43
12 Ryan Murphy 00:199:35
15 Conor Kilkenny 00:20:02
23 Louise Dobbyn 00:21:06 (3)
33 Kabir Sala 00:21:49
35 Claire Reidy 00:21:57 (5)
36 Ronan Walsh 00:21:58
37 Ed Joyce 00:22:06
45 Rebecca Kelly 00:22:20 (8)
47 Ryan Preston 00:22:22
54 Charles Cartledge 00:23:05
55 Sharon Woods 00:23:06 (11)
59 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:18 (12)
62 Mark McGovern 00:23:25
68 Ross Neill 00:23:55
70 Josie Ward 00:24:06 (15)
75 Paul Campbell 00:24:13
95 Emily Glen 00:25:56 (23)
99 Tanja Narancic 00:26:03 (24)
122 Kevin Kenny 00:27:19
134 Aisling O’Riordan 00:27:56 (45)
137 Djinn Von Noorden 00:28:17 (48)
138 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:18 (49)
147 Una McCullagh 00:28:34 (56)
161 Carina Davidson 00:29:13 (64)
195 Siobhan Russell 00:31:55 (80)
200 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:47 (83)
211 Anousheh Alamir 00:34:31 (91)
Porterstown Parkrun (135)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:17:07
11 Eve O’Hea 1 00:23:07
Crusaders AC runner
 58 Martina White 00:28:56 (21)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (57)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Graham 1 00:18:31
11 Saoirse Maher 1 00:25:14
Crusaders AC runner
18 Laura O’Malley 00:27:08 (4)
Poppintree Parkrun (331)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niki Aleksandrovics 1 00:17:13
31 Louise Mordue 1 00:21:54
Crusaders AC runners
129 Paul F. Kelly 00:27:25
271 Ellen Walsh 00:36:56 (106)
Cabinteely Parkrun (194)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eoin Healy 1 00:18:17
26 Joan Healy 1 00:23:41
Crusaders AC runners
50 John Lohan 00:25:32
124 Mia Shine 00:31:26 (36)
125 Fiona Shine 00:31:27 (37)

By all accounts, after a sunny but chilly Saturday, Sunday was altogether different, experiencing hail and rain at times.

Still, that naturally did not affect our athletes competing in the National U20, U23 and Masters Championships held in Athlone over the weekend and we had some strong performances. Once again, Steven Colvert won the M35 60m sprint in a time of 7.40 and Enda Clarke medalled in his age category, the M40, in the masters 1500m, placing second in 4:22.91. Lisa Corrigan took gold in the F50 long jump with her 4th jump of 4  attempts with a leap of 3.43m and silver in the 400m (79.92), whilst Paul Francis took the silver medal in the M60 200m with a time of 28.34 running in lane 6. He finished in 3rd place. However, the 2nd placed athlete was listed as a UK runner. Congrats to all.
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Then, in the National U23 60m, Sean Owens progressed to the final from heat 2, where he had recorded a time of 7.5 in 3rd place. Sean then placed 6th in the final in 7.11. Saad Ashraf had also run in heat 2, placing 4th in 7.19, but, along with Charlie Bastow who placed 6th in heat 3 in 7.25, he did not progress further. Meanwhile, Harry Moylan took 5th place in the U20 shot put with a throw of 13.38m, his 4th of 6.

Many of our athletes are racing in Paddy’s Day’s events and so there was little racing on Irish roads over the weekend. One race that did take place, on Sunday, was the Skerries 10k with a field of 822. Brian Regan placed 11th in 36:18, followed by Tomás Bradley (46th in 40:33) and Mauro Verrocchio (392nd in 53:39). Further afield we had competitors in the Barcelona marathon. Our contingent was led home by Mikel Crisostomo who ran 3:00:01 in his first marathon, with pretty even splits, but finding the last 4km quite tough. Richie Phelan was next (3:23:33), followed by one of our London exiles, Louise Lancaster (3:35:40) and then by John Kennedy with a time of 3:59:39. The contingent was completed by Daniel O’Mahony and Cecilia Sandre running side by side all the way, with Cecilia recording a PB. They both finished in 4:13:18.

In Jobstown Park on Saturday morning, there were 50 runners in the Central bank 6k mixed XC. On a course that looked benign on paper, but which turned out to be quite tough, Joe Walsh placed 2nd in 23:34, followed by Karl Walsh (12th and 2nd M45 in 26:48), Tony Hackett (27th in 30:13) and Brendan Glynn (32nd and 3rd M40 in 32:41).

Up in the mountains, also on Saturday, we had athletes taking part in the Wicklow Way Half marathon. In a field of 247 finishers, Donatas Jocius placed 16th in 1:58:37, followed by Daniel Toal (45th in 2:13:16), Ian Weldon (124th in 2:37:26), Redmond Murphy (146th in 2:44:19) and Charles Cartledge (200th in 3:06:11).

With the super weather at the start of what is likely to be a long weekend for many, we had plenty of participants in parkruns this weekend.

In St. Anne’s, with its field of 453, Annie Hughes placed 7th overall and 1st female finisher in 19:04, followed by Enda Currid (29th in 20:25). Aoife Quigley ran in her native Cork, in the Tramore Valley parkrun, where, in a field of 393, she placed 10th and 1st in 19:43. Aoife was followed by Áine Crotty (136th and 23rd in 27:09) and Cian Coughlan (137th in 27:10).  We had two first finishers in Poolbeg. Ashley Hayes led the field of 229 home in 17:54, followed by Emma Rowe (8th and 1st in 19:53). Both were followed by Donal O’Malley (16th in 20:56), David O’Donnell (18th in 21:08), Louise Dobbyn (21st and 3rd in 21:34), Gerard Moore (24th in 21:56), Kabir Sala (32nd in 22:16), Ryan Preston (34th in 22:20), Charlie Coonan (41st in 22:38), John Lohan (49th in 23:09), Josie Ward (57th and 10th in 23:32), Franky Keane (74th in 24:59), Ross Neill (87th in 25:34), Bo Chicoine (104th in 26:33), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (125th and 32nd in 27:49), Ellen Walsh (127th and 34th in 27:56), Kevin Kenny (141st in 29:01), Lorraine McMahon (157th and 53rd in 30:19), Evelyn Neary (161st and 55th in 30:40), Michael Fitzsimons (162nd in 30:48), Mari Hansen (179th and 69th in 32:09), Cynthia Perucca (198th and 77th in 33:49) and Siobhan Russell (201st and 79th in 34:03). David Carter joined 65 other runners on Bere island, where he placed first in 19:50. In Falcarragh, in one of his last parkruns as a Crusader, Michael O’Conor led the field of 104 home in 18:29.

Ronan Walsh and Claire Reidy ran in Oranmore, where Ronan placed 3rd in 19:47 and Claire placed 6th and 2nd in 22:30 in the field of 84, whilst in Tramore, Waterford, Rob Cross took place in 17:3, followed by Fiona Bane (49th and 9th in 24:49). The field there measured 170. Dee Lawlor ran once again in Vandeleur, where he placed 3rd in a field of 80 in 19:49, whilst, in Cabinteely, John O’Donnell ran alongside 176 other participants, placing 2nd in 20:28.

Felipe De Sousa placed 4th in the 78-strong field in Tolka Valley in a time of 19:53, whilst Conor MacGuinness ran with 220 other participants in Kilkenny, placing 6th in 20:09. Darina Scully ran once again in River Valle, placing 50th and 13th in a field of 135 and a time of 29:02, whilst, in Poppintree, Paul F. Kelly took 55th spot in a field of 194 in 26:33. Laura O’Malley ran in Letterkenny where alongside 101 other runners, she placed 39th and 9th in 29:23, whilst Orlaith de Burca was our sole runner this week in Shanganagh, where she placed 168th and 56th in 31:03.

Aoife McCarthy and Carina Davidson ran in Marlay Park, where, in a field of 4999, Aoife placed 83rd and 11th in 23:34, followed by Carina (289th and 80th in 29:12). In Fairview, Ceolan McMullan pla ed 54th in 26:13 in a field of 197, whilst Mairead Cashman walked in Corkagh (270th and 117th in 39:03) in a field of 334. Michael O’Shea took 7th spot in the 27-strong field on Inch Beach in a time of 26:38, whilst, in Bushy Park, Kev Moore placed 6th in 20:48, followed by Mary Donnelly (23rd and 4th in 22:41) in the field of 188 there. Three members of the Shine family ran in Longford. In a field of 81, Lisa placed 34th and 7th in 29:47, followed by Máirín (38th and 9th in 30:38) and Fiona (48th and 15th in 32:08).

Finally, Fanny Trébouet ran in the 126-strong field in Haga in Sweden, where she placed 69th and 14th in 28:59, whilst in Perth in Scotland, our exile there, John Reidy, ran 21:38 for 19th spot in a field measuring 326.
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Skerries 10k (822)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Michael Brady 1 00:31:45
4 Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill 1 00:33:53
Crusaders AC runners
11 Brian Regan 01:36:18
46 Tomás Bradley 00:40:33
392 Mauro Verrocchio 00:53:39
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/skerries_10k_2026/6015/results
BHAA Central Bank 6k XC (50)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Fleming 1 00:22:37
4 Laura McDonnell 1 00:24:06
Crusaders AC runners
2 Joe Walsh 00:23:34
12 Karl Walsh 00:26:48
27 Anthony Hackett 00:30:13
32 Brendan Glynn 00:32:41
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/546
IMRA Wicklow Way Half marathon (247)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Dunne 1 01:40:34
15 Sinead Farrell 1 01:56:45
Crusaders AC runners
16 Donatas Jocius 01:58:37
45 Daniel Toal 02:13:16
124 Ian Weldon 02:37:26
146 Redmond Murphy 02:44:19
200 Charles Cartledge 03:06:11
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2792/category/O/
Fairview Parkrun (197) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Hurtley 1 00:18:47
15 Catherine Lynch 1 00:22:20
Crusaders AC runner
54 Ceolan McMullan 00:26:13
Vandeleur Parkrun (80) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Thomas Garrahy 1 00:17:55
6 Dympna O’Dwyer 1 00:21:56
Crusaders AC runner
3 Derek Lawlor 00:19:49
Marlay Parkrun (499) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cathal Flaherty 1 00:17:19
24 Lorraine Nolan 1 00:21:03
Crusaders AC runners
83 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:34 (11)
289 Carina Davidson 00:29:12 (80)
Bere Island Parkrun (66) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Carter 1 00:19:50
2 Mickelagh Murphy 1 00:21:03
Crusaders AC runner
1 David Carter 00:19:50
Corkagh Parkrun (334) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sam Cooney 1 00:17:23
27 Abigail O’Sullivan 1 00:22:39
Crusaders AC runner
270 Mairead Cashman 00:39:03 (117)
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (393)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tiarnan O’Donoghue 1 00:17:27
10 Aoife Quigley 1 00:19:43
Crusaders AC runners
10 Aoife Quigley 00:19:43 (1)
136 Áine Crotty 00:27:09 (23)
137 Cian Coughlan 00:27:10
Shanganagh Parkrun (267)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Drew Donohoe 1 00:16:34
2 Isabel O’Reilly 1 00:17:58
Crusaders AC runner
168 Orlaith de Burca 00:31:03 (56)
River Valley Parkrun (135)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Croft 1 00:20:22
9 Cecile Ollagnier 1 00:23:31
Crusaders AC runner
50 Darina Scully 00:29:02 (13)
Longford Parkrun (81)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Patrick O’Dowd 1 00:18:24
14 Stephanie Scanlan 1 00:24:06
Crusaders AC runners
34 Lisa Shine 00:29:47 (7)
38 Máirín Shine 00:30:38 (9)
48 Fiona Shine 00:32:08 (15)
Tramore, Waterford Parkrun (170) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Power 1 00:17:09
14 Aisling Lowe 1 00:20:43
Crusaders AC runners
2 Rob Cross 00:17:37
49 Fiona Bane 00:24:49 (9)
Bushy Parkrun (188)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cian Buckley 1 00:19:21
16 Sadhbh Dalton 1 00:21:54
Crusaders AC runners
6 Kev Moore 00:20:48
23 Mary Donnelly 00:22:41 (4)
Inch Beach Parkrun (27)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter McGovern 1 00:17:32
6 Mae Griffin 1 00:26:36
Crusaders AC runner
7 Michael O’Shea 00:26:38
St. Anne’s Parkrun (453)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tony McNally 1 00:16:22
7 Annie Hughes 1 00:19:04
Crusaders AC runners
7 Annie Hughes 00:19:04 (1)
29 Enda Currid 00:20:25
Poolbeg Parkrun (229)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:17:54
8 Emma Rowe 1 00:19:53
Crusaders AC runners
1 Ashley Hayes 00:17:54
8 Emma Rowe 00:19:53 (1)
16 Donal O’Malley 00:20:56
18 David O’Donnell 00:21:08
21 Louise Dobbyn 00:21:34 (3)
24 Gerard Moore 00:21:56
32 Kabir Sala 00:22:16
34 Ryan Preston 00:22:20
41 Charlie Coonan 00:22:38
49 John Lohan 00:23:09
57 Josie Ward 00:23:32 (10)
74 Franky Keane 00:24:59
87 Ross Neill 00:25:34
104 Bo Chicoine 00:26:33
125 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:27:49 (32)
127 Ellen Walsh 00:27:56 (34)
141 Kevin Kenny 00:29:01
157 Lorraine McMahon 00:30:19 (53)
161 Evelyn Neary 00:30:40 (55)
162 Michael Fitzsimons 00:30:48
179 Mari Hansen 00:32:09 (69)
198 Cynthia Perucca 00:33:49 (77)
201 Siobhan Russell 00:34:03 (79)
Oranmore Parkrun (84)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Serhii Sylenko 1 00:18:54
4 Clare Rowe 1 00:20:05
Crusaders AC runners
3 Ronan Walsh 00:19:47
6 Claire Reidy 00:22:30 (2)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (78)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cúán Kiernan Buckley 1 00:18:50
15 Karen McGurren 1 00:24:13
Crusaders AC runner
4 Felipe De Sousa 00:19:53
Kilkenny Parkrun (221) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paddy O’Keeffe 1 00:19:04
4 Leanne Butler 1 00:19:50
Crusaders AC runner
6 Conor MacGuinness 00:20:09
Letterkenny Parkrun (102)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Chibuzor Victor Ogoegbunam 1 00:20:39
7 Katie Toal 1 00:22:37
Crusaders AC runner
39 Laura O’Malley 00:29:23 (9)
Poppintree Parkrun (194)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sharon Somers 1 00:18:41
2 Mark Carolan 1 00:18:45
Crusaders AC runner
55 Paul F. Kelly 00:26:33
Cabinteely Parkrun (177)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ted Burke 1 00:19:54
8 Lara Woods 1 00:22:03
Crusaders AC runner
2 John O’Donnell 00:20:28

What a wonderful weekend of racing! For most the sun appeared to shine and conditions were kind for this time of year.

This year’s Bohermeen Half was a revelation for the sheer number of PBs recorded, although admittedly, it has always been a good confidence builder as half marathons go.
On a chilly, but sunny morning with a breeze of around 16kph from the SSE on the two-loop course in Co. Meath, we had at least 24 Crusaders set out on their quest for fast times, as well as confidence for upcoming marathons, and most were not disappointed.

​In a field of 1641 finishers, Brian O’Kelly distinguished himself by placing 2nd in the race in a great PB time of 67:01, with Marc Geraghty (9th in a PB time of 70:35) not too far behind. Indeed, the first seven of our contingent to cross the line, all recorded PBs. Marc was followed by Conor Kilkenny (29th in 72:39), Kevin Fitzgibbon (31st in 72:53), Rory O’Kennedy (48th in 74:08 with a PB improvement of 3 minutes), Michael Wycherley (69th and 3rd M50 in a 2-minute PB improvement of 75:29) and Aoife Cleary, preparing for the Milan marathon (118th overall and 4th female finisher in a PB time of 78:07).

Ashley Hayes was next (143rd in 78:58) and he was followed by James Sherry (191st in a PB time of 81:05), Sarah-Grace Breen (205th and 11th in 81:39) paced by Brian Regan (206th in 81:40), Gerard White (282nd in 84:36), John O’Donnell (291st in 84:38) and Donal O’Malley (318th in a PB time of 85:22.

In 517th and 4th places came Aisling Harrington in 91:38, alongside Killian Lynskey (518th in 91:37), followed by Louise O’Riordan (642nd and 68th in a PB of 95:32), Ryan Preston (834th in 1:40:18), Chris Bannon (1008th in 1:45:52), Aoife McCarthy (1043rd and 174th in 1:48:53) and Kevin Kenny (1485th in 2:09:16). Spare a thought for Emily Glen, Kathryn Gibbons and David Carter who were unable to finish, the last recovering from recent illness.

In the team competitions, the ladies’ team of Aoife, Sarah-Grace, Aisling and Louise placed 2nd out of 24 in the Delaney Cup, whilst the men’s team of Conor, Kevin, Rory, Michael, Brian and Gerard placed 5th out of 33 in the Rennicks Cup.

Over in Kinvara on Saturday morning, Áine Kenny took part in the ¾ marathon there alongside 247 other runners, placing 61st overall, 5th female finisher and likely 2nd F40 in a time of 2:32:58, whilst we had runners in the Bundoran 10-mile road race in Co. Donegal on the same day. In a field of 1488, Sarah Bradley placed 555th and 129th in 81:46, followed by Daniel Gleeson (739th in 86:36) and Kathryn Tomkins (871st and 272nd in 88:59).

Then, up in Dundalk, Emma Rowe and Gavan Doherty took part in the Carlingford half marathon on Saturday morning. The results are shown below but there is some confusion as there was also a 10k race at the same time and some of the 10k results appear as half marathon results. Emma ran a great 85:59 for 74th place overall and 2nd female finisher, whilst Gavan ran a solid 1:43:01 for 325th place. The results indicate that there were 1035 half marathon finishers. However, there may be some 10k results included.

Earlier in the week, we had runners take part in the Bear Races-organised Sandymount Night 10k and 5k Runs. These are races that combine a mixture of narrow path and open beach running and can be a shock to many running the events for the first time. The large fields often provide a fair amount of congestion too. In the 10k, with a field of 845, Tim Bowen placed 13th in 38:27, followed by Steven Michel (15th in 39:00), Brian O’Regan (40th in 41:41), Ciara Regan (43rd and 4th in 42:22), Imogen Guinness (201st and 35th in 49:10) and Conor MacGuinness (376th in 57:20). Then, in the 5k race with its field of 707,  Paul Kilgarriff placed 46th in 20:58 followed by Kevin Kenny (273rd in 29:16).
 
Further afield, one of our London exiles, Kate O’Malley ran 82 minutes in the Cambridge half marathon, whilst in the Leith Hill Trail half in the Mole Valley, two others, Rob Glascott and Conor Parle took part. Rob recorded a time of 1:57, with Conor running 2:12.  Charles-Edouard Cattier ran in the Recife Half marathon in Brazil, where he recorded a time of 98:00, whilst in the Victoria Park half marathon in London, Olwyn Dunne ran 1:48:55. Finally, another of our runners to take part in a half marathon abroad over the weekend was Lorenzo Battistin who ran 86 minutes in the Semi de Paris. Other distances were also covered. Two of our Spanish exiles, Esther Requena Ferri and Cristian Vilchez Ceballos, ran in the Torre Del Mar 10k, with Esther placing 2nd in the women’s race in 39:50 and Cristian finishing as 3rd M35 in 34:38.

There was at least one race organised by IMRA in the Wicklow mountains over the weekend. On Saturday morning we had a couple of Crusaders take part in the Askenagap Hill 9.6k down in Baltinglass with its climb of 528m. In a field of 98, Warren Swords placed 10th in 55:33, followed by Becky Quinn (20th, 4th and 1st F50 in 58:34).

The sun brought out plenty of parkrunners on Saturday morning. Karl Walsh ran once again in Naas, where, in a field of 195, he led everyone home in a time of 18:35. Meanwhile, in JFK Park in New Ross, Isabelle Cairns finished in 23:36 in 9th and 1st places in a field of 102, whilst, in Tolka Valley Park, Felipe De Sousa led the field of 54 across the line in 19:40. He was followed by Enda Currid (3rd in 21:00). Mary Donnelly placed 23rd and 2nd in Bushy Park in a time of 22:13, preceded, in the field of 221, by Kev Moore (9th in 20:25). Aoife McCarthy also placed 2nd female finisher (18th overall) in 24:00 in the field of 136 on Wexford Racecourse, followed by Carina Davidson (47th and 11th in 27:54). Meanwhile, in Shanganagh, Miriam Logan joined a field of 331, where she placed 26th and 3rd in 21:44, followed by Lisa Shine (252nd and 91st in 32:54) and by Máirín Shine (266th and 102nd in 34:16).

In Lough Key, with its field of 160 Kate Murray finished in a time of 25:36 for 28th and 4th spots, whilst Mairead Cashman tailwalked in the field of 48 on the Grand Canal Way in Tullamore. Paul Cowhie made a welcome return to competitive running, placing 9th in 18:32 in the field of 519 in St. Anne’s, followed by Jens Segewiss (10th in 18:39) and Michael Maughan (77th in 23:18), whilst, in Donabate, Ryan Hoey joined with 229 other participants, where he ran 23:51 for 43rd spot, followed by Brendan Glynn (66th in 25:19).

As usual, our largest contingent ran in Poolbeg with its field of 252. Jan Manschot ran 18:01 for 4th place, followed by Darragh Jones (12th in 19:250, Sam Osborne (20th in 20:58), ahead of Sean Brady (21st in 21:09), Kabir Sala (35th in 21:42), David Timoney (45th in 22:25), Sharon Woods (60th and 7th in 23:46), Josie Ward (67th and 10th in 24:01), Ciara Regan (71st and 12th in 24:16), Mark McGovern (74th in 24:26), Andres Mino (101st in 25:56), Neil Brown (102nd in 26:09), Djinn Von Noorden (108th and 23rd in 26:26), Conor Kilkenny (154th in 28:35) alongside Lorraine McMahon (155th and 47th in the same time), Mari Hansen (179th and 60th in 29:38), Kevin Kenny (182nd in 29:41) and Ellen Walsh (185th and 65th in 29:52).

In a field of 123 in Sligo, Ross Neill placed 44th in 27:47, whilst, in Ballincollig, with its field of 391, Helena O’Keeffe ran 28:38 for 182nd and 48th spots. Finally, Olwyn Dunne took advantage of her time in London to run in Richmond, where she placed 123rd and 21st in 25:01 in a field of 549, whilst Kris Ryan, one of our Australian exiles, ran in Paradise Point where she placed 117th and also 21st in a time of 25:56.
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Bohermeen Half marathon (1642)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Hugh Armstrong 1 01:04:23
15 Alice Wright 1 01:10:50
Crusaders AC runners
2 Brian O’Kelly 01:07:01 (PB)
9 Marc Geraghty 01:10:35 (PB)
29 Conor Kilkenny 01:12:39 (PB)
31 Kevin Fitzgibbon 01:12:53 (PB)
48 Rory O’Kennedy 01:14:08 (PB)
69 Michael Wycherley 01:15:29 (PB)
118 Aoife Cleary 01:18:07 (PB) (4)
143 Ashley Hayes 01:18:07
191 James Sherry 01:21:05 (PB)
205 Sarah-Grace Breen 01:21:39 (11)
206 Brian Regan 01:21:40
282 Gerard White 01:24:36
291 John O’Donnell 01:24:38
318 Donal O’Malley 01:25:22 (PB)
517 Aisling Harrington 01:31:38 (40)
518 Killian Lynskey 01:31:27
642 Louise O’Riordan 01:35:32 (PB) (68)
834 Ryan Preston 01:40:18
1008 Chris Bannon 01:45:52
1043 Aoife McCarthy 01:48:53 (174)
1485 Kevin Kenny 02:09:16
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/bohermeen_ac_half_marathon/5948/results
Sandymount Night Run 10k (845)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Greg Devereux 1 00:35:13
8 Cliona Murphy 1 00:37:30
Crusaders AC runners
13 Tim Bowen 00:38:27
15 Steven Michel 00:39:00
40 Brian Regan 00:41:41
43 Ciara Regan 00:42:22 (4)
201 Imogen Guinness 00:49:10 (35)
376 Conor MacGuinness 00:57:20
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/savills_sandymount_dublin_night_run_5km__10km/5840/results
Sandymount Night Run 5k (707)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 John Durcan 1 00:16:08
34 Eimear Fitzmaurice 1 00:20:24
Crusaders AC runners
46 Paul Kilgarriff 00:20:58
273 Kevin Kenny 00:29:16
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/savills_sandymount_dublin_night_run_5km__10km/5840/results
Kinvara ¾ marathon (248)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Andreas Lundegard 1 01:50:20
29 Sarah Flanagan 1 02:19:26
Crusaders AC runner
61 Áine Kenny 02:32:58 (5)
Full results here: http://www.redtagtiming.com/rockandroad2026_32km.html
IMRA Askenagap Hill 9.6k (98)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Titouan Savignoni 1 00:45:00
5 Caroline Harney Ayton 1 00:53:34
Crusaders AC runners
10 Warren Swords 00:55:33
20 Becky Quinn 00:58:34 (4)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2776/category/O/
Bundoran 10 miler (1488)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 David Gormley 1 00:54:55
21 Maria McGee 1 00:58:12
Crusaders AC runners
555 Sarah Bradley 01:21:46 (129)
739 Daniel Gleeson 01:26:36
871 Kathryn Tomkins 01:28:59 (272)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/bundoran_10_2026/5686/results
Carlingford Half marathon (1035)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Michael Brady 1 01:08:48
33 Harriet Buswell 1 01:21:56
Crusaders AC runners
74 Emma Rowe 01:25:59 (2)
325 Gavan Doherty 01:43:01
Full results here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1FzcQqYmwed8vwgbHt5BE-pxAmCRf3zzKo6pfvWjf1_8/htmlview
New Ross Parkrun (102) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Kelly 1 00:20:15
9 Isabelle Cairns 1 00:23:26
Crusaders AC runner
9 Isabelle Cairns 00:23:26 (1)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (54) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Felipe De Sousa 1 00:19:40
2 Caroline Monk 1 00:20:56
Crusaders AC runners
1 Felipe De Sousa 00:19:40
3 Enda Currid 00:21:00
Wexford Racecourse Parkrun (136) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eoin O’Malley 1 00:16:59
14 Annemarie Doyle 1 00:22:51
Crusaders AC runners
18 Aoife McCarthy 00:24:00 (2)
47 Carina Davidson 00:27:54 (11)
Lough Key Parkrun (160) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Taheny 1 00:20:11
5 Bonnie McFeat 00:21:09
Crusaders AC runner
28 Kate Murray 00:25:36 (4)
The Grand Canal Way, Tullamore Parkrun (48) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oisin Moran 1 00:23:24
8 Anne Marie Sullivan 1 00:27:39
Crusaders AC runner
46 Mairead Cashman 00:49:50 (28)
Ballincollig Parkrun (391)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Trevor Woods 1 00:19:24
11 Kathleen Ryan 1 00:20:27
Crusaders AC runner
182 Helena O’Keeffe 00:28:38 (46)
Shanganagh Parkrun (331)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cian Whelan 1 00:18:05
7 Sarah Baryga 1 00:19:49
Crusaders AC runners
26 Miriam Logan 00:21:44 (3)
252 Lisa Shine 00:32:54 (91)
266 Máirín Shine 00:34:16 (102)
Donabate Parkrun (230)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean English 1 00:17:59
6 Molly Rickard 1 00:19:55
Crusaders AC runners
43 Ryan Hoey 00:23:51
66 Brendan Glynn 00:25:19
Marlay Parkrun (582)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciaran Connolly 1 00:16:46
22 Paula Grant 1 00:20:58
Crusaders AC runners
3 Paul Flynn 00:17:43
136 Kate Murray 00:24:44 (22)
228 Ellen Walsh 00:27:20 (49)
383 Carina Davidson 00:30:49 (127)
Brickfields Parkrun (126) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Higgins 1 00:18:08
12 Narangarav Gankhuyag 1 00:21:39
Crusaders AC runners
24 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:21 (2)
98 Mairead Cashman 00:34:00
Bushy Parkrun (221)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Steven Crowe 1 00:18:14
5 Maddie Craig 1 00:19:30
Crusaders AC runners
9 Kev Moore 00:20:25
23 Mary Donnelly 00:22:13 (2)
Naas Parkrun (195)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Karl Walsh 1 00:18:35
14 Vanessa Sallier 1 00:21:15
Crusaders AC runner
1 Karl Walsh 00:18:35
St. Anne’s Parkrun (519)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Sharkey 1 00:17:10
29 Ailish Malone 1 00:20:05
Crusaders AC runners
9 Paul Cowhie 00:18:32
10 Jens Segewiss 00:18:39
77 Michael Maughan 00:23:18
Poolbeg Parkrun (252)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 James McGuirk 1 00:17:36
31 Ava Rose Clarke 1 00:21:33
Crusaders AC runners
4 Jan Manschot 00:18:01
12 Darragh Jones 00:19:25
20 Sam Osborne 00:20:58
21 Sean Brady 00:21:09
35 Kabir Sala 00:21:42
45 David Timoney 00:22:25
60 Sharon Woods 00:23:46 (7)
67 Josie Ward 00:24:01 (10)
71 Ciara Regan 00:24:16 (12)
74 Mark McGovern 00:24:26
101 Andres Mino 00:25:56
102 Neil Brown 00:26:09
108 Djinn Von Noorden 00:26:26 (23)
154 Conor Kilkenny 00:28:35
155 Lorraine McMahon 00:28:35 (47)
179 Mari Hansen 00:29:38 (60)
169 Una McCullagh 00:30:11 (69)
182 Kevin Kenny 00:29:41
186 Ellen Walsh 00:29:52 (65)
Sligo Parkrun (123)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Micheal Quirke 1 00:19:36
11 Myrtle Bamber 1 00:22:42
Crusaders AC runner
44 Ross Neill 00:27:47

​The weekend was marked by some great running in the National Senior Indoors Championships as well as out on the roads around the counties and further afield.

We start with indoor athletics that took place in the National Indoors Arena in Abbotstown over both days of the weekend. Hugo Magee was our standout performer with a bronze medal in the final of the men’s 400m. In the final he ran 48.92, following 1st place in his heat in 49:11 and 48.21 in placing 1st in heat 3 of the semi-final.

Luc Culliton placed 3rd in heat 10 of the 200m heats in a time of 22.88. However, it was not fast enough to qualify. He and Saad Ashraf also ran in the heats of the 60m on day 2, with Luc placing 6th in 7.35 in the 4th heat, and Saad also placing 6th in 7.21 in heat 9. Enda Clarke placed 10th in heat 3 of the men’s 1500m in a time of 4:19.72, whilst, in the men’s shot put, Conor Quinn placed 6th with his best throw in the 4th round (equalled in the 6th) of 13.25m.

Our standout performance on the roads came from Molly Hyland who recorded a second PB in a week with her time of 82:17 in winning the women’s race in the Naas Town Half marathon on Sunday morning. This was a 4 minute improvement over her time in Alicante (86:28) just a week ago. In wet and windy conditions for the field of 671, Molly placed 12th overall. Behind her came Karl Walsh (no place recorded, but a time of 91:00) and then by Sharon Woods (163rd overall, 31st female finisher and winner of her F50 age category in 1:43:41). The contingent was completed by Niall Fitzgerald (181st in 1:44:35).

Up in Lusk, in the 4-mile race there, Cormac Fenton placed 62nd in the field of 850 in a time of 24:51, and he was followed by Aoife Matthews (174th, 24th and 3rd F50 in 28:56).
Also on Sunday, Conor MacGuinness joined a field of 129 in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, where he placed 6th in 38:38 in the 10k event there.

Further afield, on Sunday morning, we had 3 athletes taking part in Tokyo marathon. David Willis, our American exile now based in Charlotte, North Carolina, recorded a super time of 2:39:06 with level splits, followed by Triona Quill who likely placed highly in her F55 age category with a time of 3:27:07 and then by Lieze Verberght who ran a solid 4:01:44, agonizingly close to going under 4 hours.

There were two races up in the mountains over the weekend with Crusader participation. In Co. Sligo, Kevin Lambe joined a field of 57 on Saturday morning tackling the Carrowkeel Winter out-and back 10k with a climb of 300m. Kevin placed 28th in 66:19. On Sunday morning, Gavan Doherty ran with 147 others in the Brockagh Burst 6.6k in the Wicklow Mountains. He placed 78th on the course with its climb of 252m in 46:32.
Finally, coming to Saturday morning’s parkruns on an unusually sunny morning, we had several podium finishers.

Annie Hughes ran in her native Westport where, in a field of 125, she placed 2nd overall and 1st female finisher in 19:06, whilst, in St. Anne’s, Rob Cross led the field of 540 across the line in 17:09. Rob was followed by Paul Reidy in 2nd place with a time of 17:34 and then by Michael O’Shea (64th in 22:01) and Fiona Bane (111th and 17th in 24:09). Then, in Shanganagh with its field of 347, Ciara Regan placed 9th and 1st in 19:48, followed by Mags Foley (22nd and 5th in 21:05), Paul Campbell (40th in 22:22), Olwyn Dunne (109th and 14th in 25:55), Orlaith de Burca (153rd and 32nd 28:02) and Kevin Kenny (264th in 33:10). Mary Donnelly placed 18th and 2nd in 21:52 in the 230-strong field in Bushy Park, with Kev Moore placing 9th in 20:39 just ahead of her, whilst Aoife McCarthy also placed 2nd (24th overall) in the field of 126 in Brickfields and a time of 23:21. Mairead Cashman also ran there, placing 98th and 31st in 34:00.

The large contingent of at least 26 Crusaders in Poolbeg was led home by Steven Hurley in 2nd place and a time of 17:50 in the field of 241. Stephen was followed by Conor MacGuinness (7th in 19:33), Darragh Jones (13th in 20:13), Conor Kilkenny (17th in 20:23), Adrian Groarke (20th in 20:52), Mustaf Ahmed (23rd in 21:04), Donal O’Malley (24th in 21:08), Piarais Neary (26th in 21:18), David Timoney (31st in 21:40), Louise Dobbyn (34th and 5th in 22:11), Emily Glen (53rd and 9th in 24:04), Neil Brown (57th in 24:26), Sharon Woods, celebrating her 250th parkrun (68th and 15th in 24:55), Franky Keane (83rd in 25:56), Bo Chicoine (84th in 25:57), Louise O’Riordan (85th and 21st in 25:58), Diarmuid Bolger (129th in 28:05), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (133rd and 43rd in 28:17), Lorraine McMahon (145th and 52nd in 28:35), Maureen McGinley (158th and 61st in 29:20), Orla McTernan (162nd and 63rd in 29:31), Mari Hansen (164th and 64th in 29:35), Una McCullagh (169th and 69th in 30:11), Fanny Trébouet (173rd and 72nd in 30:19), Marie-Claire Daly (209th and 98th in 34:52) and John Lohan, tailwalking.

In Marlay Park, Paul Flynn placed 3rd in a field of 582 and a time of 17:43, and he was followed by Kate Murray (136th and 22nd in 24:44), Ellen Walsh (228th and 49th in 27:20) and Carina Davidson (383rd and 127th in 30:49). Meanwhile, in Oldbridge, Susanne English ran 27:38 for 58th and 8th places in a field of 164, whilst Colm Foley placed 34th in 23:48 in the field of 203 in Griffeen Park.

Ryan Preston ran in Belfast Victoria with 283 other participants, placing 88th in 22:13, whilst in Con Smith Anna Shine placed 34th and 12th in 30:35 in the field of 59. Anna was followed by Lisa Shine (36th and 13th in 30:57) and Máirín Shine (37th and 14th in 31:22).
Kabir Sala headed to his native Italy where he ran in the Milano Nord parkrun, placing 24th in a field of 215 and in a time of 21:11, whilst, in Donabate, Brendan Glynn ran alongside 207 other runners where he placed 61st in 26:14. In Ballincollig, with 329 participants, Helena O’Keeffe ran 36:19 for 285th and 112th places, whilst, in Kilcock, Martina White placed 175th and 51st in 30:32.
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Lusk 4-mile (850)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Tadhg Donnelly 1 00:18:38
14 Catherina Mullen 1 00:21:59
Crusaders AC runners
62 Cormac Fenton 00:24:51
174 Aoife Matthews 00:28:56 (24)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/lusk_4_mile/6023/results
Thomastown 10k (129)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Behan 1 00:35:29
15 Maeve O’Connor 1 00:40:27
Crusaders AC runner
6 Conor MacGuinness 00:38:38
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/_thomastown_5k_10k_and_15k/6158/results
Naas Town Half marathon (671)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin Brennan 1 01:15:05
12 Molly Hyland 1 01:22:17
Crusaders AC runners
12 Molly Hyland 01:22:17 (PB) (1)
XX Karl Walsh 01:31:00
163 Sharon Woods 01:43:41 (31)
181 Niall Fitzgerald 01:44:35
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/naas-town-10-mile-half-marathon/#2_47D931
IMRA Carrowkeel Winter 10k (57)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Dunne 1 00:45:17
7 Roisin Howley 1 00:54:35
Crusaders AC runner
28 Kevin Lambe 01:06:19
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2775/category/O/
IMRA Brockagh 6.6k (148)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark Carmody 1 00:34:52
2 Isabel O’Reilly 1 00:35:02
Crusaders AC runner
78 Gavan Doherty 00:46:32
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2765/category/O/
Oldbridge Parkrun (164) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Con Halpin 1 00:18:41
14 Ciara Shaw 1 00:21:45
Crusaders AC runner
58 Susanne English 00:27:38 (8)
Griffeen Parkrun (203) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oliver Warren 1 00:17:31
33 Caroline O’Sullivan 1 00:23:45
Crusaders AC runner
34 Colm Foley 00:23:48
Belfast Victoria Parkrun (284) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cameron Grant 1 00:16:23
20 Katie Napier 1 00:18:29
Crusaders AC runner
88 Ryan Preston 00:22:13
Westport Parkrun (125) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ruairi Hollywood 1 00:15:31
2 Annie Hughes 1 00:19:06
Crusaders AC runner
2 Annie Hughes 00:19:06 (1)
Con Smith Parkrun (59) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Shaney McPhillips 1 00:19:04
6 Finola Fitzsimons 1 00:22:36
Crusaders AC runners
34 Anna Shine 00:30:35 (12)
36 Lisa Shine 00:30:57 (13)
37 Máirín Shine 00:31:22 (14)
Ballincollig Parkrun (329)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Mannix 1 00:17:43
6 Anne O’Donovan 1 00:19:52
Crusaders AC runner
285 Helena O’Keeffe 00:36:19 (112)
Shanganagh Parkrun (347)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 George Callery 1 00:16:59
9 Ciara Regan 1 00:19:48
Crusaders AC runners
9 Ciara Regan 00:19:48 (1)
22 Margaret Foley 00:21:05 (5)
40 Paul Campbell 00:22:22
109 Olwyn Dunne 00:25:55 (14)
 153 Orlaith de Burca 00:28:02 (32)
264 Kevin Kenny 00:33:10
Donabate Parkrun (208)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Sharkey 1 00:17:13
7 Geraldine McHale 1 00:21:15
Crusaders AC runner
61 Brendan Glynn 00:26:14
Marlay Parkrun (582)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciaran Connolly 1 00:16:46
22 Paula Grant 1 00:20:58
Crusaders AC runners
3 Paul Flynn 00:17:43
136 Kate Murray 00:24:44 (22)
228 Ellen Walsh 00:27:20 (49)
383 Carina Davidson 00:30:49 (127)
Brickfields Parkrun (126) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Higgins 1 00:18:08
12 Narangarav Gankhuyag 1 00:21:39
Crusaders AC runners
24 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:21 (2)
98 Mairead Cashman 00:34:00
Bushy Parkrun (230)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aogan Mac Domhnaill 1 00:18:08
3 Roisin McMahon 1 00:19:12
Crusaders AC runners
9 Kev Moore 00:20:39
18 Mary Donnelly 00:21:52 (2)
Royal Canal, Kilcock Parkrun (350)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kevin Kelly 1 00:17:06
32 Amy Hedderman 1 00:23:18
Crusaders AC runner
175 Martina White 00:30:32 (51)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (540)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob Cross 1 00:17:09
22 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:45
Crusaders AC runners
1 Rob Cross 00:17:09
2 Paul Reidy 00:17:34
64 Michael O’Shea 00:22:01
111 Fiona Bane 00:24:09 (17)
Poolbeg Parkrun (241)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 August Benedicto 1 00:17:48
6 Christine Parsons 1 00:19:12
Crusaders AC runners
2 Stephen Hurley 00:17:50
7 Conor MacGuinness 00:19:33
13 Darragh Jones 00:20:13
17 Conor Kilkenny 00:20:23
20 Adrian Groarke 00:20:52
23 Mustaf Ahmed 00:21:04
24 Donal O’Malley 00:21:08
26 Piarais Neary 00:21:18
31 David Timoney 00:21:40
34 Louise Dobbyn 00:22:11 (5)
53 Emily Glen 00:24:04 (9)
57 Neil Brown 00:24:26
68 Sharon Woods 00:24:55 (15)
83 Franky Keane 00:25:56
84 Bo Chicoine 00:25:57
85 Louise O’Riordan 00:25:58 (21)
129 Diarmuid Bolger 00:28:05
133 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:17 (43)
145 Lorraine McMahon 00:28:35 (52)
158 Maureen McGinley 00:29:20 (61)
162 Orla McTernan 00:29:31 (63)
164 Mari Hansen 00:29:35 (64)
169 Una McCullagh 00:30:11 (69)
173 Fanny Trebouet 00:30:19 (72)
209 Marie-Claire Daly 00:34:52 (98)
241 John Lohan 00:59:14

There was a good deal of road racing taking place this weekend and last week, from Lisdoonvarna in Co. Clare to Wicklow and elsewhere. Sunday also saw the third race in the Winter League of the Women’s Meet and Train with excellent participation.

We start, however, with the wins recorded over the weekend. Dee Lawlor, who, along with John O’Donnell, is in training for an ultra-marathon in Romania in May, and who placed a creditable 20th in the Donadea 50k last Sunday, incredibly went out and won the hilly Wicklow Hospice 10k on Saturday morning in a great time of 35:36. In the field of 542, Senan Garvey placed 3rd in 36:37, followed by John (12th in 39:49), who, by virtue of Dee winning the race, likely placed 2nd in his M40 age category. Seamas Bulaeir was next (84th in 51:39), with Carina Davidson (who also joined the field in the WM&T the following day) placing 241st overall and 107th female finisher in 60:59.

There was also a half marathon in Wicklow on the same day and David Carter placed 38th in the field of 399 finishers in 93:18. There would have been 400 finishers. However, Phil Sykes went over on his ankle halfway round and unfortunately had to pull out of the race.

Another race winner was Aisling Harrington who joined a field of 341 in the Lisdoonvarna 5-mile, an event in the Run Clare series. Aisling placed 6th overall in 32:43. Elsewhere, we had at least three runners taking part in a couple of races organised by the Two Mile House GAA in Co. Kildare. In the 10k event, with a field of 126, Emma Rowe won the women’s race in 40:21, placing 13th overall, whilst Joe Walsh placed 3rd overall in 36:59. Meanwhile in the 5k edition with 264 runners, Charlie Coonan, with his 2nd race of the week, placed 30th in 21:31. On Sunday, John Lohan and Tara Murphy ran in the Nenagh Half marathon. Both recorded gun times as their chips didn't activate. Tara ran 2:04:16 for 532nd and 119th places, whilst John ran 1:40:58 for 201st. Despite their chips failing to register, Tara still succeeded in winning her F60 age category. Lastly, also on Sunday, Luke Haran ran in a non-chipped charity 10k in Milford, Co. Limerick, which he completed in 45:06.

On Wednesday evening, not only did the club provide 34 stewards for the first running of the Run the Night 8k, taking place around the Docklands Quays and the East Wall, but we also had at least 13 athletes running in the field of 3968 finishers. It was quite a congested event and thankfully at least 1000 runners didn’t come out for the race because of the unpromising weather. In the final event, the strong winds died down and surprisingly it stayed dry for the race.

Conor Kilkenny placed 5th in 26:54 and he was followed by Alby Allan (49th in 30:21), Brian O’Regan (54th in 30:31) just ahead of Conor MacGuinness (57th in 30:39). Kevin (Billy) O’Sullivan was next (93rd in 31:21) and he was followed by Ronan Smith who’d come down from Cavan for the occasion (149th in 32:29), Garret Connolly (likely 199th in 33:22), Enda Currid (322nd in 35:22), Luke Haran (423rd in 36:04), Phelim Murray (likely 464th in 36:26), Jens Segewiss (687th in 38:08) and Aoife McCarthy (754th and 113th in 38:30). Members may be interested to hear that Liz Maher, who trains with us, ran 29:58 for 3rd place in the women’s race, 45th overall.

Further afield, Molly Hyland headed to Alicante for the half marathon there on Sunday and she did herself proud on the hilly course, improving her PB by a minute to a super time of 86:28 and 18th female finisher. Then, earlier in the weekend, one of our Italian exiles, Alessandro Nappi ran in the Naples half marathon where he ran 1:47:00, whilst one of our Italian exiles in the US, Andrea Rondina, ran in a 3000m track race in San Francisco. He completed the distance in 8:49.35 placing 5th in the event. Two of our Spanish exiles, Cristian Vilchez Ceballos and Esther Requena Ferri, ran in a 10k street race in Torremolinos (the Carihuela), where Cristian recorded a time of 34:29 for 10th place overall and Esther placed 4th in the women’s race in a time of 38:53. Another of our Spanish exiles, Pablo Sanchez, became O/40 Madrid indoor 1500m champion on Sunday with a time of 4:17.

Over in Tymon Park on Sunday morning, we were able to watch the third race in this season’s WM&T winter league, this edition organised by Sportsworld. Indeed, the Bushy Park club took full advantage of the event to field 5 of the top 10 finishers and 10 of the first 20 in the 152-strong race, several of them lapping the field on the well-known 2.5-loop hilly course at the southern end of the park on the Tallaght side near the basketball arena. For those without spikes there were treacherous bits of mud in places, particularly just before a steep hill.

Our contingent of 21 was led home by Luz Estevan in an excellent 9th place with a time of 12:32. Luz was followed by Caoimhe O’Halloran who had a stormer of a last lap, making up numerous places (19th in 13:05). Caoimhe was followed by a strong run from Joanne Carey (24th in 13:12) and then by Paula Bradshaw (40th in 13:48) and Imogen Guinness (41st in 13:49), both runners showing great form. Carmel Higgins was next (46th in 14:03) and she was followed by Clare Bradley in her first race of the series, as an individual (49th in 14:11), just ahead of Sophia Morgan (50th in 14:12) and Emma O’Mahony (51st in 14:13) who demonstrated great sprinting technique.

Emer Kenny was next (56th in 14:23), ahead of Olwyn Dunne (62nd in 14:39), Lisa Branigan (63rd in 14:42), and Lisa Shine (93rd in 15:40) who had a super sprint at the end, getting ahead of another runner who seemed to jump in ahead in the chute but who thankfully was not given the place ahead of Lisa.  In 98th place came Georgina Loughrey (15:55) ahead of Carina Davidson in her 2nd race of the weekend (102nd in 16:09), Anna Shine (125th in 17:05), Anna Hernick (130th in 17:28), Helen Finucane (131st in 17:32), Máirín Shine (135th in 17:54), Marie-Claire Daly (147th in 19:47) and Niamh Trihy (150th in 21:05) guided by Kevin Kenny.  Juliane Frydenlund joined the back of the race as an individual without a number but her time of around 16:12 was not recorded. Team results are yet to be produced, but it would be premature to draw too many conclusions before the 4th race next month. Even so, in the Diamond division two of our teams are currently lying 5th and 7th; in the Platinum division, we have three teams with one lying 1st and the other two, 7th and 9th. Finally, in the Bronze division, the three teams are lying 1st, 5th and 6th.

Another XC race took place on Sunday in windy but otherwise dry conditions. This was the Teachers mixed 6k organised by the BHAA on the playing fields of Clonkeen College in Deansgrange. In a smallish field of 81, we had at least 8 Crusaders take part. They were led home by Joe Walsh (following his previous day’s exploits) in 5th spot and 1st in his new age category of M50 in a time of 24:47. Joe was followed by Karl Walsh (11th and 2nd M45 in 26:22), Liam Morris (22nd in 28:21), Tony Hackett (35th in 30:24), Phelim Murray (39th in 30:59), Neil Brown (51st in 32:54), Tomás Dunne (59th in 34:26) and Brendan Glynn (67th in 36:24).

IMRA organised two races over the weekend, starting with the Clonmel Trail half marathon on Saturday in which Donatas Jocius participated, completing the distance in 2:20:45 for 47th place in the field of 156. There was another, shorter race, in Wexford on Sunday in which we may have had a competitor or two. At time of writing the results are yet to be published for the latter event and once they are, and if any Crusaders participated, the report will be updated.

No parkruns were cancelled because of the weather this week and it appears that at least one of them, Poolbeg, was able to return to its original course, taking into account the steep hill in the nature reserve, previously slightly inaccessible because of flooding at its base.

We had again some first finisher and podium places as usual.  Indeed, one of our first finishers, Rob Cross, ran in Poolbeg alongside at least 27 Crusaders in the field of 241. Rob ran 17:19, followed by new member Ashley Hayes (2nd in 17:33) and then by Paddy Gaynor (9th in 19:33), Ronan Walsh (11th in 19:38), David O’Donnell (26th in 21:07), Conor Kilkenny (35th in 21:58) and Donal O’Malley (39th in 22:08).

Further back came Kabir Sala (56th in 23:08) and he was followed by Keith McConigly (60th in 23:17), Josie Ward (63rd and 5th in 23:28), Aoife McCarthy (69th and 6th in 23:40), Fiona Bane (76th and 8th in 24:05), Louise O’Riordan (83rd and 10th in 24:40), Ryan Preston (84th in 24:52), Sophia Morgan (88th and 11th in 24:59) and Emily Glen (89th and 12th in 25:02).

Paul F. Kelly (100th in 25:42) was next, followed by Tanja Narancic (112th and 23rd in 26:11), Franky Keane (113th in 26:12), Ellen Walsh (124th and 29th in 26:43), Olwyn Dunne (140th and 41st in 27:49), Bo Chicoine (141st in 27:58), Neil Brown (153rd in 28:17), Aisling O’Riordan (157th and 54th in 28:35), Lieze Verberght (184th and 67th in 31:03), Siobhan Russell (201st and 75th in 32:16), Cynthia Perucca (202nd and 76th in the same time) and Tara Murphy, tailwalking. Marie-Claire Daly also ran, but her result was not recorded.

Felipe De Sousa ran alongside 86 other runners in Tolka Valley Park, where he placed 2nd in 19:05, whilst Karl Walsh and Rebecca Fleming ran in the 151-strong field in Naas, with Karl placing 4th in 20:13 and Rebecca in 20th and 3rd in 23:06. Meanwhile, in Bushy Park with its field of 213 participants, Kev Moore took 4th spot in 20:48, followed by Mary Donnelly (15th and 3rd in 22:28), Paula Nolan (45th and 8th in 24:48) and Mairead Cashman (171st and 61st in 33:59). Garret Dunne took 4th place in Tymon Park, alongside 110 other runners, in a time of 19:15, whilst in Shanganagh Janet McManus placed 61st and 7th in 24:35. In the field of 339 there, Kevin Kenny placed 255th in 34:44, followed by Máirín and Lisa Shine (respectively 282nd and 109th and 283rd and 110th in 37:04 and 37:05). Newly-returned Kevin Lambe ran in the 145-strong field in Mullingar where he placed 2nd in a time of 19:40.

We had at least 3 runners in Fairview alongside 200 other participants. They were led across the line by Michael O’Shea (11th in 21:35) and he was followed by Ceolan McMullin (78th in 28:38) and Ross Neill, tailwalking. Gerard Moore placed 46th in 22:13 in the 498-strong field in St. Anne’s, ahead of Grainne Regan (159th and 31st in 27:11), whilst in Sligo, Orla McTernan joined a field of 136, where she placed 93rd and 30th in 31:57. Meanwhile, Luke Haran ran in Cabinteely, where, in a field of 182, he placed 19th in 22:37, whilst Lorraine McMahon ran once again on the Midleton Greenway, where, in a field of 144, she placed 66th and 12th in 28:17.

Aitor Arribas Velasco placed 166th in 29:23, alongside 280 other participants in Tramore Valley, Cork, whilst Brendan Glynn took 66th spot in 26:47 in the field of 221 in Donabate. Martina White ran in the 136-strong field in Porterstown where she placed 91st and 42nd in 33:09, whilst Ailish Hassett ran once more on Bere Island, where alongside 60 other runners, she placed 38th and 22nd in 33:51.

Further afield, one of our UK exiles, John Reidy, ran in Perth, Scotland where, in a field of 333, he placed 36th in 21:55, whilst another, Eva Kennedy, ran in Battersea Park, where she placed 419th and 58th in 23:46 in a field of 1199. In Gunnersbury Thom Martini joined 750 other participants where he placed 342nd in 28:54, whilst in Coomera in Australia, Kris Ryan placed 25th and 4th in 26:39 in a field of 143.

Two Mile House GAA 10k (126)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Gerard Hanlon 1 00:34:54
13 Emma Rowe 1 00:40:21
Crusaders AC runners
3 Joe Walsh 00:34:59
13 Emma Rowe 00:40:21 (1)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/two-mile-house-gaa-5k-10k-2026/#1_D8DF98
Two Mile House GAA 5k (264)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Rob McCabe 1 00:16:38
41 Michelle Doyle 1 00:22:42
Crusaders AC runner
30 Charlie Coonan 00:21:31
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/two-mile-house-gaa-5k-10k-2026/#1_D8DF98
Run the Night Dublin 8k (318)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 James Hyland 1 00:25:39
31 Evelyn Coughlan 1 00:29:21
Crusaders AC runners
5 Conor Kilkenny 00:26:54
49 Alby Allan 00:30:21
54 Brian O’Regan 00:30:31
57 Conor MacGuinness 00:30:39
93 Kevin (Billy) O’Sullivan 00:31:21
149 Ronan Smith 00:32:29
XXX Garret Connolly 00:33:22
230 Charlie Coonan 00:33:54
322 Enda Currid 00:35:22
423 Luke Haran 00:36:04
XXX Phelim Murray 00:36:26
687 Jens Seggewiss 00:38:08
754 Aoife McCarthy 00:38:30 (113)
Full results here: https://www.sportsplits.com/races/dublin-run-the-night-2026/events/1?page=1
Wicklow Hospice 10k (542)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Derek Lawlor 1 00:35:36
5 Sheila O’Byrne 1 00:37:46
Crusaders AC runners
1 Derek Lawlor 00:35:36
3 Senan Garvey 00:36:37
12 John O’Donnell 00:35:49
84 Seamas Bulaeir 00:51:39
241 Carina Davidson 01:00:59 (107)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/wicklow_hospice_half_marathon_and_10k_2026/6007/results
Wicklow Hospice Half Marathon (399)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robert Guerin 1 01:17:17
18 Miranda Frizzelle 01:28:05
Crusaders AC runner
38 David Carter 01:33:18
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/wicklow_hospice_half_marathon_and_10k_2026/6007/results
Lisdoonvarna 5-mile (341)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Darren McCann 1 00:28:40
6 Aisling Harrington 1 00:32:43
Crusaders AC runner
6 Aisling Harrington 00:32:43 (1)
Full results here: https://results.sporthive.com/events/7430943920657287424
Nenagh Half marathon (711)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Chris Jenken 1 01:08:53
6 Ava Crean 1 01:14:16
Crusaders AC runners
201 John Lohan 01:40:58
532 Tara Murphy 02:04:16 (119)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/nenagh_half_marathon_10km/5998/results
WM&T 3k XC (152)
Overall place Name Guntime
1 Roisin McMahon 00:11:24
Crusaders AC runners
9 Luz Estevan 00:12:32
19 Caoimhe O’Halloran 00:13:05
24 Joanne Carey 00:13:12
40 Paula Bradshaw 00:13:48
41 Imogen Guinness 00:13:49
46 Carmel Higgins 00:14:03
49 Clare Bradley 00:14:11
50 Sophia Morgan 00:14:12
51 Emma O’Mahony 00:14:13
56 Emer Kenny 00:14:23
62 Olwyn Dunne 00:14:39
63 Lisa Branigan 00:14:42
93 Lisa Shine 00:15:40
98 Georgina Loughrey 00:15:55
102 Carina Davidson 00:16:09
125 Anna Shine 00:17:05
130 Anna Hernick 00:17:28
131 Helen Finucane 00:17:32
135 Mairín Shine 00:17:54
147 Marie-Claire Daly 00:19:47
150 Niamh Trihy 00:21:05
Individual results here: https://raceclocker.com/fbb7a9d9
BHAA Teachers 6k mixed XC (81)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Burke 1 00:21:54
33 Sheila Nolan 1 00:29:51
Crusaders AC runners
5 Joe Walsh 00:24:47
11 Karl Walsh 00:26:22
22 Liam Morris 00:28:21
35 Anthony Hackett 00:30:24
39 Phelim Murray 00:30:59
51 Neil Brown 00:32:54
59 Tomás Dunne 00:34:26
67 Brendan Glynn 00:36:34
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/544
IMRA Clonmel Half marathon(156)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Joe O'Leary 1 01:45:53
4 Kealey Tideswell 1 01:53:25
Crusaders AC runner
47 Donatas Jocius 02:20:45
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2794/category/O/
Poolbeg Parkrun (241) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob Cross 1 00:17:19
17 Laura Collier 1 00:20:36
Crusaders AC runners
1 Rob Cross 00:17:19
2 Ashley Hayes 00:17:33
9 Patrick Gaynor 00:19:33
11 Ronan Walsh 00:19:38
26 David O’Donnell 00:21:07
35 Conor Kilkenny 00:21:58
39 Donal O’Malley 00:22:08
56 Kabir Sala 00:23:08
60 Keith McConigly 00:23:17
63 Josie Ward 00:23:28 (5)
69 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:40 (6)
76 Fiona Bane 00:24:05 (8)
83 Louise O’Riordan 00:24:40 (10)
84 Ryan Preston 00:24:52
88 Sophia Morgan 00:24:59 (11)
89 Emily Glenn 00:25:02 (12)
100 Paul F. Kelly 00:25:42
112 Tanja Narancic 00:26:11 (23)
113 Franky Keane 00:26:12
124 Ellen Walsh 00:26:43 (29)
140 Olwyn Dunne 00:27:49 (41)
141 Bo Chicoine 00:27:58
153 Neil Brown 00:28:17
157 Aisling O’Riordan 00:28:35 (54)
184 Lieze Verberght 00:31:03 (67)
201 Siobhan Russell 00:32:16 (75)
202 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:16 (76)
241 Tara Murphy 00:52:48
Fairview Parkrun (203) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Christian Finn 1 00:17:47
17 Emer Hyland 1 00:22:33
Crusaders AC runners
11 Michael O’Shea 00:21:35
78 Ceolan McMullin 00:28:38
197 Ross Neill 00:51:28
Donabate Parkrun (221) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Joe Holt 1 00:17:23
4 Sheila Bourke 1 00:19:19
Crusaders AC runner
66 Brendan Glynn 00:26:47
Mullingar Parkrun (145) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Philip Kiprono 1 00:18:33
8 Hannah Farrell 1 00:21:04
Crusaders AC runner
2 Kevin Lambe 00:19:40
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (281) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Crossley 1 00:16:41
5 Siobhan Hoare 1 00:19:05
Crusaders AC runner
166 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:29:23
Naas Parkrun (151) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Joyce 1 00:18:18
7 Niamh Brophy 1 00:20:47
Crusaders AC runners
4 Karl Walsh 00:20:13
20 Rebecca Fleming 00:23:06 (3)
Tymon Parkrun (111)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark Griffin 1 00:18:24
6 Sinead Tighe 1 00:20:14
Crusaders AC runner
4 Garret Dunne 00:19:15
Shanganagh Parkrun (339)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Will Foot 1 00:18:26
5 Louise Gaffney 1 00:19:26
Crusaders AC runners
61 Janet McManus 00:24:35 (7)
255 Kevin Kenny 00:34:44
282 Lisa Shine 00:37:04 (109)
283 Máirín Shine 00:37:05 (110)
Cabinteely Parkrun (182)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Adam Young 1 00:17:48
21 Isabelle Higgins 1 00:22:47
Crusaders AC runner
19 Luke Haran 00:22:37
Midleton Greenway Parkrun (144)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Noel Early 1 00:18:58
8 Annmarie Burns 1 00:20:43
Crusaders AC runner
66 Lorraine McMahon 00:28:17 (12)
Porterstown Parkrun (136) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daire Kenny 1 00:19:30
7 Lia Campbell 1 00:22:01
Crusaders AC runner
91 Martina White 00:33:09 (42)
Bushy Parkrun (213) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cian Buckley 1 00:19:10
7 Milly Allen 1 00:21:19
Crusaders AC runners
4 Kev Moore 00:20:48
15 Mary Donnelly 00:22:28 (3)
45 Paula Nolan 00:24:48 (8)
171 Mairead Cashman 00:33:59 (61)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (87)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Carl Hamill 1 00:18:37
6 Katie Nugent 1 00:21:34
Crusaders AC runner
2 Felipe De Sousa 00:19:05
St. Anne’s Parkrun (498)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Edward Blacque 1 00:17:05
41 Isobel Dunne 1 00:22:00
Crusaders AC runners
46 Gerard Moore 00:22:13
159 Grainne Regan 00:27:11 (31)
Sligo Parkrun (136)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Darren Newman 1 00:18:18
11 Fiona Stapleton 1 00:22:49
Crusaders AC runner
93 Orla McTernan 00:31:57 (30)
Bere Island Parkrun (61)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Vincent O’Sullivan 1 00:19:53
5 Breeda O’Sullivan 1 00:24:11
Crusaders AC runner
38 Ailish Hassett 00:33:51 (22)

​The weekend brought a change in our weather, drier conditions which we’ll take while we can! During the past week we have had some super events on which to report. Hopefully, most, if not, all have been captured! If not, please let us know.

On Wednesday evening in the National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown, Enda Clarke ran in the Masters 1,000m race, one of the events in the NIA Live series on the night. Not only did Enda win the race, but he also recorded a new O/40 indoor record for the distance in a time of 2:42.07. Many congratulations to him. Karl Fitzmaurice also ran, in the second men's 800m where he placed 5th in an excellent 2:16.79.

Four of our members took part on Sunday afternoon, in windy but unsurprisingly muddy conditions on the Abbotstown purpose-built XC course for the 6k National Masters XC championships. In the field of 202, they were led home by John Mulvihill (27th overall and 9th M40) in 24:08, followed by Michael O'Conor (75th and 22nd M35) in 26:24, Ronan Moynihan (149th and 35th M35 in 29:24) and Gary Park (156th and 27th M50 in 29:42). The team likely placed 10th overall, but at time of writing the result is yet to be officially included.

On Thursday evening, we had two runners taking part in the Armagh International Men’s 5k and Women’s 3k races. The events are strictly limited to those runners who can achieve elite times and indeed both our athletes acquitted themselves well on the fast course.

Brian O’Kelly recorded a PB time of 14:36, but which only gave him 82nd place in the field of 206, with 140 runners breaking 15 minutes behind Nick Griggs’ winning time of 13:37. The last runner in the field came home in 16:26. Then, in the women’s 3k, with its field of 124, Annie Hughes ran a super time of 10:30, placing 70th. 40 athletes broke 10 minutes, giving an idea of the depth of that field too.

With the icy conditions early on Saturday morning, everyone running in the National 50k championships in Donadea Forest in Co. Kildare was full of trepidation. However, although conditions remained cold throughout the race, necessitating alternating changes of clothing for some throughout, conditions were actually not bad and there was no wind or rain at least! 

The scene around the finish line at the end of each 5k loop in the forest is always a vision to behold. Loads of tables stacked high on each side of the course with plenty of nutrition prepared by the runners. One table in particular, that of Lakeshore Striders, with a large team, drew quite a bit of attention with two bottles of Buckmaster tonic prominently displayed at the front corner of their table. Generally, also this was where supporters congregated along with a super music playlist booming out, giving a huge boost to the runners every time they came through.

There were more than 300 finishers in the race, athough some of the walkers and slower runners were not given finishing times. Kevin Kenny, recovering from a recent operation was one of these, but remarkably got round in 6:47.

The overall winners of the event in 2:58 was a Briton, Henry Hart, who didn’t qualify to be champion, but he was followed by Wayne Waldron of Donore in 2:59, still about 10 minutes off Gary O’Hanlon’s course record of 2:49 (2020). The front of the race was exciting right up to the last loop. So was the women’s race, as the first two female athletes were separated by only two and a half minutes at the end.

Apart from Kevin, we had 7 athletes start the event, with Kabir Sala and Aitor Arribas Velasco having to pull out, respectively after 5 and 7 laps, Kabir with painful hips. The remaining 5 ran extremely well. Dee Lawlor, in training for the Transylvania 80k later in the year, ran an extremely solid pace to place 20th in 3:34:21 and he was followed by another steady runner, Áine Kenny (72nd overall and 16th female finisher in 4:10:46). Veteran Donadea runner Olwyn Dunne was next in 150th, 29th and 3rd in her age category, receiving the bronze medal for that. Many congrats to her. The final two were novices to the distance, Patricia Velasquez and Noel Carr. It was great to see them finishing strongly, particularly after quite a fast pace early on for them both. Patricia ran 4:42:10 for 184th and 37th, with Noel running 4:47:48 for 226th spot.

Down in Cork on Sunday, Orla Drumm joined a field of 282 in the Tommy Ryan Memorial 5-mile road race in Carrigaline, where she placed 17th and 3rd in a guntime of 30:13. Our Kilkenny native, Maria Kennedy, took part in the Tramore Duathlon (Run/Bike/Run), completing the 1st run of just under 5k in 25:04, and the 2nd run measuring just over 3.5k in 18:54. 

Further afield over the weekend, several of our members headed down to Spain to compete in the Seville Marathon and also the Barcelona Half marathon.

Margaret Foley and Brian McGuckin were our representatives in Seville. In perfect running conditions, a temperature of around 10 degrees Celsius and brilliant sunshine, Mags ran a PB time of 3:08:25 with perfectly even splits. Unfortunately, Brian’s arthritic knees got the better of him on the day and he had to pull out after 14km. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, in similar weather conditions, Louise O’Riordan recorded a PB time of 1:41:50. Louise was accompanied by Cliodhna O’Reilly who ran 1:58, Donna Barry (2:12), Brandon Lai (1:24) and our UK exile, Toby Benham (a PB time of 77 minutes).

There was one race in the Wicklow mountains this weekend. As part of the Leinster Winter League IMRA organised the Carrick Winter 8.4k race, with a climb of 352m on moderate terrain. We had one runner in the field of 151, with Gavan Doherty placing 70th in 69:57.

It was perhaps not surprising that many parkruns in the Dublin area were cancelled on Saturday morning. A combination of ice on otherwise flooded footpaths led several directors to take the decision to abandon. This included Poolbeg, forcing several of our runners to look elsewhere.

Even though there were fewer events on offer, we still recorded a few podium results and some of the events had larger numbers than usual. Gill Earley and Rebecca Fleming, along with Karl Walsh, ran in Naas. In a field of 202, Gill paced 11th and 1st in 20:40, followed by Bex who placed 19th and 2nd in 21:34. Just ahead of them came Karl in 7th place in a time of 19:43.

Rob Cross led the field of 242 across the line in Father Collins Park. Rob’s time was 17:44 and he was followed by Fiona Bane (69th and 12th in 23:56). Meanwhile, Carmel Higgins placed 37th and 2nd in 26:44 in the field of 167 in Cabinteely, whilst Emma Flynn also placed 11th and 2nd in 20:56 in the 267-strong field in Shanganagh. Emma was followed by Aoife McCarthy (49th and 8th in 23:35), Neil Brown (58th in 24:10), Orlaith de Burca (150th and 35th in 28:34), Carina Davidson (158th and 38th in 29:07), Lisa Shine (229th and 82nd in 35:02), Máirín Shine (230th and 83rd in the same time) and Ailish Hassett (257th and 101st in 45:38).

Ellen Walsh ran in her native Sligo where she placed 54th and 14th in a field of 109 in a time of 28:55, whilst Michael O’Shea ran in Corkagh park, where he placed 22nd in 22:07. Helena O’Keeffe ran once again in Ballincollig, where, in a field of 244, she took 128th and 31st spots in 28:13, whilst, in Listowel, Alan Martin joined 40 other participants, where he ran 25:48 for 16th place.

We had 3 runners at least in Marlay Park with its field of 473. Cormac Fenton ran 20:37 for 18th spot, followed by Barry O’Neill (250th in 29:14) and Lorraine McMahon (340th and 118th in 31:28). Finally, on a trip to New Zealand, Michelle English ran in the Western Springs parkrun in Auckland on the north island, where she placed 173rd and 56th in 32:05 in a field of 294, whilst one of our London exiles, Jeanie Watson, joined 1225 other parkrunners in Battersea, where she placed 204th and 14th in 19:44.
National Masters Men's 6k XC (202)
Overall place Name  Guntime
1 Colm Rooney 00:21:20
Crusaders AC runners
27 John Mulvihill 00:24:08 (9)
75 Michael O'Conor 00:26:24 (22)
149 Ronan Moynihan 00:29:24 (35)
156 Gary Park 00:29:42 (27)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/123.ie_national_inter__masters_xc_championships./6051/club-team-results?runnerClass=masters%20men&type=Team&category=OVER_ALL
Armagh International Men’s 5k (318)
Overall place Name Chiptime
1 Nick Griggs 00:13:37
Crusaders AC runner
82 Brian O’Kelly 00:14:36 (PB)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/armagh_international_road_race_5k_2026/5975/results
Armagh International Women’s 3k (124)
Overall place Name Chiptime
1 Emily Haggard Kearney 00:09:07
Crusaders AC runner
70 Annie Hughes 00:10:30
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/armagh_international_road_race_5k_2026/5975/results
Donadea 50k national championships (318)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Henry Hart 1 02:58:48
22 Laura O’Driscoll 1 03:38:10
Crusaders AC runners
20 Derek Lawlor 03:34:21
72 Áine Kenny 04:10:46 (16)
150 Olwyn Dunne 04:33:17 (29)
184 Patricia Velasquez 04:42:10 (PB) (37)
226 Noel Carr 04:47:48 (PB)
XXX Kevin Kenny 06:47;00
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/donadea-50k-2026/
Tommy Ryan Memorial Carrigaline 5-miler (282)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Nathan O’Leary 1 00:25:31
9 Michelle Finn 1 00:27:47
Crusaders AC runner
17 Orla Drumm 00:30:13 (3)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/tommy_ryan_memorial_carrigaline_5_mile_/6052/results
IMRA Carrick Winter (151)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jude Wechjert 1 00:48:21
14 Nicola Soraghan 1 00:56:19
Crusaders AC runner
70 Gavan Doherty 01:09:57
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2766/category/O/
Sligo Parkrun (109) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Graham Bourne 1 00:18:40
13 Emily McGettrick 1 00:22:29
Crusaders AC runner
54 Ellen Walsh 00:28:55 (14)
Corkagh Parkrun (327) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Evan Ryan 1 00:18:18
23 Paula McArdle 1 00:22:08
Crusaders AC runner
22 Michael O’Shea 00:22:07
Father Collins Parkrun (242) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob Cross 1 00:17:44
28 Natalia Lungu 1 00:21:34
Crusaders AC runners
1 Rob Cross 00:17:44
69 Fiona Bane 00:23:56 (12)
Listowel Parkrun (41) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Dillon 1 00:17:17
15 Ellen Hynes 1 00:25:26
Crusaders AC runner
16 Alan Martin 00:25:48
Naas Parkrun (202) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oliver Warren 1 00:17:31
11 Gillian Earley 1 00:20:40
Crusaders AC runners
7 Karl Walsh 00:19:43
11 Gillian Earley 00:20:40 (1)
19 Rebecca Fleming 00:21:34 (2)
Ballincollig Parkrun (244)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan O’Sullivan 1 00:18:21
24 Lorraine O’Sullivan 1 00:22:02
Crusaders AC runner
128 Helena O’Keeffe 00:28:13 (31)
Shanganagh Parkrun (267)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Weldon 1 00:16:43
8 Liadh Fitzmaurice 1 00:20:28
Crusaders AC runners
11 Emma Flynn 00:20:56 (2)
49 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:35 (8)
58 Neil Brown 00:24:10
150 Orlaith de Burca 00:28:34 (35)
158 Carina Davidson 00:29:07 (38)
229 Lisa Shine 00:35:02 (82)
230 Máirín Shine 00:35:02 (83)
257 Ailish Hassett 00:45:38 (101)
Cabinteely Parkrun (167)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David O’Connell 1 00:19:58
9 Ciara Brady 1 00:22:54
Crusaders AC runner
37 Carmel Higgins 00:26:44 (2)
Marlay Parkrun (473)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Glen Burke 1 00:18:19
21 Lorraine Nolan 1 00:20:58
Crusaders AC runners
18 Cormac Fenton 00:20:37
250 Barry O’Neill 00:29:14
340 Lorraine McMahon 00:31:28 (118)

There was little racing taking place this weekend. However, in the couple included in this report, on the roads and in the mountains, we had podium finishes.

The road race took place in Co. Kildare and was the Rathcoffey 10k, organised by the local GAA club together with Pop Up Races as chiptimer. Indeed, the overall race was won by Pop Up’s owner, Clane athlete Brian Conroy, who led home the field of 351 in a time of 31:39. The women’s race winner in 36:05 was DCH’s Cliona Murphy, well-known to us as organisers of the Docklands 5k, when she captained the winning women’s club team last year.

Ciarain Kelly had a solid run for 17th place with a time of 35:01 and he was followed by newcomer to the club, Molly Hyland, who placed 44th overall and 3rd female finisher in a super PB time of 39:11, just ahead of our second female finisher, ladies club captain Sarah Lyons (47th and 4th in a PB time of 39:24), who is going from strength to strength. Both athletes broke 40 minutes for the distance for the first time.

Sarah was followed by Ciara Regan, who placed 63rd and 6th in 41:40, and Kildare native Rebecca Fleming (91st and 12th in 44:40). All indicated the race was well-hosted and the out-and-back country course with a 6k loop in great conditions was only mildly undulating.

Our second race comes from Co. Sligo where Clare Sullivan joined a field of 64 in the IMRA-organised Lough Talt Winter 9k in the NW Winter League, placing 17th and 3rd in a time of 42:33. The climb was approx. 210m.

Moving on to parkruns, the weather was reasonably friendly for those run on Saturday morning. Nevertheless, at least one of the events, e.g. Poolbeg, had to stick to a route newly and forcibly created because of localised flooding.

We had a few podium places, starting with Poolbeg, where Stephen Hurley led the field of 256 across the line in a time of 18:17. He led a contingent of Crusaders home, including Gerry Cooper who placed 2nd in 18:26, Jan Manschot (6th in 19:04) and Gerard Moore (9th in 19:23). They were followed by Conor MacGuinness (11th in 19:39) and our first female finisher, Emma Rowe (12th and 2nd in 19:45). Adrian Groarke was next (17th in 20:40) and he came in ahead of Tim O’Donnell (20th in 21:00), Mikel Crisostomo (24th in 21:30), Donal O’Malley (36th in 22:36) and Jade Murphy (39th and 9th in 22:39).

Rebecca Kelly came home in 62nd and 14th in 24:22, followed by Dairmuid Bolger (64th in 24:40), Franky Keane (78th in 25:36), Neil Brown (85th in 26:08) and Ellen Walsh (99th and 24th in 27:16), ahead of Alan Martin (123rd in 28:12), Djinn Von Noorden (127th and 37th in 28:17), Aisling O’Riordan (142nd and 47th in 28:48), Piarais Neary (154th in 29:11) and Fanny Trébouet (164th and 59th in 30:54). The contingent was completed by Ryan Preston (174th in 30:54) and Mari Hansen (175th and 66th in 31:04).

Luke Corcoran brought the field of 180 home in Bushy Park in 18:48, whilst Sebastian Hanen, on a trip to Japan, also placed first in Sunshine Beach in Kyoto, 3 minutes ahead of a field of 26, in a time of 17:47. Karl Walsh took 2nd place in the 141-strong field in Russborough in a time of 20:09, whilst Rob Cross placed 3rd in Malahide with its field of 380. Rob’s time was 17:43. Meanwhile, Dee Lawlor took 2nd spot in Cabinteely in a time of 18:12. In the field of 179, Dee was followed by John Lohan (11th in 22:47) and Tara Murphy (67th and 19th in 28:31).

Aoife McCarthy and Carina Davidson joined 113 other runners in Tymon Park, where Aoife placed 26th and 6th in 24:16 and Carina, braving  a “water jump”, placed 60th and 19th spots in 28:36. Meanwhile, Marina White ran 27:52 for 46th and 8th places in the field of 130 in Porterstown, whilst, in River Valley Park, Darina Scully placed 28th and 5th in 26:25 in a field of 113 participants.

 In Marlay Park, with its field of 546, Kate Murray placed 95th and 14th in 24:16, whilst, in St. Anne’s, Brian O’Kelly joined 458 other runners, placing 19th in 19:47. Luke Haran ran once again in Mungret Park in Limerick where he placed 17th in 21:38 in a field of 143, whilst Chris Bannon took 27th spot in a field of 134 in Brickfields, with a time of 24:02.

Down in Tramore Valley in Cork, Áine Crotty placed 221st and 73rd in a field of 263 in a time of 34:07, whilst, further along in the same county, Helena O’Keeffe placed 200th and 56th in 30:02 in Ballincollig with its field of 361. Closer to home, Orlaith de Burca placed 150th and 29th in the 272-strong field in Shanganagh and in a time of 28:10, whilst in Poppintree, Máirín Shine led her family home in 142nd and 43rd places in 31:57. In the field of 207, Máirín was followed by Anna (143rd and 44th in 32:03) and Lisa (145th and 46th in 32:19). Áine Kenny placed 36th and 19th in a field of 48 in a time of 39:43 in Mountbellew Forest, whilst, on a trip to the UK, Kabir Sala and Bo Chicoine joined the field of 355 in Pollok Country Park in Glasgow, where Kabir placed 25th in 21:58 and Bo placed 137th in 27:44.

In London, one of our exiles there, Thom Martini placed 358th in 30:07 in a field of 621, whilst Scott Thomas ran in the 595-strong field in York, where he placed 146th in 24:33. Finally, down in Queensland, Australia, Kris Ryan joined a field of 503 in Paradise Point, where she placed 147th and 33rd in 27:05.

Rathcoffey GAA 10k (351)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Brian Conroy 1 00:31:39
20 Cliona Murphy 1 00:36:05
Crusaders AC runners
17 Ciarain Kelly 00:35:01
44 Molly Hyland 00:39:11 (3)
47 Sarah Lyons 00:39:24 (PB) (4)
63 Ciara Regan 00:41:40 (6)
91 Rebecca Fleming00:44:40 (12)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/rathcoffey-gaa-10k-5k-2026/
IMRA Lough Talt Winter 9k (64)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ricki Wynne 1 00:35:04
9 Roisin Howley 1 00:39:20
Crusaders AC runner
17 Clare Sullivan 00:42:33 (3)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2776/category/O/
River Valley Parkrun (113) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Seamus Kavanagh 1 00:19:23
7 Kate Alwell 1 00:23:39
Crusaders AC runner
28 Darina Scully 00:26:25 (5)
Poolbeg Parkrun (256) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Hurley 1 00:18:17
5 Niamh Cotter 1 00:18:59
Crusaders AC runners
1 Stephen Hurley 00:18:17
2 Gerard Cooper 00:18:26
6 Jan Manschot 00:19:04
9 Gerard Moore 00:19:23
11 Conor MacGuinness 00:19:39
12 Emma Rowe 00:19:45 (2)
17 Adrian Groarke 00:20:40
20 Tim O’Donnell 00:21:00
24 Mikel Crisostomo 00:21:30
36 Donal O’Malley 00:22:36
39 Jade Murphy 00:22:39 (9)
62 Rebecca Kelly 00:24:22 (14)
64 Diarmuid Bolger 00:24:40
78 Franky Keane 00:25:36
85 Neil Brown 00:26:08
99 Ellen Walsh 00:27:16 (24)
123 Alan Martin 00:28:12
127 Djinn Von Noorden 00:28:17 (37)
142 Aisling O’Riordan 00:28:48 (47)
154 Piarais Neary 00:29:11
164 Fanny Trébouet 00:30:33 (59)
174 Ryan Preston 00:30:54
175 Mari Hansen 00:31:04 (66)
Mountbellew Forest Parkrun (48) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Patrick Fleming 1 00:19:13
8 Mary Noone 1 00:25:36
Crusaders AC runner
36 Áine Kenny 00:39:43 (19)
Bushy Parkrun (180) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Corcoran 1 00:18:48
10 Suzette Das 1 00:21:43
Crusaders AC runner
1 Luke Corcoran 00:18:48
St. Anne’s Parkrun (459) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Braxton O’Shea 1 00:16:42
18 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:40
Crusaders AC runner
19 Brian O’Kelly 00:19:47
Tymon Parkrun (115) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Donegan 1 00:18:28
2 Fiona Hawkins 1 00:18:28
Crusaders AC runners
26 Aoife McCarthy 00:24:16 (6)
60 Carina Davidson 00:28:36 (19)
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (263) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Evan O’Rourke 1 00:16:37
15 Siobhan Hoare 1 00:20:47
Crusaders AC runner
221 Áine Crotty 00:34:07 (73)
Ballincollig Parkrun (361)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan O’Brien 1 00:17:23
26 Laura Dennehy 1 00:22:37
Crusaders AC runner
200 Helena O’Keeffe 00:30:02 (56)
Shanganagh Parkrun (272)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Hehir 1 00:16:23
6 Aoife Murphy 1 00:19:04
Crusaders AC runner
150 Orlaith de Burca 00:28:10 (29)
Cabinteely Parkrun (179)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Megan Brunt 1 00:17:54
2 Derek Lawlor 1 00:18:12
Crusaders AC runners
2 Derek Lawlor 00:18:12
11 John Lohan 00:22:47
67 Tara Murphy 00:28:31 (19)
Malahide Parkrun (380)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Grant 1 00:16:33
7 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:58
Crusaders AC runner
3 Rob Cross 00:17:43
Marlay Parkrun (546)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fionnán Keogh 1 00:17:24
13 Malika Hammani 1 00:19:52
Crusaders AC runner
95 Kate Murray 00:24:16 (14)
Poppintree Parkrun (207)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Tracey 1 00:17:43
30 Elizabeth Daly 1 00:22:58
Crusaders AC runners
142 Mairín Shine 00:31:57 (43)
143 Anna Shine 00:32:03 (44)
 
Russborough Parkrun (141)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Darragh Gilroy 1 00:19:59
3 Miranda Frizzelle 1 00:20:34
Crusaders AC runner
2 Karl Walsh 00:20:09
Brickfields Parkrun (134)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Higgins 1 00:18:18
14 Emily Clancey 1 00:21:52
Crusaders AC runner
27 Chris Bannon 00:24:02
Mungret Parkrun (143)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry Crowe 1 00:18:59
9 Ruth Comerford 1 00:21:04
Crusaders AC runner
17 Luke Haran 00:21:38
Porterstown Parkrun (130)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oliver Warren 1 00:17:38
8 Joan O’Callaghan 1 00:22:01
Crusaders AC runner
46 Martina White 00:27:52 (8)

St. Brigid’s Day and the Bank Holiday weekend was marked by a couple of classic 10-mile road races, the 34th annual running of the John Treacy Dungarvan race as well as that organised by Trim AC. Both enjoy a decent slightly undulating course and both attract quality fields. Indeed, the two races were surprisingly won overall in the same exact time of 48:47. Dungarvan was graced by US Olympian Emily Sisson (who ran in last year's Streets of Galway 8k) who had once again an emphatic win in the women’s race in 53:22, whilst Trim had a pair of Annadale Striders pushing and pulling each along, with the eventual winner, Hannah Gilliland, recording a PB time of 56:43. The weather was kind for the races, the rain having stopped earlier in the day and there was little wind affecting the runners on the country roads. The sun even came out at the end of the race in Dungarvan!

However, as usual, we start with events on the track and in the field. In the Leinster Championships in the NIA on Saturday we had some excellent results.

In the senior men’s 60mH (1.067m), Sean Owens took the silver medal in a time of 8.22. Then, in the 60m heats, in heat 1 Charlie Bastow placed 5th in 7.31 followed by Saad Ashraf in 5th with a time of 7.36. Unfortunately, neither progressed to the final. Luke Timlin ran in heat 3 where he placed 2nd in 6.98 to qualify, but then withdrew before the final. In the masters 60m sprint, sprint coach Steven Colvert distinguished himself with a PB in winning the gold medal in the M35 division in a time of 7.26, whilst Mick McDermott was the only competitor in the M50 category, completing the distance in 8.28.

In the senior men’s 200m, Charlie, one of the club’s vice captains, won his heat (3rd of 4) in 22.83, going on to win the silver medal in the final in a time of 22.65 in a photo finish for 2nd and 3rd spots. In both races Charlie was running in lane 6. Running in lane 4, Mick McDermott placed 2nd in a two-horse race in the M50 200m sprint in a time of 27.63.

Karl Fitzmaurice took 5th spot in 2:19.94 in the M50 category in the 800m, whilst Harry Moylan took the bronze medal in the U20 shot put, with his first throw of 6 attempts of 13.03m.

Members may be interested to read that Emily Lyne, who now runs for UCD, won the senior women’s 200m race in 25.02, running in lane 5. Further afield, one of our Spanish exiles, Cristian Vilchez Ceballos ran in a 1500m track race, where he placed 3rd in a time of 4:22.62.

Back to road racing and we had at least 17 runners in Dungarvan with a field of nearly 3000 and they were led home by Brendan Murphy in 51st spot in a time of 57:13. Brendan was followed by Ciarain Kelly with a satisfying 57:41 for 56th place and then by Rob Cross (109th in 60:09). Joe McDermott was next, placing 141st in 61:20, and he was followed by Niall Fitzgerald (231st in 63:16) and Kevin (Billy) O’Sullivan (350th in 65:58). Next across the line came our first female finisher, Emma Noonan  (437th overall and 44th female finisher in 67:48 just ahead of Gill Earley, who also recorded a solid time of 68:26 for 464th overall and 49th female places. They were followed by Miriam Logan (579th and 71st in 70:25). Miriam finished ahead of Ryan Preston (704th in 72:46) and Eddie Nugent (710th in 73:04), whose calf tightened after 10k and who then had to walk for large parts thereafter. Slightly further back came David O’Donnell (798th in a PB time of 73:15) ahead of Dee Ni Chearbhaill (845th and 132nd in 74:36), Rebecca Fleming (1032nd and 172nd in 77:02), Tony Hackett (1263rd in 79:28), Chris Bannon (1305th in 79:54) and Fiona Bane (2278th and 713th in 93:33). In terms of team results, our women’s team of Gill, Miriam and Dee placed 9th out of 47, whilst the men’s team of Brendan, Ciarain and Joe also placed 9th in a competition involving 64.

Trim enjoyed a field of nearly 1900 runners, at least 11 from Crusaders. The first 3 runners home each recorded PBs on the course, with Dee Lawlor being our first man across the line (47th in 57:47), just before running in the Donadea 50k. Recent new member Aoife Cleary demonstrated quality running, placing 62nd and 4th in her first ever 10-miler in a super time of 58:49, whilst she prepares for the Milan marathon in April. Next came Kenan Furlong, agonisingly close to breaking the hour mark (105th in a PB time of 60:05), which means he’ll be back for more!

Kieran Martin was next, placing 163rd in 62:36, followed by John O’Donnell, another man preparing for ultra running but later in the Spring, and he was followed by Kathryn Gibbons who ran well for 231st and 26th in 65:00. Kathryn was followed by Phelim Murray, who unfortunately brought his wife’s much smaller singlet to the race by mistake and then at the last minute had to borrow one of the race’s commemorative shirts from John O’Donnell. The stress of the situation seemed to have no negative effect on Phelim and he ran a decent time of 69:37 for 409th spot. Aoife Quigley was next, placing 484th and 69th in 71:30, and she was followed by Louise O’Riordan (547th and 87th in 72:40), Liz Nixon, in training for the London marathon (850th and 197th in 78:48), and Kate Murray (1184th and 352nd in 86:40. Our women's team placed 5th in a competition involving 77 teams, whilst the men placed 19th in a 100-strong contest.

IMRA organised the annual Howth Winter race on Saturday morning. On a course measuring 7.35k and with a climb of 222m, Becky Quinn won the women’s element in a time of 36:35 and placing 14th overall in a field of 131 athletes.

The amount of flooding that Dublin experienced last week definitely had an impact on numbers in the local parkruns, with some losing out and others gaining, based on the likely size of the puddles on the courses and, overall, numbers balanced out. Apart from the significant amount of lakes and puddles around the place, the conditions for running on Saturday morning were otherwise good.

As usual, we had a decent share of first finishers and podium places around the country.

Ciara Regan ran once again in Tubbercurry, where she led the entire field of 88 home in a time of 20:21. Then, in New Ross, Isabelle Cairns, testing out a troublesome hamstring, placed 15th and 1st in 25:20 alongside 109 other runners, whilst, closer to home, Felipe De Sousa also headed the field, measuring 69, in Tolka Valley Park with a time of 19:30. Then, Áine Kenny took 7th and 1st spots in a time of 22:37 in a field of 63 in Mountbellew Forest.

With several of our members preparing for the following day’s 10-mile races, it was great to see a good few of them in Poolbeg, where, in a time of 22:24, Jade Murphy placed 38th and 1st in a field of 219, on an extremely wet and redefined course. Despite the removal of the Irishtown Nature Reserve hill because of the lake at its base, this did not prevent runners from getting totally soaked in the puddles on the paths around Seán Moore Park. If they avoided the puddles, then they ended up in a slippery mudbath. John Mulvihill also had a good outing, exchanging the lead throughout and eventually placing 2nd in 17:04. John was followed by Gerry Cooper who placed 5th in 18:25 and he was followed by Jan Manschot (7th in 19:00), Simon Catteau (9th in 20:28), Conor Kilkenny (16th in 20:28) and Donal O’Malley (18th in 20:44). Further back, in his first parkrun and coming back from a long-term injury, John Healy placed 23rd in 21:05 alongside Mikel Crisostomo (24th in 21:06) who was pacing the 21 minutes runners and they were followed by Piarais Neary (25th in 21:15), Jade, with Saketh Ravuluri alongside (39th in the same time of 22:24).

Josie Ward was next, placing 67th and 6th in 24:12, ahead of new member Mustaf Ahmed (73rd in 24:54), Kenan Furlong (75th in 25:15) and James Cottle, another runner trying to come back from a long injury (78th in 25:23). Louise O’Riordan (109th and 18th in 27:34) was our next runner home, followed by Ellen Walsh (118th and 20th in 28:02), Kelly Brown (123rd and 21st in 28:39) alongside her father Neil who was pacing the 29 minutes runners (124th in the same time), Siobhan Russell (154th and 36th in 31:42) and Marie-Claire Daly (176th and 48th in 32:49).

Kev Moore and Mary Donnelly ran in an even more submerged parkrun in Bushy Park, where the course was so waterlogged it was hard to see the banks of the pond there. In a field of 143, Kev placed 16th in 22:57, with Mary in 32nd and 3rd in 25:07. Meanwhile, we had several runners in Shanganagh celebrating Lisa Shine’s 400th parkrun. In a field of 297, Aoife McCarthy placed 38th and 3rd in 23:14, and she was followed by Darina Scully (112th and 17th in 26:34), Carina Davidson (177th and 35th in 29:06), Mairead Cashman (268th and 87th in 36:21), Máirín Shine (269th and 88th in the same time), Lisa (282nd and (appropriately!) 100th in 39:49), just ahead of Fiona Shine and buggy (283rd and 101st in 39:51) and Emer Kenny (284th and 102nd in 39:52).

Kabir Sala also finished on the podium, this time in Father Collins Park. Alongside 152 other runners he placed 3rd in 19:54, ahead of Bo Chicoine who ran 27:44 for 76th spot. Dave Carter joined a field of 204 in Cabinteely, where he placed 6th in 20:56, whilst in Brickfields in a field 114-strong, Charles-Edouard Cattier took 5th place in 20:18. Jim Stagg placed 5th in 18:35 in a field of 261 in Killarney House, whilst Fanny Trébouet ran in Westport alongside 87 other runners, finishing in 58th and 18th places in 29:32. Ryan Hoey joined a field of 243 in Donabate where he placed 60th in 25:27, whilst, in St. Anne’s, with its field of 468, Paul F. Kelly ran 26:54 for 170th spot, followed by Oisin Corish (219th in 28:23).

Down in Cork, Cian Coughlan placed 9th in a field of 300 and in a time of 20:07, whilst in Ballincollig, Helena O’Keeffe ran alongside 344 other runners, placing 155th and 30th in 27:06. Then, on Bere Island, with a field of 56, Ailish Hassett placed 40th and 21st in 41:02.

Further afield, on a trip to Japan, Olwyn Dunne ran in the Shingashigawa Ukima parkrun in Tokyo, where in a field of 35 she placed 21st and 3rd in 25:12, whilst Michael O’Shea ran in Prices, Liverpool, where, in a field of 767, he placed 134th in 24:11. In Glasgow, Aidan Hudner ran once again in Pollok, where, in a field of 423, he placed 46th in 23:23. Finally, down in Australia, two of our exiles ran in parkruns. Kris Ryan ran once again in Paradise Point where, in a field of 152, she placed 152nd and 31st in 27:06, and Christina Campbell ran in Galup Reserve, where, in a field of 509, she placed 137th and 18th in 24:40.

John Treacy Dungarvan 10-miler (2944)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jake O’Regan 1 00:48:47
22 Emily Sisson 1 00:53:22
Crusaders AC runners
51 Brendan Murphy 00:57:13
56 Ciarain Kelly 00:57:41
109 Rob Cross 01:00:09
141 Joe McDermott 01:01:20
231 Niall Fitzgerald 01:03:16
350 Kevin O’Sullivan 01:05:58
437 Emma Noonan 01:07:48 (44)
464 Gillian Earley 01:08:26 (49)
579 Miriam Logan 01:10:25 (71)
704 Ryan Preston 01:12:46
710 Eddie Nugent 01:13:04
798 David O’Donnell 01:13:15 (PB)
845 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 01:14:36 (132)
1032 Rebecca Fleming 01:17:02 (172)
1263 Anthony Hackett 01:19:28
1305 Chris Bannon 01:19:54
2278 Fiona Bane 01:33:33 (713)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/john_treacy_dungarvan_10_mile/6076/results
Trim 10-miler (1880)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Oisin Martyn 1 00:48:47
38 Hannah Gilliland 1 00:56:43
Crusaders AC runners
47 Derek Lawlor 00:57:47 (PB)
62 Aoife Cleary 00:58:49 (PB) (4)
105 Kenan Furlong 01:00:05 (PB)
163 Kieran Martin 01:02:36
225 John O’Donnell 01:05:02
231 Kathryn Gibbons 01:05:00 (26)
409 Phelim Murray 01:09:37
484 Aoife Quigley 01:11:30 (69)
547 Louise O’Riordan 01:12:40 (87)
850 Liz Nixon 01:18:48 (197)
1184 Kate Murray 01:26:40 (352)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/trim-10-mile-road-race-2026/#1_F689DC
Dundalk Half marathon (1568)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Alex Jones 1 01:03:02
34 Harriet Buswell 1 01:22:34
Crusaders AC runners
92 Michael Geers 01:28:36
513 Triona Quill 01:47:35 (59)
757 Niamh Sheridan 01:50:12 (120)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/life_style_sports_dundalk_half_marathon__10km/5839/results
IMRA Howth Winter 7.35k (131)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry McEvoy 1 00:28:54
14 Becky Quinn 1 00:36:35
Crusaders AC runner
14 Becky Quinn 00:36.35 (1)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2769/category/O/
Donabate Parkrun (243) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Finn Donnelly 1 00:18:13
6 Sheila Bourke 1 00:20:33
Crusaders AC runner
60 Ryan Hoey 00:25:27
Poolbeg Parkrun (219) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eddie Knight 1 00:16:56
38 Jade Murphy 1 00:22:24
Crusaders AC runners
2 John Mulvihill 00:17:04
5 Gerard Cooper 00:18:25
7 Jan Manschot 00:19:00
9 Simon Catteau 00:19:07
16 Conor Kilkenny 00:20:28
18 Donal O’Malley 00:20:44
23 John Healy 00:21:05
24 Mikel Crisostomo 00:21:06
25 Piarais Neary 00:21:05
38 Jade Murphy 00:22:24 (1)
39 Saketh Ravuluri 00:22:24
67 Josie Ward 00:24:12 (6)
73 Mustaf Ahmed 00:24:54
75 Kenan Furlong 00:25:15
78 James Cottle 00:25:23
109 Louise O’Riordan 00:27:34 (18)
118 Ellen Walsh 00:28:02 (20)
123 Kelly Brown 00:28:39 (21)
124 Neil Brown 00:28:39
154 Siobhan Russell 00:31:42 (36)
176 Marie-Claire Daly 00:32:49 (48)
Mountbellew Forest Parkrun (63) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Patrick Fleming 1 00:19:25
7 Áine Kenny 1 00:22:37
Crusaders AC runner
7 Áine Kenny 00:22:37 (1)
Bushy Parkrun (143) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Graeme Strachan 1 00:19:03
17 Laura Estcourt 1 00:23:24
Crusaders AC runners
16 Kev Moore 00:22:57
32 Mary Donnelly 00:25:07 (3)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (468) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Luke Watts 1 00:17:59
7 Aine Keane 1 00:19:08
Crusaders AC runners
170 Paul F. Kelly 00:26:54
219 Oisin Corish 00:28:23
Bere Island Parkrun (56) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michelagh Murphy 1 00:21:15
2 Cyril McNamara 1 00:21:45
Crusaders AC runner
40 Ailish Hassett 00:41:02 (21)
Tramore Valley Parkrun (300) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oisin Whyte 1 00:18:10
16 Carmel Crowley 1 00:20:28
Crusaders AC runner
9 Cian Coughlan 00:20:07
Ballincollig Parkrun (345)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Shane Buckley 1 00:18:39
20 Fiona Kavanagh 1 00:21:49
Crusaders AC runner
155 Helena O’Keeffe 00:28:59 (30)
Shanganagh Parkrun (297)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 George Callery 1 00:17:13
22 Jane McClements 1 00:21:47
Crusaders AC runners
38 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:14 (3)
112 Darina Scully 00:26:34 (17)
177 Carina Davidson 00:29:06 (35)
268 Mairead Cashman 00:36:21 (87)
269 Máirín Shine 00:36:21 (88)
282 Lisa Shine 00:39:49 (100)
283 Fiona Shine 00:39:51 (101)
284 Emer Kenny 00:39:52 (102)
Cabinteely Parkrun (204)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eoin Healy 1 00:17:59
9 Karla Murray 1 00:21:50
Crusaders AC runner
6 David Carter 00:20:56
Tolka Valley Parkrun (69)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Felipe De Sousa 1 00:19:30
8 Liadh McGrath 1 00:22:40
Crusaders AC runner
1 Felipe De Sousa 00:19:30
Westport Parkrun (88)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Dunne 1 00:15:45
18 Méabh Tunney 1 00:22:36
Crusaders AC runner
58 Fanny Trébouet 00:29:32 (18)
Father Collins Parkrun (153)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Shaun Conaghan 1 00:18:19
7 Claire O’Leary 1 00:20:37
Crusaders AC runners
3 Kabir Sala 00:19:54
76 Bo Chicoine 00:27:44
New Ross Parkrun (110)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gary Waters 1 00:20:32
15 Isabelle Cairns 1 00:25:20
Crusaders AC runner
15 Isabelle Cairns 00:25:20 (1)
Tubbercurry Trail Parkrun (88)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciara Regan 1 00:20:21
2 Gary Gaughan 1 00:20:23
Crusaders AC runner
1 Ciara Regan 00:20:21 (1)
Killarney House Parkrun (261)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ryan Vickers 1 00:17:03
9 Marie-Claire Healy 1 00:19:20
Crusaders AC runner
5 Jim Stagg 00:18:35