Crusaders, at home and away, took part in several races this week, from 5Ks to marathons, and everything in between, on the roads and in the mountains.

We start this week with the mountains. We had at least 5 Crusaders take part in the World Masters Mountain Championships which took place in Canfranc in the Pyrenees in Northern Spain, not far from Pamplona. On Friday, Becky Quinn and Clare Sullivan competed in the 6km uphill challenge. Becky placed 98th overall in a field of 363 and 11th female finisher, but, more importantly, took the F50 bronze medal in a time of 60.01, whilst Clare placed 181st and 38th in 66:44. Most importantly, Clare was a member of the Irish F40 team that won team gold. On Saturday, Donatas Jocius placed 42nd in a field of 371, representing his native Lithuania, in the 34k challenge in a time of 3:48:07. Finally, on Sunday morning, Brian McGuckin and our Scotland-based exile, Niall McGeorge, ran in the “Classic” 17km challenge with Brian placing 196th in 2:10:26 after a strong finish and Niall taking 266th in 2:30:16 (taking 57 places in the final 30 minutes) in a field of 443 finishers. Congrats to everyone!

Now on to the roads. Tuesday witnessed the running of what used to be known as the Grant Thornton 5k organised by Athletics Ireland and now with a new sponsor, A&L Goodbody. Surprisingly, the race, held on a course similar to our Docklands 5k course, but with a few more twists and turns over the Beckett Bridge and in and around the houses on the south side, took place on the same evening as a concert in the 3 Arena, an international football match at the Aviva Stadium and the visit of the British Prime Minister, usually a major problem for race scheduling, but it went off without incident. The race enjoyed a field of more than 2,600, among them at least 15 Crusaders. Daragh O’Reilly was the first of those runners across the line in a time of 16:10 for 8th place. He was followed by Rory O’Kennedy (25th in 17:06) and Ross Neill not so far behind (27th in 17:13) along with Shane Egan (30th in 17:25). A little further back came Rory Goldsmith, nursing a problematic Achilles (71st in 18:26) and then our first female finisher, Emma Rowe, who ran 19:43 for 146th overall and 8th female across the line. Jane Wallace came next, in 185th and 15th in 20:01, followed by Gary Park closely behind (195th in 20:05) and then Rebecca Fleming (244th and 19th in 20:36). Jade Murphy was our next finisher (342nd and 26th in 21:26), followed by David O’Donnell, a late draftee into his corporate team (392nd in 21:44) and they were followed by Dee Ni Chearbhaill (511th and 64th in 22:18), Cría Dowling (598th and 88th in 22:49), Tomás Dunne (602nd in 22:50) and Amy Forde (602nd and 260th in 26:19).

At least 23 members of the club, several of them preparing for upcoming marathons in Berlin, Chicago and Dublin, took part in the Ratoath Half Marathon, well organised by Ratoath AC, that started and finished at Fairyhouse in Co. Meath on Saturday morning. In contrast to last year’s race that took place in a heatwave, we experienced cool but extremely windy conditions with the supposedly south-westerly breeze swirling around us for most of the race with the final kicker of a strong headwind for two of the last three kilometres that was conducted around the racecourse itself. There were even a few metres of soft sand to plough through enroute to the finish on the home straight in front of the grandstand. There are no significant hills on the course, but, even so, with the wind, it felt difficult and there was a consensus among us that times were off by about 90 seconds as a consequence. Despite this, there were some excellent results, most notably with both our men’s and women’s teams placing 2nd in their respective competitions.

In a field of 1522 finishers Joe McDermott was first for us across the line in a time of 78:29 for 22nd place. He was followed by Kevin Fitzgibbon (24th in 79:19), Kieran Martin (76th in 82:33) and Gerard White (96th in 83:24). Between them, the 4 athletes took 2nd place in a competition involving 32 teams.

Our first female finisher was Adrienne Jordan, who treated the race as a training run for the Berlin marathon coming up in 2 weeks’ time. Adrienne ran a super 86:22 for 158th overall and 8th female finisher (and 2nd F40, given that the podium places all went to F40s) which will have given her masses of confidence for the marathon. Next came Julie McGrath (171st and 9th in 87:19) who found the second half challenging after a fast start, but who still turned in an excellent time, and then came Aoife Quigley with a stormer of a run, placing 185th and 12th (4th F40) in a time of 87:58.

Further back came James Cottle. The M65 runner placed 4th O/60 (the age categories were in 10-year increments) in a time of 91:19 and 279th place, after almost having lost the will to live at around halfway when the 1:30 pacers came barrelling by, but who clung on until recording a strong finish in the last 4 kilometres. A little further behind, Michael Fitzsimons ran 92:56 for 314th place, followed by David Carter who also found the second half challenging (368th in 95:06) and by Eoghan Corrigan (410th in 97:06) who produced a PB. Like James, Triona Quill, might have podiumed in her usual F55 category, placing 6th O/50 in a time of 98:05 for 441st and 49th spots, and she was followed by Joanne Carey (469th and 55th in 98:54). Julie, Aoife, Triona and Joanne made up the women’s team, placing 2nd in a competition involving 28 clubs.

Behind Joanne came Dee Ni Chearbhaill (560th and 84th in 1:41:58), Robbie Moore (597th in 1:43:05), Carmel Higgins (605th in 1:43:13) and Jessica Norris (615th and 100th in 1:43:20). Olwyn Dunne ran a 32k long run, incorporating the Ratoath half, placing 662nd and 113th in 1:45:03, and she was followed by Suzanne Martin, coming back from injury (908th and 195th in 1:53:17), Neil Brown (1019th in 1:57:27), Ciara Black (1154th and 300th in 2:03:25), Evelyn Neary (1164th and 306th in 2:04:56) and Alan Martin (1331st in 2:12:13).

On the same morning, Dee Lawlor and Jade Murphy took part in the Lakes 10k, one of two races (the other being a 5k) in Blessington, Co. Wicklow. Dee described the course as lovely and the fast race was well-supported too. Both he and Jade ran well, with Dee placing 3rd in yet another PB time of 34:53 (indeed, he recorded a 5k PB within the race too). In a field of 263 finishers, Jade placed 35th and 4th in 45:28.

The National Half Marathon championships this year were incorporated into the North Cork AC-organised Charleville half marathon that also counted as the 9th race in the Peugeot Race Series. Although, we did not manage any medals, with only 3 athletes from the club in the race, we did record some super times. In a field of 1559 finishers, Ger Forde placed 59th in a PB time of 73:54, followed by Robert Browne (184th in 82:26) and Ronan Moynihan (357th in 89:00).  The race, on an out-and-back east-west route with a loop at the far end, probably enjoyed slightly better conditions than Ratoath, with the windspeed a third of what it had been the day before (at 11kph) and coming from a north-westerly direction, meaning it likely had little impact on the runners. It was, however, damp under foot.

Further afield on Sunday, we had at least two of our exiles in Australia run in the Sydney marathon. Inveterate marathoner Maurice Kelter ran 2:37:27 for 69th place in a field of more than 20,000 finishers, with Eoghan Walsh finishing in 3:12:35 for 1,547th spot. Our London exile, Thom Martini, ran in the Kew Gardens 10k on Sunday morning, where he finished in 23rd place (3rd in his age category) in a time of 43:52.

As usual, we had a decent turnout of Crusaders in parkruns on Saturday morning, with Poolbeg leading the way once more, with at least 19 runners from the club. Ciara Regan was the first female finisher, in completing a much longer training run. Ciara placed 29th overall in a field of 240 in a time of 22:08 and she was preceded by Stephen Hurley this week reversing finishing spots with Kenan Furlong, with Stephen placing 3rd in 17:43 and Kenan finishing in 5th place in 17:53. Ross Neill was next (6th in 18:01), followed by Ryan Preston (15th in 20:58), Kabir Sala (17th in 21:08) and Piarais Neary (18th in 21:12).

Further back came John Lohan (42nd in 23:03), followed by Fiona Bane (48th and 5th in 23:22), Josie Ward (49th and 6th in the same time), Bo Chicoine (51st in 23:34) and then by Sharon Woods (81st and 14th in 25:42), Tanja Narancic (91st and 18th in 26:07), Sophia Morgan, improving all the time (110th and 28th in 27:11), Tara Murphy  (112th and 29th in 27:19), Maureen McGinley (135th and 44th in 28:52), Franky Keane (159th in 29:38), Cynthia Perucca (171st and 65th in 30:39) and Mari Hansen (201st and 80th in 33:29).

Louise Dobbyn and Felipe De Sousa placed 3rd in their respective parkruns. Louise was our sole runner this week in Cabinteely. In a field of 158, she placed 15th overall in 23:19, whilst, in Tolka Valley Park, Felipe ran 21:31. In the field of 59, Phelim Murray also ran, placing 12th in 26:31, followed by Sarah Lyons (29th and 9th in 31:32).

Kate Murray ran 25:12, alongside 187 other participants in Bushy Park, where she placed 39th and 5th, whilst Martina White joined 104 other runners in Porterstown, where she placed 70th and 26th in 32:14. There was a good turnout for Darina Scully’s 300th parkrun in River Valley Park. In a field of 111, Mairead Cashman placed 63rd and 16th in 31:23, followed by Darina (77th and 25th in 34:34), Maria Pertl (80th and 27th in 34:44) and Diarmuid Byrne (81st in 34:50). Orlaith de Burca and Jill Nason ran once again in Shanganagh, where, in a field of 212, Orlaith placed 128th and 34th in 28:44 and Jill took 139th and 39th spots in 29:04.

Paul and Aoife Kelly ran in Poppintree with its field of 152. Aoife placed 53rd and 5th in 26:45, whilst Paul came in just behind in 54th with a time of 26:49. Down on Wexford racecourse, members of the Shine family joined 76 other participants. Máirín took 45th and 14th spots in 29:46, followed by Lisa and Fiona, tailwalking. Luke Haran placed 8th in Mungret Parkrun down in Limerick in a time of 22:14, in a field of 111, whilst Áine Crotty and Cian Coughlan joined 449 other runners in St. Anne’s Raheny. Áine placed 156th and 34th in 26:38, followed immediately across the line by Cian who placed 157th in 26:39.

Finally, our exiles were out in force on Saturday morning. Aidan Hudner ran with 366 other participants in Pollok in Glasgow where he placed 45th in 23:46, whilst Jeanie Watson placed 148th and 17th in the 719-strong field in Finsbury Park. Jeanie’s time was 23:26, whilst on Clapham Common, Rob Glascott ran 20:02 for 56th place in the 972-strong field there.
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ALG 5k (2634)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoghan McElhinney 1 00:15:29
44 Maisy O’Sullivan 1 00:17:50
Crusaders AC runners
8 Daragh O’Reilly 00:16:10
25 Rory O’Kennedy 00:17:06
27 Ross Neill 00:17:13
30 Shane Egan 00:17:25
71 Rory Goldsmith 00:18:26
146 Emma Rowe 00:19:43 (8)
185 Jane Wallace 00:20:01 (15)
195 Gary Park 00:20:05
244 Rebecca Fleming 00:20:36 (19)
342 Jade Murphy 00:21:26 (26)
392 David O’Donnell 00:21:44
511 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:22:18 (64)
598 Cría Dowling 00:22:49 (88)
602 Tomás Dunne 00:22:50
1304 Amy Forde 00:26:19 (260)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/alg_5k_corporate_team_challenge_2024/5194/results
The Lakes 10k (263)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Colm Turner 1 00:33:12
14 Grace Reilly 1 00:39:45
Crusaders AC runners
3 Derek Lawlor 00:34:53 (PB)
35 Jade Murphy 00:45:28 (4)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/the-lakes-5-10k-2024/#2_9D70EA
Ratoath Half Marathon (1522)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Somba 1 01:10:05
28 Fiona Stack 1 01:19:39
Crusaders AC runners
22 Joe McDermott 01:18:29
24 Kevin Fitzgibbon 01:19:19
76 Kieran Martin 01:22:33
96 Gerard White 01:23:24
158 Adrienne Jordan 01:26:22 (8)
171 Julie McGrath 01:27:19 (9)
185 Aoife Quigley 01:27:58 (12)
279 James Cottle 01:31:19
314 Michael Fitzsimons 01:32:56
368 David Carter 01:35:06
410 Eoghan Corrigan 01:37:06 (PB)
441 Triona Quill 01:38:05 (49)
469 Joanne Carey 01:38:54 (55)
560 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 01:41:58 (84)
597 Robbie Moore 01:43:05
605 Carmel Higgins 01:43:13 (98)
615 Jessica Norris 01:43:20 (100)
662 Olwyn Dunne 01:45:03 (113)
908 Suzanne Martin 01:53:17 (195)
1019 Neil Brown 01:57:27
1154 Ciara Black 02:03:25 (300)
1164 Evelyn Neary 02:04:56 (306)
1331 Alan Martin 02:12:13
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/ratoath_ac_half_marathon/5171/results
Charleville Half Marathon (National Half marathon championships) (1559)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Hugh Armstrong 1 01:04:35
28 Shona Heaslip 1 01:10:57
Crusaders AC runners
59 Ger Forde 01:13:54 (PB)
184 Robert Browne 01:22:26
357 Ronan Moynihan 01:29:00
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/charleville-international-half-marathon-2024/#1_7336A4
Wexford Racecourse Parkrun (79)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Dowd 1 00:18:14
18 Hazel Doyle 1 00:25:03
Crusaders AC runners
45 Máirín Shine 00:29:46 (14)
76 Lisa Shine 00:50:23 (35)
78 Fiona Shine 00:50:31 (37)
Shanganagh Parkrun (212)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Foot 1 00:17:15
28 Sharon Ryan 1 00:21:30
Crusaders AC runners
128 Orlaith de Burca 00:28:44 (34)
139 Jill Nason 00:29:04 (39)
Porterstown Parkrun (105)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:18:16
8 Caroline McCarthy 1 00:20:51
Crusaders AC runner
70 Martina White 00:32:14 (26)
Poolbeg Parkrun (240)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 August Benedicto 1 00:17:04
29 Ciara Regan 1 00:22:08
Crusaders AC runners
3 Stephen Hurley 00:17:43
5 Kenan Furlong 00:17:53
6 Ross Neill 00:18:01
15 Ryan Preston 00:20:58
17 Kabir Sala 00:21:08
18 Piarais Neary 00:21:12
29 Ciara Regan 00:22:08 (1)
42 John Lohan 00:23:03
48 Fiona Bane 00:23:22 (5)
49 Josie Ward 00:23:22 (6)
51 Bo Chicoine 00:23:34
81 Sharon Woods 00:25:42 (14)
91 Tanja Narancic 00:26:07 (18)
110 Sophia Morgan 00:27:11 (28)
112 Tara Murphy 00:27:19 (29)
135 Maureen McGinley 00:28:52 (44)
159 Franky Keane 00:29:38
171 Cynthia Perucca 00:30:39 (65)
201 Mari Hansen 00:33:29 (80)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (451)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Conor Tyndall 1 00:18:39
37 Grainne Egan 1 00:21:25
Crusaders AC runners
156 Áine Crotty 00:26:38 (34)
157 Cian Coughlan 00:26:39
Bushy Parkrun (188)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Adam Baker 1 00:19:34
10 Fiona Kavanagh 1 00:22:07
Crusaders AC runner
39 Kate Murray 00:25:12 (5)
River Valley Parkrun (111)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Viktoras Kuzminas 1 00:17:59
13 Daire McCutcheon 1 00:22:55
Crusaders AC runners
63 Mairead Cashman 00:31:23 (16)
77 Darina Scully 00:34:34 (25)
80 Maria Pertl 00:34:44 (27)
81 Diarmuid Byrne 00:34:50 (52)
Cabinteely Parkrun (158)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 George Callery 1 00:18:37
7 Rachel McArdle 1 00:22:09
Crusaders AC runner
15 Louise Dobbyn 00:23:19 (3)
Mungret Parkrun (111)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Griffin 1 00:19:41
33 Fionnuala Keogh 1 00:25:25
Crusaders AC runner
8 Luke Haran 00:22:14
Tolka Valley Parkrun (59)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Richard Bartlett 1 00:19:57
6 Claire Gilligan 1 00:24:56
Crusaders AC runners
3 Felipe De Sousa 00:21:31
12 Phelim Murray 00:26:31
29 Sarah Lyons 00:31:32 (9)
Poppintree Parkrun (152)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Branock 1 00:18:11
22 Aoife Begley 1 00:23:19
Crusaders AC runners
53 Aoife Kelly 00:26:45 (5)
54 Paul F. Kelly 00:26:49 

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There was more action on the roads this weekend with various distances on offer as well as another BHAA race taking place on the cross-country course in the sports complex in Abbotstown.

We start with Saturday morning’s Dingle full and half marathons. We had at least 6 athletes among the nearly 1800 finishers in the half, among them Mark Browne who arrived in Kerry the day before only to find that he had left his shorts behind. Thankfully, another Crusader, Adam O’Rourke, was able to respond with the donation of a pair to spare Mark’s blushes. There was no news as to whether they fitted or not, but Mark acquitted himself well with completing the challenging event, run in warm conditions, in 2:08:19 for 594th place. Mark was preceded by Kevin Lambe (72nd in 98:20) and by Barry O’Neill (414th in 2:02:30). Naivedya Bansal was next in 863rd spot with a time of 2:21:33, followed closely by Carina Davidson (916th overall and 427th female finisher in 2:23:14), and the contingent was completed by James Hogan (1582nd in 3:00:06). We had two runners in the 711-strong field in the marathon itself. Adam O’Rourke recorded a time of around 4:14:37 but his result appears to be missing for the time being, whilst John Corish placed 433rd in 4:53:48, using the race as a tester for the Dublin marathon in October. Of note for members, Isabelle Cairns took part in the Lost Sheep Triathlon down in the same neck of the woods over the weekend where in the area around Kenmare she had to swim 1.9k, cycle 80k and run 21k, the last she completed in 1:48:30.

Also, on Saturday, Simon Kenny took part in the hilly Ardee & District AC Seamie Weldon 10k, conducted on country roads south of the County Louth town. In a field of 176, Simon placed a creditable 15th in a time of 40:41.

On Sunday we had two runners in the inaugural BHAA-organised SNAP Jerry Kiernan Foundation 6k XC race set once again on the purpose-built course in Abbotstown, using a loop of 1500m. In a field of 67, Sean Murphy placed 23rd in 26:20, followed by Olwyn Dunne who placed 53rd, 11th and 1st F55 in 30:41.

Numbers were generally higher than usual for Saturday morning’s parkruns than of late and we had at least 40 of our members take part as usual, a substantial percentage of which in just one event. We also had a couple of first finishers to maintain the streak as well as at least two podium places.

There was a significant field in Poolbeg this weekend with 251 participants recorded, and Maeve Lochrie, in training for the Dublin marathon, ran well to place 11th overall and first female finisher in 19:21. With at least 25 Crusaders involved in the event, Maeve was preceded by Kenan Furlong (4th in 17:51) and Stephen Hurley (5th in 17:54) and then followed by Felipe De Sousa (14th in 19:52). Next came Ross Neill (15th in 20:12) and he was followed by Conor Macguinness (20th in 20:41), Piarais Neary (21st in 20:52), Tom Gleeson (28th in 21:34), Louise Dobbyn (36th and 3rd female finisher in 22:06), John Lohan (45th in 22:34), Josie Ward (61st and 8th in 23:42), Sharon Woods (77th and 13th in 24:22), Russell Murphy (96th in 25:12), Tanja Narancic (111th and 21st in 26:09), Aoife Cowhie (113th and 23rd in 26:12), Dee Ni Chearbhaill (120th and 27th in 26:39) and Tara Murphy (128th and 32nd in 26:53). It was great to see Sophia Morgan making a welcome return to competitive running and she placed 154th and 39th in 28:11, followed by Maureen McGinley (167th and 48th in 28:56), Christina Campbell (169th and 49th in 29:05), Cliodhna O’Reilly (182nd and 58th in 29:44), Máirín Shine (183rd and 59th in 29:48), Gillian Curran (186th and 60th in 29:51), Kevin Kenny (195th in 30:22), Cynthia Perucca (207th and 70th in 32:31) and Lisa Shine, tailwalking.

Elsewhere, Dee Lawlor headed the field of 162 in Cabinteely where he recorded a time of 18:11. Dee was followed by Carmel Higgins who also distinguished herself with placing 33rd and 2nd in 25:21.  Toby Benham placed 4th alongside 213 other runners in Tramore Valley, Cork, where he ran 18:53, whilst Olwyn Dunne placed 71st and 10th in Fairview with its field of 160. Olwyn ran 27:08. Meanwhile, Lorraine McMahon ran a time of 28:33 for 25th and 11th places in the 43-strong field in Pobalscoil na Tríonóide, whilst Darina Scully ran in River Valley Park once again, where she placed 72nd and 20th in 31:59. The field there amounted to 122. Down in Tramore, Waterford, we had 3 runners, led home by Paul F. Kelly who placed 19th in the field of 144 in a time of 23:07, followed by Fiona Bane (27th and 4th in 24:21) and Aoife Kelly (44th and 11th in 26:19). Mairead Cashman joined 204 other runners in Bushy Park, where she placed 146th and 48th in 31:24, whilst Orlaith de Burca and Jill Nason ran in Shanganagh, where, in a field of 220, Orlaith placed 107th and 27th in 28:22 and Jill finished in 123rd and 35th spots in 29:06. Finally, abroad, Richard Morrissey placed 15th in 17:29 in the 612-strong field in Dulwich, whilst Thom Martini took 666th spot in 27:24 in London’s Bushy Park in a field of 1477 and Aidan Hudner finished in 51st place in 18:53 in the 300-strong field in Pollok in Glasgow once again.
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BHAA SNAP Jerry Kiernan Foundation 6k (67)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Travers 1 00:18:22
10 Breffini Kelly 1 00:22:47
Crusaders AC runners
23 Sean Murphy 00:26:20
53 Olwyn Dunne 00:30:41 (11)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/bhaa-jerry-kiernan-foundation-xc-race/
Ardee & District AC Seamie Weldon 10k (176)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Dave Rooney 1 00:32:50
25 Claire O’Malley 1 00:42:47
Crusaders AC runner
15 Simon Kenny 00:40:41
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/ardee_and_district_ac_seamie_weldon_5k__10k/5085/results
Dingle Half Marathon (1769)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Daire Finn 1 01:13:22
12 Aoife Cooke 1 01:24:48
Crusaders AC runners
72 Kevin Lambe 01:38:20
414 Barry O’Neill 02:02:30
594 Mark Browne 02:08:19
863 Naivedya Bansal 02:21:33
916 Carina Davidson 02:23:14 (427)
1582 James Hogan 03:00:06
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/dingle_half_marathon__full_marathon_2024/5082/results
Dingle Marathon (711)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ian Vanderven 1 02:44:08
30 Niamh O’Riordan 1 03:27:19
Crusaders AC runners
XXX Adam O’Rourke 04:14:37
433 John Corish 04:53:48
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/dingle_half_marathon__full_marathon_2024/5082/results
Pobalscoil na Tríonóide Parkrun (43)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kieron Fallon 1 00:20:07
3 Shannon Sotok 1 00:21:09
Crusaders AC runner
25 Lorraine McMahon 00:28:33 (11)
Shanganagh Parkrun (220)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Nalty 1 00:18:51
15 Sheelagh Jones 1 00:21:29
Crusaders AC runners
107 Orlaith de Burca 00:28:22 (27)
123 Jill Nason 00:29:06 (35)
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (214)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aiden Lennan 1 00:16:02
6 Caoimhe Nic Fhogartaigh 1 00:19:08
Crusaders AC runner
4 Toby Benham 00:18:53
Poolbeg Parkrun (251)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:16:56
11 Maeve Lochrie 1 00:19:21
Crusaders AC runners
4 Kenan Furlong 00:17:51
5 Stephen Hurley 00:17:54
11 Maeve Lochrie 00:19:21 (1)
14 Felipe De Sousa 00:19:52
15 Ross Neill 00:20:12
20 Conor Macguinness 00:20:41
21 Piarais Neary 00:20:52
28 Tom Gleeson 00:21:34
36 Louise Dobbyn 00:22:06 (3)
45 John Lohan 00:22:34
61 Josie Ward 00:23:42 (8)
77 Sharon Woods 00:24:22 (13)
96 Russell Murphy 00:25:12
111 Tanja Narancic 00:26:09 (21)
113 Aoife Cowhie 00:26:12 (23)
120 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:26:39 (27)
128 Tara Murphy 00:26:53 (32)
154 Sophia Morgan 00:28:11 (39)
167 Maureen McGinley 00:28:56 (48)
169 Christina Campbell 00:29:05 (49)
182 Cliodhna O’Reilly 00:29:44 (58)
183 Máirín Shine 00:29:48 (59)
186 Gillian Curran 00:29:51 (60)
195 Kevin Kenny 00:30:22
207 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:31 (70)
244 Lisa Shine 00:53:13 (89)
Tramore Waterford Parkrun (144)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Dermot Twomey 1 00:17:17
11 Ruth Comerford 1 00:21:18
Crusaders AC runners
19 Paul F. Kelly 00:23:07
27 Fiona Bane 00:24:21 (4)
44 Aoife Kelly 00:26:19 (11)
Bushy Parkrun (205)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Matthew Russell 1 00:18:21
12 Suzette Das 1 00:21:37
Crusaders AC runner
146 Mairead Cashman 00:31:24 (48)
River Valley Parkrun (122)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Viktoras Kuzminas 1 00:17:52
21 Una O’Riordan 1 00:24:33
Crusaders AC runner
72 Darina Scully 00:31:59 (20)
Cabinteely Parkrun (162)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Derek Lawlor 1 00:18:11
6 Emma Jourdan 1 00:22:05
Crusaders AC runners
1 Derek Lawlor 00:18:11
33 Carmel Higgins 00:25:21 (2)
Fairview Parkrun (160)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Seán Cahill 1 00:18:34
6 Amy Hadley 1 00:20:55
Crusaders AC runner
71 Olwyn Dunne 00:27:08 (10)

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Among the events in which Crusaders participated last week there were two championship road races on offer over the weekend and we managed to medal in both with reasonable turnouts.

We start with the BHAA 5k race, sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb, that took place on the grass of the cross-country course in Abbotstown on Wednesday evening. The race involved 3 laps of the course. In a field of 120 runners, Michael O’Conor placed 2nd in 17:53, with Karl Walsh coming home in 17th spot in 20:12. One of our latest new members, but a runner well known to the club, Sean Murphy, placed 26th in 21:23 and he was followed by Sharon Woods who came across the line in 59th place overall, 9th female finisher and 1st F55. 

On the same evening, the Cork BHAA organised a 5k road race sponsored by Amazon. In a substantial field by comparison of 473 and in a race won by last year’s Docklands 5k runner-up, East Cork’s Michael Harty in 15:11, Gian Piero Allerta placed 231st in 24:02.

Then, on Saturday morning, in the first of two half marathons on offer on the day, we had two runners in the Greenway Half marathon held down in Co. Waterford. Both athletes recorded PBs on what was described as a well-organised and fun event. In a field of 665, Emily Glen placed 145th and 20th in 98:37, whilst late entrant David O’Donnell, also, like Emily, training for an autumn marathon, placed 159th in his first attempt at the distance in a time of 99:38.

The second half marathon took place in Tullamore and doubled up as the Leinster Half marathon championships. We fielded 7 athletes among the 1162 runners who completed the race, bringing home team and individual medals. The contingent was led home by Ciarain Kelly in 18th spot in a time of 76:04 and he was followed by Vinnie McGuinness who was actually guiding Thurles visually-impaired runner Declan Ryan, well-known to Crusaders. Vinnie placed 23rd alongside Declan in a time of 77:22 and was followed by Niall Fitzgerald (60th in 81:52). Next came the first of our female runners, Ciara Regan who placed 172nd and 9th in 89:45 and she was followed by Mags Foley (252nd and 27th in 94:56) and Ciara Lynch (257th and 30th in 95:07), with the three athletes likely picking up the Leinster Senior bronze medal. Our last runner home was Sharon Woods, who placed 575th and 131st in 1:49:50 and likely earning the individual F55 bronze medal.

Sunday saw the running of the Lucan Harriers AC-organised 5-mile road race that finished on Lucan’s track. It incorporated the Dublin 5-mile road championships and we distinguished ourselves in that race too. In a field of 524 finishers Joe McDermott placed 20th in 28:11, followed closely by Enda Clarke (21st in 28:25). Rebecca Fleming (120th and 19th in 35:10), Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill (147th and 25th in 36:22) and Olwyn Dunne (179th and 35th in 37:43) between them likely won the O/35 team bronze medal, with Olwyn also likely taking individual silver in the F55 age category. To cap a successful race, Anna Brown placed 210th and 46th in a PB time of 39:05. Members may be interested to hear that recent ex-Crusader Kieran Little placed 6th in 25:59, whilst Catherine Thornton who trains with us from time to time placed 34th and 4th in 29:51.

Further afield, Aitor Arribas Velasco took part in the tough Lezamako Mugetatik, a tough 25k trail race near his home town of Bilbao in Northern Spain. Aitor completed the distance in 4:26:51 for 121st place.

As usual, we also had around 50 members participating in parkruns on Saturday morning, with at least one first finisher.

Orla Kennedy ran in the 483-strong field in St. Anne’s in Raheny where she placed 41st overall and first female finisher in 20:53. Orla was followed by Áine Crotty (225th and 56th in 27:57) and Cian Coughlan (275th in 29:26). We also saw some podium finishers too. Kate Murray ran in Mullingar alongside 110 other participants where she placed 19th and 2nd in 24:05, whilst Toby Benham also placed 2nd in Bere Island where, in a field of 145, he ran 20:48. Over in London Richard Morrissey placed 2nd in the 323-strong field in Brockwell Park. Richard recorded a time of 18:01. Over in Sligo, Ross Neill crossed the line in 2nd place in a time of 17:50 in a field of 124, whilst Mary Donnelly also placed 2nd in Bushy Park, where she ran 22:57. In a field of 186, Mary was preceded by Kev Moore (5th in 20:12) and followed by Mairead Cashman (134th and 48th in 32:36) and Natasha Murray (176th and 74th in 43:03).

Sarah Lyons placed 24th and 3rd in 27:09 in the 60-strong field in Tolka Valley Park, whilst Stephen Hurley also placed 3rd in Poolbeg alongside 187 other runners. As usual we had a large contingent there, with Stephen leading it home in a time of 17:38. He was followed by Adrian Groarke (10th in 19:32), Piarais Neary (28th in 21:21), Josie Ward (50th and 4th in 23:31), Fiona Bane (51st and 5th in 23:36), Ronan Walsh (59th in 24:13), Louise O’Riordan (67th and 10th in 24:48), John Lohan (72nd in 24:59), Tanja Narancic (76th and 12th in 25:28), Russell Murphy (78th in 25:39), Kevin Kenny (85th in 26:04), Lisa Branigan (88th and 17th in 26:40), Fanny Trébouet (94th and 21st in 27:06), Tara Murphy (109th and 27th in 28:08), Maureen McGinley (128th and 40th in 29:17) and Siobhan Russell (139th and 48th in 29:43).  

In Russborough, with its field of 93, Eoghan Corrigan placed 4th in 20:55, whilst Darina Scully was also a lone runner in River Valley Park where, in a field of 109, she took 25th and 5th spots in 25:01. We had 7 Crusaders in Shanganagh, alongside 243 other participants. Stephen Milligan placed 46th in 24:02, followed by Olwyn Dunne (57th and 5th in 24:23), Máirín Shine (144th and 30th in 28:49), Jill Nason (156th and 38th in 29:27), Anna Shine (169th and 47th in 30:07), with Fiona and Lisa Shine tailwalking. As part of his long run, David Carter ran in Cabinteely where, in a field of 188, he placed 6th in 20:52, followed by Carina Davidson (130th and 59th in 33:23), whilst Andy Deuser ran with 154 other runners in Fairview Park, where he placed 43rd in 25:06. Finally, we had two runners in Marlay Park on Saturday morning. In a field of 442, Ronan Moynihan placed 7th in 19:44, followed by James Donlon who took 21st spot in 20:47.
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BHAA BMS 5k (120)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Doran 1 00:16:13
4 Laura McDonnell 1 00:18:36
Crusaders AC runners
2 Michael O’Conor 00:17:53
17 Karl Walsh 00:20:12
26 Sean Murphy 00:21:23
59 Sharon Woods 00:24:21 (9)
Full results here: https://irp.cdn-website.com/15e8030f/files/uploaded/BMS_5k_2024_Results.pdf
Cork BHAA Amazon 5k (473)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Harty 1 00:15:11
23 Michelle Kenny 1 00:17:34
Crusaders AC runner
231 Gian Piero Allerta 00:24:02
Full results here: https://www.corkbhaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Amazon-5k-Results-Aug-28-2024.pdf
Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon (1162)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Colin Maher 1 01:09:04
47 Ciara Wilson 1 01:20:40
Crusaders AC runners
18 Ciarain Kelly 01:16:04
23 Vinnie McGuinness 01:17:21 (guiding)
60 Niall Fitzgerald 01:21:52
172 Ciara Regan 01:29:45 (9)
252 Margaret Foley 01:34:56 (27)
257 Ciara Lynch 01:35:07 (30)
575 Sharon Woods 01:49:50 (131)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/bord_na_mona_tullamore_harriers_half_2024/5079/results
Greenway Half Marathon (665)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Conor O’Brien 1 01:11:00
27 Katie Wilson 1 01:22:25
Crusaders AC runners
145 Emily Glen 01:38:37 (PB) (20)
159 David O’Donnell 01:39:38 (PB)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/greenway_half_marathon_2024/5083/results
Lucan Harriers AC 5 miler (Dublin Championships) (524)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Efrem Gidey 1 00:22:57
18 Faye Dervan 1 00:28:06
Crusaders AC runners
20 Joe McDermott 00:28:11
21 Enda Clarke 00:28:25
120 Rebecca Fleming 00:35:10 (19)
147 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:36:22 (25)
179 Olwyn Dunne 00:37:43 (35)
210 Anna Brown 00:39:05 (PB) (46)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/lucan_harriers_ac_5_mile/5080/results
Sligo Parkrun (124)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Diamond 1 00:17:43
14 Saera Hosey 1 00:23:07
Crusaders AC runner
2 Ross Neill 00:17:50
Shanganagh Parkrun (250)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Asher Cook 1 00:16:49
18 Sarah Lewis 1 00:19:59
Crusaders AC runners
46 Stephen Mulligan 00:24:02
57 Olwyn Dunne 00:24:23 (5)
144 Máirín Shine 00:28:49 (30)
156 Jill Nason 00:29:27 (38)
169 Anna Shine 00:30:07 (47)
243 Fiona Shine 00:55:39 (910
244 Lisa Shine 00:55:41 (92)
Bere Island Parkrun (145)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Craig Woods 1 00:19:33
5 Michelagh Murphy 1 00:21:56
Crusaders AC runner
2 Toby Benham 00:20:48
Poolbeg Parkrun (188)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 August Benedicto 1 00:17:35
24 Kim-Ella Kenny 1 00:20:28
Crusaders AC runners
3 Stephen Hurley 00:17:38
5 Michael Wycherley 00:17:59
10 Adrian Groarke 00:19:32
28 Piarais Neary 00:21:21
50 Josie Ward 00:23:31 (4)
51 Fiona Bane 00:23:36 (5)
59 Ronan Walsh 00:24:13
67 Louise O’Riordan 00:24:48 (10)
72 John Lohan 00:24:59
76 Tanja Narancic 00:25:28 (12)
78 Russell Murphy 00:25:39
85 Kevin Kenny 00:26:04
94 Fanny Trébouet 00:27:06 (21)
109 Tara Murphy 00:28:08 (27)
128 Maureen McGinley 00:29:17 (40)
139 Siobhan Russell 00:29:43 (48)
Donabate Parkrun (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Karl King McDonnell 1 00:17:50
2 Sinead Farrell 1 00:18:53
Crusaders AC runner
26 Brendan Glynn 00:23:37
Bushy Parkrun (186)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Quinn 1 00:17:52
18 Sinead Mitchell 1 00:22:44
Crusaders AC runners
5 Kev Moore 00:20:12
22 Mary Donnelly 00:22:57 (2)
134 Mairead Cashman 00:32:36 (48)
176 Natasha Murray 00:43:03 (74)
Mullingar Parkrun (111)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Whelehan 1 00:19:43
6 Mairi Clancy 1 00:22:27
Crusaders AC runner
19 Kate Murray 00:24:05 (2)
Russborough Parkrun (93)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Adam Burke 1 00:20:08
5 Caroline Ayton 1 00:21:16
Crusaders AC runner
4 Eoghan Corrigan 00:20:55
 River Valley Parkrun (109)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Viktoras Kuzminas 1 00:17:56
8 Cecile Ollagnier 1 00:22:46
Crusaders AC runner
25 Darina Scully 00:25:01 (5)
Father Collins Parkrun (87)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Pawel Kaim 1 00:19:15
15 Treasa Wall 1 00:22:24
Crusaders AC runner
45 Emer Kenny 00:28:42 (10)
Poppintree Parkrun (236)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Dorran 1 00:17:59
19 Ava Fagan 1 00:21:23
Crusaders AC runner
32 Diarmuid Byrne 00:23:30
Marlay Parkrun (442)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry McCartin 1 00:17:13
5 Doireann Mullany 1 00:19:39
Crusaders AC runners
7 Ronan Moynihan 00:19:44
21 James Donlon 00:20:47
Cabinteely Parkrun (188)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Patrick Concannon 1 00:18:26                                                                                                                                       
16 Dee O’Mahony 1 00:24:13
Crusaders AC runners
6 David Carter 00:20:52
130 Carina Davidson 00:33:23 (59)
Fairview Parkrun (155)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Wayne Loveridge 1 00:17:11
28 Kaylee Maddison 1 00:23:51
Crusaders AC runner
43 Andy Deuser 00:25:06
Tolka Valley Parkrun (60)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Andreas O’Neachtain 1 00:18:36
19 Klara Vicianova 1 00:25:31
Crusaders AC runner
24 Sarah Lyons 00:27:09 (3)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (483)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Sharkey 1 00:17:03
41 Orla Kennedy 1 00:20:53
Crusaders AC runners
41 Orla Kennedy 00:20:53 (1)
225 Áine Crotty 00:27:57 (56)
275 Cian Coughlan 00:29:26
Naas Parkrun (145)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ross Birkett 1 00:17:29
10 Ruth O’Loughlin 1 00:20:50
Crusaders AC runner
6 Karl Walsh 00:20:26

Adverse weather conditions seem to have been the principal characteristics enjoyed in races last week and over the weekend, but they did not appear to dent the spirits!

€1000 was on offer on Thursday evening in the Celbridge AC 5k for the winning mixed team (of 4, two of each gender) and our intrepid runners came quite close, placing third behind DSD (who were clearly on a mission, with each of their runners in the top 10 of their respective sexes) and Celbridge AC itself. In a field of nearly 500 runners, we fielded at least 14 athletes. The contingent was led home by Kevin Fitzgibbon who took 10th spot in 16:17. Kevin was followed by newcomer Doireann Hughes who placed 40th overall and 5th female finisher in 17:43 and then by Saoirse McGrath who placed 71st  and 13th in 18:41, with Cian Coughlan (73rd in 18:41) close on Saoirse's tail. Kathryn Gibbons was next (81st and 17th in 18:46) not too far behind, with David McEvoy (87th in 18:56) and Aoife Quigley (92nd and 18th in 19:03) on the eve of her age category-changing birthday tucked in behind.  Mags Foley recorded yet another PB result in her 19:30 time for 109th and 23rd spots, with Phelim Murray (128th in 19:55) just behind. Next came Gill Earley (144th and 31st in 20:13), followed by local girl Rebecca Fleming (166th and 39th in 20:58), Olwyn Dunne (226th, 60th and 6th F50 in 22:52), Áine Crotty (262nd and 78th in 24:13), Amy O’Donoghue (286th and 87th in 25:08) and Paul E. Kelly (302nd in 25:30). The racing temperature was around 13 degrees on the fast course with a south-westerly wind of about 15kph in runners’ faces for the second half of the race.

Thursday evening also saw the annual running of the Portmarnock Beach 5k and we had one runner join the field of 384 there. Mikel Cristosomo placed 16th in a time of 19:46.
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There was at least one race on Saturday involving a Crusader or two. Shane Egan and Karl Walsh tackled the tough and challenging 14k Warriors Run in Co. Sligo, with Shane placing 14th in a field of 1,136. Shane’s time was 67:19, whilst Karl, just after having completed the Sligo Parkrun earlier in the morning, ran 81:32 for 157th spot.

On Sunday several of our clubmates took part in races across Ireland. Up in Larne on another wet and blustery day, at least 8 of our athletes took part in the fast out-and-back Antrim Coast Half marathon, with a packed elite field as usual. The race was won in a sub-60 minutes time ahead of a field of 3164 finishers. Our first athlete home was Thomas Vogée who placed 218th in 81:58 and he was followed by Gary Mills (223rd in 82:27). Next came Kevin Kavanagh, continuing to nurse a calf injury (350th in 87:06) and Kevin was followed by Daniel O’Mahony (520th in 91:23, quite possibly a PB), Emma Rowe (577th and 69th in 93:23), Marcus Phelan (638th in a massive 10-minute PB time improvement of 95:07), Chris Bannon (943rd in 1:42:14) and Daniel Gleeson (1325th in 1:48:42).

On the same day, Kenan Furlong recorded a major PB of 2:56:40 in placing 15th in a field of 251 in the Longford Marathon, whilst Kate Murray and Tara Murphy joined 471 other runners in the Half marathon there. Kate placed 220th and 60th in 1:53:18, Tara, 305th and 103rd in 2:01:06, whilst Conor Macguinness ran in the South Kilkenny 10-miler, placing 13th in a field of 46 in a time of 75:14.

Further afield over the weekend, Zlatko Kulic ran in the Srebrenik 5k in Bosnia-Herzogovina, where he recorded a time of 21:01, whilst Maurice Kelter recorded another PB down in Australia. Maurice competed in the Sydney Half where he ran a time of 74:42. Aitor Arribas Velasco reported that he and his partner Marta Cuesta took part in the traditional 6k Hiri Kirosa as part of the main week of Bibao's Aste Nagusia in Spain.

Wednesday’s IMRA race last week took place on a short route of 8k, with a climb of 250m, around Paddock Hill near Laragh in Co. Wicklow and involved 82 runners. Unsurprisingly, Becky Quinn was first female across the line, in 11th place overall in a time of 39:15 and she was followed by Clare Sullivan (25th and 2nd in 42:16) and Gavan Doherty (51st in 53:00). Ian Clifford also participated. However, his result appears not to have been recorded.
 
Our first finishers this week in Saturday morning’s parkruns were Ross Neill (Poolbeg) and Kathryn Sweeney (Omagh). We also had some podium places as usual.

Ross headed a field of 158 on the 7th anniversary of the event in a time of 17:58 and he was followed by Jan Manschot (3rd in 18:24), Ronan Walsh (12th in 20:07), David O’Donnell (17th in 21:16), Claire Reidy (42nd and 3rd in 23:48), Paul Campbell (46th in 24:10), Kenan Furlong in a shakeout before Longford (47th in 24:12), Sharon Woods (56th and 9th in 24:32), Kevin Kenny (60th in 24:48), Neil Brown (62nd in 24:53), John Lohan (64th in 25:10), Russell Murphy (65th in 25:24), Olwyn Dunne (67th and 11th in 25:49), Anna Hernick (97th and 26th in 28:30), Mikel Cristosomo (108th in 29:02), Lisa Branigan (115th and 34th in 29:21), Siobhan Russell (117th and 35th in 29:29) and Maureen McGinley (124th and 39th in 29:49).

Kathryn joined 80 other athletes in Omagh, where she placed 3rd overall in 20:31. Meanwhile, Dee Lawlor placed 2nd in Cabinteely in a time of 18:23. In a field of 177, Kev Moore was next in 14th spot in a time of 22:04, followed by Mary Donnelly (31st and 2nd in 24:20), Stephen Mulligan (39th in 24:52) and Carina Davidson (157th and 65th in 41:13). Michael O’Conor also placed 2nd, in Listowel with its field of 81. Michael’s time was 18:30, whilst Karl Walsh was a 2nd place finisher in Sligo in 19:37 in a field of 104.

Further afield, Peter Shearman ran in Amsterdamse Bos in a field of 146, where he placed 3rd in 18:15, whilst Richard Morrissey ran on Chalkwell Beach, where, in a field of 285, he placed 2nd in 17:51. In London, Thom Martini placed 104th in 24:18 in the 336-strong field in Gunnersbury, whilst Phelim Murray placed 92nd in the 378-strong field in Milton Keynes in 25:25 and John Reidy placed 52nd in Perth. In a field of 339, John ran 22:25.

Darina Scully ran once again in River Valley Park where, in a field of 111, she placed 33rd and 5th in 26:05, whilst Daniel Lowe took 7th place in 236-strong field in Bushy Park in a time of 20:01. Daniel Cullen placed 12th in 21:59 and Andy Deuser, 24th in 23:10, in Fairview alongside 147 other runners, whilst, in Tolka Valley, Diarmuid Byrne finished in 7th spot in 23:48 in a field of 50. In Fenit Greenway, Barry O’Neill joined 88 other participants, placing 16th in 23:49, whilst, on Bere Island Gavan Doherty finished in 29th place in 30:46 in a field of 79.

We had 2 runners in Tymon with its field of 83. Colm Foley placed 18th in 22:48, followed by Mairead Cashman (73rd and 19th in 35:42), whilst, on her birthday, Emer Kenny joined 340 other runners in Malahide where she placed 227th and 77th in 29:13. Brendan Glynn crossed the line in a time of 23:25 for 21st place in the field of 173 in Donabate, whilst James Donlon ran in Marlay Park, where, in a field of 489, he placed 106th in 24:40.

Cynthia Perucca was our lone runner in Naas this week, finishing in 30:27 for 105th and 31st places in a field of 159, whilst Kevin Lambe placed 26th in 25:39 in the 114-strong field in Mullingar. We had 3 runners in Shanganagh led home by Máirín Shine (176th and 45th in 29:21) and followed by Orlaith de Burca (180th and 48th in 29:31) and Jill Nason (182nd and 49th in 29:39), whilst Martina White ran alongside 117 other participants in Porterstown, where she placed 91st and 42nd in 34:36.
  
Celbridge AC 5k (487)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Tobin 1 00:14:10
11 Ide Nic Dhomhnaill 1 00:16:19
Crusaders AC runners
10 Kevin Fitzgibbon 00:16:17
40 Doireann Hughes 00:17:43 (5)
71 Saoirse McGrath 00:18:41 (13)
73 Cian Coughlan 00:18:41
81 Kathryn Gibbons 00:18:46 (17)
87 David McEvoy 00:18:56
92 Aoife Quigley 00:19:03 (18)
109 Margaret Foley 00:19:30 (PB) (23)
128 Phelim Murray 00:19:55
144 Gillian Earley 00:20:13 (31)
166 Rebecca Fleming 00:20:58 (39)
226 Olwyn Dunne 00:22:52 (60)
262 Áine Crotty 00:24:13 (78)
286 Amy O’Donoghue 00:25:08 (87)
302 Paul E. Kelly 00:25:30
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/celbridge-a-c-5km-road-race-2024/
Portmarnock Beach 5k (384)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fintan Kerins 1 00:15:34
21 Ciara Peelo 1 00:20:22
Crusaders AC runner
16 Mikel Cristosomo 00:19:46
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/portmarnock_ac_beach_5k_2024/5225/results
Antrim Coast Half Marathon (3164)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Alex Nzioka Matata 1 00:59:46
17 Yalemzerf Yehualaw 1 01:05:31
Crusaders AC runners
218 Thomas Vogée 01:21:58
223 Gary Mills 01:22:27
350 Kevin Kavanagh 01:27:06
520 Daniel O’Mahony 01:31:23
577 Emma Rowe 01:33:23 (69)
638 Marcus Phelan 01:35:07 (PB)
943 Chris Bannon 01:42:14
1325 Daniel Gleeson 01:48:42
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/antrim-coast-half-marathon-2024/
Warriors Run Sligo 14k (1136)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Killian Mooney 1 00:55:27
38 Aoife McCavana 1 01:13:10
Crusaders AC runners
14 Shane Egan 01:07:19
157 Karl Walsh 01:21:32
Full results here: https://coretiming.ie/events/warriors-run-24/
Longford Marathon (251)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Chris Denton 1 02:40:06
28 Orla Tuohy 1 03:06:24
Crusaders AC runner
15 Kenan Furlong 02:56:40 (PB)
Full results here: https://www.championchipireland.com/index.html#results
Longford Half Marathon (473)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 James Doran 1 01:11:56
16 Roisin McMahon 1 01:27:12
Crusaders AC runners
220 Kate Murray 01:53:18 (60)
305 Tara Murphy 02:01:06 (103)
Full results here: https://www.championchipireland.com/index.html#results

South Kilkenny 10-miler (46)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Connery 1 01:01:22
5 Kate Veale 1 01:07:53
Crusaders AC runner
13 Conor Macguinness 01:15:14
Full results here: https://justrunsevents.ie/event-results/south-kilkenny-run_results-10-miles_2024-08-25
IMRA Mountain Rescue Benefits Race 8k (82)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Andy Keeling 1 00:36:17
11 Becky Quinn 1 00:39:15
Crusaders AC runners
11 Becky Quinn 00:39:15 (1)
25 Clare Sullivan 00:42:16 (2)
51 Gavan Doherty 00:53:00
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2495
Sligo Parkrun (104)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Diamond 1 00:17:49
9 Lauren McMurtry 1 00:22:19
Crusaders AC runner
2 Karl Walsh 00:19:37
Shanganagh Parkrun (272)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Timothy Bowen 1 00:17:45
34 Clare Geoghegan 1 00:22:01
Crusaders AC runners
176 Máirín Shine 00:29:21 (45)
180 Orlaith de Burca 00:29:31 (48)
182 Jill Nason 00:29:39 (49)
Bere Island Parkrun (79)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ray Smith 1 00:19:46
3 Michelagh Murphy 1 00:22:35
Crusaders AC runner
29 Gavan Doherty 00:30:46
Poolbeg Parkrun (158)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ross Neill 1 00:17:58
38 Maria Mullan 1 00:22:38
Crusaders AC runners
1 Ross Neill 00:17:58
3 Jan Manschot 00:18:24
12 Ronan Walsh 00:20:07
17 David O’Donnell 00:21:16
42 Claire Reidy 00:23:48 (3)
46 Paul Campbell 00:24:10
47 Kenan Furlong 00:24:12
56 Sharon Woods 00:24:32 (9)
60 Kevin Kenny 00:24:48
62 Neil Brown 00:24:53
64 John Lohan 00:25:10
65 Russell Murphy 00:25:24
67 Olwyn Dunne 00:25:49 (11)
97 Anna Hernick 00:28:30 (26)
108 Mikel Cristosomo 00:29:02
115 Lisa Branigan 00:29:21 (34)
117 Siobhan Russell 00:29:29 (35)
124 Maureen McGinley 00:29:49 (39)
Donabate Parkrun (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Karl King McDonnell 1 00:18:13
8 Sheila Bourke 1 00:21:13
Crusaders AC runner
21 Brendan Glynn 00:23:25
Bushy Parkrun (236)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Seán Cahill 1 00:18:43
4 Cat O’Shea 1 00:19:24
Crusaders AC runner
7 Daniel Lowe 00:20:01
Mullingar Parkrun (114)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James O’Rourke 1 00:21:05
2 Faye Kearney 1 00:21:17
Crusaders AC runner
26 Kevin Lambe 00:25:39
Tymon Parkrun (83)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robert O’Brien 1 00:18:28
21 Sinead McCarthy 1 00:23:16
Crusaders AC runners
18 Colm Foley 00:22:48
73 Mairead Cashman 00:35:42 (19)
 River Valley Parkrun (111)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian McGlade 1 00:19:44
8 Cecile Ollagnier 1 00:22:49
Crusaders AC runner
33 Darina Scully 00:26:05 (5)
Fenit Greenway Parkrun (89)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Lucey 1 00:18:04
7 Mary Fitzsimons 1 00:21:41
Crusaders AC runners
16 Barry O’Neill 00:23:49
Omagh Parkrun (81)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Sherriff 1 00:18:23
3 Kathryn Sweeney 1 00:20:31
Crusaders AC runner
3 Kathryn Sweeney 00:20:31 (1)
Marlay Parkrun (489)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ethan Bramhill 1 00:16:15
49 Siobhan O’Loughlin 1 00:22:49
Crusaders AC runner
106 James Donlon 00:24:40
Cabinteely Parkrun (177)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eoin Healy 1 00:17:38
18 Rachel McArdle 1 00:22:24
Crusaders AC runners
2 Derek Lawlor 00:18:23
14 Kev Moore 00:22:04
37 Mary Donnelly 00:24:20 (2)
39 Stephen Mulligan 00:24:52
157 Carina Davidson 00:41:13 (65)
Fairview Parkrun (149)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anton Lavell 1 00:18:13
34 Mollie Wain 1 00:24:06
Crusaders AC runners
12 Daniel Cullen 00:21:59
24 Andy Deuser 00:23:10
Tolka Valley Parkrun (50)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian Fay 1 00:19:46
8 Claire Gilligan 1 00:24:13
Crusaders AC runner
7 Diarmuid Byrne 00:23:48
Porterstown Parkrun (118)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:17:31
3 Monica Holmes 1 00:20:14
Crusaders AC runner
91 Martina White 00:34:36 (42)
Naas Parkrun (159)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eddie Tampu 1 00:19:31
3 Robyn Browne 1 00:20:02
Crusaders AC runner
105 Cynthia Perucca 00:30:27 (31)
Malahide Parkrun (341)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Liam Roarty 1 00:17:21
10 Aine Crimin 1 00:19:49
Crusaders AC runner
227 Emer Kenny 00:29:13 (77)

Just like Dublin buses, you wait for a quality 10-mile road race to come along and two come at once. That was the case this weekend, with the Irish Life Race Series Frank Duffy 10-miler, incorporating as always the Co. Dublin 10-mile championships, on Saturday morning, followed a day later by the St. Coca’s-organised 10-mile race in Kilcock Co. Kildare. Both had super representation from the club.

We start, however, earlier in the week, with the Streets of Thurles 5k, a fast race through the town centre with a quality field, organised by Thurles Crokes AC on Thursday evening. In the first of two races in which he participated this week, Daniel Cullen joined 375 other runners, recording a time of 20:48 for 84th place.

At least 38 Crusaders took part in the Race Series Frank Duffy 10-miler and it is likely that we accumulated two or three medals in the Dublin championships from the event. On a challenging, hilly, course with a few twists and turns in the Phoenix Park, breezy mild conditions, we had some excellent times. The contingent was led across the line by Ger Forde who placed 15th overall, 2nd M45 (but possibly gold medal winner) in a time of 56:30. Ger was followed by Dee Lawlor in a PB time of 58:59 for 32nd place and 4th M45 (but possibly on the podium in Dublin for an M45 silver or bronze), and then by Robert Browne (86th in 62:05) and Rory Goldsmith (118th in 63:30). Between them, 3 of the 4 athletes may well have picked up the bronze O/35 team medal.

Next home was Adrienne Jordan (149th overall, 8th female finisher and 1st F45 in 64:40) and she was followed by Karl Walsh (216th in 66:46), Paul O’Hara (217th in 67:09), Aoife Quigley (no place given in 67:52), John O’Donnell (274th in 68:39), Adrian Groarke (304th in 68:51) and Brian McGuckin (307th in 68:59).

Orla Flynn (538th, 56th and 4th F55 in 74:21) was next, followed closely by Graham Tucker (539th in 74:26) and then by Robbie Moore (560th in 74:18), Cría Dowling (566th and 60th in 73:44), Triona Quill (571st and 61st in 74:10), David O’Donnell (578th in 74:48), Emily Quinlan (598th and 67th in 74:21), Kabir Sala (762nd in 77:55), Liam O’Brien (813th in 78:00) Lisa Branigan (816th and 111th in 78:00), Judy O’Connell (886th and 124th in 78:40), Louise Dobbyn (899th and 128th in 79:16), Tony Hackett (960th in 79:51), Olwyn Dunne, pacing (969th and 140th in 79:34) and Paula Bradshaw, following physio’s orders (1010th and 153rd in 80:01).  

The large group of Crusaders in the field of 3288 was completed by Kevin Kenny (1327th in 85:14), Neil Brown (1557th in 85:48), Emer Kenny (1602nd and 337th in 86:40), Adam Kinch (1700th in 84:28), Alan Martin (1995th in 90:36), Suzanne Martin (1964th and 476th in 90:15), Laura O’Malley (2039th and 508th in 90:45), Amy Forde (2229th and 610th in 94:38), Gabriela Segura (2288th and 639th in 96:05), Ciara Black (2322nd and 660th in 96:51), Carina Davidson (2373rd and 692nd in 95:55) and Joe Dunne, pacing (2614th in 1:40:01). Liz Nixon also ran, but her time and place were not recorded. Members may be interested to know that Sean Murphy, who trains with us, ran 69:18 for 328th spot.  Well done to all!

Sunday morning saw the running of the latest edition of the Kilcock 10-mile road race, conducted on relatively flat roads and the Royal Canal Greenway towpath there, where the runners had to run on a gravelly surface. Again, in similar conditions to those experienced on the previous day, but with a bit of a headwind in the second half of the race, there was a quality field with 355 participants, among them at least 8 Crusaders. Cian Coughlan was the first home, in 86th place in a time of 68:5. Cian was followed by Phelim Murray (95th in 68:48), Gillian Earley (109th and 16th female finisher in 70:32), Eoghan Corrigan (111th in 71:12), Dee Ni Chearbhaill (141st and 26th in 75:04), Daniel Cullen in his second race of the week (169th in 78:43), Áine Crotty (174th and 37th in 79:27) and Sharon Woods (182nd and 40th in 80:03).  

There was action in the mountains of Co. Tipperary, organised by IMRA on Sunday morning. In the latest race of the All Ireland Championships, involving a climb of 1300m over a distance of 13k to the top of Galtymore and back over the peaks of Cush and Galtybeg, Becky Quinn placed 15th overall and 2nd female finisher in a time of 1:44:24 in a field of 61. The unmarked course was described as extreme.

With such significant participation in the Frank Duffy, although numbers were generally up in parkruns on Saturday morning, Crusaders' participation was a little reduced compared to the norm.

We did have at least one first finisher, however. Saoirse McGrath joined 479 other runners in Marlay Park where she placed 9th overall in 19:04. Saoirse was followed by Barry O’Neill (125th in 25:16) and Mairead Cashman (376th and 139th in 32:29).

Elsewhere, Dan Lowe and Julie McGrath ran in Bushy Park, where, in a field of 184, Daniel placed 10th in 21:10 and Julie placed 38th and 4th whilst pushing a buggy in 24:53. Darina Scully joined 86 other runners in River Valley where she placed 31st and 5th in 28:09, whilst Sharon Woods placed 12th and 4th in the 124-strong field in Sligo. Sharon’s time was 23:27. Ronan Moynihan took 6th spot in Cabinteely with its field of 135. Ronan’s time was 20:34 and he was followed by Tomás Dunne (34th in 24:46), whilst Stephen Hurley ran 18:28 in a field of 180 to place 5th. Stephen was followed by a smaller contingent than usual: John Lohan (28th in 21:38), Kenan Furlong (55th in 23:46), Fiona Bane (57th and 6th in 23:57), Tara Murphy (92nd and 19th in 26:33) and Mikel Cristosomo (97th in 27:03).

Brendan Glynn ran 24:46 to place 24th in the 165-strong field in Donabate, where the female first finisher, Sheelagh Jones, recorded a remarkable 96% age graded result as an F65 in a time of 21:40 for 12th place overall.  Meanwhile, Kevin Flynn placed 81st in 39:48 in the 94-stromg field in Porterstown, whilst we had three runners in St. Anne’s. In a field measuring 412, Cian Coughlan took 119th spot in 26:20, followed by Áine Crotty (206th and 49th in 29:03) and Rebecca Fleming (207th and 50th in 29:04). Chris Bannon placed 8th in Brickfields with a time of 22:14, alongside 61 other participants, whilst Lorraine McMahon placed 28th and 8th in 28:32 in a field involving 46 runners in Pobalscoil na Tríonóide. Franky Keane joined 113 other runners in Mullingar where he placed 34th in 25:57, whilst we had 4 runners in Shanganagh with its field of 247. Our small contingent was led home by David Carter (12th in 19:32) and followed by Orlaith de Burca (159th and 38th in 30:05), Cynthia Perucca (171st and 44th in 30:45) and Jill Nason (204th and 63rd in 33:55). Finally, Rob Glascott ran once again on Clapham Common where, in a field of 1043, he placed 116th in 21:59, whilst John Reidy placed 50th in 22:45 in  320-strong field in Perth in Scotland. 

Frank Duffy 10-miler (Co. Dublin Championships) (3288)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Hugh Armstrong 1 00:49:27
37 Caitlyn Harvey 1 00:59:26
Crusaders AC runners
15 Ger Forde 00:56:30
32 Derek Lawlor 00:58:59 (PB)
86 Robert Browne 01:02:05
118 Rory Goldsmith 01:03:30
149 Adrienne Jordan 01:04:40 (8)
216 Karl Walsh 01:06:46
217 Paul O’Hara 01:07:09
XXX Aoife Quigley 01:07:52 (xx)
 274 John O’Donnell 01:08:39
304 Adrian Groarke 01:08:51
307 Brian McGuckin 01:08:59
538 Orla O’Flynn 01:14:21 (56)
539 Graham Tucker 01:14:26
560 Robbie Moore 01:14:18
566 Cría Dowling 01:13:44 (60)
571 Triona Quill 01:14:10 (61)
578 David O’Donnell 01:14:48
598 Emily Quinlan 01:14:21 (67)
762 Kabir Sala 01:17:55
813 Liam O’Brien 01:18:00
816 Lisa Branigan 01:18:00 (111)
886 Judy O’Connell 01:18:40 (124)
899 Louise Dobbyn 01:19:16 (128)
960 Anthony Hackett 01:19:51
969 Olwyn Dunne 01:19:34 (140) PACER
1010 Paula Bradshaw 01:20:01 (153)
1327 Kevin Kenny 01:25:14
1557 Neil Brown 01:25:48
1602 Emer Kenny 01:26:40 (337)
1700 Adam Kinch 01:24:28
1964 Suzanne Martin 01:30:15 (476)
1995 Alan Martin 01:30:36
2039 Laura O’Malley 01:30:45 (508)
2229 Amy Forde 01:34:38 (610)
2288 Gabriela Segura 01:36:05 (639)
2322 Ciara Black 01:36:51 (660)
2373 Carina Davidson 01:35:55 (692)
2614 Joe Dunne 01:40:01 PACER
Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4052
St. Coca’s AC Kilcock 10 miler (355)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Vinny Connolly 1 00:53:13
27 Faye Dervan 1 01:00:09
Crusaders AC runners
86 Cian Coughlan 01:08:05
95 Phelim Murray 01:08:48
109 Gillian Earley 01:10:32 (16)
111 Eoghan Corrigan 01:11:12
141 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 01:15:12 (26)
169 Daniel Cullen 01:18:43
174 Áine Crotty 01:19:27 (37)
182 Sharon Woods 01:20:03 (40)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/st_cocas_ac_kilcock_10_from_10/4972/results
Streets of Thurles 5k (376)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Tobin 1 00:14:58
10 Dymphna Ryan 1 00:17:12
Crusaders AC runner
84 Daniel Cullen 00:20:48
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/thurles-crokes-streets-of-thurles-5k-2024/
IMRA Galtymore 13k (61)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Matthew McConnell 1 01:23:07
12 Esther Dickson 1 01:42:36
Crusaders AC runner
15 Becky Quinn 01:44:24 (2)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2448
Sligo Parkrun (124)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor McCullagh 1 00:17:09
7 Clare O’Connor 1 00:21:53
Crusaders AC runner
12 Sharon Woods 00:23:27 (4)
Shanganagh Parkrun (247)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Hanton 1 00:17:30
26 Monica Samuel 1 00:21:53
Crusaders AC runners
12 David Carter 00:19:32
159 Orlaith de Burca 00:30:05 (38)
171 Cynthia Perucca 00:30:45 (44)
204 Jill Nason 00:33:55 (63)
Brickfields Parkrun (62)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciarán Ó Meachair 1 00:19:23
3 Hannah Gichrist 1 00:20:58
Crusaders AC runner
8 Chris Bannon 00:22:14
Poolbeg Parkrun (180)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Dimitri Jeannon 1 00:16:11
44 Gen Morgan 1 00:23:11
Crusaders AC runners
5 Stephen Hurley 00:18:28
28 John Lohan 00:21:38
55 Kenan Furlong 00:23:46
57 Fiona Bane 00:23:57 (6)
92 Tara Murphy 00:26:33 (19)
97 Mikel Cristosomo 00:27:03
Donabate Parkrun (165)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Mannix 1 00:17:35
12 Sheelagh Jones 1 00:21:40
Crusaders AC runner
24 Brendan Glynn 00:23:34
Bushy Parkrun (184)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Luz 1 00:19:13
28 Shauna O’Callaghan 1 00:23:43
Crusaders AC runners
10 Daniel Lowe 00:21:10
38 Julie McGrath 00:24:53 (4)
Mullingar Parkrun (114)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Whelehan 1 00:20:03
9 Hannah Farrell 1 00:22:20
Crusaders AC runner
34 Franky Keane 00:25:57
Pobalscoil na Tríonóide Parkrun (46)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Noel Early 1 00:18:34
7 Shannon Sotok 1 00:20:55
Crusaders AC runner
28 Lorraine McMahon 00:28:32 (8)
 River Valley Parkrun (87)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian McGlade 1 00:20:02
5 Cecile Ollagnier 1 00:22:20
Crusaders AC runner
31 Darina Scully 00:28:09 (5)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (412)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian Kinsella 1 00:16:40
5 Natasha Self 1 00:18:15
Crusaders AC runners
119 Cian Coughlan 00:26:20
206 Áine Crotty 00:29:03 (49)
207 Rebecca Fleming 00:29:04 (50)
Porterstown Parkrun (94)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:17:52
5 Alanna Mills 1 00:22:00
Crusaders AC runner
81 Kevin Flynn 00:39:48
Marlay Parkrun (480)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ethan Bramhill 1 00:16:28
9 Saoirse McGrath 1 00:19:04
Crusaders AC runners
9 Saoirse McGrath 00:19:04 (1)
125 Barry O’Neill 00:25:16
376 Mairead Cashman 00:32:29 (139)
Cabinteely Parkrun (135)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Nick Bowker 1 00:18:18
11 Rachel McArdle 1 00:22:37
Crusaders AC runners
6 Ronan Moynihan 00:20:34
34 Tomás Dunne 00:24:46

Several Crusaders headed over to the west coast over the weekend for Saturday evening’s running of the Streets of Galway 8k, its 38th edition. Meanwhile, others were in action in Cork, at the inaugural Youghal Bay 10k, which, along with a half marathon on offer, was part of the town’s “Festival of Sport”. Still further away, some of our exiles in Australia were making their mark in Sydney’s annual City2Surf 14k race.

We start with the Streets of Galway which for the past several years had been an annual pilgrimage for many club members, taking place as it does on a Saturday evening, and ending with traditional celebrations in Monroes in the wee hours of the following morning. This year saw 9 club members taking part, among them one of our latest, youngest and fastest recruits, Peadar Killeen, who will be returning to his native United States in a week’s time after spending a short time with us. Hopefully, he will be back!

There were no excuses for decent times. The strong westerly wind that had prevailed through the day died down somewhat in the evening, but still was powerful enough to help us complete the last 2k or so along the Salthill Prom. It was a dry and warm summer’s evening for a race on an undulating course but descending to a long flat finish on the Claddagh. More than 2,600 runners took to the streets with a record number of spectators cheering them on. Our contingent was led home by John Mulvihill in 21st place with a time of 27:40. It was great that our first four athletes home all finished within 28 minutes and were thus able to take home the prize for second place in the team competition behind local club Craughwell. John was followed closely by Peadar who ran 27:40 for 28th spot. Brian Regan and Joe McDermott enjoyed a good battle between them towards the end with Brian prevailing in a time of 27:49 for 30th place, followed closely by Joe in 32nd in a time of 27:57. Next came Enda Clarke in 55th place in a time of 29:35 and he was followed by Mikel Cristosomo (128th in 31:38), with James Cottle further back, running a time of 33:44 for 200th place and winning the M65 age category. Next came Emma Rowe (215th overall and 23rd female finisher in a chiptime of 33:42) and Emma was followed by Miriam Logan who had to start even further back in the packed field (264th and 38th in 34:16). Finally, Amy Forde completed the contingent finishing in a time of 46:11 for 1,484th and 636th spots.

Down south on Sunday on a wet morning, Louise O’Riordan took in the Youghal Bay 10k as part of a much longer run, placing 235th overall in a field of 652. As 76th female finisher she recorded a time of 54:50 and was followed by Lorraine McMahon (497th and 239th in 64:47).  The race involved an out-and-back undulating course with a 2-3k loop along the coast. Members may be interested to hear that Maria Kennedy took part in another triathlon, this time in Carrick, where she recorded a time of 25:30 in the 5k element.

Further afield, we had at least 4 Crusader exiles joining a field exceeding seventy-seven and a half thousand in the annual running of the 14k City2Surf race taking place in Sydney, Australia. They were led home by Fearghal O’Hare who placed 67th in 48:29 and by Maurice Kelter who placed just behind Fearghal in 70th place and a time of 48:35. Further back came Eoghan Walsh (962nd in 56:58) and the contingent was completed by Deirdre Kennedy (19,588th and 5,413th in 82:26). In Spain, our exile there, Esther Requena Ferri, placed 2nd female finisher in a 5.75k trail race, the Subida a Colmenas, where she ran 28:46. Esther was preceded by Cristian Vilchez Ceballos who ran 25:26 for the same distance.

Lucky Máirín Shine celebrated the arrival of her third grandchild (to Lisa) last week with participation in the 10k run as part of the Marathon pour Tous in the Paris Olympics. Starting around Midnight on Saturday, the run, involving over 20,000 runners, took in loads of sights in Paris. Máirín completed the event in 64:13 and even got a shout out on RTE the following evening.

There were two events organised by IMRA last week. The first, on Wednesday evening, took place in Co. Wicklow on Trooperstown Hill, involving a distance of 11.8k and a climb on moderate terrain of 455m and was the latest event in the Leinster League. The women’s race was won by Becky Quinn (25th overall in a field of 137 in 65:19) and she was followed by Clare Sullivan (40th, 4th and 2nd F40 in 71:35) and by Ian Clifford (89th in 90:17). Then, on Sunday, Becky won again. This time the race was in the Leinster Championship and involved 35 runners. Becky placed 10th overall in a time of 75:15 on a course named Ballineddan, an alternative route up to and back from Lugnaquilla in Co. Wicklow.

We had 2 first finishers in the parkruns on Saturday morning. One of our UK-based exiles, Kieron Sexton-Campbell, ran in Tolka Valley where, in a field of 43, he ran 17:20, followed by Grainne Regan (7th and 2nd in 24:55). Then, in St. Anne’s, Raheny, Annie Hughes placed 8th and 1st in 19:24 in a field of 405. Annie was followed by Áine Crotty (124th and 16th in 26:07). Podium places were also recorded. Ross Neill crossed the finish line in 2nd place in Poolbeg in a time of 18:01. In a field of 184, Ross was followed closely by Jan Manschot (3rd in 18:03) and by Michael Wycherley (4th in 18:07) and then further back came Kabir Sala (20th in 21:27), John Lohan (21st in 21:37), Adrian Groarke (23rd in 21:54), Ronan Walsh (40th in 23:18), Kevin Kenny (44th in 23:35), Josie Ward (57th and 11th in 24:11), Sharon Woods (62nd and 12th in 24:36), Tara Murphy (86th and 23rd in 26:48), Mairead Cashman (142nd and 55th in 32:19), Siobhan Russell (148th and 60th in 33:54) and Niamh Trihy guided to 159th and 66th in 35:53.

Derek Lawlor headed up to Ormeau Park where he placed 4th in a field of 490 and in a time of 18:49, whilst Tomás Bradley ran in the 159-strong field in Killarney House, finishing in 5th place in 19:11. Tomás was followed home by Colm Foley (30th in 22:53). Karl Walsh placed 6th in 19:12 in Naas alongside 149 other participants, whilst, in Cabinteely, among 176 other runners, Ronan Moynihan placed 15th in 20:59, followed by Louise Dobbyn (31st and 5th in 23:46).

Cynthia Perucca ran with 168 other runners in Bushy Park where she placed 110th and 35th in 31:27, whilst Helena O’Keeffe ran once again in Tramore Valley, where, in a field of 205, she placed 102nd and 24th in 27:45. Orlaith de Burca placed 178th and 64th in 31:04 in the 263-strong run in Shanganagh, whilst Andy Deuser was also a sole runner in Fairview. In a field of 138 Andy placed 20th in 22:54. Luke Haran joined 67 other runners in Mungret Park in Limerick where he placed 13th in 23:49, whilst Emma O’ Mahony ran alongside 132 other participants in Enniskillen where she took 53rd and 11th spots in 27:56. Edwina Quinlan made a welcome return following the birth of her first child with a run in Vicarstown, where she tailwalked, whilst Barry O’Neill ran in Marlay Park where, in a field of 467, he placed 123rd in 24:19.

Across the water, Chris Bannon ran in Woking where he placed 60th in a field of 347 in a time of 23:39, whilst our exiles there variously ran in Pollok, Peel and Gunnersbury. In Pollok Aidan Hudner joined 334 other runners, placing 79th in 24:45, whilst Toby Benham ran in Peel in Greater Manchester where, in a field of 518, he placed 111th in 22:10. Finally, Thom Martini ran in the 610-strong field in Gunnersbury where he placed 101st in 22:32.   
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Streets of Galway 8k (2627)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 David McGlynn 1 00:23:43
69 Norah Newcombe Pieterse 1 00:30:11
Crusaders AC runners
21 John Mulvihill 00:27:21
28 Peadar Killeen 00:27:40
30 Brian Regan 00:27:49
32 Joe McDermott 00:27:57
55 Enda Clarke 00:29:35
128 Mikel Cristostomo 00:31:38
200 James Cottle 00:33:44
215 Emma Rowe 00:33:42 (23)
264 Miriam Logan 00:34:16 (38)
1484 Amy Forde 00:46:11 (637)
Full results here: https://redtagtiming.com/results/SoG2024.html
Youghal Bay 10k (652)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jeremiah Sheehan 1 00:32:36
18 Linda Kelly 1 00:39:34
Crusaders AC runners
235 Louise O’Riordan 00:54:50 (76)
497 Lorraine McMahon 01:04:47 (239)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/youghal-bay-10k-half-marathon-2024/#1_7336A4
IMRA Trooperstown Hill (137)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cian Taylor 1 00:55:29
25 Becky Quinn 1 01:05:19
Crusaders AC runners
25 Becky Quinn 01:05:19 (1)
40 Clare Sullivan 01:11:35 (4)
89 Ian Clifford 01:30:17
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2512
IMRA Ballineddan 10.5k (35)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Elvin Laugier 1 01:02:33
10 Becky Quinn 1 01:15:15
Crusaders AC runner
17 Becky Quinn 01:15:15 (1)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2513
Enniskillen Parkrun (133)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oisin May 1 00:19:29
7 Irene Clements 1 00:21:33
Crusaders AC runner
53 Emma O’Mahony 00:27:56 (11)
Shanganagh Parkrun (263)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Foot 1 00:17:32
11 Christine Parsons 1 00:19:37
Crusaders AC runner
178 Orlaith de Burca 00:31:04 (64)
Vicarstown Parkrun (105)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Dunne 1 00:17:45
2 Lisa Murphy 1 00:19:30
Crusaders AC runner
96 Edwina Quinlan 00:50:01 (56)
Poolbeg Parkrun (184)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Seán Cahill 1 00:17:58
13 Ava Rose Clarke 1 00:20:35
Crusaders AC runners
2 Ross Neill 00:18:01
3 Jan Manschot 00:18:03
4 Michael Wycherley 00:18:07
20 Kabir Sala 00:21:27
21 John Lohan 00:21:37
23 Adrian Groarke 00:21:54
40 Ronan Walsh 00:23:18
44 Kevin Kenny 00:23:35
57 Josie Ward 00:24:11 (11)
62 Sharon Woods 00:24:36 (12)
86 Tara Murphy 00:26:48 (23)
142 Mairead Cashman 00:32:19 (55)
148 Siobhan Russell 00:33:54 (60)
159 Niamh Trihy 00:35:53 (66)
Ormeau Parkrun (490)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Callum Dinsdale 1 00:17:53
9 Grainne McGrath 1 00:19:35
Crusaders AC runner
4 Derek Lawlor 00:18:49
Bushy Parkrun (169)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cian Buckley 1 00:18:44
18 Niamh O’Keeffe 1 00:22:52
Crusaders AC runner
110 Cynthia Perucca 00:31:27 (35)
Falcarragh Parkrun (145)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael O’Conor 1 00:18:11
18 Norleen Kenny 1 00:21:49
Crusaders AC runner
1 Michael O’Conor 00:18:11
Naas Parkrun (150)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Duke 1 00:17:33
15 Ruth O’Loughlin 1 00:20:54
Crusaders AC runner
6 Karl Walsh 00:19:12
 Tramore Valley, CorkParkrun (205)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry Twohig 1 00:18:07
18 Alanna O’Brien 1 00:21:52
Crusaders AC runner
102 Helena O’Keeffe 00:27:45 (24)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (405)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Sharkey 1 00:16:34
8 Annie Hughes 1 00:19:24
Crusaders AC runners
8 Annie Hughes 00:19:24 (1)
124 Áine Crotty 00:26:07 (16)
Mungret Parkrun (68)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Whittaker 1 00:19:15
7 Kate O’Brien 1 00:22:37
Crusaders AC runner
13 Luke Haran 00:23:49
Tolka Valley Parkrun (43)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kieron Sexton-Campbell 1 00:17:20
6 Claire Gilligan 1 00:24:35
Crusaders AC runners
1 Kieron Sexton-Campbell 00:17:20
7 Grainne Regan 00:24:55 (2)
Fairview Parkrun (138)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Cavanagh 1 00:19:42
33 Orla Deighan 1 00:24:35
Crusaders AC runner
20 Andy Deuser 00:22:54
Marlay Parkrun (467)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eoin Lynch 1 00:17:23
12 Laura Ryan 1 00:19:14
Crusaders AC runner
123 Barry O’Neill 00:24:19
Cabinteely Parkrun (178)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Nick Bowker 1 00:18:11
11 Megan Brunt 1 00:20:27
Crusaders AC runners
15 Ronan Moynihan 00:20:59
31 Louise Dobbyn 00:23:46 (5)
Killarney House Parkrun (159)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Jakub Winnicki 1 00:18:55
8 Marie Claire Healy 1 00:20:01
Crusaders AC runners
5 Tomás Bradley 00:19:11
30 Colm Foley 00:22:53

The Summer track season is coming to an end but is being finished off in style by Crusaders. As the season begins to wind down, we are, on the other hand, gathering momentum in road racing and there was much on offer over the weekend.

Last Wednesday evening saw the end of the Dublin graded meets, with its 8th edition in the Morton Stadium in Santry. We had a super presence of youthful athletes in the meet, preparing themselves for the U20 and U23 national championships at the weekend. In heat 1 of the men’s grade A 100m, Luke Timlin placed 2nd in 11.07, whilst Luc Culliton won heat 1 of the grade C event in 11.83. Then, in heat 2 of the grade C race, Leo Gormley placed 4th in 12.14. We then had 2 runners in the two grade 2 heats, each winning their heat. Andrew Hooke ran 11.95 in heat 1 and Jack Breen ran 12.02 in heat 2. Finally, in the 100m sprint final, Luc Timlin placed 7th in 11.22. Sean Owens contested the 110mH where he placed 2nd in 14.69, whilst we had 3 runners in the men’s 1500m. In the grade C race, Patrick W. Conlon placed 9th in 4:25.82, whilst Brendan Glynn and Paul E. Kelly placed, respectively, 15th in 6:09.71 and 16th in 7:14.52, in heat 2 of the grade D event.

Lastly, we had some success in the field. Three of our athletes contested the discus, with Jonathan Bell placing 2nd with his 4th throw and a distance of 33.57m. Harry Moylan was just behind in 3rd place with his 2nd throw of 32.05, followed by James Quinn (5th with his 4th throw of 30.38m). Then, in the hammer, Shane Cosgrave placed 3rd with his 2nd throw of 33.00m.

Then, on Saturday at the U20 and U23 championships in Tullamore, the U20 men’s 4 x 100 relay squad of Luke Timlin, Sean Owens, Cillian Doherty and Leo Gormley took the gold medal in a time of 43.03. Our other medallists in individual events were Hugo Magee who took bronze in a time of 22.10 in the U23 200m final, Sean Owens with a silver in the U20 110mH in 14.75 and bronze for Luke Timlin in the U20 200m where he ran 21.89 in the final, having placed 2nd in 22.17 in his qualifying heat. Leo Gormley had placed 7th in his heat of the U20 200m, whilst James Quinn placed 8th in the U20 discus with a throw of 30.93m.

In the same venue on Sunday, we saw several of our clubmates run well in the National Masters Championships. In the M50 100m Mick McDermott placed 4th in 13.52, then placing 5th in the 200m in 28.16 and finally claiming the silver in the 100mH in 21.73. Tessa O’Neill placed 4th in the F45 200m in 28.94, following that up with the gold medal in the 400m in 64.23. Paul Cowhie took silver in the M60 5000m race where he recorded a time of 18:03.45, whilst Enda Clarke also won silver in the M40 1500m in 4:23.69. Donal Swift took bronze in the M70 400m in 1:28.87, whilst Liam Lyster also took bronze in the M65 shot put with a throw of 8.77m. Congrats to all involved in national championships!

On to road racing, and on Friday evening Michael Wycherley and Miriam Logan took part in the Streets of Athboy 5k in Co. Meath. The course involved a significant downhill for the first kilometre and then a relatively flat remaining 4k on country roads conducted out and back with a big loop. The course was correct at 5k, but the intermediate markings were apparently a little unreliable. Michael described the conditions as perfect for such a race and this showed in his result. In a field of 411 he placed 12th overall and 2nd in his new age category of M50 in 17:05. Miriam placed 111th overall, 14th female finisher and 3rd in her F40 category in 19:48. Members may be interested to know that Catherine Thornton and Sean Murphy, who train with us from time to time, also ran in the race, with Catherine placing 31st overall, 4th female finisher and 1st F35 in 17:38, followed by Sean who placed 87th in 19:14.

Ciarain Kelly ran in the Carlingford 5k on Saturday, where, in a field of 483, he placed 44th in 16:47, then we had runners in at least two road races on Sunday. Robbie Moore ran in the Banna Run 10k organised by St. Brendan’s AC in Ardfert Co. Kerry. He reported that the first 3k were flat, followed by 2.5k of rolling hills and the remaining balance was a flat run in to the finish. Conditions were windy and warm. Robbie placed 46th in the field of 178, finishing with a time of 46:39. Finally, having warmed up with the Athboy 5k on Friday evening, Miriam Logan took on the Kilbeggan 10k in Co. Meath, with a view to taking it steady. She was, along with others, however, surprised at how hilly the event was, particularly with a steep climb to a motorway bridge crossing at around 15k. In fairness, however, the race organisers had described it as challenging. Miriam was joined by Olwyn and Joe Dunne who also found that the race required some unexpected effort. In a field of 193, many from clubs, Miriam placed 51st overall, 4th female finisher, behind women’s race winner Aoife Kilgallon, and 2nd F40 in 73:25. A highly satisfactory outing. Olwyn and Joe followed, with Olwyn placing 85th ,11th and 2nd F50 in 78:32 and Joe taking 88th spot in 79:05. Also, well worth the effort! 

Further afield, our latest London exile, Chris Russell, ran in the Sri Chimnoy 10k in Battersea Park, where he recorded a time of 35:09. Meanwhile, one of our Italian exiles, Italo Giancaterina, ran 34:11 for the win in the X Nocturna Avezzanese in Avezzano in Italy on Saturday. The following evening he won another race, the Stramanaforno Gioa 10k, in a time of 35:27. Finally, one of our Spanish exiles, Esther Requena Ferri, placed 2nd in a late evening trail race on Saturday east of Malaga in southern Spain, running 1:39:45 over a distance of 17.5k.

There was another race in the Leinster League organised by IMRA on Wednesday evening. In a field of 141 we had 3 runners taking part in a race conducted over Church Mountain in Co Wicklow. It involved a race to the top of the mountain followed by a loop on open mountain and forest trails, with a climb of 545m and described as of moderate difficulty. Becky Quinn won the women’s race, placing 17th overall in 59:30, and she was followed by Clare Sullivan (53rd and 3rd female finisher in 66:33) and Ian Clifford (71st in 73:15).

With the good weather for the bank holiday weekend, numbers were up in the parkruns on Saturday morning. Once again, Ross Neill headed the field of 562 in Ormeau Park in Belfast with a time of 17:00. Meanwhile, Kathryn Tomkins (née Sweeney) placed 6th overall and crossing the line ahead of all the other women in the Omagh parkrun, in a time of 20:46. The field there measured 93. Our other first finisher was Michael O’Conor who ran in Falcarragh. In a field of 145, Michael ran 18:11.

There were also some podium finishers. In Poolbeg, with a field of 171, Ciara Regan placed 13th and 2nd in 21:21. She was headed by Zlatko Kulic (10th in 21:01) and followed by Kabir Sala (15th in 21:26), Sharon Woods (37th and 6th in 23:26), Jessica Norris (42nd and 8th in 23:52), Josie Ward (43rd and 9th in 23:53), Russell Murphy (52nd in 24:32), Louise O’Riordan (81st and 26th in 26:37), Lisa Branigan (122nd and 49th in 30:56), Siobhan Russell (135th and 55th in 31:43), Orla Kennedy (145th and 63rd in 34:23), with Kevin Kenny and Tara Murphy tailwalking.  Caroline Crowley placed 8th and 2nd in 19:41 in the 288-strong field in Malahide. Caroline was followed by Aoife Cowhie (114th and 28th in 25:44), whilst, in Sligo, Karl Walsh placed 3rd in 19:31 in the field of 110.

John Lohan placed 6th in the 64-strong field in Knocknacarra, recording a time of 22:08, whilst we had three runners in Marlay Park. In a field of 416, Killian Barry placed 14th in 19:13, followed by Kev Moore (19th in 20:05) and Mary Donnelly (55th and 4th in 22:56).
We had at least 8 members taking part in the 400th edition of the Cabinteely parkrun whose numbers swelled to 217. Ronan Moynihan placed 12th on the hilly course in a time of 21:49, and he was followed by Tomás Dunne (66th in 25:59), Carina Davidson (114th and 28th in 29:15), Emer Kenny (124th and 34th in 29:57) and Olwyn Dunne, pacing (125th and 35th in 29:59), Máirín Shine (144th and 43rd in 31:31) and Lisa and Fiona Shine, tailwalking. Two of our clubmates ran in Shanganagh, with Dave Carter (14th in 20:06) followed by Mairead Cashman (183rd and 59th in 31:56) in a field of 244.

Kate Murray and Cynthia Perucca ran in Bushy Park, where, in a field of 154, Kate placed 49th and 7th in 24:40, with Cynthia finishing in 117th and 34th in 32:36. Aitor Arribas Velasco reported that he had recorded a PB time of 22:32 for his 29th place in the 284-field in Ballincollig, whilst we had three runners in Donabate. Brendan Glynn, who placed 30th in a field of 157 in a time of 23:42, was accompanied this week by Aoife Kelly (40th and 6th in 24:47) and by Dee Ni Chearbhaill (41st and 7th in 24:53). Andy Deuser placed 16th in 22:42 in the 141-strong field in Fairview where he was joined by Garret Connolly pushing a double buggy (117th in 37:10). One of our London exiles, Rob Glascott, placed 70th in the field of 766 in a time of 21:06, whilst another exile, Thom Martini, ran once again in Gunnersbury Park where he placed 88th in a field of 551 in a time of 22:47. Georgina Hawkins also ran in the UK, where, in the Clevedon Salthouse Fields parkrun with its field of 367, she placed 185th and 48th in 27:55. Hannah Jones joined 71 other runners in Narin Beach, where she placed 58th and 13th in a time of 33:23, whilst Kevin Flynn ran 39:19 for 76th place in the 94-strong field in Porterstown. Darina Scully recorded a time of 32:09 or 73rd and 23rd spots in the 150-strong field of Avondale Forest, whilst Ciara McElligott ran alongside 135 other runners in Killarney House Park, where she placed 113th and 44th in 32:56.

Kilbeggan 10 miler (193)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter Somba 1 00:54:20
12 Aoife Kilgallon 1 00:59:45
Crusaders AC runners
51 Miriam Logan 01:13:25 (4)
85 Olwyn Dunne 01:18:32 (11)
88 Joe Dunne 01:19:05
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/kilbeggan_10_mile_2024/5074/results
Carlingford 5k (483)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Kieran Kelly 1 00:14:49
35 Hannah Gilliland 1 00:16:38
Crusaders AC runner
44 Ciarain Kelly 00:16:47
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/carlingford_5k_2024/5072/results
Streets of Athboy 5k (411)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Aaron Getty 1 00:15:24
13 Nichola Sheridan 1 00:17:06
Crusaders AC runners
12 Michael Wycherley 00:17:05
111 Miriam Logan 00:19:48 (14)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/streets-of-athboy-5k-2024/
Banna 10k (178)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Karl Lenihan 1 00:33:33
10 Susan Glennon 1 00:39:52
Crusaders AC runner
46 Robbie Moore 00:46:39
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/banna_run_2024_10k_5k/5073/results
IMRA Church Mountain 9.55k (141)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark McAdden 1 00:49:49
17 Becky Quinn 1 00:59:30
Crusaders AC runners
17 Becky Quinn 00:59:30 (1)
53 Clare Sullivan 01:06:33 (3)
71 Ian Clifford 01:13:15
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2510
Knocknacarra Parkrun (64)
Overall place Name Cat.Place Guntime
1 Cillian Gavin 1 00:20:13
2 Ellen Trench 1 00:20:41
Crusaders AC runner
6 John Lohan 00:22:08
Shanganagh Parkrun (244)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Duffy 1 00:16:45
45 Ava O’Connor 1 00:23:18
Crusaders AC runners
14 David Carter 00:20:06
183 Mairead Cashman 00:31:56 (59)
Ballincollig Parkrun (284)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Declan Barry 1 00:18:49
18 Norleen Kenny 1 00:21:49
Crusaders AC runner
29 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:22:32 (PB)
Poolbeg Parkrun (171)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anton Lavell 1 00:17:43
4 Christine Babcock 1 00:19:24
Crusaders AC runners
10 Zlatko Kulic 00:21:01
13 Ciara Regan 00:21:21 (2)
15 Kabir Sala 00:21:26
37 Sharon Woods 00:23:26 (6)
42 Jessica Norris 00:23:52 (8)
43 Josie Ward 00:23:53 (9)
52 Russell Murphy 00:24:32
81 Louise O’Riordan 00:26:37 (26)
122 Lisa Branigan 00:30:56 (49)
135 Siobhan Russell 00:31:43 (55)
145 Orla Kennedy 00:34:23 (63)
170 Kevin Kenny 00:47:57
171 Tara Murphy 00:47:57 (82)
Malahide Parkrun (288)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Matthew Glitz 1 00:18:28
5 Rachael Dowling 1 00:18:52
Crusaders AC runners
8 Caroline Crowley 00:19:41 (2)
114 Aoife Cowhie 00:25:44 (28)
Bushy Parkrun (154)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Patrick Tallon 1 00:17:46
15 Siobhan Nugent 1 00:21:17
Crusaders AC runners
49 Kate Murray 00:24:40 (7)
117 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:36 (34)
Falcarragh Parkrun (145)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael O’Conor 1 00:18:11
18 Norleen Kenny 1 00:21:49
Crusaders AC runner
1 Michael O’Conor 00:18:11
Porterstown Parkrun (94)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robert Gilligan 1 00:18:52
6 Patricia McLoughlin 1 00:21:32
Crusaders AC runner
76 Kevin Flynn 00:39:19
Ormeau Parkrun (562)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ross Neill 1 00:17:00
2 Léa Adamson 1 00:17:41
Crusaders AC runner
1 Ross Neill 00:17:00
Sligo Parkrun (110)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob Thornton 1 00:18:17
15 June Dever 1 00:22:35
Crusaders AC runner
3 Karl Walsh 00:19:31
Avondale Forest Parkrun (150)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Hunt 1 00:18:13
11 Layla Dixon 1 00:23:14
Crusaders AC runner
73 Darina Scully 00:32:09 (23)
Omagh Parkrun (93)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Sherriff 1 00:18:07
6 Kathryn Sweeney 1 00:20:46
Crusaders AC runner
6 Kathryn Sweeney 00:20:46 (1)
Donabate Parkrun (157)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor McGuirk 1 00:16:25
16 Maura Matthews 1 00:21:46
Crusaders AC runners
30 Brendan Glynn 00:23:42
40 Aoife Kelly 00:24:47 (6)
41 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:24:53 (7)
Narin Beach Parkrun (72)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Breslin 1 00:19:07
20 Niamh McMillan 1 00:26:17
Crusaders AC runner
58 Hannah Jones 00:33:23 (13)
Fairview Parkrun (141)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniel Toal 1 00:18:05
23 Orla Smyth 1 00:24:33
Crusaders AC runners
16 Andy Deuser 00:22:42
117 Garret Connolly 00:37:10
Marlay Parkrun (416)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Halpin 1 00:17:23
27 Deirdre O’Connell 1 00:21:00
Crusaders AC runners
14 Killian Barry 00:19:13
19 Kev Moore 00:20:05
55 Mary Donnelly 00:22:56 (4)
Cabinteely Parkrun (217)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Golden 1 00:19:11
15 Malika Hammani 1 00:21:58
Crusaders AC runners
12 Ronan Moynihan 00:21:49
66 Tomás Dunne 00:25:59
114 Carina Davidson 00:29:15 (28)
124 Emer Kenny 00:29:57 (34)
125 Olwyn Dunne 00:29:59 (35)
144 Máirín Shine 00:31:31 (43)
209 Lisa Shine 00:56:47 (82)
210 Fiona Shine 00:56:49 (83)
Killarney House Parkrun (136)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Greg Hopkinson 1 00:17:38
6 Marie Claire Healy 1 00:19:44
Crusaders AC runner
113 Ciara McElligott 00:32:56 (44)

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​It was another week with an abundance of race choices, not least having two BHAA races take place, one in Cork and the other close to home in Seán Moore Park in Ringsend.

On Tuesday evening Michael O’Conor headed down to Cork to take part in the inaugural Apple Employees Sport and Social 5k, organised by Cork BHAA with Lizzie Lee acting as race director for the first time and Sonia O’Sullivan as race starter. By all accounts it was a success with 362 participants running on a mildly undulating loop around Hollyhill. Mike placed 13th in 17:25. Then, on Wednesday evening, 110 participants turned out for the annual BHAA DCC Irishtown 5k. In years gone by the race has variously used the Irishtown track for its start and finish as well as Ringsend Park. This year, the course was marked out on much of the Poolbeg Parkrun course, but mercifully without the Nature Reserve hill. At least 8 Crusaders participated in the event, whose race director was also a Crusader, Enda Currid, with the contingent being led home by Dee Lawlor who placed 5th (and 1st M45) in a time of 17:22, and he was followed by Karl Walsh (14th in 18:30) and then by Clare Sullivan who placed 17th overall and 2nd female finisher in 18:50, just 7 seconds behind the winner of the women’s race. Tony Hackett got the better of Robbie Moore this time, placing 48th in 21:47, with Robbie coming home in 50th spot in a time of 21:51, and they were followed by Sharon Woods (60th, 11th and 3rd F55) and by Olwyn Dunne (64th, 14th and 4th F55 in 23:22). The contingent was completed by Paul E. Kelly with a likely PB of 25:32, placing 80th. Members may be interested to know that Sean Murphy, who trains with us, placed 26th in 19:55.   

Thursday night saw Brian Regan on pacing duty for a friend in the Bear Race-organised Dublin Summer Night Run – Parkwest 5k with its field of 390 participants. Brian placed 61st in 23:19. On the same night a couple of families from the club took part in the Liberties 4-mile fun run. 3 of our 5 finishers in the field of 519 are young teenagers at most, with the first home being Cate Beddy who was effectively the 2nd place winner of the junior women’s category and 3rd female overall (but listed as male) in 51st place in a time of 28:48. Nina Carey was next, placing 99th, 14th female finisher and listed as 4th female junior, alongside Alice Beddy next (100th overall, 15th female and listed as 5th female junior). Peter Beddy was next across the line in 101st place alongside Joanne Carey (102nd and 16th). All four athletes were given the same chiptime of 31:53. They were followed by Ellen Walsh (137th and 19th in 33:19).

We had Crusaders in at least two road races on Saturday. Two of our members took part in the Run Kilkee half marathon in Co. Clare. On a tough, hilly course, Sunil Rama placed 209th in a field of 837 finishers in a time of 1:49:33, and he was followed home by Colm Foley who placed 237th in 1:50:10.

Following stewarding duties at the tope of the Nature Reserve hill in the Poolbeg Parkrun in the morning, Ciara Regan headed up to Mourne in Co. Down for the evening running of the Rossi 5k, having nbeen encouraged by her brother to run. Just coming back from injury, Ciara, who had initially just thought she would run easy, actually podiumed with a third-place finish in the women’s race in a time of 20:08. In placing 30th overall, Ciara finished only 8 spots behind her brother Paul who ran 19:19.

Further afield, Andrea Rondina took part in a 10.3k race in Chiesina Uzzanese in Italy, where he placed 3rd in a time of 36:12, whilst one of our exiles in the USA ran in the New York Road Runners Championships in Manhattan’s Central Park. In warm conditions on an undulating course, Damien O’Brien ran the distance of 5 miles in 30:33.

There were two races on which to report in the mountains last week. On Wednesday evening, IMRA organised a race in the Leinster Trail League. It took place in Co. Wicklow in the Glen of the Downs and involved an out-and-back with one big loop. It all took place on relatively easy marked terrain, with a climb of 292m (100m climb over 1.5k) on a course distance of 8.15k, at one stage involving running through a stone-lined tunnel. In a field of 179 finishers, Brian McGuckin placed 64th in 51:27, followed by Ian Clifford (87th in 55:06), Gavan Doherty (113th in 58:54) and Berndt Heim (169th in 72:40). Then, on Saturday morning, the 4th race in the All-Ireland Championship series was held on Log Na Coille in Co. Wicklow. On a course with moderate difficulty over nearly 10.5k with a climb of 718m, Jason Kehoe placed 14th in the field of 59 in a time of 68:05, followed by Becky Quinn who placed 22nd overall and 2nd female finisher in 71:29.

The damp weather on Saturday morning in the Dublin area appears to have had an impact on participation in parkruns in the locality. Nevertheless, we saw a decent number of Crusaders taking part. Elsewhere, the fields remained consistent with usual participation.

Grainne Regan was a first female finisher in the 45-strong field in Tolka Valley, placing 13th overall in a time of 25:27. Meanwhile, Ross Neill led the field of 549 home in Ormeau Park in Belfast with a time of 17:03.  Meanwhile, in Poolbeg,  in an event where Louise O'Riordan was director, Jade Murphy placed 23rd overall and 1st female finisher in 21:58. In a field of 162, Jade was preceded by James Cottle (15th in 21:05) and followed by Lisa Branigan (31st and 3rd in 23:19), Sharon Woods (38th and 4th in 24:01), Olwyn Dunne (49th and 5th in 24:32), Russell Murphy (52nd in 24:36), Tara Murphy (82nd and 21st in 27:27), Kevin Kenny (113th and 68th in 30:01), Niamh Trihy, guided to 140th and 55th in 35:12, and Tanja Narancic who ran with her son Ethan for a few hundred metres and then slowed to lend a helping hand to another young runner who fell on the hill in the Nature Reserve (143rd and 57th in 36:35). Our last first finisher was Michael Wycherley who ran in Chilton Fields near Stowmarket in Suffolk. In a field of 152, Michael ran 19:17. Meanwhile, Áine Crotty and Cian Coughlan joined 51 other participants in Coole, where Áine placed 6th and 2nd in 23:13 and Cian placed 7th in 23:28.

Dee Lawlor and Dave Carter ran in the 165-strong field in Shanganagh where Dee placed 3rd in 17:34 and Dave ran 20:39 for 11th spot. John Lohan also appeared on the podium, this time in Mountbellew Forest where, in a field of 38, he placed 3rd in 23:38. Paul and Aoife Cowhie ran in Malahide, where, in a field of 301, Paul placed 4th in 17:49 and Aoife ran 25:57 for 109th and 25th places. Eoghan Corrigan joined 276 other runners in Griffeen Park, where he placed 11th in 20:52, whilst, Aitor Arribas Velasco ran once again in Ballincollig, where he placed 32nd in a field of 277 and in a time of 23:02.

Ronan Moynihan took 5th place, running alongside 88 other runners in Mallow Castle, where he ran 21:04. Meanwhile, Luke Haran joined 80 other participants in Mungret Park, where he placed 7th in 22:49. Aoife Kelly ran in Poppintree, where, in a field of 215, she placed 109th and 26th in 29:06, whilst Darina Scully ran in Avondale Forest with its field of 118 runners. Darina finished in 31st and 8th places in 26:01.

Máirín and Lisa Shine took part in the Darndale parkrun, where, in a field of 68, Máirín placed 40th and 9th in 32:37 and Lisa tailwalked, whilst Andy Deuser joined 121 other runners in Fairview, where he placed 22nd in 23:26. Carina Davidson ran 48:08 for 111th and 40th places in the 116-strong field in Cabinteely, whilst we had 3 runners in Bushy Park. In a field of 147, Anna Hernick placed 91st and 23rd in 29:59, followed by Mairead Cashman (120th and 34th in 32:12) who had a torrid journey to get to the parkrun following a flat tyre, and by Fanny Trébouet (130th and 43rd in 33:48). Finally, across the water, Rob Glascott joined 837 runners on Clapham Common where he placed 47th in 20:32, whilst Thom Martini placed 44th in 21:44 in the 577-strong field in Gunnersbury Park in Ealing, and whilst Aidan Hudner placed 65th in 24:13 in the 383-strong field in Pollok in Glasgow.  

Cork BHAA Apple Employees S&S 5k (362)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gavin O’Rourke 1 00:15:37
15 Hannah Steeds 1 00:17:37
Crusaders AC runner
13 Michael O’Conor 00:17:25
Full results here: https://www.corkbhaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Apple-5k-Results-Jul-23-2024.pdf
BHAA DCC Irishtown 5k (110)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Doran 1 00:15:38
16 Karla Doran 1 00:18:43
Crusaders AC runners
5 Derek Lawlor 00:17:22
14 Karl Walsh 00:18:30
17 Clare Sullivan 00:18:50 (2)
48 Anthony Hackett 00:21:47
50 Robbie Moore 00:21:51
60 Sharon Woods 00:22:48 (11)
64 Olwyn Dunne 00:23:22 (14)
80 Paul E. Kelly 00:25:32
Full results here: https://irp.cdn-website.com/15e8030f/files/uploaded/DCC_5k_2024_Results.pdf
Dublin Summer Night Run – Parkwest 5k (390)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Abel Deresu Dufora 1 00:16:59
3 Faye Dervan 1 00:17:14
Crusaders AC runner
61 Brian Regan 00:23:19
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/dublin_summer_night_run_2024__parkwest/5034/results
Liberties Fun Run – 4 miles (519)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Karol Cronin 1 00:21:43
30 Deirdre O’Connell 1 00:27:05
Crusaders AC runners
51 Cate Beddy 00:28:48 (3*)
99 Nina Carey 00:31:53 (14)
100 Alice Beddy 00:31:53 (15)
101 Peter Beddy 00:31:53
102 Joanne Carey 00:31:53 (16)
137 Ellen Walsh 00:33:19 (19)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/liberties-fun-run-2024/
Run Kilkee half marathon (837)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Seamus Somers 1 01:14:47
25 Murna Griffin O’Malley 1 01:28:30
Crusaders AC runners
209 Sunil Rama 01:49:33
237 Colm Foley 01:50:10
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/run_kilkee_half_marathon__10km/5069/results
Rossi 5k (177)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Mark Malone 1 00:16:10
13 Joanne Mills 1 00:18:24
Crusaders AC runner
30 Ciara Regan 00:20:08 (3)
Full results here: https://www.championchipireland.com/index.html#results
IMRA Glen of the Downs 8.15k (179)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daire Finn 1 00:34:45
51 Anne Bromley 1 00:49:22
Crusaders AC runners
64 Brian McGuckin 00:51:27
87 Ian Clifford 00:55:06
113 Gavan Doherty 00:58:54
169 Berndt Heim 01:12:40
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2491
IMRA Log Na Coille 10.5k (59)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Seán Quirke 1 00:59:22
20 Esther Dickson 1 01:09:56
Crusaders AC runners
14 Jason Kehoe 01:08:05
22 Becky Quinn 01:11:29 (2)
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2488
Griffeen Parkrun (224)
Overall place Name Cat.Place Guntime
1 Nick Lannoote 1 00:18:57
32 Mary Browne 1 00:22:23
Crusaders AC runner
11 Eoghan Corrigan 00:20:52
Shanganagh Parkrun (165)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Robin Mooney 1 00:17:01
16 Liadh Fitzmaurice 1 00:21:21
Crusaders AC runner
3 Derek Lawlor 00:17:34
11 David Carter 00:20;39
Ballincollig Parkrun (277)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Liam Cotter 1 00:18:13
7 Nollaigh O’Neill 1 00:19:43
Crusaders AC runner
32 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:23:02
Poolbeg Parkrun (162)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gabriele Gallo 1 00:16:59
23 Jade Murphy 1 00:21:58
Crusaders AC runners
15 James Cottle 00:21:05
 23 Jade Murphy 00:21:58 (1)
31 Lisa Branigan 00:23:19 (3)
38 Sharon Woods 00:24:01 (4)
49 Olwyn Dunne 00:24:32 (5)
52 Russell Murphy 00:24:36
82 Tara Murphy 00:27:27 (21)
113 Kevin Kenny 00:30:01
140 Niamh Trihy 00:35:12 (55)
143 Tanja Narancic 00:36:35 (57)
Malahide Parkrun (301)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Rooney 1 00:16:01
8 Rachael Dowling 1 00:18:44
Crusaders AC runners
4 Paul Cowhie 00:17:49
109 Aoife Cowhie 00:25:57 (25)
Bushy Parkrun (147)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Richard Pollitt 1 00:17:56
13 Suzette Das 1 00:22:34
Crusaders AC runners
91 Anna Hernick 00:29:59 (23)
120 Mairead Cashman 00:32:12 (34)
130 Fanny Trébouet 00:33:48 (43)
Darndale Parkrun (68)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Dorran 1 00:18:40
12 Lindsey Burke 1 00:25:31
Crusaders AC runners
40 Máirin Shine 00:32:37 (9)
64 Lisa Shine 00:52:35 (29)
Mountbellew Parkrun (38)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Conway 1 00:20:12
6 Niamh O’Brien 1 00:27:24
Crusaders AC runner
3 John Lohan 00:23:38
Ormeau Parkrun (549)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ross Neill 1 00:17:03
7 Robyn McKee 1 00:17:42
Crusaders AC runner
1 Ross Neill 00:17:03
Mungret Parkrun (81)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Donal Heagney 1 00:20:01
11 Alison McCullagh 1 00:23:34
Crusaders AC runner
7 Luke Haran 00:22:49
Avondale Forest Parkrun (118)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ben Kinsella 1 00:17:33
18 Kayla Williams 1 00:23:48
Crusaders AC runner
31 Darina Scully 00:26:01 (8)
Coole Parkrun (53)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Shane Arrowsmith 1 00:20:47
2 Maria Maher 1 00:21:16
Crusaders AC runners
6 Áine Crotty 00:23:13 (2)
7 Cian Coughlan 00:23:28
Tolka Valley Parkrun (45)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aaron Mullan 1 00:18:49
13 Grainne Regan 1 00:25:27
Crusaders AC runner
13 Grainne Regan 00:25:27 (1)
Poppintree Parkrun (215)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Branock 1 00:17:36
25 Kate Cleary 1 00:22:35
Crusaders AC runner
109 Aoife Kelly 00:29:06 (26)
Fairview Parkrun (122)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Rehal 1 00:17;18
46 Lorna St. Ledger 1 00:26;26
Crusaders AC runner
22 Andy Deuser 00:23:26
Mallow Castle Parkrun (89)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
2 Oliver Hall 1 00:19:41
9 Norleen Kenny 1 00:21:41
Crusaders AC runner
5 Ronan Moynihan 00:21:04
Cabinteely Parkrun (116)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Terek 1 00:19:32
26 Patricia Forde 1 00:25:46
Crusaders AC runner
111 Carina Davidson 00:48:08 (40)

Runners enjoyed quite cool conditions without too much wind for the 10-mile national road championships held on Sunday in the Phoenix Park in conjunction with the Irish Runner 10-mile race, and the club came away with some notable medals among our masters athletes.

Firstly, though, we start in Lucan, on the track and infield, where the 7th Dublin graded meet of the season took place on Wednesday evening. We had 7 athletes involved in the evening’s events. Harry Moylan won the shot put with a throw of 11.52m, his 4th of 6 efforts. Also, Claire Mooney ably paced the women’s 800m grade A race, which produced some excellent times. Kathryn Gibbons ran well to place 4th in the women’s grade B 3000m, with a time of 10:57.91, whilst Enda Clarke took 2nd spot in the men’s equivalent race over the same distance, in an excellent time of 9:35.73. Joe McDermott took 13th place in the same event in 10:07.60. Then, in the grade D race, Brendan Glynn placed 9th in 13:17.37, and, finally, Paul E. Kelly finished up the field in 8th spot in heat 3 of the men’s 800m in a time of 3:17.89. There is one more graded meet to come.
 
On Tuesday evening, the BHAA and North Clondalkin Running Club organised a race in Dodder Valley Park in Firhouse under the auspices of South Dublin County Council. The 5k race attracted 132 runners, among them at least 5 Crusaders. The contingent was led home by Karl Walsh (12th in 18:28) and he was followed across the line by Clare Sullivan (in the first of her successes this week) who placed 19th and 2nd female finisher in 18:55. Clare was followed by Robbie Moore (55th in 22:15) and by Sharon Woods (67th, 13th and 2nd F55 in 23:15), with Mairead Cashman completing the contingent (120th and 46th in 29:08).
 
On Saturday morning, Tim O’Donnell took part in the GAA-organised Dessie McGann Kiltale 10k in Co. Meath. On a hilly course, Tim finished in 15th place in the field of 161, with a time of 41:13.
 
Then, on Sunday, we had a least 17 clubmates run in the Biofreeze Irish Runner 10-miler that incorporated the National 10-mile championships. There had been some confusion in the lead up to the race as certain bodies, including councils, had been given free entries to distribute, ostensibly to encourage new runners into the sport. However, the initiative backfired somewhat in that the receiving entities handed some of the entries to clubs (confusingly with specific club-linked references). The upshot of this was that those athletes who availed of the offer (10 per club) were then apparently not entered into the Athletics Ireland Championships. This was only made known a couple of days before the race and some, but not all, of those athletes who had taken up the offer, hurriedly had to pay Athletics Ireland €15 to remedy the issue.
 
The race, held on a challenging twisty course in the Phoenix Park, involving a visit to the Furry Glen, a climb along the Military Road from a descent on the Khyber Pass and then a return up the Upper Glen Road to the finish on Chesterfield to the north of the Phoenix Monument via the Ordnance Survey Road, enjoyed a field of 1778 finishers and was held in coolish conditions (14 degrees or so), with little wind. Our contingent was led across the line by Ciarain Kelly in 43rd place in 57:00, alongside the women’s race winner Grace Lynch, having run in a bunch throughout the event. Ciarain was followed by men’s captain Joe McDermott who surprisingly managed a 3 seconds PB improvement in placing 61st in 58:44. Joe was followed by Dee Lawlor who placed 72nd in 59:16, and the three men, as a masters team, collected the bronze O/35 medal, placing 3rd, behind Raheny in first place and 9 seconds behind Rathfarnham WSAF in second in a competition involving 29 teams.
 
Behind Dee came Rob Browne who placed 101st in 61:39, and further back came our first female finisher, Clare Sullivan, who took the F40 individual bronze medal (since Fiona Roche of Raheny had finished in 3rd place overall in the women’s race) in placing 175th and 15th in 66:19. The following two female runners, Nina Holmes and Aoife Quigley, combined with Clare to win the O/35 gold medal ahead of Sportsworld and Mullingar in the masters team competition involving 22 clubs. Nina placed 233rd and 28th in 69:32, whilst Aoife took 245th and 32nd spots in 70:16. Many congrats to all our medal winners.
 
Karl Walsh finished in 207th place in 68:19 and behind Karl, Nina and Aoife came Ciara Lynch who did not produce a chiptime (likely around 320th overall in 72:53) and Orla O’Flynn (360th and 54th in 74:08). Orla was followed by Miriam Logan (370th and 59th in 72:18), treating the race as a training run and starting quite far back in the field. Dee Ni Chearbhaill was next (388th and 63rd in 75:14) and she was followed by Robbie Moore (423rd in 76:24) and by Noel Carr (514th in 77:30) with yet another PB time. Tony Hackett came in next (617th in 79:38) and he was followed across the line by Brendan Glynn (677th in 83:23), Kevin Kenny (890th in 86:06) and Lisa Branigan (1285th and 356th in 98:08).
 
Further afield, Donatas Jocius headed back to his native Lithuania, where he competed in a 14k trail race, finishing in 2nd place in just over an hour.
 
The rainy weather on Saturday morning seemed to deter a lot of parkrunners nearly everywhere, but still we had an excellent turnout of Crusaders in the events in which we participated and we were not disappointed with the outcomes.

Seoirse McGrath marked a comeback from injury with a first finisher place in the 350-strong field in Marlay Park, the one parkrun which seemed to buck the trend of lower turnouts this week. Seoirse ran 19:00 for 8th place overall and she was followed home by Barry O’Neill (67th in 24:06). Another first finisher was Dee Lawlor who led the entire field of 224 in Shanganagh across the line in a time of 17:44. Also, first to finish was Áine Kenny in Oughterard where she was first across the line ahead of a field of 24 in a time of 23:06. Not to be outdone, Katie Rogers was 16th overall and a first finisher in the Centennial parkrun in Sydney, Australia, with its field of 383. Our exile there ran 19:17 and she was followed home by another of our exiles, Deirdre Kennedy, who ran 27:35 for 194th place overall and 40th female finisher. Mary Donnelly was our final first finisher, placing 26th overall in a field of 212 in a time of 22:43. Mary was preceded by Kev Moore (7th in 19:50) and followed home by Cynthia Perucca (168th and 50th in 31:47).

We had 14 runners in Poolbeg, where Ross Neill led our contingent home in the field of 182 in a time of 17:17. Ross was followed closely by Stephen Hurley (3rd in 17:22) and by Kenan Furlong (5th in 17:41). Next came Adrian Groarke (13th in 19:43) who was followed by Piarais Neary (20th in 21:12). Jeanie Watson, in her last parkrun in Ireland for the time being before ending her secondment to the Department of Finance and returning to the UK this week, ran 21:29 for 25th and 4th places, and Jeanie was followed by Sharon Woods (39th and 5th in 23:14), Josie Ward (43rd and 7th in 23:34), Kevin Lambe (52nd in 24:19), Kate Healy (69th and 18th in 25:22), Anna Hernick (118th and 41st in 29:21), Maureen McGinley (131st and 49th in 30:53), Siobhan Russell (140th and 53rd in 32:09) and Mari Hansen (158th and 64th in 37:02).

We had a super turnout in Tolka Valley Park in the lashing rain and strong winds to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Ilona McElroy and Paul Fleming. The Rathfarnham WSAF runner, Paul, finished ahead of the field of 45 in 17:38, with Ilona placing 5th overall and 2nnd female finisher in 20:00. Ilona was followed by Sean Murphy, who trains with us (6th in 20:46), and then by Aoife Quigley (7th and 3rd in 21:18) alongside Clare Sullivan (8th and 4th in the same time) enjoying a bunched sprint for the line with James Cottle (9th in 21:19). Next came Caroline Crowley (18th and 7th in 26:20), alongside Miriam Logan (19th and 8th in 26:21) ad Louise Dobbyn (20th and 9th enjoying the same time as Miriam). The contingent was completed by Orla Kennedy (24th and 12th) and Irene Gorman (25th and 13th) recording the same time of 27:49.

Elsewhere, Olwyn Dunne joined Lisa Shine and 87 other participants in Athlone RSC, where she placed 20th and 6th in 24:07, with Lisa tailwalking. Darina Scully ran once again in Avondale Forest, where she placed 32nd and 7th in a time of 25:31, in a field of 105, whilst, in Naas, with its field of 91, Karl Walsh placed 17th in 22:17. Further afield, two of our London-based exiles, Rob Glascott and Thom Martini took part in parkruns on Saturday morning. Thom ran in Gunnersbury where he placed 164th in a field of 598 in a time of 24:40, whilst Rob ran 20:41 for 51st place in the 831-strong field on Clapham Common.

Brendan Glynn took 23rd spot running alongside 136 other participants in Donabate, where his time was 23:22, whilst Emer Kenny ran once again in Father Collins, where, in a field of 183, she placed 117th and 43rd in 30:19. In Cabinteely, with its field of 129, Máirín Shine took 82nd and 25th spots in 31:35, followed by Carina Davidson and Fiona Shine, tailwalking. Finally, Aitor Arribas Velasco ran on Narin Beach where, in a field of 54, he ran 24:33 for 15th place.

Biofreeze Irish Runner 10 mile (national championships) (1778)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Keelan Kilrehill 1 00:49:56
42 Grace Lynch 1 00:56:58
Crusaders AC runners
43 Ciarain Kelly 00:57:00
61 Joe McDermott 00:58:44 (PB)
72 Derek Lawlor 00:59:16
101 Robert Browne 01:01:39
175 Clare Sullivan 01:06:19 (15)
207 Karl Walsh 01:08:19
233 Nina Holmes 01:09:32 (28)
245 Aoife Quigley 01:10:16 (32)
32X Ciara Lynch 01:12:53
360 Orla O’Flynn 01:14:08 (54)
370 Miriam Logan 01:12:18 (59)
388 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 01:15:14 (63)
423 Robbie Moore 01:16:24
514 Noel Carr 01:17:30 (PB)
617 Anthony Hackett 01:19:38
677 Brendan Glynn 01:23:23
890 Kevin Kenny 01:26:06
1285 Lisa Branigan 01:38:08 (356)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/biofreeze_irish_runner_10_mile_2024/4985/results
BHAA SDDC 5k (132)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Doran 1 00:15:57
6 Laura McDonnell 1 00:17:45
Crusaders AC runners
12 Karl Walsh 00:18:28
19 Clare Sullivan 00:18:55 (2)
55 Robbie Moore 00:22:15
67 Sharon Woods 00:23:15 (13)
120 Mairead Cashman 00:29:08 (46)
Full results here: https://irp.cdn-website.com/15e8030f/files/uploaded/SDCC_5k_2024_Results_Final.pdf
The Dessie McGann Kiltale 10k (161)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Doran 1 00:33:31
23 Sarah Dempsey 1 00:44:11
Crusaders AC runner
15 Tim O’Donnell 00:41:13
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/the-dessie-mcgann-kiltale-10k/
Narin Beach Parkrun (54)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eimear Marie English 1 00:19:50
2 Michael Mallon 1 00:20:25
Crusaders AC runner
15 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:24:33
Shanganagh Parkrun (224)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Derek Lawlor 1 00:17:44
13 Fiona Riordan 1 00:20:30
Crusaders AC runner
1 Derek Lawlor 00:17:44
Father Collins Parkrun (183)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Josh Moore 1 00:18:56
10 Annika Wolberg 1 00:21:18
Crusaders AC runner
117 Emer Kenny 00:30:19 (43)
Poolbeg Parkrun (182)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:17:14
9 Rosa Donaldson 1 00:18:49
Crusaders AC runners
2 Ross Neill 00:17:17
3 Stephen Hurley 00:17:22
5 Kenan Furlong 00:17:41
13 Adrian Groarke 00:19:43
20 Piarais Neary 00:21:12
25 Jeanie Watson 00:21:29 (4)
39 Sharon Woods 00:23:14 (5)
43 Josie Ward 00:23:34 (7)
69 Kate Healy 00:25:22 (18)
118 Anna Hernick 00:29:21 (41)
131 Maureen McGinley 00:30:53 (49)
140 Siobhan Russell 00:32:09 (53)
158 Mari Hansen 00:37:02 (64)
Oughterard Parkrun (24)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Áine Kenny 1 00:23:06
2 Ben Patterson Kyne 1 00:23:22
Crusaders AC runner
1 Áine Kenny 00:23:06 (1)
Bushy Parkrun (212)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Weit 1 00:18:56
26 Mary Donnelly 1 00:22:43
Crusaders AC runners
7 Kev Moore 00:19:50
26 Mary Donnelly 00:22:43
168 Cynthia Perucca 00:31:47 (50)
Cabinteely Parkrun (129)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Byron Edwards 1 00:18:19
20 Rachel Jones 1 00:23:47
Crusaders AC runners
82 Máirin Shine 00:31:35 (25)
118 Carina Davidson 00:44:05 (54)
121 Fiona Shine 01:02:48 (57)
Naas Parkrun (91)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob O’Brien 1 00:18:44
5 Niamh O’Boyle 1 00:20:00
Crusaders AC runner
17 Karl Walsh 00:22:17
Athlone RSC Parkrun (89)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael Moran 1 00:19:12
2 Anna Marie O’Dowd 1 00:21:10
Crusaders AC runners
20 Olwyn Dunne 00:24:07 (6)
87 Lisa Shine 00:49:32 (41)
Donabate Parkrun (137)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Rooney 1 00:15:54
16 Geraldine McHale 1 00:21:55
Crusaders AC runner
23 Brendan Glynn 00:23:22
Avondale Forest Parkrun (105)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Eoghan Gribbin 1 00:19:19
4 Lara Buck 1 00:21:03
Crusaders AC runner
32 Darina Scully 00:25:31 (7)
Marlay Parkrun (350)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry McCartin 1 00:17:35
8 Seoirse McGrath 1 00:19:00
Crusaders AC runners
8 Seoirse McGrath 00:19:00 (1)
67 Barry O’Neill 00:24:06
Tolka Valley Parkrun (45)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Fleming 1 00:17:38
2 Núria Vizcaino Estrada 1 00:19:17
Crusaders AC runners
5 Ilona McElroy 00:20:00 (2)
7 Aoife Quigley 00:21:18 (3)
8 Clare Sullivan 00:21:18 (4)
9 James Cottle 00:21:19
18 Caroline Crowley 00:26:20 (7)
19 Miriam Logan 00:26:21 (8)
20 Louise Dobbyn 00:26:21 (9)
24 Orla Kennedy 00:27:49 (12)
25 Irene Gorman 00:27:49 (13)

​It was a big week for the club, involving many of our members racing, but also being involved in the club’s annual fund-raising, the Docklands 5k, which took place on Thursday evening. The club is eternally grateful for the efforts put in by so many of our membership in making the Docklands race so successful, and last week’s event, the 8th running of the race organised by Crusaders, with its second highest field since 2015, was possibly its most momentous yet in being a sell-out. The race has now established an excellent reputation and hopefully will continue to attract corporate teams and individual runners on what is probably the flattest and fastest 5k course in Dublin.

We start as usual, with results from the track. On Wednesday evening, one of our members, Paul E. Kelly ran in one of a series of BHAA-organised track races in Lucan, where, in the 26-30 standard 1 mile, he placed 2nd in a time of 7:41. Then, over the weekend, Hugo Magee ran in heat 1 of the men’s 400m the AAI Games held in the Morton Stadium in Santry, where he placed 2nd in a time of 47.43, this after having paced in the 800m on Friday night at this year’s Morton Games at the same venue. Colm Parnell and Annie Hughes also participated over the weekend, with Colm taking 6th place in heat 2 of the 1500m in a time of 4:07.36, whilst Annie placed 11th in the women’s 800m in 2:25.08.

Back to the roads and, firstly, the Docklands 5k. On a dry but breezy evening once again, we had 1703 finishers, among them many Crusaders, listed below, several of them providing pacing duties and others running with their work colleagues. We also had a good number of participants from our Couch to 5k programme involved, running a 5k for the first time and being supported by other members of the club. The event, with its by now famous after-race party at Capital Dock, received a good deal of positive feedback from participants, particularly in relation to the enthusiasm and support that came from all our stewards, and we will hope to repeat such enjoyment again next year. The course records at 14:30 (men) and 16:12 (women) were not broken on Thursday, but remain a tantalising challenge for elite runners!

On Saturday morning, Kev Moore and Mary Donnelly took part in the Glenbeigh 10k, one of a series of races on the day held in Co. Kerry. Kev reported that it was downhill for much of the first 6k, a welcome relief, and, in the field of 111 finishers, Kev placed 7th in 40:54, with Mary taking 21st place overall, 7th female finisher, in 45:57. On the same day, further afield, new member Eimear Lynch, sister of Ciara, ran in the 100k Ultra marathon Race to the Stones in the UK, where she completed the distance, in one of the UK's oldest trail races on the Ridgeway crossing the North Wessex Downs and the Chilterns, in 13:50:08. Also, in the UK, Kate O’Malley, one of our UK-based exiles, ran in a 5k trail race on the Gower Peninsula, where she was the first woman home in a time of 22:47.

Then on Sunday, we had Crusaders involved in at least two events on Irish roads. In another event in the Peugeot Race Series, Will Holton took part in the Frank Kilrane Edenderry 10-miler, where, in a field of 348, he placed 101st in a time of 72:34.

Finally, we had nearly 30 runners in the 2nd race of the Irish Life Race Series building up to the Dublin Marathon in October. This was the Fingal 10k, conducted on roads around Swords. The start this year was slightly altered, giving a downhill trajectory from the gun to the first corner after about 150m, but then the course continued on its normal route, along a dual carriageway and then onto country roads, before finishing in the town once again. The race enjoyed a field of 2,676 finishers, and we all found it extremely warm and humid, with little wind to cool us down. This did not, however, prevent a few of our number recording PB times, including Noel Carr (434th in 44:34), Florian Mormont (556th in 46:14) and Paul E. Kelly, with a 6-minute improvement (1346th in 53:56). Also, 7 of the 8 pacers in the race were provided by Crusaders, with ex-Crusader Catherine Thornton joining Clare Sullivan to pace the 45 minutes finishers. Several had performed the same duties in the Docklands 5k three days earlier.

Robert Browne led our contingent home in 36:34 for 45th place and he was followed by Paul Cowhie (51st and 1st M60 in 36:49), Karl Walsh (114th in 40:36), and Eddie Nugent (117th in 38:52). Nina Holmes was first female finisher with a super run in 40:52, placing 213th, 16th female and 4th F40, and she was followed by James Cottle (246th and 2nd M65 in 41:33). James found the going tough, particularly in the second half of the race having spotted the eventual winner of the age category up ahead at 6k, but then suffering from the effort of trying further to reel him in over the remaining kilometres, finishing 15 seconds apart at the end.  James was followed by Oisin Browne (252nd in 41:41) and then by Miriam Logan who started with the 45 minutes pacers but feeling good pressed on, finishing in 43:14 for 348th and 34th places. Miriam was followed by Ciara Regan, under physio’s orders (381st and 40th in 43:40) and then by Kabir Sala (392nd in 43:57). Next came Dee Ni Chearbhaill (424th and 47th in 44:26), whose husband Sean Murphy had placed 236th in 41:18, followed, after Noel, by Chris Bannon (507th in 45:46), Florian, Tomás Dunne (636th in 46:56), Sharon Woods (who ran 47:14), Luz Estevan (723rd and 111th in 47:21), Jimmy Murphy (898th in 49:06), Bo Chicoine (1093rd in 51:45), Emily Glen (1094th and 217th in 51:18), Laura O’Malley (1229th and 270th in 52:34), Kevin Kenny (1327th in 54:04), Paul, Aoife Cowhie (1363rd in 328th in 55:11), Louise Lanaud (2110th and 1369th in 62:26) and Faeed Faeedi (2388th in 68:56). The pacers, Clare and Catherine (45 minutes), Joanne Carey and Olwyn Dunne (50 minutes), Paula Bradshaw and Tanja Narancic (55 minutes) and Joe Dunne and Aitor Arribas Velasco (60 minutes), all performed admirably for the club, as many of them had done in Docklands on Thursday evening. Members may interested to hear that Conor Greenan, a Crusader who moved to Kilkenny, now running for St. Joseph’s, also ran, placing 82nd in 38:20. He sent his well wishes to those who knew him, and he and ex-Crusader Léan Ní Chiobháin, who he met though the club, are now parents.

Members may also be interested to learn that Toby Benham and Louise O’Riordan competed in the Cork Triathlon over the weekend, with Toby completing the slightly short 5k run element in 17:35 and Louise, 22:07.

The parkruns this week saw a lot of Crusaders out on Saturday morning, among them at least 3 first finishers. Caroline Crowley ran in Corkagh with 215 other runners, placing 4th and 1st in 19:55, whilst Áine Kenny joined 31 other participants in Mountbellew Forest where she placed 4th and 1st in 24:06. Meanwhile, Kathryn Tomkins placed 5th and 1st in the 168-strong field in Gorey in a time of 20:47.

Podium places were filled by Stephen Hurley and Kenan Furlong in Poolnbeg, where Stephen placed 2nd in 17:42 and Kenan finished in 3rd place in 17:52. In the field of 204, they were followed by Ross Neill (4th in 17:57) and then by Adrian Groarke (16th in 19:48), Gerard Moore (18th in 19:50), Piarais Neary (39th in 21:53), Sharon Woods (53rd and 8th in 23:25), Tanja Narancic (78th and 16th in 25:15), Ciara Regan (87th and 20th in 25:41), Kate Healy (102nd and 28th in 26:52), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (104th and 29th in 27:05), Djinn Von Noorden (112th and 34th in 28:07) and Kevin Kenny (125th in 28:34). Anna Gallo’s father, Marco, also ran, placing 116th in 28:34.

Derek Lawlor crossed the line in 7th place in a time of 18:59 in the 249-strong field in Shanganagh. He was followed by Jill Nason (144th and 35th in 28:10) and Cynthia Perucca (207th and 75th in 32:59).  Barry O’Mahony placed 8th in Cabinteely with its field of 173. Barry’s time was 20:46 and he was followed by Ronan Moynihan (12th in 21:16) and Louise Dobbyn (22nd and 5th in 23:19). John O’Donnell joined 58 other runners in Claremorris where he placed 4th in 20:27, whilst Garret Connolly finished in 5th place in Fairview in 20:35 in a field of 168. Aoife Kelly ran in Poppintree once again. In a field of 185 she placed 74th and 15th in 28:23, whilst, in Donabate, Brendan Glynn took 21st spot in 23:34 in a field of 157. We had 5 runners among the 188 who ran in Avondale Forest. The contingent was led home by Darina Scully (28th and 6th in 25:46) and Darina was followed by Carina Davidson in her 100th parkrun (34th and 8th in 27:03), Anna Shine (46th and 15th in 29:20), Máirín Shine (51st and 18th in 30:40) and Lisa Shine (98th and 45th in 50:54).
 
Helena O’Keeffe ran in Tramore Valley, Cork, where, in a field of 177, she placed 69th and 13th in 26:02, whilst, Ballincollig, Aitor Arribas Velasco placed 51st in 24:06. The field there measured 215. Martina White placed 53rd and 15th in 29:55 in the 103-strong field in Porterstown, whilst Barry O’Neill placed 83rd in the 24:29 in the 333-strong field in Marlay Park. Brendan Kieran took 5th place in the field of 44 in a time of 21:53 in the Sports Ireland Campus parkrun, whilst Mairead Cashman placed 174th and 56th in the 263-strong field in Bushy Park, where her time was 30:41. Phelim Murray and Sarah Ltons ran in Tolka Valley park, where, amongst 63 other runners, Phelim placed 21st in 26:36 and a pregnant Sarah placed 24th and 9th in 27:22. Finally, further afield, Rob Glascott placed 62nd in 21:20 in the 794-strong field in Clapham Common in, whilst Jeanie Watson ran 23:06 to place 120th and 16th in the 595-strong field in Highbury Fields, both in London, whilst Aidan Hudner took 59th spot in 24:19 in the field of 346 in Pollok, Glasgow and Maureen McGinley ran in Westpark, Munich, where she placed 142nd and 41st in a field of 208.
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Irish Life Fingal 10k (2676)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Hugh Armstrong 1 00:29:39
17 Michelle Finn 1 00:34
Crusaders AC runners
45 Robert Browne 00:36:34
51 Paul Cowhie 00:36:49
114 Karl Walsh 00:40:36
117 Eddie Nugent 00:38:52
213 Nina Holmes 00:40:52 (16)
246 James Cottle 00:41:33
252 Oisin Browne 00:41:41
348 Miriam Logan 00:43:14 (34)
381 Ciara Regan 00:43:40 (40)
392 Kabir Sala 00:43:57
424 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:44:26 (47)
431 Clare Sullivan 00:44:32 (50) PACER
434 Noel Carr 00:44:34 (PB)
507 Chris Bannon 00:45:46
556 Florian Mormont 00:46:14 (PB)
636 Tomás Dunne 00:46:56
XXX Sharon Woods 00:47:14
723 Luz Estevan 00:47:21 (111)
784 Sean Brady 00:48:27
898 Jimmy Murphy 00:49:06
929 Joanne Carey 00:49:45 (163) PACER
934 Olwyn Dunne 00:49:45 (166) PACER
1093 Bo Chicoine 00:51:45
1094 Emily Glen 00:51:18 (217)
1229 Laura O’Malley 00:52:34 (270)
1327 Kevin Kenny 00:54:04
1346 Paul E. Kelly 00:53.56 (PB)
1363 Aoife Cowhie 00:55:11 (328)
1386 Paula Bradshaw 00:54:15 (345) PACER
1413 Tanja Narancic 00:54:36 (357) PACER
1907 Joe Dunne 00:59:45 PACER
1908 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:59:46 PACER
2110 Louise Lanaud 01:02:26 (1369)
2388 Faeed Faeedi 01:08:56
Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4040
Frank Kilrane Edenderry 10-mile race (348)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Conor Duffy 1 00:50:28
26 Heather Murphy 1 00:59:35
Crusaders AC runner
101 Will Holton 01:12:34
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/frank-kilrane-edenderry-10-mile-2024/
Glenbeigh 10k (111)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Marcus O’Shea 1 00:37:20
3 Lily Riordan 1 00:39:40
Crusaders AC runners
7 Kev Moore 00:40:54
21 Mary Donnelly 00:45:57 (7)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/glenbeigh_glencar_marathon_half_marathon_10k_and_5k_/4827/results
Docklands 5k (1703)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Somba 1 00:15:02
29 Ciara Wilson 1 00:16:46
Crusaders AC runners
16 Alex Ainsworth 00:16:24
67 Jim Stagg 00:18:02
90 Simon Kenny 00:18:28
111 Kevin O’Sullivan 00:18:52
186 Patrick Conlon 00:19:44 PACER
197 Peter O’Toole 00:19:48 PACER
200 Kevin Fitzgibbon 00:19:50 PACER
214 Felipe De Sousa 00:20:10
278 Marcus Phelan 00:20:51
288 Diarmuid Fahey 00:21:06
303 Luke Haran 00:21:07
421 Shivananda Pukhrem 00:22:20
434 Gavan Doherty 00:22:15
689 Aoife Quigley 00:24:36 PACER
706 Miriam Logan 00:24:45 PACER
715 Emer Kenny 00:24:48 PACER
828 Natasha Bain 00:25:49 (161)
832 Sharon Woods 00:25:50 (162) PACER
881 Sarah Lyons 00:25:33 (180)
1139 Jessica Higgins 00:28:52 (300)
1211 Maria Fitzgerald 00:28:55 (340)
1216 Chris Bethe 00:29:00
1238 Catriona McDonnell 00:29:14 (360)
1255 Emily Glen 00:30:14 PACER
1258 Tanja Narancic 00:30:17 PACER
1266 Sarah Jameson 00:29:39 (372)
1415 Caitriona Kellehan 00:31:56 (462)
1418 Paula Bradshaw 00:31:58 (464) PACER
1419 Claire Sheridan 00:31:56 (465)
1467 Isabella Ryan 00:32:50 (496)
1471 Aisling Allan 00:33:00 (500)
1499 Cloda Victory 00:33:53 (518)
1543 Darren Kelly 00:35:00
1544 Paul Campbell 00:35:03 PACER
1648 Niamh Bradshaw 00:38:53 (614)
1653 Lynn Betson 00:39:12 (616)
1654 Julia Cleto 00:39:12 (617)
1655 Harriet Ryan 00:39:12 (618)
1656 Richard Kavanagh 00:39:27 PACER
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/docklands_5k_2024/5068/results
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (177)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cian Kelly 1 00:17:41
9 Laura Pompa 1 00:19:36
Crusaders AC runner
69 Helena O’Keeffe 00:26:02 (13)
Shanganagh Parkrun (249)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Finn O’Driscoll 1 00:17:14
22 Eileen O’Toole 1 00:20:34
Crusaders AC runner
7 Derek Lawlor 00:18:59
144 Jill Nason 00:28:10 (35)
207 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:59 (75)
Fairview Parkrun (168)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniel Toal 1 00:18:08
23 Mairéad Grace 1 00:22:51
Crusaders AC runner
5 Garret Connolly 00:20:35
Poolbeg Parkrun (204)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Malcolm O’Connell 1 00:17:12
7 Dearbhla Cox 1 00:18:19
Crusaders AC runners
2 Stephen Hurley 00:17:42
3 Kenan Furlong 00:17:52
4 Ross Neill 00:17:57
16 Adrian Groarke 00:19:48
18 Gerard Moore 00:19:50
39 Piarais Neary 00:21:53
53 Sharon Woods 00:23:25 (8)
78 Tanja Narancic 00:25:15 (16)
87 Ciara Regan 00:25:41 (20)
102 Kate Healy 00:26:52 (28)
104 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:27:05 (29)
112 Djinn Von Noorden 00:28:07 (34)
125 Kevin Kenny 00:29:01
Mountbellew Forest Parkrun (32)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Conway 1 00:20:30
4 Áine Kenny 1 00:24:06
Crusaders AC runner
4 Áine Kenny 00:24:06 (1)
Bushy Parkrun (263)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Seán Cahill 1 00:18:19
16 Sinead Staunton 1 00:21:53
Crusaders AC runner
174 Mairead Cashman 00:30:41 (56)
Cabinteely Parkrun (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ewan McLean 1 00:19:42
4 Robyn Kennedy 1 00:20:18
Crusaders AC runners
8 Barry O’Mahony 00:20:46
12 Ronan Moynihan 00:21:16
22 Louise Dobbyn 00:23:19 (5)
Ballincollig Parkrun (215)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
4 Fionn Neville 1 00:18:15
29 Cherie Turner 1 00:22:34
Crusaders AC runner
51 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:24:06
Corkagh Parkrun (216)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Armour 1 00:17:23
4 Caroline Crowley 1 00:19:55
Crusaders AC runner
4 Caroline Crowley 00:19:55 (1)
Donabate Parkrun (157)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Reuben Capocci 1 00:18:21
8 Sheila Bourke 1 00:20:19
Crusaders AC runner
21 Brendan Glynn 00:23:34
Avondale Forest Parkrun (118)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fintan Conway 1 00:19:10
13 Judith Kerins 1 00:22:27
Crusaders AC runners
28 Darina Scully 00:25:46 (6)
34 Carina Davidson 00:27:03 (8)
46 Anna Shine 00:29:20 (15)
51 Máirín Shine 00:30:40 (18)
98 Lisa Shine 00:50:54 (45)
Claremorris Parkrun (59)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Forde 1 00:18:21
13 Hilary Bond 1 00:23:49
Crusaders AC runner
4 John O’Donnell 00:20:27
Sport Ireland Campus Parkrun (44)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Mac Seoin 1 00:20:00
2 Bonnie McFeat 1 00:20:28
Crusaders AC runner
5 Brendan Kieran 00:21:53
Marlay Parkrun (333)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ethan Bramhill 1 00:16:52
15 Sarah Lewis 1 00:20:42
Crusaders AC runner
83 Barry O’Neill 00:24:29
Tolka Valley Parkrun (64)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian Fay 1 00:19:29
5 Orla Cox 1 00:22:25
Crusaders AC runners
21 Phelim Murray 00:26:36
24 Sarah Lyons 00:27:22 (9)
Porterstown Parkrun (103)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fearghal Desmond 1 00:17:11
7 Patricia McLoughlin 1 00:20:48
Crusaders AC runner
53 Martina White 00:29:55 (15)
Gorey Parkrun (168)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jason O’Byrne 1 00:18:37
5 Kathryn Sweeney 1 00:20:47
Crusaders AC runner
5 Kathryn Sweeney 00:20:47 (1)
Poppintree Parkrun (185)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Bobby Bedford 1 00:18:27
13 Peigi Allen 1 00:21:39
Crusaders AC runner
74 Aoife Kelly 00:28:23 (15)