Getting ready for a big weekend

James Murphy

 




























It is probably fair to say that it was a quiet weekend in running terms as several of our clubmates prepare for next weekend’s cross country and marathon racing, the events being firstly the Leinster novices in Tyrrelspass, Co. Westmeath on Saturday followed by the first ever Sunday running of the Dublin City Marathon. We are anticipating a decent turnout in both events.
 
There are, nonetheless, a few results to report. Details are at this time sketchy but we understand that, whilst he has been on holiday in Hawaii, James Murphy won a 7.25 mile race in Maui over the weekend, pushing two US marines into 2nd and 3rd places. Once we have more flesh to add to these bones we will update the report.
 
Accidentally omitted from last week’s report was Rossen Gamev’s excellent result in the Sofia Half marathon last weekend. Rossen took 28th place overall out of more than 670 runners with a PB time of 1:23:37, almost 4 minutes faster than his PB in the Dublin Race Series Half Marathon in September.
 
A few of us took advantage of the parkruns on Saturday morning to get some speed into our legs before next weekend’s Dublin marathon. Neil Brown and James Cottle were joined in Shanganagh by a bunch of  marathoners from Kilcoole being trained by Gary Crossan and Maria McCambridge so that the ranks were practically doubled to 150 participants and the run was particularly fast, the first finisher coming home in the 3rd fastest time for the event. James placed 25th in a time of 20:05, whilst Neil took nearly a minute off his time last week to place 58th in 24:06. Another marathoner, Kate Murray, ran 24:35 in Marlay among more than 500 participants to place 179th overall, 29th woman finisher. Diarmuid Byrne and Maria Pertl revisited Poppintree, with Diarmuid taking 14th spot in 22:31 and Maria, 32nd overall (6th woman home) in 25:12. Denis Murphy also took the opportunity to test his speed with a 21:37 result in Father Collins. Denis placed 6th out of a field of 52. Elsewhere, Niall O’Connell took on Cabinteely along with Tom Dunne, Lisa and Mairin Shine. Among a field of 94 runners, Niall took 3rd place in a time of 19:50, whilst Tom ran 21:26 to place 7th. Lisa came home in 30th place overall (4th woman finisher) in 24:56, followed by Mairin in 84th position overall, 25th woman, in a time of 32:25.Sharon Woods was our sole participant in Malahide with over 300 runners. Sharon placed 70th overall, 6th woman, in 23:41. Aidan Hudner ran once again in Glasgow, finishing in 53rd spot out of nearly 290 participants, in a time of 21:59. Finally, Brendan Kieran placed 16th in Hartstown. Brendan’s time was 23:25 and the field measured 48 runners.
 
Malahide #207
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Christopher Moren 1 00:17:04
5 Annette Kealy 1 00:17:53
Crusaders AC runner
70 Sharon Woods 00:23:41
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/malahide/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=207
Hartstown Parkrun #102
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Fox 1 00:18:29
13 Pauline Hilliard 1 00:22:09
Crusaders AC runner
16 Brendan Kieran 00:23:25
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/hartstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=102
Marlay Parkrun #180
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Mark Pearce 1 00:16:38
20 Lynne Hennessy 00:18:55
Crusaders AC runner
179 Kate Murray 00:24:35
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=180
Cabinteely Parkrun #82
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Bryan O’Connor 1 00:17:59
16 Grace Hughes 1 00:23:17
Crusaders AC runners
3 Niall O’Connell 00:19:50
7 Tomas Dunne 00:21:26
30 Lisa Shine 00:24:56
84 Mairin Shine 00:32:25
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=82
Poppintree Parkrun #103
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Gavin Andrew Hodgson 1 00:17:12
16 Mairead Doherty 1 00:22:47
Crusaders AC runners
14 Diarmuid Byrne 00:22:31
32 Maria Pertl 00:25:12
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poppintree/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=103
Father Collins #56
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Karl Meehan 1 00:17:52
17 Karen Bates 1 00:22:40
Crusaders AC runner
6 Denis Murphy 00:21:37
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fathercollins/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=56
Shanganagh Parkrun #83
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ian McGrath 1 00:16:46
20 Sandra Lynch 1 00:19:37
Crusaders AC runners
25 James Cottle 00:20:05
58 Neil Brown 00:24:06
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/shanganagh/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=83

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