A Full Irish

14/7/2019

Katie Rogers

There has been much to digest over the past week with some excellent performances from members of the club.

We start with the track, where, on Wednesday on a rainy evening in Santry we had several of our club mates take part in the 6th graded meet of the season in the Morton stadium. Rhianna McCarthy took 2nd place in the women’s A1 100m in a time of 13.14. In the men’s C2 event of the same distance Max Doyle took the win in 12.36. Lisa Shine placed 6th in 2:45.72 in the women’s 800m C1, whilst Kieron White placed 8th in the men’s equivalent A1 event in 2:01.19 and Brendan Glynn took 8th spot in the D1 race in 2:33.92. There were two 5k races: In the week he was due to marry, Italo Giancaterina placed 17th in the A1 race in 16:06.66, followed by Donnacha McCarthy (guided by men’s captain Michael Kiely) who placed 25th in 17:56.13. Then, in the mixed BC1 race, John McAuley crossed the line in 6th place in a time of 17:00.61, followed by Peter O’Toole (8th in 17:30.82) and Thomas Martini (13th in 2:09.14).

On Saturday, we had a significant turnout in Drogheda for the last meet of the season of the Irish Milers Club. It was a glorious summer’s afternoon, with a bit of a breeze which did have its impact on some of the events, but we were presented with some excellent racing. The 8-lane track itself, surrounded by houses, is in good condition, but will not be used for championships because it doesn’t have a water jump for a steeplechase. The afternoon started with a series of novice miles. In the first, Paul E. Kelly took 3rd place in a PB time of 7:09.04, whilst Sarah Lyons had a magnificent run in the second event which she won after biding her time behind the race leader until the last 100 or so metres. Sarah looked totally comfortable throughout and probably recorded a PB in her 5:52.77. Lisa Shine came next in 4th place in 6:08.52, followed by a storming Amy McGuinness, who would have been extremely satisfied by her outing, in 6th place with a time of 6:11.42. Emer Kenny also took part and had a good run to place 11th in 6:24.80. The last of the 3 races involved Antonios Gkogkakis and Rebecca Fleming, with the former recording a PB time of 5:35.31 to place 14th, with Rebecca not too far behind in 18th place in a time of 5:54.07. We, then witnessed a series of 800m races. Fearghal O’Hare was only 4 tenths of a second off his PB in placing 8th in the men’s A race in a time of 1:53.77. Tomas Bradley ran 2:10.48, finishing in 8th place, also to have a good outing in the men’s D race. In the women’s event we saw a super run from Katie Rogers, who ran extremely intelligently to take 3rd place in a PB time of 2:18.75 (knocking 3 seconds off her previous best) in the women’s B 800m. In the women’s C event we had two runners, Fiona Shine and Serena Moloney. They were also up against Lorraine Healy from Moyne, Co. Tipperary, who trains with us. Lorraine had an excellent outing to take 3rd place in a season’s best 2:29.04, followed by Fiona who placed 5th in 2:31.45 and Serena (7th in 2:35.10). There was also some excellent competition in the 1500m races. Niamh Allen was only half a second off her PB in placing 2nd well ahead of the field and closing fast on the winner, the incredible Fiona Kehoe, in 4:26.70 in the women’s race. Then, in the men’s 1500m Michael Kiely made a significant move in the middle of the race to come home in 5th place in 4:10.45 ahead of Michael O’Conor (11th in 4:14.51). In the mixed 3,000m, Joe McDermott had a good battle with class athlete Catherina Mullan from MSB to place 7th in 9:50.98.

On Sunday we had three runners take part in the Day of Irish PBs on the Le Cheile track in Leixlip. Fin Lawler ran the 5k in 21:04.94, whilst Paul E. Kelly ran a PB time of 25:51.28 in warm conditions over the same distance, his 2nd PB of the weekend. Geraldine Clements took on the mile where she ran 6:58.97. Finally, our Spanish exile, Pablo Sanchez, reported that he placed third in the regional 5k finals in Madrid in a time of 15:56.

The highlight of the weekend in road racing terms was the Irish Runner 10 mile race, a relatively new event which involved a new national championship. The race was conducted on a hilly and twisting course in the Phoenix Park, also taking in the Conyngham Road. Indeed, it occupied most of the southern and western parts of the park. The runners benefited from quite calm conditions. In a race which saw, yet again, a new age category World record established by 59-year old Tommy Hughes who placed 17th in a field of 1,232 finishers in a time of 54:46, our first runner home was Adam Flanagan, in training for the Dublin marathon (as were several of the other Cru participants). Adam placed 32nd in 57:35. We had two other athletes break the hour: Rob Cross came home in 35th place (4th M45) in 58:12, followed by Vinnie McGuinness (45th in 59:07). Next came Ciaran Diviney (56th and 5th M45, in 1:00:18), followed by Ciarain Kelly (72nd in 1:02:00) and Frank Hague (76th in 1:02:15) as top 100 finishers. Thomas Martini was next (137th in 1:07:25), followed by Maura Mahoney (264th and 37th female, in 1:14:33), Mari Hansen (656th and 173rd in 1:30:22), Sharon Woods (824th and 246th in 1:36:13), Mary Dolan (896th and 287th in 1:39:12) and Lorraine Fitzsimons (1,125th and 437th in 1:57:28). Members will be interested to hear that Lydia Bigley, a Front Runner who latterly trained with us, returned from Berlin to take part in the race and who placed 496th and 109th in 1:24:09. Also, of interest to members perhaps is that the women’s race was won by the 2019 Docklands 5k winner, Niamh Clifford who placed 53rd overall in a time of 59:58.

Earlier in the week, the BHAA organised a 5k race which took place over a mix of track and park (Irishtown Stadium and Ringsend Park). The runners experienced the same wet conditions enjoyed by the track runners up in Santry on the same evening. It was a good and substantial Cru turnout, all the same, with 10 runners out of the field of 133. Our first runner home was Michael Wycherley (6th and 1st M45 in 17:25), followed by Joe Walsh (10th and 1st M40 in 17:49). Sean Murphy, who trains with us, took 11th place and 2nd M40 in 17:54 just behind Joe, and he was followed by Karl Walsh (13th and 3rd M40 in 18:05). Eoghan Kerins made a welcome return to competitive running, placing 17th in 19:09, and he was followed by David Timoney (19th and 3rd M45 in 19:18), Patrick Needham (25th in 19:36), Tim O’Donnell (28th in 20:12), Ronan Moynihan (34th in 20:50), Robbie Moore (46th in 21:22) and Paul E. Kelly (114th in 26:46).

Leo Lundy reported that he ran his 96th ultra marathon on Saturday in the "Chamber of Runs Ultra" in Berkshire in England in warm and humid conditions. This was followed by a half marathon on Sunday on Lundy Island(!) off the North Devon Coast.

There was one IMRA race last week in the Dublin Mountains. This was the 11.23km run over Tibradden on a difficult course with a 365m climb. In a field of 152 (and again held in wet conditions), Warren Swords placed 5th (and 1st M40) in 47:15. Warren was followed by Brian McGuckin (38th and 4th M50) in 55:17, Anthony O’Reilly (43rd in 56:13) and Gavan Doherty (55th in 58:13).

We had quite a few podium places in the parkruns on Saturday. Zlatko Kulic was first finisher in Waterstown in 19:59, as was Kieran Little in Clarisford (17:21). Then, in St. Anne’s, Peter O’Toole came 2nd in 17:32, as did Kate Murray (27th overall) in Lough Key in 24:03 and Kenan Furlong in Poolbeg (18:58). Maria Pertl took 3rd place (14th overall) in Tolka Valley in 24:50 (followed by partner Diarmuid Byrne (15th in the same time)), as did Fiona Bane (31st overall) in Poolbeg in 22:45. There, Kenan and Fiona were joined by Tim Francony (9th in 19:36), David Timoney (13th in 19:52), Ava Rose Clarke (65th and 11th in 25:15), Gillian Curran (66th and 12th in 25:16), Ali May Hann (71st and 13th in 25:37) and Maureen McGinley (111th and 33rd in 28:46). Aoife and Paul F. Kelly ran in Brickfields where they placed respectively 39th (and 9th) and 40th in 29:50 and 29:51. Luke Haran placed 10th in 20:42 in Mungret, whilst Mairead Cashman came home in 48th and 15th in 29:49. In Queensland, Australia Kris Ryan placed 40th and 9th in Main Beach in a field of 319. In Glasgow, Aidan Hudner placed 44th in 21:31 in a field of 374. Orlaith de Burca ran in Shanganagh, placing 104th and 22nd in 27:52. Finally, women’s captain Lisa Shine as tailwalker, followed her mother Mairin home in Donabate, where Mairin ran 39:33 (143rd and 62nd).

BHAA DCC Summer Track and Park 5k (133)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Doran 1 00:15:51
5 Sorcha Ni Dhomhnaill 1 00:17:25
Crusaders AC runners
6 Michael Wycherley 00:17:25
10 Joe Walsh 00:17:49
13 Karl Walsh 00:18:05
17 Eoghan Kerins 00:19:09
19 David Timoney 00:19:18
25 Patrick Needham 00:19:36
28 Tim O’Donnell 00:20:12
34 Ronan Moynihan 00:20:50
46 Robbie Moore 00:21:22
114 Paul E. Kelly 00:26:46
Full results here: https://bhaa.ie/race/dcc-5kn-2019/
Irish Runner 10 mile (National Championships) (1232)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 David Flynn 1 00:49:55
53 Niamh Clifford 1 00:59:58
Crusaders AC runners
32 Adam Flanagan 00:57:35
35 Rob Cross 00:58:12
45 Vinnie McGuinness 00:59:07
56 Ciaran Diviney 01:00:18
72 Ciarain Kelly 01:02:00
76 Frank Hague 01:02:15
137 Thomas Martini 01:07:25
264 Maura Mahoney 01:14:33 (37)
656 Mari Hansen 01:30:22 (173)
824 Sharon Woods 01:36:13 (246)
896 Mary Dolan 01:39:12 (287)
1125 Lorraine Fitzsimons 01:57:28 (437)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/irish_runner_10_mile_2019/2994/results
IMRA Tibradden (152)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke McMullan 1 00:45:26
30 Aoife McCavana 1 00:54:24
Crusaders AC runners
5 Warren Swords 00:47:15
38 Brian McGuckin 00:55:17
43 Anthony O’Reilly 00:56:13
55 Gavan Doherty 00:58:13
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/1800/category/O/
Waterstown Parkrun #264 (76)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Zlatko Kulic 1 00:19:59
11 Ciara Losty 1 00:23:01
Crusaders AC runner
1 Zlatko Kulic 00:19:59
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/waterstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=264
Clarisford Parkrun #243 (38)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Kieran Little 1 00:17:21
9 Deirdre Finn 1 00:23:20
Crusaders AC runner
1 Kieran Little 00:17:21
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/clarisford/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=243
Donabate Parkrun #190 (165)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Shane Ryan 1 00:17:53
24 Lucy Groves 1 00:23:34
Crusaders AC runners
143 Mairin Shine 00:39:33 (62)
159 Lisa Shine 00:48:32 (73)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/donabate/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=165
Lough Key Parkrun #162 (221)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 David Ahern 1 00:19:12
18 Caroline Maguire 1 00:23:12
Crusaders AC runner
27 Kate Murray 00:24:03 (2)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/loughkey/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=162
Poolbeg Parkrun #99 (170)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Gallagher 1 00:18:46
16 Margaret Galvin 1 00:20:13
Crusaders AC runners
2 Kenan Furlong 00:18:58
9 Tim Francony 00:19:36
13 David Timony 00:19:52
22 David O’Donnell 00:21:11
31 Fiona Bane 00:22:45 (3)
65 Ava Rose Clarke 00:25:15 (11)
66 Gillian Curran 00:25:16 (12)
71 Ali May Hann 00:25:37 (13)
111 Maureen McGinley 00:28:46 (33)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poolbeg/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=99
Brickfields Parkrun #78 (78)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 unknown 1 00:20:43
9 Mollie O’Donnell 1 00:23:03
Crusaders AC runner
39 Aoife Kelly 00:29:50 (9)
40 Paul F. Kelly 00:29:51
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/brickfields/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=78
Tolka Valley Parkrun #73 (46)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Darragh McAuley 1 00:18:57
9 Claire Gilligan 1 00:24:02
Crusaders AC runners
14 Maria Pertl 00:24:50 (3)
15 Diarmuid Byrne 00:24:50
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/tolkavalley/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=71
Mungret Parkrun #45 (73)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Mark Lenihan 1 00:18:50
13 Clare Halpenny 1 00:21:46
Crusaders AC runner
10 Luke Haran 00:20:42
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/mungret/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=45
Glen River Parkrun #34 (69)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jonathan Rawlinson 1 00:18:32
23 Kate Leahy 1 00:25:19
Crusaders AC runner
48 Mairead Cashman 00:29:49 (15)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/glenriver/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=34
Shanganagh Parkrun #221 (190)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Paul Allen 1 00:17:28
3 Sarah Baryga 1 00:18:56
Crusaders AC runner
104 Orlaith de Burca 00:27:52 (22)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/shanganagh/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=221
St. Annes’s Parkrun #291 (517)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Kenny McAndrew 1 00:17:10
46 Niamh Healy 1 00:20:31
Crusaders AC runner
2 Peter O’Toole 00:17:32
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=291