Excellent performances in National Masters Indoors and family success in Garristown

6/3/2017

Fiona Shine

Athlone was the venue on Sunday for the National Masters Indoors Championships and we had 8 participants in the various events. As an M50, John O’Loughlin distinguished himself with gold in the 400m (57:23) and silver in both the 60m (7:97) and the 200m (25:71), whilst Paul Francis, in the same age category, took bronze in the 400m (59:10). Geraldine Clements won silver in the 800m (2:46:64) and placed 4th in the 1500m (5:51:62) as a W45. Our other medallist was Liam Lyster who took bronze in both the M60 60m (8:80) and 200m (30:23), as well as taking 4th place in the shot put (10.3m). Our other athletes narrowly missed out on medals. They included Simon Everard who came home in 4th place in the M35 400m (54:54), Neil Monahan who finished 4th in the M40 400m (60:51) and Alan Sheehy who took 9th place in a tough M35 1500m (4:37:70).

Also on Sunday we heard from Lisa, Fiona and Mairín Shine who travelled out to Garristown in North Dublin for the Windmill Run 5K, along with Paul Dempsey who ran the 10K there. This was a hilly course, but racing conditions were otherwise perfect, despite a large group of juvenile boys lining up about 10m in front of the start line, sprinting off at the gun and then gradually blowing up one by one to come to almost a complete standstill over the first 500m or so! Fiona led the women's race from gun to tape, to finish strongly in 1st place (4th place overall out of 185 runners) in a PB time of 20:10. Lisa ran most of the race in 3rd position, but came through with about 1km to go, to finish in 2nd place (7th overall) in a PB time, also, of 21:32. Finally, in the 5K, Mairín ran well to finish 1st woman over 50 (51st overall and 21st female finisher) in a time of 27:34. In a similar sized field of nearly 180 runners for the 10K, Limerick marathon-bound Paul Dempsey acquitted himself really well with 6th place in a PB time of 39:41, his first time breaking 40 minutes for the distance. Congratulations to all 4 runners who each got something out of the event!

Our ultramarathoner, Leo Lundy, reports that he took on Back-to-Back marathons at the University of Limerick this weekend. The course was in and around the whole campus and followed large portions of the main Limerick Marathon. On Day 1 in reasonable weather conditions around 140 took on the event with about half that number down for the 2 days. With day 2 in mind, a reasonable first half of 1:55 on day 1 for Leo was reeled back significantly in the second half of the race and, eventually, a comfortable 4:25 was enough for 51st place out of the 140 starters. On Day 2 Met Eireann had a yellow weather warning in place with 110km winds predicted. This was added to by many heavy downpours in cold conditions. So, a tough day was completed in an even split for a 4:42 finish.

On Saturday, the 2nd round of the IMRA winter league took place on Trooperstown Hill and the up and down 10.6k course involved a climb of some 380m. It was cold, but the rain held off. Among the 109 runners Warren Swords was the first Crusader home in 8th place in 45:41, some 4 minutes behind the winner, followed a few minutes later by Brian McGuckin (21st in 48:16) and by Anthony O’Reilly (19th in 51:06).

Ian Kinsella took part on Sunday in the Debra Wicklow Mountains Challenge Half marathon. He reported that he was lying in 1st place up to mile 7, but then, because a flag was missing, he went the wrong way on one of the descents. As a result, he conceded 1st place and, in trying to catch up, slipped and smashed his knee on a rock. After being laid up on the side of the bog for a few minutes, trying to assess the damage, Ian limped down to the first aid car, got patched up and managed to scramble back about 10 of the 15 or so places that he had lost in the meantime, coming home in a creditable 6th place out of nearly 360 runners in a time of 1:42:23.

Further afield on Sunday, one of our exiles, Rebecca Fleming, took part in the warm and sunny Malta half marathon, held on rolling terrain, coming home in a time of 1:47, whilst, in the “Semi Marathon” in Paris, another exile, Caroline Mehigan, took it more easily with 38,000 other runners (including Sean Hehir who ran 1:06:41) in contrasting conditions of continuous heavy rain to finish in 2:26.

Lastly, here is a round-up of Saturday’s parkruns. We had solo runners in 5 of the 7 parkruns in which Crusaders participated. Yvonne Macauley made a foray to Belfast and ran in Ormeau Park, coming home in 8th place overall out of more than 250 runners and 2nd woman finisher in 19:25. Maria Pertl was third female finisher in Poppintree (39th overall, in a field of 212) in a time of 24:51.Fiona Bane continues to record improved times when she placed 51st overall (6th female finisher) with 22:52 in Malahide in a field of nearly 370 runners. On her birthday Orlaith de Burca ran 26:56 to place 75th overall (20th woman home) among the 160 participants in Shanganagh and Colm Foley placed 8th in a time of 23:31 among the 40 runners who ran in Killarney. In Marlay Park Killian Barry took 15th spot in 19:43 and he was followed by Edwina Quinlan, training for the Vienna marathon (63rd overall, 6th woman) in 22:04 and by Kate Murray who placed 78th overall (9th female finisher) in 22:51. The field was more than 380 strong. Finally, Lisa and Fiona Shine warmed up for the following day’s triumphal Windmill race with an easy run in Cabinteely. Among the nearly 150 runners, Lisa placed 121st overall (48th woman) in 33:30 and Fiona followed in just behind in 122nd place overall (49th female) in 33:31.

Garristown Windmill Run 5K
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Nicolae Buceanu 1 00:17:34
4 Fiona Shine 1 00:20:10
Crusaders AC runners
4 Fiona Shine 00:20:10 (PB) (1)
7 Lisa Shine 00:21:32 (PB) (2)
51 Mairin Shine 00:27:34 (21)
Full results here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6-IHXqz8e6yMnhEN3lTOG1CY3M/view
Garristown Windmill Run 10K
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Alessandro Porazzini 1 00:34:42
21 Alex Testa 1 00:44:13
Crusaders AC runner
6 Paul Dempsey 00:39:41 (PB)
Full results here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6-IHXqz8e6yUXpLYWQ2cGdXYzg/view
Debra Wicklow Mountains Challenge 21k
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Michael McCarthy 1 01:34:54
15 Hannah Carroll 1 01:46:38
Crusaders AC runner
6 Ian Kinsella 01:42:23
Full results here: https://debraireland.org/wp-content/uploads/DebraWicklowMountainsHalf-1.pdf
IMRA Trooperstown Hill
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Conor O’Keeffe 1 00:41:41
27 Cathy Wyse 1 00:52:24
Crusaders AC runners
8 Warren Swords 00:45:41
12 Brian McGuckin 00:48:16
19 Anthony O’Reilly 00:51:06
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/1429/
Malahide Parkrun #226
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Robert Frewen 1 00:17:40
9 Annette kealy 1 00:19:03
Crusaders AC runner
51 Fiona Bane 00:22:52 (6)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/malahide/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=226
Marlay Parkrun #199
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 James Kelly 1 00:17:12
13 Sarah Baryga 1 00:19:06
Crusaders AC runners
16 Killian Barry 00:19:43
63 Edwina Quinlan 00:22:04 (6)
78 Kate Murray 00:22:51 (9)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=199
Cabinteely Parkrun #101
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Declan Byrne 1 00:18:35
6 Malika Hammani 1 00:20:15
Crusaders AC runners
121 Lisa Shine 00:33:30 (48)
122 Fiona Shine 00:33:31 (49)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=101
Ormeau Parkrun #193
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Barry Atkinson 1 00:17:48
6 Ula Cartright-Finch 1 00:19:05
Crusaders AC runner
8 Yvonne Macauley 00:19:25(2)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/ormeau/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=193
Poppintree Parkrun #122
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Conor Delaney 1 00:18:09
21 Rosie Lenehan 1 00:22:46
Crusaders AC runner
39 Maria Pertl 00:24:51 (3)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poppintree/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=122
Shanganagh Parkrun #102
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Scott McCann 1 00:17:36
18 Georgia Devlin 1 00:21:25
Crusaders AC runner
75 Orlaith de Burca 00:26:56 (20)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/shanganagh/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=102
Killarney Parkrun #89
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Tim long 1 00:19:36
6 Caroline Murphy 1 00:22:17
Crusaders AC runner
8 Colm Foley 00:23:31
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/killarney/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=89