Exclusively Parkruns

Aoife Quigley, Olwyn Dunne and Barry O'Neill

One would have been hard pressed to find much road racing around the country this weekend. There were a couple of events, particularly a 5k race up in Drogheda with a field in excess of 500 runners (many local). However, none of our athletes took part in it. Nevertheless, after some further research since the report was initially published, we have found another race on which to comment. This was the Newmarket 5k held down near Kanturk and Mallow in Co. Cork, in which we did have one runner, men's captain Ciaran Diviney. The race took place on a mildly undulating out and back course through the village and Ciaran ran with 424 other athletes. It was a quality field, with Ciaran placing 34th in a time of 16:19 and coming home as second M45. Congratulations to him. The race was won by Togher's Eimhin O'Broin in 14:06 and 25 athletes broke 16 minutes, including Michelle Finn (15:58) who won the women's race. Indeed, over 190 runners crossed the line in less than 20 minutes. So, this week’s report, potentially the penultimate one of a highly disjointed year, initially concentrated solely on delivering the results of this weekend’s parkruns, but has now been updated. There were, of course, some excellent runs produced by our members, among the nearly 20 different events in which we took part. 

We start with Lough Key, in Co. Roscommon, where the run takes place in the Lough Key Forest Park. In a field of 133 runners, Luke Davis came out on top as first finisher in a time of 19:54. His feat was reproduced also by Tim O’Donnell who took part in the parkrun in Clonakilty down in his native Cork. Tim’s time was 20:03 and he led the field of 28 other runners home. Meanwhile, in Hartstown, Laura Flannelly (nee Shwirz) was the first female home (behind husband Brian) in 19th place overall in a time of 23:21 and ahead of Mairead Cashman (35th and 6th in 27:54) and 49 other runners.  Frank Hague was runner up in Porterstown with its field of 92, his time being 18:05, with Kevin Flynn placing 74th in 33:05. Kate Murray also placed 2nd (22nd overall), in a time of 23:58, in Mullingar, which enjoyed a field of 88, whilst another runner up this week was Aoife Quigley who took part in the Cabinteely parkrun for the second time, where she placed 8th overall in a field of 107 and in a time of 21:14. Barry O’Neill was also a participant in Cabinteely where he crossed the line in 27th place and a time of 23:59.

We had several tailwalkers this week: notably in Malahide (Darina Scully), St. Anne’s (Fiona Shine and Orlaith de Burca) and Poolbeg (Fiona Bane). In Poolbeg, as usual we had a large contingent of Crusaders, but this week it was topped by St. Anne’s where, in a field of 376, Lisa Shine was the first of our runners home (192nd and 40th in 26:34), followed by Emer Kenny (193rd and 41st in 26:35), Paul F. Kelly (216th in 27:03), Mairin Shine (278th and 86th in 29:28), Aoife Kelly (300th and 100th (how’s that for symmetry!) in 30:06) and Anna Shine (301st and 101st (likewise) in 30:08). Paul and Aoife were acting as pacers for 27 and 30 minutes respectively. In Poolbeg we saw Michael Wycherley take 5th spot in 19:03 as he works his way back from injury. In a field of 91 participants, Michael was followed by Josie Ward who crossed the line in third female place (29th overall, in a time of 22:30), Ali May Hann (35th and 6th in 23:20), Maureen McGinley (57th and 17th in 26:40), Gillian Curran (59th and 18th in 26:42) just behind, and Sharon Woods (66th and 24th in 27:10).

Brian McGuckin took 5th spot in Brickfields with a time of 21:01. There were 45 participants in the event, whilst, in Bushy Park, with a field of 107, Andrej Kujikis returned (temporarily?) from Edinburgh to place 15th in a time of 22:10. Andrej was followed by Brian Leonard (44th in 26:04) and Eanna Farrell (67th in 28:59). Stephen Mulligan ran with 171 other runners in Shanganagh where he placed 44th in a time of 22:58, whilst Tomas Mahony continued his comeback from injury, placing 13th in 20:58 in a field of 88 in Pobalscoil Na Trionoide down in Co. Waterford. Killian Barry was our sole representative in the substantial field of 412 in Marlay Park where he placed 31st in a time of 19:33, whilst, in River Valley Park, Brian Scanlan ran 22:52 for 24th place in a field of 96 participants.

As usual, we had one or two members running abroad. Kris Ryan, our Australian exile, continues to run in Queensland. In Paradise Point, with a field of 276, Kris placed 82nd and 10th this week in a time of 24:25. Meanwhile, Neil Brown is taking a winter break in Paris and decided to join the surprisingly relatively poorly attended run in the Bois de Boulogne. In a field of 44 runners, Neil acquitted himself well, running 21:30 for 10th place.

If a race has been missed please let us know. In the meantime, happy Christmas to everyone! There are great expectations for members participating in events over the holidays too, which should keep the race reporter busy!

Newmarket 5k (424)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eimhin O’Broin 1 00:14:06
25 Michelle Finn 1 00:15:58
Crusaders AC runner
34 Ciaran Diviney 00:16:19
Full results here: https://www.corkathletics.org/latest-results/2021/407-december/2396-newmarket-christmas-classic-5k-road-race-results-2021.html
Malahide Parkrun (275)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Fitzpatrick 1 00:16:42
5 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:24
Crusaders AC runner
275 Darina Scully 00:53:10
Griffeen Parkrun (140)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Kavanagh 1 00:19:22
22 Tricia Gough 1 00:21:59
Crusaders AC runner
31 Colm Foley 00:22:46
Hartstown Parkrun (68)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian Flannelly 1 00:17:29
19 Laura Flannelly 1 00:23:21
Crusaders AC runners
19 Laura Flannelly 00:23:21 (1)
35 Mairead Cashman 00:27:54 (6)
Shanganagh Parkrun (172)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oscar Legge 1 00:17:02
6 Sarah Baryga 1 00:19:14
Crusaders AC runner
44 Stephen Mulligan 00:22:58
Cabinteely Parkrun (107)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ted Burke 1 00:19:08
2 Holly O’Brien 1 00:19:21
Crusaders AC runners
8 Aoife Quigley 00:21:14 (2)
27 Barry O’Neill 00:23:59
Porterstown Parkrun (92)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Andrew Kinane 1 00:17:47
3 Gara Williams 1 00:18:53
Crusaders AC runners
2 Frank Hague 00:18:05
74 Kevin Flynn 00:33:25
Lough Key Parkrun (133)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Davis 1 00:19:54
13 Niamh Ahern 1 00:22:21
Crusaders AC runner
1 Luke Davis 00:19:54
Mullingar Parkrun (88)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark Ronan 1 00:17:25
18 Jessica Conlon 1 00:22:18
Crusaders AC runner
22- Kate Murray 00:23:58 (2)
Bushy Parkrun (107)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 David Craven 1 00:18:47
17 Suzette Das 1 00:22:20
Crusaders AC runners
15 Andrej Kujikis 00:22:10
44 Brian Leonard 00:26:04
67 Eanna Farrell 00:28:59
St. Anne’s Parkrun (376)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Carbery 1 00:15:59
44 Lorraine Byrne 1 00:20:42
Crusaders AC runners
192 Lisa Shine 00:26:34 (40)
193 Emer Kenny 00:26:35 (41)
216 Paul F. Kelly 00:27:03
278 Mairin Shine 00:29:28 (86)
300 Aoife Kelly 00:30:06 (100)
301 Anna Shine 00:30:08 (101)
373 Fiona Shine 00:53:13
375 Orlaith de Burca 00:53:14
Poolbeg Parkrun (91)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kevin Donagher 1 00:16:19
11 Ava Rose Clarke 1 00:20:13
Crusaders AC runners
5 Michael Wycherley 00:19:03
29 Josie Ward 00:22:30 (3)
35 Ali May Hann 00:23:30 (6)
57 Maureen McGinley 00:26:40 (17)
59 Gillian Curran 00:26:42 (18)
66 Sharon Woods 00:27:10 (24)
91 Fiona Bane 00:40:09
Pobalscoil na Trionoide Parkrun (88)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tim O’Donoghue 1 00:15:43
15 Siobhan Holland 1 00:21:13
Crusaders AC runner
13 Tomas Mahony 00:20:58
Brickfields Parkrun (45)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tom Harris 1 00:19:40
3 Niamh Clifford 1 00:19:55
Crusaders AC runner
5 Brian McGuckin 00:21:01
Clonakilty Parkrun (29)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tim O’Donnell 1 00:20:03
10 Susan Steele 1 00:25:38
Crusaders AC runner
1 Tim O’Donnell 00:20:03
Marlay Parkrun (412)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Canaan St. Lewis 1 00:17:06
28 Serena Tuffy 1 00:19:29
Crusaders AC runner
31 Killian Barry 00:19:33
River Valley Parkrun (96)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daniel Smith 1 00:19:10
11 Cecile Ollagnier 1 00:21:13
Crusaders AC runner
24 Brian Scanlan 00:22:52

Ciaran Diviney

Aoife Kelly

Paul F. Kelly (pacer)