Late Summer road racing

Dee Ni Chearbhaill

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​It was a much quieter weekend in terms of Cru involvement in road racing than of late, but the options were there all the same. On a weekend when training runs had to be re-organised because of the Papal visit, there were a decent number of races outside the capital on offer, but we had representatives in only a smattering of them, as many of us prepare for later races, particularly next weekend's Frank Duffy 10 miler.
 
The week's report effectively started on Thursday evening with the Portmarnock 5k, one of two races being run that day that also included a 5 mile event. Philip Matthews was our sole representative in a race that took in beach as well as road. In a field of nearly 200 runners, Philip placed 40th in a time of 22:33 as he works his way back towards full fitness. Over the weekend, we had two runners at least in the Tullamore Half marathon on Saturday. Enda Currid, a recent recruit who is in full marathon training, placed 58th in a field exceeding 800 and a time of 1:23:42 and he was followed home by Mary Dolan who took 506th spot overall, 122nd female finisher, in 1:56:46. On Sunday Dee Ni Chearbhaill and her husband Sean Murphy drove down to Wexford to take part in the Oylegate Half marathon, organised by Slaney Olympic. Dee had intended simply to run the race as a progression training run, but in the event, she went on to win it in a time of 1:40:43, placing 36th overall in a field of 118. For the record, Sean came home in 9th place in 1:20:35.
 
Further afield, Luke Haran ran in a race in Berlin of unusual distance, 10.5k, finishing in a time of 44:39.
 
Although, we did not have many races to report on, there was as usual a good showing in the parkruns. Podium places went to Kris Ryan in a parkrun in Mudgeeraba in Austrlai, where she placed 2nd (9th overall) in a field of 108 and in a time of 22:08. Meanwhile, Sarah Lyons was a first finisher in Westport. Coming home also in a time of 22:08 and placing 13th overall, Sarah was followed by Phelim Murray who took 14th spot just behind in 22:13. Alma Hanevy was another first finisher (8th overall) in Brickfields. Alma’s time was 21:53 and she followed Joe Walsh, the two of them in marathon training, who took 2nd place in 19:06. Matt Cranley recorded a father and daughter PB in Father Collins by placing 2nd with his buggy in 19:25, whilst Emma Flynn ran in Cabinteely and taking 3rd place (31st overall) in a time of 24:03. 7 of our members took part in St. Anne’s, led home by Peter O’Toole in 3rd place (17:19) and he was followed by Tim O’Donnell (22nd in 19:46), Kieran Finucane (33rd in 20:10), Aoife Quinn (137th overall, 18th woman home, in 23:52), Denis Murphy who like Aoife provided pacing support (139th in 23:55), Colm Kernan (211th in 25:41) and Darina Scully (229th overall, 47th woman, in 26:11). Gillian Errity ran in Ardgillan, taking 8th spot (42nd overall) in 26:18, whilst Jocelyn Dufetel came home in 14th place in Bere Island in a time of 25:20. Patrick Carthy crossed the finishing line in Mullingar in 4th place in a time of 20:06, whilst Lisa Shine ran Ballincollig and came home in 30:11 (205th overall, 60th female) and then in Shanganagh Joe Dunne took 19th spot in 21:39, followed by Orlaith de Burca in 74th place overall (13th female) in 26:51. Kevin Flynn mopped up the backmarkers in Porterstown coming home in 48:16 (127th). Lastly, our largest turnout was in Poolbeg where we fielded 10 runners. First home was John Thuillier in 4th place (19:06), followed by David O’Donnell (15th in 20:51), Fiona Bane (35th overall, 3rd female finisher, in 23:05), Zalan Kovacs (37th in 23:23), John McQuaid (45th in 24:02), Gillian Curran (72nd overall, 14th female, in 26:12), Mairead Cashman (102nd overall, 30th female, in 29:05), Don Anderton (122nd in 32:18), Ciara McElligott (127th overall, 47th female, in 34:10) and Mairin Shine (130th overall, 50th female, in 34:58).
 
Portmarnock 5k (199)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 John Canning 1 00:17:11
4 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:25
Crusaders AC runner
40 Philip Matthews 00:22:33
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/portmarnock_5k__5_mile/2651/results
Oylegate Half marathon (118)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Freddy Sittuk 1 01:17:32
36 Dee Ni Chearbhaill 1 01:40:43
Crusaders AC runner
36 Dee Ni Chearbhaill 01:40:43 (1)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/oylegate-10k-half-marathon/#2_5F3E7B
Tullamore Half marathon (811)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 David Flynn 1 01:08:44
38 Aisling O’Connor 1 01:21:21
Crusaders AC runners
58 Enda Currid 01:23:42
506 Mary Dolan 01:56:46 (122)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/tullamore_quinlan_cup_half_marathon_2018/2642/results
Westport Parkrun #252 (70)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Dolan 1 00:18:41
13 Sarah Lyons 1 00:22:08
Crusaders AC runners
13 Sarah Lyons 00:22:08 (1)
14 Phelim Murray 00:22:13
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/westport/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=252
St. Anne’s Parkrun #246 (464)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Cillian O’Donovan 1 00 :17 :04
18 Emma Harding 1 00:19:37
Crusaders AC runners
3 Peter O’Toole 00:17:19
22 Tim O’Donnell 00:19:46
33 Kieran Finucane 00:20:10
137 Aoife Quinn 00:23:52 (18)
139 Denis Murphy 00:23:55
211 Colm Kernan 00:25:41
229 Darina Scully 00:26:11 (47)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=246
Poolbeg Parkrun #52 (139)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Kern 1 00:18:07
23 Deirdre MacNally 1 00:21:56
Crusaders AC runners
4 John Thuillier 00:19:06
15 David O’Donnell 00:20:51
35 Fiona Bane 00:23:05 (3)
37 Zalan Kovacs 00:22:23
45 John McQuaid 00:24:02
72 Gillian Curran 00:26:12 (14)
102 Mairead Cashman 00:29:05 (30)
122 Don Anderton 00:32:18
127 Ciara McElligott 00:34:10
130 Mairin Shine 00:34:58 (50)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poolbeg/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=52
Athlone Parkrun #154 (30)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Fergal Donnelly 1 00:18:56
4 Becky Hampshire 1 00:20:54
Crusaders AC runners
17 Maria Pertl 00:26:12 (5)
19 Diarmuid Byrne 00:26:18
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/athlone/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=154
Shanganagh Parkrun #177 (144)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Stephen O’Kennedy 1 00:17:52
11 Richael Browne 1 00:20:32
Crusaders AC runners
19 Joe Dunne 00:21:39
74 Orlaith de Burca 0:26:51 (13)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/shanganagh/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=177
Cabinteely Parkrun #177 (153)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Aidan Reilly 1 00:19:24
12 Joanne Ryan 1 00:21:45
Crusaders AC runner
31 Emma Flynn 00:24:03 (3)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=177
Bere Island Parkrun #216 (100)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Kevin Gleeson 1 00:19:45
10 Breda McElhinney 1 00:24:00
Crusaders AC runner
14 Jocelyn Dufetel 00:25:20
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/bereisland/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=216
Father Collins Parkrun #153 (73)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Oscar Dublin 1 00:19:18
11 Katie Keegan 1 00:22:17
Crusaders AC runner
2 Matt Cranley 00:19:25
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fathercollins/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=153
Brickfields Parkrun #32 (47)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Karl Chatterton 1 00:18:03
8 Alma Hanevy 1 00:21:53
Crusaders AC runners
2 Joe Walsh 00:19:06
8 Alma Hanevy 00:21:53 (1)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/brickfields/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=32
Ballincollig Parkrun #113 (299)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Colm Fitzgerald 1 00:18:08
19 Helen Walsh 1 00:21:08
Crusaders AC runner
205 Lisa Shine 00:30:11 (60)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/ballincollig/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=113
Mullingar Parkrun #122 (76)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Barry Monaghan 1 00:18:39
3 Leigh James 1 00:19:29
Crusaders AC runner
4 Patrick Carthy 00:20:06
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/mullingar/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=122
Ardgillan Parkrun #235 (92)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eamonn Dunne 1 00:18:40
14 Ramune Zolbiene 1 00:22:41
Crusaders AC runner
42 Gillian Errity 00:26:18 (8)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/ardgillan/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=235
Porterstown Parkrun #149 (128)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Thomas Sherlock 1 00:16:24
17 Maria Finnerty 1 00:22:43
Crusaders AC runner
127 Kevin Flynn 00:48:16
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/porterstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=149

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Enda Currid