Storm in a teacup

​After all the excitement of last weekend there is much less activity on which to report this week, not helped by the cancellation, unfortunately, of the first BHAA cross-country race of the season in Castleknock College next to the Phoenix Park, an event, in which we had expected to field a considerable number of runners, with the usual fine spread to follow. Nevertheless, we had some decent results all the same in the races which remained.
 
Saturday morning saw quite a lot of rain everywhere, the remnants of Storm Callum (which reportedly had been the reason for the cancellation of the BHAA event). The rain affected the turnout in the parkruns and possibly in the unchipped Pink Run (the results of which are yet to appear).
 
Undeterred by the weather, Katie McElroy headed over to the Donadea Forest 10K in Co. Kildare and in a field of 183 runners, smaller than the usual 500+, managed to take 2nd place on the line in the women’s race, coming home in a time of 44:32 and 20th overall, an excellent result. Kate described the conditions as tough, with a continuous downpour on the course, a mix of road and gravel trails. At least the reward (apart from financial consideration!) was hot soup, hot tea and fruit cake.
 
On the same day, we saw at least 3 participants from the club run in the Gaelforce Howth Summit 10K, a challenging up and down race, quite slippery in places with the wet conditions. Our cosmopolitan group was led home by Daan Van Schie who placed 6th in 43:50 (the winner being the only athlete to have broken 40 mins, 2 mins ahead of the runner in 2nd place). In the field of nearly 500 participants, Zlatko Kulic took 13th spot in 47:26, with Louise Van Wildersmeersch coming home in 201st overall in 1:02:47.
 
Further afield, on the day that Irish-born (but running for Australia) Sinead Diver won the Melbourne marasthon in 2:25, John Keogh ran in the 35th edition of the Eindhoven marathon. In dry and sunny conditions, he just crept in under the 4 hour mark in 3:59:34. Hats off to John. Also, on the continent, the Shine family headed over to Munich to run in the marathon relay held in conjunction with the Munich marathon. By all accounts, they had a fun time.
 
Because of the rain, the parkruns were generally reduced in numbers, but we had a lot of podium places all the same. Kate Murray was first finisher in Lough Key in 23:32 (13th overall), as was Kiera Roche in Poolbeg (5th overall) in 19:33.  Niamh Corby placed 3rd (8th overall) in 20:02 in the same event. Joe Walsh was first finisher in Brickfields in 18:46, whilst Diarmuid Byrne did the same in Poppintree in 19:06, as did Olwyn Dunne in the Progression parkrun in a local prison, a most unusual event, not open to the general public. Olwyn’s time was 24:13 (18th overall) and she was preceded by husband Joe Dunne (13th in 22:52). Another first finisher (among the 6 we had on the day) was Aoife Quinn in Westport (14th overall, in 22:18). Kris Ryan placed 3rd in Coomera (18th overall in a field of 84). Kris’ time was 23:30, whilst Sarah Lyons placed 2nd in Fairview (13th overall) in a time of 24:07. Phelim Murray ran in the same event, taking 9th spot in 23:45. Mairead Cashman was our sole runner in Bushy Park where she placed 68th overall (25th female finisher) in 29:21, whilst Colm Foley ran in Griffeen, taking 23rd place in 23:22. Aidan Hudner ran in Glasgow, taking 71st place out of a field of 334 in a time of 22:29, whilst Andrej Kujikis also ran in Scotland, this time in Edinburgh, where, in a field of 253, he placed 11th in 19:30. With Diarmuid in Poppintree were Maria Pertl and Darina Scully. Maria placed 38th overall, 10th woman, in 27:33, followed closely by Darina (39th overall, 11th woman) in 27:34. With Kiera and Niamh in Poolbeg we saw Gerald Hoare run 20:11 for 9th place, followed by David O’Donnell (14th in 20:46), Fiona Bane (33rd overall, 8th female, in 23:12), Sharon Woods (35th overall, 10th woman, in 23:35), Cliodhna O’Reilly (50th overall, 14th woman, in 25:52) and Mari Hansen (67th overall, 23rd female, in 30:05). Finally, Matt Cranley maintained his buggy-pushing exploits in Father Collins, placing 5th in a time of 19:55.
 
Donadea 10K (183)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Dermot Gorman 1 00:35:15
18 Jill Kiernan 1 00:44:12
Crusaders AC runner
20 Katie McElroy 00:44:32 (2)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/donadea-running-club-10k-2018/#1_0B1C8D
Gaelforce Howth Summit 10K (493)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin Durkan 1 00:39:27
9 Isobel Oakes 1 00:44:47
Crusaders AC runners
6 Daan Van Schie 00:43:50
13 Zlatko Kulic 00:47:26
201 Louise Van Wildersmeersch 01:02:47
Full results here: http://www.redtagtiming.com/results/GF_Howth2018.pdf
Griffeen Parkrun #278 (109)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Stephen Lawlor 1 00:17:16
12 Breda Smyth 1 00:21:05
Crusaders AC runner
23 Colm Foley 00:23:22 (22)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/griffeen/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=278
Poppintree Parkrun #204 (56)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Diarmuid Byrne 1 00:19:06
6 Kate Cleary 1 00:21:57
Crusaders AC runner
1 Diarmuid Byrne 00:19:06 (1)
38 Maria Pertl 00:27:33 (10)
39 Darina Scully 00:27:34(11)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poppintree/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=204
Poolbeg Parkrun #59 (76)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:18:17
5 Kiera Roche 1 00:19:33
Crusaders AC runners
5 Kiera Roche 00:19:33 (1)
8 Niamh Corby 00:20:02 (3)
9 Gerald Hoare 00:20:11
14 David O’Donnell 00:20:46
33 Fiona Bane 00:23:12 (8)
35 Sharon Woods 00:23:35 (10)
52 Donna Barry 00:25:30 (7)
50 Cliodhna O’Reilly 00:25:52 (14)
67 Mari Hansen 00:30:05 (23)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poolbeg/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=59
Father Collins Parkrun #160 (55)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Wesley Grant 1 00:17:55
12 Sorcha Prendiville 1 00:21:51
Crusaders AC runner
5 Matt Cranley 00:19:55
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fathercollins/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=160
Progression Parkrun #7(25)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 David Tracey 1 00:21:30
18 Olwyn Dunne 1 00:24:13
Crusaders AC runners
13 Joe Dunne 00:22:52
18 Olwyn Dunne 00:24:13 (1)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/progression/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=7
Westport Parkrun #259 (79)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Rory Brickenden 1 00:19:29
14 Aoife Quinn 1 00:22:18
Crusaders AC runner
14 Aoife Quinn 00:22:18 (1)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/westport/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=259
Lough Key Parkrun #123 (106)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ross Dolan 1 00:19:08
13 Kate Murray 1 00:23:32
Crusaders AC runner
13 Kate Murray 00:23:32 (1)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/loughkey/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=123
Bushy Parkrun #85 (109)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Andrew Brett 1 00:19:13
13 Christine Kinsella 1 00:22:32
Crusaders AC runner
68 Mairead Cashman 00:29:21 (25)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/bushydublin/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=85
Fairview Parkrun #64 (37)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Rachel McGuinness 1 00:20:35
2 Dominic Bosher 1 00:20:57
Crusaders AC runner
9 Phelim Murray 00:23:45
13 Sarah Lyons 00:24:07 (2)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fairview/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=64
Brickfields Parkrun #39 (40)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Joe Walsh 1 00:18:46
13 Jessica Martin-Smith 1 00:24:37
Crusaders AC runner
1 Joe Walsh 00:18:46
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/brickfields/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=39

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John Keogh and friend

Fiona, Mairin and Lisa Shine