, We are enjoying a lot of decent hot weather right now, which is preparing us all for the races to come over the summer months. All the events reported on this week have enjoyed good conditions, if a little too warm at times. We start with the BHAA Government Services 5 mile road race held on the country roads around Dunboyne on Tuesday evening. A smaller contingent than usual from the club took part in the race that measured nearly 400 runners. Karl Walsh ran a strong race on the largely flat course with a time of 29:35 (46th), followed by TJ Bourke, coming back to form with a convincing 30:13 (61st) and Eddie Nugent, doing likewise (77th in 31:23). The contingent was completed by Tomas Dunne (116th in 33:14) and the ever-present Robbie Moore (172nd in 35:21). Sean Murphy who trains with the club also ran, finishing in 37th place in a time of 29:12. The following day saw the 157-strong IMRA race that took place on Carrick Mountain. This was an event, 6km in length, run over moderate terrain with a climb in excess of 420m. 6 of our members joined in the fray, with Warren Swords leading the pack home in 6th place in a time of 37:39, under a minute behind the race winner. Gavan Doherty was in next, with a time of 47:01 (53rd place), followed immediately by Anthony O’Reilly (54th in 47:06) and then by Ali Onur Uyar (63rd in 48:18), Pat Quill (79th in 50:23) and by Berndt Heim (143rd on 67:23). Also on Wednesday, Darina Scully travelled up to take part in the graded meet in Drogheda, its 3rd of the season. Darina contested the mixed grade B 3,000m race, in which she finished 5th in a time of 12:38.73. Over the weekend, Phelim Murray and Sarah Lyons travelled to Holland where they took part in the Hoorn 10K, part of the Hoorn marathon festival. In a field measuring just short of 950, Phelim took 78th place in a time of 45:55, whilst Sarah came home in 225th place overall in 52:06. Closer to home, Seamus Moore participated in the Balbriggan Roadrunner Summerfest 5k. Running alongside more than 300 other participants Seamus came home in 7th place in a great time of 18:03 that may well have been a PB for him. However, the performance of the weekend has to go to Brian Leonard who decided to take on the marathon in Cork having not been satisfied with his recent result in Hamburg, just over a month ago. Hats off that, with only a 2 minutes positive split, Brian managed to come home, in warm conditions, in a super time of 2:58:49, his first sub-3 hour marathon following races in which he had come close on several occasions. Aoife Quinn took part in the half marathon in Cork, completing it in 1:54:4, whilst Denis Murphy and Colm Kernan took part in the marathon relay. Another big event of the weekend was of course the Women’s Mini Marathon, in which Olwyn Dunne stepped up this year to become race director of an event that could well have seen 50,000 competitors participating in warm conditions, and by all accounts performed admirably. The results for all the runners have yet to appear but the 10k race was won by Lizzie Lee in a time of 34:10, followed by Laura Shaughnessy in 34:30. Our first runner home was Dee Ni Chearbhaill and our other runners included Rachael Yorke, Kate Murray, Lisa Shine, Fiona Shine Orlaith de Burca, Joanne Carey, Fiona Bane and Suzanne Martin. All reported that it was much tougher this year than recent editions, because of the heat. We had several podium places in parkruns on Saturday. Darina Scully was first female finisher in Father Collins, placing 12th overall in 22:51, whilst Catherine Thornton was also first female finisher in an unusually warm Knocknacarra, placing 4th overall in a time of 19:57. Joe Walsh travelled to Hasenheide in Germany where he placed 3rd out of a field of 75 in a time of 18:38. Mari Hansen and Leo Lundy also travelled abroad to run. Mari ran in Toyen in Norway, placing 58th overall, 15th woman, in a field of 75, whilst Leo ran in the Eden Project parkrun in Cornwall, placing 81st in a field of 244 in a time of 26:46. Our largest contingent unsurprisingly ran in Poolbeg. The 7-strong contingent were led home by David O’Donnell (16th in 20:48), followed by Zalan Kovacs (28th in 22:10), Miriam Logan (41st overall, 5th woman, in 23:39), Fiona Bane (45th overall, 7th woman, in 24:10), Maria Esteban (49th overall, 10th woman, in 25:02), Cuan Moore (50th in 25:11) and Ciara McElligott (99th overall, 33rd woman, in 32:32). Luke Davis (14th in 19:08) and David Long (331st in 31:28) ran in Marlay, whilst Colm Kernan (79th in 23:11), Sharon Woods (110th overall, 9th woman, in 23:59) and Lorraine Fitzsimons (274th overall, 72nd woman, in 30:29) ran in St. Anne’s Raheny. Paul Flynn placed 5th in 19:58 in Kilkenny, whilst Denis Murphy ran in nearby Fairview where he placed 24th in a time of 25:20. Orlaith de Burca placed 77th overall (16th woman) in 29:08 in Cabinteely, whilst Milo Furlong ran down in Johnstown in Wexford, placing 39th in 25:38. Lisa and Mairin Shine travelled afar to Dungloe in Co. Donegal where they placed respectively 16th and 19th overall (5th and 8th women finishers) in 34:02 and 39:07. Finally, in Poppintree, Maria Pertl placed 37th overall (9th woman) in 25:47 followed immediately by partner Diarmuid Byrne (38th in 25:48) BHAA Govt Services 5 mile race (397) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Sean Hehir 1 00:24:44 44 Jane Cahill 1 00:29:33 Crusaders AC runners 46 Karl Walsh 00:29:35 61 TJ Bourke 00:30:13 77 Eddie Nugent 00:31:23 116 Tom Dunne 00:33:14 172 Robbie Moore 00:35:21 Full results here: https://bhaa.ie/race/government-services-5mile-2018/ Balbriggan Roadrunner Summerfest 5k (306) Overall place Name Cat. Place Gross time 1 Stephen Kelly 1 00:16:43 17 Aoife Parrella 1 00:19:43 Crusaders AC runner 7 Seamus Moore 00:18:03 Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/balbriggan_roadrunner_summerfest_5k/2649/results IMRA Carrick Mountain race (157) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Diarmaid Collins 1 00:36:54 20 Aoife Coffey 1 00:41:49 Crusaders AC runners 6 Warren Swords 00:37:39 53 Gavan Doherty 00:47:01 54 Anthony O’Reilly 00:47:06 63 Ali Onur Uyar 00:48:18 79 Pat Quill 00:50:23 143 Berndt Heim 01:07:23 Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/view/id/1599 St. Anne’s Parkrun #235 (382) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Wesley O’Brien 1 00:16:57 27 Sarah Kelly 1 00:20:16 Crusaders AC runners 79 Colm Kernan 00:23:11 110 Sharon Woods 00:23:59 (9) 274 Lorraine Fitzsimons 00:30:29 (72) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=235 Knocknacarra Parkrun #205 (94) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Conor Dolan 1 00:18:17 4 Catherine Thornton 1 00:19:57 Crusaders AC runner 4 Catherine Thornton 00:19:57 (1) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/knocknacarra/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=205 Poolbeg Parkrun #40 (112) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:17:55 17 Deirdre Nally 1 00:20:55 Crusaders AC runners 16 David O’Donnell 00:20:48 28 Zalan Kovacs 00:22:10 41 Miriam Logan 00:23:39 (5) 45 Fiona Bane 00:24:10 (7) 49 Maria Esteban 00:25:02 (10) 50 Cuan Moore 00:25:11 99 Ciara McElligott 00:32:32 (33) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poolbeg/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=40 Poppintree Parkrun #186 (105) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Mick Bermingham 1 00:18:37 16 Maureen Barrett 1 00:22:59 Crusaders AC runners 37 Maria Pertl 00:25:47 (9) 38 Diarmuid Byrne 00:25:48 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poppintree/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=186 Kilkenny Parkrun #186 (127) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Darren Evans 1 00:19:05 11 Eimear English 1 00:21:25 Crusaders AC runner 5 Paul Flynn 00:19:58 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/kilkenny/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=186 Marlay Parkrun #260 (419) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Valter Valente 1 00:17:07 11 Lynne Hennessy 1 00:18:49 Crusaders AC runners 14 Luke Davis 00:19:08 331 David Long 00:31:28 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=260 Father Collins Parkrun #141 (67) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Alan Foley 1 00:17:59 12 Darina Scully 1 00:22:51 Crusaders AC runner 12 Darina Scully 00:22:51 (1) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fathercollins/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=141 Cabinteely Parkrun #165 (131) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Colm Hegarty 1 00:18:17 27 Ciara Brady 1 00:23:08 Crusaders AC runner 77 Orlaith de Burca 00:29:08 (16) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=165 Johnstown Parkrun #167 (129) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Martin Monaghan 1 00:17:37 13 Bronagh Crean 1 00:22:06 Crusaders AC runner 39 Milo Furlong 00:25:38 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/johnstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=167 Dungloe Parkrun #117 (22) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 John Wallace 1 00:20:40 5 Paula Donoghue 1 00:25:20 Crusaders AC runners 16 Lisa Shine 00:34:02 (5) 19 Mairin Shine 00:39:07 (8) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/dungloe/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=117 Fairview Parkrun #46 (64) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 unknown 1 00:18:43 3 Magdalena Nabielec 1 00:20:08 Crusaders AC runner 24 Denis Murphy 00:25:20 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fairview/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=46 Comments are closed.
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