Time in the Sun in Terenure

Ciara Lynch, Maria del Carmen Jimenez Campos, Paul E. Kelly, Mari Hansen, Sharon Woods, Mary Dolan and Aoife Cowhie

The highlight of the week has undoubtedly been the 35th edition of the Sportsworld Terenure 5k. The quality of the after-race fodder was enough to make it a memorable day, but the racing was excellent too. It was won by the same duo who won in the Limerick Half marathon last weekend. Peter Somba (24:11) finished the race way out on his own after having shaken off the quality runner from the North, Mark McKinstry (24:39) in the second of the two laps that runners had to complete on what is a generally flat course, despite a couple of drags in the 2nd/4th mile and in the last 800m towards the finish. The breeze was relatively gentle too on what became a warm day. The women’s race was won unsurprisingly by Siobhan O’Doherty (28:08), vocally reluctantly wearing number 13, but which proved to be lucky for her.

We had a super turnout of 40 athletes and were rewarded with three 4th place finishes for our two senior and women’s masters’ teams and a second place for the men’s masters’ team of Warren Swords (a last minute entrant), Frank Hague and veteran Rob Cross. As a club we have a tradition of doing well in this competition, our male masters’ teams having won in at least each of the past two years. In a field of 1248 runners, the teams’ performances were excellent.

Making a welcome return to racing, Albin Ingmarsson was our first runner across the line in 14th place (27:35) and right behind him in 16th came Adam Flanagan (27:42) who tracked Albin all the way. Slightly further back came Warren (21st in 28:19), followed by a flying Stephen O’Kennedy (26th in 28:33) and Frank (31st in 28:45). Rob followed Frank to complete the master’s team (49th in 29:50), meaning that we had 6 runners in the top 50 at the finish. Another athlete returning to the competitive fray, Jonathan Claridge, was next in 73rd (30:55) and other runners to place in the top 100 were Ollie McGrath (76th in 30:41), Graham Crowley (79th in 30:46), Rory Goldsmith (80th in 30:56) with a possible PB, Eddie Nugent (81st in 30:55) and our first female competitor across the line, Catherine Thornton (99th and 13th woman finisher in 31:54), who had a steady race. Top  200 places overall and sub 35 minutes went to Zlatko Kulic (110th in 32:03), Thomas Martini (111th in 32:13), Luke Haran (125th in 32:42), Tim O’Donnell (155th in 33:43), Gian Piero Allerta (177th in 34:13) and Phelim Murray (186th in 34:22).

After that we saw some excellent runs from our female clubmates with Ciara Lynch following Catherine home in the senior team (234th overall and 36th woman in 35:12). Ciara had Aoife Clarke behind her (295th and 51st in 36:27) who came in alongside Joe Dunne (296th in 36:24). Olwyn Dunne followed her husband across the line in 308th place overall (53rd female and 7th F50) in 36:42 and Olwyn was followed by Maria Kennedy who had a strong run (349th and 64th in 37:37), pursued by a charging and inveterate competitor, Maria del Carmen Jimenez Campos (355th and 69th in 37:32). Behind Tim Hyland (386th in 38:10) came Aoife Kelly (393rd and 81st in 38:23), with Russell Murphy (421st in 38:38) not so far behind.  Top 200 finishers in the women’s race included Liz Nixon (426th and 92nd in 38:46), Sharon Woods (429th and 94th in 38:45), Mary Fitzsimons (455th and 108th in 39:32), Mari Hansen (514th and 131st in 40:46), Aoife Cowhie (580th and 155th in 41:36) and Carina Davidson (600th overall, 165th woman, in 40:57). The contingent was completed by Colm Foley (462nd in 39:10), Mary Dolan (710th and 228th in 44:00), Mairead Cashman (715th and 232nd in 44:12), Michelle Geoghegan (751st and 257th in 44:11), Paul E. Kelly (861st in 47:05), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (892nd and 350th in 46:58) and Graham Farringdon-Christie (1029th in 49:39), also making a return to competition and ensuring that all our runners came home in under 50 minutes. Members will also be interested to hear that Sean Murphy, who trains with the club, placed 30th in a time of 28:47. 

There is only one other road race on which to report for this week. Last Wednesday, Eana Farrell recorded a PB in placing 40th in a field of 229 in the Leixlip 5k in a time of 19:42. Again, the overall race was won by Peter Somba (15:01), enjoying the start of his annual visit to Ireland, with 3 race wins in 7 days.

We had quite a lot of runners participate on a cool, but calm, Saturday morning in the parkruns.  Lisa Shine was a first finisher (25th overall) in Castletown in a time of 23:01, whilst there were podium places for Luke Davis (2nd in 19:36) and Olwyn Dunne (49th and 3rd in 25:23) in Cabinteely, Kate Murray (17th and 2nd in 24:29) in Lough Key, Anna Shine (7th and 2nd in 25:18) in Tyrrelstown and Orla Kennedy, on her way back (13th and 2nd in 21:21) in Brickfields. Brian Scanlan also took 3rd place in River Valley in 20:23. Elsewhere, Fiona Bane took 4th spot (22nd overall) in a time of 23:45 in Tramore, whilst Ronan Moynihan placed 4th in Malahide in 18:16.

Running with Luke and Olwyn in Cabinteely was Tom Dunne who placed 12th in 21:09, whilst an improving Mairin Shine (141st and 58th in 38:03) joined daughter Lisa in Castletown. Katie McElroy took 7th place (40th overall) in Father Collins (25:55), whilst Colm Foley was also a sole representative of the club in Griffeen (38th in 24:01). We had 2 runners in Bushy Park. Mairead Cashman placed 96th and 30th in 28:34, followed by Zlatko Kulic who placed 136th in 37:44. Diarmuid Byrne took on Fairview and finished in 52nd place in 27:59, whilst further afield Paul F. Kelly, on a trip to support Leinster in the European Cup final, ran 25:11 (316th place out of 713 runners) in Newcastle. Paul’s wife, Aoife ran solo in Poppintree where she placed 46th and 16th in 27:27. Aidan Hudner ran with 432 other participants in Glasgow where he placed 61st in a time of 21:37. Our largest participations were in Poolbeg and Marlay. In the latter, Killian Barry placed 24th in 19:49, followed by Anthony O’Reilly (30th in 20:04), Jonathan Sykes (71st in 22:16) and Barry O’Neill (112th in 23:40). Finally, in Poolbeg, Kenan Furlong took 5th place in 18:43, followed by Russell Murphy (44th in 23:10), Donna Barry (75th and 16th in 24:46), Cathal Murphy (93rd in 26:13), Gavan Doherty (97th in 26:28), Maureen McGinley (128th and 64th in 28:57) and Mary Dolan, tailwalking.
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Sportsworld Terenure 5 mile (1248)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Somba 1 00:24:11
18 Siobhan O’Doherty 1 00:28:08
Crusaders AC runners
14 Albin Ingmarsson 00:27:35
16 Adam Flanagan 00:27:42
21 Warren Swords 00:28:19
26 Stephen O’Kennedy 00:28:33
31 Frank Hague 00:28:45
49 Rob Cross 00:29:50
73 Jonathan Claridge 00:30:55
76 Ollie McGrath 00:30:41
79 Graham Crowley 00:30:46
80 Rory Goldsmith 00:30:56
81 Eddie Nugent 00:30:55
99 Catherine Thornton 00:31:54 (13)
110 Zlatko Kulic 00:32:03
111 Thomas Martini 00:32:13
125 Luke Haran 00:32:42
155Tim O’Donnell 00:33:43
177 Gian Piero Allerta 00:34:13
186 Phelim Murray 00:34:22
234 Ciara Lynch 00:35:12 (36)
295 Aoife Clarke 00:36:27 (51)
296 Joe Dunne 00:36:24
308 Olwyn Dunne 00:36:42 (53)
349 Maria Kennedy 00:37:37 (64)
355 Maria del Carmen Jimenez Campos 00:37:32 (69)
386 Tim Hyland 00:38:10
393 Aoife Kelly 00:38:23 (81)
421 Russell Murphy 00:38:38
426 Liz Nixon 00:38:46 (92)
429 Sharon Woods 00:38:45 (94)
455 Mary Fitzsimons 00:39:32 (108)
462 Colm Foley 00:39:10
514 Mari Hansen 00:40:46 (131)
580 Aoife Cowhie 00:41:36 (155)
600 Carina Davidson 00:40:57 (165)
710 Mary Dolan 00:44:00 (228)
715 Mairead Cashman 00:44:12 (232)
751 Michelle Geoghegan 00:44:11 (257)
861 Paul E. Kelly 00:47:05
892 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:46:58 (350)
1029 Graham Farringdon-Christie 00:49:
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/sportsworld_terenure_5_mile_2019/2997/results
Leixlip 5k (229)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Somba 1 00:15:01
19 Laura McDonnell 1 00:18:15
Crusaders AC runner
40 Eanna Farrell 00:19:42 (PB)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/le-cheile-ac-5k-road-race-2019/
Malahide Parkrun #340 (391)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 William Walsh 1 00:17:28
8 Sarah Quigley 1 00:18:50
Crusaders AC runner
4 Ronan Moynihan 00:18:16
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/malahide/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=340
Marlay Parkrun #304 (489)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jafer Abdulshekur 1 00:16:51
28 Anna O’Donovan 1 00:19:52
Crusaders AC runners
24 Killian Barry 00:19:49
30 Anthony O’Reilly 00:20:04
71 Jonathan Sykes 00:22:16
112 Barry O’Neill 00:23:40
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=304
Griffeen Parkrun #309 (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Cathal Boland 1 00:18:55
10 Emma Finlay 1 00:21:06
Crusaders AC runner
38 Colm Foley 00:24:01
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/griffeen/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=309
Fairview Parkrun #93 (116)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Cristian Vilchez Ceballos 1 00:19:53
12 Esther Requena Ferri 1 00:22:25
Crusaders AC runner
52 Diarmuid Byrne 00:27:59
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fairview/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=93
Poolbeg Parkrun #90 (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 unknown 1 00:17:34
12 Blaithin Sheil 1 00:19:59
Crusaders AC runners
5 Kenan Furlong 00:18:43
44 Russell Murphy 00:23:10
75 Donna Barry 00:24:46 (16)
93 Cathal Murphy 00:26:13
97 Gavan Doherty 00:26:28
128 Maureen McGinley 00:28:57 (37)
173 Mary Dolan 00:46:50 (64)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poolbeg/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=90
Poppintree Parkrun #234 (112)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Brian Sexton 1 00:17:41
9 Ciara Donaghue 1 00:22:01
Crusaders AC runner
46 Aoife Kelly 00:27:27 (16)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poppintree/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=234
Cabinteely Parkrun #213 (158)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ted Burke 1 00:18:36
25 Linda Finnegan 1 00:22:09
Crusaders AC runners
2 Luke Davis 00:19:36
12 Tomas Dunne 00:21:09
49 Olwyn Dunne 00:25;23 (3)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=213
River Valley Parkrun #145 (116)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Luke Murphy 1 00:1:11
4 Cecile Ollagnier 1 00:20:56
Crusaders AC runner
3 Brian Scanlan 00:20:23
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/rivervalley/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=145
Father Collins Parkrun #191 (106)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Brian Connolly 1 00:18:47
13 Sarah Wright 1 00:22:08
Crusaders AC runner
40 Katie McElroy 00:25:55 (7)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fathercollins/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=191
Castletown Parkrun #174 (162)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Michael Comer 1 00:18:25
25 Lisa Shine 1 00:23:01
Crusaders AC runners
25 Lisa Shine 00:23:01 (1)
141 Mairin Shine 00:38:03 (58)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/castletown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=174
Tramore Parkrun #173 (127)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Paschal Halley 1 00:20:02
12 Orlaith Power 1 00:22:45
Crusaders AC runner
22 Fiona Bane 00:23:45 (4)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/tramore/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=173
Lough Key Parkrun #153 (153)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Darragh McCarthy 1 00:18:55
11 Suzanne Keenahan1 00:22:40
Crusaders AC runner
17 Kate Murray 00:24:29 (2)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/rivervalley/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=153
Bushy Parkrun #116 (154)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Thomas Grall 1 00:19:21
10 Margaret Galvin 1 00:21:25
Crusaders AC runners
96 Mairead Cashman 00:28:34 (30)
136 Zlatko Kulic 00:37:44
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/bushydublin/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=116
Brickfields Parkrun #69 (101)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Richard Twohig 1 00:19:01
3 Niamh Clifford 1 00:19:23
Crusaders AC runner
13 Orla Kennedy 00:21:21 (2)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/brickfields/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=69
Tyrrelstown Parkrun #35 (36)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Niamh Murphy 1 00:19:50
2 Emil Tsonev 1 00:20:38
Crusaders AC runner
7 Anna Shine 00:25:18 (2)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/tyrrelstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=35

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Gian Piero Allerta

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Liz Nixon, Mari Hansen and Mairead Cashman