To begin the week Lindie Naughton brings us all of the Irish endurance motion and information from the weekend simply gone (Monday 2nd December).
5 instances Olympian Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole AC) not solely ran a private greatest but in addition completed eleventh in the Valencia Marathon in Spain on Sunday (December 1).
McCormack’s time of two hrs 23 minutes 46 secs took twelve seconds off the private greatest 2:23.58 time she ran on the identical race in 2021. Catherina McKiernan, with a time of 2:22:23 set in 1998 is the one Irishwoman to have run sooner. McCormack, who turned 40 final September, additionally completed second in that age class.
Final August McCormack competed in her fifth Olympics Video games ending twenty eighth within the ladies’s marathon on the Paris Video games with a time of two:30.12. She has additionally competed in a report eighteen European Cross-CountryChampionships profitable in each 2011 and 2012.
And though busy with three younger kids, she has no plans of retiring!
Picture: Bjorn Paree
Stateside motion
Abdel Laadjel (Donore Harriers) completed a preventing eighth at the 88th annual Thanksgiving Day Manchester Street Race in Connecticut, USA , which was held on Thursday (November 27) in cool, moist situations.
Operating in Donore Harriers colors, Laadjel was a part of the main group of a few dozen runners by the opening two miles and was mendacity round sixth when the group hit a hilly stretch of the course. He would lose an additional two locations within the remaining uphill climb to the end line, however was delighted to end comfortably inside the highest 10, clocking a time of 21 minutes 39 secs for the bizarre 4.737 miles distance.
Picture: Donore Harriers
Laadjel, aged 21, was additionally the youngest of the highest ten finishers. Race winner was Andrew Colley in 21mins 09 secs. Over 8,000 accomplished the race.
Subsequent up for Laadjel is the 5,000m on the Sharon Colyear-Danville season opener indoor meet in Boston on Saturday, December 7.
Native highway working
Annadale Striders swept the board at the annual Seeley Cup 10km held in Ormeau Park, Belfast on Saturday (November 30), profitable each women and men’s particular person and workforce titles.
Bhrane Gibrebrhan was the general winner of the race, simply holding off the problem of Conall McLean (CNDR TC) with the pair given instances of 29:59 and 30.00. Third in 30:32 was Luke Kelly (CNDR TC).
Gibrebrhan was additionally main Annadale Striders to workforce victory over CNDR AC, whereas its second workforce ending third of the 55 groups entered.
Hannah Gilliland shattered her private greatest by round twenty seconds when ending first lady in a brand new course report of 33:26. Second in 34:15 was Nakita Burke (Letterkenny AC, W35) with Catherine O’Connor (East Down AC, W35) third in in 36:05. First W45 was monitor specialist Kelly Neely (Metropolis of Lisburn) in 37:56.
Within the workforce competitors, the Annadale ladies completed properly away from host membership Willowfield Harriers with North Down third and 41 groups entered.
Caption: Hannah Gilliland. Picture: Paul Lawther
A photograph-finish for chip timing?
Ryan Creech (Leevale AC) clocked a time of 66:59 to win the Waterford Half Marathon on Saturday (November 30). A distant second in 68:23 was Stephen Cashin (Clonliffe Harriers) with Tomás Fitzpatrick (Tallaght AC) third and first M40 in 70:58.
In a intently fought ladies’s race, Fiona Kehoe (Kilmore AC) was first lady and first W40 in 83:29, with Emma Furey (St L. O’Toole AC) given the identical time for second place though her chip time of 83:22 was sooner than Kehoe’s time of 83:28. [Races are usually decided on first across the line, rather than chip time – Editor]
Angela McCann (Clonmel AC) was first W50 in 85:32 and Mary Browne (Mayo AC) first W65 in 1:47.47. Within the workforce competitors, Sli Cualann proved better of the boys, with a large 48 groups entered. Kilkenny Metropolis Harriers have been clear winners of the ladies’s workforce prize with 39 groups entered.
Cross nation
Abbie Sheridan (St Peter’s AC) was the winner of the ladies’s race at the All Eire Novice Cross-Nation Championships held at Tramore racecourse in Co Waterford on Sunday (December 1).
Sheridan completed in a time of 14 minutes 37 secs for the 4,000m distance. Sadhbh Mohan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) was second in 14:44 and Hannah Kehoe (Kilkenny Metropolis Harriers) third in 14:57.
Ennis Observe Membership was the profitable workforce, with Leevale second and Togher third.
Within the males’s 6000m race, Sean McGinley (Finn Valley) stretched away from the sector within the later levels of the race to win in 18 minutes 46 secs. Oisin Murray (An Ríocht) was second in 19:04 and Daniel Ryan Ellis (Nenagh Olympic) third in 19.09.
In a double for the Co Clare membership, Ennis TC received the boys’s workforce title by simply three factors from Nenagh Olympic with Lagan Valley third.
BHAA Cross nation going sturdy
At the Income BHAA 6km Santa Sprint Cross-Nation held at McGee Park, Tallaght, Jared Murray was the general winner in 21 minutes 34 secs after battling it out for a lot of the race with Diarmuid O’Connor (Gardaí) and Kevin O’Connor who completed second and third in 21:54 and 21:59.
Completed seventh and first lady in 22:50 was BHAA ‘common’ Laura McDonnell working her first race because the Dublin Marathon. Leona O’Reilly (Gardaí) was second in 24:04 and Eimear English third in 24:54. Fourth was Ellen Byrne, whose mom Fiona was additionally working and certainly completed first W60, beating Mary Watters by a second on this class!
Prime ladies’s’ workforce was the Well being Group, whereas better of the grade 1 males have been the Gardai, adopted by the Accountants after which Dublin Bus. Engineering A received grade 1 from ESB and Gardai.
McGee Park, the house of St Mark’s GAC is a welcome new addition to the Dublin cross-country scene.
Laura McDonnell in motion. Picture: Lindie Naughton
Laura McDonnell – sticking with the boys! Image Lindie Naughton
Indoors
At the Observe & Discipline Reside opening spherical within the NIA, Abbotstown, on Wednesday (November 27) Anne Gilshinan (Slaney Olympic)) broke the W60 indoor mile world report with a time of 5:27.66. The earlier greatest was 5:30.73.
Catch-up
Scottish orienteer and fell runner Sasha Chepelin had virtually three minutes to spare when profitable the annual Powerscourt Ridge 15.3km with 860m climb within the Wicklow Mountains on Saturday, November 23 Regardless of the windy situations, he completed in 72 minutes 32 secs.
Irish worldwide athlete Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was second in 75:27, with Alistair Masson only one second adrift for third. First lady in 98:15 was Tilly Hamilton. Rebecca Magee (Newcastle and District) was second in 1:42.28 and Clodagh Moran (3ROC OC) third in 1:42.56.
