To begin the week Lindie Naughton brings us all of the Irish endurance motion and information from the weekend simply gone (Monday sixteenth December).
Extremely runner Emma Stuart was not solely first girl on the Winter Downs 200, her time of fifty hrs 52 minutes was a brand new girls’s report. Stuart completed simply 32 minutes behind the general winner Martin Wilson who got here dwelling in 50:20.01.
The Centurion Working Winter Downs 200, first held in 2023, is a 200 mile steady path run taking in a large loop across the south of England, together with the North Downs Approach, Vanguard Approach, South Downs Approach, Wayfarers Stroll and St Swithun’s Approach. Runners have as much as 96 hours to finish the course.
Hailing from Sligo in Eire, Stuart is primarily based in Penrith, in England’s Lake District, the place she works full time as a vet. Stuart, who’s aunt Heather was a pioneer of extremely operating in Eire.
Picture: Jamie Rutherford/Centurion Working
Cross nation season in full swing
Craig McMeechan (North Down ) was the winner of the open 6km on the North West Cross-Nation, Gransha, Derry on Saturday (December 14).
McMeechan completed in 20 minutes 47 secs, comfortably away from the chasers led by his clubmate Mark Carberry in 21:19. Third in 21:34 was Tom Fleming (Loughview AC). Fourth and first M40 was Chris McGuinness (Foyle Valley) in 21:562.
Sixth and first U20 was Oliver Playfair (North Down) in 22:30, with Tiarnan McManus (St Michael’s Enniskillen) an in depth second in 22:22. Ninth general and first M50 in 22:29 was Martin McKenna (Armagh AC).
On an excellent day for the North Down membership, Katie Moore was first girl in 25:17. Jennife Martin (Tafelta AC) was second in 25:26 and Angeline McShane (Metropolis of Derry Spartans) third in 25:56. Fourth and first W45 was Denise Toner (Clones AC) in 26:01, whereas fifth girl and first W50 was Karen Wilton (Jog Lisburn) in 26:53. First junior girl as Aisling Smith (BAAC) in 27:07.
A complete of 177 accomplished the race which was spherical six of the NI Cross-Nation League. Three rounds stay, with the subsequent spherical , the Mathieson Cup in Mallusk scheduled for Sunday January 12.
The enjoyable of the handicap race
Winner of the Cork BHAA Simon Christmas 5km Handicap Run, at Blackrock Hurling Membership in Cork on Sunday (December 15) was Darragh Hughes who completed un 16:42. Eoin O’Keeffe was second in 16:43 and John Longan third in 17:02.
First girl in 18:42 was Emma Doyle adopted by Kathleen Ryan in 20:23 and Lily Manning in 20:41. Accurately operating his predicted time to the precise second was Paul Cleary who completed in 19:49.
On the second spherical of the Cloyne Commons Problem 4km Winter Collection additionally on Sunday, the winners had been Nick O’Donoghue of East Cork AC in 12 minutes 53 secs and Rebecca McEvoy of St Finbarr’s AC in 13:58. Second general in 13:20 was junior athlete Matthew Mahony of Midleton AC.
