To begin the week (or yr) Lindie Naughton brings us all of the Irish endurance motion and information from the weekend simply gone (Monday sixth January).
Though the climate was lower than agreaable, the brand new course going through the Howth street at St Anne’s Park, bought deserved reward on the nicely attended Dublin Masters Cross-Nation Championships held on Sunday (January 5)
Closest race of the day was the ladies’s over 35-49 race, the place Raheny Shamrock pair Fiona Roche and Kate Purcell, each within the W40 age group, battled it out with defending champion Maria McCambridge of Dundrum South Dublin from the beginning.
In the long run Roche pulled away for victory in 11 minutes 19 secs, with Purcell, the title winner in 2023, second in 11:21 and McCambridge third and first W45 in 11.29. Fourth and second W45 was Noreen Brouder of Sportsworld AC) in 11:53. An in depth fifth and first W35 was former Irish worldwide athlete Caroline Crowley of Crusaders AC who was additionally given a time of 11:53.
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The perfect of the groups
Main house the 13 groups was Sportsworld on 46 factors with Crusaders only a single level adrift for second place. Metro St Brigid’s, led by Kate O’Neill in sixth place, completed third with 54 factors.
A transparent winner of the M35-59 race was Colm Rooney of Clonliffe Harriers who accomplished the 6km course in 19 minutes 6 secs and was additionally first M40. Mark Ryan of Rathfarnham WSAF was second and first M45 in 19:58 and Pierce Geoghegan of Liffey Valley third in 20:21.
Rathfarnham WSAF, with 4 within the high eight, have been clear winners of the staff title with 20 factors. Clonliffe Harriers was second with 32 factors and Raheny Shamrock third with 68 factors. A complete of 13 groups accomplished the race.
A push from the beginning
Retaining her W50 title in some type was Annette Kealy of Raheny Shamrock, who pushed the tempo from the beginning and was additionally first W55 in 12 minutes 5 secs. Her Raheny clubmate Tara Kennedy completed second and first W50 in 12:46, whereas third and second W50 was Donna Mahon of Rathfarnham WSAF.
Ending fifteenth and first W65 was Sheelagh Jones of Rathfarnham WSAF in 14:02. First W60 and seventeenth general was defending champion Fiona Byrne of Civil Service Harriers in 14:03. First W70 was Mary Lynch of Raheny Shamrock; one other defending champion. Raheny Sharmock proved better of the ten groups entered with 9 factors, with Rathfarnham WSAF second on 28 factors and Clonliffe Harriers third on 56 factors.
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Within the males’s M50-65 race, Lea Fulcher of Pland-Primarily based AC took an early lead and held on for victory in 20 minutes 52 secs. Kevin O’Connor of Clonliffe Harriers did his finest to reel in Fulcher and completed second in 21:11. Third in 21:35 was Ciaran McCarthy of Raheny Shamrock.
Ending ninth and first M55 was Kenny McAndrew of Metro St Brigid’s in 22:39 whereas first M60 was David Woods of Raheny Shamrock in 24:19, with Philip O’Doherty of Clonliffe Harriers only one second behind for second place. Raheny gained the staff title with 45 factors. Donore Harriers, led by Des Tremble in sixth place, was second with 60 factors and Metro St Brigid’s third with 68 factors. Ten groups had entered.
Greatest within the M65-80 age group was Liam Lenehan of Sportsworld who completed in 11:54 for the 3000m distance. Tom Cuddy of Rathfarnham WSAF was second in 12:01 and Sean Doyle, additionally Rathfarnham WSAF, third in 13:12. Vincent O’Neill of Civil Service Harries was first M70, Pat Collins of Liffey Valley first M75 and Trevor Lloyd of Sportsworld first M80.
Beginning the day
Opening the day’s racing have been the Dublin intermediate championships, with the ladies’s 3000m race dominated by Clonliffe Harriers and Crusaders athletes. Helena Butterly was the race winner in 11:10 adopted by her Clonliffe staff mate Niamh Kelly in 11:23, with Saoirse McGrath third in 11:38 and her Crusaders clubmate Orla Walsh only a second behind for fourth place. Only a single level separated the 2 golf equipment within the staff competitors with Clonliffe the winners with 20 factors and Crusaders second with 21 factors. Third with 68 factors was Sportsworld.
Kevin O’Rourke led a Donore Harriers ‘posse’ in the boys’s 6000m race profitable in 20:37, together with his clubmates David McCann, Oliver Hopkins and Simon O’Toole ending third, fourth and fifth. Second was Christopher McLoughlin of Dublin Metropolis Harriers. Donore took the staff medals with simply 13 factors. Clonliffe as second with 42 factors and Raheny Shamrock third with 61 factors.
The Pat Hooper Trophy stays with Raheny
For a fourth yr, Raheny Shamrock ended up profitable the Pat Hooper Trophy for the very best general membership within the masters competitors, with 4 second locations from the 5 counting races, giving the membership a complete of 40 factors.
Simply three factors adrift with 37 factors was Clonliffe Harriers with Rathfarnham WSAF a detailed third with 35 factors. Clonliffe and Sportsworld picked up factors in all 5 races as did Sportworld, fourth general with 29 factors. A complete of eighteen golf equipment counted, with virtually 500 athletes aged from 35 to 80 lining out regardless of the chilly, and more and more moist circumstances.
Subsequent up for masters and intermediate distance runners is the All Eire Cross-Nation Championships to be held in Westport, Co Mayo on Sunday February 9. Dublin groups will compete.
Roads
Tadgh Donnelly (Drogheda and District AC) was a snug winner of the annual New Yr’s Day Tom Brennan 5km, in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Wednesday (January 1).
Donnelly’s profitable time was 14 minutes 38 sercs, with Jack O’Leary (Mullingar Harriers) simply out-sprinting Mahad Mohammed Egaal (Clonliffe Harriers) for second place. The pair got instances of 15:04 and 15:05. Fourth in 15:28 was Aaron Hanlon (Drogheda and District AC).
Laura Mooney (Tullamore Harriers) was first girl in 16:49. Lucy Barrett (Raheny Shamrock AC) was over a minute behind for second place in 17:56, with Saoirse McGrath (Crusaders AC) third in 18:16.
In a closely-fought males’s staff competitors, Clonliffe Harriers, with three within the high 9, beat Drogheda and District on count-back when each ended up with 19 factors. Third was host membership Liffey Valley with 30 factors, led by Pierce Geoghegan in fifth place.
Liffey Valley proved better of the ladies’s groups, led by Ciara Broderick Farrell in sixth place. Crusaders was second and Raheny Shamrock third.
Beginning or ending the yr with a 10k
Jeremiah Sheehan (North Cork) was the winner of the Beaufort 10km in Co Kerry on New Yr’s Day in a time of 31 minutes 54 secs. Simply two seconds adrift for second place was Conor Kissane (Killarney Valley ) in 31:56, whereas third in 32:55 was Killian Lynch (West Limerick).
First girl in 35:15 was Sinead O’Connor (Leevale AC). Niamh O’Mahoney was second in 35:21 and Niamh Clifford third in 36:48.
Winners of the 5km have been Karol Makarewicz (An Ríocht AC) in 16:07 and Martina Kiely (St Finbarr’s AC) in 18:31.
On New Yr’s Eve, Kane Collin (Donore Harriers) was the winner of the Grange-Fermoy New Yr’s Eve 10km, in Glanworth, Co Cork, with a time of 32:27. Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers), M40) was second in 32:36 amd Kristaps Liepins (Watergrasshill AC) third In 32:47.
Niamh Moore (Leevale) was first girl in 36:26 along with her clubmate Sharon Rynne second in 37:17 and Kealey Tideswell (Clonmel AC, W40) third in37:37.
Extremely-running
At the Bauers Megabackyard Path Extremely Marathon in (loops of 43km course), Waterville, Derrynane, Co Kerry, native resident, Lianne van Dijk retained the title she gained final yr.
Runners have eight hours to finish the 43km look on on a bit of the Kerry Method and may then proceed for as many loops as they’ll handle.
Final yr, Van Dijk managed 4 loops, working for 28 hours continuous and overlaying a distance of 172km. This ear proved trickier, with simply three of the seventeen starters setting off on a 3rd loop. When two of these dropped out, van Dijk was left on her personal, finishing the third loop with a complete time of 14 hrs 45 minutes 54 secs for the 129km distance.
Within the English Lake District, Carol Morgan has accomplished the Winter Wainwright Spherical in a document time of 193 hrs 51 minutes 47secs, negotiating all 214 Wainwright peaks, all however considered one of them over 304.8m excessive for a complete distance of over 500km of mountaineering/working.
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