Dublin Half Marathon / Griffith Avenue Mile / parkrun
Irish Life Half Marathon
Ali Asghar Khoyee continues to enjoy his new favourite distance the Half Marathon. He had set himself a target of dipping under 1 hr 40 mins and he was a very happy man when his time clocked 1 hr 39 min 32 seconds, target achieved.
Congratulations Ali, onwards and upwards from here.
Griffith Avenue Mile
The Griffith Avenue Mile caught the attention of Micheál Kinsella which took place on Sunday morning. A fantastic event where athletes can truly test themselves over the classic mile distance. Micheál ran a cracking time of 6:39 for his Mile , great running Micheál.
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A special mention this week to Sharron Dier who suffered an unfortunate fall at Wexford Parkrun which required medical attention. Thanks to everyone who helped on the morning.
Enda O'Sullivan completed his 5k at Knockancree Cloughjordan Parkrun.
Gareth Lloyd is still in the UK and this week completed the Bury St Edmunds Parkrun.
At Wexford Racecourse Parkrun Dermot Foley, Brian Smyth, Fran Power, John Hyland, Eamonn Foley, Martin Kelly, Alex Parris, Geoff Hoffheinz, Rob Mehigan, Dave Clancy, Mary Cronin, Linda Leacy, Michael Murphy, Peter Mulvany, Bridie McGuire, Jeanette Mulvany & Helen Burrell all completed their 5k.
Medieval 30k / Kilmore 10k / parkrun
Medieval 30k
Eamonn Foley likes a challenge and today ran the Medieval 30k route in Kilkenny. A race used by a lot of marathon runners as a prelude to Dublin City Marathon . Blessed with a fine morning Eamonn ran really well finishing in 2 hrs 49 minutes.
Super stuff Eamonn, well done.
Toddy Moore 10k, Kilmore
Kilmore AC returned to their 10k around the village this year attracting 77 runners to the race. The route is as good a race route as you can get using the roads from Kilmore village towards Bridgetown and looped back to Kilmore finishing near the school. Jesse, Ilze and Bridie represented the club and thanks Sharron for the action photos and our human megaphone was also present as Niall encouraged the lads home.
Well done to our 3 :
Jesse Kielthy 55:56
Ilze Bedrite 57:18
Bridie McGuire 1:25:19
Well done to Kilmore Athletics Club on a great race.
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At Wexford Racecourse Parkrun Brian Smyth, John Hyland, Martin Kelly, Geoff Hoffheinz, Alex Parris, Helen Burrell, Mary Cronin, Jeanette Mulvany, Michael Murphy and Peter Mulvany were all busy completing their 5k.
Enda O'Sullivan was at Knockancree Cloughjordan Parkrun.
Ali Asghar Khoyee was at St Anne's Park Parkrun.
Gareth Lloyd was further away at the Irchester Country Parkrun in Northamptonshire.
Dingle Marathon / Ballindaggin 6K / Tried & Tested Triathlon / Club League / parkrun
Dingle Marathon
Helen Wallace who is only recently back from hiking and running her way through the Alps made her way to Dingle with the challenge of a Marathon awaiting her arrival. She had a brilliant run around the course completing the distance in 4:13:14 on one of the most scenic marathon courses in the country. An excellent result in her first marathon.
Congratulations Helen and we hope you enjoy the recovery.
Ballindaggin 6K
Well done to John Dier who ran in the Ballindaggin Community Developement 6k run on Saturday evening. He put in a good shift with a time of 27:35
Congratulations John on being elected Commodore of Kilmore Quay Boat Club.
Tried & Tested Triathlon
Dungarvan triathlon club hosted their Tried & Tested triathlon on Saturday. Held around the beach area of Clonea Strand Donal competed in the Sprint distance and Marion competed in the Olympic distance events. Congratulations to both on their achievement.
Donal Grant 1:27:37 Sprint distance
Marion Galvin 3:29:48 Olympic distance
Menapians Club Summer League
The final event in our summer league was held on Sunday at Wilf’s field. Well done to David Clancy, winner of this years league. We celebrated with tea and cake after on a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon. Well done to all who took part.
parkrun
At Wexford Racecourse Parkrun Dermot Foley, Brian Smyth, John Hyland, Eamonn Foley, Gareth Lloyd, Martin, Alex Parris, Fran Power, Sarah Bermingham, Ollie Stack, Mary Cronin, Linda Leacy, Jeanette Mulvany, Marie Casey Breen, Fiachra Mehigan, Rob Mehigan, Michael Murphy & Bridie McGuire completed their 5k runs.
Enda O'Sullivan was at Dodder Valley Parkrun in Dublin.
Ali Asghar Khoyee was at Griffeen Parkrun in Dublin.
Ironman 70.3 Tallin
Ironman 70.3 Tallin
Super performance by club member Marie Casey-Breen who again won herself a podium finish in the Ironman 70.3 in Tallin at the weekend. Well done Marie!
Pink 5K Dublin
Well done to Marion Galvin who ran the Pink 5k in aid of Breast Cancer which took place in Leopardstown. She completed the 5k in 28:56 while running with friends & family.
Greenway Half Marathon
Rob Casey took on another half marathon , this time the Greenway Half Marathon on the scenic greenway from Kilmacthomas to Ballinroad. He finished the event with a time of 2 hours.
Well done Rob
Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon
Tullamore County Offaly was Jamie Jordan's destination as she took on the Bord na Mona Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon. A superbly organised event by athletes for athletes. Jamie finished strongly in a great time of 2:29:44
Congratulations Jamie.
Pink 8K Kilkenny
Bridie McGuire travelled to Kilkenny City and ran the 8k Pink Run for Breast Cancer. A great finish time of 1 hr 4 minutes.
Well done to you Bridie.
parkrun
It appears that this was a weekend of milestones so we have a few special mentions this weekend:
1 Brian clocked up his 250th Parkrun in Kilkenny
2 Michael clocked up his 250th Parkrun in Wexford
3 Martin clocked up his 200th Parkrun in Wexford
4 Fran clocked up his 150th Parkrun in Wexford
In Wexford Racecourse Parkrun Fiachra Mehigan, John Hyland, Ali Asghar Khoyee, Fran Power, Eamonn Foley, John Dier, Martin Kelly, Gareth Lloyd, Enda O'Sullivan, Rob Mehigan, Sarah Bermingham, Oliver Stack, Mary Cronin, Linda Leacy, Michael Murphy, Sharron Dier, Bridie McGuire, Sinead Ryan & Helen Burrell all completed their 5k.
Kilkenny Parkrun hosted Brian Smyth for his big 5k run.
Clonmel Half / Oilgate 10k & County Half Marathon / Antrim Coast Half / Tri the Hook / parkrun
Clonmel Half Marathon.
A few years back a group of club men travelled to Clonmel to run the half marathon there which incorporated the very scenic Blueway. Today they went again such was their enjoyment of the previous one with Ollie joining them. An early start to drive there but a well organised event with all the essentials - lots of water, a nice training top, a medal as a memento and some light refreshments afterwards.
Well done the the four guys on their results showing regular training pays.
Brian Smyth 1:36:54
Dermot Foley 1:38:04
Ollie Stack 2:05:50
Enda O'Sullivan 2:15:47
Oylegate Half Marathon & 10k
The roads around Oylegate village were awash with athletes on Sunday morning as a 10k loop awaited them with 2 laps for the half marathon and 1 lap for the 10k race.
The club was well represented with Ann, Nora, John, Gareth & Sharron in the 10k and Tadhg, Ciara & Eamon in the half. The rain cleared just in time resulting in a very pleasant morning with a nice cooling breeze at times. Some age category prizes were claimed with John 2nd in his cat, Ann and Nora were both 2nd in their age in the 10k race, well done everyone.
Ciara in her first run for the club was joined by Tadhg and Eamonn in the half with excellent performances from all 3.
Everyone put in great performances in this event and its great to see so many representing the club. Another well organised event which ticks the boxes for athletes around the county.
10k results:
John Dier 51:39
Gareth Lloyd 54:16
Nora Boggan 59:12
Ann Thomas 1:03:23
Sharron Dier 1:23:18
Half Marathon results:
Eamonn Foley 1:46;46
Tadhg Henderson 1:50:43
Ciara Maddock 2:03:50
Antrim Coast Half Marathon
In a third location for members running a half marathon in one day Ali Asghar Khoyee travelled all the way up North to run in the Antrim Coast Half Marathon as a pacer.
He was rewarded with a very scenic but challenging route which he got stuck into completing his run in 2:12:52
Well done Ali and enjoy the recovery.
Tri the Hook
Congratulations to club member Ryan Ellard who competed in the Tri the Hook at the weekend finishing 32nd in 1:25:32, and to club member Marion Galvin finishing in 1:42:20
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Special mention to Helen & Peter who recorded a new 5k PB for themselves. Also nice to see Martin returning to form.
Brendan Broderick was in his home county and ran the Listowel Parkrun while he was there.
Enda O'Sullivan ran in his home county completing the Knockancree Cloughjordan parkrun.
Peter Mulvany ran the Erris parkrun picking up a new PB time.
Brian Smyth was also back in his home county and ran the Clonmel parkrun.
And at Wexford Racecourse Parkrun John Hyland, Helen Wallace, Fran Power, Eamonn Foley, Martin Kelly, Rob Casey, Paul Harpur, Mary Cronin, Linda Leacy, Michael Murphy, Sharron Dier, Bridie McGuire & Gareth Lloyd all completed their 5k.
Irish Life Frank Duffy 10 Mile / Mr Oil County Road Relays / parkrun
Irish Life Frank Duffy 10 Mile
Ali Ashgar Khoyee has found a distance he likes and travelled to Dublin for this 10 mile event around Phoenix Park.
He had a super run improving on his last outing with a time of 1:16:32 setting a new PB for himself with an improvement of over 4 minutes.
Congratulations Ali, great running.
Mr Oil County Road Relays
The rearranged Road Relays took place at Wexford Racecourse on a very pleasant Sunday morning. Our call for Relay runners during the week was answered and we entered 1 Senior women's teams, 1 Senior men's teams, same again in Masters and finally 2 mixed Relay teams. A brilliant spectator event as the athletes can be seen for almost 3/4 of the loop so watching your club athletes whizz around the 1500m loop before handing over to the next athlete brings extra excitement to the event.
A super haul of medals was their reward for stepping outside their comfort zone and blitzing the laps one by one.
In the Mixed we were gold and silver medal winners.
In the senior ladies we were also gold medal winners and gold in Masters.
And in the senior men's we were silver medal winners and gold in Masters.
Congratulations to all our athletes.
Thanks to the management of Wexford Racecourse for use of the facility, Irish Red Cross for first aid, County board for their organisation, Tadhg who was on entry and result duty as well as running and all the club members who came out to support our runners as we hosted the event.
*Senior Ladies
Gold
Catherine O'Connor, Ann Thomas & Sarah Bermingham
*Senior Men
Silver
Ryan Ellard, Brian Smyth, John Hyland & Rob Casey
*Masters Ladies
Gold
Bridie McGuire, Sharron Dier & Sam Donegan
*Masters Men
Gold
Ali Asghar Khoyee, Ger Mulhall, John Dier & Tadhg Henderson
*Mixed Relay
Gold
Sharron Dier, Ann Thomas, Ryan Ellard & John Dier
Silver
Sarah Bermingham, Bridie McGuire, Ger Mulhall & Rob Casey
parkrun
Parkrun have recently changed there requirements and now each event needs a second Event Director. Our own Brian Smyth has been elected as the 2nd Event Director for Wexford Racecourse Parkrun joining John Dier. Congratulations Brian.
Fiachra us going from strength to strength as he continues to improve his times.
Enda O'Sullivan ran the Knockancree Cloughjordan parkrun.
At Wexford Racecourse Fiachra Mehigan, Micheál Kinsella, John Dier, Gareth Lloyd, John Hyland, Brian, Fran Power, Martin Kelly, Mary Cronin, Linda Leacy, Ollie Stack, Michael Murphy & Sharron Dier all completed their 5k.
United Striders 5k / Gaelforce Bray 10K / parkrun / Menapians League
United Striders 5k
The Greenway is more used to cyclists but on Friday evening it was flooded with 350 athletes as United Striders held their extremely popular 5k run. An A to B route athletes were bussed to the start although some jogged out as their warm up. Blessed with a lovely warm evening the athletes gathered with some watching Ms Adeleke race on stewards phones before the event started.
A very fast course resulted in elite athletes chasing times and PBs seemed to be broken by many on the night including our own Geoff and Fran.
Congratulations to United Striders Athletic Club on a hugely successful event and a welcoming cup of tea with goodies afterwards.
Brian Smyth 19:25
Rob Casey 20:40
Fran Power 21:28
Paul Harpur 22:10
Geoff Hoffheinz 23:43
John Dier 23:56
Darren O'Grady 28:20
Sharron Dier 38:29
Gaelforce Bray 10k
Ilze Bedrite took a drive to Bray on Saturday to run the Bray 10k. A tough 10k route as it involves trail for the most part with the going mostly either uphill or downhill and incluses the Little Sugarloaf. Ilze completed the course in 1:16:08 on the energy sapping route.
parkrun
A combination of no Wexford Racecourse Parkrun and the United Striders 5k on Friday evening saw a much smaller club crew running parkrun at the weekend. Well done to Ryan who had a great run dipping under 20 mins for the first time.
Ali Ashgar Khoyee was on pacing duty again this week in Corkagh Parkrun.
In JFK Ryan Ellard, Dermot & Martin Kelly ran the New Ross Parkrun.
Menapians League
Our club handicap league continued on Sunday with the short but challenging due to the surface beach course over 3 km on Carne Beach. Out and back saw everyone home within 19 minutes leaving plenty of time to take advantage of the good weather with some opting for a soak in the cool Irish sea and others heading to Our Lady’s Island for coffee in the sun. Well done everyone,
Masters Track & Field Tullamore / Leo Carthy 6k
Masters Track & Field Tullamore
A big round of applause please for Catherine O'Connor who yesterday ran the 1500m in the Masters.
She lined up in Heat 2 putting in her usual determined performance where she finished just outside the medals in her age category. She clocked a brilliant time of 6:32.66 for 4th place.
Congratulations Catherine.
Leo Carthy 6k
The Leo Carty 6k run took place on Bank Holiday Sunday morning as part of the weekend festival in Our Lady's Island.
Tony Harpur put in a super run battling for most of the race with another athlete before eventually taking 4th place. Also having very good runs were Ryan Ellard, John Dier & Sharron Dier.
A well organised event over 2 laps of the course and tea/coffee afterwards, what's not to like ?
Kilkee Half Marathon / National Juvenile Track & Field / parkrun
Run Kilkee Half Marathon
A half marathon on a Saturday, a road trip to the West and a nice morning for a run combined for Oliver Stack & Enda O'Sullivan as they lined up in the scenic Kilkee Co Clare overlooking the sea.
A very scenic route but not without its challenges they both embraced the event with both men grateful to the groupie cheering them on at the bottom of the hill as they neared the finish line.
Another box ticked, enjoy the celebrations tonight.
Well done to both Oliver and Enda.
Oliver 2:03:55
Enda 2:05:09
National Juvenile Track & Field Day 3
A great achievement making the Natio Championships and this weekend it was Josh Nolan U16 Javelin, Elijah Page Redmond U16 Javelin & Lucas Page Redmond U18 200m.
Rain was a factor for athletes, not what you would expect in July but not a thing you can do about that.
Elijah threw a best of 41.37m which saw him finish just outside the medals I fourth place.
Josh threw 36.32m which saw him finish a very creditable 9th place.
Lucas ran well in a tough lane in 24.08 for his 200m heats.
A proud day for the three competing at this level and valuable experience gained.
Well done gentlemen and thanks to Padraig and Tracey for travelling as official/coaches.
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Shout out to the weekends parkrunners.
Good man Peter who had his quickest 5k of the year, must be the benefit of signing up as a member recently !
John and Sharron Dier were at Westport Parkrun, the scene of their first ever parkrun before setting up the Wexford Parkrun.
Ann Thomas ran the New Ross Parkrun in JFK Park.
In Wexford Racecourse Parkrun Ryan Ellard, Fiachra Mehigan, Geoff Hoffheinz, Fran Power, Gareth Lloyd, John Hyland, Brian Smyth, Rob Mehigan, Helen Burrell, Mary Cronin, Martin Kelly, Peter Mulvany & Michael Murphy all completed their 5k.
Club Summer League
The club league continues to grow in popularity with a number of members enjoying the handicap format in the warm weather. The coffee afterwards was the reward to ensure everyone completed the fast 4km two lap course on Forth Mountain.
National Juvenile Track & Field / Irish Runner 10 mile / King of Greystones / parkrun
National Juvenile Track & Field Championships
Alex Lonergan travelled to Tullamore on Sunday where he had good weather as he competed at U16 hammer finishing 7th place overall in his first Nationals finals.
Fiachra Mehigan travelled up on Saturday for the National B Championships with his eyes focused on 2 events. On a wet day he performed well in the long jump pit for a 6th place finish then moved onto the track to compete in a very competitive 800m race finishing a very creditable 7th place.
Well done to both athletes.
Biofreeze Irish Runner 10 mile
Sunday morning in Phoenix Park was the destination for Ali & Ryan for the Irish Runner 10 mile. The event was run around the roads of the Phoenix park and it was Ali's first 10 mile race. Good to see Ali back after a few weeks break.
It was by no means an easy run but both men stuck to their training plans and finished well.
Congratulations gents.
Ryan Ellard 1:13:11
Ali Ashgar Khoyee 1:20:57
King of Greystones
Congratulations to John Dier & Sharron Dier who both completed the Gavin Glynn King of Greystones Triathlon last weekend.
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Shout out to the weekends parkrunners.
Another weekend with a few parkruns spread far and wide. Nice to see John dipping under 21 mins for the first time.
Brendan Broderick ran the Listowel Parkrun.
Tadhg Henderson ran the Osterly Park Parkrun in London.
Brian Smyth, John Hyland, Dermot Foley, Paul Harpur, Paul O'Meara, Mary Cronin, Martin Kelly, Helen Burrell Bridie McGuure Sharron Dier all ran the Wexford Racecourse Parkrun.