Ann Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC)
Ann-Marie McGlynn of Letterkenny won today’s VHI Women’s Mini Marathon 10km – a race every ambitious female athlete in the country wants to win at least once. McGlynn had finished second in 2015 and she was determined to go one better this time.
On a perfect day for distance running, her time of 33 min 55 saw her come home half a minute clear of Laura Shaughnessy, a member of the race’s organising club Dundrum South Dublin.
McGlynn, who is in super shape at the moment after running a personal best time of 33:16.73 for 10,000m only a few weeks ago, forced the pace from the start of the race. Only Shaughnessy, also in pretty good form, attempted to stay with her. Until 4km at the UCD flyover the pair were together, although McGlynn had a slight advantage. On the journey back into town, she began to pull away and after that there was no catching her. Finishing third in 34.54 was Catherina Mullen from the Metro St Brigid’s club, who is originally from Cavan and named for the great Catherina McKiernan.
Last year’s winner Siobhan O’Doherty of Borrisokane AC in Co Tipperary finished fourth, with another previous winner Linda Byrne of DSD also in the top ten. Among those spotted out on the road were winners from the early days of this great event including Christine Kennedy of Galway City Harriers. Kennedy won the mini marathon in 1990, having finished ninth in 1985 at the start of her running career. Today, she was slugging it out with Nuala Reilly of Drogheda and District and DSD’s Maxine Jones in the W60 age group and came home 42nd in 41.34. Maxine finished in 44.41 and Nuala in 45. 15
Also in action was Rose Lambe of Carrick Aces, who won the mini marathon in 1993 and finished third for the four years after that. She finished 18th in 38.40 – and won the W55 age group by some way. Finishing 12th in 37.19 was the 2008 winner Annette Kealy of Raheny Shamrock, who was first in the W45 category this year. Judging from the running vests on display, virtually every club in the country was well represented among the 33,000 women who had signed up for the race.
Winner in the visually impaired category was ultra running specialist Sinead Kane from Youghal. She was closely followed by Paralympian Catherine Walsh of Fingal Tri Club, who finished (by her own estimate) in a “tiny” pb of 47 mins 50 secs. As well as her many wins in the mini marathon, Walsh has won medals at the Paralympic Games in both athletics and cycling. In Rio, she competed in the triathlon. Her guide yesterday was triathlon coach Elena Maslova.
This year’s event had seen a new course, running in reverse order to the course of recent years. Next year will see another 
welcome change when, like the Dublin Marathon, the race reverts to a Sunday – the date for your diary is Sunday June 3. This, it is hoped, will bring in more runners from the North and from overseas, as has happened with the Dublin Marathon. Pics at www.lindie.zenfolio.com
Unofficial team results (3 to count) – 1 DSD (2,8,10) 20 pts, 2 Letterkenny (1,9,28) 38 pts, 3 Metro St Brigid’s (3,11,32) 46 pts, 4 Raheny Shamrock (12, 22,23) 57 pts, 5 Crusaders AC (6,22,40) 68 pts, 6 Donore Harriers (35,51,58) 107 pts.
Results -Top 200 and age categories at www.vhiwomensminimarathon.ie
1 Anne Marie McGlyn (Letterkenny AC, W35) 33.55, 2 Laura Shaughnessy (DSD) 34.27, 3 Catherina Mullen (MSB) 34.54, 4 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane AC) 35.02, 5 Sara Doohan (Corran AC) 36.36, 6 Orla Drumm (Crusaders AC) 36.45, 7 Elizabeth Carr (Mullingar Harriers) 36.47, 8 Linda Byrne (DSD) 36.48, 9 Fionnula Diver (Letterkenny AC, W35) 36.54, 10 Niamh Devlin (DSD) 37:09 , 11 Kate O’Neill (MSB) 37.10 12 Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock, W45) 37.19, 13 Harriette Robinson (DSD) 37.32, 14 Adele Walsh (St Senan’s, W40) 37.46, 15 Sinead Tangney (Sportsworld) 37.51, 16 Jasmin Wonik (Basketball Ireland) 38.14, 17 Zoe Quinn (Dublin Bay RC) 38.37, 18 Rose Lambe (Carrick Aces, W50) 38.40. 19 Tara Kennedy Monks (Raheny Shamrock) 38.54, 20 Sandra Lynch (Kilcoole AC) 39.05, 21 Barbara Murray (Donore Hrs) 39.28, 22 Nichola Sheridan (Crusaders AC) 39.31, 23 Karen Crossan (Raheny Shamrock) 39.50, 24 Sharon Grant (Portlaoise AC) 39.52, 25 Suzanne Foot (Sli Cualann) 39.53, 26 Paula Grant (Portlaoise AC) 39.55, 27 Emma Dunk (Serpentine RC, London) 39.39, 28 Monica McGranaghan (Letterkenny AC) 40.02, 31 Ciara Brady (Piranha TC) 40.57, 32 Sarah Fay (MSB) 40.59, 33 Amy Moriarty (Gneeveguilla AC) 41.00, 34 Annmarie Woods (Raheny Shamrock) 41.04, 35 Florence Curley (Donore Hrs, W40) 41.05, 36 Elaine McNulty (Raheny Shamrock) 41.08, 37 Ciara Kelly 41.10, 38 Shona O’Flynn (Dooneen AC) 41.10, 39 Yasmin Canning (Drogheda and District) 41.19, 40 40 Cecile Ollagnier (Crusaders AC) 41.28, 41 Helen McCready (Rosses AC) 41.31, 42 Christine Kennedy (GCH, W60) 41.34, 43 Natalie Manning (Sweatshop, England, W35) 41.39, 44 Sinead Tighe (Bros Pearse) 41.40, 45 Ashley Pia Ryan (Civil Service Hrs) 41.48, 46 Kate Kelly (Boyne AC, U19) 41.49, 47 Beth Pike (W60) 41.50, 48 Alice Williams (Dulwich Runners, London) 41.51, 49 Aisling O’Connor 42.05,
50 Karen Lavelle (Star of the Sea, W45) 42.08, 51 Mairead Kirby (Donore Hrs) 42.09, 52 Sinead Brannigan (Waterford AC) 42.18, 53 Tammie Corrigan (Athenry AC) 42.24, 54 Naomi Doonan (Ardnahoe Trotters, W45) 42.30, 55 Zuleika O’Malley (Crusaders AC) 42.30, 56 Rachel McCormack 42.45, 57 Maura Dervin (Mullingar Hrs, W50) 42.46, 58 Karen Behan (Donore Hrs) 42.49, 59 Mary Walsh (Raheny Shamrock) 42.49, 60 Nina Holmes 42.52, 61 Deirdre Healy (Ratoath AC?) 42.53, 62 Roisin Dunleavy 42.54, 63 Angela Eustace (Donore Hrs, W45) 42.54, 64 Karen Clarke (Bros Pearse) 42.55, 65 Sarah Sutton 42.57, 66 Helen Carr (Raheny Shamrock, W40) 42.59, 67 Katie Moffit 42.59, 68 Aileen Brady 42.59, 69 Laura Kernan (Clonliffe Hrs) 43.00, 70 Jane Halvey 43.00, 71 Deirdre Ni Cheabhaill (Crusaders, W40) 72, Erica Calder (DSD, W45) 43.04, 73 ??, 74 Linda Power 43.11, 75 Fiona Groark (Esker Running Group) 43.11, 76 Josephine Killeen (W50) 43.16, 77 Carol Costello (Sli Cualann, W40) 43.25, 78 Lucy Darcy (Sportsworld, W45) 43.25, 79 Stephanie Johnson 43.25, 80 Maria Jones (Bristol and West, England) 43.28, 81 Rosemary Hutcheson (Star of the Sea) 43.29, 82 Louise Kierans (Bailieborough AC, W35) 43.29, 83 Adrienne Atkins (Raheny Shamrock) 43.29, 84 Bridget Daly 43.33, 85 Yvonne McLoughlin 43.22. 86 Orlaith Jason (Kildare) 43.38, 87 Magdalena Swedes 43.40, 88 Eadaoin Duff 43.43, 89 Sarah McTernan 43.47, 90 Aisling Mathews 43.48, 91 Anna Delaney (Sportsworld) 43.48, 92 Katherine Duff (Ballymena and Antrim, W15) 43.51, 93 Teresa McDermott (Annalee AC) 43.53, 94 Vanessa Sallier (Rathfarnham WSAF, W45) 44.00, 95 Charlotte Gillick (DSD) 44.00, 96 Mary Watters (Navan AC, M50) 44.01, 97 Shona McGovern 44.04, 98 Samantha Mooney 44.06, 99 Enkhtsetseg Lkhaqvajav (Dub Running Club Belfast, W40) 44.07, 100 Nicola Kavanagh (Esker RG) 44.07, 101 Eimear O’Leary (MSB) 44.098, 102 Sarah Quigley (Raheny Shamrock) 44.11, 103 Paula Guinan (Portlaoise AC) 44.14, 104 Carol Curley (Carrick Aces) 44.14, 105 Lisa Nagle (Bros Pearse) 44.18
107 Siobhan Butler (W45) 44.21
108 Kate Murray 44.25
117 Joanne Ryan 44.40,
118 Maxine Jones (DSD, W60) 44.41,
123 Lorraine Gleeson (Kildare) 44.54,
125 Fiona Nelson 45.00,
129 Catherine O’Neill 45.08,
130 Georgina Devlin (W40) 45.08,
134 Nicola Dowdall 45.11,
135 Nuala Reilly (Drogheda and Dist, W60) 45.15,
139 Alison O’Sullivan 45.22,
141 Jean O’Kennedy (W45) 45.25,
145 Olivia Daly 45.31,
148 Ciara Carter (Wicklow, W40 ) 45.33,
152 Amy Wright 45.38,
155 Emer Brennan (Louth) 45.45,
156 Ciara Peelo (Clonliffe Hrs) 45.45
153 Kate Carton 45.43
161 Niamh O’Ceallagh (Parnell AC) 45.55,
162 Antoinette Howlin 45.56,
165 Paula Murray 46.01,
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176 Ciara Kerrigan 46.31.
178 Mary Lynch (Dublin) 46.33
199 Larissa Norton 46.58,
228 Mary Purdue-Smyth (Raheny Shamrock) 46.33.
241 Elena Maslova 47.36
242 Catherine Walsh (Fingla TC) 47.36.
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