John Coghlan of MSB and Caroline Crowley of Crusaders were the winners of the Tom Brennan New Year’s Day 5km held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.
Coghlan, a many times previous winner of the race, controlled the race up from from the start, finishing in 15 mins 16 secs, which was enough to hold off Ben Branagh of St Malachy’s, who was just two seconds adrift. Third was Raheny’s Daire Bermingham while fourth and first junior was Cathal Doyle of Clonliffe.
Crowley, whose new coach is Catherina McKiernan, was an even more emphatic winner of the women’s race in 16 mins 43 secs. A fighting second was Ciara Hickey of Brothers Pearse running her first race since recovering from a stress fracture and coming home ahead of Rachael Smyth of St Coca’s.
By a miracle, the forecast storm Gertrude (I think?) held off until most of the field was home. Interestingly, the races attracted more women than men, probably because of the large teams from the Lord Mayor’s 5-Alive Challenge and the Waterstown Warriors fun running group as well as a few commercial groups.
IN WESTPORT, Declan Fahy won the Resolution Run 5km in 16.387, beating local lad Joe Hastings currently running with UCD. In the women’s race, Mayo’s Colette Tuohy was first home ahead of Kilkenny junior Aoibhe Richardson, who in turn had over half a minute to spare on her mother Niamh, who is a Westport native.
MARK MCKINSTRY and Shileen O’Kane were the winners of the 20th Race over the Glens in Glenarriff Park, Co Antrim. In this six mile (ish) race, the runners head down a road and then face a climb into the glens until they reach a lone piper. They then turn back for home. Sounds magic!
AISLING CARROLL of Fingallians won the Meet and Train Winter League race hosted by Sportsworld and held over two miles in a soggy Bushy Park, Dublin. Carroll caught early leader Laura Buckley of Dunboyne on the second of two legs. Teams from Crusaders, Donore, Clonliffe Harriers, Blackrock, Dunboyne, Trim, Brothers Pearse and Tallaght took part in the race, with the third round pencilled in for January 24.
Sunday January 3
Meet and Train Women’s Winter League Rd 2, Bushy Park, Dublin (116 finishers)
1 Aisling Carroll (Fingallians A) 13.55, 2 Laura Buckley (Dunboyne A) 14.03, 3 Cindy Hickey (Fingallians A) 14.24, 4 Claire Henry (Blackrock A) 14.34, 5 Lynette Ni Mhurchu (Trim A) 14.36, 6 Caoimhe Costigan (Sportsworld A) 14.40, 7 Fiona O’Dowd (Crusaders A) 14.44, 8 Breda Lynch (Lucan B) 14.46, 9 Rebecca Fleming (Crusaders A) 14.48, 10 Anna Delaney (Sportsworld A) 14.50.
Friday January 1
Tom Brennan New Year’s Day 5km, Phoenix Park 5km (701 finishers; www.myrunresults.com).
Men (299)- 1 John Coghlan (MSB) 15.16, 2 Ben Branagh (St Malachy’s) 15.18, 3 Daire Bermingham (Raheny Shamrock) 15.35, 4 Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe, MJ) 5.58, 5 Peter Arthur (Liffey Valley) 16.00, 6 Peter Mooney 16.31. M35: 1 Wesley O’Brien (Raheny Shamrock) 16.39, Mike Griffin (Liffey Valley) 17.20, 3 Billy Hanley (Liffey Valley) 17.26. M40: 1 Fergal Whitty (Donore) 16.40, 2 Pat Byrne (Tinryland) 16.41, 3 Ciaran Reilly (Liffey Valley) 17.11. M45: 1 Mark Woodger (MSB) 19.25, 2 Derek O’Neill (Donore) 19.28, 3 David Geraghty 21.45. M50: 1 Paul Cowhie (Civil Service) 17.10, 2 Brian Kelly (Raheny Shamrock) 18.10, 3 Sean Kinnane (Dunboyne) 19.05. Jun: 2 Jacob Flanagan 20.11, 3 Antoine Horteur 23.49.
Women (400)- 1 Caroline Crowley (Crusaders) 16.43, 2 Ciara Hickey (Bros Pearse, W35) 17.45, 3 Rachael Smyth (St Coca’s) 17.56, 4 Leona O’Reilly (Liffey Valley, W35) 18.13, 5 Niamh Donnelly (DCH) 18.34, 6 Sile Carroll (Liffey Valley) 18.50. W35: 3 Aoife Quinn (Crusaders) 21.56. W40: 1 Tara Kennedy Monks 20.06, 2 Carol Costello (Sli Cualann) 20.19, 3 Ruth Kelly (Sportsworld) 20.23. W45: 1 Annette Kealy (Rahney Shamrock) 19.11, 2 Deborah McArdle (Lord Mayor’s 5 Alive) 22.26, 3 Alma Capt (Ath Viseu Geneve) 22.52. W50: 1 Geraldine Branagh (NBH) 20.59, 2 Carol Dempsey 21.45, 3 Fiona Byrne 21.53. Jun: 1 Emily Foley 22.41, 2 Leona Gugat 25.46, 3 Michelle Soye 25.57.
Teams (22) – 1 Raheny Shamrock 18, 2 Liffey Valley 34, 3 Donore Harriers 56.
20th Race Over the Glens (6-ish miles), Glenarriff Forest Park, Co Antrim (369 finishers; full report www.nirunning.co.uk)
Men – 1 Mark McKinstry (Nth Belfast Hrs) 35:13, 2 Brian Campbell (Willowfield Hrs, M35) 35:25, 3 Andrew Annett (Nh Belfast Hrs) 36:07, 4 James McIlroy (Windsor, M35) 37.51, 5 Jonny Steede (Glens Runners, M35) 38.01, 6 Ben Morrow (Ballymena Runners, M35) 38.47.
Women – 1 Shileen O’Kane (Lagan Valley, W45 ) 45:00, 2 Sharon Leetch (Ballymena Runners, W40) 45:19, 3 Paula Arthur-McCarthy (Ballymena Runners) 46:13, 4 Judi McAuley (Nth Belfast Hrs) 47.19, 5 Ciara McSherry (Springwell AC) 47.46, 6 Gillian Wasson (Springwell AC, W40) 47.58.
Donough Coghlan Memorial 5-Mile, Bandon.
Men: 1 Colm Sheahan (Leevale) 25:51; 2 John Meade (St Finbarr’s) 25:57; 3 Sean McGrath (East Cork) 25:59; 4 Brian Murphy (Iveragh) 26:48; 5 Rory O’Sullivan (St Finbarr’s) 26:57; 6 Conor McAuley (Leevale) 26:58. Teams – 1 St Finbarrs ‘A’ 25; 2 Leevale 39; 3 St Finbarrs ‘B’ 83.
Women:1 Aoife Cooke (Youghal) 28:16; 2 Claire Gibbons-McCarthy (Leevale) 28:25; 3 Sinead O’Connor (Leevale) 28:52; 4 Carmel Crowley (Bandon, W45) 31:56; 5 Dolores Duffy (Aghada RC, W45) 32:45; 6 Ronnie Barry (Bandon, W40) 33:18. Teams – 1 Bandon ‘A’ 19; 2 Bandon ‘B’ 39.
Beaufort 10k/5k, Beaufort, Killarney. www.starofthelaune.com
10km – Men: 1 Michael Harty (East Cork), 2 Tim O’Connor (Riocht), 3 Cian Murphy, 4 John O’Connell, 5 Simon Mangan, 6 Sean O’Sullivan. Women: 1 Carol Finn (Leevale), 2 Karina Teahan (St Finbarr’s), 3 Siobhan Daly, 4 Sharon Cahill, Anna O’Neill, 6 Catriona Barry
5km – Men: 1 Andrew Purcell, 2 Cathal McDonagh, 3 Richard O’Brien. Women: 1 Shona Heaslip (Riocht), 2 Kerry Eager, 3 Lola Eager.
Emyvale 10k (171 finishers; Facebook)
Men – 1 Conor Duffy (Glaslough) 32.02, 2 Simon Ryan (Raheny Shamrock) 32.30, 3 Kenny Gorman 33.29. Women – 1 Donna Evans 39.28, 2 Esther Dickson 39.37, 3 Barbara Murray 39.50.
Streets of Westport Resolution Run 5km (123 finishers; www.coretiming.com)
Men – 1 Declan Fahey 16.38, 2 Joe Hastings (UCD) 16.51, 3 Brendan Conway 17.28. Women – 1 Colette Tuohy (Mayo AC) 18.44, 2 Aoibhe Richardson (KCH, WJ) 19.04, 3 Niamh Richardson (KCH, W45) 19.38.
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