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wd of club runners turned out for the Lucan 5km, with Raheny’s Conor Dooney coming home first in 15 mins 28 secs and DSD’s Sarah Mulligan the first woman in 17 mins 24 secs.
In the Phoenix Park, Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers came a spectacular comeback to win the Fit City 10km after a long break from running. His time was 30 mins 17 secs. Nine seconds adrift was MSB’s John Coghlan with Dan Mulhare of Portlaoise third in 30.34 and Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu fourth ahead of Derry-based Kenyan Freddy Sittuk. Raheny’s Aoife Talty was sixth overall and first woman in 35 mins 11 secs.
Gary O’Hanlon and Pauline Curley won the Run Kildare Marathon, which produced an interesting list of results. The race festival didn’t have an Athletics Ireland permit and local club runners (mostly) stayed away but probably not for that reason. Likewise the Fit City 10km in the Phoenix didn’t attract the huge numbers expected, but on a weekend dominated by the Darkness into Light runs all over the country, with up to 40,000 taking part, this was no surprise. With little or no regulation, is the running boom about to implode?
* Abroad, Barbara Sanchez of Raheny finished 11th in the Prague Marathon in 2:42.03. It was her third marathon in as many months – she ran 2:37.14 in Seville and 2:38.41 in Rotterdam.
Lucan 5km (242 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net; corrections at www.RunDublin.ie)
Men: 1 Conor Dooney (Raheny) 15.28, 2 Ed Murphy 16.37, 3 Patrick Cassidy (Gl
aslough) 15.42, 4 David Fitzpatrick (Tallaght) 15.50, 5 Stephen Moore (Crusaders) 15.53, 6 Mick Traynor (Raheny, M45) 16.03.
Women: 1 Sarah Mulligan (DSD) 17.24, 2 Suzanne Quin (Le Cheile) 19.19, Shirley Mitchell (Civil Service, W40) 19.22, 4 Florence Curley (Donore) 19.51, 5 Vanessa Sallier (Rathfarnhma WSAF) 19.56, 6 Brid Ryan (Civil Service) 20.18.
Run Kildare 10km, Half and Full Marathon www.kildaremarathon.ie
Marathon (381 finishers)– Men: 1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe) 2:33.08, 2 Peter Mooney (Marathon Club) 2:34.58, 3 Robert Connolly (DSD) 2:41.30. Women: 1 Pauline Curley (Tullamore, W40) 2:55.47, 2 Fionnuala Doherty (Sli Cualann) 3:08.57, 3 Charlotte Kearne (Donadea) 3:17.01.
Half Marathon (1,051 finishers) – Men: Julio Cesar F Castro (Kilmurry Ibr NC, M35) 75.52, 2 Richard O’Brien (Farranfore MV) 77.11, 3Joe Cawley (Sli Cualann) 78.37. Women: 1 Nollaig O’Neill (Leevale) 86.21, 2 Teresa Agara (St Abban’s) 87.10, 3 Olivia Sheerin (St Michael’s) 93.30.
10km (1,252 finishers) – Men: 1 Brian McMahon (Clonliffe) 33.11, 2 Brian Leahy (Raheny) 33.48, 3 Kevin Baker (Mullingar Hrs) 34.07. Women: 1 Paula Grant (Portlaoise) 40.37, 2 Shaon Grant (Portlaoise) 41.27, 3 Catherine Kelly (Dundrum AC) 41.45.
Fit City 10km, Phoenix Park (631 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Mark Christie (Mullingar Hrs) 30.17, 2 John Coghlan (MSB) 30.26, 3 Dan Mulhare (Portlaoise) 30.34, 4 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 30.42, 5 Freddy Sittuk (City of Derry) 31.21, 6 Aoife Talty (Raheny Shamrock) 35.11.
Women: 2 Catherina McKiernan (W40) 37.11, 3 Aisling Jordan 39.10, 4 Suzanne Sheehy (Fingallians) 41.13, 5 Josephine Killeen (Kilmurry Ibr NC, W40) 43.18, 6 Ilie Motofelea 44.34.
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