Thousands turn out in the dark for Mark

Close to 2,00 runners of all ages and levels of fitness turned out at four venues for the Run for Mark in the Dark on Wednesday November 16.
In Dublin,  over 1,400 ran around Trinity  College with Joe Warne leading home the “four lappers” with a time of 22 mins 29 secs and hockey player-turned-marathon-runner Jill Hodgins the first of the women. In Mark’s native Belfast, Ben Robinson led home almost 500 runners; Shane O’Rourke led home about the same number in Cork, while in Galway, close to 200 turned out, with Ian Egan first home. 
All the money raised will go towards Mark Pollock’s heroic efforts to get moving again under his own steam  – efforts which have clearly touched the nation.   
Run for Mark in the Dark (full results at www.run4mark.com)
Dublin: 4 laps (1,100 starters) – Men:  1 Joe Warne 22.29; 2 Wayne Reid 23.02; 3 Eugene Coakley 23.33. Women: 1 Jill Hodgins 25.55; 2 Deirdre O’Reilly 26.12; 3 Irene Gorman 26 51.  2 laps(347): 1 Elaine Mullaly 14.2; 2 John Gill 19.18; 3 Peter Yates 14.52. 
Belfast10km (385 starters) – Men: 1 Ben Robinson 38.18; 2 Alan Megaw 38.48; 3 Tobias Murray 39.05. Women: 1 Gillian Donaldson 42.16; 2 Taryn McCoy 44.10; 3 Sinead Murphy 46.26.
5km (94) – Men: 1 James Trainor 20.03; 2 Dean Varly 20.43; 3 Alan Weir 20.48. Women: 1 Naomi Dawson 24.57; 2 Angela Dougherty 25.55; 3 Kate Montgomery 26.11. 
Cork: 10km  (269)  – Men: 1 Shane O’Rourke 37.09; 2 Donal Kelly 38.00; 3 Colm O’Leary 38.23. Women: 1 Connie Wiseman 40.12; 2 Lydia Alcala 40.38; 3 Esther Murphy 42.02.  5km (174): 1 Fiona McCarthy 19.53; 2 Mohammed Alhourmi 20.00; 3 Adnan Almnaini 20.01; 4 Terri Hennessy 20.40; 5 Denis O’Neill 21.01; 6 Shane Harrington 21.06.
Galway (191)– Men: 1 Ian Egan 10.41; 2 Gary Thornton 12.03; 3 Fintan McKeown 12.06. Women: 1 Ana Byrne 12.05; 2 Michelle Wren 13.55; 3 Mary Connolly 14.00.

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