Mark Kirwan took fifth place in the Frank Duffy 10 Mile, part of the Dublin Marathon race series on Saturay morning in the phoenix park. Kirwan posted 53 minutes and 21 seconds in a race that was won by Clonliffe’s Stephen Scullion in 50 minutes 37 seconds. Other finishers were; John Dunne 56.14, Rory O’Sullivan 58.10, Colm Delaney 60.57,Robert Frewen 61.05, Colm Dunne 61:38, Jody Gilhooley 62:35, Steve Reeves 63.24,…
Parkrun Round Up 26 August
Ian Conroy was first past the post in the St Annes Parkrun posting a swift 15 minutes 40 seconds with Graham O’Dwyer second in 17:08. Ken Shannon took sixth place in 18 minutes 44 seconds with Mick Traynor tenth in 19 minutes 15 seconds. Other finishers in St Annes were Peter Smyth 19:40, Orla Manley 20:13, Dave Feeney 20:22, Jim Keogh 20:55, Sean McGoldrick 21:25, Adrienne Atkins 22:12. Gary Kenny…
Lord Mayor Series Runners Jump 45%
The 2017 Lord Mayor of Raheny Road Race Series has seen a 45% year-on-year increase in participants as runners fled to Raheny on Tuesday evenings. The series which was launched in 1999 as part of Pat Hooper’s Lord Mayor of Raheny campaign has grown from strength to strength every year. Now the series which includes 13 two mile road races every Tuesday night between June 13 and August 29 has…
O’Donoghue Wins Portmarnock 5K
Joseph O’Donoghue was the fastest man in over 5K winning the Portmarnock 5K on Thursday evening. O’Donoghue posted 16 minutes and two seconds for victory, 62 seconds cleat of “Portmarnock Tri Club’s Eoin Brady!!” Annette Kealy won the women’s race in 18 minutes 24 seconds, taking fourth place overall. Freddy Sittuk took second place in the 10km race just a stride behind Clonliffe’s Colm Rooney. Freddy posting 32:05, a second behind…