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Donadea 50km (Irish 50k Championship)
Saturday saw the running of the 6th annual Donadea 50k in Donadea Forest Park, Co. Kildare. A record field of 200 runners lined up for ten laps of forest roads and trail and North Belfast Harrier, Matt Shields was soon working his way through the crowd with some brilliant even-paced running. Roughly averaging 22 minutes for the ten 5km laps, Matt finished in 3:43:55 for 15th place.
Parkanaur 10 Mile Trail Race
Saturday also saw the final race in the Sperrin Harriers Winter Trail Series at Parkanaur Forest. Almost 150 runners took on the three laps of the course took the runners from the courtyard of the Manor House, out into the undulating forest trails, twisting along the Torrent River, past Saint Patrick’s Well and back past the Manor House through the ornamental gardens. Three Harriers completed the full series of races by racing on Saturday. Simon Reeve finished in 63:39 for 12th place; Colin Simpson was 26th, breaking 70 minutes with 69:16. Whilst Eadaoin Donaldson crossed the line in 108:09. The final series placings are based on the 3 best results of the 5 races and will be published later this week.
East Antrim Marathon Series
On Saturday morning John Johnston completed the latest marathon organised by EAMS in 4hrs 49mins
DUNE Half Marathon
On Sunday, over 500 athletes took on the first race of this year’s Pure Running Half Marathon Series, the DUNE Half Marathon. The cross-border event started at the Quays Shopping Centre in Newry and finished in Market Square in Dundalk. With a slightly altered route and earlier date in the calendar, several Harriers toed the line with the now notorious uphill start. Martin Cox claimed 1st M50 with 1:26:43 for 18th place, Ray Cameron was 51st with 1:31:41. Mark Shields crossed the line in 1:35:08 for 79th, whilst Jim Clinton ran a PB of 1:40:08. Paul Carlin ran 1:57:24, Elaine Holmes 1:58:03, Geraldine Murphy 1:58:43, Gary Blythe 1:58:44, Lynn McCullough 2:01:07, Sandy Carr 2:01:08, John Burns 2:01:09, and Padraigin Bingham “enjoyed” a tough, but sociable 2:44:55.
parkrun Results
It was a landmark at the Waterworks event and for parkrun in Ireland with the first runner Jim Clinton reaching the milestone of 250 parkruns completed. There was a great atmosphere today as all Jim’s family, friends and work colleagues swelled the numbers, many of them running along with Jim who incidentally had one of his best ever times today and only a few seconds off his PB.
photo from Billy Mol
Congratulations also to Margaret Stephens who earned their 100 T-shirt and also to Jansje who got their 50 notched up as well.
Waterworks parkrun, Belfast
1 Andrew MILLIGAN 00:17:28
4 Paul CURLEY 00:17:56
5 Joe NORNEY 00:18:09
11 Stephen WALKER 00:19:06
13 John Gerard MURPHY 00:19:18
34 Greg MCCLURE 00:21:13
35 Eamon SHERIDAN 00:21:16
45 Paul WILLIAMS 00:21:44
48 Jim CLINTON 00:21:46
50 Jim BENSON 00:21:49
51 Roisin HUGHES 00:21:49
52 Lauren COX 00:21:53
54 Jack CARBERRY 00:22:00
55 Martin COX 00:22:01
69 Tony REID 00:23:11
84 Paul BRENNAN 00:24:10
112 John GRIBBIN 00:25:58
117 David CURRAN 00:26:09
118 Ray CAMERON 00:26:10
120 Philip MCILWRATH 00:26:12
128 Niall ARMSTRONG 00:26:27
130 John O’HARE 00:26:30
139 Orla YOUNG 00:27:07
143 Lyle CARLETON 00:27:37
156 Robert IRVINE 00:28:26
165 Bronagh CONLON 00:28:57
169 Margaret STEPHENS 00:29:12
171 Clare O’HARA 00:29:13
170 Lynn MCCULLOUGH 00:29:13
173 Gabrielle MALLAGHAN00:29:18
175 Claire BRADY 00:29:20
176 Trisha MURRAY 00:29:21
177 Sandy CARR 00:29:23
195 Martin KELLY 00:30:21
196 John BEGGS 00:30:24
200 Dermot MCGRATH 00:30:43
207 Gillian RUSSELL 00:31:20
208 Bernadette DUFFY 00:31:21
221 Dirdre MURPHY 00:31:58
228 Jansje LE MAHIEU – LAMB 00:32:28
230 Jacqueline LAWLOR 00:32:32
242 Lynsey FLEMING 00:33:29
244 Catriona MORRIS 00:34:29
257 Rosy RYAN 00:36:15
Belfast Victoria parkrun
21 Sean MCSHANE 00:20:13
22 Piaras MCSHANE 00:20:15
Queen’s parkrun, Belfast
1 Brendan GREW 00:59:59
39 John LAVERY 00:59:59
21 Ciaran HUNTER 00:59:59
Wallace parkrun, Lisburn
2 James WALLACE 00:18:42
4 John MCCONNELL 00:19:03
21 Paula WALLACE 00:22:13
Ormeau parkrun
3 Simon REEVE 00:18:57
19 Mark SHIELDS 00:20:54
42 Eva KISSENPFENNIG 00:22:41
192 Drew CRAWFORD 00:29:58
Antrim parkrun
125 Eddie COUGHLAN 00:30:02
Larne parkrun
1 David CLARKE 00:19:19
2 Nat GLENN 00:19:50
4 Matthew MCILROY 00:21:00
5 Janice PLUMB 00:21:18
13 Trisha CAMPBELL 00:22:55
30 Carol CLARKE 00:25:38
Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey
2 Niall GEEHAN 00:19:22
6 Gerry GRIBBON 00:22:05
9 Eimear MCBRIEN 00:23:03
Stormont parkrun
9 Helen F WEIR 00:21:37
