It’s been a big week for the club culminating with the announcement today (23rd May) that Breege Connolly will compete for Ireland in this summer’s Rio Olympic Marathon. Gladys Ganiel O’Neill has also been named as reserve on the ladies team.
And from International Olympic standard right to grass roots, plenty of Harriers were out running and racing over the last seven days.
Ballybeen 5k
Tuesday evening saw the first event of the week with a 5k around the roads of Ballybeen. In her first race of the week, Paula Wallace ran 22:11.
Annaghmore 10k (&5k)
On Wednesday evening, Greg McClure placed just outside the top ten at the Annaghmore 10k finishing 11th with 43:23
photo from Annaghmore 10k Facebook page
Foyle Valley AC Wilkie’s 5 mile
Thursdays flat five mile race saw Vernon Shiels run well under 30 minutes for 12th place with 29:02 and a new PB.
photo from Fit N Running Facebook page
Hill & Dale (Race 6) Loughshannagh
Thursday evenings Hill and Dale series continued down in the Mournes with the open mountain race of the 5 mile Loughshannagh Horseshoe, Neil Carty ran 45:47 for 7th place.
Runher Coastal Challenge 10k
Pure Running hosted their annual Coastal 10k and 5k races on Friday evening. Racing along the North Down coastal path with the finish line at Crawfordsburn Country Park Paula Wallace placed 21st in 44:16
Albertville 4 Mile
On Friday evening a number of Harriers took part in the inaugural 4 Mile road race in Duncrue Industrial Estate with the promise of a PB and a post run burger at the Portside Inn. The Harriers had three of the top five finishers but were also well represented throughout the field. Paul Horan 2nd, Brendan Grew 3rd and Louise Smith 3rd claimed podium places.
2 Paul Horan M M40 00:21:39
3 Brendan Grew M M35 00:21:51
5 James Brown M M40 00:22:20
11 Paul Curley M M35 00:23:02
31 Louise Smith F F45 00:24:33
35 John Patience M M55 00:24:44
37 Piaras McShane M MJ 00:24:57
54 Jim Newberry M M60 00:26:08
61 Andrew Harding M M45 00:27:11
102 Philip McIlwrath M M40 00:32:31
114 Joe Wilson M M55 00:33:26
136 John Beggs M M50 00:38:01
137 Martin Kelly M M40 00:38:01
147 Pat Curran F F55 00:40:03
149 Monica OKane F F50 00:40:47
154 Phil Curran M M60 00:42:56
Jengana 10km
The 4th annual running of the Jengana 10k was held on Saturday on the roads and trails of the Shanes Castle Estate just outside Antrim. Two Harriers both ran under 50 minutes for the undulating course. Gerry Gribbon placed 22nd in 43:43 and Jason Reid finished in 49:00 in 44th.
Leiden Half Marathon Holland
Gladys Ganiel O’Neill raced to an impressive victory at the Leiden Half Marathon finishing seven minutes clear of second place to break the tape in 1:18:27.
photo from Brian O’Neill Facebook page
Belfast One World Run 10k
The 30th running of the One World Run 10k (& 5k) took place in Ormeau Park on Sunday afternoon. Several Harriers participated in the charity event with Simon Reeve taking 2nd place in the 10k in 37:19 and Mark Shields with 41:10 just outside the top ten in 11th. In the associated 5k races Conor O’Rawe and Ciara O’Rawe topped their respective podiums.
Parkrun results:
Antrim
72nd Eddie COUGHLAN 25:25
Belfast Victoria
26th Colin SIMPSON 21:16
36th Claire CONNOR 22:20
Colin Glen
3rd Helen F WEIR 22:05 – New PB
Larne
1st Nat GLENN 18:28
4th James Alexander BROWN 20:50
6th John STEELE 21:02 – New PB
8th Janice PLUMB 21:18
20th Harry PLUMB 23:34
22nd Trisha CAMPBELL 23:37
33rd Sandy PLUMB 25:34
Ormeau
3rd Laurence JOHNSTON 17:59 – New PB
6th Simon REEVE 18:54
51st Eva KISSENPFENNIG 22:36
85th Max REID 24:02
Queens
15th Ciaran HUNTER 21:18
37th John LAVERY 24:03
Valley
24th John Robert JOHNSTON 27:02
Wallace
1st James WALLACE 18:36
5th John MCCONNELL 20:00
59th Paula WALLACE 24:04
Waterworks
12th John Gerard MURPHY 19:59
13th Roisin HUGHES 20:06
14th Drew KNOX 20:13
15th Tony MCNULTY 20:23
18th Greg MCCLURE 20:37
26th Cian MCGRATH 20:58
27th Ita MCCAMBRIDGE 21:02
28th Ciara O’RAWE 21:06 – New PB
29th Conor O’RAWE 21:06
34th Jack CARBERRY 21:59
41st Tony REID 22:28
47th Anthony FLEMING 22:47 – New PB
49th Eamon SHERIDAN 22:53
83rd Chris O’DONOGHUE 24:58
85th Jim CLINTON 25:00
94th Eadaoin DONALDSON 25:52 – New PB
98th Piaras MCSHANE 26:11
104th Niall ARMSTRONG 26:29
108th Thomas MCKINSTRY 27:04
118th John GRIBBIN 28:08
120th Eimear NUGENT 28:10
125th Daniel KELLY 28:28
126th Luke KELLY 28:28
137th Lyle CARLETON 28:57
139th Philip MCILWRATH 29:00
140th Matthew CARLETON 29:01
144th Philomena DONALDSON 29:06
162nd Dermot MCGRATH 30:55
168th Clare O’HARA 31:27
169th Margaret STEPHENS 31:29
170th Kerry MCSHANE 31:30
172nd Frankey MCGIVERN 31:57
180th Gillian RUSSELL 32:36
182nd Bernadette DUFFY 32:58
193rd Catriona MORRIS 34:25
Letterkenny
3rd Paddy MCCAMBRIDGE 21:13
17th Brendan MCCAMBRIDGE 26:08
