September Storms, Showers and Sunshine. Harriers racing in all conditions over all terrains this week.
Mooathon Donegal
On Saturday, several Harriers travelled to Downings, County Donegal to participate in the Mooathon events. With the options of a Full-Fat Marathon, a Semi-Skimmed Half and a Mini Moo 10k the club vests were swapped for Moo-re appropriate attire!
½ Mooathon
Lynn McCullough 2:01
John Burns 2:02
Elaine Holmes 2:02
Mick Lawlor 2:21
10K Mooathon
Marian Hayes 57 mins
Jackie Lawlor 1:05
Bangor 10k
Closer to home on Saturday and in wet and blustery conditions, the annual Aurora Bangor 10k road race took place on the north Down coast. The club were represented on the podium by Mark McKinstry who placed 3rd and the Harriers were again present throughout the field of over 600 runners.
10k Results:
3 Mark McKinstry 00:32:53
5 Lindsay Gordon 00:33:16
9 Conor Curran 00:35:00
14 David Clarke 00:37:00
20 James Wallace 00:38:07
24 John Patience 00:38:41
86 Carol Clarke 00:44:00
153 David McClements 00:47:54
203 Paula Wallace 00:49:26
257 John Clarke 00:51:55
295 Elaine McDonnell 00:53:19
322 Sharon Clarke 00:54:42
323 Joseph Wilson 00:53:51
417 Paul Morrow 00:57:48
499 Nicola Stevenson 01:01:48
26 Extreme Causeway Coast events
Over 1,000 runners participated in the series of races along the picturesque Causeway coast on Saturday. The coastal breeze blew in all weathers and the coastal route provided a variety of testing terrains for the runners to cover. Helen Weir took a podium place in the 10k and Thomas McKinstry was presented with his 25th marathon medal after completing his first Ultra.
10k
2nd (5th overall) Helen Weir 0:48:52
Marathon
6th Simon Reeve 3:58:39
Ultra (40 Miles)
86th Thomas McKinstry 9:54:07
Berlin Marathon
The annual Berlin Marathon was held on Sunday morning in the September sunshine. North Belfast Harriers have enjoyed the flat, fast course of this world record breaking route for several years and regular attendee Greg McClure was joined by half a dozen club members on the starting line. Reaping the benefit of those long training runs in Belfast summer sunshine, Edward Cooke and Gladys Ganiel were aiming for fast pbs and a World Championships IAAF qualifying standard was in sight for Gladys who finished in 10th place with her second fastest time for the marathon distance.
Edward Cooke 02:37:59
Gladys Ganiel 02:39:10
Colin Willetts 03:09:42
Greg McClure 03:20:54
Ciaran Browne 03:42:13
Jason Reid 03:54:00
Eamon McCambridge 04:04:56
Dublin City Half Marathon
In slightly cooler conditions down in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, an number of Harriers took part in the final build up race of the Dublin Marathon Series. Thomas Simmons placed 2nd in his age category and both Brendan and Gareth Grew were within the top ten of their respective age classes. The race provided a solid test for those going on to run the Dublin Marathon at the end of next month.
22nd Tommy Simmons 01:15:42 (2nd M35)
32nd Brendan Grew 01:17:08
116th Gareth Grew 01:23:07
138th Jim Benson 01:23:59
234th Stephen Walker 01:26:49
446th Ray Cameron 01:31:07
parkrun Results
Waterworks parkrun, Belfast
| 7 | Thomas REID | 00:17:54 |
| 10 | Conor O’RAWE | 00:18:30 |
| 11 | Piaras MCSHANE | 00:19:27 |
| 18 | Eamon SHERIDAN | 00:20:14 |
| 23 | Ciara O’RAWE | 00:20:50 |
| 25 | Sean MCSHANE JR | 00:20:53 |
| 31 | Matthew LAVERY | 00:21:33 |
| 33 | Cian MCGRATH | 00:21:39 |
| 35 | Niall ARMSTRONG | 00:21:52 |
| 44 | Lauren COX | 00:22:10 |
| 45 | Drew KNOX | 00:22:29 |
| 51 | Tony REID | 00:22:55 |
| 62 | Anthony FLEMING | 00:23:47 |
| 70 | Kevin MCCANN | 00:24:12 |
| 97 | John GRIBBIN | 00:26:19 |
| 111 | Jack CARBERRY | 00:27:09 |
| 130 | Joan GRIEVE | 00:29:33 |
| 131 | Matt SHIELDS | 00:29:38 |
| 143 | Matthew HIGGINS | 00:30:22 |
| 146 | Dermot MCGRATH | 00:30:42 |
| 147 | Bronagh CONLON | 00:30:42 |
| 148 | Sandy CARR | 00:30:43 |
| 149 | Margaret STEPHENS | 00:30:43 |
| 152 | Monica O’KANE | 00:31:39 |
| 155 | Philomena DONALDSON | 00:32:16 |
| 156 | Bernadette DUFFY | 00:32:17 |
| 157 | Lorna MCGRATH | 00:32:19 |
| 228 | Padraigin BINGHAM | 00:57:26 |
Belfast Victoria parkrun
| 20 | Ciaran HUNTER | 00:20:32 |
| 102 | Claire BRADY | 00:27:56 |
Queen’s parkrun, Belfast
| 2 | Marc JENNINGS | 00:18:52 |
| 18 | Damien GILL | 00:21:51 |
| 23 | Kevin LAVERY | 00:22:26 |
Portrush parkrun
| 14 | Helen F WEIR | 00:22:44 |
Wallace parkrun, Lisburn
| 11 | John MCCONNELL | 00:21:19 |
Ormeau parkrun
| 3 | Paul HORAN | 00:18:00 |
Antrim parkrun
| 77 | Eddie COUGHLAN | 00:26:45 |
Larne parkrun
| 1 | James Alexander BROWN | 00:18:23 |
| 2 | Nat GLENN | 00:18:36 |
| 5 | Greg LAVERY | 00:20:15 |
| 12 | John STEELE | 00:22:50 |
Stormont parkrun
| 86 | Philip MCILWRATH | 00:26:58 |
| 165 | Jim CLINTON | 00:35:14 |
| 202 | Rosy RYAN | 00:43:37 |
Father Collins parkrun
| 1 | John Gerard MURPHY | 00:19:21 |
Falcarragh parkrun
| 10 | Donna MCLAUGHLIN | 00:26:02 | |||||
