The light’s were on at Stormont on Wednesday night for Run in the Dark. Run Forest Run was in Drum Manor. A Fast 5Km in Downpatrick & a very impressive British & Irish Masters XC medal haul as well as parkruns far and wide were the highlights of North Belfast Harriers running week.
Run in the Dark 5 & 10K, Stormont
Wednesday evening saw over 2,000 turn out for the annual event ran within the Stormont Estate. Always well supported by the club, several Harriers took on the 5 and 10km routes.
5K 3rd Stephen Walker 18:57, Kelvin Kearney 19:58, Paddy McCambridge 23:04, Joanne McAllister 33:15.
10K 5th Simon Reeve 39:12, Philip McIlwrath 53:42, Fiona Magill 55:14, Catherine Seawright 57:02, Mia McDowell 1:05:09, Claire Brady 1:07:08, Rosy Ryan 1:36:33.
Born 2 Run Drum Manor 5 & 10K
Saturday morning saw the Run Forest Run series take place in Drum Manor Forest Park just outside Cookstown. Catherine Seawright ran 58:13 in the 10k. Holly Bennett finished the 5k in 29:39.
British and Irish Masters International XC, Swansea
Mark-McKinstry-Masters-XC-Swansea-by-Steve-Smythe (Athletics Weekly)
North Belfast Harriers’ Mark McKinstry was a star performer at the 31st annual British & Irish Masters International XC in Swansea on Saturday. Making his debut in major masters competition at the age of 35, having been runner-up in the Northern Ireland senior championships the last four years, he surprised his competitors with a very fast first lap and then held them at bay over the last three laps.
Mark’s heroics also led his Northern Ireland M35 team to 3rd place in the team competition – the team included Allan Bogle, John Craig, Chris McGuinness, Stephen Nicholson, Pius McIntyre.
There was also an individual silver medal for Laurence Johnston in the M60 category
Neil Carty picked up a team silver medal in the M50 race, whilst David Clarke and James Wallace were all part of the Northern Ireland M55 team who also finished in 2nd place.
In the M45 team competition, NBH’s Eamon White collected a team bronze medal.
North Belfast Harriers were also represented in the women’s squad by Carol Clarke.
Race 1 Carol Clarke 28:51, Race 2 Neil Carty 28:36, David Clarke 29:42 James Wallace 29:44, Laurence Johnston 30:02 Race 3 Mark McKinstry 25:10, Eamon White 27:12
County Down 5K Road Race, Downpatrick
In a fiercely fast and competitive 5k on Sunday, North Belfast Harrier John Black took the top podium place in 15:21. Connor Curran took 9th with 16:06 whilst John McGuigan 17:51 and John Patience 19:13 also posted respectable times.
parkrun Results:
Over 50 Harriers ran at 13 different parkruns on Saturday morning.
Waterworks parkrun, Belfast
Patrick MCAULEY 00:18:48
Sean MCSHANE 00:20:29
David CURRAN 00:21:02
Niall ARMSTRONG 00:21:28
Piaras MCSHANE 00:21:29
Sam CARR 00:21:47
Sandy CARR 00:23:00
Greg MCCLURE 00:23:09
Gary BLYTHE 00:23:16
Gerry ANDERSON 00:23:19
Fionnuala O’HARE 00:23:24
Maurice PALMER 00:24:58
Tony REID 00:25:27
Thomas Peter NORTON 00:25:50
Joe DRAIN 00:26:02
Jack CARBERRY 00:26:02
Thomas MCKINSTRY 00:26:50
Nuala MAHON 00:28:39
Jim CLINTON 00:29:37
Louise WARDE HUNTER 00:30:29
Stella HARRISON 00:30:32
Orla YOUNG 00:31:47
Gabrielle MALLAGHAN 00:31:55
Margaret STEPHENS 00:31:56
Trisha MURRAY 00:33:25
Sile HANNON 00:34:31
Deirdre MURRAY 00:34:56
Angela GREENHILL 00:34:57
Marian HAYES 00:35:53
Angela ROGAN 00:36:47
Laura CONNOLLY 00:51:43
Belfast Victoria parkrun
Kent SWANN 00:16:37
Paul WILLIAMS 00:21:05
Philip MCILWRATH 00:25:04
Clare COREY 00:35:46
Rosy RYAN 00:44:19
Queen’s parkrun, Belfast
Damien GILL 00:21:32
Kevin LAVERY 00:28:02
Ciaran HUNTER 00:28:06
Vincent BRADLEY 00:31:20
John LAVERY 00:35:36
Falls parkrun, Belfast
Roisin HUGHES 00:20:41
Colin SIMPSON 00:23:21
Wallace parkrun, Lisburn
John MCCONNELL 00:22:27
Ormeau parkrun
Martin COX 00:19:15
Ray CAMERON 00:20:27
Antrim parkrun
Brian STEWART 00:21:37
Larne parkrun
Penny LINDSAY 00:22:15
Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey
Jennifer BILL 00:24:02
Umhlanga parkrun
Paul CARLIN 00:25:26
Colin Glen parkrun
Elaine HOLMES 00:27:19
Lower Drummans parkrun
Matt SHIELDS 00:19:45
Orangefield parkrun
Kevin MCCANN 00:23:35
John Gerard MURPHY 00:24:14
