NBH Race Report 13 – 19 May 2019 – North Belfast Harriers

By Katrina McAuley Race Report May 21, 2019

As the number of hours of daylight increases, so too does the number of races in the calendar. There was running all over the place this week and the yellow vest featured from Foyle Valley to Manchester.

Athletics NI Open Meet (14 May)

On Tuesday, Conor Curran competed in both the 3000m Men and Women and the 110mH race at the Athletics NI Meet. In the 3000m he ran 9:13.21 and in the 110mH he claimed first position with a time of 16.13. Well done.

Wilkie’s 5 Miler (16 May)

Mark McKinstry finished in second place behind Kipsang Gideon in Thursday’s Foyle Valley fixture in a time of 24:39, a great time as the course record is 24mins 24 secs. The course took the usual route along the cycle path by the River Foyle at Brandywell and was flat and fast. Congratulations to Mark.

Les Jones 10K Memorial (17 May)

In its 28^th year, this popular race organised in memory of the late athlete and Athletics NI Chairman got underway at Mary Peter’s Track. On Friday night, running conditions were perfect for Stephen Wylie and Gemma McDonald who claimed the top spots. The course took runners out from the track onto the tow path, towards Shaw’s Bridge and finished with the infamous hill finish of Barnett’s Demesne before returning to the finish line back at MPT. Gareth Lyons from the club finished in second place.

2	Gareth	Lyons	00:34:10
30	James	Trainor	00:40:27
58	April	Clarke	00:44:10
81	Kevin	McCann	00:45:42
100	Fionnuala	O’Hare	00:47:19
116	Carol	Clarke	00:48:19
123	Vincent	Bradley	00:48:40

Photos courtesy of Bob Given Photography

BMC Event, Durham

Over the weekend, Andrew Milligan ran an outstanding 800m time of 1:54.68, placing 6th in a top class field. Congratulations.

IMC 5000m, Dublin (18 May)

Conán McCaughey ran a sub-15 5000m in the IMC event in Irishtown stadium in Dublin on Saturday finishing 11th overall. Fantastic running.

Great Manchester Run (19 May)

Thousands of people took to the streets of Manchester for Sunday’s Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run, some for charity, others for personal challenge. Over two distances of the half marathon in the morning and then the 10K in the afternoon, runners passed by the iconic tourist sites such as the Imperial War Museum and Old Trafford. Gillian Roden finished with a PB time in a time of 59:58. Well done!

Photo courtesy of Gillian Roden

Park Run (18 May)

Saturday morning means Parkrun morning for many and NBH club members participated in various events. Well done to Nat Glenn who was first finisher in Larne and Roisin Hughes who was first female in Falls Parkrun.

Waterworks parkrun, Belfast

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
11	11	Jack MCCREADY	00:20:52
26	24	Drew KNOX	00:22:07
31	3	Orla MCCAMBRIDGE	00:22:25
32	29	Ivan MCALLISTER	00:22:29
33	4	Ita MCCAMBRIDGE	00:22:33
34	30	Paddy MCCAMBRIDGE	00:22:33
50	41	Gerard SOWNEY	00:23:51
55	46	Lyle CARLETON	00:24:25
57	48	Ray CAMERON	00:24:36
66	57	Gerry ANDERSON	00:25:06
79	67	Tony REID	00:25:29
80	68	Maurice PALMER	00:25:36
81	13	Catriona MCCAMBRIDGE	00:25:37
86	16	Emma TAYLOR	00:25:53
107	81	Chris O’DONOGHUE	00:26:39
111	27	Catherine SEAWRIGHT	00:26:46
112	28	Stella HARRISON	00:26:49
120	89	Jay CRAWFORD	00:27:15
126	32	Katrina MCAULEY	00:27:22
127	33	Siobhan DRAIN	00:27:23
128	95	Joe DRAIN	00:27:24
129	96	Christopher LENNON	00:27:24
139	41	Eimear CASH	00:27:47
147	43	Nuala MAHON	00:28:09
154	109	Jim CLINTON	00:28:20
167	53	Erin MCAULEY	00:28:59
168	115	Patrick MCAULEY	00:29:00
178	119	Gordon GLENN	00:29:29
180	121	Thomas MCKINSTRY	00:29:31
182	123	John BEGGS	00:29:36
197	69	Lynn MURRAY	00:30:52
198	129	Matthew HIGGINS	00:30:52
212	79	Trisha MURRAY	00:31:33
222	83	Jacqueline LAWLOR	00:32:08
223	84	Sandy CARR	00:32:08
224	140	Michael LAWLOR	00:32:09
239	94	Margaret STEPHENS	00:33:06
240	95	Grainne STEPHENS	00:33:06
248	102	Maire JAMISON	00:33:42
264	116	Fionnuala MCHUGH	00:34:51
265	117	Sile HANNON	00:35:12
267	118	Catherine CARLETON	00:35:19
280	156	Mick MURRAY	00:36:20
311	167	John Gerard MURPHY	00:56:06

Belfast Victoria parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
29	26	Paul WILLIAMS	00:20:55
36	5	Helen F WEIR	00:21:22

Queen’s parkrun, Belfast

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
31	29	Damien GILL	00:23:33
53	46	Kevin LAVERY	00:25:12
59	51	Ciaran HUNTER	00:25:32
144	83	Vincent BRADLEY	00:38:15

Falls parkrun, Belfast

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
5	1	Roisin HUGHES	00:20:55
23	21	John MCCONNELL	00:25:16

MUSA Cookstown parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
10	10	Cathaoir PURVIS	00:19:17

Ormeau parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
62	58	Greg MCCLURE	00:22:13

Larne parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
1	1	Nat GLENN	00:18:21

Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
25	23	Joe WILSON	00:25:59

Castleblayney parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
10	9	Philip MCILWRATH	00:26:14
27	13	Rosy RYAN	00:54:07

Orangefield parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
3	2	Max REID	00:20:01
26	25	Alex REID	00:24:41

Stranmillis College parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
44	12	Padraigin BINGHAM	00:29:48