NBH Race Report, 21st – 27th Oct 2019

This week saw a mixture of cross country and marathons which attracted good representation and support from North Belfast Harriers.

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Sat 26^th Oct         Novice Cross Country Championships

CAFRE Greenmount Campus, Antrim, hosted the NI And Ulster Even Age Groups And Novice Cross Country Championships. The Harriers entered both a ladies and a men’s team, the men running 6000m, the ladies 4000m.  The ladies team managed to achieve 2^nd place with 37 points. Well done ladies.

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Sat 27^th Oct         Leeds Abbey Dash 10k 2019

A Northern Ireland & Ulster team of 8 competed at the Age UK Leeds Abbey Dash 10k as part of the Inter-Area Road Race Series.

John Black represented the North Belfast Harriers, making his debut in the NI & Ulster vest. John gained a new 10k PB time of 30:42, beating his previous record by 55 secs to finish in 51st place overall. Many congratulations John.

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Sat 27^th Oct         Frankfurt Marathon

Two Harriers made the trip to the German city to run the marathon billed by the organisers as the third fastest in the world. They don’t stop there: It is probably the most atmospheric finish in the world, running on the red carpet into the Festhalle of Frankfurt is for every marathon runner, the finish of his dreams. In the Festhalle every finisher will be celebrated. Hopefully John and Ryan enjoyed the experience.

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Sat 27^th Oct         Dublin Marathon

This week saw the 40^th anniversary of the Dublin City Marathon, and to help them celebrate, many North Belfast Harriers made the journey south to take part and to spectate.

Two in particular put up stellar performances: Gladys Ganiel topped the F40 category whilst Jack Carberry retained his M75 crown. Well done to all!

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And, too late for last week’s report……

Sat 20^th Oct         SPAR Autumn Open International Cross Country

Nat Glenn qualified for the Irish Masters team at the SPAR Autumn Open International Cross Country , held at the National Sports Campus, Abbotstown. Nat ran the 7.5k course in 28:16 in the V50 category.

Well done Nat.

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Sat 26^th Oct         PARKRUNS

Only 47 North Belfast Harriers took part in just 10 parkruns this week. Well done to John LAVERY on achieving the (unofficial) milestone of 200 Parkruns.

Conor CURRAN made it to this week’s list of Top 10 fastest men’s Parkrun times in Ireland. Great work Conor.

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