While other races were postponed or cancelled around the world, North Belfast Harriers continued with their racing this week. From fastest parkruns in Ireland to first finishes, the club enjoyed success on many levels. A mention also to all of the juniors of the club who competed in the recent Irish Schools cross country, most notably Róise Roberts who picked up a superb 4th in the girls Inter race and Matthew Lavery who finished second in the All Ireland’s Inter boys’ race. Huge congratulations to Caoilainn, Max, Róise, Kelvin, Luke and Matthew who will undoubtedly go on to have great running careers.
Carlingford 10K and Half (7 March)
This event took place on Saturday and seven harriers made the trip. The race begins in the picturesque village of Carlingford and takes in the beautiful surrounds of the Cooley peninsula, Ballagan Point, Mourne Mountains & Carlingford Lough, before finishing in the village.
Credit – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carlingford-half-marathon-10k
Well done to all those who took part.
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Gillian Roden |
10K |
1.00:47 |
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Karlene Graham |
Half |
1.49:32 |
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Laura Connolly |
Half |
1.58:30 |
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Jonathan Boyle |
Half |
2.01:05 |
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Karen McClean |
Half |
2.01:12 |
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Clare Boyle |
Half |
2.14:39 |
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Jennifer Butcher |
Half |
2.17:48 |
Atlas Running Shane’s Castle Ultra / Marathon / Half Marathon (7 March)
There were three races on offer on Saturday morning in the picturesque setting of the expansive Shane’s Castle estate. The route had a mixture of forest and farm trails, tarmac and some sections of concrete. The ultra marathon was over 3 laps of 13.1miles, with 2 laps for the marathon and 1 lap for the half. Conditions were mild even with the early start, and though sometimes mucky underfoot and some uneven terrain in parts, conditions were pretty good for running. In the marathon Sandy Carr recorded 3:50:37 mins to take 3rd place in the ladies race; in the ultra Greg McClure took 8th place overall in 6:16:33. Congratulations!
(Credit – Atlas Running Facebook Page and Greg McClure)
National Indoor Irish Masters (8 March)
Congratulations to Jim McClean who took 1st place in the V70 M category of the shot put event which took place on Saturday.
(Credit – NBH News/Events)
Walled City 10 Miler (7 March)
This is a 10 mile road race on a fast course along the River Foyle and finishing on the track at St Columb’s Park. It’s open to runners of all abilities and is considered a good warm up for Omagh and Larne 1/2 marathons. Excellent times for the six stags who made the trip to the maiden city. A ‘fifth lady’ finish for April Clarke in her first competitive race at this distance and a 90s PB for Rory Kane on his time from last year– Well done!
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Place |
Name |
Net Time |
Sub Cat |
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22 |
00:59:07 |
MO |
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51 |
01:03:53 |
M45 PB! |
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53 |
01:04:01 |
FO |
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129 |
01:10:08 |
M40 |
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265 |
01:17:52 |
FO |
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994 |
01:50:30 |
F45 |
https://www.myrunresults.com/events/walled_city_10_mile_road_race_derry/3544/results
Back to Basics Victoria Park (1 March)
This “No bling, No Buffs, No Bull” 5K race is the first in the Baker McKenzie 5Ks Series. North Belfast Harriers claimed two of the podium spots at this event. Congratulations to Gareth Lyons and Mark McAvoy who finished first and third respectively. Well done to all the athletes – superb times!
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Pos |
Firstname |
Lastname |
Chiptime |
Lap1 |
Lap2 |
Lap3 |
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1 |
Gareth |
Lyons |
00:16:06 |
00:05:23 |
00:05:21 |
00:05:25 |
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3 |
Mark |
McAvoy |
00:16:44 |
00:05:13 |
00:05:37 |
00:05:56 |
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14 |
Gabriel |
McAvoy |
00:18:48 |
00:06:14 |
00:06:20 |
00:06:17 |
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23 |
John |
McGuigan |
00:19:23 |
00:06:16 |
00:06:28 |
00:06:42 |
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42 |
Brian |
Stewart |
00:21:41 |
00:07:16 |
00:07:07 |
00:07:23 |
Parkrun
FastRunning.com compile the 10 fastest finishers in parkrun every week and this week’s featured Mark McAvoy who finished 7th fastest time in Ireland at the Waterworks event on Saturday with a great time of 16.44. Well done!
Well done to all our club’s 71 parkrunners this week, participating in 13 different events at both home and away. A special mention to Mark McAvoy (Waterworks), Andrew Milligan (Durham), Nat Glenn and Penny Lindsay (First Male and First Female Larne) who all took the top spot.
Waterworks parkrun, Belfast
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1 |
1 |
00:16:44 |
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4 |
3 |
00:18:39 |
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9 |
8 |
00:20:20 |
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19 |
17 |
00:21:54 |
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31 |
26 |
00:22:57 |
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35 |
29 |
00:23:11 |
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41 |
35 |
00:23:31 |
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44 |
38 |
00:23:43 |
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61 |
48 |
00:24:28 |
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62 |
49 |
00:24:29 |
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68 |
53 |
00:24:45 |
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88 |
13 |
00:25:13 |
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101 |
76 |
00:25:37 |
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106 |
80 |
00:25:48 |
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111 |
85 |
00:25:59 |
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114 |
86 |
00:26:17 |
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126 |
94 |
00:26:35 |
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129 |
96 |
00:26:39 |
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138 |
25 |
00:27:00 |
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146 |
104 |
00:27:20 |
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152 |
31 |
00:27:51 |
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156 |
109 |
00:28:07 |
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160 |
36 |
00:28:20 |
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161 |
37 |
00:28:21 |
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162 |
110 |
00:28:23 |
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178 |
46 |
00:28:56 |
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179 |
47 |
00:28:57 |
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185 |
49 |
00:29:13 |
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191 |
122 |
00:29:27 |
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204 |
129 |
00:30:08 |
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213 |
133 |
00:30:35 |
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237 |
143 |
00:32:33 |
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238 |
73 |
00:32:40 |
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244 |
75 |
00:32:54 |
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250 |
80 |
00:33:13 |
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252 |
82 |
00:34:01 |
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253 |
83 |
00:34:02 |
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259 |
148 |
00:34:38 |
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276 |
99 |
00:37:30 |
Durham parkrun
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1 |
1 |
00:16:26 |
Poole parkrun
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35 |
30 |
00:19:04 |
Gadebridge parkrun
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63 |
47 |
00:28:37 |
Wallace parkrun, Lisburn
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48 |
35 |
00:24:19 |
Ormeau parkrun
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3 |
3 |
00:18:07 |
Antrim parkrun
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28 |
24 |
00:22:27 |
Larne parkrun
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1 |
1 |
00:18:50 |
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4 |
4 |
00:19:29 |
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5 |
5 |
00:20:01 |
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7 |
1 |
00:20:39 |
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12 |
2 |
00:21:15 |
Carrickfergus parkrun
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120 |
47 |
00:45:25 |
Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey
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36 |
29 |
00:26:31 |
Falcarragh parkrun
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29 |
16 |
00:27:19 |
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57 |
28 |
00:32:53 |
Sixmilewater parkrun
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29 |
22 |
00:26:12 |
Crawfordsburn Country parkrun
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64 |
41 |
00:29:14 |
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132 |
44 |
01:15:01 |
