This week saw harriers compete in different locations as the Spring races start to come thick and fast.
Coleraine Campus 5k
The Coleraine Campus 5k races took place at the UU Campus in Coleraine on Friday evening. Somewhat reminiscent of the Armagh road races, the flat track consisted of 4 laps all within the University grounds. With qualifying standards of sub 17-minutes for males and sub 21-minutes for female entrants in the ‘Elite’ race, times were expected to be quick. The fastest harrier home was Cathaoir Purvis who ran a new PB of 15:17, while Colin McDowell’s time of 16.14 makes him the fastest M50 in the UK this year! In the ‘Open’ race Matty Carleton also excelled ducking under the coveted 20-minute barrier for the first time with 19:44. Full results were:
| Pos | Athlete | Cat | Time | Race |
| 9 | Cathaoir Purvis | MO | 15:17 | Elite |
| 25 | Colin McDowell | M50 | 16:14 | Elite |
| 48 | Mark Cornett | MO | 17:21 | Elite |
| 39 | Matty Carleton | MO | 19:44 | Open |
Shane’s Castle Races
The Atlas Running Shane’s Castle races took place on Saturday morning with options for 5k, 10k, half, full marathon or an ultra marathon. NBH was represented in the 10k by Brian Stewart who took 4th place overall with a time of 47:07.
Carlingford Half marathon and 10k
The annual Carlingford half marathon returned to it’s customary March slot on Saturday morning after a 2 year break. As ever it proved a popular race with nearly 750 finishers in the half marathon and over 200 in the 10k. Dermot Coy represented the club finishing the half in 1:42:22.
Benidorm Half marathon
In Saturday’s Benidorm half marathon Thomas (Tucker) McKinstry joined the 750 other runners to complete in 2:09:56.
BMAF Indoor Track & Field Champs 2022
Conor Curran ran a storming race to take the gold medal in the V45 1500m at Lee Valley in London on Sunday. Such was his dominance that his time of 4:19.59 was almost 5 seconds faster than the second placed athlete.
parkrun
Around 60 harriers completed a parkrun on Saturday morning, with Waterworks the most popular venue as Tony Reid became the second person in Ireland to complete 500 runs. The full results were:
| Waterworks parkrun, Belfast 05/03/2022 #527 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 3 | David CURRAN | 143 | 79.71% | 18:39 | PB 18:33 |
| 8 | Seamus LEHENY | 253 | 69.30% | 20:28 | PB 20:24 |
| 9 | Simon REEVE | 268 | 69.51% | 20:33 | PB 17:48 |
| 11 | Joseph GALLAGHER | 24 | 79.76% | 20:50 | New PB! |
| 12 | Fionnuala O’HARE | 207 | 70.09% | 21:07 | New PB! |
| 21 | Drew KNOX | 303 | 71.24% | 22:43 | PB 18:42 |
| 25 | Sean MCSHANE | 226 | 63.76% | 22:57 | PB 18:34 |
| 26 | Greg MCCLURE | 444 | 73.00% | 22:58 | PB 18:41 |
| 32 | Ita MCCAMBRIDGE | 172 | 81.65% | 23:26 | PB 20:55 |
| 33 | Paddy MCCAMBRIDGE | 126 | 67.66% | 23:30 | PB 20:36 |
| 37 | Matthew CARLETON | 73 | 53.86% | 23:57 | PB 23:10 |
| 44 | Maurice PALMER | 104 | 64.86% | 24:57 | PB 23:11 |
| 53 | Matt SHIELDS | 395 | 67.35% | 25:22 | PB 17:44 |
| 54 | Conal MCCAMBRIDGE | 63 | 50.85% | 25:22 | PB 15:59 |
| 64 | Jack CARBERRY | 295 | 78.25% | 25:40 | PB 21:14 |
| 66 | Catriona MCCAMBRIDGE | 67 | 57.98% | 25:42 | PB 23:37 |
| 69 | Tony REID | 500 | 61.07% | 25:49 | PB 21:50 |
| 77 | Donna MCLAUGHLIN | 84 | 62.83% | 26:22 | PB 24:27 |
| 85 | Lyle CARLETON | 202 | 59.63% | 26:40 | PB 21:22 |
| 92 | Chris O’DONOGHUE | 77 | 50.12% | 27:14 | PB 24:31 |
| 113 | Catherine SEAWRIGHT | 78 | 55.54% | 29:10 | PB 25:28 |
| 114 | Lynn MCKENNA | 34 | 57.45% | 29:11 | PB 26:30 |
| 115 | Eva MCLOUGHLIN | 9 | 64.27% | 29:12 | New PB! |
| 116 | Michelle MCLOUGHLIN | 144 | 52.40% | 29:12 | PB 24:00 |
| 118 | Jim CLINTON | 506 | 54.98% | 29:26 | PB 21:37 |
| 128 | Elaine HOLMES | 85 | 59.05% | 30:39 | PB 23:48 |
| 129 | Sandy CARR | 293 | 50.16% | 30:40 | PB 22:55 |
| 134 | Nuala MAHON | 184 | 63.39% | 31:03 | PB 27:02 |
| 144 | Martin MCLARNON | 46 | 44.73% | 31:56 | PB 31:08 |
| 165 | Margaret STEPHENS | 316 | 56.07% | 34:36 | PB 28:23 |
| 166 | Bernadette DUFFY | 265 | 58.55% | 34:37 | PB 29:29 |
| 167 | Philomena DONALDSON | 262 | 58.52% | 34:38 | PB 27:50 |
| 174 | Eadaoin DONALDSON | 214 | 41.35% | 36:02 | PB 24:26 |
| 197 | Gerry ANDERSON | 184 | 29.46% | 51:42 | PB 22:13 |
| Belfast Victoria parkrun 05/03/2022 #496 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 5 | Conor O’RAWE | 170 | 77.09% | 16:44 | PB 16:41 |
| 37 | Niall ARMSTRONG | 166 | 61.92% | 20:50 | PB 19:18 |
| 51 | Paul WILLIAMS | 366 | 72.94% | 21:37 | PB 19:44 |
| 57 | Gavin MCCAFFREY | 161 | 58.53% | 22:16 | PB 15:46 |
| 144 | Philip MCILWRATH | 264 | 46.28% | 31:07 | PB 24:47 |
| 150 | Paul JENKINS | 61 | 45.70% | 31:46 | PB 18:01 |
| 161 | Orán STEELE | 34 | 44.96% | 32:15 | First Timer! |
| 162 | Anthony STEELE | 43 | 41.53% | 32:23 | PB 29:45 |
| 198 | Rosy RYAN | 263 | 29.07% | 55:44 | PB 33:26 |
| Ormeau parkrun 05/03/2022 #376 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 21 | Terence MCATAMNEY | 47 | 61.09% | 21:43 | New PB! |
| 24 | Ray CAMERON | 194 | 64.44% | 22:10 | PB 20:06 |
| Larne parkrun 05/03/2022 #349 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 1 | David CLARKE | 45 | 89.65% | 18:12 | PB 18:06 |
| 6 | Janice PLUMB | 125 | 78.64% | 21:51 | PB 20:34 |
| 13 | Carol CLARKE | 68 | 77.08% | 23:29 | PB 21:54 |
| Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey 05/03/2022 #326 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 18 | David HURST | 61 | 53.88% | 25:09 | First Timer! |
| 49 | Heather WILSON | 77 | 47.46% | 31:11 | PB 29:32 |
| Stormont parkrun 05/03/2022 #273 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 67 | Kieran CALLAGHAN | 143 | 55.11% | 25:08 | New PB! |
| Dungloe parkrun 05/03/2022 #206 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 8 | Joe DRAIN | 112 | 66.49% | 22:32 | PB 20:36 |
| Orangefield parkrun 05/03/2022 #119 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 31 | Fergus JAMISON | 95 | 52.96% | 29:16 | PB 28:17 |
| Sixmilewater parkrun 05/03/2022 #66 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 3 | Natasha HENDERSON | 91 | 78.74% | 18:49 | New PB! |
| 4 | Brandon MCMINN | 25 | 68.56% | 18:49 | First Timer! |
| Hillsborough Forest parkrun 05/03/2022 #34 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 3 | Martsje HELL | 41 | 76.47% | 19:37 | PB 19:23 |
| 31 | Tony FORDE | 16 | 64.39% | 24:54 | First Timer! |
| 105 | Maria MURPHY | 27 | 41.62% | 48:42 | New PB! |
| Sport Ireland Campus parkrun 05/03/2022 #16 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 2 | John Gerard MURPHY | 491 | 75.33% | 20:04 | First Timer! |
