Race report by Caoimhe Daniels
Many thanks to Robert Francis And Robbie Swan for the photos.
Follow the link to see his full album: www.flickr.com/photos/robbie_swan/sets/72157679779846203
Sunday the 23rd of April turned out to be a bright yet heavy morning to be running.
Waterstown was a beautiful, wild park with plenty of undulating hills. It was my first race as part of the SportsWorld women’s team and it didn’t disappoint.
Race reporter and race winner Caoimhe!
There was a great turn out of 55 women from six various clubs and a few individual runners. We all grouped together at the starting line and set off to follow the bike around the course.
The start of the race brought us down a fast hill. The next two laps had a slight incline but were relatively flat. There were numerous supporters dotted around the course that kept our spirits up. They were particularly important at the end of the race when faced with a daunting climb to finish line.
I was lucky to race beside Jean Wilson on the day, who was a strong runner and excellent pacemaker. She was encouraging and supportive. It’s not every race that you speak to your competitor throughout! I finished first, closely followed by Jean. Naoise and Sinead powered through to a strong 4th and 5th placing. Putting SportsWorld A team in a strong position.
We cheered on Patricia who raced until the very end overtaking others to finish 7th with Catherine Muleady a few seconds behind in 10th.
SportsWorld had 17 runners altogether. Team A, finished in the top 7, the B team between 10th and 23rd, with six suburb runners; Catherine, Natalia, Valerie, Ann, Sandra and Amy. The C team consisted of Bronwyn, Anne Belton, Carmel, Orla and Aoife, placing from 32nd to 50th. Laurence Delair ran very well as an individual for the club.
Overall it was a fantastic day to stretch out the legs, and it wouldn’t be a race in Ireland without tea and cakes at the end. Lets hope the next race is just as successful.
Full results
Place Time Number Name Team
1 19:44 23 Caoimhe Daniels Sportsworld A
2 19:51 20 Jean Wilson Sportsworld A
3 20.26 76 Sinead Tighe Bros Pearse A
4 20.38 19 Naoise Waldron Sportsworld A
5 21.02 22 Sinead Staunton Sportsworld A
6 21.05 204 Fiona Groark Esker Indiv
7 21.21 21 Patricia Fitzmaurice Sportsworld A
8 21.22 37 Brona Snow Fingallians A
9 21.37 1 Michelle Langan Blackrock AC
10 21.47 26 Catherine Mulleady Sportsworld B
11 21.55 52 Christina Pieri Waterstown Warriors A
12 22.19 79 Lisa Nagle Bros Pearse A
13 22:20 78 Ingrid McGovern Bros Pearse A
14 22.22 27 Natalia O’Grady Sportsworld B
15 22.25 13 Kate Murray Crusaders B
16 22.36 25 Valerie Power Sportsworld B
17 22.59 68 Elaine Verdon Donore A
18 23.02 53 Ciara Losty Waterstown Warriors A
19 23.05 30 Ann Higgins Sportsworld B
20 23.07 65 Caren Crowley Donore A
21 23.11 77 Ailish Hudson Bros Pearse A
22 23.14 28 Sandra Kelly Sportsworld B
23 23.18 29 Amy Looney Sportsworld B
24 23.25 223 Individual
25 23.41 69 Ruth Chambers Donore A
26 23.45 16 Niamh Quinn Crusaders B
27 23.51 6 Jennifer Lee Blackrock AC
28 23.56 7 Carina Davidson Crusaders A
29 23.58 224 Ciara Gleeson Crusaders Indiv
30 24.04 5 Rachel Kiely Blackrock AC
31 24.14 4 Christina Goldrick Blackrock AC
32 24:20:00 34 Bronwyn Murphy White Sportsworld C
33 24.29 67 Mary Murphy Donore A
34 24.45 38 Deirdre Lee Fingallians A
35 25.04 44 Carmel O’Mahoney Fingallians B
36 25.11 36 Anne Belton Sportsworld C
37 25.14 35 Carmel Dolan Sportsworld C
38 25:20:00 60 Anne Tiernan Waterstown Warriors B
39 25.34 59 Catherine Farrell Waterstown Warriors B
40 25.52 8 Rhona McGrath Crusaders A
41 25.58 63 Pamela Lawlor Waterstown Warriors B
42 26.33 40 Tracey Gilbert Fingallians A
43 27.04 54 Gillian O’Connor Waterstown Warriors A
44 27.05 203 Sue Lynch Donore Indiv
45 27.11 42 Josie Power Fingallians A
46 27.22 55 Eimear O’Neill Waterstown Warriors A
47 27.26 31 Orla Greaves Sportsworld C
48 27.31 10 Mairead Cashman Crusaders A
49 27.33 61 Carmel Whelan Waterstown Warriors B
50 27.46 33 Aoife Lavin Sportsworld C
51 28.09 46 Caroline Sheedy Fingallians B
52 28.33 49 Lucy Cowley Fingallians C
53 29:10:00 222 Laurence Delair Sportsworld
54 29.57 225 Dara Costy Waterstown Indiv
55 30.51 48 Gay Nolan Fingallians C
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