| First Name | Surname | Gender | Gender Position | Category | Category Position | 10K | Half | 20Mile | Chip Time | Chip Position | |
| 1 | Paul | Duffy | Male | 22 | MS | 18 | 00:34:57 | 01:14:59 | 01:55:49 | 02:33:18 | 22 |
| 2 | Gavin | Finlay | Male | 52 | MS | 29 | 00:36:34 | 01:17:47 | 02:00:05 | 02:39:42 | 54 |
| 3 | James Dara | Brady | Male | 109 | MS | 54 | 00:39:28 | 01:24:29 | 02:09:10 | 02:49:58 | 111 |
| 4 | Damian | Kelly | Male | 117 | M35 | 34 | 00:38:13 | 01:21:55 | 02:06:38 | 02:50:58 | 123 |
| 5 | Orna | Dilworth | Female | 9 | FS | 3 | 00:41:50 | 01:28:53 | 02:15:20 | 02:57:31 | 248 |
| 6 | Michael | Cunningham | Male | 368 | M35 | 98 | 00:40:46 | 01:26:25 | 02:12:52 | 02:59:50 | 383 |
| 7 | Ruth | Kelly | Female | 15 | F35 | 5 | 00:42:15 | 01:30:06 | 02:17:19 | 03:04:07 | 475 |
| 8 | Martin | Keenan | Male | 462 | M40 | 90 | 00:42:17 | 01:28:57 | 02:16:57 | 03:04:08 | 477 |
| 9 | Joe | Byrne | Male | 559 | M45 | 57 | 00:42:10 | 01:30:07 | 02:19:27 | 03:08:19 | 583 |
| 10 | William | Greensmyth | Male | 662 | MS | 229 | 00:41:48 | 01:29:16 | 02:17:57 | 03:09:57 | 686 |
| 11 | Stephanie | Bergin | Female | 37 | FS | 11 | 00:45:05 | 01:34:05 | 02:27:04 | 03:15:17 | 917 |
| 12 | Sean | Donegan | Male | 963 | MS | 314 | 00:46:33 | 01:37:57 | 02:29:42 | 03:17:12 | 1011 |
| 13 | Denis | Mc Caul | Male | 1045 | M35 | 291 | 00:49:07 | 01:42:20 | 02:32:17 | 03:18:02 | 1053 |
| 14 | Conor | Tully | Male | 1092 | MS | 353 | 00:41:54 | 01:28:54 | 02:27:28 | 03:19:50 | 1217 |
| 15 | Colm | Cronin | Male | 1487 | M35 | 420 | 00:49:06 | 01:42:19 | 02:32:54 | 03:25:31 | 1549 |
| 16 | Patricia | Fitzmaurice | Female | 132 | FS | 39 | 00:47:01 | 01:39:08 | 02:35:11 | 03:29:45 | 1995 |
| 17 | Liam | Mc Fadden | Male | 1726 | M35 | 485 | 00:44:04 | 01:35:05 | 02:33:44 | 03:29:58 | 2018 |
| 20 | Brenda | Egan | Male | 1952 | MS | 595 | 00:50:25 | 01:45:20 | 02:40:12 | 03:30:21 | 2063 |
| 18 | Anna | Delaney | Female | 157 | F40 | 35 | 00:50:26 | 01:45:20 | 02:40:13 | 03:30:26 | 2071 |
| 19 | David | Trimble | Male | 1923 | M50 | 108 | 00:48:30 | 01:41:36 | 02:37:16 | 03:30:32 | 2084 |
| 21 | Nuala | O’ Connor | Female | 180 | F35 | 49 | 00:49:51 | 01:45:37 | 02:40:45 | 03:32:31 | 2232 |
| 22 | Ann | Higgins | Female | 192 | F45 | 25 | 00:50:27 | 01:45:21 | 02:40:16 | 03:33:19 | 2304 |
| 23 | Orla | O’ Flynn | Female | 205 | F45 | 26 | 00:51:33 | 01:48:09 | 02:43:56 | 03:34:35 | 2399 |
| 24 | Francis | Mahon | Male | 2381 | M35 | 655 | 00:47:20 | 01:41:22 | 02:37:39 | 03:37:11 | 2651 |
| 25 | Lucy | D’Arcy | Female | 243 | F40 | 54 | 00:48:07 | 01:42:55 | 02:40:05 | 03:38:11 | 2745 |
| 26 | Ronan | Murray | Male | 2901 | M40 | 636 | 00:50:26 | 01:45:21 | 02:44:16 | 03:42:21 | 3187 |
| 27 | Eoin | Cartwright | Male | 3310 | MS | 993 | 00:55:13 | 01:55:00 | 02:54:06 | 03:45:51 | 3548 |
| 28 | Trish | Serocki | Female | 403 | F35 | 103 | 00:51:41 | 01:50:11 | 02:49:24 | 03:46:41 | 3634 |
| 29 | Fiona | Fagan | Female | 385 | FS | 130 | 00:55:03 | 01:55:25 | 02:53:17 | 03:47:18 | 3718 |
| 30 | Ken | White | Male | 3582 | M45 | 431 | 00:51:45 | 01:50:12 | 02:51:12 | 03:48:46 | 3904 |
| 31 | Sheena | Mc Donnell | Female | 708 | FS | 260 | 00:57:36 | 02:00:00 | 03:00:44 | 03:58:24 | 5222 |
| 32 | Paula | Dooley | Female | 850 | F35 | 208 | 00:55:08 | 01:57:34 | 03:02:03 | 04:01:46 | 5683 |
| 33 | Naoise | Waldron | Female | 987 | FS | 368 | 00:55:27 | 01:54:09 | 02:55:41 | 04:05:56 | 6069 |
| 34 | Alan | Dignam | Male | 5366 | M45 | 670 | 00:59:29 | 02:04:26 | 03:09:41 | 04:09:44 | 6509 |
| 35 | Bronwyn | Murphy-White | Female | 1520 | FS | 524 | 01:00:35 | 02:07:38 | 03:16:54 | 04:18:44 | 7363 |
| 36 | Claire | Harrington | Female | 1832 | F50 | 94 | 01:01:17 | 02:08:20 | 03:20:10 | 04:27:46 | 8224 |
| 37 | Louise | Kearney | Male | 6782 | M40 | 1433 | 01:01:39 | 02:11:35 | 03:24:30 | 04:33:49 | 8710 |
| 38 | Joanie | Kenny | Female | 2842 | FS | 986 | 01:03:14 | 02:23:09 | 03:51:01 | 05:08:52 | 10754 |
| 39 | Stephen | Moore | Male | 8143 | M40 | 1709 | 01:05:43 | 02:27:01 | 04:02:08 | 05:22:34 | 11107 |
| 40 | Orlaith | Fortune | Female | 3303 | F35 | 723 | 01:15:37 | 02:46:36 | 04:28:02 | 05:51:05 | 11648 |
| 60 | Ray | Carpenter | Male | 3303 | F35 | 66 | 00:59:16 | 02:05:59 | 03:13:45 | 04:17:48 | 7332 |
Dublin Marathon Results 2013
Leinster Novice Dunboyne 2013
Dunboyne was the scene for the 2013 Leinster Novice Cross country.
For anyone who is new to this type of racing a wise man’s Momma once said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get”. On the day of a cross county you do exactly the same. You arrive early to inspect the course and then hope / prey for the best. Today without Michael Cunningham at the helm we didn’t know which way was up and arrived without the gazebo or even am umbrella between us. As it proceeded to bucket down many contemplated their sanity but when the races started, the conditions were quickly forgotten about.
First up today were the Novice women. Shona went out fast in the first lap and despite falling back a bit finished well in 34th. Two newcomers to cross country Niamh (smallest running shoes ever) Flaherty and Lizulet Oosthuizen ran well in the tough conditions, finishing in the exact same time in 61st and 62nd. Aileen Melody came in at the last minute to run on the Senior team.
Rachael Morgan ran exceptionally well in the Masters race to finish 7th. Followed in 24t by Ciara Foster, who is quickly getting back to form. Breda Browne came home in 40th to complete a great team effort .
In the Mens Senior Karol Cronin continued his great form of late, narrowly missing out on 1st place. Karol now has another well deserved silver medal in the bag this season. Karol was followed by Gareth Murran in 18th, Eoin Fitzpatrick who ran a fantastic first race to finish 39th, Kevin Curran in 59th and another newcomer mark Small in 61st. The masters men all ran well but results are yet to be posted online.
* Masters men Jim Brown 66th, Oliver Privat 77th and Robert McMahon th
No team medals today but good running in tough conditions. In case you have never ran a cross-country– these are the rules:
1. Any race you can walk away from is a bad race.
2. If it hurts, make it hurt more.
3. If you’re not close to giving up, you’re not training hard enough.
* On the day all the teams were also let down by many last minute drop outs. Please don’t give your name to Emily if you cant make it, although everyone is encouraged to try these races.
Gerry Farnan 2013
Race report from Phil Killgannon
Well after my confessions of a teenage drama queen on facebook about my travails of the marathon, I’ll try and keep this report short and sweet. I will say it’s been great to be back on the old sod the past couple of weeks and enjoying rather than enduring my running. Congrats to Damian and Breda’s kids first and foremost on their great runs. Watch this space…………
Gerry Farnan set out the Munich Lap in the Phoeno for the great Eamon Coughlan back in the day and it is a staple of the running fraternity (and not forget sorority) since. The course is a classic mix, with a really testing double dip in the valley, which really knocks your rythm, a steady climb up out of the woods and wide open straights to open out the legs. This race is a sight to behold, with seniors, juniors and (ahem) masters all taking off like a heard of buffalo taking off across the plains. The first lap is a bit frantic, so you just really try and get out a nice bit through the crowd and find your corner, while the race takes shape around you. It’s easy to get caught up in charge up the field but if you do your done. The second mile lap of 5 sees the groups start to take shape. Again the temptation is to go after the next few guys, but its a case of just keeping a steady tempo and they’ll come back to you in time. Any kind of a spurt will just hurt you two fold quite quickly. This race is more akin to a half marathon on the road than a 5 mile.
The race only really starts on the third lap and only if you’ve kept your powder dry will you be in contention. Yesterday, I was thankfully able to pick off guys steadily from here on in. The hills take a progressive toll as the laps tick by and its crucial to use minimal energy getting up these as otherwise your ‘goosed’ at the top of the hill. I’ve always found pushing on a few yards after getting up hills like this in training important to simulate a race. Anyway lap four was a case of getting to lap 5 and I’d been informed at this stage that I was where I needed to be, so just needed to consolidate rather than pushing on unnecessarily. Seeing a Rathfarnham supporter taking pictures of someone quite close behind me was a good kick up the arse on the last lap and knicked a few on the way in.
Apologies for the mix of past tense and hypothetical, facts and rambling but that’s how it comes out and sure it’s more polished when its unpolished. Many thanks to all the sportsworld support who its not an exaggeration to say carried me around the stitch inflicted last lap. It was like playing at Anfield yesterday with the sea of red.
Fionnula Briton ran away with the ladies race today, which contained some of those vying for European cross places. This was a welcome return to form for the mercurial Wicklow talent. Jean was denied a place on the Masters team by injury, which will be the weaker for her absence but class is permanent and she’ll be back.
Donadea AC 10K
race report from Orna Dilworth
With 16 days to go (not that anyone was counting), what better way to spend a Saturday morning than testing the marathon legs with a bit of speedwork. Donadea AC was hosting its annual 10k race around Donadea Forest Park and it was the perfect opportunity timing and location-wise for a bit of a blow-out. There was a good turn out with 365 participants in total; fantastic support for a local event. The first km of the route is on the road with a slight drag which should have put manners on the more enthusiastic of us. After that it’s into the Park and the remainder is 2 laps on forest trails. A technical enough course, with plenty of twists, turns and short sharp climbs and dips, it certainly kept the mind focused. The race plan: go hard or go home! (caveated with the bigger picture / A-goal of the marathon and a ban on foolish moves!). I went out hard and paid for it nicely. While the legs are feeling strong, the lungs and the mind are not in optimum 10k shape. Happy to report that although I slowed in the latter half, I pushed on to finish in a pretty respectable time. There were clear winners in each of the men’s and ladies’ races with impressive winning finishing times of 31:46 and 34:54 respectively. A good value and well organised club run topped off soup, sambos and all the tea, coffee and biscuits one could stomach, this race is definitely one for the annual calendar. With a number of other events organised on this day, there was an unusual lack of Sportsworld Vests in the field but hopefully we’ll get a good group out next year for a change of scenery and to represent.
Simon Community 5m 2013
Simon Community 5m 2013 by Packie Enright
Ed McEntee tuned up nicely for the Amsterdam Marathon this coming Sunday with a sub 30 min clocking at Saturday’s Dublin Simon Community 5m fun run. His 12th place finish here will no doubt give him some confidence, with Packie Enright five seconds behind.
The race was won in 26:45, while the female race was won by Raheny Shamrock’s Annette Kealy in 29:56.
More importantly, almost 2000 people ran or walked the event in aid of the homeless coming into this cold period.
12 Edward McEntee 29:31
13 Packie Enright 29:36
Apologies to any Sportsworld runners not mentioned – serves you right for not wearing your club singlet ha!!
Full results here.
http://www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer?v=%252Fen%252Frace%252Fshow%252F1478%253Flayout%253Dprecision_timing
Surf n Turf 10km
A big congratulations to Sportsworlds Ciara Foster who won the Surf n Turf 10km last Saturday 5th Oct!!!!!
She won this mutli-terrain event held in Curracloe, Co. Wexford in an outstanding 40min 41sec. The challenging course was a mix of beach, forest trail and country road in which Ciara dominated to eventually storm across the line nearly 4 minutes ahead of her nearest challenger. Great work Ciara!
Countdown to October 28th
Race report by James Dara Brady from the Athlone 3/4 Marathon
I’m reliably informed by our resident intellectual (who shall remain nameless, but feel free to guess) that Athlone is in an area known as Goldsmith’s country. Named after the novelist, playwright and poet Oliver Goldsmith. I think he must have ran the Athlone ¾ marathon at some point, one of his better known quotes goes something like this “success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall”. And to be fair to Oliver there were plenty of hills to fall up and down on this course. And oddly this race isn’t actually in Athlone, it’s in Glasson. But that’s just an aside…
Billed as a “proven top quality Dublin marathon preparation event”, Sportsworld were well represented here. So much so the race announcer felt obliged to comment on the amount of Sportsworld singlet’s as the race was about to start.
Being the well organised race that this event is, there is a racing brief available for download prior to the race to give you all sorts of interesting information. What it does include is the reference to hills at approximately mile 5 and mile 18. What it fails to do justice to is exactly how torturous these hills are. Goldsmith would not be best pleased with the lack of flowery language. They also fail to add the other quirky race niceties such as the smell of slurry, tractor avoidance and the odd pile of horse poo!
These are of course minor inconveniences and only add to the character. This is a well organised race with water stations every four miles, each with watermelon slices and jellies too. Oh, and post race timing splits for each quarter.
It is an ideal opportunity to test your marathon day race pace and just to seem really geeky I’ll add one final Goldsmith quote that is fairly apt “For he who fights and runs away,may live to fight another day; But he who is in battle slain, can never rise and fight again.” In running terms; you’re three weeks away from the marathon, do not run yourself into the ground today.
The weather was good. It was relatively mild and when a drizzle of rain came it was appreciated. The route wasn’t exactly hopping with people and I seem to remember Michael stating at some point as we ran past some houses “these are not running fans”. We did get much great support from Catriona, Liam and Michelle at different points along the route which was great. Liam unfortunately had hurt his back and couldn’t run, fingers crossed he’s back training asap.
On the day Sportsworld had great results for what is a very tough course. If there were a team prize it would have easily gone to the club. There were approximately 776 runners in this event. The two most notable results on the day came from Paul Duffy and Patricia Fitzmaurice. Here are the overall results. If I’m missing anyone I apologise, but you must not have entered Sportsworld as your club so let us know how you got on. See you at the start line on the 28th. James Brady
Paul Duffy 3rd 1.53.04
Phil Kilgallon 5th 1.57.00
Gavin Finlay 6th 1.57.20
Ed McEntee 11th 2.04.35
James Brady 13th 2.05.11
Michael Cunningham 15th 2.06.25
Will Greensmyth 57th 2.21.28
Sean Donegan 100th 2.28.14
Patricia Fitzmaurice 128th 2.32.22
Denis McCaul 177th 2.38.15
Nuala O’Connor 182nd 2.40.14
Ronan Murray 183rd 2.40.16
Fiona Fagan 325th 2.53.02
Alan Dignam 331st 2.54.04
Dublin Novice Cross Country 2013
Race report by Karol Cronin from the Dublin Novice 2013
‘Cross country season returned to a mild October day kicking off with the Dublin Novice Race. The race had taken place in The Phoenix Park in recent years but was switched to St Annes Park in Raheny. The 1.5k course was soft, flat and fast, meandering around fields and forest trails. With a huge amount of support out, it created a great bit of excitement for the runners.
The women’s 3k race got off first with Caroline Conway finishing brilliantly in 11th place. All the other girls performed really well and placed 9th overall in the team result.
The men’s 6k race took place next, with a strong team fielded hoping for a team result. Karol Cronin finished an amazing 2nd place with the help of good support and cheers from the side and sound pre-race advice from Emily and Myles. The team finished in 5th place and everyone ran really well with Mark Small making his cross-country debut.
Well done to all the runners and the fantastic support out there. A big thanks to Raheny Shamrocks for organizing the race and providing refreshments afterwards. Next race up is The Gerry Farnan cross-country Oct 20th.’
Results:
Women’s Race
Caroline Conway 11th
Claire Bailey 31st
Niamh Flaherty 46th
Sinead Friel 47th
Catherine Gilmore 60th
Men’s Race
Karol Cronin 2nd
Damien Kelly 25th
Gareth Murrin 32nd
Conor Tully 45th
Mark Small 63rd
Kevin Curran 70th
Olivier 78th
Rathfarnham 5km 29th Sept 2013
Rathfarnham 5km 29th Sept 2013 Race Reports
By Sandra Gowran and Gareth MurranA large number from Sportsworld lined up for the Rathfarnham 5km this morning (29th Sept). The race route around the “Terenure lap” is well known to regular club runners and while it’s renowned for fast times knowing every undulation and gradient of a race route is not always a positive!
By Sandra Gowran and Gareth MurranA large number from Sportsworld lined up for the Rathfarnham 5km this morning (29th Sept). The race route around the “Terenure lap” is well known to regular club runners and while it’s renowned for fast times knowing every undulation and gradient of a race route is not always a positive!
Over 1100 runners took part in the event with funds going to St. Luke’s hospital. There were some very strong performances from Sportsworld athletes, Karol Cronin who is just back from injury was first home from the club in 15:32 (11th overall); Mary Finn was first of the women posting a new PB of 18:39 and finishing 8th woman.The women’s team consisting of Mary Finn, Ciara Foster and Sandra Armstrong narrowly missed a team prize finishing 4th team. The men’s race was won by an impressive Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers (14:37) while Ciara Durkan of Skerries AC won the women’s in a very fast 16:34.
Rathfarnham AC are to be complimented on a very well organised and enjoyable race. Thanks also to the Sportsworld supporters who dotted the course to cheer us on and to Paddy Lynch in particular for capturing the pain and ecstasy as we made our way round.
Sandra Gowran
It’s great to know that I can run the first mile of a 5K faster than world record marathon pace.The Rathfarnham 5K was taking place this morning at the same time as a mind blowing world record was being set in Berlin by Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang. 4.42 per mile for a Marathon. Wow!!!!
The Rathfarnahm 5K is one of my favourite races on the calendar. A fast course, we run this route throughout the year in training with many of us also using it on our easy days. Things went off pretty fast today , taking in the first downhill mile in 4:30 I knew the pain would be coming fast, but on those days that it clicks you fight it off to make it last. On your good days, you are not tryin’, it’s just happening. When you are out there enjoying yourself, almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of failure – just falls away, leaving you with a true feeling of satisfaction.
The central governor theory is based around the premise that the brain will override your physical ability to run and “shut the body down” before you’re able to do serious or permanent damage to yourself. I hit that point in the race at 4K.
People newer to running often ask when does it get easier? The answer is it gets harder. You have to prepare yourself mentally, not head into a race telling yourself that somehow this race is going to be different. Be prepared for it to hurt, but remember that you’ve trained yourself to push through this exact situation. Visualize the race during your training runs and picture yourself hitting that point in the race when your body starts to hurt. Recall those feelings from your last race or hard work out and then visualize yourself pushing through that moment. By preparing yourself mentally, you’ll be ready to face the realities of the race. Having this in your back pocket is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking your race is over.
I’m convinced that my enjoyment of last week’s 30th anniversary celebration helped me run well today. It reminded me why I love training and racing. Why does it feel so good to hurt so badly? Although I did struggle a bit with 800M to go (more tempos needed) I finished with a strong sprint to go under 16 minutes for the first time in well over a year.
The best feeling after a good race is the feeling that you want to go run again straight away.
Gareth Murren
Sportsworld Results:
Karol David Cronin 15:32
Garath Murran 16:02
Mark Small 18:17
Mary Finn 18:39
Shane Torman 18:43
Timothy Telford 19:05
Robert McMahon 19:11
Sean Donegan 19:32
Ciara Foster 20:18
Sandra Armstrong 20:25
Stephen Willoughby 20:44
Natalia Sokolowska 20:56
Eoin O’ Brien 21:03
Alison Warde 21:18
Mark Mc Daid 21:51
Enda McMorrow 21:53
Niamh Flaherty 22:09
Deirdre Heavey 22:52
Catherine Gilmore 23:19
Sandra Irwin-Gowran 24:36
