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Girls narrowly pipped for Dublin title

Santry demense – The scene of last December’s European XC played host to this year’s Dublin Senior XC; and although there was a moderately soggy under footing at least it was dry with no wind.

Senior Women

DSD’s Hazel Murphy was a gun to tape winner extending her lead on every lap, but behind her an intact group fizzled out over the three laps. On the second lap we were ahead on points with our five girls running in the top fourteen. Aoife always looked like 2nd or 3rd as she ran 90% of the race neck and neck with Raheny’s Aoife Talty. However the latter died away in the last 400m, with DSD’s Bryony Treston finishing like a train to get up to second, and this proved decisive for the team title. Bryony had conserved her energy by running back in the third group for most of the race. Eimear, Crona and Jean (who were part of that third group) also ran excellently to complete the scoring; but all of our girls struggled in the heavy conditions when compared to the Gerry Farnham XC two weeks ago. We will have a stronger squad when Lucy recovers from last week’s Dublin city marathon, and the biggest prize is five months away so there’s plenty of time to prepare for it.

Senior Men

Phil was our sole entry for this, he eased into it having been 26th on the first lap and he picked off runners in each lap to end up 22nd. Well done Phil, you were the picture of calmness! At the sharper end of this half-sized race (48 runners going to post when there’s normally 100), a top group of 14 kept it together for the first two of six laps. Then DSD’s Joe Sweeney must have thrown in a sub 4:30 mile as the whole field was strung apart on the third lap. He kept up this relentless pressure and lapped half of the field, and his five club mates finished in the top third of the race to regain their team crown.

Well done to DSD for winning both senior titles on the day, and well done to all runners for partaking in these highly competitive races.

Dublin Senior Cross Country Championships 2010

Senior Women

1          Murphy Hazel                         Dundrum South Dublin AC   18.37

2          Treston Bryony                       Dundrum South Dublin AC   19.08

3          Brady Aoife                            Sportsworld AC                      19.14

8          Martin Eimear                         Sportsworld AC                      19.38

10        Brady Crona                           Sportsworld AC                      19.40

13        Wilson Jean                             Sportsworld AC                      19.49

DNF    Jennings Catriona                    Sportsworld AC

Senior Women Team

1          Dundrum South Dublin AC               1,2,12,14 =      29

2          Sportsworld AC                                  3,8,10,13 =      34

3          Raheny Shamrocks AC                       5,7,17,18 =      47

4          Clonliffe Harriers AC                         4,11,16,20 =    51

Senior Men

1          Sweeney Joseph                      Dundrum South Dublin AC               32.18

2          O’Neill Breandan                    Dundrum South Dublin AC               32.33

3          Coghlan John                          Metro St. Brigids                                32.57

22        Kilgannon Phil                        Sportsworld AC                                  36.35

XC – Belvedere Novice 2010

Last weekend the Leinster Novice was held in Mullingar. Sportsworld had a mens and womens team. Helen White had a great run finishing 2nd in the Masters race in 10:35. The womens team had a great  day taking second place. The mens team  whilst not at full strength ran well also. It’s great to see a large number of new runners taking part in the Novice races.  The next Leinster race is Adamstown on the 7th. This will be a step up to a 10K race.

Results

Susan McDonnell – 9 – 11.05

Mairead O Callaghan – 10 – 11.06

Ciara Foster – 19 -11.36

Caitriona Higgins – 32 – 12.08

Emma Fitzpatrick – 39 – 12.16

Siobheal Waldron – 45 – 12.34

Nuala O Connor – 50 – 12.48


Garrett Murran – 33 – 21.33

Michael Cunningham – 46 – 22.25

Ciaran Lynch – 49 – 22.38

Conor Butler – 58 – 23.30

Conor Tully – 68 – 23.54

Dublin Marathon 2010 Well Done

A big well done to all those who represented the club at last Monday’s 31st annual Dublin Marathon. More details will follow but the finishing times for each person are shown below.

ED MC ENTEE > 2:41:14
KAROL CRONIN > 2:51:52
LUCY DARCY > 2:52:46
JOE BYRNE > 2:55:57
KIERAN FOLEY > 2:58:37
LIAM Mc FADDEN > 3:01:34
STEPHANIE BERGIN > 3:10:23
RUTH KELLY > 3:10:31
PAUL CASSIDY > 3:32:53
DAVE TRIMBLE > 3:38:18
PAT QUINLAN > 3:43:41
KAREN O CONNOR > 3:48:03
IRENE O CONNOR > 3:48:58
ENDA Mc MORROW > 3:51:41
ANNE SWEENEY > 3:52:50
ANNA DELANEY > 3:55:11
GER KENNEDY > 4:05:35
CLAIRE O BRIEN > 4:11:28
CLAIRE HARRINGTON > 4:19:22
RACHAEL CORRIGAN > 4:27:00
LOUISE FLOOD > 5:00:00

Gerry Farnham Cross Country 2010

Pictures from the Gerry Farnham Cross Country 2010 are now on the website. Well done to all who ran, especially the girls who came home in force to win the womens team title. Helen and Lucy also had great finishes in their age categories.

Results

Womens

4 – Aoife Brady Sportsworld A.C. Senior 16:52
7 – Eimear Power Sportsworld A.C. Senior 17:10
9 – Catriona Jennings Sportsworld A.C. Senior 17:18
11 – Crona Brady Sportsworld A.C. Senior 17:22
20 – Lucy Darcy Sportsworld A.C. Over 40 17:44
34 – Helen White Sportsworld A.C. Over 45 18:15
92 – Carol Lynch Sportsworld A.C. Over 60 23:41

Mens
54 – Paul O’Connell Sportsworld A.C. Senior 27:28
83 – Carole Cronnin Sportsworld A.C. Senior 28:29
103 – Tervor Sweeney Sportsworld A.C. Over 35 29:11
110 – Paul Duffy Sportsworld A.C. Senior 29:32

Dublin Novice 2010

The first cross country race of the year took place yesterday over the Munich lap in the Phoenix Park. Sportsworld had a large number of athletes in attendance and a great bunch of supporters out on the course. The standout perfomances of the day go to Ciara Foster in the womens race and Carole Cronin in the mens Both proved a force to be reckoned with coming in 7th and 12th positions.

It was great to see large teams out with allot of runners new to cross country taking part. Unfortunately there was to be  no team prizes this year with both the mens and womens team coming in 5th.

Well done all. It wont be so dry next time.

Womens

7 254 Forster Ciara Sportsworld A.C. 11.23
26 250 O’Neill Jennifer Sportsworld A.C. 12.07
31 252 Jordan Orla Sportsworld A.C. 12.25
33 253 Waldron Siobheal Sportsworld A.C. 12.28
34 249 Higgins Catriona Sportsworld A.C. 12.30
52 256 O’Connor Nuala Sportsworld A.C. 13.20
61 255 Royel Bridget Sportsworld A.C. 13.48

Mens

12 222 Cronin Carole Sportsworld AC 20.08
13 221 Sweeney Travor Sportsworld AC 20.17
27 226 Bolger Colin Sportsworld AC 20.56
35 225 Murran Garrett Sportsworld AC 21.20
38 228 McEntee Ed Sportsworld AC 21.29
42 224 Cunningham Michael Sportsworld AC 21.39
49 232 Breen Niell Sportsworld AC (Ind) 22.12
54 223 McFadden Liam Sportsworld AC 22.32
64 227 Foley Kieran Sportsworld AC 23.02
72 258 Lyons Jonathan Sportsworld AC 23.34
77 233 Prenderville Gerard Sportsworld AC (Ind) 23.50
79 231 Tully Conor Sportsworld AC (Ind) 24.25
83 234 Moore Stephen Sportsworld AC (Ind) 25.27

Rathfarnham 5K

Sunday, September 27th

Terenure – Our senior women’s team were out in full force on Sunday at the Rathfarnham 5K. The early start (10 am) and the late night before it (as it was the club coach Emily’s birthday) proved not to be a barrier for our runners. Conditions were ideal for fast running, which meant that many earned 5K road PBs.

The team were led home by Aoife and she was followed closely by her sister Crona. Despite 15m the day before it, 18m on Wednesday and 22m the previous Sunday Lucy proved that she still has the speed in her legs as she finished just outside 18 mins; and a few seconds later Jean arrived to finish our quartet. Fresh from her Ironman success in Zurich, Aideen won her age category. Well done to all.

Male Senior
1 00:13:54 Martin Fagan Mullingar Harriers
17 00:16:12 Trevor Sweeney Sportsworld Running Club

Female Senior
1 00:15:41 Mary Cullen Reebok international
2 00:16:23 Teresa McGloin Finn Valley
3 00:16:58 Patrycja Wlodarczyk Raheny Shamrocks
4 00:17:03 Aoife Brady Sportsworld Running Club
7 00:17:17 Crona Brady Sportsworld Running Club
9 00:18:09 Jean Wilson Sportsworld Running Club
13 00:19:04 Sandra Armstrong Sportsworld Running Club
18 00:19:31 Kathleen Horgan Sportsworld Running Club

Female Over 40
1 00:17:06 Annette Kealy Raheny Shamrock
2 00:18:03 Lucy D’Arcy Sportsworld Running Club
13 00:26:08 Laurence Delair Sportsworld Running Club

Female Over 45
1 00:20:42 Aideen Downes Sportsworld Running Club

Male Over 50
1 00:16:29 Phelim Glynn Dunboyne
9 00:21:40 Colin Mahon Sportsworld Running Club

More results on http://www.athleticsrathfarnham.ie/

Dublin Half Marathon 2010

Saturday 18/9/10

Phoenix Park – A top 10 finish for Paul O’Connell was the highlight of the Dublin Half Marathon from a Sportsworld point of view. The races were won by Bantry’s Alan O’Shea and Raheny’s Patricja Wlodarczyk. There were many fine performances from Sportsworld competitors. Apologies for any omissions.

1          Alan O’Shea               67:06
10        Paul O Connell            73:39
29        Trevor Sweeney          76:58
102      Joe Byrne                    82:14
113      Oran Murphy              82:56
178      Billy Tyrell                  85:24
217      Jack Tyrell                   86:51
479      Jakub Splawski           90:59

1          Patricja Wlodarczyk    77:33
16        Stephanie Bergin         89:08
17        Ruth Kelly                  89:13
26        Louise Nolan               90:13
27        Ciara Foster                 90:39

Eimear takes 2nd at Loughrea

Sunday September 26th

Loughrea – Eimear had some stiff competition in the east Galway town with Great Britain’s international distance runner Freya Murray. The Scot won comfortably but Eimear took a magnificent second place along with a cash prize. The race was traditionally a five miler and had a well established name to attract some of the country’s top runners as well as high numbers; but this was its first year as a 10K and thus a new course. Well done Eimear.

Grey Lake 10K Loughrea 2010

1          Murray Freya              Chester-Le-Street/ Edinburgh     00:32:56
2          Power Eimear              Sports World AC                                00:37:50
3          Shaughnessy Laura     Loughrea AC                                      00:38:28

Other results on http://www.loughreaathleticclub.com/

Iron Woman

Zurich Ironman : 25 July 2010
The stage distances:
  1. Swim: 3.8 km
  2. Cycle:  180km
  3. Run:    42.2km (marathon)
For triathlon events, there are time limits (variable).   The time limit in Zurich was 16hrs with a 07.00 start.
As many Ironman triathlons fill up well in advance, I registered in July 2009.  This gave me a year to train and mentally prepare for the challenge.  Like with any big race, the main thing is to make the start line healthy!  It involves a good bit of planning, considerable training and a nice dollop of luck.
My training plan was to do the Dublin Marathon in 2009 so building up my endurance fitness.  I did this in 3:30 and also lined up in the Singapore Marathon 6 weeks later with my brother who I was visiting in Asia.  That went well, after a novel 05.30 start, I finished in under 4 hours – ahead of 95% of the field!
I started specifically training for the Ironman in February 2010 when I could get on the bike after most of the snow and ice cleared.    I had also been going to a coached swimming class every week with Pulse Triathlon Club from October continuing until May.   These classes were great for my swimming.
For 5 months, I swam, cycled and ran a minimum of 3 times each per week building up the distances as time went on.   After my long bike ride on a Sunday, I always went for a short run and tried to run one other day after cycling.   I took time off work to train & recover so time wasn’t an issue.
My longest sessions were:
  • Half Ironman distance training day in May with a small group all training for an Ironman.
  • Wicklow 200km bike ride followed by a 75 minute run.
  • A 5hr bike ride followed by a 2.5hr run.
On 21st July, I made it to Zurich with the bike – it’s a tad worrying handing over the bike to baggage handlers!   I wanted to have a few days before the event in case there were any problems.    The flights had to be booked well in advance too as the airlines will only carry a limited number of bikes.
So I was on the countdown:  the distances didn’t bother me now as I had done them in training so ‘all’ I had to do was put them together and I would make the finish.
I did though have two main concerns about the event,
  1. crowding in the water – I’ve heard that people have suffered broken goggles to broken noses and with a 2,000+ mass start, it was a legitimate worry
  2. something going wrong with my bike that I wouldn’t be able to fix = equals end of Ironman
On the day
Swim
I started at the back of the field in the water and it worked a treat.   It was by far the most enjoyable swim of any triathlon I’ve ever done.   23.8 degree water helps!  I was able to get into my stroke straight away, avoided trouble at the turns and was really happy with my time of 85 minutes.   I took my time in transition, changing in cycling clothes and was away on my bike.
Bike
The bike is two laps of 90km.    The first 90km went very well also, we had a lovely flat start – I’m not used to that after training in Wicklow mountains!  I was well up on my expected time after one lap without pushing myself.  The Zurich Ironman is considered hilly but after the Wicklow hills, I found them fine.  Unfortunately, at 95km just when I was telling myself there was a good bit to go yet and not get carried away, I got a puncture.  I was unlucky to get one.   After training on roads that rattle teeth for 5 months,  I was spinning along on a beautiful smooth flat Swiss road and down goes the wheel.  I stayed calm and began to change the tyre.  Luckily a spectator went off to get the on-course mechanics who were nearby and they helped.  So I was back on course after about 10 minutes, but was a bit nervous for the rest of the ride!   The hills also seemed twice as long and high second time round….
I made it to start of the marathon with over an hour to spare.  My bike time was 7:15.  If you don’t get there by a certain time, you get taken out of the race.   I changed into running gear, pinned my number to my top as the number belt annoys me in triathlons so it was in my plan – pin number on – forget about it.
Run
The marathon was 4 laps of 10.5km with 5 aid (food and drink) stations per lap.  I planned to run between stations and walk through them so that I could drink.   I did exactly that.  The atmosphere was fantastic as spectators lined the whole route.  I thought I smiled for the whole run as I knew that I’d do an Ironman that day but on viewing some finisher pix, I wasn’t always smiling!!  A marathon is a marathon and this was an end of event marathon.   I hit a dodgy patch at 33km when I thought all power was going from my legs – it was quite strange.  I made it jogging to the next station, managed to get some food down including pretzels and half a banana.  I recovered, and had a great end of run  – it felt like I was sprinting to the finish but I’m sure it looked like something else.    I was definitely smiling coming over the line  – it’s a fantastic thing to see that line and hear all the shouts.  Run time:  4:22
One very happy woman.
Ironman Finish Time 13:18

National Half 2010

Last Sunday the 2010 national half marathon took place at St. Abban’s AC in County Laois. Not quite as long a drive as last year but a tougher 2 lap course with plenty of ups and downs made for a challenging race.

Andrew Ledwith (Fr. Murphys AC) and Maria McCambridge (Letterkenmy AC) took the National Half Marathon titles. Ledwith came home with 41 seconds to spare over his closest rival in the form of Michael Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock’s AC). Maria McCambrige dominated the women’s race coming home 21st overall and five minutes clear of her nearest rival.

Plenty of pictures of the day can be found here. Sportsworld had a good few runners taking part. The mens team took bronze and Lucy won Master Women W40. Well done all the cross country awaits.

13 – Phil Kilgannon – 74.14

18 – Paul O’Connell – 75.38

35 Paul Duffy – 79.51

38 – Karol Cronin – 80.07

39 – Ronan Merrick – 80.11

58 – Lucy Darcy – 84.55

60 – Liam Mc Fadden – 85.10