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West Clare Report

Friday July 30th, Kildysert – Eimear Power (nee Martin) had a confidence boosting win on Friday evening at the annual Dermot Power memorial 4 mile road race in Co Clare. With an evening starting time, the race coincides with the local cultural festival which parties on into the night. Eimear came away with a superb time of 24:24 with a minute to spare over her nearest rival on a very tough and hilly course. Well done Eimear.
Elsewhere Packie Enright made a return to racing. Miles of 5:42, 5:56, 5:23 & 5:49 saw the Clare man to a top ten finish. The race was won by one of the countries finest distance runners Brian Maher. This tuned him up for what will be a fast 10,000m race in Tipton UK this month where many of the competitors hope to achieve qualifying times for the Commonwealth games.
Dermot Power Mem. 4 mile Road Race Kildysart Co Clare
Senior Men
1              0:19:51 MAHER, Brian           Kilkenny City Harriers AC
2              0:20:11 POWER, Seamus        Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare
3              0:21:01 DEBELA, Labeta        Limerick A. C.
10             0:22:50 ENRIGHT, Packie      Sportsworld A.C.
Senior Ladies
1              0:24:24 POWER, Eimear         Sportsworld A.C.
2              0:25:23 COLLERAN, Veronica Ennis Track A.C.
3              0:26:25 BURKE, Marian          St Marys
…Best regards, Packie.

BHAA Dublin City Council 2010

Belated report on a BHAA race that was on last week, that should not go without a mention, especially as it turned into a 3 man race at the front that included two of our sportsworld runners.
The race started and finished in Irishtown stadium with 3 laps of the nearby park in Ringsend in between. On a perfect night for running Paul Duffy took an early lead but was soon joined at the front by sportsworld clubmate Paul O’Connell and also by John Eves of UCD. Not that far behind was Ed followed a bit back by a a tightly bunched mid race pack that included Sportsworld stalwarts Stephen, Ray, Killian, Conor and myself. Also making her BHAA debut and flying the flag for the Sportsworld ladies was Catriona who ran a very strong race in this mid race group. Eventually after 3 fast laps of the park the race leaders led us back into the stadium, for a final lap of the track. Going by the commentary it was clear that the 3 aforementioned leaders were on the track at the same time with a real race on. Eventually John Eves won with Paul O’Connell 2nd and Paul Duffy a close 3rd.
Further back in the field there was some good runs recorded, although the times are a bit misleading as the course was about 400 metrres short. Notwithstanding this error however it was a most enjoyable race.
Sportsworld runners times and places (Apologies if any missed) :
Place           Name                      Time
2               Paul O’Connell            14 : 51
3               Paul Duffy                14 : 55
19              Ed Mc Entee               15 : 55
134             Stephen Willoughby        20 : 05
138             Enda Mc Morrow            20 : 11
144             Killian Mc Morrow         20 : 29
147             Catriona Higgins          20 : 36
157             Ray Carpenter             21 : 01
160             Conor Kenny               21 : 09
There were 242 finishers in the race.
Report by Enda Mc Morrow

Race Series 5 Mile

The annual Adidas 5 mile kicked off on Saturday July 17th on a relatively cool day but the main showers held off for after the race.  For some this is a chance to use some of the speed picked up in the track training for a relatively short race and for others this is the first step on the marathon trail like stepping into a freezing cold swimming pool and hoping your body will adjust. The Adidas series has a good race reputation and each year they do seem to make improvements, like having three separate starts this year to fan the runners out and they have dropped the tooth paste from the goody bag. However there has been a good few reports that the race was short on the distance. So much time, effect and money is put into chip timing which is useless if the course is short, most runners wear watches so if there is no chip timing you know yourself if you got a PB even if no one else does but if the course is wrong you can’t compare your times with previous years or races and can’t really tell if you had a good race. As usual good support from Myles on the S-bends and Rachael Morgan and Paul O Connell where there to make sure you died at the finish line and not 400meters to go. Top 20 finishers in their category Paul Duffy, Gareth Murran, Stephanie Bergin, Louise Nolan, Orla Jordan, Ruth Kelly, Ed McEntee, Joe Byrne, Sean OByrne.
Full Results www.dublinmarathon.ie
Race Report By: Michael Cunningham

Dublin Mountain Plod

Dublin Mountain Plod – 18th July 2010
Yes it was only a matter of time before Sportsworld unleashed their most secret and effective project to date on the unsuspecting mountain running community, that day was the 18th of July on the tough but very enjoyable Dublin Mountain Plod (more of that later).
The race itself was run like clockwork, minimum of fuss and excellent clear race instructions, liked the marquee as the race HQ. Plenty of familiar faces in the crowd Helen, Sibeal and Ronan from Sportsworld, but a good relaxed atmosphere, everyone ready to enjoy the run.
We were started by ex-Olympian Jerry Kiernan, resplendent in his Sunday suit, and slightly bizarrely hoisted onto a barrel, almost Lenin or Connolly like exhorting the masses to rise up and storm the mountain.  Off we went, Ronan assuming the lead (a psychological ploy he uses to confuse the field, by apparently leading it in a random and zigzag direction occasionally breaking the concentration of other runners who have to shout “you are going the wrong way”) – fair play to the chasers though, never letting others go off the wrong direction. After a while I got dropped by Ronan (obviously his tricks worked) so could happily focus on my own run.
The route itself was well marked (large Wacky Races type arrows pinned to stakes and plenty of red tape), scenic and completely on trail/road, occasionally involving stiles (necessary) and puddles (optional), the climbs were even and fair and was happy to follow instruction and plod up them. The downhills were fast on clear tracks, so also could be described as fair, I need to practice more on that particular aspect, I don’t think the race title also intended to refer my descent technique.
Well done to the marshals and water station helpers, plenty of encouragement and water at strategic points. About mile 10 just approaching the top of the final climb was startled to hear “Go on Ed, he is only 100 metres ahead of you, don’t let him get away from you” – no prizes for guessing it was Miles, who had apparently was out hill walking, you never know where he will turn up next. Downhill all the way to the finish, back on road, yeah and feeling like I was pulling back ground, and turning back into Marley to a last 200 meters down a gentle grass slope.
At the end found Ronan, took a little questioning but finally got it out of him he had won his first ever mountain race, congratulations Ronan.  Ronan works with Gerry Brady, so is he in fact part of Gerry’s plan for Irish domination of World Mountain running? All the other Sportsworld contingent finished well and strong.
Well done to all the organisers and volunteers from the Dublin Mountain partnership, great race, well run and great fun, they even managed to organise a cool down shower after the race. Enjoyed the reasonably priced gourmet coffee and chocolate kiosk placed beside the finish, the cool down would just have to wait.
Looking forward to next year and maybe a marathon option…
Report by: Ed McEntee

Senior track and field championships

There were good performances from 4 Sportsworld athletes over the weekend in the senior track and field championships. Gareth was first up in the 800M heat on Saturday, just before the race the heavens opened and this helped to slow down the race to a manageable 58 seconds for the first lap. Being drawn in a heat with Thomas Chamney and a few other top notch 800M runners meant it was always going to be difficult. When the kick came with 250M to go the pace was always going to be a challenge. Finishing in 2:05, slowing a lot in the last 200M so more stamina is in order for next year.

Aoife was our only athlete to run two races over the weekend. Aoife put in a great performance in the 5000M on Saturday to place 7th,  convincingly beating Lorraine Manning in a time of 17.29.67, the race was back and forth between the ladies with Aoife being stronger in the final laps. Aoife also ran a great race in the 1500M on Sunday coming in 9th position. Crona also took part in the 1500M finishing strongly in 11th position in a time of 4:36. There was only a few metres between the two of them which made for interesting and often confusing cheering from the sidelines.

Paul Duffy closed out the weekend for Sportsworld taking part in a star studded 5000M. The early pace was very fast put Paul put in a good effort that will stand to him over the coming months.

Sportsworld doesn’t generally compete at the very top end, competing with the best in the country was a great experience and would persuade anyone to make a strong effort to improve for next year.

BHAA Irish Prison Service 5km

Last Tuesday saw the first holding of the BHAA Irish Prison Service 5K race in the Phoenix Park and a fine night it was too for running too. Very unusually for this time of the year it was a cross country race, replacing the BHAA Defence forces assault course / race that was held last year at the same time of the year- a race apparently that had mixed reactions to it afterwards.

For this race there was a really interesting little 2 lap course around the dog pond and the defence forces sports grounds (very close actually to where we meet up for the long runs on a Sunday). The one tricky aspect of the race was a long deep dip which caught many people unaware and apparently led to one or two stumbles but otherwise it was a fast runner friendly course.

There was a sizable number of Sportsworld members in the race and there were some fine times and placings recorded. The following are the times of club members in race (apologies if I have missed anybody)
Position    Name                                Time
9              Ed Mc Entee                     17 : 34
26            Lucy D’arcy                       18 : 29
28            Martin Keenan                   18 : 37
52            Stephanie Bergin                20 : 03
59            Rachael Morgan                 20 : 16
80            Orlagh Fleming                   21 : 11
123          Enda Mc Morrow                 22 : 37
126          Colin Mahon                       22 : 45
133          Valerie Power                     23 : 01
Incidentally the on course BHAA race commentator made some reference to possible bragging rights for Val who finished well ahead of her husband !
Report by Enda Mc Morrow

Palmerstown 5K

Fresh from arriving home from the Dunshaughlin 10K less than twelve hours before Paul Duffy and I set off to find Palmerstown early on Sunday morning. Located to the west of the city centre in the county of South Dublin. The area is bordered to the west by Lucan, to the south by Ballyfermot and to the east by the village of Chapelizod.

As it turned out it didn’t take us very long to find the registration point for the now annual Palmerstown 5K big run. Our attendance at the race came about from a tip off the night before from Emily. The race is only in it’s second year has prize money of €100, €60 and €40 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the male and female categories and is only attended by locals.

The race was due to kick off at 1PM but got a bit delayed. Our initial race plan had been to run a comfortable pace and race the last stretch but a few runners from Donore and DSD showed up to ruin our best laid plans. We agreed to split the prize money if we took any home.

When the race started Paul took it out. Running in a group of four Paul kept the pace going and never looked like being beaten on a tough course with plenty of hills descending deep into the Liffey Valley. Paul and a DSD runner dropped myself and a Donore runner at 2K and I managed to drop the Donore runner a kilometre later at 3K. Neither myself nor Paul looked like losing our positions at that stage and even though the DSD runner did pull ahead at one stage Paul had the edge on the final kilometre and came home first followed by the DSD runner and I was third. Times were 16:22 and 16:57 and we even got home for the football.

Dunshaughlin 10km

On Saturday the 26th of June track training took a back seat as the second best road race of the summer took place in Dunshaughlin. Last year the mens team won the mens team cup and were greeted on its return with ‘you’ll have a tough time winning that again this year’. But the Dunshaughlin mens team hadn’t figured on a return to form Paul O Connell and a still improving Paul Duffy. There were also some new runners representing Sportsworld and not so new with Karl Cronin and Ruth Dillon on the senior teams and Joe Byrne and Val Power showing they still have it.
The weather was prefect for a 10Km bit too warm for anything further, the Dunshaughlin course was well marked and not a single car on the course with plenty of people out of their houses cheering you on. The race belonged to Mick Traynor who at over 45 showed age is no excuse coming in first in 32.08. 4th and 5th was Paul O Connell and Paul Duffy exchanging positions back and forth over the last 2km. Gareth Murran in 12th and Karol Cronin in 24th secured the mens senior cup for the 4th time. There was also great running by Joe Byrne coming in 3rd in his age category and great individual runs by Ruth Kelly, Ann Higgins and Philip
4 244 Paul O’ Connell Male Senior 00:16:03 00:16:56 00:33:00

5 88 Paul Duffy Male Senior 00:15:59 00:17:06 00:33:05

12 231 Gareth Murran Male Senior 00:16:43 00:17:26 00:34:09

24 68 Karol Cronin Male Senior 00:17:11 00:18:00 00:35:11

51 71 Michael Cunningham Male Senior 00:18:18 00:18:41 00:36:59

58 589 Joe Byrne Male O40 00:18:43 00:18:55 00:37:38

145 166 Ruth Kelly Female O35 00:20:25 00:21:15 00:41:40

187 142 Ann Higgins Female O45 R.C. 00:21:04 00:22:18 00:43:22

275 356 Valerie Power Female O40 00:22:56 00:24:23 00:47:20

Graded meeting number 5

There was a number of Sportsworld athletes taking part in Graded meeting number 5 in Irishtown stadium last night. Whilst there was no standout performances on the night and a few disappointments times are improving.

There are plenty more runners in the club capable of competing at the graded’s. Starting off in grade D or C can really improve your speed.  There is only 3 meetings left this year. The advice is to give it a try as there there is runners at all levels taking part. Results are shown below.

200M
10 616 Murran, Gareth Sportsworld A.C. 27.72

1500M
2 619 Brady, Aoife Sportsworld A.C. 4.43.55
3 620 Brady, Crona Sportsworld A.C. 4.44.52
38 616 Murran, Gareth Sportsworld A.C. 4.23.02

5000M
9 677 Duffy, Paul Sportsworld A.C. 15.53.77
11 678 O’Connell, Paul Sportsworld A.C. 16.03.54

Dublin T&F Championships 2010

A new track , great sunshine and strong competition greeted three of Sportsworld finest at the Dublin Open Track and Field Championships 2010 in Santry.

Crona and Aoife Brady were first up taking part in the womens 3K. Lorraine Manning of Raheny took an early lead and for much of the race looked like she would walk away with the title.  Aoife never defeated easily ran a great race to shake off the competition and close the gap in the last few laps. On the last lap with just 300 meters to go it looked like Aoife would catch Lorainne but with only one lap remaining the lead proved too big to make up.  Aoife finished second and picked up a silver medal in an impressive 10:06 less than five seconds behind the race winner. Crona ran a strong consistant race and finished just a few places back  in fifth looking strong for the entire race. Both Brady’s look to be coming into good form ahead of the national in July.

Next up was Paul Duffy in the 5K. A tough race requiring allot of concentration but no bother to arguably the best performing athlete in the club this year.  Paul only a short  while ago was chasing sub 16 minutes now he seems headed for 15:30 and beyond.  Paul showed no fear going out with the leading group and sticking with them well into the second half of the race. Only falling back in the last few laps Paul finished the race in seventh in a fantastic 15:45 in his  first 5K on the track.

Photos to come shortly…..

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