Tuesday, March 19, 2013

MALLOW 10 Mile Road Race 2013

The Mallow AC 10 mile road race was held on Monday 18th March. Their was close to 900 participants it what was a very well organised road race. The day stayed dry with little wind, so it made ideal conditions for the runners.
Compliments to the race organisers who marshaled the route very well, great support and the grub afterwards was spot on.

Top Finishers were:
PositionNumberTime Name Club M/F Category
1 51:23 HARTY, Philip WESTWATERFORD MS
2 51:57 BRALITIS, Sandis WEST WATERFORD AC MS
3 53:53 ZAKIS, Raivis WEST WATERFORD AC MS
4 54:32 MEADE, John ST. FINBARR'S A.C. MS
5 54:38 SMITH, Danny BALLYNONTY AC MS

PositionNumberTime Name Club M/F Category
1 56:53 ROCHE, Fiona RAHENY SHAMROCKS FS
2 59:53 MC CANN, Angela N/A Clonmel, F40
3 1:00:41 CURLEY, Anne DONORE HARRIERS F40
4 1:04:28 DORIS, Anna MIDLETON A.C F40
5 1:05:09 SWEENEY, Mary ST. FINBARRS AC F50


Fiona Roche of Raheny Shamrocks broke the course record by 1min 47sec. This earned here an extra €500 bonus.
Full Results: HERE
Gallery of pictures can be found: HERE

From our club we had George McCarthy who finished in 18th place in a time of 58:02. 
Caitriona Barry ran a great race to achieve a PB with a time of 01:07:55. Caitriona wanted to break the 70min mark and she did this in style. Well done.
A new member to our club Richard O'Brien participated the race as a recovery run after the Tralee Half he ran on the Saturday.