Dublin City Marathon 2014

We had a large number of athletes taking part in todays DCM. Great performances from all and some fine new Pbs were recorded. Here are the results we have to hand.

Helen Barry;               3.02.03, 18th Lady, 2nd O/40. Pb

Des O'Hare;                3.04.22.  Pb

Martin Francis;            3.11.34. 

Gordon McWilliams;     3.15.31.  Pb

Georgina Devlin;         3.47.53.

James Nangle;            3.51.00

Dave Carraher;           3.54.08.

Ashling Smith;            3.54.08.  Pr

Ciara Carter;              3.59.03.

Andrea Murphy;         4.05.56   Pb

Susan Dowd;             4.14.33

Colette Mason;           4.17.37

Angela Ross Innes;     4.28.29

In addition to the above we also had Joe Cawley (3hr) and Dominic Horan (3.30) Pacing.

On behalf of all our athletes who took part we would like to thank our fellow club members and friends for their brilliant support throughout the entire day.

Leinster Masters C/C, Bronze For Charlotte

The Leinster Masters Cross Country plus juvenile even ages C/ships were held in Avondale, Rathdrum on Sunday 26th Oct. With the Dublin Marathon on the following day, there was always going to be a small number of athletes from our club taking part. Siobhan Butler, running her first race at this level, put in an excellent performance to finish 6th in the O/45 Category. Sadbh O'Loan also had a great run, she finished 11th, in a field of over 100 athletes, in the girls U/14 event.

Charlotte Stevens ran a magnificient race and based on the provisional results, she took the bronze medal in the O/50 Category. Emer Geraghty, fellow Sli Cualann, took the silver in the same category.

Provisional results here http://www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2279 

Gary Runs 2.35.03 in Frankfurt

Gary Condon set an excellent new marathon PB of 2.35.03 in Frankfurt earlier today, Sunday 26th Oct. The time was over 3 minutes faster than his previous best. Emer Hynes ran an excellent 4.01.26, not far off her previous best. Congratulations to both from all at Bray Runners.

Women, official resutls: 1. Aberu Kebede ETH 2:21:21, 2. Sharon Chebet KEN 2:23:44, 3. Ashetu Bekere ETH 2:24:59.

Busy Weekend Ahead.

This weekend is a very busy weekend in the racing calendar. The Dublin City Marathon, incorporating the National Marathon C/ships, the Leinster C/C C/ships, Novice, Masters and Even Ages and the Frankfurt Marathon all take place over the next few days. Bray Runners will be well represented in all.

On Monday, Bray Runners, athletes, family and friends, are invited to use 38/39 FITZWILLIAM SQUARE, before and after the marathon. We are, as always, very grateful to Bob Manson for offering the use of the house to us, we will be taking up a small collection, which will be donated to Bob's selected charity. The house is just off Lesson St., Stephens Green end.

On Sunday the Leinster C/C C/ships take place in Avondale, below is the timetable of events;

1) Please note that while the clocks go back this weekend, everyone is
> advised to arrive early.
>
> 2) The first race is off at 10:45am, where Parnell AC is organising a
> 1,000m Non Championship race for Girls & Boys U/10 - Fee is €1.00 per
> athlete, payable on the day. Individual prizes only – no team prizes.
>
> 3) The first of the Leinster Championship races commences with the Girls
> U/12 race at 11.00 am, while subsequent races will go off at the
> following expected times:
>
> Boys U/12         2,000m - 11:15 (2 Small Laps)
> Girls U/14          3,000m - 11:25 (3 Small Laps)
> Boys U/14         3,000m - 11:40 (1 Small & 1 Big Lap)
> Girls U/16          4,000m - 11:55 (2 Big Laps)
> Boys U/16         4,000m - 12:15 (2 Big Laps)
> Girls U/18          4,000m - 12:30 (2 Big Laps)
> Boys U/18          6,000m - 12:50 (3 Big Laps)
> Novice Ladies     4,000m - 13:15 (2 Big Laps)
> Novice Men         6,000m - 13:40 (3 Big Laps)
> Masters Ladies    4,000m - 14:00 (2 Big Laps)
> Masters Men        6,000m - 14:25 (3 Big Laps)

We will be represented in Frankfurt by Gary and Emer.

Good luck to all competing over the weekend.