Marathon PB for John Byrne in Berlin, plus weekend results

Well done to David Tiernan who won the Clew Bay (Louisburgh) Half marathon on Saturday in 81.35. It’s said to be a tough course – Paul Reynolds finished in 93:44 1st M40, four minutes outside his Flatline Half time. Julie Kearney ran strongly and finished second woman in 98:00 – a PB. Ann McDonnell ran the race at ‘marathon pace’ and finished 23rd of the 61 finishers in 1:46.01. We had two runners in the Clew Bay 10k Mairead Cafferkey finished second woman in 48:12 and Helen Hopkins was 3rd 48:22. There were 37 finishers. Results of both races: www.redtagtiming.com
The 3rd Annual Sligo Coast to Coast 10 miles in aid of Carers took place on Sunday. It’s a point to point course from Strandhill to Rosses Point passing halfway at the Hughes Bridge in Sligo. Conditions were very good with a cross breeze at times and the course though mainly flat has some steady uphill long drags and corresponding downhills, but nothing too daunting, Four Mayo AC were among the 300 runners at the start. For almost all of the race Padraic McVann, Clive Lavelle and Tom Hunt worked well together pulling each other along the uphills and pushing on maintaining a steady pace. Padraic 69:11 and Clive 69:12 came home with sub 70 PBs and Tom Hunt was just behind in 69:32 to finish 1st o60. Well done too to our fourth runner Angela McVann – in her first 10 mile race and rightly delighted with her 82:01 finish. Provisional Coast to Coast Results 2015