Google+ Running in Cork, Ireland: Alan O'Shea of Cork finishes 2nd in Copenhagen Marathon

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Alan O'Shea of Cork finishes 2nd in Copenhagen Marathon

Alan O'Shea of Bantry AC finished 2nd in the Copenhagen Marathon last Sunday, the 23rd of May. The West Cork athlete who won the Cork City Marathon back in 2007, finished in Copenhagen in an impressive time of 2:22:52........a mere 23 seconds behind the winner and nearly 3 minutes ahead of the 3rd placed runner. That time of 2:22:52 works out at an average pace of 5:27 per mile!!

Alan's time at the Half-Marathon mark was 1:10:36 which works out at 5:23 per mile.

It's one thing to win a race over a short distance but to sustain that kind of pace over the full Marathon distance  is really impressive.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fantastic run. Well done to Alan

Anonymous said...

well done to Alan

Anonymous said...

Fantastic result Alan we are very proud of you congratulations from all in Bantry

Anonymous said...

That is so impressive! Well done Alan!

Anonymous said...

Amazing running from ALan - doing Cork very proud !!

Anonymous said...

Well done Alan, fantastic performance. Are you going to run the Cork City Marathon or perhaps a more local race like Dunmanway 10k?

Anonymous said...

Well done. Proud to be a fellow west Cork runner! That was an amazing fast time.

Anonymous said...

Congrats Alan from Bantrys "Bayside Joggers" ladies running club members