Google+ Running in Cork, Ireland: Results of the Shanagarry 5 mile road race...Thurs 27th June 2013

Friday, June 28, 2013

Results of the Shanagarry 5 mile road race...Thurs 27th June 2013

A record 598 runners turned out for this year's Shanagarry 5 mile road race, the second of four in the annual Ballycotton Summer Series. This is a big jump on the previous peak of 512 set back in 2011 and no doubt the fine weather on Thursday evening was a major factor in attracting the record crowds.

It's very easy to take the results and numbers for granted but it takes a lot of work and organising for a race of this size to be a success. For example, note...

1) Entry fee only €5.
2) No chip timing. This would have added probably something like €2.50 to the entry fee and yet a full set of accurate results were still produced.
3) ........and what most of you don't know. The results were being worked on until the early hours of Friday morning. They were e-mailed to me around 3am and I started on this post about 7am. The full results are up on the Internet and available for people to check just 12 hours after the race finished.

So it is worth remembering that Ballycotton Running Promotions, the organisers of the Summer Series and the Ballycotton 10 are doing all of this work on a voluntary basis. You might turn up and just run the race but there is an awful lot of work going on behind the scenes to make races like this a success.

Results....
    Place    Time    Name    Team    Race Age Category    min/mile       
    1    25:46    MCGRATH, Sean    East Cork AC    M    05:09.1
    2    26:07    BERKELEY, Noel    Dundrum South Dublin AC    M45    05:13.3
    3     26:12    HARTY, Michael    East Cork AC    M    05:14.3
    44    30:33    HUYCK, Linda    Club Northwest (USA)    F40    06:06.5
    54    31:03    KIELY, Martina    St. Finbarrs AC    F    06:12.5
    57    31:16    LYNCH, Rhona    Eagle AC    F35    06:15.1


The full results can be seen HERE

Photos...(Updated 9:45am)
1) GearĂ³id O Laoi has a nice gallery of photos HERE 

Overall Positions in the Ballycotton Summer Series....The overall results in the series after the first two races can be seen HERE   ...Compiled by John Robinson of Mallow AC

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Agree with everything you say. Fantastic effort and repeated each month for the Summer. Thanks to Ballycotton Running Promotions for giving us, the runners, such a high quality series of 4 races for €20.
Great atmosphere after the race in the GAA grounds as the evening was so good and all we had was water and a plain biscuit. NO sign of the "Spread" and no need for it.

Damien Coleman said...

Great job by Ballycotton running promotions. Great race and the results out the next morning is fantastic.

Anonymous said...

Well done to all who organised this. Great race, from the local community cheering you on, the man at the 3 mile mark there again giving the time, the water station crowd, the tea lady, and the stuarts etc. I don't think i ever sweated so much in a race.

Anonymous said...

it was very well organized , good price and testy track

Glenn said...

Another great evening in East Cork. Credit to the organisers as usual for the efficient and speedy work. Access to the GAA pitch for warm-down was handy.

Anonymous said...

The Ballycotton 5 series is an absolute pleasure to run in, best races in the running calendar by a long shot, with 4 good testing courses, look forward to it every year. It's a credit to everyone involved in the organisation of it.

Anonymous said...

Everything in this race ran like clockwork. Brilliant organisation from start to finish and the effort that the organisers have gone to in producing the results and the updated league table so fast are incredible.

Anonymous said...

is it getting too popular?

Anonymous said...

With regards to the previous comment, there`s always one... A great race again by Ballycotton Running Promotions. Thanks to everyone involved in all aspects of the evening, very enjoyable. Its amazing how a local community can host these events with such professionalism especially taking on board John Desmond`s comments.Well done also to John Mallow AC for the overall results. Thanks lads

Anonymous said...

A great race again by Ballycotton Running Promotions. Thanks to everyone involved in all aspects of the evening, very enjoyable. Its amazing how a local community can host these events with such professionalism especially taking on board John Desmond`s comments.Well done also to John Mallow AC for the overall results. Thanks lads

Shane said...

Well said John, these guys deserve ultimate respect. These races are such a pleasure to run and all aspects of proceedings run perfectly. What incredible value for money too. Well done to John, Nina and all the rest o the team.