The annual Noreen McCarthy Memorial 10-mile and 5-mile road races were held in Skibbereen in west Cork on Sunday 9th Feb 2025 on what was a dry cold day.
This event was traditionally held in November every year but the organisers decided to move it to the spring time to see how it would get on. The numbers for the 10-mile jumped 27% this year but while this sounds impressive, it's still in the ballpark of other years.
The 5-mile numbers however have been transformed with the Spring 2025 edition more than double that of the previous event in November 2023. Going just off the results for the 5-mile race alone, it looks as if the move to a spring date was a success.
1 Danny Mullins Bantry AC 54:28 MS 1093
2 Simon Nolan Bandon AC 55:40 MS 1199
3 Justin Ryan West Waterford AC 56:41 MS 1185
7 Clara Ryan St Finbarrs AC 1:02:53 FS 1183
9 Julie O'Brien Durrus AC 1:03:55 F40 1098
21 Sinead O'Regan Courcey AC 1:12:32 F45 1172
Full results HERE
5-mile... Top 3 men & women
2 Brendan Walsh Cork 29:53 MS 316
3 Enda Fitzmaurice Durrus 30:02 M45 411
12 Anna O'Neill Doheny AC 35:01 F55 292
17 Emma O'Sullivan Skibbereen 35:41 FS 388
28 Alice O'Driscoll Castletownsend 36:47 SF 366
Full results HERE
Photos...
1) Garry Minihane has a short video HERE
2) Skibbereen AC have some photos of the start of the 5-mile race HERE ...and of the 10-mile race HERE
Well done to visually impaired runner Ross Gallagher who managed to get a 5-mile personal best time at the Skibbereen 5m today (also a shout out to Meave Quinlan who was the guide runner!)
96 Ross Gallagher Dunmanway 46:28 MS 99
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