The big road race in Ireland last weekend was the Raheny 5-mile in Dublin. As can be seen from the start line above, it's a huge race but I wasn't aware of just how big a race it is.
The chip timing results show a total of 3993 finishers which is incredible for a 5-mile race. It just shows that some of the races in Dublin are on a different scale altogether.
Top 3 men & women...
1 Jonas STAFFORD 23:08 6 M MS UCD
2 Colm ROONEY 23:10 3610 M M40 Clonliffe Harriers A.C.
3 Hugh ARMSTRONG 23:27 2 M MS Ballina A.C.
1 Michelle FINN 26:35 5 F FS Leevael A.C.
2 Faye DERVAN 27:04 4 F FS Dublin City Harriers A.C.
3 Maria MCGEE 27:07 4780 F FS Rosses A.C.
1 Jonas STAFFORD 23:08 6 M MS UCD
2 Colm ROONEY 23:10 3610 M M40 Clonliffe Harriers A.C.
3 Hugh ARMSTRONG 23:27 2 M MS Ballina A.C.
1 Michelle FINN 26:35 5 F FS Leevael A.C.
2 Faye DERVAN 27:04 4 F FS Dublin City Harriers A.C.
3 Maria MCGEE 27:07 4780 F FS Rosses A.C.
As can be seen from the results above, the first woman was Michelle Finn from Cork in a time of 26m 35s.
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| First 3 women (L-R)... Faye Dervan 2nd, Michelle Finn 1st & Maria McGee 3rd |
Looking back at the race calendar, this race had a headline entry fee of €30. Allowing for some no shows on the day, the organisers took in about €130,000 in entry fees alone which just gives an idea of some of the sums involved.
There were 2422 non-club runners in the results so Athletics Ireland would have made about €4,500 for this race alone with their one-day licence.
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