Results of the East Cork Road Championships (Ballynoe) - Thurs 24th Apr 2008

This race was essentially an AAI inter club competition between the East Cork Athletic clubs. It was however open to everyone. The results are shown below and Donal O'Donoughue has very kindly written a race report on what he thought of the race.

Results...

Imokilly Oil/East Cork Road Championships
Men 5-mile

Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile
1 0:28:50 MCGRATH, Sean East Cork AC M 05:45.9
2 0:29:21 HAYES, Frank East Cork AC M 05:52.1

3 0:29:28 CURTIN, Noel Youghal AC M40 05:53.5
4 0:30:19 MCCARTHY, Denis East Cork AC M45 06:03.7
5 0:30:24 BYCZEK, Stanislaw Midleton AC M45 06:04.7

6 0:30:51 O'KEEFFE, Marty Youghal AC M 06:10.1
7 0:31:10 BRODERICK, Donal Midleton AC M40 06:13.9

8 0:31:44 CURLEY, Paul Youghal AC M40 06:20.7
9 0:32:37 COONEY, Kevin Midleton AC M45 06:31.3
10 0:32:47 NICHOLSON, Andrew Youghal AC M 06:33.3
11 0:32:54 TIERNEY, Conor East Cork AC M 06:34.7
12 0:32:56 CASHMAN, John Midleton AC M40 06:35.1
13 0:33:14 GRIFFIN, John Carraig na bhFear AC M 06:38.7
14 0:33:34 KELLEHER, Denis Midleton AC M40 06:42.7
15 0:34:43 DUNPHY, John Rising Sun AC M 06:56.5
16 0:35:22 PENTONY, Gerard Ballymore-Cobh AC M40 07:04.2
17 0:36:04 CURLEY, Kieran Youghal AC M45 07:12.6 283 17
18 0:36:17 DUNNING, Steve Ballynoe M 07:15.2 291 18
19 0:36:31 MCGRATH, Phil East Cork AC M55 07:18.0 268 19
20 0:36:50 WALSHE, John East Cork AC M55 07:21.8 267 20
21 0:37:10 KELLY, Tom Ballymore-Cobh AC M50 07:25.8 271 21
22 0:37:21 RAMSELL, Ned Midleton AC M 07:28.0 277 22
23 0:37:33 CONNOLLY, Vincent Midleton AC M50 07:30.4 285 23
24 0:37:38 MCCARTHY, Danny Midleton AC M55 07:31.4 275 24
25 0:37:58 FLANAGAN, Eamon Youghal AC M 07:35.4 280 25
26 0:38:04 ARNOTT, Pat Youghal AC M50 07:36.6 279 26
27 0:38:14 HANRAHAN, Michael Midleton AC M 07:38.6 278 27
28 0:38:29 O'CONNELL, Donie Midleton AC M55 07:41.6 286 28
29 0:39:25 KEARNEY, Batt Leevale AC M50 07:52.8 293 29
30 0:42:08 O'DONOGHUE, Donal Little Island M40 08:25.4 294 30

Team 1 Midleton (5, 7, 9, 12) 33
2 Youghal (6, 8, 10, 17) 41
3 East Cork (4, 11, 19, 20) 54

Imokilly Oil/East Cork Road Championships
Women 2 km

Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile
1 0:07:44 WALSH, Niamh Youghal AC F 06:13.2
2 0:08:01 HOUGH, Joan Midleton AC F45 06:26.9
3 0:08:05 DRENNAN, Sally Midleton AC F40 06:30.1

4 0:08:45 BROWN, Fiona Midleton AC F40 07:02.3
5 0:09:09 CAHILL, Breda Midleton AC F35 07:21.6
6 0:09:42 BARRY, Margaret Midleton AC F55 07:48.2

7 0:09:59 BEAUSANG, Margaret Midleton AC F50 08:01.9
8 0:11:16 MCCARTHY, Joan Midleton AC F50 09:03.8
9 0:11:51 O'CONNELL, Kathleen Midleton AC F50 09:32.0

Team: 1 Midleton (4, 5, 6) 15 points

Organised by the East Cork Board of AAI

(.....with thanks to John Walshe of Ballycotton Running Promotions for these results)

Race Report........by Donal O'Donoughue

' The loneliness of the short-distance runner '
Despite being told by somebody who should know, that the start time was 8pm, it appeared to start at 7:50...ish. I registered at about 7:47, and was running to the start line, when the pack started running towards me. I joined near the back, did my best. However, I did cover the distance and a bit more....I'm a little out of shape.

There were 9 (NINE) women in the Women’s 2000m race, which started earlier.
There were 30 (THREE ZERO) men in the men's race, which turned out to be a five miler. All but two of the men were from Athletic clubs, i.e. me and some local guy from Ballynoe.
I honestly thought this would be a 4 mile breeze -- some competitive practice, for Friday night's Mallow race.Not so. This started out perhaps 0.5 miles south of the village on the R627 (the road from Midleton). Through the village, and then left, anti-clockwise along a back road to the west of the village, and then east along the road with the Garda Station and GAA club, and back into the centre of the village. This hill by the Garda station was a "killer". Sally Drennan and friends were standing outside the GAA club offering moral support and encouragement. I used some precious breath to ask a guy alongside me "Do we do two laps?” Depressingly, the answer was "nah, this is a four lap race!!” After the third lap, I was on my own, literally. Sally & friends ran with me up hill to the village. The end was a right turn, a hundred metres or so, and finished near a phone box, near the post office.
There were no spectacular 5-minute mile performances. The hill took care of that!
The course was very quiet, apart from an articulated trunk that arrived at the GAA pitch. This took up almost the whole road, and I had to run on the grass verge to avoid being squashed.
Not sure what route the women's 2000m followed.
No traffic Marshals, but there were highly visible 1, 2, 3, and 4 mile signs, although their positioning was a bit confusing, as the lap was slightly less than a mile. Or maybe one was suffering from Asphyxia after "the hill".
Tea & sandwiches in the Ballynoe Community Hall.....Lovely buttered fruit-cake, and jammy cakes!
I came last, but hadn't time to wait about to see if there was a booby-prize! But on the positive side, THIRTHIETH is the highest ranking I've ever achieved. I'm wrecked.
Donal