John Buckley of John Buckley Sports presenting the winners trophy to Michael Herlihy of North Cork AC. Also pictured are Marion Lyons and Ken Devine of the hosting club...St.Finbarr's AC.
A total of 442 runners turned out for the Cork Half-Marathon in Blarney this year. In terms of the weather, there was a touch of the 'rub of the green' about it as the storm resulting from Hurricane Katia rolled across Ireland just a few hours later. As you can see from the photo above, there was plenty of sunshine for the race so conditions were a lot better than they could have been.
The winner of the mens race was Michael Herlihy of North Cork AC in a time of 1:10:09. Colin Merritt of Carrig na Bhfear finished 2nd in 1:11:43 with Donal O'Callaghan of An Riocht AC finishing 3rd in 1:14:40. In fact, the Kerry club based in Castleisland accounted for 4 of the top 10 finishers.
Discount voucher...Anyone who ran this race will have got a 20% discount voucher from John Buckley Sports. Please note that there is no time restriction on this voucher, it can be used at any date in the future.
You can find John Buckley Sports across the river from the Cork Opera House and his opening hours are Mon-Fri 9.30am – 5.30pm – late opening Friday until 7.00 – closed Sundays.
They also have a website at http://www.johnbuckleysports.com/
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Team Prizes......
Male...An Riocht AC – 18 points, Clonmel 47 points, St Finbarr’s AC 85 points
Female.......St Finbarr’s AC 12 points, Ennis Track Club 16 points
Photos....
1) Doug Minihane has a large gallery of over 400 photos HERE
2) John Quigley of Eagle AC took a number of photos at different sections on the course.....
........a slideshow of 30 photos at the start......HERE
........photos at 2.25 miles HERE
........195 photos at 5.5 miles HERE
........17 photos at 9.5 miles HERE
........and a large gallery of 335 photos at the finish line HERE
3) A short slideshow near the 1 mile mark HERE
4) A large gallery of 147 photos at the 13 mile mark HERE
5) Sheldon Kirkwood has a large gallery of 259 photos out around Waterloo HERE
13 miles done, 150 metres to go...these 3 runners from Kerry
are gearing up to see who finishes 6th, 7th and 8th
Anne Marie O'Brien, Fiona Kelleher and Carmel Linehan approach the finish
Great race, brilliantly organised as usual. Thanks to the 1.30 pace team, lads were excellent and brought a great spirit to the group.
ReplyDeleteSuper organisation! The spread in the hall afterwards was amazing - and such a fabulous atmosphere...And I was just a supporter for my hubby!
ReplyDeleteI have done this race for the last 5 years and it is one of my favourite races of the year. Tough course and a great indication on how marathon is going. Organisation as always for this race was brilliant. A pre-entry fee of €20 is good value for money and the 20% discount voucher is a great idea and would be welcome idea in other races.
ReplyDeleteHave to fully agree with all the above comments, i have done this race for a few years now, but really thought yesterday was flawless- plenty bottled water at stations, huge number of stewards, pacers, fantastic food and prompt results. Couldn't ask for more, well done St Finbarr's.
ReplyDeleteGreat race and plenty of water bottles everywhere great to see fair play!
ReplyDeleteFantastically run race. Literally zero complaints to be made about the race. Though did anyone get their race time texted to them?
ReplyDeleteAh yes, at last, water bottles en course! That alone was proof that this is a race organised by runners for runners. My second year doing this race and it is truly, as they say, unmissable! St Finbarr's Abu!
ReplyDeleteA great race, a great day and more importantly great value for money...
ReplyDeleteWhat more could we ask for... Thanks to all involved...
Just a suggestion at these Mid-distance races...
Its great having all these people giving up their time to give us water and more importantly their support along the way. We should hold on to our cups,bottles till the next station and throw them away in a designated area as we approach. I don't think its fair to expect these volunteers and sometimes their children to clean up after us.
On the subject of used bottles/cups...
ReplyDeleteCups will be usually discarded within 100 metres of the water station.
For bottles, some runners leave them at the next mile marker rather than just throwing them everywhere.
A very well organised race except for the amount of people who ignored the rule which was given to everyone with their numbers that "headphones were not allowed".Yet they chose to ignore this.I even saw a runner in a St Finbarrs vest wearing headphones.In any other sport these people would be banned from future events.
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