I missed out on this race last year but managed to make it this time around. Having done Dungarvan and Ballycotton this year, I'd put it on a par with them. Sure, the course isn't easy and there are no shortage of hills but maybe that's part of the attraction of it...a tough challenging course.
All proceeds from this race went towards the Irish Cancer Society and I think they're up around the €100k mark now in terms of what has been collected since this race was first held.
Provisional results...
Pos Name Time Net Time Category Gender Gen Pos Club
1 Philip HARTY 00:51:32 00:51:31 SMen Male 1 WestWaterford
2 Sandis BRALITIS 00:53:02 00:53:00 SMen Male 2
3 John MEADE 00:54:48 00:54:44 SMen Male 3 St. Finbarrs
4 Danny SMYTH 00:55:38 00:55:34 SMen Male 4
5 Cornelius MARSHALL 00:56:28 00:56:25 SMen Male 5 St. Finbarrs
6 Michael LYONS 00:56:46 00:56:43 SMen Male 6
7 Owen CASEY 00:59:32 00:59:28 SMen Male 7 carrigaline road runners
8 Elton HEFFERNAN 01:00:26 01:00:26 SMen Male 8
9 Michael MURPHY 01:01:17 01:01:14 SMen Male 9 Carrick Ac
10 Jeff CASEY 01:01:38 01:01:35 SMen Male 10 Tougher
17 Anne Marie HOLLAND 01:03:08 01:03:05 SWomen Female 1
22 Joyce WOLFE 01:04:53 01:04:50 SWomen Female 2 Leevale
29 Mary SWEENEY 01:06:03 01:05:59 50+ Female 3
30 Jennifer LINEHAN 01:06:17 01:06:13 35-39 Female 4
51 Margo DINAN 01:08:30 01:08:24 45-49 Female 5 St Finbarrs
65 Sonya O' SULLIVAN 01:09:17 01:09:14 40-44 Female 6
71 Gillian COTTER 01:09:57 01:09:52 35-39 Female 7 St. Finbarrs
72 Orla CROSBIE 01:10:01 01:09:57 45-49 Female 8 St. Finbarrs
85 Sheila BUCKLEY 01:11:25 01:11:18 SWomen Female 9 Midleton AC
90 Ann CASHMAN 01:11:50 01:11:42 SWomen Female 10 Eagle AC
The provisional results can be found....HERE
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| Olympic Silver Medalist Sonia O'Sullivan cruising home at the end of the 2013 Great Island 10 mile road race in Cobh |
Photos...(Updated 9:45pm)
1) The organisers have hundreds of photos on their Facebook page HERE
....and their second album is HERE
2) The online newspaper The Cobh Edition have a huge number of photos on their Facebook page. Album 1 is HERE and Album 2 is HERE
Hills for strength, can't always be working on speed....we'll all be flying on the flat next week !
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great race yest and very well run, even with the hills i still took 1min my PB for 10mile so am deligted with that. the weather was great for it and that inturn meant there was a great atmosphere at the finish line. the only dissapointement was the lunatic tractor driver between mile 4+5 who would not slow down even do the road was full of runners, i saw two women in front of me having to jump into the ditch to get out of his way, pity there wasnt a Garda around.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all for organizing such a great event. A tough course but a beautiful one. Thanks as well to all the volunteers who marshaled the race so well. Well done.
ReplyDeletethought the chip timing was out did anyone else think so, Aidan
ReplyDeleteIn Regard to the tractor incident yesterday, the organising committee are dealing with this matter. If anyone has any information please contact
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On a more positive note thanks to all who supported us it really was a great day!!
Re the tractor I saw rwo Garda let a van with a large trailer drive straight into the group of runners causing many to slow down just at d turn below Lidl .The Gards completely ignored it.
ReplyDelete"thought the chip timing was out did anyone else think so, Aidan" contact info@sportstiming.ie if you have a query regards your time.
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