A total of 535 runners turned out for this years Churchtown South 5 mile road race, the 3rd race of 4 in the Ballycotton Summer Series. As you can see from the chart above, it is down on last year but is still more in line with the two proceeding years.
A notable feature of the results this year was that the first two men broke 25 minutes which is sub 5 minute mile pace. The last time the 25 minute barrier was broken on this course was way back in 1997.
1 24:27 CREECH, Ryan Leevale AC M 04:53.3
2 24:54 O'SHEA, Alan Bantry AC M 04:58.7
3 25:02 HARTY, Michael East Cork AC M 05:00.3
33 30:04 MACKEOWN, Rosaleen Leevale AC F40 06:00.7
57 31:39 SANTRY, Fiona East Cork AC F 06:19.7
65 31:57 CARROLL, Aoife Mallow AC F 06:23.3
The full results can be seen HERE
John Robinson has compiled a list of the overall positions for those that did the first 3 races in the series. It can be seen HERE
Photos...
1) Gearóid Ó Laoi has a gallery of photos HERE
Why the ambulance driver stopped suddenly 10 meters in front of the finish line to have a chat with one of his mates at the side of the road when runners were on a final spurt I'll never know. Totally inconsiderate to the back runners considering the other side of the road was free and did not have ropes on it.
ReplyDeleteOn a happy note, the registration, the crowd, the spread, and the organisation was again top class. Easy parking and well marshalled. Congrats to BRP yet again.
Congrats to Ballycotton Running Promotions for yet another great race ...And a special word of thanks to John Robinson for compiling the overall results .
ReplyDeleteGood run yesterday but the one thing I'd say, and I've said it before - for any run where you're arriving at the front of the starting pack from the registration area it really needs to be marshalled to allow people to move down the back. Myself and many others were trying to move further down the back but the way was blocked by others not willing to go any further. So you've people further ahead than they should have been. Other than that it was well organized and apart from the state of some of the road, particularly the mile or so leading up from the hall, a good run.
ReplyDeleteHave to agree with Kevins comments above.
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