Cork runners dominate Irish 24 hour championships

The Irish 24 Hour Championships were held in Victoria Park in Belfast over the weekend and this year, it also doubled up as the World 24 Hour Championships.

In the Irish Championships, Eoin Keith from Cobh won Gold with 153 miles, just short of the national record of 248.982K / 154.xx Miles set by Thomas Maguire in Monaco in 2009.

Alex O'Shea of St.Finbarr's AC was the third Irish man home to win a national Bronze medal in this event. What's also impressive is that Alex finished ahead of plenty of other runners who were part of the official Irish team.

Update...27th July 2017...The original results were off due to a timing error. Eoin Keith set a new national record while Alex O'Shea in fact won Silver.

Alex just missed out on the standard to be part of the team last year but has obviously improved a lot on the last 12 months.

Irish Team from the four provinces

Irish 24 Hour Championships...
Pos    Bib    Athlete        Nation    Cat    Laps    Total    Km Total    Miles
1 EOIN KEITH    IRL    M45+    149    246.784    153.352
2 TIM BROWNLIE    IRL    M35+    146    242.662    150.790
3 ALEX O'SHEA    Ballineen,Cork(St. Finbarrs)    M40+    146    241.192    149.8767
1 AMY MASNER    IRL    F40+    138    227.976    604.7    228.581    142.040
2 LOUISE SMART    IRL    F35+    124    204.848    759.8    205.608    127.765
3 SUSAN MC CARTNEY    IRL    F40+    123    203.196    687.1    203.883    126.693

Irish Men's Team in the World 24 Hour Championships...
Pos    Bib    Athlete        Nation    Cat    Laps    Total    Km Total    Miles
23    92    EOIN KEITH    IRL    M45+    149    246.784    153.352
33    88    TIM BROWNLIE    IRL    M35+    146    242.662    150.790
80    89    EDWARD GALLEN    IRL    M50+    134    222.591    138.318
88    91    AIDAN HOGAN    IRL    M40+    132    219.053    136.119
105    93    DARAGH O'LOUGHLIN    IRL    MSEN    128    211.816    131.622
168    90    MALCOLM GAMBLE    IRL    M45+    116    192.394    119.553

L-R...Aidan Hogan of Rising Sun AC in Cork clocked 136 miles in 24 hours. Eoin Keith who is originally from Cobh was just shy of the Irish 24 hour record with 153 miles

Open Section (Those not on national teams for the World 24 hour championships)
Cork & Munster athletes listed...
Pos    Athlete                                          Nation                    Cat    Laps    Km    Miles
1    ALEX O'SHEA    Ballineen,Cork(St. Finbarrs)    M40+    146    241.192    149.8767
3    THOMAS KLIMAS    Limerick (Doneen AC)    M40+    136    224.672    139.6112
20    DENIS KEANE    Kerry (Marathon Club Ireland)    MSEN    106    175.112    108.8146
28    DEIRDRE FINN    Tipperary (Deg AC)    F50+    103    170.156    105.7349
30    DEREK MACKESSY    Limerick (West Limerick AC)    M35+    102    168.504    104.7084
46    COLIN LANE    Carrigaline, Cork (Carrigaline Runners)    M35+    89    147.028    91.3632

Irish Women's Team in the World 24 Hour Championships
Pos    Bib    Athlete    Nation    Cat    Laps    Kms    Extra (m)    Km Total    Miles
17    272    AMY MASNER    IRL    F40+    138    227.976    604.7    228.581    142.040
38    276    LOUISE SMART    IRL    F35+    124    204.848    759.8    205.608    127.765
40    273    SUSAN MC CARTNEY    IRL    F40+    123    203.196    687.1    203.883    126.693
60    271    CATHERINE GUTHRIE    IRL    F45+    116    191.632    707    192.339    119.519
70    274    YVONNE NAUGHTON    IRL    F40+    109    180.068    1323    181.391    112.716
108    275    RUTHANN SHEAHAN    IRL    F40+    82    135.464    0    135.464    84.177

Provisional International results... (Open results later)
24 Hour Men ... 24 Hour Women ... 24 Hour Teams

Full results

Photos...
1) The organisers have a gallery HERE

Aidan Hogan of Rising Sun AC...5th in the Irish 24 hour championships with 136 miles covered