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| Sonia O'Sullivan leads out the troops at this weeks 5k parkrun in the Glen in Cork City |
As you can see from the photo above, the first woman home was Sonia O'Sullivan, a World Champion and Olympic Silver medalist for the 5000m.
What many of you may not know is that the first man home is a record holder in his own right. Brian Linehan holds the record for the fastest time for cycling from Cork to Dublin back in 1994, well before the motorway network was built. His time... 6 hours and 16 minutes from the GPO in Cork to the GPO in Dublin. Video HERE
1 Brian LINEHAN Male VM55-59 20:29
2 Fergal BRENNAN Male VM40-44 20:49
3 Richard HAWKINS Male VM50-54 Eagle A.C.
7 Sonia O'SULLIVAN Female VW50-54 Glenhuntly AC 22:22
11 Edith O'DONNELL Female JW11-14 23:44
15 Sally-Ann LYNCH Female SW25-29 23:53
Results
Photos...
1) The organisers have a gallery HERE
Brilliant to see Sonia O'Sullivan at this morning's Glen River Parkrun. Those of us who were there can say that we ran with an Olympian!
ReplyDeleteWell done to Brian on his Cork to Dublin cycle record. We might even see him in the Tour de France next year (: