Results & Photos of the Ballyhoura Trail Ultra, Marthon & Half-Marathon - Sat 24th July 2021

Saturday 24th July 2021: In addition to the Ballyhoura Moonlight Marathon and Half-Marathon on the Friday evening, the annual Ballyhoura Trail Ultra, Marathon and Half-Marathon took place on the Saturday.

There was a total of 162 finishers across the three events... 36 in the 60km Ultra-Marathon, 48 in the 42km Marathon and 78 in the 21.1km Half-Marathon.

The photo above shows the start of the Ultra in the fog at 7am.

Top 3 men and women in the Ultra....

  NAME NUMBER CAT TIME CLUB COUNTY
1 John McKeogh 655 M35 5:18:03 Limerick
2 Owen Fenton 522 M40 6:10:48 Wexford Marathon Club Wexford
3 Donatas Jocius 258 M35 6:14:40 Crusaders AC Dublin
8 Máiréad O' Keeffe 337 F45 6:44:14 Cork
12 Becky Quinn 552 F45 7:00:00
19 Emma Hand 1175 F45 7:19:34 Wicklow

Ultra Results

The runners not only had to contend with the distance but also the ascent as this photo shows with

the valley floor far below.

Top 3 men and women in the Marathon (Note that the first woman finished 3rd overall!)

NAME NUMBER CAT TIME CLUB COUNTY

1 Edward O connor 1205 M 3:21:01 Wicklow
2 Ian Conroy 240 M40 3:26:58 Raheny Shamock AC Dublin
4 Barry Minnock 1194 M45 3:28:23 Rathfarnham... Offaly
3 Isobel Oakes 165 F35 3:27:44 Leitrim 3rd
10 Sarah Brady 1062 F 4:01:43 Tipperary
13 Ali Wyllie 1326 F40 4:28:00 Cork

Marathon Results

One factor that made it especially challenging this year was the heat.

Top 3 men and women in the Half-Marathon

NAME NUMBER CAT TIME CLUB COUNTY
1 Robert Frewen 752 M 1:41:00 Raheny Shamrock Dublin
2 Stephen Lynch 933 M35 1:54:00 Cork
3 Joe Laffan82 1547 M35 1:57:00 GoTri Adventure Limerick
7 Sophie Daly 902 F 2:01:00 Kerry
14 Katarzyna Bobka 1764 F35 2:08:00 An Bru AC Limerick
21 Elaine Collins 616 F 2:12:10 Cork

Half-Marathon results

Photos & Video...

1) IMRA Munster have two galleries on Facebook ... Ultra Marathon ... Second Gallery

This is a really good video which makes a nice job of capturing the event...