Fionnuala McCormack took nearly three minutes off her previous best time when she finished the Valencia Marathon last Sunday in a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 58 seconds.
These are Fionnuala's splits during the marathon with her going through the first 5k in 17:04!
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5K 0:17:04
10K 0:34:03
15K 0:51:07
20K 1:07:51
Half 1:11:33
25K 1:24:46
30K 1:42:09
35K 1:59:43
40K 2:16:43
As you can see from her halfway split, her second half was about 52 seconds slower.
This is now the top 10 list of marathon times for Irish women...
1 2:22:23 NR Catherina McKiernan Amsterdam 1 Nov 1998
2 2:23:58 Fionnuala McCormack 5 Valencia 05 Dec 2021
(2 2:26:47 Fionnuala McCormack 5 Chicago IL 13 Oct 2019)
3 2:28:07 Carey May 1 Osaka 27 Jan 1985
4 2:28:36 Aoife Cooke 1 Pulford 25 Apr 2021
5 2:29:01 Sonia O'Sullivan 8 London 17 Apr 2005
6 2:29:34 AnnMarie McGlynn 3 Pulford 25 Apr 2021
7 2:32:51 Lizzie Lee 17 Berlin 27 Sep 2015
8 2:32:56 Regina Joyce-Bonney 7 Scottsdale AZ 4 Dec 1982
9 2:33:25 Dylan Hassett Pulford 25 Apr 2021
10 2:33:28 Nicola Duncan 1 London 13 Apr 2014
It's worth mentioning that Sinead Diver who is from Co Mayo and runs for Australia has a PB of 2:24:11 from the 2019 London Marathon.
(2 2:26:47 Fionnuala McCormack 5 Chicago IL 13 Oct 2019)
3 2:28:07 Carey May 1 Osaka 27 Jan 1985
4 2:28:36 Aoife Cooke 1 Pulford 25 Apr 2021
5 2:29:01 Sonia O'Sullivan 8 London 17 Apr 2005
6 2:29:34 AnnMarie McGlynn 3 Pulford 25 Apr 2021
7 2:32:51 Lizzie Lee 17 Berlin 27 Sep 2015
8 2:32:56 Regina Joyce-Bonney 7 Scottsdale AZ 4 Dec 1982
9 2:33:25 Dylan Hassett Pulford 25 Apr 2021
10 2:33:28 Nicola Duncan 1 London 13 Apr 2014
It's worth mentioning that Sinead Diver who is from Co Mayo and runs for Australia has a PB of 2:24:11 from the 2019 London Marathon.
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| 5th place finish for Fionnuala McCormack in the 2021 Valencia Marathon |
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