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Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Fionnuala McCormack runs 3 minute PB with a time of 2h 23m 58s in the Valencia Marathon


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!

RUNNER i 
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.

5th place finish for Fionnuala McCormack in the 2021 Valencia Marathon

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