Results & Photos of the National 50k Championships - Sat 12th Feb 2022

The annual Donadea 50km was held last Saturday, the 12th of February and as always, it doubled up as the Irish National 50k Championships.

National 50k champions Sean Hehir & Sorcha Loughnane

There were a total of 261 finishers in the race which is impressive considering the distance is about 30 miles.

These were the top 3 men & women...

1. 7 Sean Hehir M Metro St Brigids 2:56:04  
2. 4 Gary Ohanlon M45 Clonliffe Harriers 3:00:55  
3. 225 Raivis Zakis M40 West Waterford A.C. 3:11:11  
5. 312 Sorcha Loughnane F45 Donore Harriers 3:20:33  
16. 304 Deirdre Martin F Carrick on shannon AC 3:40:59  
19. 2 Laura Driscoll F45  3:44:54

 Full results... https://www.popupraces.ie/race/donadea50k-2022/

The most impressive performance was probably that of Sorcha Loughnane who was less than a minute outside the 50k national record which was set by Olympian Catriona Jennings. Sorcha also went through the marathon mark in a time of 2h 46m which was 6 minutes faster than her previous marathon best time.

These are just some of the finishers from Cork and Munster who were listed in the results...

3. 225 Raivis Zakis M40 West Waterford A.C. 10 3:11:11
41. 14 Aidan Hogan M40 Rising Sun 4:00:11  
53. 252 Fozzy Forristal M45 Kerry Crusaders 4:07:30  
54. 57 Niall Bennis M Dooneen AC 4:08:08  
66. 239 Eddie Butt M40 Cork Triathlon Club 4:19:02  
67. 5 Mike Kissane M40 Kerry Crusaders 4:19:18  
68. 62 Alan O Connor M45 Cork Triathlon Club 4:19:56  
81. 92 Liam Lynch M60 Donoughmore AC 4:26:27  
150. 133 Alan Doyle M50 West Waterford A.C. 4:48:26  
190. 165 Kevin Broughton M45 Bilbo_ AC 5:13:59  

Raivis Zakis of West Waterford AC who finished in 3rd place in the 50k also ran the Dungarvan 10 mile the previous Sunday where he posted a time of 56m 51s.

Liam Lynch of Donoughmore AC... 2nd M60

Photos...
1) Sweaty Snaps has several hundred photos HERE