Results & Photos of the IMRA Slí Chorcaí Ultra Trail Race - Sat 10th Feb 2024

One of the more unusual running events last weekend was the IMRA Slí Chorcaí Trail Ultra and Half-Marathon. The full Ultra was an incredible 71.5km from Ballyvourney to Drimoleague in West Cork. It sounds like a long distance to drive let alone run on mountain & forest trails and country roads across West Cork.

The were a few refuelling stops along the way and the photo above shows some Ultra runners at Gougane Barra.

In the ultra, there were 77 finishers... 70 men & 7 women. As you can see from the finish times below, this was a real endurance event.

Top 3 men & women...
1 Enda Cloake 231 M 1 6:14:00 Slaney Olym... Wexford
2 Barry McEvoy 1255 M35 1 6:33:30 Laois
3 Gavin Byrne 283 M35 2 6:53:17 Dublin
1 Lianne van Dijk 1386 F 1 7:45:00 Kerry
2 Deirdre O Gorman 274 F35 1 7:56:30 Tipperary
3 Kristen O'Sullivan 943 F35 2 8:05:30 Beara AC Cork

Full results... https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2423/category/O/

The Half-Marathon option was 23.5kms in length and went from Kealkill to Drimoleague and crossed some mountainous terrain. There were 88 finishers... 61 men & 27 women.

First 3 women in the Half (L-R)... Irene Eighan (2nd), Anita Locke (1st) & Sorcha Kearney (3rd)

Top 3 men & women...
1 Nick Hogan 838 M40 1 1:58:45 Cork
2 Henry Browne 616 M40 2 1:59:43 West Musker... Cork
3 Paul Kennedy 1524 M35 1 2:03:46 West Waterf... Waterford
1 Anita Locke 364 F40 1 2:20:33 St. Finbar'... Kerry
2 Irene Eighan 1834 F45 1 2:20:52 St. Finbar'... Cork
3 Sorcha Kearney 229 F45 2 2:24:18 St. Finbar'... Cork

Full results... https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2424/category/O/

Photos...

1) Graham Meikle has a gallery HERE

2) IMRA have a gallery HERE