The Cork BHAA IFF 5k was held in Little Island on Sun 19th Jan 2025 on what was a dry, overcast and mild morning. This was the first race of the year on the Cork BHAA calendar after the ESB Cross Country race earlier in January was cancelled.
Looking at the numbers, there were 356 finishers this year. As can be seen from the chart above, this is well up on last year and down a bit on 2023.
Looking at my results post for 2024, I noted that the numbers were probably down then due to the wind and rain on the day and that they would likely recover. Sure enough, the numbers for 2025 were up 90 on last year which is about a third.
It was about 140 down on the peak numbers in the 2012 to 2015 time period.
Top 3 men & women...
1 Ben Leen Smith M1 00:15:04 Ken's Track Club M-A-2
2 Mark Walsh M2 00:15:15 Dept of Ed M-A-1
3 Tadhg O'Sullivan M3 00:15:20 Cork University Hospital
25 Michelle Kenny 0/45F F1 00:17:38 Dept of Ed F-A-1
37 Linda O Connor 0/50F F2 00:18:17 Musgrave
43 Saoirse Twomey 00:18:25 Temp Reg
1 Ben Leen Smith M1 00:15:04 Ken's Track Club M-A-2
2 Mark Walsh M2 00:15:15 Dept of Ed M-A-1
3 Tadhg O'Sullivan M3 00:15:20 Cork University Hospital
25 Michelle Kenny 0/45F F1 00:17:38 Dept of Ed F-A-1
37 Linda O Connor 0/50F F2 00:18:17 Musgrave
43 Saoirse Twomey 00:18:25 Temp Reg
Full results HERE
1 comment:
Hi John,
Regarding the number of finishers -- one cannot simply look at this race in isolation.
The BHAA IFF/FMC 5k clashed with the very popular Cloyne Common 4k race -- which are only a 20 minute drive from each other.
Of the 327 finishers at Cloyne, I would guess a significant proportion would also have liked to run the IFF/FMC race.
The BHAA are having an almost identical Janssen 5k on Sunday 09 Feb 2025. Whilst this will almost coincide with the Skibbereen 5M and 10M events - but they are much further apart. I guess more people will turn up at Janssen.
Could the BHAA and Athletics Ireland Cork County Board coordinate their fixtures ?
The MTU 5k is also going to clash with other popular races.
Donal
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