Alan O'Brien...First Cork man home in the 2018 Cork City Marathon

One of the most notable performances in the 2018 Cork City Marathon was that of Alan O'Brien of Eagle AC who was the first Cork man home. Alan finished in 4th place overall in a time of 2h 26m 52s and was the first M35 home.

4 Alan O Brien (#115) EAGLE A.C. 02:26:52  O35  (1) Male  (4)

Alan also ran a new personal best time for the distance beating his previous best of 2h 28m 46s set on the much flatter Berlin Marathon course in September of 2017.

In a post race interview, Barry Drake of CRY104 caught up with Alan and spoke to him about the race. The audio piece also has clips from Mick Dooley of the BHAA who was involved in the organising of the event, Claire McCarthy, the winner of the Half-Marathon and several others.


Results & Photos of the 2018 Cork City Marathon... http://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2018/06/results-photos-of-2018-cork-city.html

Photo credit : Doug Minihane

Cork runners dominate at Limerick Half-Marathon...

The annual Great Limerick Run was held this year on Sunday the 6th of May 2018 with 723 in the full marathon, 1973 in the half-marathon and 4211 in the 6 mile. It also doubled up as the Munster Half-Marathon Championships.

In the Half-Marathon, runners from Cork were very much to the fore as they claimed several podium places.

(L-R Sorcha Kearney, Claire McCarthy & Sinead Brody)

In the women's race, Claire McCarthy of Leevale AC won the half-marathon in a time of 1h 17m 22s. Claire is no stranger to the podium and has represented Ireland on several occasions.

Sorcha  Kearney of St.Finbarrs AC finished in second place.

4006    Claire    Mc Carthy    Female    1    01:17:22    12
2124    Sorcha    Kearney    Female    2    01:24:40    45
3605    Sinead    Brody    Female    3    01:25:21    51

(L-R Alan O'Brien, Peter Somba & Kenneth Rogers)

In the men's race, Alan O'Brien of Eagle AC went sub 70 for the first time to


4220    Peter    Somba    Male    1    01:08:59    1
2109    Alan    O Brien    Male    2    01:09:18    2
3870    Kenneth    Rodgers    Male    3    01:09:58    3

In the Munster Half-Marathon Championships, it would look as if Eagle AC took the men's title but that has to be confirmed.

Half-Marathon results