Results of the Cork BHAA Dell EMC 4 mile road race...Thurs 13th July 2017

The annual Cork BHAA Dell EMC 4 mile road race was held in Ovens on Thursday the 13th of July 2017 and a total of 233 runners took part. With three races in Cork on the same night, 233 is a pretty decent turnout but it is still down 12% on last year.

As can be seen from the chart above, the numbers for this particular race have been in decline since 2014. From 2011 to 2014, it was at a higher level and peaked in 2014 with 463. In 2015, it took a big drop and it seems to be in decline since.

Looking back through the blog, I can see that 2015 was the year it changed from a 5k to a 4 mile race. It's hard to imagine that would be the reason for the big drop that year? I wouldn't have thought it would make much difference to most runners.

1 Tim O'Donoghue M1 00:20:33 Dell-EMC M-A-2
2 Mark Walsh M2 00:21:01 Dept of Ed
3 Michael Corbett 0/40A M3 00:21:05 Musgrave M-A-1
30 Noreen Mackey F1 00:26:20 CIT
44 Anita Locke 00:27:27 Temp Reg
45 Sheila Buckley 0/35H F2 00:27:36 Midleton Town Council

The full results can be seen HERE

Results & Photos of the Cork BHAA EMC 4 mile road race...Thurs 14th July 2016

264 runners turned out for this years Cork BHAA EMC 4 mile road race in Ovens, a drop of about 15% on last year.

1 Alan O'Shea M1 00:20:27 The Flying Doctor
2 Michael Corbett 0/40A M2 00:21:26 Musgrave M-A-3
3 Cornelius Marshall 0/40A M3 00:21:31 HSE
4 Lizzie Lee 0/35H F1 00:21:36 Apple
13 Martina Kiely F2 00:23:29 Dept of Ed
43 Niamh Cronin 0/40I F3 00:25:33 Ronan Daly Jermyn Solicitors

The full results can be seen HERE

Gearóid Ó Laoi has a large gallery of about 700 photos HERE

Results of the Cork BHAA EMC 4 mile road race...Wed 1st July 2015

316 runners turned out for the Cork BHAA 4 mile road race in Oven on Wed 1st July. This was the first year of the race over 4 mile having been 5kms in previous years.

1 Micheal Bruton M1 00:21:52 GE Healthcare
2 Micheal Morgan M2 00:22:01 Musgrave M-A-1
3 Michael Corbett M3 00:22:04 Musgrave M-A-1
60 Angela Shine 0/40I F1 00:27:33 Kepak
80 Maria Murray F2 00:28:32 Solarwinds F-A-2
88 Cathy Kenneally F3 00:28:54 EMC F-A-1

The full results can be seen HERE

Photos...
1) Graham Nudds has a gallery of photos HERE
2) Doug Minihane has a gallery HERE

Results of the Cork BHAA EMC 5k race - Wed 2nd July 2014

1 Tim O'Donoghue M1 00:15:17 EMC M-A-2
2 Patrick Roche M2 00:15:42 Navy M-A-1
3 James Grufferty M3 00:16:11 GLANMIRE MEDICAL CENTRE
57 Helen Leonard 0/40I F1 00:19:45 Dept of Ed F-A-1
89 Claire O'Sullivan 00:20:50
92 Mary Dennehy 0/35H F2 00:20:54 Pfizer Ringaskiddy

The full results can be seen HERE

Photos...
1) Joe Murphy of Eagle AC has a slideshow of photos HERE 
.......and on Facebook HERE
2) Doug Minihane has a gallery of almost 600 photos HERE

Photos and Results of the Cork BHAA EMC 5k road race...Wed 3rd July 2013

 

Here are some photos from the Cork BHAA EMC 5k on Wednesday, the 3rd of July 2013

1) Joe Murphy of Eagle AC has a large slideshow of photos HERE

2) Doug Minihane has a large gallery of 400+ pics HERE

The full results can be seen HERE

Results of the Cork BHAA 'EMC' 5 km road race - Wed 7th July 2010

Time to catch up on a few recent results...

This Cork BHAA race in Ovens near Ballincollig attracted a field of 273 runners. While that is still an impressive number in itself, it is still roughly 34% down on the 2009 figure when they got a turnout of 414 runners (2008 = 355).

Why the drop?

The fact that there was a 5 mile race in Corkbeg 24 hours later may have been a factor but it was the same last year and the numbers for the East Cork race were pretty much the same.

Results.......
These can now be seen HERE

Photos.......
There is a gallery of 137 photos by John O'Driscoll HERE

Video Clips.....
The 1st video clip shows the field of runners passing just before the 1 mile mark. I'm not sure if it's because it's a 5k or just the angle of the camera but everyone seems to be running really fast!


This 2nd clip is a bit shorter and shows a selection of the faster runners finishing.


The 3rd clip by Pat Power of Eagle AC shows the one mile mark and a lot of the runners finishing....

More photos from the Cork BHAA 'EMC' road race......

I'm sure that most of you will have noticed by now the excellent photographs by Jorge Ruiz Villasante of the various road races around Cork. While it's great to have any photos of a race, these are really exceptional.

Here are a few from the 2009 EMC race...

Time for a chat before going out onto the main road...

Hi ho..hi ho..it's off to the start we go...

This for me is the best photo of the lot. It's shows the overall winner of the race, James McCarthy around the 2 mile mark. As the subject of the photo, he is in focus. The rest of the field stretched out behind him down the hill is out of focus but provides the context for the photo.

The photo also appears to make that incline look pretty steep!

Another week, another battle...

"Did I remember to start the watch??"

A slideshow of the photos can be seen HERE.

Jorge has his own photo website showing some of his work at this address...www.jorumavi.net

Results of the Cork BHAA 'EMC' 5km road race...8th July 2009
Another record crowd turned out for this road race in Ovens near Ballincollig. Judging by the start and the queues out the door afterwards, it was obvious that the number was big. According to the results, a total of 414 runners turned out which compares to 355 for last year. Full credit to the Cork BHAA for putting on a fine well organised race and to the runners in EMC for a fine spread afterwards in the hall.

Results......the full results are now available at this temporary link.

Photos......

1) Donal O'Donoghue has a series of photos HERE.

2) More on the way.....

Preview of the Cork BHAA' EMC' 5 km road race.......Wed 8th July 2009 (8pm)
Before we look at the preview of this race, it might be worth looking back at some of the numbers attending this race over the years and how dramatic the recent increase in numbers attending races has been.

EMC 5k race........

2004 = 208

2005 = 183

2006 = 213

2007 = 261

2008 = 355

2009 = ???

It seems probable that this year's race will attract in excess of 400 runners, about twice the numbers 3 to 4 years ago. While the increased numbers are welcome, they also create a lot of problems. Twice the numbers mean that the whole entry procedure is slower, the start area is crowded, road safety is more of an issue, twice the number of finishers to be checked and recorded, longer race results and so on.

In another recent post, someone left a comment asking what could they do to help out?

Here are some suggestions....

1) Try to get to the races early. Enter early so that there isn't a delay in getting the race started. Remember that there may be daylight or traffic issues to contend with so the organisers will usually want to start the race on time.

2) If you aren't running in the race, consider offering your services. You can help out as a race steward, with the entries, at the finish line and so on.

On to the review...

The sign on for this race is at the Eire Og GAA grounds in Killumney, Ovens.

Directions...If you coming from the City, take the Ballincollig bypass. At the end of the bypass, you pass the EMC plant on your left, the road narrows and you then need to take the next left. You will see a pub at this junction ('Desmonds Bar'). About 800 metres later, you come to the village of Killumney with an old church straight ahead. Take the right here and the Eire Og grounds are on the right just up the road. There is usually plenty of parking inside the grounds. See the map below. The Red mark shows the finish where the GAA grounds are.

Entries...As per normal at BHAA races, there will be 2 queues, one for registered (€5) and one for non-registered runners (€7). Note that the start line is about a mile from the GAA grounds so you need to enter early and give yourself plenty of time. The start of the race is 8pm.

Course...The course is basically a one and a half lap loop. The start is 1 mile from the GAA grounds so you can use this as part of your warm up. Just follow everyone else and head for the start which is on the N22 Cork to Macroom road. Ok, it's not the nicest of starts with the heavy traffic but as soon as the race starts, you are back on to quiet roads again after a few hundred metres. When you do the 2nd loop, you will be using the hard shoulder which is fine as the crowd will have thinned out by then.

2 points to note......

1) The only hill / drag is near the road junction, just before the 1 and 3 mile mark. This is shown on the map as the point on the bottom left corner (South-West)

2) When you re-join the N22 near the pub (top right corner), the hard shoulder is very narrow here for about 100-200 metres and you need to be careful.

For a closer look at the course, check out the map at http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/ireland/cork/559313385

Results of the Cork BHAA 'EMC' 5 km Road Race - Wed 9th July 2008

A big crowd turned out for this one, not exactly sure how many but it looked like it might be around the 300 mark. Certainly, the start area on the main road seemed to be very packed. Listening to some of the times after the race, it certainly is not a fast course and going up that hill twice slows everyone down. Yet despite the hills, it is still a nice course with some nice running along quiet roads.

Photos....John Quigley of Eagle AC made a welcome return with his camera and took 285 shots of the race. They show runners reaching the corner by the top of the hill first time round and runners at the finish line. The photo above shows the race leaders approaching the top of the hill for the first time.

The link for the photos is HERE.

Results...The full results are now available HERE.

Comments...

"I would like to just say thanks to John Quigley of Eagle AC for the great work in taking all the photos and going to the effort in putting them up. It really is a nice touch...........Rob"

(By the way, the headphone debate continues HERE. John Quigley has just left a very detailed arguement as to why he is opposed to them)

Preview of the Cork BHAA 'EMC' 5km Road Race - Wed 9th of July (8pm)
The sign on for this race is at the Eire Og GAA grounds in Killumney, Ovens. Last year, they had an entry of 261 so going on recent numbers, I would expect that they should break the 300 mark? Looking at the weather forecast, it looks like the worst of the weather will have passed by Wednesday morning and there may be just showers in the evening time.

Directions...If you coming from the City, take the Ballincollig bypass. At the end of the bypass, you pass the EMC plant on your left, the road narrows and you then need to take the next left. You will see a pub at this junction ('Desmonds Bar'). About 800 metres later, you come to the village of Killumney with an old church straight ahead. Take the right here and the Eire Og grounds are on the right just up the road. There is usually plenty of parking inside the grounds. See the map below. The Red mark shows the finish where the GAA grounds are.

Entries...As per normal at BHAA races, there will be 2 queues, one for registered (€5) and one for non-registered runners (€7).

Course...The course is basically a one and a half lap loop. The start is 1 mile from the GAA grounds so you can use this as part of your warm up. Just follow everyone else and head for the start which is on the N22 Cork to Macroom road. Ok, it's not the nicest of starts with the heavy traffic but as soon as the race starts, you are back on to quiet roads again after a few hundred metres. When you do the 2nd loop, you will be using the hard shoulder which is fine as the crowd will have thinned out by then.
2 points to note......
1) The only hill / drag is near the road junction, just before the 1 and 3 mile mark. This is shown on the map as the point on the bottom left corner (South-West)
2) When you re-join the N22 near the pub (top right corner), the hard shoulder is very narrow here for about 100-200 metres and you need to be careful.
For a closer look at the course, check out the map at http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/ireland/cork/559313385

Race Flyers...If you want to see the flyer for this and other upcoming races, look in the right hand column of this page.