Irish results from the 2018 European 24 hour Championships

The European 24 hour championships were held in Timisoara, Romania over the weekend and there was a strong Irish contingent present.

The mens team consisted of three from Cork! Eoin Keith from Cobh racked up an impressive 144 miles over 24 hours. Aidan Hogan of Rising Sun AC finished with 135 miles while fireman Alex O'Shea of St.Finbarr's AC ended with 109 miles.

Results for Team Ireland:
Men’s Team 8th with 663.81K (3 to score)

Individual Men
Eoin Keith -232.65K -19th (144.6 miles)
Aidan Hogan-218.02K - 31st (135.5 miles)
Eddie Gallen-213.13K -36th (132.4 miles)
Alex O’Shea-175.53K - 60th (109 miles)

Results for Team Ireland:
Women’s Team 13th with 464.55K  (3 to score)

Individual Women
Amy Masner- 220.85K -10th (137.2 miles)
Louise Smart-204.57K - 22nd (127.1 miles)
Susan McCartney-39.12K - 71st (24.3 miles)

Full results

Eddie Gallen runs new unofficial Irish 12 hour record in Barcelona

At an Ultra running race in Barcelona last weekend, Eddie Gallen set a new unofficial Irish 12 hour record of 135kms. The previous best of 131kms was set by Grellan McGrath from Cork in Belfast in 2014.

Eddies time works out as an average pace of 8:36 minute mile pace.

2    134,997m    Gallen    Eddie    M    IRL    11/12/1962    T    19/12/2015    Barcelona, ESP

In the 24 hour race, Susan McCarthy was the first of the Irish and just got over the 100 mile barrier.

26    165,013m    Mccartney    Susan    F    IRL    29/03/1977    T    19/12/2015    Barcelona, ESP

66    120,368m    Brownlie    Tim    M    IRL    28/07/1979    T    19/12/2015    Barcelona, ESP

90    73,096m    Ankers    Brian    M    IRL    21/02/1980    T    19/12/2015    Barcelona, ESP

The full results can be seen HERE