Results of the Irish 24-hour championships in Belfast - Sun 17th Oct 2021

The 2021 Belfast 24-hour race was held last weekend and this was also the Irish 24-hour championships.

There were 99 contestants in the 24 hour event with an impressive 33 going over the 100-mile mark.

The first man was Ed McGroarty who completed 256.57kms in the 24 hours which will be a new national record once confirmed. In a previous post, I had a report of how Ed had run from Mizen to Malin in a new record time last July.

From a Cork point of view, Aidan Hogan of Rising Sun AC put in another impressive performance to finish in second spot to take a national Silver medal.

Alex O'Shea of St Finbarrs AC finished in 5th place just three weeks after completing the 250km Spartathlon in Greece!

Thanks to John O'Regan for the following photos...

Belfast 24hr & Irish Championship - Men

1. Ed McGroarty (Lifford /Strabane AC) - 256.57Km (TBC as *NR)
2. Aidan Hogan (Rising Sun AC) -243.36Km
3. Keith Russell (Navan AC)- 232.67Km
* National Record

Belfast 24hr & Irish Championship - Women
1. Aoife Mundow (Drogheda & District AC) - 211.76Km
2. Lorraine McMahon (Wexford Marathon Club)- 206.81Km
3. Joanne Rice (Navan AC)- 186.9Km

Cork runner Aidan Hogan wins Irish 24 hour championships in Belfast

Aidan Hogan, a local runner from Cork won this years 24 hour championships in Belfast after completing an amazing 151 miles!

Eoin Keith pictured above in orange is from Cobh and finished second this year with 148 miles.

Irish 24 hour National Championship Results 2018.  Male.
1st- Aidan Hogan: Rising Sun AC ...243.59k/ 151.3 miles
2nd- Eoin Keith: Sportsworld ...238.78K / 148.4 miles
3rd- Mark Walker - Marathon Club of Ireland. ...234.9131k / 146 miles

Video on the IAU 24HR World Championships in Belfast

The 2017 24 Hour World Championships were held last July in Belfast with teams from all over the world competing.

It also doubled up as the Irish 24 hour championships with Eoin Keith from Cobh setting a new national record to take Gold.

A new video of the event is now available. See below....

Revised results for the Irish 24 Hour Championships

The World 24 Hour Championships were held in Belast this year and it also doubled up as the Irish 24 Hour Championships. There were some serious timing issues as outlined in this explanation issued yesterday.

The revised results show that Eoin Keith from Cork actually set a new Irish 24 hour record of 248.436kms beating the old record by 44 metres.

Alex O'Shea from Cork with 244.253kms (151.772 miles) also moves from Bronze to Silver in the Irish Championships ahead of Tim Brownlie.

Report on the Irish 24 Hour Championships...by Alex O'Shea

Cork runner Alex O'Shea ran a staggering 150 miles in the Irish 24 Hour Championships in Belfast last weekend.  This is his report on the event...


Belfast 24hr... it has been amazing.
I finished and that's an achievement in its own at this kind of event.
Last year I had been sick the week before the event so felt I under performed & as it was my first time I made things hard for myself not knowing very much about it & had to walk at times but managed to recover some what and achieve the Irish Selection Standard.

This year was a different story it was not just an open race & national championships it was also to play host to the world championships.

I had hoped to get called up to the Irish Team but narrowly missed out. So I focused on the races that were open to me the open race, national championships & world age category.

So a year on I was back I was injury free feeling good & had learned some lessons the hard way last year. Ok with only 1 24hr event under my belt I certainly wasn't an expert but I was learning things fast. This year instead of being the new guy making all the mistakes I was more confident & felt I could do better that's not to say I didn't make mistakes or can't improve, and it was great to see the best athletes in the world perform & learn from them as the event also hosted the world championships.

Cork runners dominate Irish 24 hour championships

The Irish 24 Hour Championships were held in Victoria Park in Belfast over the weekend and this year, it also doubled up as the World 24 Hour Championships.

In the Irish Championships, Eoin Keith from Cobh won Gold with 153 miles, just short of the national record of 248.982K / 154.xx Miles set by Thomas Maguire in Monaco in 2009.

Alex O'Shea of St.Finbarr's AC was the third Irish man home to win a national Bronze medal in this event. What's also impressive is that Alex finished ahead of plenty of other runners who were part of the official Irish team.

Update...27th July 2017...The original results were off due to a timing error. Eoin Keith set a new national record while Alex O'Shea in fact won Silver.

Alex just missed out on the standard to be part of the team last year but has obviously improved a lot on the last 12 months.

Entries now open for Irish 24 hour championships in Belfast

The IAU 24 Hour World Championships for 2017 will be held in Victoria Park, Belfast on July 1st/2nd 2017.

Due to the demand from International athletes, places are limited for Irish athletes. There will be 100 places available and a waiting list will be started then.

Entries opened at 6pm on Mon 12th December.

The entry fee is £75. To enter, go HERE

11:20pm...Entries are now closed. All 100 places sold out in about 3 hours. Contact the organisers to get on the waiting list... ( ed_n_smith AT hotmail DOTcom ).

Additional notes...
1) The Open race will take place alongside the World Championships and it starts at 12 noon.
2) There will not be a 12 hour, 100km or Team relay in 2017 due to the numbers.