Confirmation of Michael Harty setting new national M45 10k record

Back on the 1st of July 2026, Michael Harty of East Cork AC finished the Coillte 10k road race in Tipperary in a time of 30m 00s. This was at the time a potentially new M45 national record for a 10k road race. See previous post HERE

The race organisers Dundrum AC have just confirmed that the course length has been rechecked and Michael has indeed set a new record!

Report from Dundrum AC... "Michael Harty breaks National Over 45 men’s record at Coillte 10k road race in Dundrum.

At the recent Coillte 10K road race on 1st July in Dundrum East Cork athlete Michael Harty set a new National Over 45 years men’s record for the 10km road distance which was ratified by the Irish Masters Athletic Association last week. 

The popular man from Cloyne, County Cork broke the old National record by nearly a minute. Michael is also a former winner of the Coillte 10k race which he won in 2022.

Michaels super run and finish time of 30 minutes flat in the race where he finished third overall only two seconds behind the winner saw him break the National 10K road record by a whopping 56 seconds which was held by Declan Reed from the City of Derry club for the classic distance. 

Interestingly Michael also holds the National Over 40 years men’s record for the same distance which he set in Leeds England back in 2022 in another super time of 29 minutes 42 seconds plus other distance records as well.

Michael’s new record means that the popular Dundrum course now has three National current records to its name over the 10k distance the other two being Joe Goughs West Waterford Over 70 years men’s time of 41 minutes and 10 seconds set in 2023 and Angela McCann’s Clonmel athletic club in Tipperary Over 50 years’ women’s time of 37 minutes 21 seconds set in 2021 plus two other records that have been broken since they were set, a huge testament to the speed of the course.

Thanks, must be given to Billy Purcell who measured the course also to Ronan Wogan of My Run Results who timed the race on the night. Tipperary County Council and local councillors also must be thanked for keeping the road upgraded over the past 41 years of the running of the event."

Michael Harty runs 14m 13s for a 5k in Kildare

Report from John Walshe of Ballycotton... "Another amazing performance by Michael Harty on this Friday evening at the St Cocas 5km at Kilcock in Co Kildare.

The East Cork man finished a brilliant third overall in a time of 14:13 – this was all of 18 seconds inside Decan Reid’s M45 Irish record of 14:31 which has stood since 2019.

It was also faster than Michael’s M40 Irish record of 14:20, although this went tonight as the runner-up, Colm Rooney of Clonliffe (who is over 40), ran 14:10*.

The race was won by Jonas Stafford (UCD) in 14:09. First woman was Danielle Donegan (Tullamore) in 15:45."

Results on MyRunResults

Addendum 1: *Colm Rooney had broken Michael's M40 record back in May when he ran 13:48 at Enfield.

Addendum 2: It looks as if the course has a net downhill so it won't count for national records.

Tony Kelleher of Togher AC breaks Irish Masters record again

Back on the 15th of June, Tony Kelleher of Togher AC set a new Irish Masters record in the Over 45 category when he ran an 800m track race at the Munster Senior & Masters Track & Field Championships in Cork in 2m 00.03s.

As you can see from the results, he was just three one-hundredths of a second over the two minute barrier.

The previous record to that was held by Ken Deevey from Kilkenny who ran 2:01.57 at the World Masters Championships in San Sebastien, Spain back in 2005.

Tony was in action again this evening...Fri 11th of July...at the Morton Games in Dublin. In one of the 800m races, he finished in a time of 1m 59.34 to break his own masters record..

Well done Tony!