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Week 5 of 6 and the wear and tear was starting to show. A slightly smaller crowd was out for the Dangan leg of the Galway 5km series. Only the really brave (or foolhardy) were attempting to better their 5km PB for the 5th time in as many weeks, on an interesting course which included every form of surface (gravel, grass, tarmac, cement...)

The course was fun, though, including a gallop across the new Park and Ride, a trot through NUIG campus, down the riverbank path and under the Quintennial bridge.

If I hadn't spent so many lost weekends running laps of Dangan I'd have been wondering where the hell we were most of the time.

My race started at 5:20 with a gentle 27km warmup, adding the race to bring me up to a tidy 20 miles. By the last 2km of the race, my feet and hamstrings were hurting, and as I put on a bit of a finishing burst, I probably looked like I was about to fall over and die at slightly over eight min mile pace.

Great organisation and marshalling, including a special mention to Alan Forde whose job it was to prevent people from a lifetime of singing in the high octaves, by warning them to avoid the metal bike pillar on the river path.

Gentle drizzle turned into full on rain by the end of the race. Athenry AC are still showing a strong turnout at this stage.

Results as follows, courtesy of Red Tag Timing.

Place Bib Forename Surname Sex Club Chip Time Gun Time

15 487 Darragh McShane M Athenry AC 0:18:10 0:18:10

16 15 Mark Breen M Athenry AC 0:18:18 0:18:19

25 26 Alan Burke M Athenry AC 0:18:41 0:18:42

37 663 Ray Somers M Athenry AC 0:19:08 0:19:11

38 289 Lyall Guiney M Athenry AC 0:19:11 0:19:15

43 208 Adrian Fitzmaurice M Athenry AC 0:19:18 0:19:20

48 117 Anna Crooks F Athenry AC 0:19:28 0:19:30

54 95 Finbarr Connolly M Athenry AC 0:19:35 0:19:38

62 391 Tony Killarney M Athenry AC 0:19:56 0:19:58

63 169 Michael Duane M Athenry AC 0:19:58 0:20:00

72 354 Daniel Kavanagh M Athenry AC 0:20:16 0:20:17

77 150 Garry Doherty M Athenry AC 0:20:18 0:20:22

107 530 Enda Munnelly M Athenry AC 0:20:51 0:20:55

110 401 Alan Lambe M Athenry AC 0:20:57 0:21:01

116 178 Dave Dunne M Athenry AC 0:21:06 0:21:13

122 290 Kieran Guiry M Athenry AC 0:21:17 0:21:21

124 571 Ray O'Connor M Athenry AC 0:21:08 0:21:24

137 390 Ruth Kilcawley F Athenry AC 0:21:36 0:21:41

139 443 Tomas Mangan M Athenry AC 0:21:41 0:21:46

149 255 Paul Giblin M Athenry AC 0:22:00 0:22:07

152 333 Richard Humphreys M Athenry AC 0:22:01 0:22:12

153 585 Martin O'Hara M Athenry AC 0:22:09 0:22:14

167 195 Martina Fahy F Athenry AC 0:22:40 0:22:43

190 342 Martin Hynes M Athenry AC 0:23:13 0:23:19

197 651 Thomas Ruane M Athenry AC 0:23:18 0:23:28

206 243 Treasa Gannon F Athenry AC 0:23:28 0:23:43

209 187 Pete Elwood M Athenry AC 0:23:40 0:23:49

223 182 Liam Egan M Athenry AC 0:23:45 0:24:03

224 76 Janet Clancy F Athenry AC 0:23:46 0:24:04

232 549 Maeve Noone F Athenry AC 0:23:59 0:24:16

237 266 Valerie Glavin F Athenry AC 0:24:09 0:24:23

243 611 Martina Passman F Athenry AC 0:24:27 0:24:34

250 5 Marie Beatty F Athenry AC 0:24:29 0:24:43

253 414 Maria Long F Athenry AC 0:24:35 0:24:46

263 358 Martin Keane M Athenry AC 0:24:47 0:24:55

265 399 Bridget Kissane F Athenry AC 0:24:49 0:24:56

286 337 Pearse Hunter M Athenry AC 0:25:04 0:25:22

301 232 Lorma Freeman F Athenry AC 0:25:36 0:25:50

303 82 Michelle Collins F Athenry AC 0:25:36 0:25:51

305 422 Anne Lyng F Athenry AC 0:25:36 0:25:51

308 33 Frank Burke F Athenry AC 0:25:39 0:25:56

312 14 Grainne Breen F Athenry AC 0:25:48 0:25:59

323 427 Teresa Lyons F Athenry AC 0:26:00 0:26:14

335 433 Eoin Madden M Athenry AC 0:26:13 0:26:33

338 310 Maria Hehir F Athenry AC 0:26:27 0:26:42

347 218 Mags Flannery F Athenry AC 0:26:39 0:26:52

349 379 Niamh Kelly F Athenry AC 0:26:46 0:26:58

352 302 Deirdre Hassett F Athenry AC 0:26:50 0:27:04

365 621 Deirdre Quinn F Athenry AC 0:27:06 0:27:27

370 666 James Lundon M Athenry AC 0:27:39 0:27:39

386 236 Irene Gallagher F Athenry AC 0:28:01 0:28:10

404 332 Jackie Hugo F Athenry AC 0:28:29 0:28:38

408 229 Enda Fox M Athenry AC 0:28:35 0:28:51

427 30 Clara Burke F Athenry AC 0:29:18 0:29:31

442 442 Jane Mangan F Athenry AC 0:29:45 0:30:05

443 520 Eilis Morrissey/sullivan F Athenry AC 0:29:46 0:30:06

445 168 Louise Duane F Athenry AC 0:30:01 0:30:10

467 496 Caroline Mitchell F Athenry AC 0:31:21 0:31:37

470 567 Marie O'Connor F Athenry AC 0:31:27 0:31:47

473 180 Frances Egan F Athenry AC 0:31:31 0:31:50

482 106 Anita Corcoran F Athenry AC 0:32:18 0:32:36

485 730 Edel Murray F Athenry AC 0:32:25 0:32:46

488 661 Georgina Shaw F Athenry AC 0:33:00 0:33:19

492 670 Stephen Sullivan M Athenry AC 0:34:02 0:34:23

Full results attached as XLS file.

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