A cracking day in Dublin and some magic performances to match it. Those stranded in the west were kept up to date [as much as I could manage] using our latest toy, the twitter feed.
Mick Rice was first home in a new PB of 2:44 followed closely by Brian O Connor and Brian Bruton. Owen Curran smashed the 3 hr demons but Johnny O Connor will have to try again as he finished just out the mark with 3:02.
A welcome return to these shores for Mark Breen with a time just outside 3 hours. Valerie Glavin was first Athenry woman home with a time of 3:10, winning the duel with Frank Burke, who wasn't far behind.
A tough day at the office for Phillip Magnier and Adrian Fitzmaurice, but they managed to keep it together to finish ahead of marathon debutante Aoife Callan who ran a storming 3:28.
Maeve Noone, along with another marathon firsttimer Deirdre Quinn finished in 3:42, ahead of pacemaker Ray O Connor who timed the 4 hour group to perfection.
Martin Keane must surely be inline for a V5 medal after a 4:19 run, while Peadar Nugent continues his sequence of completing every Dublin marathon to date.
I'm sure I missed a few - please add in some more in the comments. We'll try to get a full list up soon. Photos to follow.
Congrats to all, the times
Congrats to all, the times were unreal and all the hard work paid off. Enjoy your celebrations.
DCM 2010
Well done to Val Glavin too. 3:10
Dublin City Marthon 2010
Good Morning Guys,
Well done Athenry Club members who ran yesterday. Wow what a day out for the Club. My God ye did fantastic times yesterday. I saw ye all off and it was great to be near the finish line and see ye come in great times.For those doing a first Marathon Congratulations amazing times. Peadar it was good to see you heading into the Phoniex Park and you happy out. Also well done to our friends in Galway City Harries they had a good day in Dublin too. I saw a few from Mayo there. Dave doing a great run again well done. A supper day for the West in the Dublin!!! See you all soon.
Love and Best Wishes Mt.
well done guys, it was so
well done guys, it was so great to see you all running so well. Enjoy the glory. Jane-Ann
A Big Congrats
Well done to all yesterday! Fantastic times by all accounts. Know you all trained so hard & glad to see the hard work paid off.
Well Done
Well done to you all it was a great day and great results all around
Athenry abu
A tough day for everyone, Alan, not just Adrian and myself
but very rewarding of course.
Congratulations on the many pb's out there, which I think includes Mick Rice, Brian O'Connor, Owen Curran, Val Glavin, Frank Burke, Maeve Noone, Tomas Mangan. And especially congrats to debutants (who of course also ran pb's) Aoife Callan, Deirdre Quinn. But let's not forget Brian Bruton, Johnny O'Connor, Lyall Guiney, Mark Breen (where did he do his training?, the Texas plains?), Adrian Fitzmaurice, myself, Ed Egan, Martin Keane, Peadar Nugent.
I know I've missed some people, but my mind is a bit blurred, back at work. All in all, it's got to be one of the very best Dublin days for Athenry. Long may we go up together.
5 in a row
Just worth a mention is patrick forde as he has completed his 5th marathon inside 12months , which is a massive achivement , and also a few half marathons . He is going to rome next march to do the marathon . Well done pat
One more first timer. Kieran
One more first timer. Kieran Guiry, looked like he had to dig deep but came home in 3:43
Connacht Tribune
8-column headline on page 23 of today's Connacht Tribune: "Mick records a personal best in the Dublin Marathon".
"Great day out in Dublin"
Well done to all in the Athenry A.C. Congratulations Val and all the gang..great running, great weather, great weekend..X Jennifer and all at Galway City Harriers!!