Back in April 2022, I put up a guest post from John Walshe with the top Irish 10-mile rankings for Q1 2022. John has now very kindly updated the list for Q1 & Q2 2022. The list, from January to July 2, shows the time (gun time), name/club/category, the race and finishing position, along with … Read more
MARY SWEENEY – YOUGHAL’S FIRST LADY OF RUNNING By John Walshe(Youghal and Midleton & Dist News, 06/02/2022) On a February day all of 44 years ago, on a snow-covered course at Rockwell College, Mary Dempsey from Youghal won the National Intermediate cross-country title when finishing a half-minute clear of Mary O’Sullivan from Limerick. Now, almost … Read more
147 runners turned out for the John Hartnett 10k in Ballyhooly on Fri 20th May 2022 Top 3 men & women… 1 196 Hennesy Pat Male West waterford 00:32:47 00:32:462 200 Herlihy Michael Male North Cork 00:33:37 00:33:363 138 Longan John Male st. Finbarr’s AC 00:35:49 00:35:4712 158 Gaffney Breda Female Mallow ac 00:38:45 00:38:4514 … Read more
IRISH 10-MILE RANKINGS 2022 There is no doubting the popularity of the 10-mile distance, especially during the early months of the year when most of the high-profile events take place. As was done in 2018 and 2019, this is an attempt to compile an annual ranking list for men under 55:00 and women under 65:00 … Read more
THE ENGLISH ‘NATIONAL’ – AND THE IRISH CONNECTION (by John Walshe) Once regarded as ‘The Greatest Cross-Country Race in the World’, the English National CC recently took place at Parliament Hill in London. Now held over 12km, up to around 20 years ago the distance was nine miles and also served as selection race for … Read more