Report and photos by Joe Byrne
Mid Summer has truly arrived with the 38th running of this Saturday evening race. Always a key date in the sportsworld runners diary, this year was to be no different with 24 of our finest Females and Males making the start line for a bang on 7.30pm start.
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Unlike previous years in Dunshaughlin, Saturday evening was on the cooler side which made conditions ideal for this race which started just off the M3 Motorway, before the athletes negotiatied 7-8k over quiet country roads and finished up in the Village centre. Our runners duly obliged with P.Bs in abundance.
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Our 16 Men runners were led home by the ever improving Karl Chatterton in a superb time of 35.07. Keep the great work and all the races going Karl, whilst Maria Jones led the 8 Ladies in a time of 41.18 just about edging the battle with Adrian Lanigan.
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Taking up my 2 camera positions, firstly outside Carberrys pub on the main street (about 1.2km mark) and subsequently at the 9.8k mark, the contrast in facial expressions and running styles was like a good TV make over program of before and after (See photos below).
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Except in this case in reverse. Ah its so easy to stand on the touch line and look in. Even club champion smiler, Johnny Dwyer couldn’t muster a slight grin on the way in.
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Winner in this category Saturday, was Peter Knaggs who was smiles all round at both points.
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As for the post race banquet, well as always, tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits were all in abundance not to mention the glass bottles of fizzy orange.Perhaps the latter were an attempt by the organisers to frustrate the competitors as not a bottle opener could be found in the gym. It certainly wouldn,t happen under Michael Cunningham’s charge.
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Well done to all those who took part and flew the club colours. This continues to be one of the best 10k races in the running calendar. Well organised, great course, atomsphere and superb facilities too.
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As for those absent bottle openers, I can already sense the numerous ‘Whats app’ messages on the way for Terenure 5 2018.
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Sportsworld Results
40th     Karl Chatterton               35.07
103rd  Diarmuid Suilleabhin     37.21
137th   Damien Gerathy             38.27
143rd  Martin Doyle                    38.41
204th   Noel Tobin            40.54
213th   Dermot Sullivan        41.06
222nd  Maria Jones            41.18
224th   Adrian Lanigan                41.20
235th   Johnny Dwyer                 41.42
286th   Declan Brady          43.06
299th   Peter Knaggs          43.24
334th   Padraic Moran          44.01
365th   Noel Lynam           45.08
391st   Patricia Fitzmaurice      46.08
405th   Ann Higgins            46.30
465th   Ray Carpenter                 48.08
470th   Nigel Hanby           48.03
476th   Paul Cassidy           48.22
485th   Rosie Mulhern                 48.37
492nd  Ellen Lavin            48.51
585th   Anne Marie Scanlon     53.09
609th   Caroline Galligan            54.13
620th   Siobhan Clarke         54.31
638th   Sean O Byrne          56.02
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