As the autumnal colours start to appear and the temperatures begin to drop the road racing continued this week for the harriers with the NI Road Relays, Mary Peters festival and the London Marathon taking centre stage.
NI road relay championship (sat 01 oct)
Victoria Park was the venue for the annual road relay championships with the club entering a total of 7 teams across the different competitions. The highlight performance came in the Masters Men’s race with our ‘A’ squad holding off a strong Annadale team to take the NI title by just 10 seconds. The full results were:
Senior Men:
| Pos | Team | Leg1 | Leg2 | Leg3 | Leg4 | Time |
| 4 | NBH ‘A’ | 09:49 | 10:03 | 10:06 | 09:30 | 39:26 |
| 7 | NBH ‘B’ | 10:15 | 10:28 | 10:15 | 10:43 | 41:39 |
| 27 | NBH ‘C’ | 13:30 | 15:21 | 13:38 | 12:40 | 55:07 |
Senior Women:
| Pos | Team | Leg1 | Leg2 | Leg3 | Leg4 | Time |
| 4 | NBH ‘A’ | 11:19 | 12:32 | 12:39 | 12:01 | 48:30 |
Masters Men:
| Pos | Team | Leg1 | Leg2 | Leg3 | Leg4 | Time |
| 1 | NBH ‘A’ | 09:58 | 10:17 | 10:08 | 10:28 | 40:50 |
| 14 | NBH ‘B’ | 10:47 | 12:11 | 12:12 | 11:31 | 46:40 |
| 25 | NBH ‘C’ | 11:01 | 14:23 | 13:52 | 12:44 | 51:59 |
Donegal East half marathon (sun 02 Oct)
The Donegal East half and three-quarter marathons took place on Sunday on rural roads along the River Finn in Ballybofey. Kevin Crossley took on the half, finishing in 17th place in 1:36:17.
Mary Peters festival of running
This event took place in the grounds of the Eikon Centre in Lisburn and offered something for everyone with races from 5k to marathon, including a 20mile option. Gareth Lyons, fresh from helping the Masters Men win the relay title the previous day again excelled, winning the 10k in 33:45. In fact the club had athletes in every race and the full results were:
5k:
| Pos | Athlete | Gender | Time |
| 6 | David Curran | M | 0:17:41 |
| 35 | Sabrina Nulty | F | 0:23:42 |
10k:
| Pos | Athlete | Gender | Time |
| 1 | Gareth Lyons | M | 0:33:45 |
| 22 | Brian Stewart | M | 0:44:09 |
| 61 | John Davidson | M | 0:51:47 |
Half marathon:
| Pos | Athlete | Gender | Time |
| 45 | Karen McClean | F | 1:56:09 |
| 56 | Catherine Seawright | F | 2:03:08 |
20 mile:
| Pos | Athlete | Gender | Time |
| 15 | Christopher Murray | M | 2:28:10 |
| 26 | Joe Gallagher | M | 2:48:23 |
| 30 | Ray Cameron | M | 2:51:18 |
Marathon:
| Pos | Athlete | Gender | Time |
| 4 | Neil Mercer | M | 3:10:17 |
| 34 | Sandy Carr | F | 4:21:43 |
London Marathon
The London marathon took place on Sunday in pretty good running conditions with light winds and little rain even if it did get a little warm from mid morning on. Four NBH athletes made the trip to compete with Adam Smyth the fastest, finishing just outside the top 100 in a speedy 2:32:55. Nicky Hagan and Michelle McLoughlin also had good runs while Greg McClure enjoyed his 20th time finishing the famous race. The harriers results were:
| Overall Pos | Gender Pos | Cat Pos | Athlete | Cat | Half | Finish |
| 113 | 113 | 87 | Adam Smyth | 18-39 | 1:14:01 | 2:32:55 |
| 11618 | 8795 | 3985 | Nicky Hagan | 18-39 | 1:45:11 | 3:56:12 |
| 12302 | 9264 | 86 | Greg McClure | 65-69 | 1:54:05 | 3:58:21 |
| 18319 | 5297 | 888 | Michelle McLoughlin | 40-44 | 2:04:09 | 4:23:04 |
parkrun (sat 01 Oct)
Lots of harriers enjoyed a parkrun on Saturday morning and their results were:
| Waterworks parkrun, Belfast 01/10/2022 #557 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 1 | Oscar PURVIS | 108 | 70.64% | 19:42 | PB 19:36 |
| 8 | Dara CASSIDY | 20 | 68.46% | 20:43 | New PB! |
| 9 | Thomas MCLAUGHLIN | 253 | 68.19% | 20:48 | PB 19:14 |
| 12 | Chris CALLAGHAN | 46 | 74.30% | 21:24 | New PB! |
| 14 | Seamus LEHENY | 274 | 64.91% | 21:51 | PB 19:31 |
| 15 | John Gerard MURPHY | 520 | 69.08% | 21:53 | PB 18:49 |
| 16 | Diane TAYLOR | 31 | 69.92% | 22:00 | PB 21:08 |
| 21 | Joseph GALLAGHER | 44 | 73.91% | 22:29 | PB 20:50 |
| 23 | Simon REEVE | 280 | 63.72% | 22:36 | PB 17:48 |
| 34 | Matthew CARLETON | 96 | 54.20% | 23:48 | PB 20:41 |
| 37 | Kevin MCCANN | 156 | 63.12% | 23:57 | PB 21:37 |
| 38 | Tony REID | 529 | 66.20% | 24:01 | PB 21:50 |
| 56 | Paddy COYLE | 15 | 54.78% | 24:55 | PB 21:31 |
| 74 | Jack CARBERRY | 320 | 78.47% | 26:10 | PB 21:14 |
| 85 | Lyle CARLETON | 226 | 59.33% | 26:48 | PB 21:22 |
| 98 | Gordon GLENN | 121 | 53.35% | 27:52 | PB 21:04 |
| 100 | Eimear O’REGAN | 1 | 58.40% | 27:53 | First Timer! |
| 122 | Matthew PURVIS | 26 | 46.08% | 29:44 | PB 23:34 |
| 129 | Eadaoin KELLY | 238 | 49.83% | 30:00 | PB 24:26 |
| 134 | Sean MCSHANE | 248 | 48.19% | 30:22 | PB 18:34 |
| 136 | Margaret STEPHENS | 346 | 64.75% | 30:24 | PB 28:23 |
| 137 | Sandy CARR | 315 | 50.96% | 30:25 | PB 22:55 |
| 138 | Matt SHIELDS | 418 | 56.62% | 30:28 | PB 17:44 |
| 144 | Gillian RODEN | 126 | 49.17% | 31:17 | PB 26:14 |
| 151 | Martin MCLARNON | 69 | 45.45% | 31:41 | PB 29:42 |
| 153 | Jim CLINTON | 532 | 50.78% | 31:52 | PB 21:37 |
| 175 | Stella HARRISON | 386 | 56.18% | 35:02 | PB 26:03 |
| 183 | Roy RAINEY | 46 | 39.29% | 38:46 | PB 32:33 |
| 184 | Lorna MCGRATH | 64 | 49.50% | 39:46 | PB 30:16 |
| 186 | Catherine CARLETON | 107 | 48.38% | 40:06 | PB 31:42 |
| 187 | Paula O’REILLY | 53 | 46.97% | 40:10 | PB 31:49 |
| 196 | Denis LOUGHRAN | 178 | 43.27% | 47:27 | PB 35:00 |
| 202 | Jansje LE MAHIEU – LAMB | 62 | 31.07% | 56:03 | PB 30:35 |
| Belfast Victoria parkrun 01/10/2022 #525 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 113 | Paul JENKINS | 86 | 50.00% | 29:16 | PB 18:01 |
| 121 | Clare COREY | 28 | 57.17% | 30:28 | New PB! |
| 139 | Philip MCILWRATH | 292 | 43.35% | 33:29 | PB 24:47 |
| 158 | Rosy RYAN | 290 | 29.77% | 54:59 | PB 33:26 |
| Citypark parkrun, Craigavon 01/10/2022 #445 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 2 | Colin MCDOWELL | 190 | 89.45% | 16:54 | PB 16:35 |
| Omagh parkrun 01/10/2022 #227 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 2 | Ian KEYS | 130 | 71.17% | 18:16 | New PB! |
| Ormeau parkrun 01/10/2022 #406 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 60 | Ray CAMERON | 211 | 60.89% | 23:39 | PB 20:06 |
| 65 | Paul WILLIAMS | 393 | 66.20% | 23:49 | PB 20:01 |
| Antrim parkrun 01/10/2022 #360 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 121 | Brian STEWART | 136 | 60.51% | 29:30 | PB 20:59 |
| Osterley parkrun 01/10/2022 #391 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 94 | Nicky HAGAN | 27 | 49.17% | 26:59 | First Timer! |
| Larne parkrun 01/10/2022 #375 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 1 | Nat GLENN | 141 | 81.78% | 19:07 | PB 17:48 |
| Carrickfergus parkrun 01/10/2022 #361 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 3 | Paul HORAN | 42 | 71.64% | 20:06 | PB 18:29 |
| 40 | Thomas MCKINSTRY | 283 | 53.39% | 29:02 | First Timer! |
| Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey 01/10/2022 #356 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 13 | Charlie MCLARNON | 35 | 61.71% | 22:59 | PB 22:54 |
| 53 | David JOHNSTON | 52 | 50.33% | 30:16 | PB 27:53 |
| 61 | Phoebe REID | 16 | 54.70% | 31:12 | New PB! |
| 114 | Angela ROGAN | 46 | 42.07% | 43:37 | PB 37:25 |
| Victoria Dock parkrun 01/10/2022 #143 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 124 | Kieran CALLAGHAN | 163 | 55.62% | 24:54 | First Timer! |
| Orangefield parkrun 01/10/2022 #147 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 47 | Fergus JAMISON | 105 | 44.60% | 35:03 | PB 28:17 |
| Edgbaston Reservoir parkrun 01/10/2022 #57 | |||||
| Pos | parkrunner | parkruns | Age Grade | Time | Comment |
| 2 | Conor O’RAWE | 182 | 74.42% | 17:20 | New PB! |