NBH Race Report 31 Oct – 06 Nov 2022

The famous New York marathon, cross country, trail and road were all on the agendas of NBH athletes this week.

born2run minnowburn 5k/10k (sat 05 nov)

Starting at the Mary Peters track the challenging route covers track, forest trail, country road, and takes in the National Trust property at Minnowburn and back along the banks of the Lagan. The 463 finishers in the 10k included 4 harriers.

Pos	Athlete	Cat	Time
37	Paddy Coyle	M40	0:46:03
319	Philip McIlwrath	M45	1:03:19
371	Jason Reid	M35	1:06:11
454	Sonya Gorman	FO	1:25:54

NBH finishers in the Minnowburn 10k

Photo courtesy of Jennifer McAteer

Novice XC (sat 05 nov)

Stranorlar in Co. Donegal was the venue on Saturday for the NI novice cross country championship which saw the athletes race over a 4 lap course for a total distance of 6000m. The club had 4 runners who all put in good performances to finish well up the field of 113 finishers. Their results were:

Pos	Athlete	Time
12	Brendan McCambridge	0:21:35
14	Brandon McMinn	0:21:47
25	James Trainor	0:22:30
37	Matthew McCombe	0:23:12

NBH finishers in the Novice XC

Abbott Dash 5k (sat 05 nov)

The curtain raiser to the New York marathon, this race is also organised by the New York Road Runners. It starts close to the UN headquarters and takes runners through midtown to the marathon finish line in Central Park. Joe Gallagher warmed up for the marathon with a 21:52 clocking securing a commendable 5th place amongst the 209 runners in his age category.

Picture courtesy of Joe Gallagher

Ballynahinch WMRC/atlas running Run to remember (sun 06 nov)

This event attracted over 200 runners on Sunday morning who took on a 5.3k route on the country roads around Ballynahinch. Five NBH athletes competed and their results were:

Pos	Athlete	Time
9	Kevin Crossley	0:22:30
48	John Davidson	0:26:10
73	Cheryl Shaw	0:27:48
81	Thomas McKinstry	0:28:04
86	Jenna Maddox	0:28:12

NBH finishers at Run To Remember

Photo courtesy Thomas McKinstry

New york marathon

The first Sunday in November is the traditional date for the New York marathon which takes runners through all 5 boroughs of New York. This year 3 harriers made the trip to the Big Apple to take part and were rewarded with unseasonably warm conditions which were possibly not ideal for marathon running. Nevertheless fine performances were achieved with all 3 finishing in the top third of the bumper field of nearly 48,000 finishers. The full results were:

Posn	Athlete	Gender Posn	Time
11,867	Joseph Gallagher	8,375	4:07:43
12,338	Ciaran Browne	8,654	4:09:24
24,311	James Clinton	15,420	4:45:59

NBH finishers at the New York marathon

Photos courtesy of Joe Gallagher

parkrun

Saturday was the 12th anniversary of the first ever parkrun in Ireland at Waterworks. There was celebratory cake for those that braved the rather soggy conditions to participate. Meanwhile, at Birkenhead, Andrew Milligan was running the fastest parkrun in the UK on Saturday in a super time of 14:55. The full results for NBH runners at the various parkruns on Saturday were:

	Waterworks parkrun, Belfast	05/11/2022	#562
Pos	Athlete	Tot parkruns	Cat	Age Grade %	Time	Comment
7	Martsje HELL	53	VW35-39	75.31	0:19:55	PB 19:04
14	Dara CASSIDY	22	JM11-14	67.06	0:21:09	PB 20:43
16	Piaras MCSHANE	213	SM20-24	59.36	0:21:44	PB 17:18
17	David CURRAN	163	VM50-54	68.89	0:21:45	PB 18:33
21	Ruarcc SHERIDAN	1	JM11-14	68.97	0:22:11	First Timer!
23	Sam CARR	144	SM18-19	59.07	0:22:19	PB 20:07
25	Jack O’NEILL	22	JM11-14	68.25	0:22:25	PB 22:07
27	Tom MCLOUGHLIN	18	JM11-14	67.65	0:22:37	New PB!
28	Matthew CARLETON	100	SM20-24	56.95	0:22:39	PB 20:41
29	Cormac LEHENY	13	JM11-14	67.45	0:22:41	PB 20:09
32	Fionnuala O’HARE	233	SW25-29	63.79	0:23:12	PB 21:07
40	Greg MCCLURE	468	VM65-69	70.70	0:23:57	PB 18:41
41	Tony REID	534	VM55-59	66.02	0:24:05	PB 21:50
59	Jack CARBERRY	324	VM75-79	79.54	0:25:49	PB 21:14
60	Sabrina NULTY	44	VW40-44	60.82	0:25:52	PB 24:02
72	Matthew PURVIS	30	JM15-17	51.73	0:26:29	PB 23:34
88	Sandy CARR	318	VW40-44	56.19	0:27:35	PB 22:55
89	Matt SHIELDS	421	VM65-69	62.50	0:27:36	PB 17:44
98	Liam SMYTH	55	VM55-59	56.62	0:28:05	PB 25:03
102	Kevin MCCANN	158	VM50-54	53.54	0:28:14	PB 21:37
113	Eva MCLOUGHLIN	19	JW10	61.80	0:29:19	PB 28:51
114	Michelle MCLOUGHLIN	157	VW40-44	52.44	0:29:20	PB 24:00
117	Paul ARMSTRONG	30	VM55-59	52.31	0:29:38	PB 26:07
118	John Gerard MURPHY	524	VM50-54	50.96	0:29:40	PB 18:49
121	Stella HARRISON	391	VW60-64	66.52	0:30:01	PB 26:03
123	Martin MCLARNON	74	VM45-49	47.76	0:30:09	PB 29:42
127	Eadaoin KELLY	242	VW35-39	48.88	0:30:35	PB 24:26
150	Lorna MCGRATH	68	VW60-64	58.76	0:33:30	PB 30:16
152	Margaret STEPHENS	351	VW60-64	58.32	0:33:45	PB 28:23
165	Grainne STEPHENS	119	SW25-29	42.29	0:35:00	PB 29:16
167	Bernadette DUFFY	279	VW60-64	56.96	0:35:35	PB 29:29
177	Elisabeth FRENCH	84	VW45-49	38.19	0:43:23	PB 41:10
186	Rosy RYAN	295	VW45-49	28.16	0:58:07	PB 36:00

	Belfast Victoria parkrun	05/11/2022	#530
Pos	Athlete	Tot parkruns	Cat	Age Grade %	Time	Comment
173	Paul JENKINS	89	VM45-49	37.68	0:38:50	PB 18:01

	Citypark parkrun, Craigavon	05/11/2022	#450
Pos	Athlete	Tot parkruns	Cat	Age Grade %	Time	Comment
72	Colin MCDOWELL	195	VM50-54	58.52	0:25:50	PB 16:35

	Ormeau parkrun	05/11/2022	#411
Pos	Athlete	Tot parkruns	Cat	Age Grade %	Time	Comment
50	Ray CAMERON	215	VM45-49	64.09	0:22:28	PB 20:06
168	Mannix MCALISTER	115	SM25-29	48.28	0:26:43	PB 23:19

	Antrim parkrun	05/11/2022	#365
Pos	Athlete	Tot parkruns	Cat	Age Grade %	Time	Comment
25	Brian STEWART	139	VM70-74	81.14	0:22:00	PB 20:59

	Larne parkrun	05/11/2022	#380
Pos	Athlete	Tot parkruns	Cat	Age Grade %	Time	Comment
4	Jonathan TOPPING	173	SM20-24	62.42	0:20:40	PB 19:41
17	Janice PLUMB	140	VW50-54	69.90	0:24:55	PB 20:34

	Limepark Playing Fields parkrun	05/11/2022	#13
Pos	Athlete	Tot parkruns	Cat	Age Grade %	Time	Comment
1	Ian KEYS	131	SM30-34	67.89	0:19:09	First Timer!
24	Peter DOLAN	119	VM35-39	31.07	0:43:17	First Timer!

	Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey	05/11/2022	#361
Pos	Athlete	Tot parkruns	Cat	Age Grade %	Time	Comment
2	Stephen WALKER	105	VM40-44	68.90	0:20:25	PB 19:36
13	Paul WILLIAMS	397	VM55-59	67.14	0:23:29	PB 21:53
38	David JOHNSTON	56	VM50-54	54.15	0:28:08	PB 27:53
86	Angela ROGAN	49	VW55-59	42.36	0:43:19	PB 37:25

	Birkenhead parkrun	05/11/2022	#301
Pos	Athlete	Tot parkruns	Cat	Age Grade %	Time	Comment
1	Andrew MILLIGAN	146	SM20-24	86.48	0:14:55	New PB!

	Landesgartenschau Park parkrun	05/11/2022	#55
Pos	Athlete	Tot parkruns	Cat	Age Grade %	Time	Comment
13	Glenn BEATTIE	48	SM20-24	40.74	0:31:40	PB 25:47