All quiet this week on the race front as Santa makes his way around the globe with his reindeers. With the elves very busy making the presents, our juniors have kept themselves occupied with the park runs, impressive turn outs across a number of park runs and junior park runs, especially the junior park run at the Waterworks on Christmas eve where the wind was so strong the Santa and elves hats were flying around the route!
A very special mention to Eva McLoughlin for completing her 100th junior park run on Christmas eve, fantastic work Eva!
Waterworks Park Run
| POSITION | PARKRUNNER | GENDER | AGE GROUP | CLUB | TIME |
| 4 | Thomas COY | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 18:26 |
| 18 | Leila JONES | Female | JW11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 21:16 |
| 28 | Tom MCLOUGHLIN | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 21:56 |
| 29 | Lucas MOONEY | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 21:59 |
| 50 | Isaac MOONEY | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 23:44 |
| 77 | Orán STEELE | Male | JM15-17 | North Belfast Harriers | 25:47 |
| 91 | Eimear COY | Female | JW11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 26:20 |
| 100 | Milo PURVIS | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 26:47 |
Waterworks Junior Park Run
| POSITION | PARKRUNNER | GENDER | AGE GROUP | CLUB | TIME |
| 1 | Leila JONES | Female | JW11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 07:32 |
| 7 | Senan MCCONNELL | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 09:15 |
| 9 | Tom MCLOUGHLIN | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 09:19 |
| 15 | Aoife LEMON | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 11:04 |
| 16 | Betsy TAYLOR | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 11:45 |
| 18 | Ronan O’NEILL | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 12:21 |
| 31 | Eva MCLOUGHLIN | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 14:31 |
| 40 | Dara MCLAUGHLIN | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 17:50 |
With our last report of a very successful 2023, we wanted to take opportunity to say a massive thank you to all of the coaches for their unwavering dedication, commitment and support to all of our young athletes throughout the year.
Our coaches would also like to wish all athletes a very Merry Christmas and encourage them to get a few runs in over the festive break.
Reminders
There is an extra park run on New Years day for anyone who wants to clear the cobwebs after all of the Christmas indulgence.
