The big ticket item this week was the Belfast City Marathon which brought the city alive with athletes from near and far.
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Sun 3rd May 2026: Belfast City Marathon
Over 5000 athletes took part in the annual Belfast City Marathon which took runners around each part of the city. At every point runners were treated to tremendous support, not least at the Waterworks which is our home turf.
They were joined by 48 Harriers who took on the grueling 26.2 mile course, led by Conal McCambridge who finished in 2:37:37.
Congratulations Conal and to all North Belfast Harriers who put in fine performances.
Elisoa CRAWFORD secured first place in the F50 age category; Gladys GANIEL made second place in the F45 category, and Janice PLUMB took third place in the F55 category. Well done ladies.
North Belfast Harriers also fielded an astonishing 11 relay teams of five people, with one gaining second place in the All-Male category. Well done to all
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Marathon Results
| Rank | Bib | Name | Sex | Gun Time | ChipTime | Note | ||
| 23 | 6 | Conal McCAMBRIDGE | 23. M | 02:37:38 | 02:37:37 | |||
| 49 | 5412 | Connor MAGILL | 46. M | 02:44:17 | 02:44:16 | |||
| 59 | 1495 | John KEARNEY | 54. M | 02:46:09 | 02:46:04 | |||
| 64 | 154 | Zak WILSON | 59. M | 02:46:33 | 02:46:29 | |||
| 70 | 15 | Gladys GANIEL | 7. F | 02:47:20 | 02:47:18 | 2nd F45 | ||
| 86 | 237 | Oscar PURVIS | 78. M | 02:49:30 | 02:49:25 | |||
| 110 | 21 | Elisoa CRAWFORD | 9. F | 02:52:07 | 02:52:01 | 1st F50 | ||
| 122 | 411 | Robbie GOULD | 113. M | 02:53:39 | 02:53:34 | |||
| 144 | 5393 | Michael LAMONT | 134. M | 02:55:43 | 02:55:27 | |||
| 150 | 4469 | David FOSTER | 140. M | 02:55:50 | 02:55:45 | |||
| 217 | 2348 | Patrick McAULEY | 205. M | 02:59:11 | 02:58:45 | |||
| 236 | 5604 | Arran RUTLEDGE | 223. M | 02:59:46 | 02:59:32 | |||
| 248 | 2426 | Conor FEGAN | 235. M | 03:00:20 | 03:00:03 | |||
| 299 | 2551 | Thomas McLAUGHLIN | 282. M | 03:04:36 | 03:04:13 | |||
| 330 | 6206 | Robbie MULVENNA-JAMISON | 311. M | 03:06:41 | 03:06:16 | |||
| 331 | 3441 | Frank HUGHES | 312. M | 03:06:51 | 03:06:29 | |||
| 334 | 3624 | Colin WILLETTS | 315. M | 03:06:53 | 03:06:38 | |||
| 392 | 5141 | Andrew GIBSON | 369. M | 03:11:18 | 03:10:01 | |||
| 516 | 2967 | Ryan FAULKNER | 484. M | 03:15:54 | 03:14:53 | |||
| 546 | 2696 | Ciaran BEATTIE | 509. M | 03:16:52 | 03:16:30 | |||
| 609 | 4016 | Rory KANE | 564. M | 03:20:27 | 03:19:06 | |||
| 637 | 2852 | Janice PLUMB | 51. F | 03:20:42 | 03:20:19 | 3rd F55 | ||
| 651 | 2469 | Conall MAGEE | 598. M | 03:21:02 | 03:20:46 | |||
| 869 | 1649 | Maya REILLY-STEWART | 84. F | 03:29:21 | 03:27:16 | |||
| 961 | 842 | Nuala MULDOON | 98. F | 03:31:53 | 03:29:37 | |||
| 1211 | 3645 | Karlene GRAHAM | 139. F | 03:41:07 | 03:36:19 | |||
| 1274 | 1589 | Thomas TAYLOR | 1126. M | 03:41:20 | 03:37:59 | |||
| 1633 | 613 | John MURPHY | 1415. M | 03:48:07 | 03:45:48 | |||
| 2433 | 3324 | Mark MULHERN | 2030. M | 04:07:57 | 04:01:26 | |||
| 2564 | 2965 | Patrick McCAMBRIDGE | 2126. M | 04:11:10 | 04:05:26 | |||
| 2595 | 1488 | Kieran QUINN | 2149. M | 04:12:51 | 04:06:21 | |||
| 2729 | 205 | Helen F WEIR | 495. F | 04:15:17 | 04:09:32 | |||
| 3056 | 5226 | Conor HENRY | 2455. M | 04:22:38 | 04:17:02 | |||
| 3251 | 1514 | Greg McCLURE | 2583. M | 04:23:42 | 04:22:30 | |||
| 3273 | 2083 | Martin RAFFERTY | 2598. M | 04:27:17 | 04:22:56 | |||
| 3577 | 5114 | Catriona BRADFORD McKEOWN | 793. F | 04:42:42 | 04:30:50 | |||
| 3578 | 5115 | Cathy SCULLION | 794. F | 04:42:43 | 04:30:50 | |||
| 3580 | 2196 | Derek GOODFELLOW | 2785. M | 04:42:43 | 04:30:51 | |||
| 3582 | 219 | Ann CRAVEN | 796. F | 04:42:23 | 04:30:55 | |||
| 3582 | 2195 | Katie-Louise GOODFELLOW | 798. F | 04:42:42 | 04:30:51 | |||
| 3587 | 3120 | Robyn THOMPSON | 798. F | 04:37:36 | 04:31:06 | |||
| 4416 | 3566 | Maria LYNCH | 1156. F | 05:12:58 | 04:59:42 | |||
| 4417 | 1489 | Frances STROUD | 1157. F | 05:12:57 | 04:59:42 | |||
| 4460 | 3628 | Thomas NORTON | 3281. M | 05:11:05 | 05:02:00 | |||
| 4954 | 5332 | Aoife McCAUGHEY | 1406. F | 05:50:32 | 05:39:05 | |||
| 4971 | 6121 | Leanne McCONNELL | 1417. F | 05:52:40 | 05:41:13 | |||
| 5021 | 5051 | Eadaoin KELLY | 1435. F | 05:59:10 | 05:47:43 | |||
| 5196 | 3915 | Denise FUENZALIDA | 1546. F | 06:53:54 | 06:46:12 |
Relay Results
| Leg | Carbs are life | NBH | |
| Time: 03:28:22 | Time: 02:27:23 | 2nd All-Male team | |
| 1 | Diane Taylor | Brendan McCambridge | |
| 2 | Peter Dolan | Matthew Lavery | |
| 3 | Chris Callaghan | Adam McCann | |
| 4 | David Hurst | Hugo Reilly | |
| 5 | Emma Taylor | Eoin McConnell | |
| Leg | Rockets Team 1 | Rockets Team 2 | Rockets Team 3 |
| Time: 4:55:10 | Time: 5:15:46 | Time: 5:03:42 | |
| 1 | Alison Dickson | Denise Rainey | Jessica Johnston |
| 2 | Matthew Casey | Liz Faver | Joanne Boal |
| 3 | Aoife Montgormery | Michelle Harkley | Alana McKinney |
| 4 | Deborah McLaughlin | Bernadette Duffy | Nuala Mahon |
| 5 | Alun Rolph | Oonagh Donnelly | Davy Waugh |
| Leg | Rockets Team 4 | Rockets Team 5 | Rockets Team 6 |
| Time: 4:45:34 | Time: 4:31:09 | Time: 4:37:05 | |
| 1 | Bertha McWhinney | Evelyn Palmer | Catherine Carlton |
| 2 | Estelle Lowry | Mark Brooks | John Casey |
| 3 | Naoimhin Anglin | Catherine McKenna | Linda Beattie |
| 4 | Sarah Bradley | Lisa Higgins | Paul McCusker |
| 5 | Ita Weir | Fergus Jamison | Declan Gorman |
| Leg | Rockets Team 7 | Rockets Team 8 | Rockets Team 9 |
| Time: 4:44:26 | Time: 5:19:14 | Time: 4:36:25 | |
| 1 | Paula O’Reilly | Sean Paul Donnelly | Denis Loughran |
| 2 | Leah Lamont | Patrick Hamill | Alina Biskupska |
| 3 | Maurice Palmer | Joleen Magill | Rebekah Lutton |
| 4 | Marybeth Scott | Lorna McGrath | Martin McLarnon |
| 5 | Pippa Knowles | Nicky Courtney | Caleb McWhinney |
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Photo Credits: SDPhotoBox; John T Glover; NBH members and support groups.
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Sun 3rd May 2026: Regeneron Great Limerick Run.
Sandy and Sam Carr represented the Club down in Limerick for the Regeneron Great Limerick Run.
Sandy completed the marathon 4:07:56 while Sam ran the Half Marathon. Sam came 15th from a field of over 500 with a time of 1:15:58.
Well done Sandy and Sam.
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Sat 2nd May 2026: PARKRUNS
A total of 88 Harriers took part in 21 parkruns.
Well done to this week’s First Lady Finisher: April CLARKE (Sixmilewater parkrun), and to the one gent: Andrew NEWEL (Carrickfergus parkrun).
Three runners achieved PBs this week: Cathy SCULLION, Frances McMULLAN and Neil CARTY. Well done to you all.
One official milestone this week: Mason MERCER achieved 50 parkruns. Well done Mason.
Philomena DONALDSON scored a double milestone: 400 parkruns and 100 volunteering roles. Great achievement Philomena.
Finally, well done to everybody who took park in this week’s parkruns and a big thank you to the army of volunteers.
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| Waterworks parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 9 | 2 | Fionnuala O’HARE | 00:20:47 | |||
| 11 | 9 | Paul CURLEY | 00:21:00 | |||
| 21 | 18 | Dermot COY | 00:22:07 | |||
| 23 | 20 | Jack McCAMBRIDGE | 00:22:16 | |||
| 27 | 24 | Joseph GALLAGHER | 00:22:25 | |||
| 29 | 26 | Simon REEVE | 00:22:32 | |||
| 42 | 36 | Brendan McCAMBRIDGE | 00:23:55 | |||
| 43 | 37 | Hugo REILLY | 00:23:56 | |||
| 47 | 6 | Alina BISKUPSKA | 00:24:15 | |||
| 50 | 43 | Chris CALLAGHAN | 00:24:30 | |||
| 77 | 66 | Matthew CARLETON | 00:25:49 | |||
| 78 | 67 | Ciaran BEATTIE | 00:25:50 | |||
| 79 | 68 | Adam McCLEAVE | 00:25:50 | |||
| 83 | 11 | Michelle McLOUGHLIN | 00:25:55 | |||
| 92 | 77 | Orán STEELE | 00:26:14 | |||
| 104 | 16 | Stephanie COY | 00:26:42 | |||
| 105 | 88 | Tony REID | 00:26:42 | |||
| 111 | 18 | Georgia OSHAUGHNESSY | 00:27:08 | |||
| 112 | 19 | Clare O’SHAUGHNESSY | 00:27:09 | |||
| 125 | 23 | Niamh McMILLAN | 00:27:47 | |||
| 127 | 24 | Fóla O’KANE | 00:27:56 | |||
| 129 | 104 | John CASEY | 00:27:58 | |||
| 133 | 28 | Catherine SEAWRIGHT | 00:28:21 | |||
| 136 | 30 | Gillian RODEN | 00:28:30 | |||
| 139 | 108 | Peter McCLELLAND | 00:28:47 | |||
| 146 | 112 | Sean McSHANE | 00:29:17 | |||
| 147 | 113 | Patrick HAMILL | 00:29:21 | |||
| 169 | 127 | Gerry ANDERSON | 00:30:21 | |||
| 189 | 52 | Grainne STEPHENS | 00:31:16 | |||
| 203 | 145 | Liam DANIEL | 00:32:09 | |||
| 211 | 59 | Cathy SCULLION | 00:32:43 | New PB | ||
| 217 | 150 | Jason REID | 00:33:11 | |||
| 222 | 65 | Eva McLOUGHLIN | 00:33:42 | |||
| 224 | 67 | Margaret STEPHENS | 00:33:50 | |||
| 227 | 70 | Stella HARRISON | 00:34:00 | |||
| 240 | 76 | Kerry McSHANE | 00:35:04 | |||
| 244 | 160 | Lyle CARLETON | 00:35:56 | |||
| 252 | 84 | Alison DICKSON | 00:36:25 | |||
| 258 | 89 | Evelyn PALMER | 00:36:53 | |||
| 261 | 164 | Greg McCLURE | 00:37:16 | |||
| 265 | 165 | Paul JENKINS | 00:38:00 | |||
| 284 | 172 | Paul Mc CUSKER | 00:41:26 | |||
| 285 | 103 | Ann CRAVEN | 00:41:28 | |||
| 294 | 175 | Martin McLARNON | 00:50:37 | |||
| 295 | 108 | Philomena DONALDSON | 00:50:38 | 400 parkruns | ||
| 298 | 109 | Kathleen MONTGOMERY | 00:51:54 | |||
| 299 | 110 | Catherine CARLETON | 00:51:54 | |||
| 304 | 114 | Denise RAINEY | 00:55:45 | |||
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| Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 13 | 2 | Frances McMULLAN | 00:23:42 | New PB | ||
| 25 | 20 | Mark SMITH | 00:24:46 | |||
| 75 | 57 | David JOHNSTON | 00:30:36 | |||
| 114 | 46 | Nuala MULDOON | 00:37:42 | |||
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| Limerick parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 31 | 27 | Sam CARR | 00:24:39 | |||
| 73 | 16 | Sandy CARR | 00:28:16 | |||
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| Ards Forest Park parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 42 | 23 | John Gerard MURPHY | 00:29:31 | |||
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| Paisley Park parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 40 | 26 | Peter DOLAN | 00:31:53 | |||
| 41 | 15 | Nola JAMIESON | 00:31:55 | |||
| 43 | 28 | Thomas McKINSTRY | 00:32:46 | |||
| 55 | 23 | Rosy RYAN | 00:53:38 | |||
| 56 | 32 | Philip McILWRATH | 00:53:46 | |||
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| Belfast Victoria parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 107 | 82 | Vincent BRADLEY | 00:24:24 | |||
| 131 | 97 | Paul WILLIAMS | 00:25:22 | |||
| 174 | 121 | Kevin McCANN | 00:27:26 | |||
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| Progression parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 21 | 7 | Bernadette DUFFY | 00:31:41 | |||
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| Ormeau parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 169 | 132 | Ray CAMERON | 00:25:53 | |||
| 208 | 158 | Robbie GOULD | 00:26:47 | |||
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| Queen’s parkrun, Belfast | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 60 | 48 | Martin REA | 00:25:48 | |||
| 171 | 107 | John LAVERY | 00:34:26 | |||
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| Larne parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Marcel CORRY | 00:19:51 | |||
| 54 | 37 | Greg LAVERY | 00:53:54 | |||
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| Citypark parkrun, Craigavon | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 18 | 16 | Colin McDOWELL | 00:20:25 | |||
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| Montalto Estate parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 8 | 2 | Cathy McCOURT | 00:22:34 | |||
| 85 | 33 | Ita WEIR | 00:35:29 | |||
| 104 | 45 | Aimee CURRAN | 00:42:02 | |||
| 105 | 46 | Michelle HARKLEY | 00:42:03 | |||
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| Belvoir Forest parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 2 | 2 | Neil CARTY | 00:19:40 | New PB | ||
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| Sixmilewater parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 5 | 1 | April CLARKE | 00:19:46 | First Lady Finisher | ||
| 6 | 5 | Mason MERCER | 00:19:59 | 50 parkruns | ||
| 17 | 2 | Carol CLARKE | 00:22:21 | |||
| 58 | 47 | Thomas McLAUGHLIN | 00:25:32 | |||
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| Milano Nord parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 227 | 154 | Paul LAVERY | 00:50:42 | |||
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| Carrickfergus parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 1 | 1 | Andrew NEWELL | 00:19:11 | First Finisher | ||
| 29 | 25 | David FOSTER | 00:24:55 | |||
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| Cootehill parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Ian KEYS | 00:19:06 | |||
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| Lurgan Park parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 40 | 10 | Catriona BRADFORD-McKEOWN | 00:28:13 | |||
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| Orangefield parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 172 | 108 | Fergus JAMISON | 00:34:02 | |||
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| Monrepos parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 35 | 20 | Glenn BEATTIE | 00:57:45 | |||
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| Illaunmanagh parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 6 | 5 | Séadna OHARE LYNCH | 00:23:41 | |||
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