Greg McClure

Ardglass 5k/10k (Wed 29th July) Conditions were good for running on Wednesday evening at the undulating Ardglass 5k/10k races which were organised as part of the Ardglass Festival. A few stags made the trip and their results were: Ardglass 5k Pos Athlete Cat Time 6 Mark Smith M 0:17:58 16 Nuala Muldoon F 0:22:21 129 Aisling Doherty F 0:35:50 Ardglass 10k Pos Athlete Cat Time 31 Martin Doherty M 0:45:58 113 Colm Smyth M 1:06:07 Run the Trails Mount Stewart 5k/10k (Sat …

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Sunscreen on and well hydrated the athletes of NBH found a few interesting races to enjoy this week. Herculis 1000m (Monaco Diamond League): Friday 10th July Conor Curran took a fine runners up spot in the Herculis Vet50 1000m race which was staged as part of the Monaco Diamond League in a time of 2:50.3. (Completing a family double, daughter Cassie won the U16 Girls race, full details in this week’s junior report). Tracton AC 4 Mile Road Race 2026 (Friday 10th …

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With the excitement of last week’s Belfast City marathon now behind us there were still road and mountain racing opportunities this week for the athletes of North Belfast Harriers. Hill & Dale Race 4: Binnian to the top The race started at the Head Road, then followed the Carrick-a-Little track to the Mourne Wall before climbing directly to the summit of Slieve Binnian (747m). Philip Goss joined the field of over 300 runners and took a fine 4th place overall and a …

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Tue 14th Ballymena Belles Ladies 5 Mile Race The club was well represented by the 28 ladies who travelled to Galgorm for this popular ladies only race. This year there were 380 finishers, with Emily McRitchie taking a fine 2nd place overall (and breaking the old course record in the process). Congratulations also to Sarah-Jane McFadden the winner of the F40-44 category and to Carol Clarke, runner up in the F60-64 category. Full results were: Posn Athlete Cat Cat Posn Time 2 …

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There were plenty of races and distances to choose from this week as the onset of spring continued to stretch the daylight hours and started to push up the temperatures. Queen’s 3k/5k (Wednesday 11th March) On a cool, dry, sometimes windy evening, the first race off was the 3k where 10 of the NBH juniors excelled (full details in the junior race report https://northbelfastharriers.com/2026/03/16/north-belfast-harriers-junior-report-9th-15th-march-2026/#more-20776) The next race was the 5k ‘Elite’ for athletes who could demonstrate a recent sub-20 minute 5k race …

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Double Triumph at the NI Senior XC The NI Senior XC Championships were held at Necarne Estate in Irvinestown on Saturday (venue changed from the originally planned Templemore Sports Complex). In a tight finish to the men’s race, Andrew Milligan just pipped Russell White (Dromore AC) to take the individual title, with both athletes recording the same time. In the team event, with 6 to score, NBH’s strength in depth proved decisive with 6 finishers in the top 17 places to take …

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