Greg McClure

On a busy weekend of racing where weather was always likely to have an influence on proceedings several of the North Belfast Harriers participated in races on the country, road and trail. Stormont Cross Country First up on Saturday morning was the annual Northern Ireland Civil Service AC cross country event at Stormont. The course was all on grass (and mud) this year making it a proper test of cross country running. Each lap was approximately 1.1miles and consisted of a number …

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Trim 10 mile Road Race On Sunday 05 Feb the annual 10 mile road race took place in Trim in Co. Meath. With a total of 1264 finishers in this popular race, there were fine runs by Breege Connolly and Gladys O’Neill who finished in 1st and 2nd place in the ladies race, with Breege winning in 58:25 and Gladys in runners up in 58:58. In the men’s race Marty Rea had a fine run for 25th place overall in a speedy …

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In the first full week of the new year NBH runners were taking advantage of the unseasonably mild weather and recording fine performances at various events up and down the country. Race Over The Glens (Monday 2nd January) With New Year’s Day falling on a Sunday this year, the annual race over the Glens took place instead on Monday the 2nd of January. A total of 17 NBH athletes competed, with fine weather conditions belying some dangerously icy conditions particularly on the road …

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Born 2 Run ‘Run Forest Run’ Kilbroney 10k/5k On Saturday 17 December, well over five hundred athletes took part in the Kilbroney Forest Run Forest Run 10k and 5k races. The challenging 10k course, which consisted mainly of forest trails, saw an outstanding performance by Gladys Ganiel O’Neill who recorded 37:15 for 1st place in the ladies race and 2nd place overall. Club colleague Conor Sheridan competed in the male open category and finished in 146th place in a time of 53:13. …

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Despite the onset of the colder weather NBH athletes were out in force at a number of events this week. The popular Run in the Dark race was first up at a wet and windy Stormont Estate on Wednesday 16th. On Saturday 19th, along with the usual parkrun events, options included the next round of the Athletics NI XC League at the MUSA (the Mighty Oaks XC), the annual Run 4 Rescue event in Newcastle and also Born 2 Run’s Drum Manor 10k and …

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British & Irish Masters Cross Country International, Glasgow, Scotland Saturday 12th November saw the 29th British & Irish Masters Cross Country Championships hosted by Scottish Masters in Tollcross Park, Glasgow. On a challenging course and in perfect running conditions the first race saw the ladies and M65 men competing over 6km. Paula Wallace (NI) ran strongly for 25:45 and 17th place in the V45 category. In race 2 for the M50 through to M64 men there was an excellent performance from Paul …

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