Very Successful Clara Mountain Run 2014

Above we meet Chris Murphy and Denis McSweeney before the race.  Now we view the enthusiastic athletes after returning from the 7km climb and run to Clara Mountain on this Easter Sunday evening.   Congratulations to the dedicated Organisers of the event.  More pictures later.

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Update 22nd April: we’ve added photos of the runners as they reached the cross at the top of Clara. most were not in the best of shape.

No results as of yet, but they should appear soon on imra.ie

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Anyone who remembers athletics in the 1990’s and 2000’s would remember Noel Berkley who ran in the 10000m at the Barcelona Olympics, and World Championships on track and cross country. He finished 5th and was impressed at the quality of the field.

The serious mountain runners rolled into Millstreet to tackle Claragh Mt. 1.Tim O Donaghoe 2. P Tierney….5th Míse. #Mtns diff ballgame!

— The Running Guru (@NoelBerkeley) April 20, 2014

RESULTS

(from the Running in Cork, Ireland blog)

1 2849 28.18 Tim O’Donoghue M
2 1925 30.15 Paul Tierney
3 2855 30.27 Tim O’Connor M
4 2847 30.31 Jerry O’Sullivan M
5 2655 31.18 Noel Berkeley M40
6 2594 31.55 Mike Curley Cunningham M40
7 2582 32.56 Tom Blackburn M40
8 UKN 33.31 Denis Finn M
9 1528 33.53 Paul Deane M
10 UKN 34.32 Brian Flannelly M
11 2848 34.56 Anthony Cornforth M40
12 2672 35.23 Nicholas Moloney M
13 2673 35.40 Edward Casey M
14 1 35.51 Richard Nunan M40
15 2628 35.56 Robbie Williams M
16 2857 36.22 Edward McDonnell M40
17 2729 37.01 Kieran Lees M
18 2536 37.17 Sean Manning M40
19 UKN 37.25 Kieran Lynch M40
20 2565 37.38 Danny O’Hare M
21 2823 37.58 James Burke M40
22 2602 39.15 Michael Hallahan M40
23 2693 39.45 Carol Finn F
24 2504 39.46 Damien Holian M40
25 2610 39.52 Laura Schwirz F
26 2541 40.00 Stephen Harvey M40
27 2840 40.02 James O’Keeffe M
28 2841 40.13 Richard Forrest M40
29 2726 40.18 Kevin Wilkinson M
30 2521 41.24 Noreen Harvey F40
31 2830 41.29 Sean O’Neill M60
32 2852 41.50 Jeremy Kelleher M
33 2850 42.18 Mark Gomm M40
34 2624 42.41 Ronan Foy M
35 2851 42.50 Denis Mcsweeney M40
36 2553 43.34 Mark Morrissey M40
37 2559 43.47 Barry O’Brien M
38 2832 44.12 Paul Fitzpatrick M
39 1814 44.12 Gerard Downs M50
40 2637 44.47 Darragh Conway M40
41 2660 46.15 Steve Dunning M50
42 2854 46.31 Danny O’Keeffe M40
43 2858 46.42 Chris Murphy M40
44 2856 48.12 Gayle Finn F
45 1787 49.02 Batt Sheehan
46 2836 49.38 Barry MacCarthy M40
47 2728 49.45 Ted Feehan M70
48 2837 50.38 Fiona Roberts F40
49 2860 51.58 Bartholomew Kearney M60
50 2683 52.50 Sarah Duffy F
51 2717 52.50 Denis Allen M40
52 2853 56.18 Shane Browne M40