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Ards Half Marathon

On Friday, over six hundred runners finished the annual Ards Half Marathon, which was also the first race of the second half of the Pure Running-ChampionChip Ireland Half Marathon Series, as well as the Athletics NI Half Marathon Championships and the ninth race in the Morth Down Grand Prix. Sixteen club members were among them with Stehen Wylie the first in in 5th overall in the the strong Championship field and close to his pb with 1:14.13 hr. David McKeague, Terry Eakin, David McMeechan and Ben Caughers all had good runs with Terry first at M50 (the  oldest category available at this race but well outside his actual age). The hilly Ards course is a tough ask for a pb so Ben’s pb by nine minutes was astonishing. Catherine Roberts was again the top club lady in 6th female place and 3rd F40 in 1:31.54. Sarah Benton, Nikki Heywood and Helen Ryan were next.

Nick Irvine did not race but still leads the North Down Grand Prix mens division but only by a couple of points or so from Ben while Stephen continues to charge up the table. Catherine extended her already big lead even further in the ladies division and still leads in the F40 section of the Pure Running Series.

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Full Results:  Ards Half Marathon 2014 Results

 North Down Results

Pos No Athlete Cat Finish Half Way Chiptime M/F Pos Cat Pos
5 547 Stephen Wylie MO  1:14:13  36:43  1:14:12 5 5
38 430 David McKeague MO  1:26:05  43:04  1:26:02 36 22
51 386 Terry Eakin M60  1:28:51    1:28:51 48 1
57 419 David McMeechan M45  1:29:22  44:16  1:29:19 53 6
63 481 Ben Caughers MO  1:30:14  45:19  1:30:10 59 30
76 229 Catherine Roberts F40  1:31:54  45:21  1:31:50 6 3
129 11 Gordon Wilkinson M50  1:37:45  47:59  1:37:44 116 10
213 370 David Balmer MO  1:44:26  51:17  1:44:20 187 92
217 259 Sarah Benton F40  1:44:49  50:46  1:44:43 27 9
231 436 Nikki Heywood FO  1:46:19  51:36  1:46:15 30 15
233 469 Helen Ryan FO  1:46:28  52:16  1:46:22 31 16
368 65 John McGarvey MO  1:57:03  52:25  1:56:57 299 151
404 183 Simon Cummings M40  1:59:20  58:29  1:59:03 328 70
407 286 Heidi Rodgers F40  1:59:29  57:44  1:59:21 77 19
474 57 Janice Sheppey F45  2:06:05  1:02:14  2:05:44 107 11
519 58 Janice McCartney F45  2:11:13  1:27  2:10:52 126 14

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