Davagh Forest 10k, 09/11/24
4 North Down AC members headed to Davagh Forest, approximately 10k north west of Cookstown for the latest race of the Sperrin Harriers Winter League. With plenty of elevation on the rolling forest trails runners were tested as they enjoyed the beautiful autumn colours. First to finish was June McMinn in 51:00 with Kim McCourt 57:25, Trevor Paterson 1:02:08 and Jennifer Johnston 1:06:02 all running strongly.
Tollymore Trail Races, 09/11/24
Forests full of autumn colour were the place to be this weekend as several more North Down athletes arrived in Tollymore Forest Park for the annual 26 extreme events including an ultra marathon, marathon, half marathon and 10k. The 10k runners raced over a shorter loop while the rest raced 1,2 or 3 hilly loops of the forest park according to half, marathon or ultramarathon distance.
Donald Smith settled for 2 laps of the park completing the marathon with a course PB of 39 minutes in 3:51:29.
Clair Quigley was the club’s first finisher in the half marathon in 1:39:34, a 5 minute course PB, followed by Eamonn O’Reilly in 1:42:29. Luke Hamilton was next to finish completing his first half marathon in an excellent time of 1:46:28. He was followed by Sarah Wilson in 1:53:55 with another half marathon debutante, Sophie Hamilton crossing the line in 2:15:13 ahead of Cara Jeffrey in 2:22:39.
Heather Matchett 1:02:35 and Michelle Sandford 1:03:31 both ran strongly in the 10k.
https://www.26extreme.com/results/ttm24/
Mark Carberry Podium 5k, Barrowford, Lancashire 09/11/24
Some big news of the weekend was Mark Carberry’s sub 15 min 5k road PB of 14:51 set at the Podium 5k road race event at Barrowford, Lancashire on Saturday night over a 5 lap course. Reflecting on the effort to take such a huge chunk off his pb, Mark said “Felt hard the whole way – mentally tough with so many laps. Really had to push the last km to hold on” and went on to say he was looking forward to racing the Seeley 10k on 30th November.
https://results.racetimingsolutions.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=16269&RId=22002&EId=1&dt=0&PageNo=2
