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Club Report – Sunday 9th September

Apologies for the no show last week. Sometimes real life gets in the way. Many thanks to my totally adequate young apprentice for stepping in at the last minute. Much appreciated.

The week of racing started on Thursday night as two Harriers joined over 750 other runners to take part in the 2nd Citi Inspire 5k. Joe Mathers finished an impressive 6th overall in 18:08PB and Maeve Dunseath finished in 25:35.

Friday night saw the latest Pure Running Half Marathon in Killyleagh:
Elaine NY Kennedy 2:08:34

On Saturday, Mark Smith continued his quest to run in every race in the world ever when he took on the Larne 10k held by East Coast AC:
Mark Smith 35:35 (5th overall and another age category win)

Not to be outdone, Lee O’Boyle found a race Mark hadn’t noticed as he produced yet another PB finishing the Ratoath Half Marathon at Fairyhouse Racecourse in Co Meath in 1:22:25PB
Rumours that Lee complained about the lack of big hills are yet to be confirmed.

The mere mortals amongst us went to the parkruns:
Valley parkrun:
Tom Fleming 19:57, Neil Campbell 20:44, Alan Erwin 22:19PB, Joe “not really bothered after Thursday” Mathers 23:55, Adrian Hughes 24:43PB, Ben “beat the da” Davidson 24:44, Philip Fleck 27:19, Joanne Milne 28:05, Sharon Dunn 28:55, Frances Kane 31:20, John Teer 33:05, Sophie “I can beat him too” Davidson 34:06, Lee-Anne Hutchinson 34:18, Mairead O’Hare 35:07, Patricia Kane 37:28
Well done Joanne on completing your 50th parkrun. My cake must still be in the post?

Waterworks parkrun:
Danny Donaldson 18:35 (and 1st place), Rab Gould 22:56, Susan Thompson 24:48, Eamonn Donaghy 27:47, David Esler 27:57, Tiffany Donaldson 29:49
And well done to Danny for being the first runner home at only his 567th attempt. Danny once told me “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence”. Boke.

Antrim parkrun:
Sarah Knowles 26:52, Yasmin Lynn 28:21, Terry McIvor 28:22, Jo Smyth 39:31, Elaine Kennedy 39:31

Victoria parkrun:
Louise Ladd 30:01, Marie McFarlane 30:22PB, Jennifer McCoppin 30:36, Debbie Sterritt 32:44, Freda Stubbs 32:57PB, Fidelma McCoppin 32:58, Aaron Ladd 43:47, Alan Ladd 43:49, Rosalind Stitt 48:58

Queens parkrun:
Stephen Semple 22:00PB, Maeve Kennedy 24:42PB, Jim Guinn 28:35

No parkrun tourists this week. Must all still be exhausted after last week’s travels.

And ADav went to the Valley 34:10

Waterworks junior parkrun:
Ryan McCready 9:13PB, Joseph Eager 9:24, Leo McAuley 10:01, Eloise McAuley 11:28, Matthew Hawkins 11:41

Bangor junior parkrun:
Aaron Ladd 15:20PB

Keeping up the proud Harrier tradition of mixing drink and running, our own Ian Simpson, held on to his pint of stout to complete the Great North Run in 2:55:54. Well done sir.

And over at the headers corner, Paul Skillen took on the Dublin Triathlon finishing in 1:39:52.

My last tune seemed to go down well with many. It really is good to see so many people of a certain age still out running!
However, this week’s song has to be for young Mister Donaldson. He does talk rubbish sometimes but he’s still a winner and I know he loves his AOR.

https://youtu.be/1k8craCGpgs

Until next week, behave.

CAVILLATOR

Club Report – Sunday 2nd September 2018

On Tuesday evening, we were well represented in both the women’s and men’s team events at the annual East Antrim inter club race hosted by Larne AC. Overall, the men were 6th and the women were 9th.

The individual results:
Women 4 Miles: Laura Rose 28:55PB, Sarah McCafferty 32:56, Leeanne Skillen 35:45, Tiffany Donaldson 36:45, Anita Piatek 37:23, Laura Campbell 38:55, Hannah Hope 39:49
Men 5 Miles: Lee O’Boyle 30:32, Danny Donaldson 30:39, Joe Mathers 30:43, Kevin Donnelly 35:37, Owen Fulton 38:26, Ian Brennan 40:38, Neill McGlinchey 45:54, David Esler 46:12

It was the final event in the Firmus track series on Thursday at the Mary Peters Track. In the Under 13s 100m, Adam McCann ran 15.07 for third place claiming another podium, while in the U13s 1500m, Tom Fleming also took the podium, with 5:06.37 for second place, with Adam McCann 5:39.26

On Friday, a number of Harriers headed to Magheralin for the 5k race, although Paul Skillen forgot to set his alarm clock. Brian McDonald 23:58, Gabrielle McMillan 24:59, Andrew Kerr 26:50, David McMillan 27:36, Lisa Kerr 28:26PB, Scott Skelton.

On Saturday, our ‘Vest in the West’ Aidy Hughes took part in the Great Torrent Run nailing 20:00 exactly for the 5k race.

Our furthest traveller this week was Nuala Muldoon, who added the Dingle marathon to her long collection of marathon races, finishing in 4:20:53.

And so to Saturday’s parkruns:

Newcastle – Stephen Weir 34:40

Waterworks – Patrick McGuckin 20:26, Stephen Semple 23:34, Maeve Kennedy 25:19, Maureen Ward 35:04, Rosalind Stitt 35:08, Miriam Clarke 37:52, Jennifer McCoppin 37:53, Jo Smyth 41:54, Deirdre McCann 44:46

Victoria – Ken McAuley 22:06, Robert Gould 23:07, Susan Thompson 23:44

Queen’s – Elaine Kennedy 26:46

Bangor – Danny Donaldson 27:16, Tiffany Donaldson 37:58

Valley – Neil Campbell 20:19, Tom Fleming 23:01, Suzanne Brennan 23:42, Owen Fulton 25:25, Brendan McGeown 25:51, Philip Fleck 27:14, Lee-Anne Hutchinson 31:00, Janine McNevison 31:47, Louise Ladd 32:39, Debbie Sterritt 33:48, Brenna McGeown 34:38, Mairead O’Hare 34:56, Niamh McGeown 38:12, Roseann McGeown 38:13, Ian Brennan 41:55,  Maeve McGinley 46:23

Orangefield – Alex Davidson 20:27, Joanne Milne 28:06

Bangor junior parkrun – Aaron Ladd 15:23PB

Waterworks junior parkrun – Joseph Eager 9:17, Leo McAuley 10:00, Eloise McAuley 11:19,

There were several contenders for highlight of the week, not least Team McGeown’s success at last night’s fundraising quiz, or Danny’s almost wardrobe malfunction with a last minute dash to Sports Direct sparing a few blushes just in time, but it was meeting running legend Paula Radcliffe at the Laganside 10k that takes top billing. Another great day for the club with some wonderful performances on what was a hot day. Special mention to all the juniors who took part and did amazing today in the 1 mile run:

Adam McCann 05:04, Ryan McCready 05:48, Oran McKee 06:19, Jasper Brooks 06:20, Peter McCann 06:27, Owen Millar 06:51, Olivia Millar 08:52, Rory Brooks 09:12, Will O’Hare 09:12, Hollie Brennan 09:28, Sinead O’Hare 09:33 (Any omissions, let me know as there were quite a few late entries not detailed in the official results).

The seniors did pretty amazing too: Mark Smith 36:26, Lee O’Boyle 37:29PB, Danny Donaldson 37:57, Joe Mathers 38:21, Martin O’Neill 40:02PB, Alastair Houldsworth 42:40, Kevin Donnelly 44:06, Brendan McGeown 45:04, Stephen Semple 47:31, Brian McDonald 49:08, Ian Brennan 49:10, Maeve Kennedy 52:31, Jim Grew 53:26, Nikki Fleck 56:29, Tiffany Donaldson 57:29PB, Roseann McGeown 1:05:34, David Esler 1:05:13, Mairead O’Hare 1:12:25PB, Debbie Morrow 1:15:48, Patricia Kane 1:22:17,

Club Report – Sunday 26th August

Seems as if the heavens have opened today but that hasn’t stopped us hardy Harriers. We usually prefer hard liquor with our water but needs must….

I said I’d start this week by catching up on the Connswater results from last week. Unfortunately their results page requires a name search and cannot be searched by club. Therefore I only have the results posted on Team App:

Lord Ian Brennan 48:32 and Louise Ladd 30:48.

Special mention should go to our new female head of the Harrier Header Department.

Hilary Faith took on the full Ironman Challenge in Copenhagen, finishing in 13:57:44.

Not bad for swimming over 2 miles in open water, then cycling over 100 miles then just doing a full marathon. I’m tired even typing that. Club salute.

Back in the real world, on Friday, ADav and all his mates went to the Portrush 5 Mile Race:

ADav 32:31

Saturday saw the latest running of the popular and scenic Rathlin Run, a 10 mile run around the hills of the island:

Elaine NY Kennedy 1:49:50, Frances Kane 1:51:05

Patricia Kane competed in the 5k race, coming home in 36:10PB.

The same day saw our regular header rep Neil McCready take on the Mourne Sprint Triathlon, finishing in 1:27:28.

To make things easy, y’all only went to 11 different parkruns this weekend:

Valley parkrun:

Alastair CHO Houldsworth 20:21, Owen Fulton 24:11, Nuala Muldoon 25:25, Brendan McGeown 27:26, Philip Fleck 27:48PB, Clare Teer 28:48, David Esler 28:55, Sharon Dunn 30:05, Oran McKee 32:41, Karen McKee 32:42, John Teer 34:16, Mairead O’Hare 34:20PB, Louise Ladd 34:31, Brenna McGeown 38:27, Niamh McGeown 39:00, Kate Todd 49:59

Waterworks parkrun:

Eamon Donaghy 24:37, Maeve Kennedy 25:33PB, Jim Hewitt 26:44, Catherine Mullan 29:21

Antrim parkrun:

Alan Kerr 23:52, Anita Piatek 28:33, Tina Steele 29:35

Victoria parkrun:

Jo Smyth 45:02

Wallace parkrun:

Jim Guinn 26:23

Ormeau parkrun

Ken “takin’ it easy like the Eagles” McAuley 20:16PB, Susan Thompson 23:41

Carrickfergus parkrun:

Lorraine-Ann Forsythe 47:29

Comber parkrun:

Danny Donaldson 19:31, Tiffany Donaldson 30:50, Suzanne Brennan 42:58, Lord Ian Brennan 42:59

(all first timers at the course)

Dungannon parkrun:

Aidy Hughes 24:06

And this week’s parkrun tourists were at Portrush:

Ben Davidson 25:22PB, Deborah Ewing 25:55, Sophie Davidson 31:52PB

And ADav was there too 31:54PB (good Daddy!)

And at Castlewellan:

Ryan McCready 26:59PB, Odhran Skillen 37:51, Paul HOTM Skillen 37:52

Waterworks junior parkrun:

Joseph Eager 9:36, Leo McAuley 10:19, Eloise McAuley 11:45

Hopefully we’ve now picked up all the new members in the parkrun results. If anyone is missing, please ask them to add Mallusk Harriers as their club in their parkrun profile. Thanks.

Then today the big event was the club’s wettest ever 10@10.

Actually, no, it was Seapark AC’s Storming the Castle race in Carrickfergus.

Only the 36 Harriers were swimming the castle today:

Mark Smith 35:32 (and 5th place), Lee O’Boyle 37:36PB, Joe Mathers 38:02PB, Danny Donaldson 38:04, Alan Ladd 38:40PB, Keith Waring 42:27, Stephen Semple 46:06, Sharon Dunn 47:52, Suzanne Brennan 49:21, Gabrielle McMillan 49:20PB, Sarah McCafferty 49:53PB, Tracey Whittley 50:16, Lord Ian Brennan 50:17, Tony McKeating 50:27PB, Maeve Kennedy 51:02, Yasmin Lynn 52:09PB, Andrew Kerr 55:29PB, David McMillan 55:50PB, Leeanne Skillen 56:17PB, Lisa Kerr 57:20PB, David Esler 57:37, Neil McGlinchey 58:08, Tiffany Donaldson 58:52, Fiona Wylie 1:00:11, Lee-Anne Hutchinson 1:01:32, Marie McFarlane 1:01:36, Debbie Sterritt 1:02:29, Michael Whittley, 1:04:03, Alyson Taylor 1:04:34, Maeve McGinley 1:04:59, Heather Barker 1:06:41, Freda Stubbs 1:08:06, Josi McKeating 1:09:10PB, Mairead O’Hare 1:09:32, Dermot Boyd 1:09:50, Sharon Thompson 1:10:58, Jackie McCreesh 1:19:07, Miriam Clarke 1:19:07, Dawn Dubois 1:19:16PB

This week’s tune needs no explanation for anyone who ran today.

https://youtu.be/7NrLBlw9WZE

Until next week, behave.

CAVILLATOR

Club Report – Sunday 19th August

Well, another week, another 7 days closer to retirement. Plenty of running this week so let’s get on with it.

Let’s start by updating the results from last weekend’s Dublin Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon:
Patricia Curistan 1:45:13, Stephen Semple 1:52:41, Maeve Kennedy 2:01:44, Wes Barker 2:12:48, Heather Barker 2:12:48

Friday night saw quite a few Harriers (mostly female plus Alastair) get the bingo bus to Castle Ward for the Atlas Running 5k Prosecco Run. Can’t think what the attraction was…

I can’t see any official results (and Team App Results Section remains as neglected as my back garden) but there were podium finishes for Alastair Houldsworth (2nd male) and Laura Rose (3rd female). Otherwise there was some running, general mayhem, bad behaviour and hangovers as befits our Harrier crew.

On a different tack, Friday night also saw Neil McCready take 3rd place in the Kirkistown Duathlon Sprint event, finishing in 43:00. It is believed that prosecco was not involved.

Saturday saw several Harriers head off to the Mourne Mountains to take part in the Born 2 Run Dambusters runs. Taking on the Half Marathon distance were:
Mark Smith 1:25:04 (6th overall), Lee O’Boyle 1:27:06PB (9TH overall), Karen McKee 1:51:11, Sarah “slightly delicate” Ross 2:09:25, Elaine NY Kennedy 2:15:08
Great to see 2 Harriers in the Top 10. Well done gents!

There were also the usual rounds of the local parkruns:
Valley parkrun:
Damien Cole 22:07, Nuala Muldoon 25:22, Andrew Kerr 26:13 PB, Nikki Fleck 28:22, David Esler 28:52, Clare Teer 29:08, Frances Kane 30:08, Fidelma McCoppin 32:13, Dawn McCann 32:41 PB, John Teer 33:01 PB, Debbie Sterritt 34:10, Janine McNevison 34:18 Patricia Kane 51:11

Waterworks parkrun:
Jo Mathers 19:11PB, Brendan McGeown 21:30PB, Ken “top pacer” McAuley 21:31, Patricia Curistan 22:25 (and 1st female finisher), Laura Rose 22:55 (2nd female finisher), Lord Ian Brennan 23:13PB (probably not 3rd female finisher but we’ll check), Noel Bloomfield 23:45, Neil Campbell 23:58, Robert Gould 24:20, Jim Hewitt 24:50, Owen Fulton 25:22, Neil McGlinchey 29:49, Jennifer McCoppin 31:39, Jennifer Maguire 32:22, Maureen Ward 36:28, Brenna McGeown 36:29PB, Niamh McGeown 36:39, Rosalind Stitt 37:09, Miriam Clarke 39:45, Jo Smyth 42:04, Deirdre McCann 42:05
Well done Lord Brennan on completing your 50th parkrun, and getting a PB in the process. Not enough to regain the house crown (yet) but we have faith and the choir is still practising. And a PB is a PB is a PB!

Antrim parkrun:
Mairead O’Hare 34:37

Ormeau parkrun:
Patrick McGuckin 20:28

Carrickfergus parkrun:
Alan Kerr 24:52

ECOS parkrun
Stephen Semple 22:22, Maeve Kennedy 24:52

Queen’s parkrun:
Dermot Boyd 33:26

Larne parkrun:
Alan Ladd 20:17 (and 2nd place)

And this week’s tourists were those who headed to Dungannon for their first ever parkrun event:
Aidy Hughes 23:48, Odhran Skillen 40:05, Paul Skillen 40:06
Best of luck with it folks!

And ADav was at Victoria 19:39

Waterworks junior parkrun:
Leo McAuley 10:04PB (again!), Eloise McAuley 11:28, Matthew Hawkins 11:48

Jordanstown junior parkrun:
Tom Fleming 7:41 and 1st place (again!). Well done again Tom! (again).
Riley Kerr 12:59

Today saw our junior, Ben Davidson, take part in Leg-It Events Carnmoney Hill 5k Race. Ben finished in 32:49

Connswater 10k results are not yet available. Looks like the Lord got a 2nd PB of the weekend but we’ll post full results next week.

So, if you’ve had a bad week’s training or are still hungover, just remember the words of the great philosopher, Phil Dunphy:
“The most amazing things that can happen a human being will happen to you if you just lower your expectations.”

This week’s tune is for those ladies who managed a tough 5k on Friday night and an even tougher morning on Saturday.

https://youtu.be/boWM7zvmvcM

Until next week, behave.

CAVILLATOR

Club Report – Sunday 12th August

Well, we all know what the big event on the local running calendar was this week. Yup, the Brennan 5k crown moved back to the female side of the house. And we had the club race too.

But earlier in the week, on Wednesday evening, a couple of Harriers took on the Edwin May Coleraine 5 mile Road Race. First Harrier home (in 7th place overall) was Mark Smith 27:42, then Anita Piatek in 46:49 both earning 5 mile PBs.

Friday night saw the latest, biggest and best running of the now legendary Mallusk Harriers 5 Mile Road Race. Now in it’s 5th year, it continues to gain in reputation, mostly due to the Harrier hospitality and despite that hill. Representing the club on the road were:
Joe Mathers 32:20, Eamonn Donaghy 36:45, Laura Rose 36:53, Orin Calder 37:07, Robbie Gould 39:07, Sophie Magee 39:19, Sarah ROTM Ross 39:37, Aidy Hughes 40:33, Brian McDonald 41:47, David Esler 47:50, Sarah Knowles 50:35, Dermot Boyd 56:38

Those involved, both those on the race committee and those who helped in the build-up and on the day/night, should take a very large bow. Again, we salute you.

It seems quite a few of us celebrated ourselves well into the night (3am drive thru??) and so there was a lot of sweating out to do at the Saturday parkruns the next morning:

Valley Backwards 4th Birthday parkrun:
It seems the results were backwards this week as well as the route. I’ll post next week if they are updated.
Let’s just say everyone was sub 20 and move on.

Waterworks parkrun:
Suzanne Brennan 22:48PB, Robbie Gould 23:29, Jim Hewitt 24:57, Maeve Kennedy 26:18, Michael McFarlane 30:42

A brave move from Mrs B there. As we all know, Newton’s Third Law states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. We await the Lord’s response.

Antrim parkrun:
Elaine NY Kennedy 30:49, Sarah Knowles 30:53, Tina Steele 32:13, Dawn Dubois 35:29PB, Jo Smyth 43:35

This week’s parkrun tourist is Deborah Ewing who was lucky enough to be on Inch Beach in Co Kerry, 26:40.

And ADav was at the Valley.

Waterworks junior parkrun:
Leo McAuley 10:42PB, Eloise McAuley 11:10PB
(What are you feeding those kids Micky?)

Jordanstown junior parkrun:
Tom Fleming 7:35 and 1st place (again!). Well done again Tom! (again).

Saturday saw the latest running of the aptly named Lurig Challenge Mountain Race.
First Harrier home was Lee O’Boyle in 36:16 then Micky “what hill?” McAuley 40:13 and Karen McKee in 44:12.

Also on Saturday, Aidy Hughes took part in the BHF Charity 5 mile run/walk, completing in 40:46

Then on Sunday, Alan Kerr took on the Isle of Man Half Marathon completing a hot and hilly course in 1:57:49.

Talking of hilly, the latest Dublin Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon also took place on Sunday with an amended course adding in a few extra hills for the laugh.
Results are not yet available so I will update the details in next week’s report

Same goes for the Subway 5k.

This is another request for you to post your results on Team App. It makes sure you are included in the reports, let’s everyone know about your PB, and saves me having to trawl half the world’s websites. And not the good ones.

Finally, Kevin Donnelly wins this week’s “going furthest away and still managing to fit in a race” award. He completed a 10k in Cartagena in Colombia in 52:27. 6am start and 28C temp. Just like Mallusk this morning!

This week’s tune is a tribute to our local Valley parkrun. And to Denis, King of the Zumba warm up! Happy 4th birthday folks.

https://youtu.be/5jm7W1qbruM

Until next week, behave.

CAVILLATOR

Club Report – Sunday 5th August 2018

Abba music, ripped jeans, cassette tapes, Tiger Woods, Dr Legg, The Artic Monkeys.

Yes, these have all made a comeback in recent times and now it’s my turn!

Many thanks to work experience boy for his efforts in my absence.

He cried, he gurned, but he got the job done. We salute him.

But in true work experience style, I have now sent him off for a long stand and some tartan paint #oldonesarestillthebest

But there’s been plenty of running this week so back to business.

On Monday, Tom Fleming filled his school holidays with a 5k at Broughshane. He came home in 9th place in 19:54. Followed by Neil McCready (definitely not on his school holidays) in 21:47, Ryan McCready 26:36, Dermot Boyd 33:03, Anne Boyd 42:50

On Wednesday, Mairead O’Hare continued on the comeback trail, completing the Crawfordsburn 5k Trail Race in a PB time of 37:06.

It was then race hungry Dermot Boyd’s turn for his second run of the week on Friday at the Carlingford 5k, completing in 31:34.

Friday was also the day for Mark Smith to take yet another podium place, this time coming home 2nd at the inaugural Carnlough Quarry 5k in 18:28. (Come on Mark, miss a podium for a change so I have something different to write about!).

A busy day of running was completed by our vest in the west, Aidy Hughes completing the Stanley Reid Memorial 5 mile Road Race in 41:04.

Then on Saturday, it was the turn of our ladies’ division as several Harriers took on the Mount Stewart Half Marathon:

Karen McKee 1:49:53, Suzanne Brennan 1:55:13, Emily McKeown 1:58:26, Elaine NY Kennedy 2:06:15

Our hilly header Micky McAuley, chastened by the loss to his son over 5k the previous weekend, regained a modicum of dignity by completing the Seven Sevens Mountain race over 19 miles and 8,700 feet.

Joining Micky this weekend at high altitude were the Ladd brothers, Alan and Jonny, who completed the Championnat du Carigou in the Pyrenees in southern France with an equally impressive 21 miles and 7,152 feet.

Then earlier today, Martin O’Neill represented the club at the Feile 10k, coming home in 40:29 followed by Orin Calder in 44:31 and Sophie Magee in 48:32 PB.

So much going on this week (thanks folks!) but let’s not forget the parkruns:

Valley parkrun:

Alastair CHO Houldsworth 22:10, Sarah Ross 23:43, Owen Fulton 25:09, Nikki Fleck 27:34 , Neil Campbell 28:05, Nuala Muldoon 29:04, David Esler 29:12, Scott Skelton 31:23PB, Clare Teer 33:27, Odhran Skillen 39:48, Leeanne Skillen 39:50, Laura Campbell 39:51, Patricia Kane 39:59, Rosalind Stitt 40:00, Katherine Todd 47:04PB (despite Alastair not waiting for you!)

And well done Nikki on your 50th parkrun!

Waterworks parkrun:

Patrick McGuckin 20:55, Ken “takin’ it easy” McAuley 21:26, Susan Thompson 23:05, Robbie Gould 23:42, Lord Ian Brennan 27:16, Suzanne Brennan 27:21 (brave man there Ian!), Jo Smyth 41:49,

Victoria parkrun:

Sharon Dunn 23:22, Ryan McCready 25:45PB, Joanne Milne 25:57PB

ECOS Ballymena parkrun:

Tina Steele 25:15PB

Queens parkrun:

Elaine NY Kennedy 26:31

Portrush parkrun:

Deborah Ewing 25:51

Ormeau parkrun:

Danny Donaldson 30:20, Tiffany Donaldson 33:54

And a few Harriers headed east to the new Orangefield parkrun:

Tony McKeating 25:03, Marie McFarlane 30:10, Jennifer McCoppin 30:54, Freda Stubbs 31:57, Josi McKeating 33:50, Maureen Ward 36:59

Best of luck with your new event folks!

And ADav was at Orangefield 20:07 (but don’t let it put you off guys).

Waterworks junior parkrun:

Results not in yet

Jordanstown junior parkrun:

Tom Fleming 7:32 and 1st place. Well done again Tom!

So that’s it. Another huge week of running and racing is over. Your legs may hurt, your bits may be chaffed and your hat may be wet. But at least I’m back.

Until next week, behave.

CAVILLATOR

 

Club Report – Sunday 29th July 2018

Well Harriers another week has come and gone and you are still stuck with me but fear not the Cavillator returns next week, as always with you all 100% has been given be it parkrun, 10k races or even just your weekly long runs..
Starting us off this weekend was the Crossgar 10k and resident podium finisher Mark Smith bringing it home in 35:00 for another brilliant 2nd place overall, very well done Mark..
Next up was the next instalment of the club championship with the Giant’s Trail hosted by the Dub Runners.
Danny Donaldson 41:08
Joe Mathers 43:27
Eamonn Donaghy 48:33
Owen Fulton 55:02
Yasmin Lynn 1:02.21
Terry McIvor 1:02.21
Hilary Faith 1:04.19
Tiffany Donaldson 1:12.18
Saturday morning seen you all hit the parkruns in force this week..
Antrim parkrun
Tom Fleming 19:49 I think everyone will agree the young man is going from strength to strength
Ken McAuley 21:57
Elaine Kennedy 27:37
Sarah Knowles 28:31
Victoria parkrun
Robbie Gould 22:14
Robert Gould 24:02
Colin Glen parkrun
Sophie Davidson 32:44
Laura Rose 32:44
Falls parkrun
Alastair Houldsworth 20:59
Stephen Semple 23:29
Maeve Kennedy 27:23
Portrush parkrun
Nikki Fleck 27:47
Valley parkrun
Neil Campbell 19:08
Alan Ladd 19:50
Joe Mathers 21:16
Anthony McKeating 26:32
Ethan Hutchinson 27:50
Owen Fulton 28:49
Janet Grew 29:01
Clare Teer 29:11
Anita Piatek 30:00
Lee-Anne Hutchinson 30:01
Neill McGlinchey 30:04
Rory Brooks 31:33
Stephen Weir 31:44
Jasper Brooks 33:21
Roisin Brooks 33:28
Marie McFarlane 33:29
Fidelma McCoppin 34:01
Yvonne Thompson 34:08
Jackie McCreesh 34:09
Odhran Skillen 35:29
Paul Skillen 35:30
Sharon Thompson 36:17
Debbie Sterritt 36:24
Josi McKeating 36:31
Rosalind Stitt 38:29
Patricia Kane 38:32
Jennifer McCoppin 38:33
Miriam Clarke 41:10
Deirdre McCann 41:12
Wallace parkrun
Neil McCready 24:40
Waterworks parkrun
Danny Donaldson 23:44
Tiffany Donaldson 49:07
On another leg of her fabulous looking holiday Jo Smyth took in the stunning Crissy Field parkrun in San Francisco 41:30, very well done Jo in flying the Harrier flag.
In not so scenic conditions A Dav went to Colin Glen in 20:48.
Tackling the Derrytresk 10K was Aidy Hughes in 49:08 very well done sir.
Also on Saturday seen two nutters tackle the leg it events Divis 10k in pretty wet conditions but all the same very well done to Kevin Donnelly 51:10 & Suzanne Brennan 56:52, Rumour has it that Lord Ian is in hiding because Suzanne is coming back to full fitness and he’s running scared.
Sunday morning seen two very early risers in Micky McAuley and son Leo McAuley take on the Sunrise 5k in 35:34 & 35:37 respectively, this sees the young gun finish in front of dad for the second week in a row, well done young man.
The juniors continued there weekly assault on the junior park runs and did the club proud as always..
Waterworks Juniors
Matthew Hawkins 10:37PB
Eloise McAuley 11:52PB
Aaron Ladd 17:32
Leo McAuley 28:01 for his second run of the day
Jordanstown Juniors
Tom Fleming 7:41 and first overall
Riley Kerr 12:43
Not to be out done Neil McCready, Paul Skillen, Frances Kane and Damien Cole couldn’t be bothered with just running they had to swim and bike it as well in the Lisburn triathlon, Neil completed it in 1:34.32,  Paul in 1:43.22, Damien in 1:56.26 and Frances was 1:57.56 very well done folks.
Once again the club has been represented magnificently by you all and you should be very proud, again I do apologise if there are any errors no doubt there has been PB’s smashed all over the place but my fingers are knackered trying to keep with all you activities so sorry again. On a finishing note while reading over the results there are a few who I’ve noticed have been injured for awhile and are now back at it so welcome back and remember to take it easy.
Enjoy the week ahead whatever it brings and remember to have fun be safe and run like you’ve stole something.
Work Experience Boy..

Club Report – Sunday 22nd July 2018

So with our regular Cavillator away on their travels for the next few weeks hopefully with a very well deserved drink in their hand, unfortunately you are going to be stuck with me, so what will I call myself, many names have been mentioned but to keep it civil I think we will go with Work experience boy..
There has been some brilliant running from club mates this week with so many taking on mid-week races as well as the regular parkruns, so to get us started..
Portaferry took centre stage on Tuesday evening with our relay teams as well as the full 10 mile road race.
Lee O’Boyle & Joe Mathers 1.03:38
Laura Rose & Danny Donaldson 1.08:31 and 3rd overall in the mixed relay
Eamonn Dinghy & Kevin Donnelly 1.12:40
Sharon Dunn & Jonny Smith 1.16:51
Joanne Milne & Alastair Holdsworth 1.16:55
Orin Calder & Sophie Magee 1.18:41
Mickey  McCauley & Roisin Brooks 1.20:54
Lord Ian Brennan & Suzanne Brennan 1.21:15
Tiffany Donaldson & Christian Spies 1.26:03
Sarah McCafferty 1.23:36
Pamela McCafferty 1.25:03
Hannah Hope 1.43:44
Heather Barker 1.51:45
Special shout out to Pamela on her wonderful age category win, we’ve been told that her face turned the same colour as her trainers but very well deserved.
The Dalriada festival was also on the cards for a few seasoned runners as well as a few of our great juniors..
Neil McCready 10k 50.44
Frances Kane 10k 1.01:56
Ryan McCready 5k 27.26
Leo McAuley 5k 32.26
Eloise McAuley 5k 34.26
Micky McAuley 5k 34.29
Paul Skillen 5k 34.30
Odhrán Skillen 5k 34.32
Patricia Kane 5k 37.54
Not happy with just running we also had 4 headers taking on the triathlon..
Neil McCready I’m convinced was doing it but cant find a time so I’ll check again for next week
Paul Skillen 1.42:11
Damien Cole 1.43:59
Frances Kane 1.57:31
Big shout out to the juniors with some great times and also beating the parents which is what it’s all about for the young guns, watch your back’s Paul and Mickey the kids are catching you both.
Now for the parkruns..
Antrim
Ken McAuley 21.10
Wes Barker 24.47
Heather Barker 30.26
Ian Simpson 35.39
Victoria
Alan Ladd 19.20
Stephen Weir 29.41
Derry City
Stephen Semple 22.40
Maeve Kennedy 25.46
Valley
Neil Campbell 19.26
Eamonn Donaghy 22.52
Susan Thompson 23.54
Adrian Hughes 25.04
Yasmin Lynn 26.44
Jennifer McCoppin 32.20
Alyson Taylor 34.45
Rosalind Stitt 40.31
Lorraine Ann Forsythe 49.02
Louise Ladd 55.20
Waterworks
Patrick McGuckin 23.08
Lord Ian Brennan 23.17
Noel Bloomfield 23.46
And A Dav went to the Valley 20.10
Please excuse me but their was probably a lot of PB’s ran this weekend at parkruns but the site didn’t list any but it looks like from these results Suzanne Brennan has lost more time to the Lord…
Now onto the Harriers who headed north to take on the scenic Dervock 5 mile race and half marathon..
Freda Stubbs 5 mile 54.35
Debbie Sterritt 5 mile 57.22
Miriam Clarke 5 mile 1.05:37
Half Marathon
Mark Smith 1.19:29
Joe Mathers 1.31:53
Karen McKee 1.46:44
Brian McDonald 1.58:50
Emily McKeown 2.02:19
Nikki Fleck 2.02:55
Owen Fulton 2.03:38
Joanne Milne 2.03:38
Elaine Kennedy 2.06:23
Janet Grew 2.08:34
Anita Piatek 2.27:07
Marie McFarlane 2.34:43
Fidelma McCoppin 2.34:41
Junior parkruns..
Jordanstown junior parkrun
Tom Fleming 7.40 and well done on coming first young man
Riley Kerr 12.01
Waterworks junior parkrun
Matthew Hawkins 11.06
Leo McAuley 11.55
Eloise McAuley 13.18
Again apologies if anything has been missed on the PB front or I have made a mistake on your time, please message through and it will be amended next week, but all that is left to say is stay safe out there have fun and enjoy yourselves..
Work experience boy.

Club Report – Sunday 15th July 2018

Strange thing happened today, weird watery stuff started falling from the sky. I’ll have to get one of the young ‘uns to Google it for me.

Let’s start by catching up on a result that came in too late for last week’s report.

3 Harriers took on the Inis Bo Finne 5k in Donegal last Sunday:

Damien Cole 20:15, Frances Kane 30:54, Patricia Kane 35:10 (and an age category win).

Well done Patricia!

Mid-week racing this week was led off by our juniors as Adam and Peter McCann took on the junior race at the Killough 10k. Adam was the winner with Peter 4th. Great results gents. Mark Smith is panicking already.

Friday night saw the Harriers head for the coast for the 7th Annual Sea to Sky Born 2 Run event in Newcastle.

Heading skyward in the 10k were:

Mark Smith 37:30 (and 5th place overall), Lee O’Boyle 39:55PB (seriously Lee, on this course???), Danny Donaldson 40:13, Eamonn Donaghy 50:02, Sarah McCafferty 51:14, Owen “Jamie Dornan beard” Fulton 53:40, Pamela McCafferty 53:58, Hilary Faith 59:07, Tiffany Donaldson 1:05:46, Angela Stevens 1:08:12, Hannah Hope 1:08:13

5k:

Dermot Boyd 34:28

Over in England, Wes and Heather Barker took on the Wibbly Wobbly Log Jog 5 mile trail race, Wes finishing in 39:03 and Heather, with added acrobatics, in 58:50.

Saturday saw our longest effort of the week as our new ROTM took on her first ultra challenge.

Sarah Ross completed the Chiltern Challenge Ultra 50k in 6:26:53 and was 14th women home out of a female field of 110. Well done Sarah, now put those feet up for a while!

Also out on Saturday was Joanne Smyth at the Atlas Running Donut Run 5k in Lisburn,35:43.

And, of course, the usual suspects were all out at the usual parkruns, and a few others:

Valley parkrun:

Tom Fleming 20:10 (and 2nd place overall), Brendan McGeown 28:15, Yasmin Lynn 28:28, Owen Fulton 29:12, Clare Teer 29:28, Lee-Anne Hutchinson 31:03, Scott Skelton 34:57, Brenna McGeown 39:00, Roseann McGeown 39:01, Joanne Milne 40:09, Niamh McGeown 40:38, Lorraine Ann Forsythe 55:01

Waterworks parkrun

Ken McAuley 23:04, Susan Thompson 24:11, Jim Hewitt 25:15, Suzanne Brennan 25:18

Antrim parkrun:

Neil Campbell 22:53, Alan Kerr 23:29, Nikki Fleck 26:33, Odhran “chip off the auld block” Skillen 33:37, Paul HOTM Skillen 33:38, Jennifer Maguire 33:39, Leeanne Skillen 33:40, Katherine Todd 46:21, Elaine NY Kennedy 1:00:39

Victoria parkrun:

Ben Davidson 20:40PB

Ormeau parkrun:

Freda Stubbs 32:36PB, Debbie Sterritt 33:22PB, Maureen Ward 36:22, Rosalind Stitt 37:04, Jennifer McCoppin 37:05, Miriam Clarke 38:48, Deirdre McCann 42:45

And ADav was at Victoria 20:43.

We had a few tourists again this week, with Dawn DuBois at ECOS 36:12 and Patrick McGuckin at Rostrevor 25:21. Danny and Tiffany Donaldson were at Armagh in 20:12 and 35:50 respectively. Stephen Semple 24:40, Maeve Kennedy 29:15 and Mairead O’Hare 37:37 all at Portrush practising for Aug 25th. Patricia and Frances Kane were at Dungloe in Donegal in 37:13 and 37:18. But the winner is Stephen Weir who completed the Rising Sun parkrun (class name!) near Newcastle Upon Tyne in 33:49.

Waterworks junior parkrun:

Joseph Eager 10:01, Matthew Hawkins 11:39, Leo McAuley 12:00, Eloise McAuley 12:08PB (Tuesday interval training obviously paying off there Eloise!)

Jordanstown junior parkrun:

Riley Kerr 13:47

The vest in the west was out racing again this week as Aidy Hughes competed in the JD Dance 10k in Coalisland, finishing in an (unofficial so far) 50:57PB.

As I write, France are about to win the World Cup. Thierry Henry doesn’t play for them any more so I suppose I don’t mind. Happy too as I have no idea what Croatian pop song I would let you have.

So here’s a French classic instead.

https://youtu.be/Ulay2FvUEd8

Until next week, behave.

CAVILLATOR

Club Report – Sunday 8th July 2018

On Saturday morning, it was one of the toughest endurance events most of us have ever faced.
For the graduates of the C25k program it was not what they had trained for, not what they had expected.
Children cried, dogs howled.
It was brutal.
But then Alex finished his speech (one of them at least) and we all got on with a bit of running. Simples.

Our only midweek competitor was Nikki Fleck who took part in the Concorde 10k on the runway in Bristol on Wednesday night.

I also should mention another great effort by our junior star Tom Fleming, who completed the Kirkistown Duathlon in 52:34.

Valley parkrun:
This week the Valley saw the graduation of many of those who took part in the recent Couch to 5k Programme. Big congratulations, both to the graduates and to those who organised, attended and encouraged. You should all be very proud of what you achieved together.
The graduates’ results aren’t for this report but many Harriers took the chance to run with the C25kers:
Ethan Hutchinson 26:30, Sarah McCafferty 27:17, Pamela McCafferty 27:18, Neil Campbell 27:19, Laura Rose 27:51, Gabrielle McMillan 27:53, Emily McKeown 28:09, Jasper Brooks 29:01, Gillian Bainbridge 30:45, Elaine NY Kennedy 30:59, Susan Thompson 32:05, Jim Hewitt 33:36, Clare Teer 34:11, Rory Brooks 34:12, Roisin Brooks 34:13, Danny Donaldson 34:30, Anita Piatek 34:31, Freda Stubbs 35:12, Frances Kane 35:31, Riley Kerr 35:59, Lisa Kerr 36:03, Odhran Skillen 36:36, Paul Skillen 36:37, Marie McFarlane 37:49, Fidelma McCoppin 37:50, Jonny Smith 38:09, Suzanne Brennan 38:22, Brenna McGeown 38:27, Colin Robson 38:46, Alastair CHO “how many times do you want me to cross the line” Houldsworth 38:47, Eamonn Donaghy 38:48, Noel Bloomfield 39:00, Alan Ladd 39:27, Patricia Kane 39:57, Rosalind Stitt 39:57, Ken McAuley 41:20, Jennifer Maguire 42:12, Lee-Anne Hutchinson 42:13, Niamh McGeown 42:14, Claire Skillen 42:45, Mairead O’Hare 42:45, Tiffany Donaldson 42:46, Angela Stevens 43:02, Hannah Hope 43:02, Ian Brennan 43:16, Joanne Milne 44:45, Dermot Boyd 44:46, Lorraine Ann Forsythe 49:07, Katherine Todd 53:15, Jo Smyth 53:16

Waterworks parkrun
Martin O’Neill 20:25PB, Patrick McGuckin 23:39, Maeve Kennedy 26:35

Antrim parkrun:
Maeve McGinley 33:10, Jennifer McCoppin 33:10, Maureen Ward 35:59, Deirdre McCann 38:28

Colin Glen parkrun:
Aimee Hughes 53:04

And ADav was at the Valley too, 49:30, usually on a box and usually making a speech.

This week’s tourists were Nuala Muldoon at Inverness 25:28 and Nikki Fleck at Pomphrey Hill 28:47.

Waterworks junior parkrun:
Matthew Hawkins 11:26, Leo McAuley 12:50, Eloise McAuley 13:35
And not forgetting last week’s results that weren’t available before the report:
Joseph Eager 10:23, Matthew Hawkins 11:31, Leo McAuley 13:18, Eloise McAuley 13:19

Jordanstown junior parkrun:
Tom Fleming 8:12 (and first place). Well done Tom!

Some Harriers headed west today, to Ardboe, for the Great Rossa Run events.
We had competitors at every distance:
5k
Aidy Hughes 23:23
10k:
Kevin Donnelly 45:48 (great to see you back in action again Kevin), Neil McCready 46:35, Maeve Kennedy 55:40
Half Marathon:
Stephen Semple 1:57:42 and Angela Stevens 2:10:49

So this week’s song is for ADav. Nice guy, lovely shoes, many speeches.

https://youtu.be/4zLfCnGVeL4

Until next week, behave.

CAVILLATOR