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Club Race Report – 25 September 2022

Another busy week was had by all and the Cavillator must’ve got wind of this and took themselves off for a break, so Cavillator towers has been locked up and all being well will return soon.


The big event of the weekend took place today in Berlin and I’m not talking about the marathon yes that’s right its been rumored that a 5-a-side was talking place but more about that later.


Taking on the Parkruns this week:
Valley:
David Graham 19:36, Elijah Cushley 22:07, Alex Davidson 25:43, Sinead O’Hare 25:44, Catherine Ryan 29:35, Neill McGlinchey 29:49, Rosalind Stitt 52:31
Waterworks:
Kevin Donnelly 19:32, Ciaran Wright 21:12, James Hewitt 27:07, Susan Thompson 27:35
Victoria:
Marie McBrien 27:00, Shane McBrien 27:09
Ormeau:
Lauren Penman 30:25
Antrim:
Maeve Kennedy 24:51, Joe Edgar 26:05, Carrie Murphy 34:05, Stephen Murphy 34:06
Limavady:
Johnny Carey 24:15
Sixmilewater:
Riley Kerr 38:54, Lisa Kerr 39:03
The ever popular Annaghmore Festival took place on Saturday with Elaine Kennedy taking on the 10K in 59:53, Karen McKee taking on the 18 miles in 2:40.04 and Joanne ‘Lav’ Milne also doing the 18 miles in 3:18.19
Andrew McNevison took on the FEARmanagh long race which is a mixture of running and cycling over a distance of 74km, he did it in a time of 4:19.17
David Graham took part in the Glenmore 10 mile road race after warming up with his 2nd place finish at the Valley on Saturday in a time of 59:40.
Suzanne Brennan headed to Bristol just to get away from the Lord for weekend and while there did the Great Bristol Half Marathon in a time of 1:53.27, Rumour has it that the Lord hasn’t eaten in 2 days so please hurry home.


Lee & Mickey headed off to take part in the NIMRA Buzzards Roost race, Lee finished in 1:22.55 and Mickey in 1:27.52, before researching this race I googled Buzzards Roost and now need to delete my search engine, cheers fellas.
Anton Piatek took himself off south to tackle the Wicklow Ecotrail 30K, he finished in a time of 4:09.25.


And thankfully last but not least is our Berlin Marathoners, Anyone who has ever tackled a marathon training plan knows how difficult they are, and by the end we all hope that everything has gone to the plan and then you’re ready. All 4 of our runners have stuck to their plans and the results speak for themselves and you should be very proud of yourselves, Alan ‘The big lad at the back’ Erwin 2:59.51, Benny ‘Safe hands’ McGeown 3:29.10 PB, Sean ‘Thor the Norse God’ Doherty 3:29.10 PB, Patricia ‘Wee boots’ Curistan 3:31.35.

This weeks tune is for the Berliners
Work Experience Boy
Kraftwerk — Das Model Video HD

Club Race Report – 18th September 2022

Firstly, a couple of late results from last week:
Hugh Simpson completed the Run Anon 5k in 20:14 and Ciaran Wright’s Great North Run time was confirmed as 1:55:20.
Taking on the parkruns this week were:
Valley parkrun:
Tom Fleming 16:57PB and first finisher, Elijah Cushley 22:09, Nuala Muldoon 23:28, Eloise McAuley 25:01, Coach Sinead O’Hare 25:28, Anton Piatek 26:32, Ciaran Hawkins 28:21, Marie McBrien 28:32, Neill McGlinchey 29:57, John Teer 37:41, Clare Gallagher 58:20
Waterworks parkrun:
Joe Mathers 25:34, Jim Hewitt 26:01, Lord Ian Brennan 35:37
Victoria parkrun:
Emily Murphy 21:23PB, Stephen Murphy 21:36PB, ADav 21:37
Queens parkrun:
Dermot Boyd 31:28
Antrim parkrun:
Stephen Semple 24:15, Joseph Eager 27:59, Maeve Kennedy 28:00
Carrickfergus parkrun:
Alan Kerr 25:19
Limavady parkrun:
Johnny Carey 23:54
Sixmilewater parkrun:
Rory Mason 24:06PB, Maeve Dunseath 25:29
Knockbracken Reservoir parkrun:
Neil McCready 21:18
Glengarriff parkrun:
Martin McCready 35:09
And congratulations Marty on achieving your 250th parkrun!
Hackney Marshes parkrun:
Lauren Penman 29:44
Waterworks junior parkrun:
Leo McAuley 8:07PB and 2nd finisher
Bangor junior parkrun:
Emily Murphy 7:50, Coach Sinead O’Hare 9:01, Andrea Bradley 14:34


The big event this week was the latest Belfast Half Marathon with many Harriers taking to the streets this morning and plenty of PBs on show:

Lee O’Boyle 1:16:44PB, David Graham 1:21:24, Prof Alan Ladd 1:22:32, Stephen Smyth 1:24:02, Marty O’Neill 1:24:17, Neil Campbell 1:26:56, Stephen Gallagher 1:26:57PB, Paddy Shields 1:31:47PB, Robbie Gould 1:33:28, Kevin Donnelly 1:33:31, Stevo Armour 1:36:02PB, ADav 1:36:02, Robert Gould 1:38:59, Alan Stewart 1:40:21PB, Paul Skillen 1:40:48PB, Joe Mathers 1:42:34, Gareth McLoughlin 1:43:33PB, Jim Grew 1:46:57, Lord Ian Brennan 1:47:18PB, Karen McKee 1:48:36, Sophie Magee 1:55:35, Joanne Milnes 2:06:41, Bernard McKeaveney 2:08:09, Gemma Fowler 2:09:30, Clare Teer 2:09:30, Roisin Brooks 2:10:53, Angela Stevens 2:13:50


Until next week, behave.
CAVILLATOR

Club Race Report – 11th September 2022

Taking on the parkruns this week were:


Valley parkrun:
David Graham 18:24 and 2nd finisher, Stevo Armour 21:09, Alan Stewart 23:39PB, Nuala Muldoon 23:41, Gareth McLoughlin 23:56, Eloise McAuley 24:03, ADav 24:36, Paul Skillen 24:37, Leo McAuley 26:16, Micky McAuley 27:00, Marie McBrien 28:24, Sharon Dunn 28:58, Calum Murphy 29:51, Ciaran Hawkins 29:57, Coach Sinead O’Hare 30:00, Emily Murphy 30:35, Neill McGlinchey 30:40, Roseann McGeown 33:01, Emma Toner 36:06PB, Sean Doherty 36:30, Jessie Smith 36:43PB, John Teer 37:07, Stephen Murphy 38:41
And congratulations to Nuala on being 1st female finisher on your 250th parkrun.


Waterworks parkrun:
Alan Erwin 19:18PB, Robbie Gould 21:07, Joe Mathers 23:34, Stephen Semple 24:22, Suzanne Brennan 25:01, Jim Hewitt 26:18, Joseph Eager 27:19, Maeve Kennedy 27:21, Joanne Milne 33:13


Falls parkrun:
Elijah Cushley 22:09
Portrush parkrun:
Tom Fleming 17:21PB and 2nd finisher
Enniskillen parkrun:
Elaine Kennedy 41:20
Larne parkrun:
Alan Kerr 26:37
Tralee parkrun:
Martin McCready 35:20
Waterworks junior parkrun:
Emily Murphy 7:44PB and first finisher, Leo McAuley 8:16PB and 3rd finisher, Coach Sinead O’Hare 8:42, Kayden McClelland 9:03, Kobe McClelland 9:07, Matthew Hawkins 12:02, Andrea Bradley 15:10, Hollie Brennan 16:15, Alice McAuley 21:03, Eloise McAuley 21:10


In other racing this week, Craig Goodall completed the Run Anon 5k today at Dundrod Racetrack in 20:51.
We also had a couple of representatives over at the Great North Run:
Ciaran Wright 1:55:19 (unofficial), Lauren Penman 2:20:53, Ian Simpson 3:02:03


Until next week, behave.
CAVILLATOR

Club Race Report – 4th September 2022

Lovely weather during the week, horrendous at the weekend. Uniformed small children standing awkwardly in front of white doors. Yup, its back to school week but the Harriers kept running and racing.

Taking on just the parkruns this week were:

Valley parkrun:

Coach Sinead O’Hare 26:33, Aidy “don’t mention the football” Hughes 26:34, Paul Skillen 26:35, ADav 27:45, Clare Teer 28:09, Marie McBrien 28:24, Ciaran Hawkins 30:55, Bronagh Adjey 37:15, John Teer 37:30, Sean Doherty 38:46, Nuala Muldoon 44:32

Waterworks parkrun:

Kevin Donnelly 21:14

Rostrevor parkrun:

Cathy Ryan 31:09

Victoria parkrun:

Marty McCready 33:25

Portrush parkrun:

Joanne Milne 32:10PB

Wallace parkrun:

Elijah Cushley 21:51

Antrim parkrun:

Elaine Kennedy 28:39

Castlewellan parkrun:

Neil McCready 20:35

Carrickfergus parkrun:

Alan Kerr 24:46

Sixmilewater parkrun:

Tom Fleming 17:18 and 2nd finisher, Stephen Murphy 22:10PB

A lot of single runners there.

Do we not like each other or something?

Trying not to stink out your cars?

Who knows….

Jordanstown junior parkrun:

Riley Kerr 13:01, Matthew Hawkins 13:01, Joseph Eager 13:02, Andrea Bradley 14:52

Waterworks junior parkrun:

Leo McAuley 8:32 and 2nd finisher

Our elite squad were back at it on Thursday at the Firmus Junior Fab 5 Meet:

U13 Boys 100m

Leo McAuley 16:59

U13 Girls 100m

Coach Sinead O’Hare 16:69PB and 3rd place

U11 Girls 600m

Eloise McAuley 2:09.1

U13 Boys 800m

Leo McAuley 2:59.41

U13 Girls 800m

Coach Sinead O’Hare 3:03.30PB

U15 Girls 800m

Emily Murphy 2:48.32

U11 Girls Long Jump

Eloise McAuley 3.08m and 2nd place

The vests were back out on Friday with the flat & fast GNR Coastal 5k:

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Then today the rain cleared up in time for the NBH Laganside 10k:

David Graham 37:12, Robbie Gould 41:23PB, Adam McCann 41:39, Rab Gould 44:47, Craig Goodall 47:43, Lord Ian Brennan 48:10PB, Lauren Penman 1:01:58 And Obviously Dermot Boyd 1:03:55

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But let’s forget our elite athletes taking part in the Junior Mile(ish):

Emily Murphy 5:14 and 2nd female finisher, Peter McCann 5:24, Coach Sinead O’Hare 5:47, Calum Murphy 6:51, Hollie Brennan 8:51

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And finally, Bernard McKeaveney headed westward to the Waterside Half Marathon. Bernard completed his sunny half in 2:03:17.

It may not be obvious from the times above but the big news of the week is that the 10k crown in Brennan Towers has changed hands after that PB. So this week’s tune is for the Lord. Impressive Ian but probably not clever.

Until next week, behave.

CAVILLATOR

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Club Race Report – 28th August 2022


Another busy week for the Harriers. Looks as if a lot of you are getting as much racing in as possible before the return to school kicks in.
Taking on just the 11 different parkruns and 4 different junior parkruns this week were:
Valley parkrun:
David ROTM Graham 18:33 and first finisher, Ramunas Stanevicius 21:56, Ben Davidson 22:35, ADav 22:47, Elijah Cushley 22:57, Nuala Muldoon 24:30, Paul Skillen 24:48, Clare Teer 28:57, Neill McGlinchey 31:44, Ian Simpson 36:27, Terri Ganley 36:51, John Teer 39:15, Clare Gallagher 41:04PB, Galina Stanevicius 43:23
Waterworks parkrun:
Susan Thompson 27:11, Neil McCready 27:14, Marie McBrien 28:20, Shane McBrien 28:20, Maeve Kennedy 30:28, Joseph Eager 30:29, Joanne Milne 37:29, Martin McCready 37:36,
Victoria parkrun:
Karen McKee 23:22PB, Alan Kerr 24:34PB
ECOS parkrun:
Tom Fleming 16:40PB and first finisher
Portrush parkrun:
Rory Mason 25:24PB
Omagh parkrun:
Elaine Kennedy 29:47
Antrim parkrun:
Coach Sinead O’Hare 25:29PB, Mairead O’Hare 34:45, Emma Toner 35:00PB, Anita Piatek 41:48
Stormont parkrun: (sponsored by Murphys)
Stephen Murphy 23:18PB, Calum Murphy 29:14, Emily Murphy 38:39
Knockbracken Reservoir parkrun:
Sean Doherty 19:50
A couple of tourists this week to end off the Summer. Stephen Armour and Sharon Dunn were down in Down at the Rostrevor parkrun. Stevo finished in 21:38 and was 3rd finisher and Sharo in 28:20. Rostrevor is the birthplace of Ben Dunne who founded Dunne Stores. It is not known if Stevo and Sharo are fans.
Lord and Lady Brennan and Joe Mathers were even further away, heading west to the Falcarragh parkrun. Joe finished in 22:20, Lord Ian in 25:44 and Suzanne in 26:37. This is an Irish speaking area but these three have enough trouble with English to be honest. Especially as the evening wears on…
Jordanstown junior parkrun:
Calum Murphy 10:38, Joseph Eager 11:11, Matthew Hawkins 11:12, Andrea Bradley 14:43
Waterworks junior parkrun:
Emily Murphy 7:53PB and second finisher, Leo McAuley 8:28
Portrush junior parkrun:
Rory Mason 9:14PB
Riverside junior parkrun, Ballymoney:
Coach Sinead O’Hare 9:33PB
On Friday night he was at it again as And Obviously Dermot Boyd took on the Portrush 5 mile race finishing in 49:36 (course PB).
Our headers department was on international duty this week as Team Headband headed off to France/Italy/Switzerland to run up and down some mountains. Micky McAuley completed the TDS at UTMB on Tuesday and Wednesday finishing a 147km course with 9,738m of elevation in an amazing 34hrs 43 mins. Not to be outdone, Lee O’Boyle completed the CCC 100k race at UTMB with 6,100m of elevation in an incredible 15hrs 43 mins.
On Saturday, a couple of Harriers got the ferry out to Rathlin to compete in the Rathlin 10 miler:
Gareth McLoughlin 1:26:35 and Bernard McKeaveney 1:36:00.
Also yesterday was the start of the weekend’s events in Larne as their half marathon continues to grow in popularity and stature. A new event was the Street Mile and our own Tom Fleming took the junior title in 4:46. Not a bad effort, especially after a hard run at ECOS parkrun the same morning.

The main event, the Half Marathon, took place this morning with several Harriers taking part:
David Graham 1:22:43, Alan Erwin 1:25:27PB, Paddy Shields 1:36:16, Stephen Smith 1:41:14, Sean Doherty 1:45:33, Ciaran Wright 1:45:58, Paul Skillen 1:49:36, Craig Goodall 1:52:01, Roisin Brooks 2:16:10
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Let’s be honest, there are no good songs about Larne (insert own joke here). So this week’s tune is for the headband headers who were climbing mountains. In the dark. Just for the craic. Headers.

https://youtu.be/uj0wPrN_Y_4
Until next week, behave.
CAVILLATOR


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Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep Mountain High (original 1966 promo, edited)
Tina’s highly charged perfomance of this song is arguably Phil Spector’s greatest production.
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Club Race Reports – 21st August 2022

This week had heat, downpours, village invasions, PBs and even weddings. Just another average week for the Harriers really.
Taking on the parkruns this week were:
Valley parkrun:
ADav 22:44, Elijah Cushley 23:15, Anton Piatek 25:15, Nuala Muldoon 25:41 (and first female finisher), Eloise McAuley 27:39 (and second female finisher), Micky McAuley 28:43 (and third, nah, only joking), Neill McGlinchey 30:55, Roisin Brooks 35:15, John Teer 59:27, Clare Teer 59:28
Waterworks parkrun:
Kevin Donnelly 20:50, Joe Mathers 23:23, Suzanne “Ironperson” Brennan 29:29, Joanne Milne 30:41
Antrim parkrun:
Stephen Semple 23:40, Stephen Murphy 37:06, Joseph Eager 43:35, Maeve Kennedy 43:36, Elaine Kennedy 51:31
Colin Glen parkrun:
Martin McCready 53:50
Sixmilewater parkrun:
Tom Fleming 16:53 and first finisher
Knockbracken Reservoir parkrun:
Coach Sinead O’Hare 27:50, Mairead O’Hare 36:02PB, Emma Toner 36:13
Jordanstown junior parkrun:
Joseph Eager 8:39 and third finisher, Matthew Hawkins 12:51, Andrea Bradley 14:03
Waterworks junior parkrun:
Hollie Brennan 15:54
Wednesday night must have been a scary night for the sleepy village of Ballymoney as a busload of 20 female Harriers descend. Thankfully, they were on best behaviour and only there to take part in the Purple Ladies 5k:
Emily Murphy 22:12 (and 1st in age category), Suzanne Brennan 23:27, Marvel Mullan 24:40, Coach Sinead O’Hare 24:51 (and 2nd in age category), Pamela McCafferty 25:04, Anita Piatek 27:17, Hannah Hope 28:46, Bronagh Adjey 28:59, Helen Agnew 29:36, Clare Teer 30:15, Roisin Brooks 30:39, Roseann McGeown 30:49, Nikki Fleck 31:33, Terri Ganley 32:42, Debbie Morrow 33:32, Mairead O’Hare 34:41, Cathy McLoughlin 36:53, Clare Gallagher 41:24PB, Calla Crossan 47:45, Janet Grew 47:45
Dermot Boyd was spotted trying to get in but even the wig didn’t help him.

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And great to see our C25k graduates continuing their training and now out representing the club on the roads.
And Coach Sinead O’Hare was also in action at the Firmus Junior event. Sinead completed the 200m in 36:54PB and the mile in 6:53.
Earlier today, it was the turn of Carrickfergus to be swamped by Harriers as many in the club took on the popular Storming the Castle 10k:

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Martin O’Neill 36:23PB, David ROTM Graham 36:51, Sean Doherty 42:25, Alan Stewart 44:21PB, Ciaran Wright 44:48, Stephen Armour 45:04, Anton Piatek 46:00, Craig Goodall 46:01, Johnny Carey 46:10PB, Stephen Murphy 48:07, Alan Erwin 49:56, Stephen Semple 50:11, Bernard McKeaveney 51:45, Alan Kerr 52:26, Aidy Hughes 54:44, Clare Teer 57:33, Elaine Kennedy 57:54, Janet Grew 1:00:12, Sharon Dunn 1:01:16, And Obviously Dermot Boyd 1:02:10, Lauren Penman 1:03:43, John Teer 1:18:12, Ian Simpson 1:18:20, Mairead “gold star and unofficial HOTM” O’Hare 1:20:16
So this week’s tune is for our media officer. Yes, our very own Bernard McKeaveney finally made it official and got himself all married on Wednesday. Still waiting for the Harrier reception though…..

Club Race Report – 14th August 2022

It seems that the heat brings out the vests as well as the suncream. Another hot but busy week for the Harriers.
Taking on the parkruns this week were:
Valley parkrun:
David Graham 18:16PB and first finisher, Ramunas Stanevicius 22:41, Alan Erwin 23:49, Nuala Muldoon 24:44, Clare Teer 28:47, Cathy Ryan 29:24, Neill McGlinchey 30:57, Terri Ganley 37:15, Ian Simpson 38:47, Stephen Murphy 40:58, Sean Doherty 41:03, Clare Gallagher 44:44, Martin McCready 1:01:46
Waterworks parkrun:
ADav 22:05, Paul Skillen 26:52, Lord Ian Brennan 27:09, Suzanne Brennan 27:51, Joanne Milne 32:00
Victoria parkrun:
Tom Fleming 16:36PB and third finisher
Portrush parkrun:
Nikki Fleck 33:34, Lee ROTM O’Boyle 43:46
Enniskillen parkrun:
Bernie McAllister 28:30, Janet Grew 30:16
Larne parkrun:
Alan Kerr 26:04
Limavady parkrun:
Johnny Carey 28:27
Colin Glen parkrun:
Elijah Cushley 21:32PB
We finally had 2 tourists this week. Stephen Semple completed the Fairview parkrun in 25:00. This parkrun takes place on the north side of Dublin. Dublin is in Ireland. You’re welcome.
And Elaine Kennedy completed the Buncrana parkrun in 31:23. But more of that header later.
A reminder to all our newbies to please make sure you update your parkrun profile to show Mallusk Harriers as your club so that we can pick you up in the results. Cheers.
Jordanstown junior parkrun:
Emily Murphy 8:14 and first finisher, Coach Sinead O’Hare 8:36PB and 2nd finisher, Matthew Hawkins 10:17, Joseph Eager 10:18
Waterworks junior parkrun:
Eloise McAuley 8:22 and 2nd finisher, Leo McAuley 8:39 and 3rd finisher
Our busy week started on Monday with the Broughshane 5k.
It was another good night for our regular podium botherers, Tom and David.
Tom Fleming won the race in 17:14 with David Graham finishing second in 18:12.
Great to see the blue and green on yet another podium.
Obviously Dermot Boyd was also there. Dermot finished in 32:04.
Then on Friday, the vests were washed (hopefully) and back out for the Connswater 5 mile race:
Tom Fleming 27:47, David Graham 29:55, Sean Doherty 33:25, Aidy Hughes 42:43 and, obviously, Dermot Boyd 52:45. (I am now officially changing his full name to “And Obviously Dermot Boyd”).
2 events on Saturday, firstly the madness that is the Lurig run within the Heart of the Glens festival. It’s only 3.8 miles but a lot of that is straight up and down with over 1,000 ft of ascent (and descent) in quite a short space!
Anton Piatek 50:25, Karen McKee 53:20, Anita Piatek 1:01:26
Also on Saturday was the latest Born 2 Run event, the Dambuster series of races at Silent Valley.
5k
Emily Murphy 23:55 (2nd female finisher and 5th overall – superb running from our junior), Coach Sinead O’Hare 29:57,
10k:
Lauren Penman 1:09:14
10 miles:
Joe Mathers 1:26:56

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Then this morning, 6 Harriers were lucky enough to be in the heavenly kingdom that is Craigavon, spiritual home of the roundabout. They were rocking the lakes and lough (more like sweating the flippin’ things) in both the 5k and half marathon:
5k
Aidy Hughes (as usual) 26:23
It is not known at this stage if Aidy has been able to sneak back over the border into Tyrone undetected. We will keep you updated.
Half marathon:
Kevin “The Cap” Donnelly 1:25:22, Alan “suncream” Erwin 1:28:49, Patricia Curistan 1:40:20 (and 5th female finisher), Brendan McGeown 1:45:29, Angela Stevens 2:35:15
Final result goes to Elaine Kennedy. Elaine was racing on Thursday. And Friday. And Saturday. And today. Elaine was taking part in the Quadrathon Quest, 4 half marathons in 4 days around various, and sometimes hilly, scenic routes of Donegal. Elaine had a total time of 10:30:35 and won herself a medal that would make Aidy blush.
So this week’s tune is for our new header, Elaine. Four halves in four days, in that heat. Much chocolate is both required and deserved. And a wee dance.
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Until next week, behave.
CAVILLATOR
Frank Turner – ‘Four Simple Words’
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Club Race Report – 7th August 2022

It was a busy week again with many highlights but, as usual, none were better or tougher than our own club race. Great to see it fully back post Covid and still going from strength to strength. But more of that later.
Taking on the parkruns this week were:
Valley parkrun:
David Graham 19:45 and 2nd finisher, Ciaran Wright 22:24, Joe Mathers 23:28, ADav 23:53, Stephen Semple 24:30, Nuala Muldoon 25:01, Clare Teer 29:08, Joanne Milne 29:09, Marie McBrien 29:41, Neill McGlinchey 30:51, Dermot Boyd 31:44, Mairead O’Hare 38:48, John Teer 39:19, Clare Gallagher 42:41PB, Martin McCready 59:38
Waterworks parkrun:
Lord Ian Brennan 25:02, Cathy Ryan 27:57, Stephen Murphy 41:18
Derry City parkrun:
Johnny Carey 24:00PB
Victoria parkrun:
Rab Gould 21:17
Wallace parkrun:
Elaine Kennedy 27:49
Bangor parkrun:
Kelly Carlisle 39:44
Limavady parkrun:
Alan Kerr 26:24
Sixmilewater parkrun:
Tom Fleming 17:58 and first finisher, Craig Goodall 26:40
Obviously both well recovered from their Friday evening exertions. Fair play gents.
Limepark Playing Fields parkrun:
Elijah Cushley 21:35
And congrats to Limepark parkrun in Ballymoney on completing their first parkrun. Here’s to many more.
No tourists again this week. And due to previous legal restrictions, I can’t even make jokes about Ballymoney!
Jordanstown junior parkrun:
Coach Sinead O’Hare 8:49, Matthew Hawkins 12:05, Riley Kerr 12:18, Joseph Eager 12:19
Waterworks junior parkrun:
Leo McAuley 8:39, Hollie Brennan 17:23
Friday night was a busy night for local running. Full results for our own club race are posted elsewhere but we had some excellent results from the Harriers that took on the hill themselves:
Tom Fleming 28:31 (age category winner) and just missing out on a podium spot in 4th place, Mark Smith 29:49 (age category winner) , David Graham 30:14, Robbie Gould 33:58, Ben Davidson 35:03 (and age category winner), Craig Goodall 38:22, Lauren Penman 54:48
And, once again, a huge thank you to all the Harriers who volunteered in the build up and on the night or provided food and treats. And a special shout out to Ian and the team who gamely manned the BBQs for what must have felt like several days.
On the same night, some of our elite squad were in Downpatrick for the 5k:
Emily Murphy, 22:22, Coach Sinead O’Hare 23:02
Earlier today, we also had representation at the Feile 10k. David Graham finished in 37:20 and Brendan McElroy in 46:06
As we all know, Harriers love a wee hill, none more than Lee O’Boyle and Micky McAuley. On Saturday, Lee finished 9th in the BARFNI 77s in a time of 4:39:33. Micky finished 14th in 4:57:23. This is a 18ish mile race covering 7 peaks of the Mournes with 8,100ish ft of elevation
So this week’s tune is for everyone who made it up that hill on Friday, or across the Mournes on Saturday. Yes, we used this tune recently but it’s become a club anthem so we’re using it again.
Plus Vecna bears a strong resemblance to a certain Harrier on his long run this morning. Red wine, Indian meals and running don’t always mix, kids. Just say no.
https://youtu.be/yVvafJ0Skx0
Until next week, behave.
CAVILLATOR
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Club Race Report – 31st July 2022

Another busy week for the Harriers. And great to see so many of our C25k graduates at training on Tuesday evening. ADav’s speeches mustn’t have put them off too much. High pain thresholds, these folks.
Taking on the parkruns this week were:
Valley parkrun:
David “Podium” Graham 18:52 and 2nd finisher, Robbie Gould 21:38, Stephen Armour 23:18, Nuala Muldoon 25:23, Coach Sinead O’Hare 25:48, ADav 26:15, Sharon Dunn 28:39, Marie McBrien 29:35, Joanne Milne 30:29, Clare Teer 30:55, Neill McGlinchey 34:52, Ian Simpson 37:52, Martin McCready 58:11
Waterworks parkrun:
Johnny Carey 22:44PB, Kevin Donnelly 24:12, Joe Mathers 24:17, Jim Hewitt 28:15
Queens’s parkrun:
Anton Piatek 24:25
Portrush parkrun:
Tom Fleming 20:02 and first finisher
Antrim parkrun:
Stephen Murphy 44:18
Sixmilewater parkrun:
Stephen Semple 24:15PB, Alan Kerr 26:14
Hillsborough Forest parkrun:
Elaine Kennedy 29:29PB
Hillsborough Forest parkrun:
Elijah Cushley 26:39
No tourists this week. Must be saving it all up for August?
Jordanstown junior parkrun:
Coach Sinead O’Hare 8:45 and a PB and first finisher (sure, why not?), Joseph Eager 10:38, Matthew Hawkins 11:50, Riley Kerr 11:52, Andrea Bradley 14:02, Rhys Kerr 15:56
On Thursday, a few Harriers were clocking up the Club Championship points as they took part in the Dub Runners Giants Trial Race:
Paddy Shields 47:123, David Butler 59:04, Cathy Ryan 1:02:15
Then on Friday night, our own Bob & Bert, Marty O’Neill and David Graham, headed east for the Bob n Bert’s Stormont 5k. Well worth the effort as they finished the very pleasant course in 2nd and 3rd place in times of 19:25 and 19:32 respectively.
But David wasn’t finished there, oh no. He’s now got a taste for podiums and this morning, he only went and won the Galbally 5k in a time of 18:25.
Perpetual racer Dermot Boyd was also at it again on Friday evening, this time at the Quarry 5k where he finished in 35:21.
Our final result comes from our international news desk as we can confirm that Prof Alan Ladd completed the Captain Bill Gallagher 10 mile race in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, in 1:08:17.
No, I have no idea who Captain Bill is either.
So this week’s tune is for David and his double podium week. Bit of a stretch this one but Crosby Stills and Nash includes David Crosby and Graham Nash (as well as Stephen Stills). You work it out.
https://youtu.be/0TYq9RjdYYU
Until next week, behave.
CAVILLATOR
Marrakesh Express (2005 Remaster)
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Club Race Report – 24th July 2022

Plenty going on this week, mainly at the Valley parkrun where our Run Newtownabbey Couch to 5k squad were taking on their graduation run.
Taking on the parkruns this week were:
Valley parkrun:
Elijah Cushley 24:00, Eloise McAuley 24:41, Coach Sinead “sub 25” O’Hare 24:59PB, Leo McAuley 25:37, Craig Goodall 25:44, Alan Erwin 26:10, Rab Gould 28:43, Robbie Gould 29:04, David Esler 29:27, Bernard McKeaveney 29:47, Jasper Brooks 30:16, Bronagh Adjey 30:31PB, Sophie Davidson 31:22, Ben Davidson 31:23, Brendan McGeown 34:33, Oran McKee 34:37, Karen McKee 34:40, Joanne Milne 36:03, Jessie Smith 37:59, Clare Teer 38:01, Mairead O’Hare 38:44, John Teer 40:01, Kelly Carlisle 40:18, Roisin Brooks 40:19, Gemma Fowler 41:13, Anita Piatek 41:48, Stephen Gallagher 43:38, Nuala Muldoon 45:43, Suzanne Brennan 47:51, ADav 49:30, Janet Grew 49:43, Martin McCready 53:52
The times of the C25k graduates are not for this report and, to be honest, aren’t really important.
What is important is that they got off the couch, trained hard for 9 weeks and completed their 5ks.
Not only did they have to deal with that hill twice, they also had to listen to two (not one, two) speeches from ADav. Those poor people deserve medals, not certificates.
Portrush parkrun:
Nikki Fleck 32:06
Antrim parkrun:
Maeve Kennedy 24:34, Stephen Semple 25:18
Castlewellan parkrun:
Emily Murphy 24:17, Stephen Murphy 52:00
Limavady parkrun:
Johnny Carey 27:26
Sixmilewater parkrun:
Tom Fleming 17:15 and first finisher, Jonny Smith 23:45, Elaine Kennedy 34:06
More tourists again this week. The Skillens took the loveboat to the Northwest (it’s their anniversary and all) to take on the Derry City parkrun. Leanne finished in 32:45. Paul finished in 32:47. Well played, Sir. Bet that made the rest of the weekend go easier.
Kevin Donnelly finished the Perth parkrun in 19:03. This is the Scottish one, not the Australian one. The Ewan McGregor one, not the Heath Ledger one.
Finally, Gareth McLoughlin came 5th at the Breakwater parkrun in 24:00. This is the Kingston, Ontario, Canada one, not the Kingston, Jamaica one. The Bryan Adams one, not the Shelley-Ann Fraser one.
Jordanstown junior parkrun:
Sinead O’Hare 8:56 and third finisher, Matthew Hawkins 10:19, Joseph Eager 10:20
Waterworks junior parkrun:
Hollie Brennan 16:23
In other racing this week, 2 of our regular racers were out in Donaghadee for the EAMS 5k along with the PB chasing Hanna.
Aidy Hughes 25:56, Hannah Hope 27:29PB and Dermot Boyd 30:57.
David Graham was doing the double this week, getting 21:04 in the ECAC Sunrise 5k.
He then went on to join Ciaran Wright and the ever present Dermot Boyd in Hillsborough for the festival of running today.
10k:
David Graham 39:54 and 8th place overall, Dermot Boyd 1:04:35
Half Marathon:
Ciaran Wright 1:52:12
So this week’s tune is for our C25k graduates. Now you’ve started, don’t give up. You need to, ahem, keep on moving. (Yes, I can smell the cheese from here too).
https://youtu.be/FbWJVult-9M
Until next week, behave.
CAVILLATOR
Five – Keep on Movin’
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Five’s official music video for ‘Keep On Movin”