Waterford Road Runners

New men's and women's 5 mile course times for the year!

Speedy night!
On a night perfect for running and riddled with new personal bests and course bests for the year, last Wednesday proved a most successful night all round! With the end of the league drawing close, 118 runners lined up on both sides of the Cork Road to try to better their previous runs and unbelievably, 52 people ran either a personal best, or a course best for the year. To repeat that for effect, 44% of last Wednesday's entrants improved on their previous best. How encouraging is that?! Well done to all!

5 Miles - Group 1
Displaying another remarkable improvement and leaving her husband for dust yet again, was Mary Burke, who, having moved up into Group 1 just this week, proved she's most certainly not out of place there by being the first lady home. Not far behind and dropping over 2 mins off her year's best was Chelly Brennan. Investigations into Chelly's secret training Chelly are under way by certain Gardai in the Tramore area and a report will be sent to the DPP. Collette Holland also improved to take 3rd spot. Despite setting a terrific new ladies course record and being fastest on the night, Marina Power's coming 4th in 31.45 demonstrates the improvement of the top 4!
The men were led home by none other than Tim Sherman, 3rd last week, who had a great run to stay ahead of the chasing pack. In second and 3rd place were recent newcomers, Derek Finn and Darren Waugh whose finishing times were exactly 1 minute apart. In 4th and 5th place, warranting a mention in light of their fantastic improvement since last November, were John Stephenson and Seamus Mason, who ran 35.16 and 35.52 respectively. Both have been great supporters of the Winter League over the last few years and we're delighted to see such progress, which is what the league is all about. Others with notable personal bests down the line include Michael McGrath(29.37), Brian Deveraux(34.20), Darryl Hale(30.34) , Nicholas Halley(30.35) , Eoin Palmer(30.36), Des Colbert(28.08), Larry Kennedy(28.09), Lory O'Hanlon(34.57), PJ Dwyer(30.44), Davey Foley(35.23), Pat Trihy(35.54), Alan Kavanagh(34.09), Frankie Walsh(34.42), Ronan O'Brien(35.27) and John Walton (WAC)(27.04). One man of course had more than a personal best. Looking back across recorded results since the 2002/2003 Winter League, Mark Langford topped the course record by a few seconds to finish in 25.41. Imagine what this guy is capable of in a real race situation! Keep it up Mark!

Group 2
Again Group 2 was riddled with improvements, with Andy Vereker striding home in first place, up 2 places on last week. In 2nd and 3rd were Maurice O'Donnell and Frank Tritschler, knocking 3 minutes and 1.5mins off their previous respective bests.
The women were no different, with Maria Walsh most definitely returned to form coming home to take top spot and Martina Fanning and last year's winner Bridget Phelan taking 2nd and 3rd places. With only 3 seconds separating Bridget and Martina last week, both will start together tonight on the same handicap, should prove for an interesting race!
Good to see Alec Crosse maintain his recent spat of sub 40min runs, keep it up Alec!

3 Miles
James Connors stepped up from 2nd place the previous week to take gold last week ahead of all other 3 milers. Hot on his heels though was Helen Grimes, leading the ladies home for the 3rd consecutive week. With this in mind, she'll pay heavily tonight with a big handicap! Newcomer Amy Fitzgerald did brilliantly to take 2nd place just ahead of last week's 2nd placer, Helena Dunphy. Helena is most definitely a role model for any recent mothers out there!!
The 2nd and 3rd men home were both Michaels, Wadding and Burke, respectively. Good to see the Burke husband and wife duo topping the results across the 3 and 5 milers! There's surely great competitiveness at home!
Fastest of the 3 milers on the night were Wayne Allen(19.18) and Sylvia Malone (23.33).

1.5 weeks to start of WWAC Spring Series
Don't forget, if you'd like to ramp up your training distance, or even just maintain your recent progress, the West Waterford Athletic Club Spring Series begins with a 10 mile road race in Dungarvan on February 13th. If 10 miles is too much for you, there are 2 other 5 milers as well as a 10k in the following weeks. Check out their website for further details, www.westwaterfordathletics.org.

5 Mile - Group 1
Ladies
Mary Burke 37.03
Chelly Brennan 35.34
Collette Holland 34.12

Men
Tim Sherman 49.00
Derek Finn 35.24
Darren Waugh 34.24

5 Mile - Group 2
Ladies
Maria Walsh 38.13
Martina Fanning 39.29
Bridget Phelan 39.26

Men
Andy Vereker 37.09
Maurice O'Donnell 40.50
Frank Tritschler 38.15

3 Mile
Ladies
Helen Grimes 23.54
Amy Fitzgerald 27.20
Helena Dunphy 26.18

Men
James Connors 23.05
Michael Wadding 22.31
Michael Burke 25.40

Word of warning !!
There were a couple of potentially very dangerous incidents last week on the Cork Road by the lights at Ballybeg. While the marshalls are there to help make traffic aware of what is happening and to encourage them to stop while you steam past, the ultimate responsibility rests on your own shoulders. DO NOT ASSUME that because there are marshalls at a junction it is safe to proceed. Many drivers will continue driving through a junction or with a green light, whether or not there is a marshall present. YOU have you make sure your way through a junction is clear before storming through. One or two runners will be approached this week regarding their own and others safety. If you think you might be one of these people, please think twice and look twice next time you approach a junction. Thanks!

Have you your 8 runs done??
If you've only 5 runs done, with only 3 weeks left, you need to turn up at all three to be in with a chance to win a prize at the end of the League. If you haven't run with us at all yet, it's still not to late to enter and join in for the last 3 weeks to get a flavour of what's on offer! Just bring your runners and 5euro to the RSC on the Cork Road tonight at 6.30pm.
The final night of the league and prize-giving night is February 16th, so book those babysitters!
Check out www.waterfordroadrunners.ie for further updates and information on upcoming runs. Thanks most kindly to the Gardai and all the marshalls that arrived to help out last week. Marshalls included, Attie Jackman, Graham Coady's friend(!), Alan Everett, Gerry Madden, Con Kelleher and Stephen Elliott. Thanks also to Cathal Lowe and Deirdre Chapman for looking after the entries and results! Don't forget that a night marshalling or helping with results will count as a race run, so even if you're injured you can come along and enjoy the night from a different perspective!

     
5 Mile			
Place	Name		Bib Num	Time	
				Mins	Secs
1	Tim Sherman	870	49	00
2	Derek Finn	299	35	24
3	Darren Waugh	297	34	24
4	John Stephenson	975	35	16
5	Seamus Mason	914	35	52
6	Lory O'Hanlon	257	34	57
7	Paul Prendergast	281	33	59
8	Paul Murray	987	35	00
9	Mary Burke	875	37	03
10	Chelley Brennan	956	35	34
11	Michael McGrath	969	29	37
12	Brian Deveraux	932	34	20
13	James Cullinane	282	33	33
14	Darryl Hale	909	30	34
15	Nicholas Halley	961	30	35
16	Eoin Palmer	972	30	36
17	James Sullivan	939	28	07
18	Des Colbert	888	28	08
19	Larry Kennedy	890	28	09
20	Mark Langford	952	25	41 **
21	PJ Dwyer		943	30	44
22	Kevin Malone	871	31	14
23	Barry Murray	276	33	48
24	Sean Flynn	280	36	49
25	Joe Rossiter	999	30	51
26	David Foley	974	35	23
27	Pat Trihy		992	35	54
28	Alan Kavanagh	911	34	09
29	Vincent Power	277	33	40
30	Larry Douglas	298	37	11
31	Frankie Walsh	919	34	42
32	Collette Holland	873	34	12
33	Marina Power	942	31	45 **
34	Brenda Lowe	884	37	49
35	Joanne Jackman	951	33	20
36	Fergus O'Connell	264	33	22
37	David Cooney	941	34	26
38	Ronan O'Brien	962	35	27
39	Gerard Doyle	275	37	59
40	Alan Whelan	937	32	60
41	John Dalton (WAC)	994	27	04
42	Trevor Doonan	259	38	35
43	TJ Van der Valk	283	36	12
43	Joe Cawley	936	36	43
44	David Drohan	892	30	20
45	John Browne	971	33	21
46	Sharon Sutton	926	38	52
47	Mick Power	973	31	38
48	Ruth Ahern	867	35	13
49	Pat Keating	945	36	37
50	Kenny Power	996	37	20
51	William Walsh	294	34	35
52	Andy Vereker	289	37	09
53	John Heffernan	287	35	16
54	John Kiely		925	34	60
55	Jim Bourke	861	39	34
56	Brian Swaby	874	31	46
57	Frank Walsh	876	31	19
58	Michael Neville	866	37	07
59	Maria Walsh	907	38	13
60	Maurice O'Donnell	984	40	50
61	Martina Fanning	288	39	29
62	Frank Tritschler	255	38	14
63	Billy Bennett	300	39	19
64	Bridget Phelan	965	39	26
65	Declan McGrath	252	42	29
66	Sean Moran	893	39	48
67	Alec Crosse	864	39	53
68	Tara Walsh	970	42	41
69	Adele Walsh	260	42	41
70	Kerrie O'Connor	295	43	21

3 Mile			
Place	Name		Bib Num	Time	
				Mins	Secs
1	James Connors	321	23	05
2	Helen Grimes	696	23	54
3	Amy Fitzgerald	326	27	20
4	Michael Wadding	699	22	31
5	Michael Burke	877	25	40
6	Michael Cleere	662	26	15
7	David Shelley	616	24	47
8	Helena Dunphy	322	26	18
9	Paul Devlin	633	23	09
10	Jason O'Driscoll	689	20	44
11	Wayne Allen	933	19	18
12	Ann Kavanagh	903	27	25
13	Valerie Furlong	607	27	27
14	Sylvia Malone	608	23	33
15	Brian Sweeney	658	23	34
16	Michael Leechmere	931	23	35
17	Susan Murphy	683	26	36
18	Yvonne Hale	656	26	14
19	Mags Power	643	23	16
20	Aoife Burke	630	27	37
21	Lupeta Burke	657	27	38
22	Graham Coady	680	20	39
23	Tommy Rowe	327	30	13
24	Grainne Lawton	629	27	45
25	Maria Grant	642	28	17
26	Orla Kavanagh	682	30	19
27	Sinead Ronayne	681	30	19
28	Joanne Heffernan	666	30	23
29	Karen McGrath	606	30	28
30	Anthony Campbell	692	23	08
31	Jacquie Power	676	30	45
32	Deirdre Jones	686	24	22
33	Micheal Kavanagh	604	25	56
34	Sile Elliott		684	27	30
35	Jane Dunphy	634	29	08
36	Mary Sexton	624	29	22
37	Katherine O'Sullivan	654	27	33
38	Gemma Dewberry	669	34	19
39	Mary Sexton	624	32	27
40	Kate Madden	697	34	44
41	Stephen McNamara	324	29	50
42	Jenny Darcy	328	35	56
43	Susan Creed	329	35	58
44	Beth O'Leary	620	35	59
45	Carly O'Neill	647	36	19
46	Trish Coady	674	39	40
47	Eileen O'Sullivan	675	39	41
48	Olive Roche	325	43	13

 See you February 2nd!
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