Waterford Road Runners

Road Runners Winter League Week 9 , Thursday January 26th, sponsored by:
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Glad I'm not a brass monkey!

3 weeks to go
Hard to believe we’re 3 quarters of the way through this year’s winter league. With 3 weeks still to go it’s hard to believe that entries have topped 370. No doubt this will increase again before the end, given that new people are still turning up each Thursday night. It’s a terrific indictment of the potential for everyone to get out, get fit and even have fun. Almost half of those 370 had never run before and are now bonafide runners (that includes those of you that take walk breaks!).

One for the road
Or rather, one for the footpath. Unfortunately we again have to caution runners to run on the footpath. Last Thursday night there were several groups of runners running okn the road after the turning point. One of these runners almost caused a woman to crash and resulted in her giving, quite fairly, a rather large chunk of her mind to one of our marshalls. Neither the driver, nor the marshall deserved for that to happen as it was neither of their faults, but one of yours out there. Will you shoulder the responsibility of someone crashing car because of you? I doubt it, which would mean the end of the Winter League. And while those of you that run on the road flaunt the rules as you’ll probably go out and do your own run anyway, there are people that depend on the league to get them out and motivated to run. So next time you decide to run on the road facing oncoming traffic, ask yourself ‘Do I want to be the one that causes a premature end to the Winter League for almost 400 people?’

Perfect weather for PBs
In case you don’t know the lingo, a PB is a personal best and many of you had one last Thursday night. There wasn’t a puff of wind to slow runners down so most improved over both routes, some dramatically. Some of those were John Carew, as part of a bet to beat a colleague, Fergus O’Connell who is now down to sub 6 minute miles after a steady improvement since before Christmas and Brea Cooke who broke 30mins for the first time this year

2.5 mile improvers
On the shorter route side of things, Mary Power knocked a whopping 4 mins off her time to finish well under 30 mins in 29.21. Conan Gallagher has improved by over 10 minutes since his first run on week 3, dipping under 20mins. Interesting to note that we had 2 Jennifer Dorans, one newbie from last week, and one from day 1 who has improved her time by over 4 minutes. Well done to both!!

League Tables
Keep an eye out for this week’s League table in the lobby of the RSC. Don’t forget that there are a number of divisions, with runners on the lowest number of points, not necessarily the fastest in the top divisions. Your scores over your best 8 runs will be included at the end if you have run more than 8, so if you had a couple of bad runs, make sure to keep coming along so that one of those might be replaced by a better outing. If you improve more than the rest on a particular night you will earn less points and thus a better score. The divisions can change based on whether runners run enough races and movement of runners up and down the ladder.
Anyone that has run 5 runs to date is included as they can still make their 8 race target. That said we have prizes across the board on our final night for a variety of reasons so it’s always worth giving your best! 

BB
No, not Big Brother, Big Bus. That’s what Joe’s had to order for Ballycotton because of the huge interest. So, bearing in mind that there are over 4000 entrants and that you cannot drive your car within 10 miles of Ballycotton on the day, in might be worth considering the bus. Just give your name and a 10Euro deposit to Joe Cawley on Thursday night.

Waterford AC presents Spring Series  
No doubt you’ve been losing sleep, wondering what’s next after the winter league finishes. Worry no more. Waterford AC will host a 3 race Spring Series over 3 consecutive Sundays starting March 19^th. The distance is 5k and entry fee 8Euro per race. You can pre-register for the 3 races however for only 20Euro, at next week’s winter league. There is an array of prizes on offer for each race as well as tea and biccies after in the Waterford Crystal Sports Centre (which is also where entries on the day will be taken). For more information see www.waterfordac.com.

4.5 Mile			
Position	Name			Bib Num	Time	
					Mins	Secs
1	David Flynn		29	33	09
2	John Carew		190	34	11
3	Suzanne Flynn		863	37	15
4	Christy Hennessy		30	32	22
5	John Stephenson		175	33	28
6	Kieran Whelan		11	29	28
7	Donal Breslin		82	29	34
8	Michael Flynn		153	33	36
9	Fergus Nolan		71	37	13
10	Dessie Fitzgerald		566	34	46
11	Fiona Ryan		629	37	55
12	Michael Power		865	28	25
13	Grainne O'Callaghan		47	32	56
14	Michael Corbett		737	31	27
15	Ted O'Kennedy		736	32	57
16	Louise Fowler		17	36	58
17	Andrew Vereker		729	30	59
18	Jim Heylin		 	79	33	32
19	Maria Hennessy Begadon	31	37	03
20	Peter Murpny		732	31	04
21	Barry Rush		864	29	05
22	Jim Duhig			146	31	06
23	Brian Sauvage		94	32	37
24	Frank Tritschler		69	31	07
25	Sharon Sutton		119	33	38
26	Anne Fitzgerald		90	31	08
27	Kieran Wymberry		70	32	39
28	John Browne		194	29	09
29	Mags Power		98	31	40
30	Austin Dunne		633	32	10
31	Brian Sweeney		78	31	44
32	David Foley		186	31	46
33	Gerard Doyle		627	31	48
34	Fergus O'Connell		182	26	19
35	Mark Redmond		85	34	21
36	Pat Trihy			187	31	23
37	Conor Reidy		112	26	54
38	Kieran Cleary		136	31	26
39	Ivan O'Doherty		16	34	28
40	Gemma Dewberry		8	33	59
41	Ray Murray		73	34	02
42	Susan Murphy		242	35	33
43	Bill Doherty		862	27	34
44	Paul Merriman		35	36	06
45	Barry Murray		135	26	37
46	Noel Dillon 		133	28	39
47	Ian Hayes			178	33	10
48	Eoin Palmer		126	28	13
49	James Sullivan		15	23	43
50	Sylvia Malone		97	31	44
51	Billy McGuire		3	27	16
52	Garry McCarthy		77	36	17
53	Mary Quinn		141	40	48
54	Maeve O'Brien		18	38	18
55	Alan Kavanagh		52	29	19
56	Paul Heffernan		92	30	50
57	Keith O'Connor		14	28	24
58	Shane McDonagh		188	36	54
59	Helena Dunphy		58	35	58
60	Alan Whelan		184	28	29
61	Lory O'Hanlon		137	33	01
62	Rupert Maddock		176	29	02
63	Brea Cooke		108	29	33
64	Sean Fahey		734	30	04
65	Jason O'Brien		4	30	05
66	Patrick Chapman		196	25	06
67	Louise Casey		623	33	37
68	Darryl Hale		168	26	38
69	Emmett Malone		730	29	39
70	Brid Higgins		169	39	10
71	Des Daly			630	33	52
72	Liam Walsh		148	27	12
73	John Heffernan		163	31	15
74	PJ Dwyer			110	27	16
75	Wayne Allen		6	29	47
76	Jim Bourke			51	31	49
77	Bernie Sexton		9	37	51
78	Martina Fanning		189	32	24
79	Kerrie O'Connor		116	34	55
80	Niall Flynn		615	29	55
81	Katherine O'Sullivan		100	36	26
82	John Casey		154	25	57
83	Damien Walsh		253	28	34
84	Sean McLoughlin		181	31	05
85	Pat Keating		109	31	06
86	Mark Quinlan		605	31	06
87	Deirdre Chapman		101	36	07
88	Liam Cuddihy		105	29	38
89	Kevin Malone		95	27	09
90	Lorcan O'Muirt		619	30	41
91	Niall McGrath		84	33	46
92	Richard Bolger		628	34	51
93	Ronan Delaney		161	34	23
94	Gavin Barden		33	30	54
95	John Kent			172	27	00
96	Jane Dunphy		118	42	16
97	John Kiely			120	32	03
98	Brian Deveraux		167	29	16
99	Des Hoctor		195	33	17
100	Grace Leonard		39	42	54
101	Eamon O'Byrne		87	35	42
102	Naomi Flynn		55	35	00
103	Fiona Doolan		13	39	02
104	Jeff Davy			68	36	07
105	Nicky Quinlan		185	34	19
106	Con Burns			62	30	24
107	Clare Doherty		102	36	58
108	Andy Dollard		41	31	15
109	Martin Flynn		61	33	14

2.5 Mile			
Position	Name			Bib Num	Time	
					Mins	Secs
1	Declan Flanagan		282	21	15
2	Kate Madden		229	24	20
3	Anthony Stone		283	26	32
4	Paul Curtayne		634	19	43
5	Naomi Power		307	20	47
6	Ken Healy			315	21	02
7	Conan Gallagher		272	19	45
8	Mary Power		211	29	21
9	Suzanne Wymberry		310	22	39
10	Aoife Rush		281	20	46
11	Marie Cadogan		303	24	24
12	Nicola Harte		288	21	28
13	Ger Scully			220	22	04
14	Cora Wynberry		297	22	07
15	Carol Chapman		292	22	39
16	Wendy Merriman		301	25	46
17	Angela Kirby		278	23	52
18	Melissa Brennan		298	22	58
19	Chelley Brennan		296	18	59
20	Sinead Fox		312	22	02
21	Tina Connolly		279	21	35
22	Niamh Lonergan		260	23	38
23	Niamh Barry		316	26	10
24	Julie Kerin			274	26	20
25	Charlotte McKenna		300	26	22
26	Caitriona O'Gorman		202	23	53
27	Keith Power		235	19	24
28	Michael Kavanagh		228	19	28
29	Elaine Kervick		219	26	03
30	Liz Mitchell		291	21	10
31	Paul Carroll		293	17	42
32	David Grace		259	14	46
33	Derek Grant		231	18	48
34	Francis Lonergan		236	23	52
35	Nigel O'Connor		230	18	53
36	Mairead O'Shea		215	26	25
37	Albert Tebay		233	17	04
38	Caroline Kavanagh		225	25	36
39	Valerie Tebay		234	21	10
40	John Ryan			67	21	11
41	Karen Laird		309	21	45
42	Jennifer Doran		226	24	16
43	Susan Jacob		258	25	17
44	Cyril Cawley		250	18	53
45	Ann Kavanagh		32	21	31
46	Orla Rafferty		311	30	33
47	Waneta Spain		206	21	05
48	Niamh Sullivan		208	21	08
49	Mary Gallagher		271	25	54
50	Celine McHugh		247	23	56
51	Maria Grant		99	22	57
52	Stephen Lacey		207	22	58
53	Jason Caulfield		256	19	06
54	Richard Daly		251	23	11
55	Jennifer Doran		317	31	29

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