Belfast Marathon 2023.
Report by Eamonn Foley about his marathon run :
Several thousand took part in the Belfast marathon which started out at Stormont Castle in perfect conditions. The route brought runners through Ormeau Park, then into the city centre and out towards the Falls and Shankill area before winding its way back to Ormeau Park to finish.
The course is fairly flat with one big hill around 30km. The people of Belfast turned out in their droves to support the runners and walkers (I heard Keep Her Lit at least twenty times). I was pleased to get the first half done in about 1hr 55mins but took the pace down the second half to come in at 4:18. I enjoyed the banter along the route with the people of Belfast full of characters and would recommend it as one to do.
Congratulations Eamonn.
Taghmon Handball Club 5k
A return of a run to Taghmon village was welcomed by over 120 runners and walkers on May Bank Holiday Monday. The club approached our club captain John for assistance and together they organised a very good event which hopefully will remain on the calendar in future years. Great to see so many clubs well represented showing there is a hunger for these events again after all the covid restrictions from previous years. A challenging route with inclines early and late on the route and a well marshalled course. Congratulations to all runners today and it was good to see a large number of our members taking part today.
Results :
Brian Smyth 20:26
Dermot Foley 20:29
Rob Casey 20:43
Martin Kelly 22:14
Fran Power 22:54
Paula Gondard 23:29
John Dier 25:08
Tadhg Henderson 25:37
Darren O'Grady 25:42
Ollie Stack 29:08
Gráinne Hayes 32:44
Sharron Dier 34:41
Siobhan Doyle 38:23
