The MSB ST.Patrick’s Festival 5k 2019 took place on Monday 18th March with about 1300 finishers in this annual race around the city centre. First home for Rathfarnham WSAF AC was Clare Sullivan, finishing as 6th woman overall in a time of 18:21. Pearse Coyle was1st M50 in 18:36. Tom Cuddy was 1st M55 in 18:40 and the man well on the way back, John McCabe was 3rd M60 in 20:08. Alexander Fraser ran 21:52. Well done to all who took part.
Rathfarnham WSAF AC had two runners in the 2019 Mullingar Half Marathon on St. Patrick's Day. Seán Hehir, a man back on an upward trajectory again, was just piped for first place in a time of 68:06. Paul Stephenson who is getting into great form for his upcoming marathon was an excellent 4th in 69:34. There was a severe headwind along the canal in the second half of the race which would obviously favour tough Rathfarnham lads!!
With wind, rain and sunshine it was ideally tough for a good performance for David Power at the Bohermeen Meath Spring Half Marathon 2019 on Sunday March 10th. He ran a massive 90s PB to come 19th overall in a time of 1:15:41. Donagh Powell ran a calculated 1:20:04 (we won’t ask about the 4s!) in preparation for his upcoming marathon and back in action Miriam McCormack ran an excellent 1:46:59 in the W50s. Well done to the trio on great individual performances.
In one of the performances of the year so far Rathfarnham WSAF AC's Shane O'Neill ran a super time of 4:11:16 to take silver in the M45 1500m at AIT. His time was so fast it was even better than the M35 and M40 winners!! Bad luck having a double masters world champion winner in his age group!
There were three Rathfarnham WSAF AC athletes in the IMRA Maulin Hill Race on Saturday March 9th . Great runs saw them all finish in the top 10. Peter O’Farrell was 2nd, Ciaran Aylward 7th and Gael Hernandez 10th. Well done to the trio.
