Athlone Half Marathon & 10k 2023 (24th Sept)

A new venture by Athlone AC, the Athlone Half Marathon and 10k 0n Sunday 24th September started and finished on the track at the TUS Athlone Campus. Run on a very flat course and taking in part of the greenway, several Mullingar Harriers athletes took in the half marathon as part of their training for the Dublin City Marathon at the end of October, which is now clearly in their sights.

In a field of just under 200 athletes in the Half Marathon, Kieran Nolan was first home for Mullingar, finishing third in his master category with a time of 1 hour 20 minutes 42 seconds. Mary Stuart had an excellent run to finish third woman overall, first in her master category. Mary’s time of 1:31:24 is a little outside of her best, but she was focused on getting the distance in at her marathon pace. Martin Fitzpatrick is preparing for the New York marathon and was pleased with a time of 1:34:03. Therese Glynn and Paul Byrne both finished together with identical times of 1:43:25 and while John McNamara ran with them for the first 16k he found the final 5k demanding and eased back to finish in 1:47:23.

In the supporting 10k Race, Enda Seery was very pleased with his second place overall finish in a time of 39:41.