Dunboyne 10k 2026 – Euro. 10,000m Cup Standard for Claire Fagan (22nd Mar)

A small group from Mullingar Harriers travelled to Dunboyne on Sunday morning 22nd March to compete in the Dunboyne 10k Road Race. The race attracted a field of 1,585 runners to the county Meath village and the course brought the athletes from the centre of the village on a loop around local county road before returning through the village and into the Dunboyne AC track for the final 400m of the race on the track.

Claire Fagan set out at a fast pace covering the first mile in 5:13. As she settled into the race she was able to hold a steady pace clicking off each of the next five miles in an average of 5:25 per mile. Claire was always in the mix with the leading women and only lost out to the winner and second placed athletes in the dash for the finish on the final 400m around the track, despite running a swift 76 seconds for the last 400m, to finish third woman in 33:35, a big improvement on the 34:06 time she posted on the same course in 2025, but more importantly, this time is also inside the qualifying standard of 33:48 for the European 10,000m Cup, which takes place in May in La Spezia, Italy.

Michael Moran made a return to competitive action for the first time this year and was very pleased to finish well up in 14th place in 31:48, and his mother Nuala Moran was very pleased with her run coming home in 54:45 [DL/MO’S/GD].