Edenderry 10 Mile 2023 (16th July)

The 2023 Peugeot Race Series reached its penultimate event at the Edenderry 10 Mile on Sunday morning 16th July. Mullingar Harriers was well represented by 12 athletes among the big field of nearly 350, as they continue to push for an overall podium finish in the mixed team race of 3 men and 3 women finishers from each club.

Despite the dark grey clouds over the start line, the sun burst through and shone for the entire race. Heat, along with a very strong headwind for the first four miles, made for some tough running conditions along the rolling course, which is run mainly on country roads, finishing over 250m on the track where there was lots of local support to cheer the runners home. As expected, the Mullingar contingent had excellent performances. Andrew Nevin finished an excellent third place in 56 minutes 17 seconds, followed by Alan Crowley in 60:15 taking third prize in his master category. Sinead Whitelaw led our women home, finishing an excellent fourth in 63 minutes 42 seconds, with Joan Flynn winning her master category in a time of 68:29. Kieran Nolan was our third man finisher for the team with a time of 64:12 and Jacintha Reilly completed the team of six with a time of 69:09. This was sufficient to earn 4th place on the day in the team event, and should ensure that Mullingar holds on to third place overall in the series heading into the final race in Cork in August.

Our other competitors in Edenderry were James Cribbin (67:12), Tony Doran (68:29), Tommy Byrne (68:28), Enda Seery (69:40), Aisling Corcoran (71:53) and John McNamara making a welcome return to competition after a number of months sidelined with injury, very pleased to cover the distance in 86:26.