Irish Defence Forces “An Cosantóir 10k” 2018 (10th Oct)

Strong performances by Stephen Campbell & Elizabeth Carr

The Irish Defence Forces “An Cosantóir 10k” on Wednesday 10th October was another fantastic event hosted by the Irish Defence Forces in the Phoenix Park. This is an annual event open to all members of the Defence Forces for current, retired and invited personnel. McKee Barracks was the event HQ for the race and the route took the runners around the Phoenix Park and finished back at the Barracks. What’s “An Cosantóir”? It’s the official magazine of the Defence Forces; now you know!

The main 10km race was preceded by an interesting team event where different units run as a group of 25 runners. The group must finish together, the first 20 over the line counting as the unit finishing. Each group is as strong as its weakest link. This creates support and team building with all participants working together.

The main 10k road race was an individual event with age categories and team scoring similar to a Club road race and among the 280 runners was our own Stephen Campbell finishing well up in 13th place in 37:33 and not far behind was Elizabeth Carr who finished very strongly in 18th overall in 38:34, the first woman to finish by a long way. It’s great to see two Club members mixing a busy military career with competitive running.