Longford Marathon 2018 (19th Aug)

Starting on the main street in Longford Town, the nice flat course for the Longford Marathon on Sunday 19th August took the 180 entrants through parts of Counties Longford, Roscommon and Leitrim beside the River Shannon before finishing again in Longford Town. Though the weather was dull and overcast, it was also very mild and humid, which is not always ideal for long distance running. Coping well though, Kieran Nolan was very happy with his run in 3 hours 8 minutes and 54 seconds. Further back, Willie Ahearne seemed to struggle a bit in the closing miles and finished in 4 hours 39 minutes and 55 seconds but was glad to have endured to complete the distance. The marathon was part of a festival that included a 5k, half marathon and ultra marathon and among the half marathon runners we spotted Aine O’Reilly on pace-making duties, guiding a group to 1 hour 45 minutes, which for someone of her class and ability, was really just an easy Sunday run!