Longwood 5k and 10k 2018 (21st Oct)

Mullingar athletes to the fore at Longwood 5k and 10k

The early morning misty rain on Sunday morning 21st October cleared to give dry calm conditions, which were perfect for the Longwood 5k and 10k road races and clearly suited the small group from Mullingar that took part. Among the 171 finishers of the 5k race, Kedagh Geoghegan was delighted to finish 3rd in 19:01 and win an individual prize, followed closely by Philip Burke in 6th place in 19:50 to win his master category and Paul Ginnell 9th in 20:28 to win his master category too, so a very happy trio from Mullingar all getting prizes. There were 191 finishers in the longer 10k race, where first home for Mullingar was Kieran Nolan in 13th place in 38:50, ahead of Joan Flynn in 39:41, 17th overall and 1st woman to finish.