Well done to all 23 of our athletes who ran in the Jingle Bells 5k in the Phoenix Park on Saturday 02 Dec. 2023. Mitchell Byrne ran the race of his life in winning the race in 14.13. He was closely followed by David Scanlon in 4th place in 14.22. Next home was Louis McCarthy in 32nd who ran 15.34 and along with Mitchell and David, made up our senior team who won the senior men's team prize. Ryan O'Neill ran 15.39 and was 2nd Junior home. Other great runs were had by John McCauley (16.58), Jonathan Hughes (17.14), Sean Mc Creery (17.15), Edwin Keville (18.15), Tom Cuddy (18.44 - 2nd M60), Brian O'Donoghue (18.31), Richard Deeney (18.48), Michael Stuart (19.07), Clare Shiels (20.05), John McCabe (20.30), Barry Mulvhill (20.22), John McHugh (21.06), Esther Lawlor (21.13), Vanessa Sallier (21.23), Mike Long (21.19), Orla Murray (21.46), Alexandra Dunne Martin (21.57), Maria Brennan (23.33) and Jackie Kingston (24.05). Well done to all. Full results on PopupRaces website at https://www.popupraces.ie/.../donore-harriers-jingle.../.
We also had a full team in the Valentia Half Marathon and Marathon in Spain on Sunday 03 dec. 2023. A full report is to follow.
