Lucan Harriers AC 5 Mile

The Lucan 5 Mile had record numbers for their 5 Mile and Juvenile races. Over 700 signed up for the 5 mile and approximately a few 150 kids. We had the Gods looking down on us in terms of weather. Overnight the Dublin area had extremely strong winds and heavy rain showers. Like a light switch the wind had vanished at about 7am and the morning remained dry.
There was great energy and excitement before the main 5 mile race as the kids races gave us plenty of entertainment.

The host club Lucan Harriers looked after the participants extremely well. Music, fun, cakes and a well organised event made this a very enjoyable event. This was also part of the Dublin Athletics 5 Mile Road Race championships. Many clubs packed heavily to look for honors. It was very well attended overall by Dublin clubs. Check the club stats in our Stats Report

The race itself was won by probably the masters athlete of the year Colm Rooney of Clonliffe Harriers. Colm blitzed home in a time of 24:09. Robert Murphy of Donore Harriers was 2nd and also an over 40 athlete. His time was 25:07. The masters athletes are certainly running to new heights over the last couple of years with some great performances. We had a young up and coming athlete from Lucan Harriers in 3rd place. Dylan Wright clocked 25:14.

Clonliffe had a convincing Team win for both the open race with 3 to score and the Dublin Champs with 4 to score. You can check out all the team scoring and age cats for bothe the open race and the Dublin Champs in our results.

The women's race was won by the race favourite Faye Dervan of Dublin City Harriers and coached by Feidhlin in Dublin Track Club. Faye had plenty of time to spare over her closest rival and used many of the male athletes to push herself forward. She crossed the line in a time of 29:15. In 2nd place was Orna Dignam in a time of 30:54. Lucan Harriers had another athlete on the podium in 3rd place. Alicja Kowalczyk came home at a time of 30:57. 2nd and 3rd place went right to the wire.

Lucan Harriers had a great day as they won the women's open team race prize and the Dublin Champs.

Check out all the results, stats, some pics and race videos attached to results below