Since our last report our runners have been put through the mill first at the Reeks Skyline in Kerry, the Glendalough Tucker Trail ultra and the last three rounds of the Leinster League at Crone, Ballinastoe and Great Sugarloaf.
Reeks Skyline
John Conway kicked off the fun in Kerry on the extremely difficult Reeks Skyline, taking in Carrauntoohil and it’s sister peaks. Winner Conall Whelan set a new CR. Despite suffering some ankle trouble during and after Johnny got through once again in what continues to be a busy summer since he completed the Cape Wrath 400k in June.

RESULT
1. Conall Whelan (UCD AC) 3:42:33 (CR)
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
34. John Conway 5:54:10
COILLTE CRONE CAPER
The Coillte Crone Caper race went ahead as planned after some concern around the fires nearby and it was a gruesome uphill battle for our quintet of Torben, Rene, Aran, Angus and Eoin. Aran led early on with Torben and Rene in close attendance with Rene eventually taking the lead and cresting the summit first before coming a cropper with a bad ankle injury shortly into the descent. Torben retook the lead halfway down leading the team home in 24th.

RESULT
1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 0:51:39 (CR)
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
25. Torben Dahl 1:04:09
26. René Borg 1:04:45
30. Aran Lynham 1:05:30
41. Angus Tyner 1:08:35
48. Eoin Kennedy 1:10:17
GLENDALOUGH TUCKER TRAIL 80K
Graham Bushe and Brian Lydon took over racing duties in the weekend at the Glendalough Tucker Trail and Graham secured 5th overall and 1st M50 with Brian solid in the mid-pack

RESULT
1. Brian McFlynn (Newcastle AC) 7:59:11
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
5. Graham Bushe 9:08:11 (1st M50)
24. Brian Lydon 10:50:11
BALLINASTOE
Torben and Eoin followed up their exertions at Crone a bit further south on the chaotic course at Ballinastoe finishing ‘to recent par’. Reeks winner Conall Whelan scorched around in 49 minutes.

RESULT
1. Conall Whelan (UCD AC) 0:49:05
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
28. Torben Dahl 0:59:22
46. Eoin Kennedy 1:06:11
SUGARLOAF BBQ

This left only one race in the Leinster League and Graham Bushe was recovered enough from the Tucker Trail to earn his ‘club 100’ t-shirt here. Graham made the last LL race of the season his first go at this year’s league and lead us home in 18th position. In the overall league our men didn’t really feature as none completed the minimum 7 races for a full score (Torben finished highest – in 78th out of 574 – with 6 races to score) with most having completed 2-4 races. But there was enough solid performances to suggest that our large squad of hill runners could do well in the upcoming Wicklow Athletics Off-Road Championship.
RESULT
1. Derek Crammond (Parnell AC) 0:33:57
——GLENDALOUGH AC RUNNERS————-
18. Graham Bushe 0:40:56
46. Torben Dahl 0:45:34