National Half Marathon Championship Letterkenny Sunday 3rd September

Close

General

National Half Marathon Championship Letterkenny Sunday 3rd September

3 September 2006

You're viewing an article from our old website. While we've made efforts to retain all news from past Athletics Ireland websites, this article was created based on the old site's capabilities, so there may be formatting or layout issues on this page.

Joe McAllister, St Malachy's Belfast won an absorbing national half marathon today in Letterkenny defeating Cian McLoughlin, Clonliffe in a time of 66 minutes 4 secs with McLoughlin just 5 secs behind in 2nd place.It was one of the best national half marathons for a number of years as both athletes posted good times in the blustery conditions. Both McAllister and McLoughlin will now be hoping for nomination by Athletics Ireland for the IAAF World Road Championship over 20K in Debrecen, Hungary in October.Paul McNamara , Athenry ran a fine race to finish 3rd in 67.48. Jill Shannon , Lagan Valley made it a double for Northern athletes easily winning the women's race in 77 mins 58 secs finishing a long way clear of the Sportsworld pair of Sanrda Gowran (84.38) and Lucy Darcy (85.36) National Half Marathon Championships Individual Results (Link Fixed)