Springwell Running Club - Press Release – January 5th

Mountains, marathons and forests were the settings for the start of 2020 as Springwell RC members took part in the Race Over the Glen, the East Antrim Marathon Series and the Born 2 Run “Run Forest Run” 10k in Tollymore forest park.

Race Over the Glen

For many local runners the Race Over the Glen, hosted by Ballymena Runners in Glenariff Forest Park, is the traditional start to a New Year of running. The New Years Day event saw 417 runners being serenaded by a piper as they took on the steep climbs and descents of the scenic forest park.

The King and Queen of the Glen were Zak Hanna (Newcastle & District AC) who won for the fourth consecutive year in a time of 33.32 and Karen Wilton (Jog Lisburn Running Club) who finished in a time of 41.18.

Springwell RC were well represented at the race with Alex Brennan (2nd M45), Alister Jamison (3rd M45), Maurice Walker (3rd M50) and Adele Tomb (3rd F45) all achieving podium places in their respective age categories.

Springwell RC Results - 11th John Bell 38:32, 14th Dale Corbett 39:10, 15th Alex Brennan 39:18, 16th Raymond McCann 39:39, 18th Alister Jamison 39:53, 36th Maurice Walker 41:40, 60th Stephen Collins 43:42, 90th Dave Sexton 45:40, 114th Thomas Moore 47:09, 146th Adele Tomb 49:48, 157th Michael Mulvenna 50:36, 172nd Carolyn Crawford51:23, 209th Sarah Dickinson 54:08, 231st Majella McAteer 55:23, 245th David Campbell 56:17, 248th Michael McKeown 56:21, 271st Paul Dornan 57:25, 287th Patrick Magee 58:10, 349th Fergal Mackle 1:03:36, 351st Maria Quinn 1:03:42, 361st Anne Marie McKenna 1:05:08, 362nd Aisling Hynes 1:05:05, 375th Margaret Kearney 1:07:01, 383rd Colin Connolly 1:09:13, 404th Aidan Mooney 1:12:07

East Antrim Marathon Series

The East Antrim Marathon Series hosted events on New Years Eve and New Years Day. The New Years Eve race was a straightforward marathon with 4 laps of the Station Road circuit in Carrickfergus and Springwell RC’s first lady of distance, Helena Dornan finished off 2019 in style as she won the lady’s race with a time of 3.58.02.

With very little time to recover Helena was back on New Year’s Day for the 6 hour challenge. This event is simply how far can you run in 6 hours, but it also incorporates a marathon event which saw Helena start 2020 as she finished 2019 with another win, this time in a time of 4.08. Springwell RC’s Chris Denton was also out on New Years Day and produced another fantastic marathon performance to win the men’s event in 3.03

Run Forest Run

The 5th event in the Born 2 Run “Run Forest Run” series took place on Saturday 4th January in Tollymore Forest Park with 5k and 10k races on offer. Both courses offered plenty of climbing on possibly one of the most challenging events of the series. Springwell RC had three members at Tollymore with Stacey Lyttle 201st in the 5k with a time of 47.48 while in the 10k Andrew Kincaid finished 404th in 1.08.09 and Caroline Owen 432nd in 1.16.44