June 4th 2023

Cork City Marathon weekend is a very special weekend in the Cork racing calendar, and this year was one to remember. The sun was shining, the crowds were cheering & the atmosphere was electric. The Cork City Marathon, Half Marathon & this year the new 10K event brings together runners at all levels with one goal in mind; to put in their best effort to cover the distance. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our Eagle athletes on their achievements and look at a few highlights of the weekend.

The Full Marathon Participants

Some brilliant results in the marathon with Vivian Foley once again leading the club home in a fantastic time. Mark & Anthony were the next two Eagles over the line with PB runs from both and brilliant running by the two training partners. Aoife Cooke crossed the line as the 3hr pacer and 4th lady overall in the Marathon, and great thanks due to Aoife who was a late enrolment to the pacer team. An impressive performance from Ethan Bevan in his first outing in the Eagle singlet & his first marathon. Martin O Leary has kept us up to date on his training through his blog in the run up to the Marathon and ran a fantastic race. Jane Power also ran an excellent first marathon. Despite the heat there were plenty of PB’s and some very strong running from Eagle AC.

9 1397 VIVIAN FOLEY Eagle AC 02:38:17 02:38:14
18 322 MARK MURPHY Eagle AC 02:47:47 02:47:42
28 1811 ANTHONY MC CARTHY Eagle AC 02:50:41 02:50:37
57 17 AOIFE COOKE Eagle AC 02:58:53 02:58:48
98 2002 DAVID O’KEEFFE Eagle AC 03:06:43 03:06:32
129 1268 JIM O BYRNE Eagle AC 03:11:42 03:11:26
177 1270 ETHAN BEVAN Eagle AC 03:17:25 03:17:07
180 643 SIOBHAN HOLLAND Eagle AC 03:18:16 03:18:05
196 642 MARTIN LYNCH INDEPENDENT 03:20:36 03:20:25
236 2158 PETER FLEMING Eagle AC 03:24:58 03:24:52
264 803 KEN MULCAHY Eagle AC 03:27:36 03:27:22
296 69 MARTIN O LEARY Eagle AC 03:29:22 03:29:11
313 592 MARESSA MILLS Eagle AC 03:32:09 03:31:41
356 913 JOHN SHEEHAN Eagle AC 03:36:17 03:36:02
413 630 SHANE O ROURKE Eagle AC 03:41:22 03:40:24
494 697 ANDREW MACDONALD Eagle AC 03:46:11 03:45:44
519 1351 DENIS CARROLL Eagle AC 03:48:26 03:47:45
771 1361 TONY O’LEARY Eagle AC 04:05:04 04:03:02
820 338 JANE POWER INDEPENDENT 04:08:09 04:07:17
1163 671 CHARLIE BYRD Eagle AC 04:32:40 04:31:30
1185 395 PATRICK RYAN Eagle AC 04:33:37 04:33:05
1294 2091 AENID DOHERTY Eagle AC 04:42:54 04:42:17
1479 2072 PROINNSIAS O’KEEFFE Eagle AC 05:00:27 04:58:53
1571 783 ALAN WONG Eagle AC 05:13:45 05:11:42

The Half Marathon Participants

First time out in the Eagle Singlet and Adam Doyle leads the Eagles home in a superb sub 77 min half marathon! Fantastic performances from our racers & pacers.

12    5606    ADAM DOYLE    Eagle AC    01:17:01    01:16:57
15    6859    KEN INCE    Eagle AC    01:18:00    01:17:57
68    7074    JASON O’MAHONY    Eagle AC    01:27:16    01:27:10
84    4643    BRIAN MC GUIRE    Eagle AC    01:29:26    01:29:19
103  4889    MARTIN LEAHY    Eagle AC    01:29:53    01:29:42
109  4359    SEAN O KEEFFE    Eagle AC    01:30:01    01:29:51 (PACER)
134  5680    PAT O’CONNOR    Eagle AC    01:32:10    01:32:06
260  6644    MIKE MC GRATH    Eagle AC    01:39:30    01:38:51
414  4658    KAREN BEVAN    Eagle AC    01:44:43    01:43:53
539  4031    MICHELLE TRAYNOR    Eagle AC    01:48:19    01:47:22
540  6329    RUAIRI EGAN    Eagle AC    01:48:19    01:47:30
594  5900    LISA BOLAND    Eagle AC    01:49:37    01:48:15
610  6317    MARTIN DALY    Eagle AC    01:49:57    01:48:28
723  6205    MAIREAD PEREZ    Eagle AC    01:52:12    01:51:19
724  4422    DENIS BROWNE    Eagle AC    01:52:12    01:51:18
808  6424    MICHAEL NOONAN    Eagle AC    01:54:32    01:53:25
898  7056    NIALL MC SWEENEY    Eagle AC    01:56:11    01:54:43
921  4029    IAN O BRIEN    Eagle AC    01:56:46    01:54:46
954  6566    DAMIEN GERAGHTY    Eagle AC    01:57:16    01:55:54
1040 5382    DENIS LOONEY    Eagle AC    01:58:41    01:56:09
1264 4351    ELAINE GUINANE    Eagle AC    02:02:21    01:59:24 (PACER)
1271 4659    DANIEL LUXTON    Eagle AC    02:02:26    01:59:55
1278  4349    ED FITZGERALD    Eagle AC    02:02:35    01:59:28 (PACER)
1388  6388    DAVID LYNCH    Eagle AC    02:04:50    02:01:46
1568  5915    GREGG MOORE    Eagle AC    02:08:22    02:05:25
1607  5381    BERNADETTE LOONEY    Eagle AC    02:08:58    02:04:49
2186  5091    JOHN SWANTON    Eagle AC    02:19:36    02:15:47
2406  4346    TAMARA LOPEZ    Eagle AC    02:24:37    02:19:21 (PACER)
2463   5710    FRANCES O’CONNOR    Eagle AC    02:26:18    02:23:07
2926   4350    EIMEAR BURKE    Eagle AC    02:43:21    02:40:23 (PACER)
3188  6643    KAREN O SULLIVAN    Eagle AC    03:43:46    03:36:20
3191  6642    SINEAD POWER    Eagle AC    03:46:04    03:38:38

The 10k participants

What a finish from our two leading Eagles home in the 10K Derek & Paul with an amazing duplicate in Chip and Gun times! We would like to give a big welcome back to Glenn Kenneally who was able to wear his Eagle singlet and stand on the race start line for the first time in 2 years. The 10k proved an incredibly successful addition to the weekend with over 5,000 participants registering.

30    8868    DEREK OKEEFFE    Eagle AC    00:36:34    00:36:30
31   9607    PAUL COTTER    Eagle AC    00:36:34    00:36:30
137  8677    JACK MURPHY    Eagle AC    00:41:47    00:41:33
196  11705   SEAN LUCEY    Eagle AC    00:44:19    00:44:04
224  8200    RUAIRI EGAN    Eagle AC    00:44:54    00:44:40 (PACER)
229  8927    PADRAIG SHEEHAN    Eagle AC    00:44:58    00:44:41
303  9672    GARY GIBBONS    Eagle AC    00:47:19    00:46:56
360  10950    BRIAN HEGARTY    Eagle AC    00:48:38    00:47:32
369  11456    BRENDAN DALY    Eagle AC    00:48:52    00:48:00
406   8325    PAT TWOMEY    Eagle AC    00:49:35    00:49:30
432   8199    KAREN BEVAN    Eagle AC    00:49:57    00:49:29 (PACER)
470   10877   DEREK COSTELLO    Eagle AC    00:50:35    00:49:45
576   9255    MARIA MADIGAN    Eagle AC    00:52:05    00:51:16
929   12115   GLENN KENNEALLY    Eagle AC    00:56:41    00:56:11
955   11343   DEIRDRE CASEY    Eagle AC    00:56:56    00:53:59
1371 10428   KAREN MC HUGH    Eagle AC    01:01:04    00:57:54
1728  11731  REBECCA O’RIORDAN    Eagle AC    01:04:22    01:00:22
2043  10427   JACQUELINE SLYNE    Eagle AC    01:06:58    01:03:46

The Eagle support crew on Farranlea road were a welcome sight. Captain Finbarr Lehane, Chairman Grellan McGrath & Ian Roche were providing cheers and support, and best of all handing out Mr Freeze ice lollies!

The ‘Marathon Afterparty’ in Deep South brought a brilliant end to the weekend with great credit due to Damian Kenneally & Brain Ahern of The Runners Diary Podcast for the work and organisation that went into this. It was such a memorable afternoon, gathering everyone together for post race reflections and hearing from their many guests on stage. Brilliantly organised & brilliantly executed by Damian & Brian.

Thank you!

Thank you to all of the organisers, all the volunteers, all the paramedics who worked very hard on the day, the Gardai, the photographers, the supporters and so many people along the way that make this event possible. Great credit is due to the ‘The Cork City Marathon’ organising team and Race Director Eamon Hayes of Eagle A.C. The work, preparations and dedicated time and effort that go into events like this are astronomical. This is the most important running event in Cork running calendar and we should all work together to build this up & support our marathon towards continued success in the future.

Until next year well done to everyone & hope you all enjoy the memories of an amazing weekend.