Connemara Ultra Marathon

Connemara Ultra Marathon (Galway, Ireland)

Ireland's only ultra-distance race, the Connemara Ultra Marathon over
39.3 miles of mountain roads around the spectacular Connemara
wilderness, took place last Sunday the 26th of March. The ultramarathon
was run in conjunction with a full and half-marathon that saw almost
2,000 brave souls take to the roads in wet and windy weather. =20
Pre-race favourite Attila Vozar from Hungary took off at a brisk pace
and passed through the early miles at roughly 6:20 mins/mile. However
the conditions and terrain were to eventually take their toll on the
young Hungarian's efforts and he faded in the later stages to finish in
fourth place. It was a brave effort however from a talented athlete and
hopefully he'll be back to try again. In the final analysis Irishman
Thomas Maguire from County Fermanagh crossed the line in first position.
Thomas won this event last year and ran superbly well to be only two
minutes slower over the course despite considerably worse conditions.=20

Full results below.=20

Event website at www.connemarathon.com

Pos - No - Name - Gender Pos - Cat Pos - Time

1 39001 Thomas Maguire (M) 1 1 04:30:45
2 39006 Fernando Gutierrez (M) 2 2 04:40:40
3 39076 Brent Teal (M) 3 3 04:41:49
4 39054 Attila Vozar (M) 4 4 04:57:19
5 39029 David Ross (M) 5 5 05:01:22
6 39049 Shane James Whitty (VM40) 6 1 05:15:24
7 39058 Sean McGoldrick (VM40) 7 2 05:27:01
8 39052 Aisling Coppinger (F) 1 1 05:28:33
9 39083 Paul Moran (VM40) 8 3 05:28:33
10 39024 Gary Fegan (M) 9 6 05:30:23
11 39071 Ignas Staskevicius (M) 10 7 05:37:39
12 39010 Jon Bateman (VM50) 11 1 05:40:08
13 39034 Hannah Shields (VF40) 2 1 05:42:16
14 39030 Pascal Moran (M) 12 8 05:44:39
15 39043 David Hawcroft (VM60) 13 1 05:50:33
16 39084 Kevin Grogan (VM50) 14 2 05:51:33
17 39059 Gerard Menihan (M) 15 9 05:55:53
18 39035 Gary Moralee (VM40) 16 4 05:57:13
19 39075 Ernst Daniel (VM50) 17 3 05:59:48
20 39067 Paul O'Rourke (M) 18 10 06:02:16
21 39025 Mark Denham-Smith (M) 19 11 06:03:34
22 39063 Joseph Thomposn (M) 20 12 06:09:17
23 39019 Zach De Beer (VM50) 21 4 06:09:41
24 39021 Damien Mc Stay (VM40) 22 5 06:11:00
25 39032 Neal Johnston (M) 23 13 06:11:32
26 39028 Jim Mundy (VM50) 24 5 06:11:33
27 39026 John Malone (VM40) 25 6 06:16:34
28 39037 Carol Kinsella Frost (VF40) 3 2 06:17:04
29 39053 Noel McInerney (VM60) 26 2 06:18:34
30 39073 Jos Broersen (VM50) 27 6 06:19:32
31 39036 Conal Heatley (M) 28 14 06:21:52
32 39027 Fu Cheung (M) 29 15 06:23:36
33 39065 Tadhg O Laighin (M) 30 16 06:24:16
34 39038 Paddy Weir (M) 31 17 06:26:12
35 39048 Liam O'Riain (VM60) 32 3 06:38:36
36 39085 Paul Brown (VM40) 33 7 06:38:36
37 39047 Tony Kiernan (M) 34 18 06:40:23
38 39070 Joseph Battle (VM40) 35 8 06:41:30
39 39060 David Gerard Mc Kevitt (VM40) 36 9 06:42:29
40 39013 David Palmer (VM40) 37 10 06:43:45
41 39079 Jeff Wald (VM40) 38 11 06:49:17
42 39017 John McBride (VM50) 39 7 06:52:23
43 39023 Heather Bamford (VF40) 4 3 06:53:07
44 39004 Klaus Neumann (M) 40 19 06:55:18
45 39003 Mario Ulbrich (VM40) 41 12 07:04:24
46 39080 Wayne Watkins (VM50) 42 8 07:04:25
47 39009 Ruth Morley (VF50) 5 1 07:13:13
48 39082 Harold Reilly (M) 43 20 07:13:52
49 39069 Peter J. Ferris (M) 44 21 07:13:57
50 39018 Paul Jefferies (M) 45 22 07:16:28
51 39012 Nick Wharton (M) 46 23 07:16:28
52 39005 Karlheinz Kobus (M) 47 24 07:17:32
53 39007 Frederic Blond (VM40) 48 13 07:22:39
54 39002 Lang Franz (M) 49 25 07:27:25
55 39031 Sue Furner (VF40) 6 4 07:36:31
56 39015 Shelley Bennett (VF35) 7 1 07:54:13
57 39011 Carol Ann Plater (VF40) 8 5 07:54:37
58 39020 Susan Denham-Smith (VF35) 9 2 07:57:15
59 39061 Gerard Lowry (VM40) 50 14 08:05:28
60 100 Gerry Forde (MWC) 51 1 08:23:16