The Club promoted the 9th running of the Boston Scientific half Marathon last Sunday with a record entry. Kevin Maunsell ran a brilliant race to win in a new course record of 67 mins 14 secs, fantastic running. We also had some very good performances including Joey Feery who ran a great race when finishing 9th in 78 mins 28 secs and a great improvement on his 2015 run of 79 mins 55 secs, Paul Minogue a new recruit to the Club in recent months ran a great race when finishing 19th in 81:42, Nigel O Flaherty was 2nd over 40 in 82:48, Conor Ryan, a new recruit in recent weeks ran the proverbial blinder on his debut in this event when finishing 29th in 84 mins 57 secs, Lar Martin 38th in 86:48, Brian Scanlon, another newcomer ran very well on his debut in this event when finishing 50th in 88:03, Shane Greene 73rd in 89:50, great 90 min pacer, Sean McCarthy 80th in 90:43, Bernard Durand 81st in 91:07, Peter Kiely 90th in 92:30, Dick O Gorman 91st in 92:42, Bernard Feery 100th in 93:09, Corneilius McFadden 101st in 93:14, Oliver Lynch 107th in 93:36, Anne Marie Halpin 140th in 96:14, Vincent McHugh 141st in 96:18, Tom Bourke 144th in 96:43, Alan Carter 147th in 97:07, Siobhan McHugh was 1st over 40 in 97:43, Michelle Doherty was 157th in 98:04, Rebecca Doocey was 165th in 98:42, Niall O Shea 181st in 99:26, Alan O Shea 182nd in 99:27, Cormac Healy 183rd in 99:28, Noel Gillman and Mark Corcoran, great 100 minute pacers when finishing in 99:37, Kenny Brett 193rd in 100:28, Sean O Dea 194th in 100:32, Tom Butler 195th in 100:36, Anna Byrne 216th in 102:27, James Denn 219th in 102:38, Michael Doocey 222nd in 102:44, Ann Marie Boland 223rd in 102:46, Sean Fitzgerald 231st in 103:10, Sheila Perry 235th in 103:26, Billy Moloney and Eddy O Donoghue great as 105 mins pacers when finishing 104:49 and 104:56 respectively, Emma Durand 273rd in 105:36, Charles Kerins 279th in 106:13, Brendan Coffey 301st in 108:30, Aisling English 340th in 110:41, John Laste 357th in 111:59, Marian Flaherty 361st in 112:29, Orla Durand 393rd in 115:01, Nicole O Gorman 397th in 115:09, Noel O Neill 418th in 115:58, Michael Ryan 437th in 117:03, Caroline O Donoghue 438th in 117:03, Keith Robinson 456th in 117:53, Anthony Power 459th in 117:54, Billy Prout 469th in 118:23, Julie Tideswell 470th in 118:24, Ian Patterson 474th in 118:31, Sarah Toomey 475th in 118:36, Aifric Byrne 476th in 118:36, Ciara Meehan 477th in 118:57, Emma Ryan 494th in 119:25, Miriam O Gorman and John Griffin great pacers for the 2 hour group when finishing in 2 hours 24 secs and 28 secs respectively, Aine Butler 515th in 122:29, Claire Falvey 534th in 122:41, Brian Tyrrell 542nd in 123:24, Silvia McGee 549th in 123:53, Tina Crotty 592nd in 126:59, Marie Laste 614th in 129:16, Michael Egan 647th in 133:27, Lizzie Ryan and Denise Donnelly great for pacing the 2 hours 15 minutes when finishing in 2 hours 14 mins 52 secs and 54 secs respectively, Georgina Gilligan 716th in 143:41, Frances Fahey 726th in 146:05, Jo Brett and Cathy Mansfield were great for pacing the 2 hours 15 mins group with both finishing fresh in 2 hours 29 mins 36 secs, Jackie Hickey 763rd in 157:14.