The 10k is a tough but fair one lap test. There was €300 for anyone who beat the course record 30:15 held by Mark Morgan Swansea Harriers since 1997.Ĭould Coscoran and his Dublin Track Club colleagues or local challengers get under that time? The atmosphere of celebration was also heightened by the attendance of star athletes from today’s crop of Irish champions – notably Andrew Coscoran 2020 Tokyo Olympian and Irish mid distance record holder over 1500m. Celebrating supporters turned out to line Teeling Street and round Wolf Tone Square, and hundreds of runners lined up for two road races – 5k at noon, and 10k at 12.15. He was the.guest starter for the 50tha edition. Race winner in that first race in 1974 was Irish Olympian and Donegal native Danny McDaid, who competed in the marathon in Munich 1972 and Montreal 1974 and was 4 time Irish marathon champion. The original race start was at Rathscanlon on the Ballina Road. Organisers - inspirational local woman Annie Killoran, Luke Kilcoyne, and Paddy McCarrick - put on the first race on the following St Patrick’s Day. The first edition of the race was scheduled for St Stephen’s Day in 1973 but was cancelled due to snow. St Patrick’s Day was unique, exciting, and historic for Tubbercurry as the 50th edition of their annual 10k was held.
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