This event was also part of the Medieval Festival of races and here we had Anne Marie Halpin running the proverbial blinder to win her first major award with a fantastic performance. She started off at a steady pace as she worked her way into the event. Then at around 5 miles she increased the pace and was running with a good group and moved into 2nd place after 9 miles. At this stage she was averaging 7.30-mile pace and soon after moved into the lead, a lead she held all the way to the line to record an impressive victory to win in 2 hours 22 mins 42 secs when finishing 15th overall, brilliant. We also had good performances from John Griffin 17th in 2 hours 23 mins 29 secs, Anna Byrne who also ran very well when finishing 3rd woman in 2 hours 28 mins 45 secs, Brendan Coffey 53rd in 2 hours 38 mins 52 secs and Nicole O Gorman 90th in 2 hours 54 mins 4 secs,