From Athenry Ac and Runireland Word came through on Sunday morning via Twitter as follows:
“Valerie Glavin 2nd Woman with 217.809k; Ruthann Sheehan 7th Woman with 188.714k; Mick Rice 30th Man 165.545k; Ray O’Connor 58th Man with 122.083k;”
In the previous 24 hours, four members of Athenry AC had particpated in (and finished) a 24 hour race in Finland and these were the final results.
Valerie Glavin clocked up 217.908KM! That is 135.34023800994873 miles to be very precise. The equivalent on 5.16 marathons or a five-plus marathons back to back at 4:39 pace!
The complete lap times and analysis : https://www.kotikone.fi/pjh/running/misc/e24_stat_2011.htm
Pictures (by Esko Antti) :
The runireland team was there and were proud to support such great international athletes in their performance.
Results female :
Results male :