None Brian MacMahon (Clonliffe) finished a remarkable 10th out of 474 men finishers in the first WMRA 2009 grand prix race. World champion Jonathan Wyatt (New Zealand) won from last year’s winner Emmanuel Meyssat (Fra) and Robert Krupika (Cze). Wyatt won in 60:46 with MacMahon in 66:10. First British runner home was Nick Swinburn in 68:00 and 15th place. MacMahon finished 24th in the 2008 World Trophy https://www.imra.ie/photos/view/id/25258/
Full results are on the french part of the website https://www.montee-grandballon.com/
Domestically the fifth race of the Leinster league was held as an uphill race on Djouce. Barry Minnock (Rathfarnham) recorded his second win in a row but this time with the brakes on https://www.imra.ie/photos/view/id/29060/
Donna Mahon (Rathfarnham) finished a remarkable 11th out of 154 finishers.
A training run on the trial course for the European championships is being held this Sunday morning starting from Drumgoff Glenmalure at 10:00. See www.imra.ie forum for further information.