Results of the Tralee Marathon...Sat 18th March 2017

The annual Tralee Marathon in Co.Kerry was held on Saturday the 18th of March 2017 on  what was a dry overcast day. As you can see from the chart above, the numbers were down again this year with the full marathon down 13% to 201 and the half-marathon down 28% to 277. This was off-set somewhat by a new 5k and 10k race which got 105 and 122 respectively.

There is probably a question mark over the long term viability of the full marathon as it's a lot of effort for just 200 runners. It's certainly a long way from 2013 when the two events attracted in excess of 1200 runners.

Full marathon...
1 Aidan HOGAN 03:03:15 M40 (1) Rising Sun A.C /MCI
2 Denis KEANE 03:03:16 MS (1) Marathon Club Ireland
3 Feilim BORLAND 03:08:23 MS (2)
9 Rachel STOKES 03:13:41 FS (1) Kerry Crusaders
15 Ellen HANLEY03:20:59 F40 (1) Grange Fermoy AC
21 Caroline MCLOUGHLIN 03:27:18 FS (2)

Half-marathon...
1 Derek GRIFFIN 01:15:24 MS (1) Tralee Harriers
2 Brian LENIHAN0 1:19:25 MS (2)
3 Tim FRANCONY 01:21:25 MS (3)Crusaders AC
11 Deirdre NAGLE 01:28:09 FS (1) Farranfore Maine Valley
14 Michelle O'REGAN 01:28:45 FS (2)
19 Dolores DUFFY 01:31:39 F45 (1) Watergrasshill AC

The full results can be seen HERE