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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Waterford Viking Marathon event numbers jump 49% in 2023


The annual Waterford Viking Marathon event was held on Sunday 25th June 2023 with a total of 2066 people taking part over the three events. That represents a 49% increase on the overall numbers for 2022 and follows a general increase in race numbers post pandemic.

Marathon... The marathon this year saw a 39% increase in numbers and moved ahead of the pre-pandemic numbers for 2019. It'll be a challenge for the marathon numbers to get back to the numbers seen in the 2013-2017 time period.

Half-Marathon... This saw a 30% jump in numbers. It still has some way to go to get back to 1000+.

Quarter-Marathon... This one saw the strongest growth with an 84% jump in numbers. It'll be interesting to see if the quarter becomes the largest event in the years ahead. It certainly seems to be heading that way.

Gender breakdown... In terms of the gender breakdown per event, the shorter events had a higher percentage of women taking part. The percentage of women in the three events was as follows... Marathon (20%), Half-Marathon (34%) and Quarter-Marathon (58%).

Marathon - Top 10 men & women...
Pl. Bib Name Nat. Club ChipTime GunTime  
1. 206 Mircea, Tudor Clonliffe Harriers 2:30:55 2:30:55  
2. 274 Hehir, Sean Croghan AC 2:33:33 2:33:33  
3. 2414 Nolan, Simon 2:41:30 2:41:30  
4. 373 Fitzgerald, Pat Waterford AC 2:41:56 2:41:58  
5. 217 Storey, Aubrey Tramore AC 2:46:43 2:46:44  
6. 324 Liepins, Kristaps Watergrasshill AC 2:49:26 2:49:30  
7. 426 Patterson, Declan 2:50:01 2:50:07  
8. 87 Scott, John Longford AC 2:52:29 2:52:36  
9. 32 O'Brien, Dermot 2:53:55 2:53:58  
10. 442 Haley, Jack Waterford AC 2:55:02 2:55:05 
1. 266 Grogan, Linda Dundrum AC 3:04:27 3:04:38  
2. 400 O Connor, Beth United Striders 3:23:09 3:23:35  
3. 272 Mc Carthy, Aoibhe 3:25:02 3:25:10  
4. 250 Bevan, Karen Eagle AC 3:27:05 3:27:28  
5. 314 Both, Alina 3:34:59 3:38:11  
6. 212 Wallace, Jane 3:37:29 3:39:30  
7. 261 Lindsay, Penny Glenlough 3:37:50 3:38:46  
8. 152 Ilsley, Stephanie West Waterford ac 3:39:29 3:40:20  
9. 270 Seesink, Carmen 3:41:43 3:43:28  
10. 418 Klimek, Anna 3:44:37 3:45:27

Half-Marathon - Top 5 men & women...
1. 1494 Ciobanu, Sergiu 1:08:42 1:08:43  
2. 1384 Somba, Peter Brandon Dunboyne AC 1:09:39 1:09:40  
3. 1141 O Brien, John Ballymore Cobh AC 1:18:04 1:18:04  
4. 2515 Price, Mark Waterford AC 1:18:48 1:18:50  
5. 1409 Lyons, Eoin Focus On Fitness 1:19:15 1:19:17
1. 922 Forristal, Sally St Josephs AC 1:22:46 1:22:50  
2. 2456 Mc Cann, Angela Clonmel ac 1:27:24 1:27:34  
3. 98 O Callaghan, Pauline Tester 1:28:55 1:29:01  
4. 2502 Byrne, Edel Tramore AC 1:34:25 1:34:37  
5. 885 Walsh, Helen Togher AC 1:34:28 1:34:35

Quarter-Marathon - Top 3 men & women...
Pl. Bib Name Nat. Club ChipTime GunTime  
1. 1562 O Brien, Craig Ferrybank AC 35:03 35:04  
2. 2587 Cavanagh, Conor Sportsworld 37:43 37:44  
3. 2543 Sweeney, Carl 37:50 37:53
1. 2583 Veale, Kate West Waterford 40:49 40:50  
2. 1733 Hutchinson, Mollie Jean Ferrybank AC 42:38 42:40  
3. 2537 Toole, Natasha 45:20 45:39



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