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For the second time this season an Annadale Striders athlete cut lumps off the Bob Mullan Motors 5K Series record as Paddy Hamilton recorded an excellent 14 minutes 39 at Templemore. Even the long drive from Belfast to Derry after leaving his work did not prevent Hamilton from slicing a massive 19 seconds from the mark set by Jon McKee in the opening race at Bay Road Park. The Lisburn man’s Hamilton’s time was also the second fastest by a Northern Ireland athlete on the roads this year. Hamilton had journeyed to the northwest on the advice of his coach Dermot Donnelly looking to finish his summer racing programme with a flourish. And Hamilton followed his mentor’s instructions to the letter by hitting the front from the gun. At the halfway point reached in 7:04 he had already opened up a 50 metres lead over Kieran Hurley and with only an outrider on bicycle for company over the second lap pushed on for an impressive victory. Unfortunately, Coach Donnelly has insisted on his charge taking a rest in advance of a long cross country season ruling him out of last night’s Dessie’s Run at the same venue. Hurley from the host club, City of Derry, held on for the runner-up spot in 15:49 with Irish Schools’ Intermediate Steeplechase champion Noel Collins third with a 16:28 timing. Letterkenny’s Margaret Synnott Kelly was a comfortable winner of the women’s race in 18:36 ahead of Olivia McCullagh (19:56) and Paula McGilloway (21:31). Both overall category winners were presented with their prizes before the start of the race. While Shelagh Murray decided quite rightly to rest on her laurels after a long and rewarding season, 59-year-old Toner went on to claim a fifth consecutive victory. However, the former Letterkenny Post Office official had only to seconds to spare over Gerry Lynch who made a late run to snatch second overall. Declan McCarthy’s found fourth in the actual race and fourth overall was good enough to give him third place. The minor places in the women’s standings went to Bernie Ryan and Olivia McCullagh. Entries for the six race Series topped 500 for the first time with 234 different runners signing up for at least one race.
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