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The Belfast athlete whose future has been under a cloud since June when it was revealed a test had shown him to have testosterone readings above the permitted level, took advantage of the October sunshine to run one of his best races ever. His time of 23 minutes 31 seconds is the 50th fastest for the distance in the World this year. Nevertheless Turnbull’s brilliance did not prevent the race organised by Derry City Council to replace the Waterside Half Marathon from being a flop with only 80 runners turning up despite no entry fee being charged and a generous prize list. The St. Malachy’s athlete who jetted in at the last minute from his Loughborough base for the event, made his intentions clear from the gun. At the end of the first kilometre he was already 100 metres ahead of the field before ending up over two minutes clear at the tape. After the race Turnbull was obviously pleased with the way the race went. “That’s a minute quicker than I ran in Central Park this time last year and 40 seconds faster than Greencastle (26/12/05) which is surprising because haven’t being doing a pick, just running because I’ve been very much in limbo and I could be asked to get a job any day,” said Turnbull. Gareth Turnbull (Photo: Bill McLeod) The former Irish 1500 metres champion also confirmed that he intended to compete in the Irish Inter-Counties next month which serve as a trial for the European Cross-Country. However, the Loughborough graduate refused to comment on the likely outcome of his appeal against the automatic two year suspension or speculate on when the formal announcement might be made. Irish Junior (U20) cross country champion Stephen Scullion (25:32) led the chasing pack throughout and just held on for second as Allan Bogle (25:36) made a late charge for the silver medal spot. Bogle had run shoulder to shoulder with City of Derry clubmate Gregory Roberts (25:45) for most of the trip before turning in a scintillating last kilometre to leave Roberts gasping in his wake. Eoghan Furey (27:16) ploughed a lonely furrow to make it three City athletes in the top five while Foyle Valley’s Paddy Nicell (28:08) in sixth overall was the first Veteran across the line. One of the most impressive performances of the afternoon came from the Ken Jones. The 72-year-old finished 59th overall with a 43:19 timing, or just outside seven minute mile pace. Hannah Shields (31:44) won a lacklustre women’s race taking 13th place overall in the field. Sperrin Harrier Karen Alexander (32:41) was a clear second with Shields’ City of Derry club mate Paula McGilloway (35:27) back in third. Another Spartan Linda Hall (37:34) edged out Foyle Valley’s Deirdre Quigg (37:40) to take fourth.
Bogle Eyes Ukraine Date Allan Bogle’s third place in the Waterside Autumn Five Miles marked a return to top form for the Eglinton man after an indifferent summer. Although Bogle won the Muff leg of the Bob Mullan Motors 5K Series in August, he had earlier been troubled by injury and indifferent form. The former Newcastle University student created his own little piece of history in 2005 by taking the individual bronze medal in both the Northern Ireland Junior and Senior Cross Country Championships. Last winter while not recapturing that form, he was nevertheless a key member of the City of Derry squad that brought the first NI Senior Cross Country team title to the northwest. However, Bogle’s thoughts this winter are not on defence of that title but on gaining selection for Britain to the World Orienteering Championships in Ukraine next summer. But to fulfil that ambition he will have to make a huge commitment to the task. “I going to Norway this week for a race and then to England for a race the weekend and I’m putting it all in to make the World Championships for this time this year,” said Bogle. “I’m working partime at Oakgrove College and I’m taking Mondays and Fridays so that I can put it all. I’ll also be making the most of my long weekends to do all the trial races which are in Scotland because it has a similar terrain to Ukraine,” added Bogle
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