Monday, March 28, 2011

Anglo Celtic Plate 2011.


Record Run at Anglo Celtic Plate


  • Ireland's Keith Whyte, John Byrne, John O'Regan, Thomas Maguire and Daniel Doherty
John Byrne led home a record breaking run by the Irish men's 100km team at the Anglo Celtic Plate (Home Nations) in Perth, Scotland on 27 March 2011.
A relative newcomer to ultrarunning, Byrne ran an incredible time of 7:09:33 to finish third in the individual competition behind Craig Stewart of Scotland (7:01:36) and Alan Smalls of England (7:04:54). It was the second fastest time in history by an Irishman.
Ireland's Daniel Doherty (7:19:29) and Keith Whyte (7:28:59) finished 6th and 7th, respectively, also posting qualifying times for the World 100km Championships in September. The trio ensured a new Irish 100km team record time of 21:58:01, eclipsing the record set by the Irish team that finished 5th at the European 100km Championships in 2007.
Team captain and Irish record holder Thomas Maguire was fourth Irish finisher on this occasion and fifth finisher John O'Regan set a PB over the 100km distance.
The performance also ensured second place behind Scotland (21:43:36) in a highly competiive team competition which saw Commonwealth Champions England finish 3rd.
John Byrne crosses finish line in 7:09:33
Daniel Doherty in action at Anglo Celtic Plate
Keith Whyte qualifying for World 100km

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6 comments:

  1. GrellanMarch 28, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    Congratulations to you and the Irish team John. You didn't need to pack the excuses after all. Well done.

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  2. Debs M-CMarch 29, 2011 at 3:16 PM

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  3. Debs M-CMarch 29, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    Nice to meet you on Sunday, John. Well done to you and the rest of the team. Hope your recovery is going well :-)

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  4. ThomasMarch 29, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    Congratulations on another great performance in the Irish vest, John, even if 100k is not your strongest event (as I have been told).

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  5. WestleyMarch 29, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    Congratulations to all of you. A great performance!

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  6. John O'ReganMarch 30, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Thanks all. 100K isn't my distance and I fell well short of my expected goal time but do think I can improve. Might not get another opportunity to run on the team at this distance but if the opportunity arises I'll be even better prepared next time :)

    @ Debbie, and nice meeting you to put a voice with the face. I have a photo from before the race start that I'll send you the link to.

    John

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