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civilserviceharriersrunning

Running club based in Dublin's Phoenix Park (D08 VK09).
New members welcome! No - you don’t need to be a civil servant 😊Location in link below 📍🏡
Thanks to all our members who stewarded at this mo Thanks to all our members who stewarded at this morning's Dublin Half Marathon, part of the @dublinmarathon race series. Well done to all the runners, and congratulations to the winners, James Hyland of @rahenyshamrock and Meghan Ryan of @dundrumsouthdublinac
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Racing Roundup Our athletes have been racing near Racing Roundup Our athletes have been racing near and far over the past few weeks. Well done to our runners who ran in the Dingle and Tullamore Half Marathons, 5ks in Celbridge and Birmingham, and the Liberties 4 Mile. All eyes turn to Lucan this Sunday, where we'll have a great gang targeting the Dublin Athletics 5 Mile Road Championships, incorporated into the annual @lucanharriers 5 Mile Race. Best of luck to all our runners!
You're welcome to join our club! Our training sta You're welcome to join our club! Our training starts at 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Saturdays at 9am. You're more than welcome to come along to our clubhouse in the Phoenix Park (D08 VK09) to try a couple of structured training sessions out before you decide to join. Your membership includes coached sessions three times a week along with our long run on Sundays (Don't forget the post-run coffee!). We have targeted races for all levels, from 5km to marathon, along with beginner-friendly BHAA races and cross-country races in the winter. We are more than just a running club, we're a community with coffee mornings, club races, Christmas and Summer parties. We look forward to you joining and enjoying the benefits of our club in the heart of the Phoenix Park. And no, these days you don't need to be a Civil Servant to join! We're called that for historical reasons. Our members come from all walks of life. Find out more on our website (www.civilserviceharriers.ie), email cshnewmembers@gmail.com or message us here. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🌳
Earlier this month, our annual club race, the Fran Earlier this month, our annual club race, the Frank Duffy 10 Mile race took place in the Phoenix Park. It's one of the @dublinmarathon race series. Thanks to everyone for all our members for the fantastic help who helped us stage a great race. Special thanks must go to Brid, Gemma and Brian who coordinated the stewards. An impressive total of 3,680 runners completed the race. They were led home by Cormac Dalton (@mullingarharriers ) in a time of 49:17. In second place with a time of 50:06 was Michael Brady (@rahenyshamrock ) who also took the Dublin Championship title. Neil Johnston (@annadalestriders ) took third place in 52:27. The women’s race was won by Maebh Brannigan (@galwaycityharriers ) in 56:59. She was followed by Sarah Diamond (@kilcooleathleticclub ) in 58:55, while third place went to Pamela Kirk (@roadrunners_ac ) in 59:53. Our club chairperson Barry Ryan was on hand to present the winning runners with their prizes. We'll be helping out at the next race in the Dublin Race Series, the @irishlife.ie Dublin Half Marathon, that takes place in the Phoenix Park next month on Sunday 20 September.
This weekend sees the staging of the Frank Duffy 1 This weekend sees the staging of the Frank Duffy 10 Mile Race in the Phoenix Park - our club race and part of the @dublinmarathon race series. Our own members will be on stewarding duty and encourage runners along. Speaking of the 10 mile distance, our own runners had some great performances at the Battle of Clontarf 10 Mile last week, which also served as the Leinster Championships. We had some superb individual and team performances. Our ladies senior team of Ciara Rooney, Brid Ryan and Marianne Gormley took home a superb Leinster bronze medal for the club. Our mens senior team of James Daly, Ben McAleese and Mark O’Connor finished a super fifth and our ladies O35 team came home in 6th with Caroline Corrigan, Loretta Hegarty and Theresa Spollen scoring. Individually we had some superb times also. Well done all!
Thanks to all our members who helped out with the Thanks to all our members who helped out with the @dublinmarathon series Fingal 10k in Swords this morning. Many hands made light work, your club appreciates you taking time out from your Sunday to help out. 👏☀️🍌
While the east coast has been basking in sunshine While the east coast has been basking in sunshine all week it wasn't like that out west last Saturday! Well done to Mick McEnery and Paul Foran who ran the Achill Half Marathon, coming home in 51st and 46th place respectively!
We had a very enjoyable morning for our summer Clu We had a very enjoyable morning for our summer Club Race and Coffee Morning today. The 5km race took place around the 15 Acres, and then we went back to the clubhouse for the prizegiving and chats. We also announced the winners of our recent Two Mile League. Well done to our overall winner Stephen Mutuku, whose cumulative predictions for his three 2-mile runs were just 3 seconds off his actual times! Thanks very much to all our helpers on the day, including our hard-working finish token sorters! ☕🏃🏃‍♀️🌳
Well done to the CSH crew who braved the rain for Well done to the CSH crew who braved the rain for last night’s BCM Global BHAA race. Excellent runs, several prizes and great tea and chats after. Thanks for the support on the course from several members, Gareth for the photos and special thanks to Maria for helping with the catering afterwards which was well received 👏🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️☕️🧁👏 @dublinbhaa
We had some great performances all through the pas We had some great performances all through the past month for our annual Two Mile League challenge. Runners had to predict their 2-mile time, then run as close to that prediction as they could manage. No watches were allowed - it's all about getting to know your pace! The results will be announced soon! Thanks to all the helpers - the timekeepers, results compilers and photographers who helped out with the series. Meanwhile, our morning grew ran their Two Mile League in parallel with the evening group. Congratulations to group newcomer Joe Delaney on winning the series! 🏆🏁🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🚫⌚🌳
What a day at the Garristown 10k – the Windmill Ru What a day at the Garristown 10k – the Windmill Run & Dublin 10k Championship! ☀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Brilliant performances across the board with an incredible haul of medals to show for it 🏅🙌 A fantastic turnout, glorious sunshine, and some seriously impressive racing made it another great day for the club. Huge congratulations to everyone who took part – your effort and energy made it a fantastic occasion 👏🎉 Individual medals: - Ladies 045 Gold - Gemma Treacy - Ladies O60 Gold - Fiona Byrne - Ladies 060 Bronze - Sharon McGrane - Men O60 Gold - Sean Ryan - Men O60 Bronze - Paul Cullen Teams: - Men Senior Bronze - Patrick O'Reilly, James Daly, Declan Cassells, Jay Bowen - Ladies O35 Gold - Gemma Treacy, Fiona Byrne, Sharon McGrane, Maria Pozo
Last weekend we had a celebratory morning in the c Last weekend we had a celebratory morning in the club where we recognised two members with Honorary membership of Civil Service Harriers. Willie Devine known to many of us has been a member of the club for 60 years with a very impressive athletics record along with a stellar work on committies, coaching and support over the years. Willie was a man of few words yesterday but did tell us he was instrumental in the extension of the club about 1999 where we have the ladies changing rooms and bar extension area now. Liam Hennessy who had a great record in the early 1970s with the club citing some impressive achievements in races. He then moved on to have very significant contributions to athletics in Ireland over several decades. Among them serving as President of Athletics Ireland from 2008 to 2012 and organising many major international events in Ireland, including the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, the European Team Championships, and the World Cross Country Championships in both Dublin and Limerick. Very well deserved to you both and we are honoured to have you as club members. Thank you to Leonie, Barry, Sinead and all who organised the morning along with the captains and coaches for a great run out on the trails beforehand.
We've had a great spring of racing so far, on road We've had a great spring of racing so far, on road, track and cross country. Our runners have been in action in the 5k in Tallaght, the half marathon in Bohermeen, the HOKA and Run Hub relay at Porterstown, the National Masters Cross Country Championships at Abbotstown and the Dunboyne 10k. We also had fantastic marathon runs by Jason Reilly in Seville (2:28) and by Eamonn Rohan in Rome (3:40). Well done all, keep up the good work into the summer! Thankfully with the clocks going forward we're back to training in the daylight on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm. Happy Easter to all our members and followers!
A nice fresh morning for Saturday morning training A nice fresh morning for Saturday morning training, with a light dusting of snow on the Dublin Mountains in the background ☀️
We had a great gang this morning for training on t We had a great gang this morning for training on the S-Bends! 👏
Well done to our runners who raced the Trim 10 Mil Well done to our runners who raced the Trim 10 Mile in glorious spring sunshine today. Thanks to @trimathleticclub and @popupraces_ire for staging a great race.
As the new year starts, we're welcoming new member As the new year starts, we're welcoming new members to our club. Our training starts at 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Saturdays at 9am. You're more than welcome to come along to our clubhouse in the Phoenix Park (D08 VK09) to try a couple of structured training sessions out before you decide to join. Your membership includes coached sessions three times a week along with our long run on Sundays (Don't forget the post-run coffee!). We have targeted races for all levels, from 5km to marathon, along with beginner-friendly BHAA races and cross-country races in the winter. We are more than just a running club, we're a community with coffee mornings, club races, Christmas and Summer parties. We look forward to you joining and enjoying the benefits of our club in the heart of the Phoenix Park. And no, these days you don't need to be a Civil Servant to join! We're called that for historical reasons. Our members come from all walks of life. Find out more on our website (www.civilserviceharriers.ie), email cshnewmembers@gmail.com or message us here. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🌳
Yesterday a hardy group of Civil Service Harriers Yesterday a hardy group of Civil Service Harriers athletes and their supporters braved freezing cold temperatures at the Dublin Intermediate and Masters Championships in St Anne's Park. It was a great day for the club, with runners in all 6 of the races. Congratulations to Vincent O'Neill (Gold M70 🥇), Fiona Byrne (Silver, W60 🥈) and Gemma Treacy (Bronze, W45) who all won championship medals in their races. It was a great day of running, with our teams doing well and some great individual performances across all the races. Well done to all our runners. Thanks to the captains Gemma and Adrian who organised the race registration, to our coaches Paul and Nick, and to everyone who helped with the canapy setup, provided the much appreciated tea, coffee and treats, and everyone who supported our runners and our photographers Laura and Gareth.
Well done to everyone who came along for the Chris Well done to everyone who came along for the Christmas morning 2 mile run this morning! Thanks to Paul Cullen for organising. Hope you're all enjoying the festivities!. Happy Christmas all! 🎄🎁🏃🏃‍♀️
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civilserviceharriersrunning

Running club based in Dublin's Phoenix Park (D08 VK09).
New members welcome! No - you don’t need to be a civil servant 😊Location in link below 📍🏡
Thanks to all our members who stewarded at this mo Thanks to all our members who stewarded at this morning's Dublin Half Marathon, part of the @dublinmarathon race series. Well done to all the runners, and congratulations to the winners, James Hyland of @rahenyshamrock and Meghan Ryan of @dundrumsouthdublinac
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Racing Roundup Our athletes have been racing near Racing Roundup Our athletes have been racing near and far over the past few weeks. Well done to our runners who ran in the Dingle and Tullamore Half Marathons, 5ks in Celbridge and Birmingham, and the Liberties 4 Mile. All eyes turn to Lucan this Sunday, where we'll have a great gang targeting the Dublin Athletics 5 Mile Road Championships, incorporated into the annual @lucanharriers 5 Mile Race. Best of luck to all our runners!
You're welcome to join our club! Our training sta You're welcome to join our club! Our training starts at 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Saturdays at 9am. You're more than welcome to come along to our clubhouse in the Phoenix Park (D08 VK09) to try a couple of structured training sessions out before you decide to join. Your membership includes coached sessions three times a week along with our long run on Sundays (Don't forget the post-run coffee!). We have targeted races for all levels, from 5km to marathon, along with beginner-friendly BHAA races and cross-country races in the winter. We are more than just a running club, we're a community with coffee mornings, club races, Christmas and Summer parties. We look forward to you joining and enjoying the benefits of our club in the heart of the Phoenix Park. And no, these days you don't need to be a Civil Servant to join! We're called that for historical reasons. Our members come from all walks of life. Find out more on our website (www.civilserviceharriers.ie), email cshnewmembers@gmail.com or message us here. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🌳
Earlier this month, our annual club race, the Fran Earlier this month, our annual club race, the Frank Duffy 10 Mile race took place in the Phoenix Park. It's one of the @dublinmarathon race series. Thanks to everyone for all our members for the fantastic help who helped us stage a great race. Special thanks must go to Brid, Gemma and Brian who coordinated the stewards. An impressive total of 3,680 runners completed the race. They were led home by Cormac Dalton (@mullingarharriers ) in a time of 49:17. In second place with a time of 50:06 was Michael Brady (@rahenyshamrock ) who also took the Dublin Championship title. Neil Johnston (@annadalestriders ) took third place in 52:27. The women’s race was won by Maebh Brannigan (@galwaycityharriers ) in 56:59. She was followed by Sarah Diamond (@kilcooleathleticclub ) in 58:55, while third place went to Pamela Kirk (@roadrunners_ac ) in 59:53. Our club chairperson Barry Ryan was on hand to present the winning runners with their prizes. We'll be helping out at the next race in the Dublin Race Series, the @irishlife.ie Dublin Half Marathon, that takes place in the Phoenix Park next month on Sunday 20 September.
This weekend sees the staging of the Frank Duffy 1 This weekend sees the staging of the Frank Duffy 10 Mile Race in the Phoenix Park - our club race and part of the @dublinmarathon race series. Our own members will be on stewarding duty and encourage runners along. Speaking of the 10 mile distance, our own runners had some great performances at the Battle of Clontarf 10 Mile last week, which also served as the Leinster Championships. We had some superb individual and team performances. Our ladies senior team of Ciara Rooney, Brid Ryan and Marianne Gormley took home a superb Leinster bronze medal for the club. Our mens senior team of James Daly, Ben McAleese and Mark O’Connor finished a super fifth and our ladies O35 team came home in 6th with Caroline Corrigan, Loretta Hegarty and Theresa Spollen scoring. Individually we had some superb times also. Well done all!
Thanks to all our members who helped out with the Thanks to all our members who helped out with the @dublinmarathon series Fingal 10k in Swords this morning. Many hands made light work, your club appreciates you taking time out from your Sunday to help out. 👏☀️🍌
While the east coast has been basking in sunshine While the east coast has been basking in sunshine all week it wasn't like that out west last Saturday! Well done to Mick McEnery and Paul Foran who ran the Achill Half Marathon, coming home in 51st and 46th place respectively!
We had a very enjoyable morning for our summer Clu We had a very enjoyable morning for our summer Club Race and Coffee Morning today. The 5km race took place around the 15 Acres, and then we went back to the clubhouse for the prizegiving and chats. We also announced the winners of our recent Two Mile League. Well done to our overall winner Stephen Mutuku, whose cumulative predictions for his three 2-mile runs were just 3 seconds off his actual times! Thanks very much to all our helpers on the day, including our hard-working finish token sorters! ☕🏃🏃‍♀️🌳
Well done to the CSH crew who braved the rain for Well done to the CSH crew who braved the rain for last night’s BCM Global BHAA race. Excellent runs, several prizes and great tea and chats after. Thanks for the support on the course from several members, Gareth for the photos and special thanks to Maria for helping with the catering afterwards which was well received 👏🏃‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♀️‍➡️☕️🧁👏 @dublinbhaa
We had some great performances all through the pas We had some great performances all through the past month for our annual Two Mile League challenge. Runners had to predict their 2-mile time, then run as close to that prediction as they could manage. No watches were allowed - it's all about getting to know your pace! The results will be announced soon! Thanks to all the helpers - the timekeepers, results compilers and photographers who helped out with the series. Meanwhile, our morning grew ran their Two Mile League in parallel with the evening group. Congratulations to group newcomer Joe Delaney on winning the series! 🏆🏁🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🚫⌚🌳
What a day at the Garristown 10k – the Windmill Ru What a day at the Garristown 10k – the Windmill Run & Dublin 10k Championship! ☀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Brilliant performances across the board with an incredible haul of medals to show for it 🏅🙌 A fantastic turnout, glorious sunshine, and some seriously impressive racing made it another great day for the club. Huge congratulations to everyone who took part – your effort and energy made it a fantastic occasion 👏🎉 Individual medals: - Ladies 045 Gold - Gemma Treacy - Ladies O60 Gold - Fiona Byrne - Ladies 060 Bronze - Sharon McGrane - Men O60 Gold - Sean Ryan - Men O60 Bronze - Paul Cullen Teams: - Men Senior Bronze - Patrick O'Reilly, James Daly, Declan Cassells, Jay Bowen - Ladies O35 Gold - Gemma Treacy, Fiona Byrne, Sharon McGrane, Maria Pozo
Last weekend we had a celebratory morning in the c Last weekend we had a celebratory morning in the club where we recognised two members with Honorary membership of Civil Service Harriers. Willie Devine known to many of us has been a member of the club for 60 years with a very impressive athletics record along with a stellar work on committies, coaching and support over the years. Willie was a man of few words yesterday but did tell us he was instrumental in the extension of the club about 1999 where we have the ladies changing rooms and bar extension area now. Liam Hennessy who had a great record in the early 1970s with the club citing some impressive achievements in races. He then moved on to have very significant contributions to athletics in Ireland over several decades. Among them serving as President of Athletics Ireland from 2008 to 2012 and organising many major international events in Ireland, including the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, the European Team Championships, and the World Cross Country Championships in both Dublin and Limerick. Very well deserved to you both and we are honoured to have you as club members. Thank you to Leonie, Barry, Sinead and all who organised the morning along with the captains and coaches for a great run out on the trails beforehand.
We've had a great spring of racing so far, on road We've had a great spring of racing so far, on road, track and cross country. Our runners have been in action in the 5k in Tallaght, the half marathon in Bohermeen, the HOKA and Run Hub relay at Porterstown, the National Masters Cross Country Championships at Abbotstown and the Dunboyne 10k. We also had fantastic marathon runs by Jason Reilly in Seville (2:28) and by Eamonn Rohan in Rome (3:40). Well done all, keep up the good work into the summer! Thankfully with the clocks going forward we're back to training in the daylight on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm. Happy Easter to all our members and followers!
A nice fresh morning for Saturday morning training A nice fresh morning for Saturday morning training, with a light dusting of snow on the Dublin Mountains in the background ☀️
We had a great gang this morning for training on t We had a great gang this morning for training on the S-Bends! 👏
Well done to our runners who raced the Trim 10 Mil Well done to our runners who raced the Trim 10 Mile in glorious spring sunshine today. Thanks to @trimathleticclub and @popupraces_ire for staging a great race.
As the new year starts, we're welcoming new member As the new year starts, we're welcoming new members to our club. Our training starts at 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Saturdays at 9am. You're more than welcome to come along to our clubhouse in the Phoenix Park (D08 VK09) to try a couple of structured training sessions out before you decide to join. Your membership includes coached sessions three times a week along with our long run on Sundays (Don't forget the post-run coffee!). We have targeted races for all levels, from 5km to marathon, along with beginner-friendly BHAA races and cross-country races in the winter. We are more than just a running club, we're a community with coffee mornings, club races, Christmas and Summer parties. We look forward to you joining and enjoying the benefits of our club in the heart of the Phoenix Park. And no, these days you don't need to be a Civil Servant to join! We're called that for historical reasons. Our members come from all walks of life. Find out more on our website (www.civilserviceharriers.ie), email cshnewmembers@gmail.com or message us here. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🌳
Yesterday a hardy group of Civil Service Harriers Yesterday a hardy group of Civil Service Harriers athletes and their supporters braved freezing cold temperatures at the Dublin Intermediate and Masters Championships in St Anne's Park. It was a great day for the club, with runners in all 6 of the races. Congratulations to Vincent O'Neill (Gold M70 🥇), Fiona Byrne (Silver, W60 🥈) and Gemma Treacy (Bronze, W45) who all won championship medals in their races. It was a great day of running, with our teams doing well and some great individual performances across all the races. Well done to all our runners. Thanks to the captains Gemma and Adrian who organised the race registration, to our coaches Paul and Nick, and to everyone who helped with the canapy setup, provided the much appreciated tea, coffee and treats, and everyone who supported our runners and our photographers Laura and Gareth.
Well done to everyone who came along for the Chris Well done to everyone who came along for the Christmas morning 2 mile run this morning! Thanks to Paul Cullen for organising. Hope you're all enjoying the festivities!. Happy Christmas all! 🎄🎁🏃🏃‍♀️
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