It’s the early hours of the morning, it’s raining heavily. At the entrance to Donard Park people can be seen struggling to stay on their feet. They seem to be neither co-ordinated nor aware of their surroundings, they are not even dressed appropriately for the conditions that we have been met with over the last few hours, and which seem set to continue for the foreseeable future. This however is not a collection of Rankin Round runners, thankfully instead it is just another weekend for the young people of Northern Ireland. Granted they have been doing their own rounds, however it would seem their priorities are entirely different to my own this evening. Continue reading
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IMRA Runners Complete the Round
On Saturday 28th May, IMRA runners Pól O’Murchu, Paul Morrissey and Andreas Kusch completed a clockwise circuit of the Denis Rankin Round in 23:54.
Well done guys. That’s a perfectly paced round.
Check back soon to read their round report.
BARF/NIMRA Group – Round Report
Congratulations to Phil Hodge, William Marks, Mervyn McCollan, Martin Mullan, Donal O’Kane, Alan Shealy and Jackie Toal for completing the DRR under fairly tough conditions. The initial aim had been to get 5 new completions of the round and this more than met.
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May 2016 – Round Attempt
Pól O’Murchu (Termonfeckin, Co Louth), Paul Morrissey (Dublin) and Andreas Kusch (Rush, Co Dublin) have registered to make a clockwise attempt at the Denis Rankin Round this weekend, Saturday 28th May, starting at 2am.
Best of luck with the round.
BARF / NIMRA Group Round
On Saturday 21st May BARF organised a group clockwise attempt at the Denis Rankin Round. On the day, we had a total of 8 completions.
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