On Saturday 8th April while many elite runners were racing at the British Championship ‘Donard Challenge’ fell race, Konrad Rawlik was running a clockwise Denis Rankin Round. Setting off at 04:08 am, Konrad blasted home in a new record time of 14:23:21. An outstanding achievement – congratulations Konrad.
The annual Mourne Mountain Marathon took place at the weekend, and in what has become tradition, 2016 Denis Rankin Round completers were presented with a certificate by Madeline Rankin.
Mourne Mountain Marathon Prize Giving
Read Aaron’s July round report over on his blog, www.irunovermountains.com
The Denis Rankin Round has once again been granted 3 (5 under the new system) UTMB qualifying point by ITRA for 2016.
On Saturday 16th July, local ultra-runner Gary Warnock, set a new Denis Rankin Round (clockwise) course record, with an impressive time of 17 hours 16 minutes.
Well done Gary. Outstanding achievement.