Lisburn woman Judith secures podium place at Runher Coastal Challenge

Lisburn woman Judith Lonnen secured a place on the podium at the recent Runher 10k coastal challenge.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th May 2014, 14:00 BST
The race was won by Patricia OHagan (centre) from Lurgan in a time of 37:15 with second place achieved by Belfast woman Cathy McCourt in 38:28 and in third place was Judith Lonnen (left) from Lisburn in 38:32.The race was won by Patricia OHagan (centre) from Lurgan in a time of 37:15 with second place achieved by Belfast woman Cathy McCourt in 38:28 and in third place was Judith Lonnen (left) from Lisburn in 38:32.
The race was won by Patricia OHagan (centre) from Lurgan in a time of 37:15 with second place achieved by Belfast woman Cathy McCourt in 38:28 and in third place was Judith Lonnen (left) from Lisburn in 38:32.

Over 1,500 women runners and walkers lined up for the third Runher 10k coastal challenge from Holywood to Crawfordsburn on a breezy but dry evening on Friday May 23.

The race was won by Patricia O’Hagan from Lurgan in a time of 37:15 with second place achieved by Belfast woman Cathy McCourt in 38:28 and in third place was Judith Lonnen from Lisburn in 38:32.

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Runher’s 2014 Coastal Challenge supported the Mary Peters Trust and Dame Mary joined the thousands of competitors by completing the 10K walk alongside Paralympic gold medallist Kelly Gallagher, Olympic snowboarder Aimee Fuller, recently retired PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Judith Gillespie and Sport NI chief executive Antoinette McKeown.

The atmosphere at Crawfordsburn was relaxed and happy. Once the challenge had been overcome, the ladies deserved a well-earned rest to the calming country tunes of Amanda Agnew, a BBQ and a destressing massage from Apex Clinic.

Delighted with the atmosphere and the number of entrants Runher race director Michael Jenkins from Pure Running, congratulated all those who took part and their bands of supporters:

“Once again record numbers of ladies turned out at Seapark, Holywood for Runher’s now annual Coastal event.

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“Now we’re looking forward to a brand new ‘pop-up’ Runher event at Carnfunnock Country Park on Wednesday, June 25 at 7.30pm There will be both 5K and 10K races and women can choose to walk or run.”

Online entry is now open – for more information log onto www.runher.co.uk.

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