Updated Top 10 - Irish Men's and Women's 10 Mile Road Race Performances - September 2019

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Irish 10 Mile Rankings - September 2019

Guest Article by John Walshe

Last year, an Irish 10-mile ranking list was compiled for men and women, giving all performances under 55:00 (men) and 65:00 (women). At the end of April, a 2019 list was published for the year to that stage. Now, with only a few races remaining at the 10 Mile distance, the list has been updated to August 31st.  

The leading marks as of April remain the same -Sean Tobin (48:34) and Aoife Cooke (55:17). These are faster than last year’s overall times of 48:41 (Kevin Seward) and 56:47 (Laura O’Shaughnessy). Interestingly, Aoife Cooke now claims the top three performances for the year.

One performance of note is that of M55 record setter Tommy Hughes. Not many people can claim to have run 10 miles faster than their age-group, but Tommy did so in the Phoenix Park, on July 13, with his time of 54:54. As he reaches his 60th birthday in January, it will be interesting to see how he fares in his new category.  

In 2018, eight performances under 60:00 were achieved by women, already this year there have been 13 performances under the hour. Eight performances under 50:00 were also achieved by the men last year, while 11 have been recorded so far.

Last year’s respective totals under the standards of 55:00 (81) and 65:00 (47) have already been surpassed with 106 men and 56 women achieving those marks.

Undoubtably, there will be performances that, for whatever reason, have been missed, overlooked, or, maybe, were run abroad. If you are aware of any, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Men's 10 Mile Rankings 2019

Sean Tobin (Clonmel AC) is the Men's 10 Mile Leader, following his 48:34 win in the Sonia O'Sullivan Cobh 10 Mile, earlier last month. The leading Corkman, in 17th position, is East Cork AC's Tim O'Donoghue, with his 50:41 in the St Finbarr's AC Cork City 10 Miler.  Twenty five (25) of the Sub 55 minute (top 106) performances were by Corkmen.

Men's 10 Mile Leader, Sean Tobin, Clonmel AC, pictured following his table-topping Sonia O'Sullivan Cobh 10 win, in 48:34	Tim O'Donoghue, East Cork AC, Leading Corkman, in 17th place, with his 50:41 St Finbarr's AC Cork City 10 Miler performance

Women's 10 Mile Rankings 2019

There are 56 Sub-65 performances by Irish women on the Irish 10 Mile ranking List for 2019, with Youghal AC's Aoife Cooke heading the list with the three best performances to date, topping the table with her 55:17 performance, in the Mallow 10 Mile. It is noteworthy that the six best performances to date have been set by Cork women: Aoife Cooke, Claire McCarthy and Michelle Finn. Sixteen (16) of these top 56 performances were by eleven different Cork women.

Aoife Cooke, Youghal AC, Women's 10 Mile Table Topper - Mallow 10, 55:17 Photo: Derek Costello

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