Alex O'Shea Runs in IAU World 100k
Alex O'Shea Represents Ireland in IAU World 100k Championship
Los Alcazares, Murcia, Spain
Sunday November 27th 2016
St Finbarr's AC athlete, Alex O'Shea represents Ireland in tomorrow's IAU World 100k Championships, in Los Alcazares, Murcia, in southeastern Spain. This is Alex's first time to don the Irish shirt.
Updates
50k
Rufus Photo (RSA) 3:44:10
David Gatebe (RSA) 3:44:57
Gift Kehele (RSA) 3:44:57
Bongmusa Mthembu (RSA) 3:44:58
Hideaki Yamauchi (JPN) 3:45:06
60k
Alex O'Shea 4:13:12 - 54th Place
70k
Alex O'Shea 5:01:04 - 51st Place
80k
Alex O'Shea 5:52:xx
90k
Alex O'Shea 6:40:xx
100k
Alex O'Shea finishes in 55th place, in a time of 7:37:15, a PB by approx. 11 minutes.
Mens Results
Report - WMA World 100k Championship Facebook Page
Many congratulations to our new World Champion Hideaki Yamauchi (JPN) in 6:18:22, Silver Medallist Bongmusa Mthembu (RSA) 6:24:05 and taking bronze Patrick Reagan (USA) 6:35:42.
In women, the Gold medal goes to Kirstin Bull (AUS) in 7 34.25. In silver medal position is Nikolina Sustic in 7:36:09 and in bronze position Joasia Zakrzewski (GBR) 7:41:47.
Alex O'Shea with the Norwegian squad
Live Tracking
Course
The course consists of 10 x 10k laps on the streets of the town of Los Alcazares
Course Elevation Profile
At first glance the course appears to be somewhat challenging, however the elevation change ranges between approx. 1m and 7m, though the changes are quite sharp
