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April 10th 2011
Maam Cross, Co Galway
Not long until April 10th!
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Ray and team, Thanks for a fantastic event once again on Sunday. The organisation was super once again and you even managed to arrange the first real sunny day of the year for us!
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In an internet café in Galway. Just wanted to say thanks. We had a brilliant day. The race, as always, was superbly organised, and a great craic was had by all! We'll be back next year.
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Just have to let you know, what a great day we had today. Well done. Really enjoyed the marathon well organised. Even the weather how did you do it. It was a great day.
Ronhill Connemara Ultra Marathon Course Record Holder returns.
Fri, 26/02/2010Dennis Walmsley returns to Connemara
In 2005 UK ultra runner Dennis Walmsley completed the 39.3 mile Connemara Ultra Marathon course in a staggering 4 hours 10 minutes and 38 seconds to claim the course record. His splits that day were 1:20, 1:25, 1:25 which saw him run the first 26.2 miles in just 2 hours 45 minutes (a time that would have won the full marathon that day!) and then went on to blitz the half marathon course in a time that would have seen him in the top ten in the half marathon. Truly inspiring!
Dennis returns in an effort to not only win the race again, but also to better that course record and pick up a €1,000 bonus for his efforts.
While it has been a while since Dennis last took on the challenge of an Ultra race, he has been running very well and is the current World Marathon Masters V45 Champion, a title he picked up in Finland with a time of 2 hours and 33 minutes.
Dennis won’t have it all his own way though with the return of last year’s Connemara Ultra winner Vasily Neumerzhitskiy. Local ultra runner Mick Rice, who has run the course more times than anyone else, has had the 2010 event in his sights for quite a while. Mick is building up for longer distance races later this year so will be keen to put in a good performance. Both will no doubt keep Dennis in sights making this year’s Ultra one to really watch.
