{"id":4996,"date":"2021-10-08T11:36:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T10:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/?p=4996"},"modified":"2021-10-08T11:36:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T10:36:54","slug":"3-10-21-county-antrim-harriers-impress-over-marathon-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/?p=4996","title":{"rendered":"3\/10\/21 County Antrim Harriers impress over Marathon Miles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was another successful weekend for County Antrim Harriers, with 13 members taking part the long awaited \u201clive\u201d marathons in London and Belfast on Sunday (3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;October).&nbsp;&nbsp;Everyone produced magnificent performances and their results are a testament to their fastidious training and hard work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Belfast, in bright but chilled conditions, seven Harriers toed the line at Stormont Estate to start their journey through the city to finish at Ormeau Park.&nbsp; There were a few showers but these helped refresh the runners, as did the good crowd support.&nbsp;All gave their best with special mention to Louise Holmes and Johnny Loughead on their excellent marathon debuts.&nbsp; Chris Hopkins, in fine form, crossed the line, in a superb PB time of 2:35:11, (13<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;overall), and set another Club Record! Suzanne Kennedy pacing herself perfectly, crossed the line in 3:47:26 PB; followed by distance debutants Johnny Loughead (4:11:18) and Louise Holmes (4:27:14).&nbsp; Irene Downey clocked a strong 4:37:48; while Louise Smart and Claire Oliphant completed the distance in fancy dress bringing smiles to other racers and spectators.&nbsp; Club member, Sean Pagel, part of a two-man relay team, covered his sections of the course (16 miles) with ease.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the Irish Sea, five members took to\u00a0the streets of capital for the Virgin Money London Marathon.\u00a0 First home for the Club, in a superb PB time of 3:24:38 was Aaron Anderson; followed by Alexandra McLaughlin (3:37:27 PB); and Sarah Kinnear (3:46:09).\u00a0 Patrick McLain (4:21:27) and Chris Dickey (4:32:32 PB) also ran well.\u00a0 Well done all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image2-39-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4997\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image2-39-2.jpeg 502w, http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image2-39-2-235x300.jpeg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image3-27.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4998\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image3-27.jpeg 547w, http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image3-27-256x300.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was another successful weekend for County Antrim Harriers, with 13 members taking part the long awaited \u201clive\u201d marathons in London and Belfast on Sunday (3rd&nbsp;October).&nbsp;&nbsp;Everyone produced magnificent performances and their results are a testament to their fastidious training and hard work In Belfast, in bright but chilled conditions, seven Harriers toed the line at &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/?p=4996\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;3\/10\/21 County Antrim Harriers impress over Marathon Miles&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4999,"href":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4996\/revisions\/4999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countyantrimharriers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}