Towards the last mile it looked good for Linda with her not decreasing pace and a quicken of pace over the final few 100meters saw her coming across the line in 2:36:21 some 39seconds below the qualification time for the 2012 London Olympics. 

Maria McCambridge finished in second place in 2:40:24 with Gladys Ganiel third in 2:42:43. Ava who took the in lead position started to suffer from a calf problem and lost valuable time over the second half of the race finally getting piped on the line by Gladys to finish fourth in 2:42:48. All three athletes will no doubt be competing in the New Year over the 26miles to give the qualification time another attempt.

Declan Ryan (Meet&Train Coach) who had also been suffering in recent weeks with an injury ran a well controlled race finishing in 3:41. Emer Kenny who was aiming for a sub four hour time was cruelly awarded an official chip time of 4:00:06 but who know how well calibrated they were so I think that the sub 4hour was achieved.