John Coghlan keeps it in the family at St Patrick’s 5k

John Coghlan held off London 2012 Olympic marathoner Mark Kenneally to take the St. Patrick’s festival 5k road race in Dublin city centre yesterday, a race organised by his father Eamonn Coghlan.

Coghlan made his move for home with just under a kilometre remaining, after Kenneally had made most of the running, to win in 14 minutes 32 seconds, three seconds clear of Kenneally with John Frazer taking third.

Fionnuala Britton was a convincing winner of the women’s race in 15:52, taking in 15th place overall some 25 seconds ahead of Letterkenny’s Ann-Marie McGlynn with Borrisokane’s Siobhan O’Doherty third.