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10k Aware Run in Phoenix Park

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  • 12-12-2006 10:10pm
    #1
    gzoladz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,201 ✭✭✭


    Following the entusiasm from the Port Tunnel race, I want to do the run above.

    Anybody up?


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    m_s_nixon
    Registered Users Posts: 363 ✭✭m_s_nixon


    yeah, i'm already signed up, pre-enties have closed though and it will cost €25 to register on the day which is a bit hefty


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,510 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    I signed up ages ago - my race number is 17.
    WRT the higher on-the-day registration fee, I would assume that a good chunk will go to the Aware charity.


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    Clum
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    Yeah, I registered a few weeks back too.

    Took it easy in the Port Tunnel saving myself for this weekend. I was hoping to aim for a PB but I'm still sluggish after the marathon. Can't get the legs moving at all....


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,510 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    Here is an approximate (wrt distances) map of the route as the Aware site doesn't have one.


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    gzoladz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,201 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    I think they have gone too far with €25. I agree with a higher price if you dont register in advance but that is too much.

    I still want to do it but I will decide it on the day.


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    Clum
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    Any other posters here do this 10K?

    I'd a great run except for the 5th km. I averaged under 4 mins for every kilometer but the 5th one. I'm sure I didn't slow down, there wasn't streams of people passing me and I stayed with those around me, yet it took me 6 minutes!

    Did anybody else find the 5th Km a bit long or did I loose concentration for a bit?


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    Amazotheamazing
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    Had my gps with me, the 5k marker was out of place, as in the 4k to 5k signs were a good bit more than a kilometre apart.

    Failing that I thought it was an excellant run, enjoyed it a lot more than the Port Tunnel.


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    daymobrew
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    Amazotheamazing wrote:
    Had my gps with me, the 5k marker was out of place, as in the 4k to 5k signs were a good bit more than a kilometre apart.

    Failing that I thought it was an excellant run, enjoyed it a lot more than the Port Tunnel.
    Yeah, 5k marked was waaaay off. My lap time for that km was 5m50s with the next one 3m11s. I think the 1km was a bit short too - I passed it much earlier than expected.

    It was much more enjoyable than the Port Tunnel run.


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    Clum
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    Amazotheamazing wrote:
    Had my gps with me

    Amazo, was that 5K marker the only miscalulation or was the race longer than 10k?


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    quozl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    My forerunner measured it as 6.25 miles. I'd say the extra .04 was from me not taking the corners sharply enough ;) The total distance seemed accurate.


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    Amazotheamazing
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    Clum wrote:
    Amazo, was that 5K marker the only miscalulation or was the race longer than 10k?

    I think a few of the markers were misplaced, but 5k was the only one that really stood out as seriously misplaced, the run was pretty much 10k exactly.


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