Dublin Half Marathon - September 18th

rasher_m

daymobrew wrote: »

Name|Target|Actual
Rasher_m |2:10 |
brophya2007 | 2:09:59|
menoscemo|1:59:30 (pacer)|
claralara | 1:59:30
scargill | 1:59:30
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true | 1:44:59 |
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs | 1:29:59 |
daymobrew | 1:29:00 |

I added Rasher_m and reordered by descending predicted time. I hope that that is okay.

Yeah thats great thx

rasher_m

Has anyone found that following a pacer has brought them on or will it cause you to slow down later on if you're not fit enough?

Brianderunner

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m |2:10 |
brophya2007 | 2:09:59|
jcsmum | 1:59:59 |
menoscemo|1:59:30 (pacer)|
claralara | 1:59:30
scargill | 1:59:30
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true | 1:44:59 |
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres | 1:33 |
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs | 1:29:59 |
daymobrew | 1:29:00 |
brianderunner | 1:28:30 |
robinph|1:25:00
smmoore79|1:20:00

This time wouild be one second ahead of my pb on the same course last year.

Lex Luther

Brianderunner wrote: »

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m |2:10 |
brophya2007 | 2:09:59|
jcsmum | 1:59:59 |
menoscemo|1:59:30 (pacer)|
claralara | 1:59:30
scargill | 1:59:30
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true | 1:44:59 |
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres | 1:33 |
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs | 1:29:59 |
daymobrew | 1:29:00 |
brianderunner | 1:28:30 |
robinph|1:25:00
smmoore79|1:20:00
Lex Luther |1:23:30

might be optimistic

Sparky101

scargill wrote: »

I'll be tracking menoscemo all the way hopefully. Did the Kildare half in a poor 2:24, the aim since then has been to do this under 2h. I did the 5 mile in 40:15, and for some reason could only manage the 10 mile in 1:39. My training runs are generally faster so a bit annoyed with that time, 1:30 was the target. Just going to put it behind me and put the work in over the next 4 weeks.
Going to try a 10 mile and 12 mile run at (or near) the required pace over the next few weekends.

I'm aiming for sub 2hr too, but think I am being a bit ambitious here, this is my first half marathon and was disappointed with a 1.39 finish in the 10 mile, I ran the 5 mile and a few 10ks at a much faster pace. Having said that, I didn't really put the effort in on the day and just pottered around on a nice jog, with not even a watch for guidance!
Has anyone got any tips for getting us there?

menoscemo

Sparky101 wrote: »

I'm aiming for sub 2hr too, but think I am being a bit ambitious here, this is my first half marathon and was disappointed with a 1.39 finish in the 10 mile, I ran the 5 mile and a few 10ks at a much faster pace. Having said that, I didn't really put the effort in on the day and just pottered around on a nice jog, with not even a watch for guidance!
Has anyone got any tips for getting us there?

Stick to the pacers like glue and we'll get you there in even splits

Sparky101

menoscemo wrote: »

Stick to the pacers like glue and we'll get you there in even splits

Thanks for that! I will be the happiest girl in the park if I manage to do it:)

Seres

wish there was a 1hr 33 min pacer , gettin nervous bout this , have been traning specifically for this all summer , first HM , really hope i dont bomb .

figs

I for one will be bloody glad to see pacers for the Dublin half... if I'm going to try to break an ambitious 1:30h, I'll need all the help I can get.

Now apologies if I've just plain missed this, but how are the pacers working for the Dublin Half? I didn't see or hear any mention of pacers for the half before this thread. I was aware there were volunteers for the DCM okay.

Are there official pace groups for the half (like the DCM)? Do the pacers have to pre-qualify based on previous times? What are these times? What are the groups? Is there a sub-1:30 pace group? How many pacers per group, etc... etc...

Somebody in the know might be so kind as to point me in the right direction for info.

menoscemo

figs wrote: »

I for one will be bloody glad to see pacers for the Dublin half... if I'm going to try to break an ambitious 1:30h, I'll need all the help I can get.

Now apologies if I've just plain missed this, but how are the pacers working for the Dublin Half? I didn't see or hear any mention of pacers for the half before this thread. I was aware there were volunteers for the DCM okay.

Are there official pace groups for the half (like the DCM)? Do the pacers have to pre-qualify based on previous times? What are these times? What are the groups? Is there a sub-1:30 pace group? How many pacers per group, etc... etc...

Somebody in the know might be so kind as to point me in the right direction for info.

2 Pacers per group and there are 1:30 pacers (Krusty Clown and Ecoli I believe), There are differenet qualifying standards for each group but all have ran significantly faster for each distance recently. I am sure you'll agree the 1:30 pacers are more than qualified.

donothoponpop

figs wrote: »

Now apologies if I've just plain missed this, but how are the pacers working for the Dublin Half? I didn't see or hear any mention of pacers for the half before this thread. I was aware there were volunteers for the DCM okay.

Final listing of pacers

1:30
ecoli
Krusty Clown

1:40
lecheile
Peckham

1:50
SureWhyNot
Oisin11178

2:00
Menoscemo
Racoon Queen

Reserve
donothoponpop


*These are the official pacers, vetted and approved by the race organizers. They will have distinctive pacers gear, helium balloons (with their target time on them) which they will carry throughout the race.
*All pacers will run steady miles throughout the race, to a pace about 30 secs faster than the above time bands, (ie. the 1:50 pacers will cross the finish line about 1:49:30).
*Times are "chip-to-chip", meaning pacers will start their watches when they cross the start line, rather than when the gun goes. So it's best to stand behind your target time pacer at the start.
*If you run with your pace group, you will meet that target time. Pacing will be steady throughout, ie. no "banking" of time. The hills in the Park are not steep/long enough to make any significant difference to a steady pace.

shels4ever

donothoponpop wrote: »

Final listing of pacers

1:30
ecoli
Krusty Clown

1:40
lecheile
Peckham

1:50
SureWhyNot
Oisin11178

2:00
Menoscemo
Racoon Queen

Reserve
donothoponpop


*These are the official pacers, vetted and approved by the race organizers. They will have distinctive pacers gear, helium balloons (with their target time on them) which they will carry throughout the race.
*All pacers will run steady miles throughout the race, to a pace about 30 secs faster than the above time bands, (ie. the 1:50 pacers will cross the finish line about 1:49:30).
*Times are "chip-to-chip", meaning pacers will start their watches when they cross the start line, rather than when the gun goes. So it's best to stand behind your target time pacer at the start.
*If you run with your pace group, you will meet that target time. Pacing will be steady throughout, ie. no "banking" of time. The hills in the Park are not steep/long enough to make any significant difference to a steady pace.

Just wondered if info on the pacers will be at the number collection and or the posted numbers? Are there a couple of waves for the half marathon again, i'm guessing the pacers will be in the correct wave:)

RayCun

Just asking out of curiosity...

usually in races there are plenty of people who start in the wrong place, and/or go out too fast. Do you think many people see a 1.40 balloon and think "uh-oh, why am I beside this guy, I must be going too fast"? Or is it just the people who decide to follow a pacer that pay any attention?

MisterDrak

Probably what is going to happen, is that people will turn up on the day, see a pacers baloon, have no idea about pacing or what pace they can realistically do the race in and "give it a lash".

Result being loads of people droping off the pace after 2-3 miles.

menoscemo

RayCun wrote: »

Just asking out of curiosity...

usually in races there are plenty of people who start in the wrong place, and/or go out too fast. Do you think many people see a 1.40 balloon and think "uh-oh, why am I beside this guy, I must be going too fast"? Or is it just the people who decide to follow a pacer that pay any attention?

Speaking for myself Ray, i am normally one to go out too fast in the first mile in Races. Now at the Enniscorthy half a few months ago, I was targetting sub 1:40. There were no pacers for 1:40 rather 1:30 and 1:45, So I placed myself between the two pacing groups at the start and allowwed the 1;30 pacers to gradually drift off in front of me while keeping the 1:45 guys well behind.

Anyway i came in at 1:37 in a remarkably even paced race (for me any - a 2 second negative split), so While i didn't have pacers for my target time, the presence of pacers at the race definately helped me run an even paced race.

Hopefully in the Dublin Half, the presence of pacers in the different waves will make people realise which wave they should be in at the start.

donothoponpop

shels4ever wrote: »

Just wondered if info on the pacers will be at the number collection and or the posted numbers? Are there a couple of waves for the half marathon again, i'm guessing the pacers will be in the correct wave:)

Info on pacers will probably be emailed before, not 100% sure.
There will be three wave starts,
Wave 1– Runners who wish to run sub 100 minutes
Wave 2– Runners who wish to run between 100 and 120 mins
Wave 3– Runners who wish to run 120 minutes plus

so pace groups sub 1:30, sub 1:40 will be in Wave 1, and pace groups sub 1:50 and sub 2:00 will be in Wave 2.

This is somewhat moot, as all times will be chip-to-chip anyway (although both gun and chip times will be published).

shels4ever

menoscemo wrote: »

Speaking for myself Ray, i am normally one to go out too fast in the first mile in Races. Now at the Enniscorthy half a few months ago, I was targetting sub 1:40. There were no pacers for 1:40 rather 1:30 and 1:45, So I placed myself between the two pacing groups at the start and allowwed the 1;30 pacers to gradually drift off in front of me while keeping the 1:45 guys well behind.

Anyway i came in at 1:37 in a remarkably even paced race (for me any - a 2 second negative split), so While i didn't have pacers for my target time, the presence of pacers at the race definately helped me run an even paced race.

Hopefully in the Dublin Half, the presence of pacers in the different waves will make people realise which wave they should be in at the start.

I went to the back of wave one on sat as this was 1:25 which was my target, but over the fist mile i'd say i'd passed 40% of that wave by running 8:30 miles so a huge amount of people were in the wrong wave. Same for the wave 2 guys who passed us inmile 3-4 they were running well under 7 min pace.

menoscemo

shels4ever wrote: »

I went to the back of wave one on sat as this was 1:25 which was my target, but over the fist mile i'd say i'd passed 40% of that wave by running 8:30 miles so a huge amount of people were in the wrong wave. Same for the wave 2 guys who passed us inmile 3-4 they were running well under 7 min pace.

I know a good few people who started at the front of wave 2 rather than the back/middle of wave 1 "to get a good run at it". Probably a good strategy for them but kind of makes a mockery of the wave system.

Anyway I am not too worried about the waves as over a half, there is loads of time to make up what you might lose at the start. It is more of an annoyance in 5-10k races.

shels4ever

menoscemo wrote: »

I know a good few people who started at the front of wave 2 rather than the back/middle of wave 1 "to get a good run at it". Probably a good strategy for them but kind of makes a mockery of the wave system.

Anyway I am not too worried about the waves as over a half, there is loads of time to make up what you might lose at the start. It is more of an annoyance in 5-10k races.

Yep but if the 2 hours half mara people are starting 4-5 mins before the pacers it makes it a bit hard, I think this is going to be a hard one for the pacers to manage... maybe have a 2 hour paces = wave 2 balloon..

RayCun

menoscemo wrote: »

I know a good few people who started at the front of wave 2 rather than the back/middle of wave 1 "to get a good run at it". Probably a good strategy for them but kind of makes a mockery of the wave system.

er, guilty.

But, I can see the problem with a slower runner being in the first wave, because the people behind have to pass them out. How much of a problem is it to have a faster runner in the second wave? It meant I had to pass out more people, but did I inconvenience anyone else?

menoscemo

shels4ever wrote: »

Yep but if the 2 hours half mara people are starting 4-5 mins before the pacers it makes it a bit hard, I think this is going to be a hard one for the pacers to manage... maybe have a 2 hour paces = wave 2 balloon..

That's not the pacers problem. As Donothoponpop has said, if someone is planning on using pacers, they need to be starting at approximately the same time as the pacers or a little behind.
Pacers can't be responsible for people who started 5 minutes before them.

The Hammer

menoscemo wrote: »

I know a good few people who started at the front of wave 2 rather than the back/middle of wave 1 "to get a good run at it". Probably a good strategy for them but kind of makes a mockery of the wave system.

I think the few previous posts here are spot on - many people go to say the front of the wave they should be in - or bump themselves up a wave to "give themselves a good position" and "avoid the crush". Of course the irony is that it is exactly this behaviour is what causes the crush. I do think the Mic Guy at Frank Duffy on Saturday missed a proper opportunity of warning people about the potential for danger of starting in the wrong wave. Instead he went on about the "people who like a burger and a glass of wine go to wave 3". There are plenty of people in wave 3 who work their butts off week in and week out - so instead of talking rubbish - some tips about the wave system etc would be useful.

I say this without any statistical evident but I am sure many of the wave jumpers are not "real runners" - the people who take their running seriously regardless of whether their ten mile is 55 mins,75 mins, or 125 minutes - tend to do the right thing and line up where they are supposed to on race day.

menoscemo

RayCun wrote: »

er, guilty.

But, I can see the problem with a slower runner being in the first wave, because the people behind have to pass them out. How much of a problem is it to have a faster runner in the second wave? It meant I had to pass out more people, but did I inconvenience anyone else?

Not at all, it's the fact that everyone knows there will be slow people in the first wave and have to make plans to deal with it (i.e. start in the second wave so the field will be thinned when you pass the walkers) that makes the mockery.

Anyway this is probably a topic for a different thread (though it has been done a thousand times before). As I say, hopefully the presence of clearly marked pacers will 'help' people choose the correct wave for them in this race.

shels4ever

menoscemo wrote: »

That's not the pacers problem. As Donothoponpop has said, if someone is planning on using pacers, they need to be starting at approximately the same time as the pacers or a little behind.
Pacers can't be responsible for people who started 5 minutes before them.

Yep but once they know what wave the pacers will be in, this might actually solve a part of the problem. So if people know that 2 horus pacers are in wave 2-3 etc it might help.

Will prob bejoining you for a few miles of he half and see how it goes.

jlang

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m|2:10|
brophya2007|2:09:59|
jcsmum|1:59:59|
menoscemo|1:59:30(pacer)|
claralara|1:59:30|
scargill|1:59:30|
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true|1:44:59|
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres|1:33|
jlang|1:30:00|
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs|1:29:59|
daymobrew|1:29:00|
brianderunner|1:28:30|
robinph|1:25:00|
Lex Luther|1:23:30|
smmoore79|1:20:00|
McMillan's giving me 1:32:x but if there's going to be pacers...

Aimman

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m|2:10|
brophya2007|2:09:59|
jcsmum|1:59:59|
menoscemo|1:59:30(pacer)|
claralara|1:59:30|
scargill|1:59:30|
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true|1:44:59|
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Aimman|1:39:59|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres|1:33|
jlang|1:30:00|
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs|1:29:59|
daymobrew|1:29:00|
brianderunner|1:28:30|
robinph|1:25:00|
Lex Luther|1:23:30|
smmoore79|1:20:00|

Supergluing myself to Peckham.

rasher_m

Aimman wrote: »

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m|2:10|
brophya2007|2:09:59|
jcsmum|1:59:59|
menoscemo|1:59:30(pacer)|
claralara|1:59:30|
scargill|1:59:30|
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true|1:44:59|
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Aimman|1:39:59|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres|1:33|
jlang|1:30:00|
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs|1:29:59|
daymobrew|1:29:00|
brianderunner|1:28:30|
robinph|1:25:00|
Lex Luther|1:23:30|
smmoore79|1:20:00|

Supergluing myself to Peckham.

Some seriously good times in there...I thought for the Frank Duffy run that there were a lot more slower runners like myself....hmmm wonder where they went

rainbow kirby

rasher_m wrote: »

Some seriously good times in there...I thought for the Frank Duffy run that there were a lot more slower runners like myself....hmmm wonder where they went

There will be lots of slower runners - just not all of them will list a target time here

tunguska

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m|2:10|
brophya2007|2:09:59|
jcsmum|1:59:59|
menoscemo|1:59:30(pacer)|
claralara|1:59:30|
scargill|1:59:30|
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true|1:44:59|
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Aimman|1:39:59|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres|1:33|
jlang|1:30:00|
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs|1:29:59|
daymobrew|1:29:00|
brianderunner|1:28:30|
robinph|1:25:00|
Lex Luther|1:23:30|
smmoore79|1:20:00|
Tunguska|1:13:59|

racheljev

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m|2:10|
brophya2007|2:09:59|
Racheljev|2:01:30|
jcsmum|1:59:59|
menoscemo|1:59:30(pacer)|
claralara|1:59:30|
scargill|1:59:30|
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true|1:44:59|
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Aimman|1:39:59|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres|1:33|
jlang|1:30:00|
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs|1:29:59|
daymobrew|1:29:00|
brianderunner|1:28:30|
robinph|1:25:00|
Lex Luther|1:23:30|
smmoore79|1:20:00|
Tunguska|1:13:59|


McMillan is giving me 2:01:30 based on the 10 mile, so I'll stick that in the table - but maybe I'll try and stick with the 2 hr pacers for a while and see how I get on...

Seres

racheljev wrote: »

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m|2:10|
brophya2007|2:09:59|
Racheljev|2:01:30|
jcsmum|1:59:59|
menoscemo|1:59:30(pacer)|
claralara|1:59:30|
scargill|1:59:30|
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true|1:44:59|
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Aimman|1:39:59|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres|1:33|
jlang|1:30:00|
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs|1:29:59|
daymobrew|1:29:00|
brianderunner|1:28:30|
robinph|1:25:00|
Lex Luther|1:23:30|
smmoore79|1:20:00|
Tunguska|1:13:59|


QUOTE]
jesus tunguska thats a savage time your goin for !

DigiJem

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m|2:10|
brophya2007|2:09:59|
Racheljev|2:01:30|
jcsmum|1:59:59|
menoscemo|1:59:30(pacer)|
claralara|1:59:30|
scargill|1:59:30|
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
DigiJem|1:53|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true|1:44:59|
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Aimman|1:39:59|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres|1:33|
jlang|1:30:00|
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs|1:29:59|
daymobrew|1:29:00|
brianderunner|1:28:30|
robinph|1:25:00|
Lex Luther|1:23:30|
smmoore79|1:20:00|
Tunguska|1:13:59|

tunguska

Seres wrote: »

jesus tunguska thats a savage time your goin for !

Thats the target anyway, whether or not I'll get there is another issue. Running the national half next weekend so I'll learn a lot from that result.

1:33 huh. I know its your half marathon debut and I dont wanna put pressure on you or anything but I think you could go sub 1:30. I mean you have the speed and so long as you've done your 13mile runs in training you'll be in good nick. But you know best yourself what youre capable of.
And dont pay any attention to the scare mongering over the course being tough. Its not. Not flat either, but definitely not in the "hard course" classification.

lecheile

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m|2:10|
brophya2007|2:09:59|
Racheljev|2:01:30|
jcsmum|1:59:59|
menoscemo|1:59:30(pacer)|
claralara|1:59:30|
scargill|1:59:30|
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
DigiJem|1:53|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true|1:44:59|
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Aimman|1:39:59|
LeCheile|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres|1:33|
jlang|1:30:00|
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs|1:29:59|
daymobrew|1:29:00|
brianderunner|1:28:30|
robinph|1:25:00|
Lex Luther|1:23:30|
smmoore79|1:20:00|
Tunguska|1:13:59|

Seres

tunguska wrote: »

Thats the target anyway, whether or not I'll get there is another issue. Running the national half next weekend so I'll learn a lot from that result.

1:33 huh. I know its your half marathon debut and I dont wanna put pressure on you or anything but I think you could go sub 1:30. I mean you have the speed and so long as you've done your 13mile runs in training you'll be in good nick. But you know best yourself what youre capable of.
And dont pay any attention to the scare mongering over the course being tough. Its not. Not flat either, but definitely not in the "hard course" classification.

ya , what the hell , was just think the same thing before comin onto the thread , think i will just go for it and try and stay with the 1hr 30 pacers , sure if i blow up it my first one anyway !
probably been a bit over cautious anyway with the 1hr 33 ?!

tunguska

Seres wrote: »

ya , what the hell , was just think the same thing before comin onto the thread , think i will just go for it and try and stay with the 1hr 30 pacers , sure if i blow up it my first one anyway !
probably been a bit over cautious anyway with the 1hr 33 ?!

That there is fightin' talk! Good stuff. Sure one of the lads from my club is pacing the 1:30(ecoli)so just tuck in behind him and you'll be grand.

Lex Luther

tunguska wrote: »

Thats the target anyway, whether or not I'll get there is another issue. Running the national half next weekend so I'll learn a lot from that result.

1:33 huh. I know its your half marathon debut and I dont wanna put pressure on you or anything but I think you could go sub 1:30. I mean you have the speed and so long as you've done your 13mile runs in training you'll be in good nick. But you know best yourself what youre capable of.
And dont pay any attention to the scare mongering over the course being tough. Its not. Not flat either, but definitely not in the "hard course" classification.

Hi Tunguska , will you have the same target for the nationals ? I'd imagine you'll have a bit more company there at that pace than you will a couple of weeks later in the park !
I might modify my target depending on how well ( or not) the nationals go.
LL

tunguska

Lex Luther wrote: »

Hi Tunguska , will you have the same target for the nationals ? I'd imagine you'll have a bit more company there at that pace than you will a couple of weeks later in the park !
I might modify my target depending on how well ( or not) the nationals go.
LL

I'll take it a bit easier at the national half so no way I'll be going at 73min pace. Maybe around 76min pace. Having said that, I might get sucked into the Gary Crossan/Maria McCambridge show which will mean all hopes of taking it easy are out the window after that......

Seres

tunguska wrote: »

That there is fightin' talk! Good stuff. Sure one of the lads from my club is pacing the 1:30(ecoli)so just tuck in behind him and you'll be grand.

think KC is pacing too , that time your goin for would get ya in the top 10 by last year standards :eek: , ya ' ll be able to have a nice cuppa ready for me at the finish

tunguska

Seres wrote: »

think KC is pacing too , that time your goin for would get ya in the top 10 by last year standards :eek: , ya ' ll be able to have a nice cuppa ready for me at the finish

The standard was poor last year though, cant remember why, but most of the top lads stayed away. I think a lot of them ran the national half instead. I know a lot of the lads dont like running in the commercial races, they prefer club organised events instead. So Im not sure how classy the field will be this year.
Heads up though, if youre not registered you better get your pink roller skates on........entry closses on Tuesday.

Mike D

Am hoping for a sub 1.58 ish time. Was on target for under 2 hours at Clontarf but the Wind on the beach put pay to that! It nearly killed me. Did 2.01 in Achill a couple of years ago
Pacers is a great idea so am going to stick to the 1.59er and hope to have a bit in reserve for the last couple...fingers crossed.

Seres

tunguska wrote: »

The standard was poor last year though, cant remember why, but most of the top lads stayed away. I think a lot of them ran the national half instead. I know a lot of the lads dont like running in the commercial races, they prefer club organised events instead. So Im not sure how classy the field will be this year.
Heads up though, if youre not registered you better get your pink roller skates on........entry closses on Tuesday.

the pink rollies have been there long ago , know its not the thread but what are you predictions for the national HM ?

W.B. Yeats

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tunguska

Seres wrote: »

the pink rollies have been there long ago , know its not the thread but what are you predictions for the national HM ?

Im not sure about the mens race, I have no idea whos in for defo and whos running the addidas instead or even both. I know the womens race should be a belter. Although McCambridge is on blistering form so maybe it'll only be the race for second place that'll be worth a look. She flew by me at the 10miler last week and by jaysus did she look strong. If I was those other ladies I wouldnt harbour any aspirations of finishing ahead of her. Not sure if Linda byrne has thrown her hat into the ring though, if she has then it'll be some race.

Woddle

Hi guys deleted a few posts as you did not quote the most recent table.

W.B. Yeats

Woddle wrote: »

Hi guys deleted a few posts as you did not quote the most recent table.

Eh surely quoting the table from the post above is what you are supposed to do????
That's what I did

Woddle

W.B. Yeats wrote: »

Eh surely quoting the table from the post above is what you are supposed to do????
That's what I did

I know but he quoted the wrong one, so therefore you did and that left 6 peoples names off the list.

cwgatling

I'm shooting for sub 1:35 in this. McMillan is giving me 1:31:59 based off a 5k time but I don't see any chance of that happening.

W.B. Yeats

Name|Target|Actual
TipsyGypsy|2:23|
Rasher_m|2:10|
brophya2007|2:09:59|
Racheljev|2:01:30|
jcsmum|1:59:59|
menoscemo|1:59:30(pacer)|
W.B. Yeats |1:59:30|
claralara|1:59:30|
scargill|1:59:30|
Rainbow Kirby|1:58|
William72|1:54:59|
DigiJem|1:53|
Milosh|1:49:59|
RayCun|1:49:59|
HuntingDrog|1:49:59|
Digger2d2|1:49:59|
Oisin11178|1.49.30 pacer|
woddle|1:47:59|
xebec|1:44:59|
itsall true|1:44:59|
Peckham|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Tippmanrunning|1:39:59|
Hawkwing|1:39:59|
Aimman|1:39:59|
LeCheile|1:39:59 (pacer)|
Ronnie085|1:35:59|
seres|1:33|
jlang|1:30:00|
MisterDrak|1:29:59|
NeedsTraining|1:29:59|
figs|1:29:59|
daymobrew|1:29:00|
brianderunner|1:28:30|
robinph|1:25:00|
Lex Luther|1:23:30|
smmoore79|1:20:00|
Tunguska|1:13:59|


Sticking as close as possible to Menoscemo- hoping he/she will bring me home!

menoscemo

W.B. Yeats wrote: »

Sticking as close as possible to Menoscemo- hoping he/she will bring me home!

It's a he, but there will also be a she (Racoon Queen). Make sure to introduce yourself on the day!