Donadea 50km

catweazle

Just posted my entry a few minutes ago - with the clenched fingers clutching the cheque over the postbox for a few seconds

d11gunner

Good

Posted a cheque off a couple of weeks back - should I have received some form of notification of acceptance by now? I'd hate to discover that it got lost in the post after entries have closed.

ultraman1

d11gunner wrote: »

Posted a cheque off a couple of weeks back - should I have received some form of notification of acceptance by now? I'd hate to discover that it got lost in the post after entries have closed.

hi G,i have ur entry here,iv emailed every one i recieved,maybe a spelling mistake on your entry form ,PM me ur email adress and ill resend acceptance
anto

d11gunner

Good

PM sent.

Many thanks!

ultraman1

d11gunner wrote: »

PM sent.

Many thanks!

re-sent:)

Izoard

Good

ultraman1 wrote: »

hi G,i have ur entry here,iv emailed every one i recieved,maybe a spelling mistake on your entry form ,PM me ur email adress and ill resend acceptance
anto

Hey Anto - no e-mail received here either. Maybe you've dropped a couple of us after your sales pitch to the Kenyans in the Conrad?:)

PaulieC

Good

Just dropped my form and cheque in the post. You should have it tomorrow...

ultraman1

Izoard wrote: »

Hey Anto - no e-mail received here either. Maybe you've dropped a couple of us after your sales pitch to the Kenyans in the Conrad?:)

was just waitin to see if u cud finish DCM first;)...... resent with underscore in ur name

j23c

Is there still places available. going to send off form monday if there is, Thanks

ultraman1

j23c wrote: »

Is there still places available. going to send off form monday if there is, Thanks

yep.

Micilin Muc

I won't be registering for the 2012 race, but for future reference is not really difficult to run such a distance on the same small loop?!! I would find that extremely mentally challenging!

theboyblunder

HTFU

menoscemo

Good

Micilin Muc wrote: »

I won't be registering for the 2012 race, but for future reference is not really difficult to run such a distance on the same small loop?!! I would find that extremely mentally challenging!

It is much easier to orhanise a small race like this on a 5k loop. All the drinks/feed stations and the timing mats are automatically passed by 10 times.

Also the runners will generally run in packs.

ultraman1

sub 3:30 x 5
3:40 x5 sub 4:00 x 8
4:00/30 x 6
4:45 x 8
this is just some the entrants proposed times,looks like Frank and Gary are gonna be busy:eek:

ReillyGeb

Hi Ultraman
Is entry still open. I will send cheque on Monday if so. This will motivate me to keep going over the winter

Thanks

ReillyGeb

ultraman1

ReillyGeb wrote: »

Hi Ultraman
Is entry still open. I will send cheque on Monday if so. This will motivate me to keep going over the winter

Thanks

ReillyGeb

yep entry is still open...

ultraman1

j23c wrote: »

Is there still places available

theres about 10 left..

jb-ski

Good

ultraman1 wrote: »

theres about 10 left..

I'm already entered this, however there are 6/7 of my running friends thinking about/ planning to run this.
I've suggested they book soon.

AFAIK Places are genuinely limited, so anyone 'thinking' about doing this should book asap, or at least contact Ultraman1.

(or maybe I could buy a second entry & sell it for €100 in January;))

jb-ski

Good

ultraman1 wrote: »

yep entry is still open...

I may not be able to run this, are number transfers allowed?

ultraman1

jb-ski wrote: »

I'm already entered this, however there are 6/7 of my running friends thinking about/ planning to run this.
I've suggested they book soon.

AFAIK Places are genuinely limited, so anyone 'thinking' about doing this should book asap, or at least contact Ultraman1.

]

just about full...

ultraman1

FULL.....



(catweasle has an entry to sell)

Dermo09

ultraman1 wrote: »

FULL.....



(catweasle has an entry to sell)

Hi ULTRAMAN,

When did you open the entries for the 2012 Donadea UM? I am thinking about looking at this for 2013.

Cheers

ultraman1

Dermo09 wrote: »

Hi ULTRAMAN,

When did you open the entries for the 2012 Donadea UM? I am thinking about looking at this for 2013.

Cheers

opened dis year in sept ,so prob the same for next year....

Dermo09

ultraman1 wrote: »

opened dis year in sept ,so prob the same for next year....

Thank you. Is there an official website for the event, or is it part of the Donadea Running club??

ultraman1

Dermo09 wrote: »

Thank you. Is there an official website for the event, or is it part of the Donadea Running club??

its ran by me with donadea rc,clubs new website is under construction so will be part of it nxt year

ultraman1

http://www.ultrarunningireland.com/live/news/908.htm

Zuppy

Kinda unusual to announce a national championship after the entries close??? Perfect race for it though. I presume entries will re open for the 50k again?

jeffontour

Zuppy wrote: »

Kinda unusual to announce a national championship after the entries close??? Perfect race for it though. I presume entries will re open for the 50k again?

I thought it was known to be a national champs for a while, or maybe I'm wrong.

If there's a real contender for the national title who has not got an entry they can have mine, I will not be threatening the podium.

Zuppy

An even better idea would be to add a 100km and we could then have the Irish 100km in the country for a change.

Any chance you could expand the event on such short notice? :-)

@ Jeff - first I heard of the championships was Ultramans post.

ultraman1

jeffontour wrote: »

I thought it was known to be a national champs for a while,

its been comfirmed since 29 of september

jeffontour

ultraman1 wrote: »

its been comfirmed since 29 of september

That counts as a while in my world!

Regardless of what it's status the way the weather is at the moment I reckon we might have problems with high temperatures and water shortages!

ultraman1

jeffontour wrote: »

If there's a real contender for the national title who has not got an entry they can have mine,

500€ transaction fee....ur not gettin outta 3:30 hrs of pain for free

jeffontour

ultraman1 wrote: »

ur not gettin outta 3:30 hrs of pain for free

If I thought it would only be 3 hours 30 I'd be happy out!

Zuppy

What a nice race director. €500 admin fee for name swaps. :-)

ultraman1

jeffontour wrote: »

If I thought it would only be 3 hours 30 I'd be happy out!

the first 30 mins will be grand....its the other 3hrs30...

donothoponpop

Good

ultraman1 wrote: »

FULL.....



(catweasle has an entry to sell)

Yoink. Unfinished business from last year...

Aimman

Good

Hows the preperations going for this one? Difficult to shift the christmas pudding and get the training back on schedule

jeffontour

Aimman wrote: »

get the training back on schedule

That's where you're going wrong. Not having a schedule means you're never off it, simples.

Aimman

Good

jeffontour wrote: »

That's where you're going wrong. Not having a schedule means you're never off it, simples.

My God, you're right Jeff

**Aimman heads to the kitchen for another slice of Christmas pud and clears his schedule for 2012**

Would I be right in saying that this is the first Ultra in Ireland to have pacers?

Oisin11178

Good

Aimman wrote: »

My God, you're right Jeff

**Aimman heads to the kitchen for another slice of Christmas pud and clears his schedule for 2012**

Would I be right in saying that this is the first Ultra in Ireland to have pacers?

As far as i know it is.

Krusty_Clown

Good

Oisin11178 wrote: »

As far as i know it is.

I presume it's legal, according to the governing bodies..?

jeffontour

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

I presume it's legal, according to the governing bodies..?

I've no idea but I can't see any potential winners being paced round so legality is not really relevant is it?

Krusty_Clown

Good

jeffontour wrote: »

I've no idea but I can't see any potential winners being paced round so legality is not really relevant is it?

Oh, I agree, it's just that it's a national championships, so will determine 50k placings in Ireland (whether you come first or last). I'd rather make sure that nobody will be upset now, rather than finding out later. I remember reading something about this kind of thing before, and if I remember correctly, it was fine as long as you were being paced by people participating in the same event/distance.

TFBubendorfer

Good

DCM doubles as the national marathon championships and they have pacers in that race, I've heard. Yet it's still a perfectly valid national championship race. Why should the 50k work differently?

Krusty_Clown

Good

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

DCM doubles as the national marathon championships and they have pacers in that race, I've heard. Yet it's still a perfectly valid national championship race. Why should the 50k work differently?

Fair point. Back in my box.

thirstywork2

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

DCM doubles as the national marathon championships and they have pacers in that race, I've heard. Yet it's still a perfectly valid national championship race. Why should the 50k work differently?

Sean Connolly had a pacer but he only lasted 4 miles :eek:

RacoonQueen

Good

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Oh, I agree, it's just that it's a national championships, so will determine 50k placings in Ireland (whether you come first or last). I'd rather make sure that nobody will be upset now, rather than finding out later. I remember reading something about this kind of thing before, and if I remember correctly, it was fine as long as you were being paced by people participating in the same event/distance.

If you're thinking of the same issue re: Irish ultra running races that I'm thinking of, I think the issue was that the female winner was being paced over part of it by a male.

Traditiionally in Ultras(some of the ones in the USA anyway) you can be paced by people who are not participating in the race/your support crew. I'm not sure if gender of the pacer is actually a genuine issue.

Zuppy

Usually in US races pacers are expressly forbidden to mule for runners.

Personally would like to see the first pacers slower than the expected winners. That way we see who has the mental strength as well.

TFBubendorfer

Good

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Traditionally in Ultras(some of the ones in the USA anyway) you can be paced by people who are not participating in the race/your support crew.

Pacing has a long tradition in American ultras, but not in championship races.

Zuppy wrote: »

Usually in US races pacers are expressly forbidden to mule for runners.

Except in Leadville, of course.

Zuppy wrote:

Personally would like to see the first pacers slower than the expected winners. That way we see who has the mental strength as well.

Probably a good idea. That way you'd avert any potential complaints.

ultraman1

re pacer issue,theres is a 4hr pacer and a 5hr back marker,i dont think any of the winners will be out of any of these groups