Clontarf Half Marathon and 5 Mile 3/7/2011

elvis jones

4 stars (good)

Its in KM and they are every KM.........the sight of the 21st one is lovely:D

HeraldAm

4 stars (good)

elvis jones wrote: »

Its in KM and they are every KM.........the sight of the 21st one is lovely:D

Thanks a mill Elvis.

seedorf117

was there a 5miler with this race last year?? anyone have the results of that race? trying to find them but to no avail thanks!

RayCun

seedorf117 wrote: »

was there a 5miler with this race last year??

no, the 5 mile is new

elvis jones

4 stars (good)

There was a 10Km last yr but it was in a different location.......

SomeUnusedName

4 stars (good)

doing this as well,
Looking forward to it

dub8

3 stars (average)

looking forward to this as well! never run out that direction so will be a welcome change of scenery from the park! hope the weather is ok for it!:)

Qwerty27

2 stars (poor)

What time will online registration close at? having problem with my credit card and will be after work before I can get it sorted so prob be 7 or 8 this evening before I can complete entry...will this be time enough?

elvis jones

4 stars (good)

Qwerty27 wrote: »

What time will online registration close at? having problem with my credit card and will be after work before I can get it sorted so prob be 7 or 8 this evening before I can complete entry...will this be time enough?

I'd say its midnight..........

Qwerty27

2 stars (poor)

If you could confirm that Ray, would be great!

christeb

I'll be down to steward - good luck to all running this and let's hope for some kind weather...

Krusty_Clown

3 stars (average)

Anyone here aiming for sub 1:30?
Weather looking pretty good. Dry and overcast, with a gentle breeze (4 m/s) that will carry us for the first half and cool us down for the return journey.

elvis jones

4 stars (good)

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Anyone here aiming for sub 1:30?
Weather looking pretty good. Dry and overcast, with a gentle breeze (4 m/s) that will carry us for the first half and cool us down for the return journey.

Last yr only 5 people finished sub 1:30, conditions were awful and the sand storm on the way back was something i've never seen before.

Oh and not a chance of me getting close to that.........2hr is more in line for me.

But to run with the Garmin God will be an honour;)

Qwerty27

2 stars (poor)

More probs with the website, being trying to enter all evening....

If I enter Sunday morning is there any chance of a T Shirt seeing I cant enter on line and have been trying all day?!;)

seedorf117

Qwerty27 wrote: »

More probs with the website, being trying to enter all evening....

If I enter Sunday morning is there any chance of a T Shirt seeing I cant enter on line and have been trying all day?!;)

been trying since ten to enter but not accepting details, is the 5miler full or whats the crack??

RacoonQueen

PM Eoin Ryan, I'm sure he'll be able to sort you out.

Krusty_Clown

3 stars (average)

12'C, sunny, no clouds, Light breeze, 3 m/s from west-southwest.
Still looking good.

menoscemo

2 stars (poor)

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

12'C, sunny, no clouds, Light breeze, 3 m/s from west-southwest.
Still looking good.

Yeah any winds coming from a mildly westerly direction will be good because the City will block them to some extent. It's the easterly winds that would cause the problem as they will come directly off the sea and the runners would be exposed to them, so definately looking good at the moment.

Muppet Man

Hi folks - anyone know:

Where / when to pick up the race kit with Chip/T-Shirt?

Best place to park?

Thanks
Muppet Man

elvis jones

4 stars (good)

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

12'C, sunny, no clouds, Light breeze, 3 m/s from west-southwest.
Still looking good.

Thats like saying the weather looks nice lets have a BBQ;)

chinguetti

2 stars (poor)

Muppet Man wrote: »

Hi folks - anyone know:

Where / when to pick up the race kit with Chip/T-Shirt?

Best place to park?

Thanks
Muppet Man

Did you get your email with all the details? Looks like you didn't and with the website problems, does anyone have Eoin's number to give him a heads up on the tech problems he appears to be having.

In answer:

Sat reg 4 to 6pm and Sun 8 to 9.15 am at the start/finish line at the Wind Scultupure near the Dart station in Clontarf.

Take the bus or cycle, good way to warm up/cool down with a walk/cycle afterwards.

'Google' the race for all the details - Clontarf Half Marathon should do the trick

elvis jones

4 stars (good)

Just contacted Eoin.............fingers crossed he's not up to his eye balls and can pop on.

MisterDrak

4 stars (good)

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Anyone here aiming for sub 1:30?
Weather looking pretty good. Dry and overcast, with a gentle breeze (4 m/s) that will carry us for the first half and cool us down for the return journey.

Yep, was happy enough to head for a 1:35 initially, but found out Tuesday that one of the lads from the club is pacing 1:30, so it would be rude not to keep him company... Probably blow to pieces on the caseway road...

Muppet Man

Thanks chinguetti - didnt get the email, but found the stuff online alright

All set now I think.

eoin ryan

I'm above and over my eyeballs. Anyway
We had 200 entries in the past 2 days - which is great. But it now means we only have 50 spots left for the Half marathon & 50 for five mile....
Thats what we can cater for at this point in time. I'm not going with the pile em high approach. I want the ppl who have entered to enjoy themselves

Entries were being taken online right up to midnight last night. It's unfortunate if you didn't get in? (maybe problems online etc.) but pls take it up with Active Europe directly. I can't help you - it is their system. I just pass the emails on to them.

So registration is open tomorrow (Sat) 4pm to 6pm at the Start/ finish line. I'm going to release 25 entries for the Half Marathon & 25 for the five mile on Sat.
The remainder of the 25 Half and 25 5 mile entries will be available on Sunday. Thats the 50 entries I said would be available on Sunday from Website.

I am going to be fair to eveyone and its first come first served. I won't reserve any spots - sorry. If you don't want to risk the journey then please don't come. It's you call.... Please please don't phone me. It's not being rude but i have to work and get things done otherwise the race won't happen till Monday if you get my drift.....

We closed last night and i got badly delayed today so I'm going to try and get some info relating to the above up onthe website.

Q. Can someone pls post (attach) the info in the email I sent. I can't do it. And I gotta go. Many thanks if you can...

Eoin

Muppet Man

Sorry for the panicy phone call today Eoin... you were right not to talk to me....

Found the email in my trash/junk folder. Damn Filters... here it is for anyone else....

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Attached the details of the Clontarf Half Marathon & 5 mile on Sunday 3rd.

Weather looks good... famous last words!

The info sheet and Map are attached here. Map is in Powerpoint or word format - its the same map.

Reminder that we have Registration on Saturday from 4pm to 6pm at the start/finish area of half Marathon.

Regards

Eoin

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See ya sat/sun!

Muppet Man.

Name Changed

I'm not able to open the email attachments for whatever reason...

I presume we don't need anything but our names to collect our numbers and chips etc today in Clontarf? And can I collect my missus' stuff as she can't make it over?

eoin ryan

yes and yes

The same detail is up on website. Try there maybe???!

Name Changed

Ok so thanks.

thirstywork2

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Anyone here aiming for sub 1:30?
Weather looking pretty good. Dry and overcast, with a gentle breeze (4 m/s) that will carry us for the first half and cool us down for the return journey.

I should be under 90minutes,legs still in bits from I.M.R.A race last wed and havn't ran since with family issues.
i plan on going out @ 6min pace and see how the body feels.
Won't be aiming for sub 75 tommorow

fungirl1

3 stars (average)

Best of luck to everyone tomorrow especially the HM folks...

Krusty_Clown

3 stars (average)

thirstywork2 wrote: »

I should be under 90minutes,legs still in bits from I.M.R.A race last wed and havn't ran since with family issues.
i plan on going out @ 6min pace and see how the body feels.
Won't be aiming for sub 75 tommorow

Well, you won't be looking for a sub 90 minute pacer then.
Wish I was racing this one..

RacoonQueen

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Well, you won't be looking for a sub 90 minute pacer then.
Wish I was racing this one..

You can try and convince him to be the pacer :pac:

elvis jones

4 stars (good)

See you all there......

I'll be the one in the very bright green r shirt and will prob have a mic in my hand at some stage;)

JosDel

Organisation at the end of this race was not great, where was the stewards on the pathway coming in to the finish line, some runners stayed on the path and ran past the finish line....

Van.Bosch

2 stars (poor)

JosDel wrote: »

Organisation at the end of this race was not great, where was the stewards on the pathway coming in to the finish line, some runners stayed on the path and ran past the finish line....

Saw that but I thought it was fairly obvious to run under the clock, still a marshal pointing the way would have avoided it.

It was ridiculously hot too, especially for the last 3 miles. Found it really tough but still managed a PB so delighted!

RacoonQueen

Congratulations to boards very own thirstywork on the win. Making it look ridiclously easy! :pac:

dub8

3 stars (average)

no fault with the organisation, though the whole thing went off pretty well! the race itself ... well i puked and wretched my way though the second half ( thanks to people who asked if i was ok btw!) , managed to finish in 1.50 , very close to tears ! my worst race ever ! never felt that bad or puked before ! i'll be back next year to give it another go!:) all an experience !

Jane5

Only did the 5 mile but really enjoyed it-was a lovely run along the beach, great to have some water so near the start and thought overall well organised! def will do this again-maybe half marathon next time

Where can we see our times? wondering how bad I did

firemouth

great race Eoin and co. thanks a lot!

JosDel

First 3 Men

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awtAkPSJqyU

tHE vAGGABOND

3 stars (average)

Gave it 4 stars, great weather and a great course - but organisation was not a patch on Somthing like dunshaughlin last week or other large club races where there are loads of people helping out at all stages.

tang1

3 stars (average)

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

but organisation was not a patch on Somthing like dunshaughlin last week

Same as that, would have been 5 stars otherwise. This is the 3rd race i done organised by Eoin Ryan and couldn't find any big fault with any of them. Like to pay a big thank you to Menoscemo and the man helping him doing the 1.45 pacing group. Improved my P.B from over 2 hrs to 1.43.58 according to the time i was texted.

earlyevening

I'm just beck home after running along the length of the promenade at Clontarf. The place is a total mess. Was there no plan to clean up after the race?? There are hundreds of plastic bottles thrown around all over the place.

Its a disgrace if there's no clean up exercise organised. :mad:

I've never seen anything like it at other races.

tHE vAGGABOND

3 stars (average)

Its a disgrace if there's no clean up exercise organised.

I've never seen anything like it at other races.

See our previous two posts on organisation of the race today, versus races organised by clubs with loads of folks helping out...

That said, the normal folks in the race should be ashamed if the area was left in a state. Its not hard to keep your rubbish together and put in a bin or one of the empty boxes [both of which there were plenty around]

aigster

tang1 wrote: »

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

but organisation was not a patch on Somthing like dunshaughlin last week

Same as that, would have been 5 stars otherwise. This is the 3rd race i done organised by Eoin Ryan and couldn't find any big fault with any of them. Like to pay a big thank you to Menoscemo and the man helping him doing the 1.45 pacing group. Improved my P.B from over 2 hrs to 1.43.58 according to the time i was texted.

yes a big thanks to the pacers...a good day .super weather... A bit too super( never happy!)
thought it a fairly easy route for marshalling, didn't require much and those there were great... I'd stick a bit more emphasis on last 200 hundred metres maybe... Quite open, but that's not a complaint just a suggestion...
Kind of glad there wasn't another 13, or 26 extra today!!

elvis jones

4 stars (good)

PB for me today, i took 12 min off my time from last yr. Heat was a killer !

I hope everyone enjoyed the music !

dub8

3 stars (average)

music was great ! especially liked the final countdown being played hitting the 2 hr mark!:D

fungirl1

3 stars (average)

the positive first I finished...and thats about all..really bad run..21 min difference on my split - walked loads on the way back...much harder than I had hoped it would be...very disappointed

aigster

fungirl1 wrote: »

the positive first I finished...and thats about all..really bad run..21 min difference on my split - walked loads on the way back...much harder than I had hoped it would be...very disappointed

as somebody whose had many bad days...
Well done for admitting it...
All I'd say is get back out as quick as you can and forget it....
It's easy to post when things go well!!