RacePix.com is 3! 5km Fun Run & Race. Sat 22nd October 11am

pad-cam

4 stars (good)

thanks to darren dave and all the helpers for a great race

ronnie085

3 stars (average)

Enjoyed that, good fast course, well apart from the wind, getting used to that now. Only downside was the 10 min delay at the start but couldn't be helped by the sounds of it.

robinph

I assume that photos of this race are going to appear?

It's great that RacePix is now doing it's own race, would have liked to have run this.

menoscemo

4 stars (good)

Really enjoyed the race and nice to bag a PB for the first time in a while.

Course would be very fast if it wasn't for the wind, but nothing the organisers can do about that. Otherwise a nice friendly, well organised race and a nice spread afterwards.

Sandwell

Yeah, really enjoyed that myself. It was my first time running a 5k and I was delighted with my time. I've now got a decent PB to target for next year. Hadn't time to head for the refreshments afterwards. I hope they lived up to the hype on here!

gerard65

4 stars (good)

Very enjoyable race in a great setting. Loads of rubbish to eat afterwards:D

tang1

Well done to Darren and Dave, great race that was well run. Great flat course that has pb potential written all over it, not for me today unfortunately. Heres looking forward to next year.

ecoli

4 stars (good)

gerard65 wrote: »

Very enjoyable race in a great setting. Loads of rubbish to eat afterwards:D

Raging I missed that had to pop off straight after the race so didnt even get back to the sporthall after the race:(

Very enjoyable race good course (even though not a fan of laps at the best of times with congestion) and well done to the ROs as everything which was within their control (which doesn't include the Chip timing company who failed to turn up on the day:mad:) was very well run

Wind was tough enough and time was slower than I woud have liked but comparing time difference between me and few people I race they seem to be about the same gap so happy enough overall with run

The Hammer

See some photographs appearing on RacePix now...

http://www.racepix.com/RacePix-is-3/racephotos/581/

Think they originate on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/peterm7 .... well if you cannot see photographs from the RacePix race

Tom Joad

4 stars (good)

Fair play to all organisers excellent race - really well organised and loads of people out cheering on. Unfortunately I was under time pressure so couldn't head to the sportshall for the goodies.

I heard about the chiptiming company not showing - not a lot can be done about that - does this mean that there will be no results online?

Was going all out for a sub 20 and missed it by 10 seconds - not too dissapointed overall, wouldn't even try to blame the wind, - was carrying a slight injury so sub 20 was never going to happen. Started out fairly fast and felt good up to 4km - after that was a bit of a disaster and ended up out on my own for the last km which felt odd, ended up taking a walk as injury was playing up but when someone caught up with me got going again. - I know I have a sub 20 in me now

sideswipe

4 stars (good)

Also enjoyed this a a first 5K, didn't get to the sports hall either as I had a 3 year old Birthday party to attend which was almost harder than the race!
Thanks for the advise re pacing Dave, I ended up pretty much as you suggested 20:40 finish according to my garmin so happy with that. Also have to complement the signage from the main road which made it easy to find.

TheRoadRunner

No provisional results will be online very soon. I am confident they are accurate as I logged them and we have a video to review if you have any queries or spot an inconsistency.

menoscemo

4 stars (good)

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

No provisional results will be online very soon. I am confident they are accurate as I logged them and we have a video to review if you have any queries or spot an inconsistency.

Results up!!
Cheers Dave.

Stupid_Private

Photos and results from today available...

Provisional Results can be found at http://www.racepix.com/is3

Photos...

I'm delighted that the Time Bonus that was set during the week was beaten in the men's race.
Thomas Fitzpatrick of Tallaght AC won the males race in 14.49 and Mary Hanley took the women's race.
The mixed team prize went to Rathfarnham WSAF.

Thanks so much to everyone who raced today, making the event what it was. We may have had a biscuit or two too many. These were the leftovers! Noted for next time...

Timmaay

3 stars (average)

Well done Roadrunner, that was a well organized race, even despite the chiptiming cockup, ya still manged to get results up online afew hours after the race (It just proves that a well run manual system is still as good as chiptiming for a small race like this in my opinion, too much is read into having to use chiptiming!)

I approached this race like every other 5k, off like a rocket and hang on ha, except I fell off the pace of the group I was with 2nd lap, I finished strong, trying to catch some of them back up, but damage was done and I didn't dig into the reserves and try kick on the final 1/2 a km. So bad race as such, but overall happy with my time considering this, and the wind/lapping people etc!

TheRoadRunner

Timmaay wrote: »

Well done Roadrunner, that was a well organized race, even despite the chiptiming cockup, ya still manged to get results up online afew hours after the race (It just proves that a well run manual system is still as good as chiptiming for a small race like this in my opinion

cheers in fairness Darren is responsible for the speedy results. Definitely agree about chips. Bhaa can get accurate results for large races so chips aren't always required. I'm very confident people's times will be correct on results anyway.

Still we were badly let down by chip company. Stopped taking my calls Thursday evening. I will give him a chance to explain before I name and shame in case he has a legit reason. Big thanks to family and friends who helped out today. Shels, Jb-ski (&gang) and Ultraman1 gave up their Saturday morning to help us out. It's much appreciated and I hope we can return the favour soon.

tang1

My result for the race was bang on by my watch time so the manuel way still is accurate.

SureWhyNot!

4 stars (good)

Enjoyable course, race and crowd. Hats off to the organisation. I would agree that there is not need for chip-timing. Manual system works well, but does need the bodies as number grow... well done today.

Improvements for next year... Salt & Vinegar Taytos please... and I would personally feel AC/DC much more appropriate warm up music for a 5k than ABBA. Even given the serene setting, c'mon what was the story with ABBA.

And where was the birthday cake???

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

Post race refreshments including birthday cake will be back in the sports hall.

menoscemo

4 stars (good)

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

Still we were badly let down by chip company. Stopped taking my calls Thursday evening. I will give him a chance to explain before I name and shame in case he has a legit reason.

Name and shame, their name is mud on here already and they never have once come back to explain any of their past misdemeanors.

thirstywork2

Well done on the race lads.Just one thing I noticed was the cash bonus for the women was sub 15.50
Only 2 mens went sub 15.50 in this race.Maybe take the top 5 races and convert the average as sub 15.50 seems a bit high of s mark compared to the mens.
Well done on Tom,ran 6miles with him this evening,goes to show the dedication after winning a race and running in the evening.

W.B. Yeats

3 stars (average)

Thoroughly enjoyed the race (well not the actual running but the after bit once I finished)
One for a PB- nice crowd and actually found it quite sheltered
Went out way too quick- 3.53 for 1st km:eek:, it was uphill after that.
Finished 21.10 a few secs outside PB but happy that I'm not back on a few weeks ago despite not training much the past few weeks.
Didn't realise re chip company causing the start delay, so very understandable that we were a few mins late.
There was a decent spread at the end.

Met the family and the 2 lads that take pics at a lot of the events, had a great chat with them after, lovely folk. They posted great pics on Flickr including a few of me, the brother in law, the two of them and the great David Brady from Raheny- running his 200th marathon in Dublin next week.

TheRoadRunner

Glad you enjoyed it WB. The chip company didn't actually cause the slight delay at the start it was actually the fault of security. A breakdown in communications meant none of the barriers or bollards had been lifted. This meant we couldn't get the car onto the course and put down markers and start line signage. I nearly had a minor aneurism

Yeah the Mooneys are responsible for lots of race photos. The 2 lads are running Dublin next week and expect both of them to blast well under 3hrs. Peter a maynooth colleague might even get into the low 2.30s. No pressure like

W.B. Yeats wrote: »

Thoroughly enjoyed the race (well not the actual running but the after bit once I finished)
One for a PB- nice crowd and actually found it quite sheltered
Went out way too quick- 3.53 for 1st km:eek:, it was uphill after that.
Finished 21.10 a few secs outside PB but happy that I'm not back on a few weeks ago despite not training much the past few weeks.
Didn't realise re chip company causing the start delay, so very understandable that we were a few mins late.
There was a decent spread at the end.

Met the family and the 2 lads that take pics at a lot of the events, had a great chat with them after, lovely folk. They posted great pics on Flickr including a few of me, the brother in law, the two of them and the great David Brady from Raheny- running his 200th marathon in Dublin next week.

Pronator

3 stars (average)

Well done Dave and Darren a good race, pity you did not turn off the wind:D There is not a flatter 5k about unless you run on a track. 5k is a different animal when your training for a marathon:eek:

tang1

Just curious if this is being run again this year, excellant race last year.

dna_leri

Anyone know if this race is planned for 2012?
I could do with a good 5K around that time.