IMRA season 2012

Peterx

And the Worlds

Slogger Jogger

Last IMRA race of 2012 this Saturday off the beaten track down in the village of Kilcash up and down Slievenamon. Would be great to see some new runners from around Munster and the south-east. Cmon asimonov, give it a lash.

floyd333

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

Last IMRA race of 2012 this Saturday off the beaten track down in the village of Kilcash up and down Slievenamon. Would be great to see some new runners from around Munster and the south-east. Cmon asimonov, give it a lash.

Hmm. This race sounds like a nice race. I haven’t seen any mountain runs around the South East. I’d love to try. What’s the story with first timers? Can we just turn up and pay a fee and run?

Rogue Runner

floyd333 wrote: »

Hmm. This race sounds like a nice race. I haven’t seen any mountain runs around the South East. I’d love to try. What’s the story with first timers? Can we just turn up and pay a fee and run?

That's pretty much it, I'd say. Don't know about paying the Annual Sub though

Antigrav

It's €10 for a one-off race.

ASIMON0V

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

Last IMRA race of 2012 this Saturday off the beaten track down in the village of Kilcash up and down Slievenamon. Would be great to see some new runners from around Munster and the south-east. Cmon asimonov, give it a lash.

I'm saving myself for the relay.

Actually running XC in Leinster intermediates this Sunday otherwise I'd be there.

nerraw1111

Might be of interest.

IRunFar did a two part guide/history to Fell Running in the UK.

http://www.irunfar.com/2012/10/fell-running-a-quick-guide-part-1.html

http://www.irunfar.com/2012/10/fell-running-a-quick-guide-part-2.html

Some great pics and quotes.

From 1910.

Dalzell’s descent was hair-raising in the extreme. Never would one have credited that legs other than those of a deer could perform the terrific leaps and bounds over hollows and boulders which carried Dalzell to victory.

Slogger Jogger

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

Last IMRA race of 2012 this Saturday off the beaten track down in the village of Kilcash up and down Slievenamon. Would be great to see some new runners from around Munster and the south-east. Cmon asimonov, give it a lash.

62 runners towed the line outside Kehoes pub in Kilcash for the rarely run Slievenamon race. A win by Tim O'Donoghue by some distance. I wasn't on the hill myself but feedback from runners was very good. As a venue for a race it certainly worked well. Was nice to have a fairly even munster / non-munster mix of runners.

Enduro

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

62 runners towed the line outside Kehoes pub in Kilcash for the rarely run Slievenamon race. A win by Tim O'Donoghue by some distance. I wasn't on the hill myself but feedback from runners was very good. As a venue for a race it certainly worked well. Was nice to have a fairly even munster / non-munster mix of runners.

Yeah, great race. The route was superb. Would be an absulute belter of a decent in the dry. Thanks coming down and helping ensure the whole thing ran so well.

Dunebuggy

Savage route, relentless uphill, up and down route meant a savage descent !! Great race and Apres race food!!

Tim was absolutely flying !!(not like Enduro flying, into the ground) Killed my % time...

Kurt Godel

Dunebuggy wrote: »

Killed my % time...

You'll be able to pick the soft races next year to help those %'s:)

ALL HAIL PRESIDENT DUNEBUGGY!!!

Dunebuggy

We are considering altering the route of the wicklow way route in 2013. The reason is so that we may be able to facilitate a Solo Race of the Wicklow Way on the same day. Solo runners would have an earlier start time.

We would like to

1.) Alter the 8 legs to run on the Actual Wicklow Way - It currently diverges slightly.

2.) Add a 9th leg to the Wicklow Way Relay. So it runs to the end of the Wicklow way.

OR

3.) Include the 9th leg for Solo runners Only and transport them to the normal finish Pub.

Peterx

Great idea el Presidente, change all the handover points to wherever we can get a farmers field for parking and work out the lengths of the legs from that. Maybe there's a better village pub at the very end - change is worth a go one year anyway, the AGM appeared to work out.

Speaking of some changes that maybe could be un-installed...
WW Trail - please revert to the older shorter route starting from the parpark currently used for handover of WWR legs 2/3 to allow thinning out before the boardwalk.
Adding a 3km fireroad climb does nothing for the route. Altering the start time so that the start marshall can drive around to the Ballinastoe carpark midpoint of the UMTB qualifier WW50km keeps volunteer resources low.

Over Christmas I hope to recce a new route in the Slieve Blooms for the Leinster Champs but I'll hold fire on contacting the official forum or the co-ordinator until I actually have something concrete.

climbhigh

Trailer video of 2012 English Fell Running Championships (from MudSweatandTears website)

http://youtu.be/EKWVwsLcFVU

Enduro

Peterx wrote: »

Speaking of some changes that maybe could be un-installed...
WW Trail - please revert to the older shorter route starting from the parpark currently used for handover of WWR legs 2/3 to allow thinning out before the boardwalk.
Adding a 3km fireroad climb does nothing for the route. Altering the start time so that the start marshall can drive around to the Ballinastoe carpark midpoint of the UMTB qualifier WW50km keeps volunteer resources low.

Two points on this one:

1 - that's not reverting to anything. That's creating another new route which hasn't been used before.

2 - Word on the street is that the WW is being re-routed away from the road in that area. It'll continue down through the forest. Presumably it'll come out near the pier gates somewhere. That might be another interesting possibility for both races. (and should hopefully eliminate fireroad!)

nerraw1111

The Ultra Wicklow Way race is a fantastic idea.

Surprised it hasn't been done before or has it? I would imagine such an ultra would create a lot of interest outside of Ireland and beyond. Get a day like last year and we'd have Jornet, Krupika, Greenwood et al over the following year wanting to run.

Actually, invite some of them over as part of The Gathering

Not really qualified to comment re changing existing relay route. Only did it the once and loved it. But I can see why the route exists as it is. I'd echo Peter's comment though that change is always worth a go.

Kurt Godel

Peterx wrote: »

Over Christmas I hope to recce a new route in the Slieve Blooms for the Leinster Champs but I'll hold fire on contacting the official forum or the co-ordinator until I actually have something concrete.

Its not official until its posted under your real name on the real forum. Here we can dream, moot, waffle, spoof, conjecture...:D

I wonder if there's appetite for a few LC races spread around, well, Leinster? I won't shout out on the IMRA forum in case Mount Leinster is once again flying the flag for Wexford, but there's a good longer Annagh varient that might suit the multi-terrain hardcore merchants. (And maybe the suitably-sports-halled Annacurra could handle all those eager Winter Leaguers sign-me-uppee's?)

Slogger Jogger

Pablo-T is setting out to run the Wicklow way from Clonegal to Marley this Saturday starting at the not so friendly hour of 5am. I'm hoping to join him for a stretch on the bike. I'm sure he'd welcome others along the way to pass the time.

They could be a while waiting for the Wicklow way relay to run south to north though

nerraw1111

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

Pablo-T is setting out to run the Wicklow way from Clonegal to Marley this Saturday starting at the not so friendly hour of 5am. I'm hoping to join him for a stretch on the bike. I'm sure he'd welcome others along the way to pass the time.

They could be a while waiting for the Wicklow way relay to run south to north though

How quick will he be running? I'll try and join him for a few kms.

Slogger Jogger

nerraw1111 wrote: »

How quick will he be running? I'll try and join him for a few kms.

Looking to challenge the south to north record so he'll be going steady enough. Hopefully one of the guys will set out a bit of expected timetable for those interested in hooking up with updates on the day on progress. I'm sure jeff has the logistics all wrapped up already. The protein and carb concoctions are probably already brewing.

jeffontour

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

Pablo-T is setting out to run the Wicklow way from Clonegal to Marley this Saturday starting at the not so friendly hour of 5am. I'm hoping to join him for a stretch on the bike. I'm sure he'd welcome others along the way to pass the time.

They could be a while waiting for the Wicklow way relay to run south to north though

These early starts from the ^rse of Carlow are all Enduro's fault.

Enduro

jeffontour wrote: »

These early starts from the ^rse of Carlow are all Enduro's fault.

:D:D

Peterx

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Its not official until its posted under your real name on the real forum. Here we can dream, moot, waffle, spoof, conjecture...:D

exactly!
The proposed route crosses land belonging to a healthy variety of types of landowners so plenty to get approval for before waffling on the official forum;)

jeffontour

nerraw1111 wrote: »

How quick will he be running? I'll try and join him for a few kms.

Well I think it's about 135 km for the full route, and if he's to dip under the current record held by early riser Enduro that's working out at about 10 or 11 kph on average. As you can imagine, the descents will be quicker, the climbs slower.

I've been given no instructions other than be ready to drive princess pablot south at about 3:30 on Saturday. Be that indications of target times or his dietary requirements. He'll probably be happy to lick the wrapping of the bacon and egg rolls Robbie and I will be lapping up in the support car.

I'll post some times to the IMRA forum as and when I can on the day, I'll also try tweet some progress @jeffjfitzsimons As anyone who has supported anything like this before however, you have very little time to be fluting around on your phone at the speed these lads are covering the ground!

Slogger & nerraw1111, hopefully see ye out on the day. If I looked stressed and slightly demented it's probably cos I will be.

Slogger Jogger

Sure isn't he another of one the 'run on empty' guys..? Leave him off at the start and you can head for breakfast. Wave at him from outside the Glenmalure lodge where you can be stuffing your face and having a pint Theres plenty of streams to drink from too

pablo t

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

Sure isn't he another of one the 'run on empty' guys..? Leave him off at the start and you can head for breakfast. Wave at him from outside the Glenmalure lodge where you can be stuffing your face and having a pint Theres plenty of streams to drink from too

Mick, one of the only reasons Robbie is coming along, is so he can stop at the lodge for venison sausages!! That's a fact and he has already inquired about it!

Given the recent interest on the "going on empty" topic, maybe I could post here afterwards about exactly what I eat for the duration if anyone is interested. There definately won't be any breakfast (apart from the strongest coffee I can get my hands on)
It would be interesting, for me anyway, to contrast it to the last time I ran it.

Anyone who fancies a run along the way would be very welcome

jeffontour

pablo t wrote: »

Given the recent interest on the "going on empty" topic, maybe I could post here afterwards about exactly what I eat for the duration if anyone is interested. There definately won't be any breakfast (apart from the strongest coffee I can get my hands on)
It would be interesting, for me anyway, to contrast it to the last time I ran it.

You can bring another of your mother's fruit loafs along. No need to stray too far from tradition in the name of performance/science!