Parkrun..

Sunny Dayz

Nuttzz wrote: »

Latest Darndale parkrun, 2 runners and 9 volunteers! Fair play to them for putting on a run every week, but it must be somewhat disheartening to have such low numbers

I know that's in Dublin but I wouldn't be familiar with the area. Any reason(s) why it's not taking off? I don't mind a parkrun being small once you have a few regular runners. Are there other parkruns close by? What's the course like? Was there an event on that day (Clontarf?) I've found from my own local parkrun that it does take a while to build up a parkrun but you need a core set of runners who you know will be there most weeks.

Burkie1203

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

I know that's in Dublin but I wouldn't be familiar with the area. Any reason(s) why it's not taking off? I don't mind a parkrun being small once you have a few regular runners. Are there other parkruns close by? What's the course like? Was there an event on that day (Clontarf?) I've found from my own local parkrun that it does take a while to build up a parkrun but you need a core set of runners who you know will be there most weeks.

There is st Anne's, father Collins and even river valley not too far away for anyone not within 2/3km of darndale

Shedite27

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

I'm seeing men with double running buggies and doing great times! Fair play to them.

I've a double buggy PB of 20:23 - the twins were battered and bruised after it! They're getting too heavy now so it's not gonna be repeated

diceyreilly

quickbeam wrote: »

God, that's heartbreaking! One a tourist too, so if they'd not turned up it'd have been just one person. Maybe we should arrange a mass visit there soon.

Gonna go there myself on Saturday n maybe every 2nd Saturday.

iluvfatfrogs

quickbeam wrote: »

God, that's heartbreaking! One a tourist too, so if they'd not turned up it'd have been just one person. Maybe we should arrange a mass visit there soon.

And in fairness to the lad, he obviously waited and ran all the way around with the local lady!

Fair play to him!

normanoffside

iluvfatfrogs wrote: »

And in fairness to the lad, he obviously waited and ran all the way around with the local lady!

Fair play to him!

No, he was the tail walker actually

iluvfatfrogs

normanoffside wrote: »

No, he was the tail walker actually

Well he at least should have let her cross the line first so???

Pawwed Rig

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

Any reason(s) why it's not taking off? I don't mind a parkrun being small once you have a few regular runners. Are there other parkruns close by? What's the course like? Was there an event on that day (Clontarf?) I've found from my own local parkrun that it does take a while to build up a parkrun but you need a core set of runners who you know will be there most weeks.

Main reasons I would guess is that the local community have not embraced it. I was up there one Saturday and it is a decent enough course. You can do a good time there as it is fairly flat. The park itself is not as nice when compared to Collins or St Annes and given that it is in a rough area maybe people are reluctant to frequent it.

linpoo

Thanks for the advice re buggys. Have signed up and i'm looking forward to my first parkrun on Saturday though il probably be paddy last!!

RayCun

linpoo wrote: »

Thanks for the advice re buggys. Have signed up and i'm looking forward to my first parkrun on Saturday though il probably be paddy last!!

Every parkrunner has a tailwalker, and they will be last.

arybvtcw0eolkf

I see St.Anne's and Father Collins are joining forces for New Years Day with St.Anne's running as usual at 09:00 and Father Collins are going at 11:00.. And I'm coming off a 24 hour shift at 08:30 that morning, should be fun.

It would be mad to get 2 PB's on the one day

RayCun

There's also a New Years double in Bushy and Tymon parkruns, 9.30 in Bushy and 11 in Tymon.

Looks like plenty of options for doubles in Dublin actually
https://www.parkrun.ie/special-events/

arybvtcw0eolkf

And Malahide have a PR on Christmas Day, excellent stuff

robinph

I'm trying to decide what to do on the NYD double options locally. Surprisingly despite having had the option to run NYD doubles locally since 2013(I think) never actually done it, instead running one of the early parkruns then racing down the motorway to run a 10km for my second event of the day. That 10km often resulting in a bottle of wine and a bunch of points in the club championship that I've been winning for the last few years.

I'm a long way behind on winning the club championship this season and this years NYD early parkrun options are a bit further along the motorway than usual with the events switching the order they have previously done things in, so I'd need to drive a bit more speedily to get there in time. Unfortunately both the early options for me will be the flattish local courses, and the later options will involve hills. Whilst I want to do two parkruns in a day, I'm not sure I want to push a buggy up hills for the second one or if I'll be able to persuade the passenger to sit still.

It's a dilemma.

Spirogyra

Is it far to jog into Galway City from Knocknacarra?. Is it easy to find my way?. Ideally want to do 7 or 8 miles saturday as doing a h-m following weekend.

iluvfatfrogs

Spirogyra wrote: »

Is it far to jog into Galway City from Knocknacarra?. Is it easy to find my way?. Ideally want to do 7 or 8 miles saturday as doing a h-m following weekend.

The entrance to the parkrun is a straight 2 mile run to prom...
Follow that for about 2.5 miles into city centre!

fletch

Hartstown and Porterstown also doing a double in Dublin 15

linpoo

Does anyone know if Grifeen is pram friendly?

paddyh117

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

I see St.Anne's and Father Collins are joining forces for New Years Day with St.Anne's running as usual at 09:00 and Father Collins are going at 11:00.. And I'm coming off a 24 hour shift at 08:30 that morning, should be fun.

It would be mad to get 2 PB's on the one day

....Just to give yourself a chance, its 9.30 and 11.00 not 9.00 and 11.00 on NYD!

i'll only be doing one mind you

Neera

linpoo wrote: »

Does anyone know if Grifeen is pram friendly?

Yes Griffeen is pram friendly!

Pawwed Rig

paddyh117 wrote: »

....Just to give yourself a chance, its 9.30 and 11.00 not 9.00 and 11.00 on NYD!

i'll only be doing one mind you

The 'rules' are that you run between the parks (which coincidently is nearly exactly 5km. So brace for a 15k run on the day


It was good craic last year

Murph_D

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

The 'rules' are that you run between the parks (which coincidently is nearly exactly 5km. So brace for a 15k run on the day


It was good craic last year

30k if you run back to St Anne’s for your car/bike.

quickbeam

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

The 'rules' are that you run between the parks (which coincidently is nearly exactly 5km. So brace for a 15k run on the day


It was good craic last year

Ya wha??? I certainly didn't run between runs last year!

Pawwed Rig

quickbeam wrote: »

Ya wha??? I certainly didn't run between runs last year!

Its da rulez

Murph_D wrote: »

30k if you run back to St Anne’s for your car/bike.

Only if you do the 2 parkruns twice each

Van.Bosch

Poolbeg and Fr.Collins should also be doable.

chinguetti

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

I see St.Anne's and Father Collins are joining forces for New Years Day with St.Anne's running as usual at 09:00 and Father Collins are going at 11:00.. And I'm coming off a 24 hour shift at 08:30 that morning, should be fun.

It would be mad to get 2 PB's on the one day

St Anne's is at 9.30 and Fr Collins is at 11 so do a 5 km parkrun, run to Fr Collins which is 5 km and then do another parkrun

Pherekydes

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Poolbeg and Fr.Collins should also be doable.

That's a bit of a trip! :pac:

arybvtcw0eolkf

I get it, I made a typo ~ St.Anne's is 09:30

Since I'll either cycle or drive to St.Anne's I won't be running to Fr.Collins then back to St.Annes.

KAGY

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

The 'rules' are that you run between the parks (which coincidently is nearly exactly 5km. So brace for a 15k run on the day


It was good craic last year

Should be fun getting between Longford and Mullingar double;44km in 1 hr, no problem :-p

Murph_D

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Only if you do the 2 parkruns twice each

Oops. 20k. Although if I jogged out from my house and back that would bring it to 31

HelenAnne

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

I see St.Anne's and Father Collins are joining forces for New Years Day with St.Anne's running as usual at 09:00 and Father Collins are going at 11:00.. And I'm coming off a 24 hour shift at 08:30 that morning, should be fun.

It would be mad to get 2 PB's on the one day

I love both those parkruns, but I’d love if some year they did Fr Collins first so we could go to Olive’s for coffee / to warm up after the second one

Pawwed Rig

Murph_D wrote: »

Oops. 20k. Although if I jogged out from my house and back that would bring it to 31

Lets petition Darndale to have one at 12:30
We could be running all day

Annie get your Run

Did someone say parkrun double?!

THIS is the one to attend can't wait, I love the NYD doubles!

This is a first for Cabinteely & Poolbeg, 3 hills and a little pimple!

Sunny Dayz

KAGY wrote: »

Should be fun getting between Longford and Mullingar double;44km in 1 hr, no problem :-p

Is it possible to get the 2 of them done? I'm kinda toying with the idea... But I'm approx 32 mins runner (maybe more, depends how fresh I am that morning!), allow a few mins at the start for run brief, few mins after to walk back to car, aa route planner say 45 mins drive to Longford - I might be cutting it tight...

DeepBlue

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

aa route planner say 45 mins drive to Longford - I might be cutting it tight...

You don't necessarily have to make it for the start; you just have to able to beat the tailwalker to the finish line. :pac:

robinph

DeepBlue wrote: »

You don't necessarily have to make it for the start; you just have to able to beat the tailwalker to the finish line. :pac:

That is something that we are trying to establish which of our local parkruns it will be an option in the future for parent 1 to get around the course then take over swing pushing duties and then parent 2 get around the course before the tail marshal finishes. Lots of variation locally with the terrain and distance between start and finish and swings and how long the tail marshals usually take.

I can highly recommend the chasing down the tail marshal as a training session though, it adds a bit of extra motivation to the run that you don't even get from just racing between yourself and the clock.

arybvtcw0eolkf

HelenAnne wrote: »

I love both those parkruns, but I’d love if some year they did Fr Collins first so we could go to Olive’s for coffee / to warm up after the second one

Good idea actually.. One of the very few failings of Fr.Collins is the lack of somewhere to go for a post run coffee.

I love the last 800 meter finish straight in St.Annes, esp good if I'm out for a PB.

Ted_YNWA

Ted_YNWA wrote:

Heading to London next weekend, struggling to decide which one to do over there.

Went with Beckton in the end. Nice friendly bunch. Small crowd, which meant more of a community feel to it.

Two-lapper mix of grass and tarmac. Grass wet & slippery added a bit of cross country conditions. Long day yesterday, so let's a bit tired. Happy with time though.

Had a sidestep a squirrel on a warm-up/recce lap. He must have been scared of my speed and agility as no sign of him after that.

Free tea & coffee provided by the crew after. There was a good few visitors.

Would be a fast course in the summer.

**Timbuk2**

Finally getting around to do some parkrun tourism...

Did Tolka Valley parkrun this morning. Small crowd but a nice setting, volunteer team seems really enthuastic! Small rolling hills make for nice training!

arybvtcw0eolkf

I got a PB at Father Collins this morning.

And I see on St.Anne's Facebook page they've officially announced a record field of 535 runner this morning, CONGRATS St.Anne's.

rainbow kirby

Did Fletcher Moss parkrun this morning - their second run after the quietest inaugural ever last week. Haven't been well lately and the boys were acting up as well so a very slow time! Lovely course though and good to have another local one as both South Manchester and Stretford are routinely 500+ now.

RunnerDub

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

I got a PB at Father Collins this morning.

And I see on St.Anne's Facebook page they've officially announced a record field of 535 runner this morning, CONGRATS St.Anne's.

Think they had a large crew running from Piranha TC

Pawwed Rig

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

I got a PB at Father Collins this morning.

And I see on St.Anne's Facebook page they've officially announced a record field of 535 runner this morning, CONGRATS St.Anne's.

I did a similar time to 2 weeks ago in St Annes but finished 90 places lower than then Serious crowd this morning

TaurenDruid

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

Good idea actually.. One of the very few failings of Fr.Collins is the lack of somewhere to go for a post run coffee.

Watch this space...

robinph

My 250 top arrived whilst making our way back from parkrun.

TaurenDruid

robinph wrote: »

My 250 top arrived whilst making our way back from parkrun.

Congrats! There can't be too many of those in Ireland yet!

ionapaul

I was a tourist in Poppintree this morning; nice course and very enthusiastic group of volunteers! Managed a 2018 PB somehow, didn't feel that fast TBH.

skyblue46

ionapaul wrote: »

I was a tourist in Poppintree this morning; nice course and very enthusiastic group of volunteers! Managed a 2018 PB somehow, didn't feel that fast TBH.

Were you 4th?

opus

Great to see a parkrun back in Cork city after a long wait! 142 finishers at Glen River this morning, I'm somewhere in that little video

https://twitter.com/corkcityparks/status/1066270324097015809

Wottle

Had a really nice morning at Marlay.
Seem to have a very strong, super core team.
Nice conditions if you were up for it.