Parkrun..

opus

Had the very strange experience of a Thursday parkrun at Küchenholz parkrun in Leipzig this morning. It's Tag der Deutschen Einheit so they've an extra parkrun for that.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Put the curse on myself with my last posts.. I'm injured now and volunteering at Fr.Collins this Saturday

My knee has been hurting lately, I've a work (An Cosantoir 10k) race on the 9th so I've decided to rest until then.

Hopefully meet some boardies on Saturday.

Pawwed Rig

Darndale cancelled tomorrow

TaurenDruid

Anyone heading to Father Collins Park for their birthday and VHI roadshow, note the start area has moved for today to the green space between the two playgrounds. You should be able to see everyone from the usual start area, though.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Well I got a nice and completely unexpected surprise today when I was given a volunteer of 2019 award at Father Collins today, I was embarrassed but chuffed

Thank you Al Foley ya fecker

Simmer down

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

Well I got a nice and completely unexpected surprise today when I was given a volunteer of 2019 award at Father Collins today, I was embarrassed but chuffed

Thank you Al Foley ya fecker

Congrats and well done. Were you the guy with the beard?

mojonta

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

Put the curse on myself with my last posts.. I'm injured now and volunteering at Fr.Collins this Saturday

My knee has been hurting lately, I've a work (An Cosantoir 10k) race on the 9th so I've decided to rest until then.

Hopefully meet some boardies on Saturday.

Hope the knee is better soon and congrats on the award. Injured myself at the moment as well and have taken to volunteering these last few weeks. Much rather be running but it's nice to see what happens from the other side for a change.

KJ

So today a man collapsed due to a heart condition. He was aided by volunteers until the ambulance arrived. The issue though is that it's the 3rd time it's happened to him in the last year. I know parkrun is for everyone but at what point if any can they be asked to not turn up? Nobody wants to see this happen and it can't be easy to deal with for the volunteers who have to try save a man's life.

arybvtcw0eolkf

mojonta wrote: »

Hope the knee is better soon and congrats on the award. Injured myself at the moment as well and have taken to volunteering these last few weeks. Much rather be running but it's nice to see what happens from the other side for a change.

I actually prefer to volunteer, I can run any day of the week but I can only volunteer on Saturdays.

I've been resting the knee, I've a 10k on Wednesday then I'll rest it again for a bit. Last time I'm doing a 10k too, every damned time I train anything over about 8km I pick up knee injuries :mad:

Hope you all had a fantastic parkrun today

eve

KJ wrote: »

So today a man collapsed due to a heart condition. He was aided by volunteers until the ambulance arrived. The issue though is that it's the 3rd time it's happened to him in the last year. I know parkrun is for everyone but at what point if any can they be asked to not turn up? Nobody wants to see this happen and it can't be easy to deal with for the volunteers who have to try save a man's life.

I don’t think it’s up to anyone here to make a suggestion on what to do about him. I would suggest going through your parkrun ambassador for them to contact the country director or parkrun HQ and find out where your event stands in relation to an issue like this.

Pawwed Rig

The most parkrun could do is not scan his barcode. They can't stop him running in a public park if he is hell bent on doing so.

Congrats Mak! Well deserved

seamusk84

Heading to Edinburgh in 2 weeks, looking forward to my first parkrun outside the 32 counties

Anyone done Edinburgh before?

eoinín

seamusk84 wrote: »

Heading to Edinburgh in 2 weeks, looking forward to my first parkrun outside the 32 counties
Anyone done Edinburgh before?

I have. I got the bus (41?) from the city centre - maybe a 40 minute journey - check the Lothian Bus website for times. The course is flat and goes along a promenade beside the sea. Flat but exposed. It was good craic when I was there, an entertaining core team and an amusing cafe owner trying to lure passing runners in to his cafe rather than finishing their run! Large enough numbers - 650ish. Definitely worth doing if you're there.

https://www.lothianbuses.com/our-services/lothian-city-buses/

Name Changed

Anyone done Knocknacree Woods? I just had a quick look and I see that the times aren't fast in comparison to others. I'm recovering from a bad injury so I don't want to do anything that's too challenging.

An tAlbanach

My sister does Portobello parkrun in Edinburgh. It's easy to get to by bike or bus.



Anyone following the Challenge Andy youtube series? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_N_kQeaAe0
He has the world parkrun record and is trying to get a sub-15 again.

corcaigh07

Name Changed wrote: »

Anyone done Knocknacree Woods? I just had a quick look and I see that the times aren't fast in comparison to others. I'm recovering from a bad injury so I don't want to do anything that's too challenging.

Supposed to be quite tough I believe but haven’t made it there yet

cjt156

My 100th parkrun yesterday...aaannndd I'm listed as unknown...
Ah well, next time.

Fraggle07

cjt156 wrote: »

My 100th parkrun yesterday...aaannndd I'm listed as unknown...
Ah well, next time.

Congrats on your 100th!!!
Contact the team through Facebook message or their email. They should be able to correct it.

ger664

Name Changed wrote: »

Anyone done Knocknacree Woods? I just had a quick look and I see that the times aren't fast in comparison to others. I'm recovering from a bad injury so I don't want to do anything that's too challenging.

It is very tough. More akin to a montain trail. Narrow enough and some very sharp inclines and declines. I loved it but it may not suit you returning from injury.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Fraggle07 wrote: »

Congrats on your 100th!!!
Contact the team through Facebook message or their email. They should be able to correct it.

^^ This.

Should be corrected without any hassle

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Donabate Parkruns 4th birthday party next Saturday 12th. Wear your country/county/club or milestone jersey. 09:30 Newbridge house.

bikeman1

Knockanacree is very tough, the hardest one I have done so far. Think Mountain forest trails!

Re: Edinburgh - I've done Portabllo parkrun which is a very simple bus on a route that goes right through the city centre, so it was handy from where we staying. Nice run, loads were doing it when I was there as it was Edinburgh Fringe.

eoinín

Definitely don't do Knockanacree if you're injured, its very twisty and hilly (and a beautiful destination for when you've recovered - the nearby Cloughjordan Ecovillage is an added reason to go there!). Nearby Templemore is a flat and very pretty alternative, worth a visit.

Good jib!

Re Knockanacree:

It's very hilly, my Garmin measured a total of 84m altitude gain, and my time was about 2mins30 slower than on a flat course (26 to 28:30).

It would be one of my favourite courses, but maybe keep it for until you're well recovered.

Name Changed

eoinín wrote: »

Definitely don't do Knockanacree if you're injured, its very twisty and hilly (and a beautiful destination for when you've recovered - the nearby Cloughjordan Ecovillage is an added reason to go there!). Nearby Templemore is a flat and very pretty alternative, worth a visit.

ger664 wrote: »

It is very tough. More akin to a montain trail. Narrow enough and some very sharp inclines and declines. I loved it but it may not suit you returning from injury.

corcaigh07 wrote: »

Supposed to be quite tough I believe but haven’t made it there yet

Thanks for all the advice. I'll leave doing it for a few months so. I'm going to actually do Clarisford instead next week.

Name Changed

Good jib! wrote: »

Re Knockanacree:

It's very hilly, my Garmin measured a total of 84m altitude gain, and my time was about 2mins30 slower than on a flat course (26 to 28:30).

It would be one of my favourite courses, but maybe keep it for until you're well recovered.

Thanks

Lazare

Got my 25 badge today pacing Corkagh. Got an unexpected shout out at the start which was nice.

Bit of chaos just as I came in. The lad on tokens dropped them all over the ground. Poor kid was bending down to pick up a runner's dropped barcode and they all tumbled.

Had to try sort it, formed a queue but it quickly started to get too big and out of hand. I went along it telling people what their position was and to disperse and come back. One guy started arguing with me when I told him he was pos 33, adamant he was 32. I tried to get him to accept the situation but he wouldn't and ended up messing the whole thing up with the confusion. Finally got to tell someone in person to ask for their money back. Got a few laughs.

We managed to get it back on track by about number 80.

The poor kid that dropped them was devastated. Told him to remember it happened because he was helping someone else.

Fun and games.

Simmer down

Aw that sounds horrible for the lad. Sh¡t happens.
Congrats on the 25 Lazare, that's brilliant. Next stop 50!

Beautiful morning in Donabate for their 4th birthday.
Well done to all involved, runners, walkers & volunteers. Special shout out for the cake makers and the sausage roll bakers. Delicious

Duzzie

Ive dropped the full stack twice now, once whilst demonstrating the finish tokens role. Very embarrassing. To avoid this happening, we now bundle the tokens in 20s with an elastic band around each bundle and put them on the stack. That way if they are dropped, it is just a case of picking up the bundles of tokens rather than them being spread all over the floor. I stole this from another parkrun.

Lazare wrote: »

Got my 25 badge today pacing Corkagh. Got an unexpected shout out at the start which was nice.

Bit of chaos just as I came in. The lad on tokens dropped them all over the ground. Poor kid was bending down to pick up a runner's dropped barcode and they all tumbled.

Had to try sort it, formed a queue but it quickly started to get too big and out of hand. I went along it telling people what their position was and to disperse and come back. One guy started arguing with me when I told him he was pos 33, adamant he was 32. I tried to get him to accept the situation but he wouldn't and ended up messing the whole thing up with the confusion. Finally got to tell someone in person to ask for their money back. Got a few laughs.

We managed to get it back on track by about number 80.

The poor kid that dropped them was devastated. Told him to remember it happened because he was helping someone else.

Fun and games.

FFVII

Jamir Warm Hamstring wrote: »

I actually prefer to volunteer, I can run any day of the week but I can only volunteer on Saturdays.

I've been resting the knee, I've a 10k on Wednesday then I'll rest it again for a bit. Last time I'm doing a 10k too, every damned time I train anything over about 8km I pick up knee injuries :mad:

Hope you all had a fantastic parkrun today

Foam roll everything from the waist down, both sides, look for sore spots. Use a little ball if you can stick it. 5/10 minutes daily. For the rest of your life.

Simmer down

Yet another 4th Birthday celebration Parkrun at Porterstown next Saturday (19th). Warm up with Olympian David Gillick and feebies from VHI healthcare (probably hats and water bottles)...
Also a yoga cool down and lots of fruit & cake !

I don't really like running laps(3) but gonna give it a go to support their anniversary.

robinph

Had a rare opportunity to run buggy free this weekend, and on the fastest parkrun course*, and with pretty good weather. Didn't think I'd be able to, but wanted to aim for a 17:xx time as 2019 looks like it's going to be my first year of parkrunning without a 17 minute time**. Identified someone early on who seemed to be going the right pace that I wanted so stuck like glue onto the back of his heels and hung on for as long as possible, got some good cheering from the family at half way who had gone in search of some swings, but couldn't find them. Lost touch with the pair of heels I was chasing in the last half mile and came in at 18:11.

I did lose a few seconds in the final mile but was delighted with having hung on for as long as I did. A bit more recovery from the two marathons within the last month and a bit more training and I might be able to make it, if I get lucky on the weather, course and being buggy free within the next two months. But then I was thinking the same thing about getting a sub 17 years ago when I got my pb of 17:11 (in the pre buggy years) but that never happened.


* Womens parkrun WR course.
** I don't count the first year as I only did a couple of parkruns and the only one around then was a stupid hilly course.

Wubble Wubble

Simmer down wrote: »

Yet another 4th Birthday celebration Parkrun at Porterstown next Saturday (19th). Warm up with Olympian David Gillick and feebies from VHI healthcare (probably hats and water bottles)...
Also a yoga cool down and lots of fruit & cake !

I don't really like running laps(3) but gonna give it a go to support their anniversary.

Plus pacers "of course" We also hope to cover 100,000 kms during this parkrun!

chrismean

Would love some input on what the fastest course would be (eg Marlay, shanganagh other?). I know shanganagh is v flat, but also a bit exposed. I’d like to do somewhere between 20 - 21 mins. I think I’m in shape to at least break that 21 min barrier that’s been elusive for me

Wubble Wubble

Simmer down wrote: »

Do you know if there will be a 21 min pacer?

23, 25 (me), 28, 30 and 32.

crisco10

chrismean wrote: »

Would love some input on what the fastest course would be (eg Marlay, shanganagh other?). I know shanganagh is v flat, but also a bit exposed. I’d like to do somewhere between 20 - 21 mins. I think I’m in shape to at least break that 21 min barrier that’s been elusive for me

Defo not Marley! Tymon is quick enough, but shanganagh and grifeen are probably quickest in South Dublin in my view. Shanganagh really isn't that exposed and is pancake flat.
Brickfields should be quick, but I've always struggled there for some reason.

py

crisco10 wrote: »

Defo not Marley! Tymon is quick enough, but shanganagh and grifeen are probably quickest in South Dublin in my view. Shanganagh really isn't that exposed and is pancake flat.
Brickfields should be quick, but I've always struggled there for some reason.

Have run all of the above apart from Shanganagh. From my previous runs in the others, here's the elevation details from Strava on them:
Marlay - 44m
Tymon - 37m
Brickfields - 17m
Griffeen - 13m

Tymon has been my quickest but Griffeen and Brickfields were early in my running tenure. I'd go for Tymon or Griffeen before Brickfields for a quick time that day as the 4 laps didn't suit me on the day I was there. All have great teams behind them though and were all very welcoming. Plan on visiting them all again soon.

Nuttzz

Corkagh is pretty flat as well

browne_rob5

py wrote: »

Have run all of the above apart from Shanganagh. From my previous runs in the others, here's the elevation details from Strava on them:
Marlay - 44m
Tymon - 37m
Brickfields - 17m
Griffeen - 13m

Tymon has been my quickest but Griffeen and Brickfields were early in my running tenure. I'd go for Tymon or Griffeen before Brickfields for a quick time that day as the 4 laps didn't suit me on the day I was there. All have great teams behind them though and were all very welcoming. Plan on visiting them all again soon.

The elevation of Shanganagh from my Strava is 14m. Would agree that its not exposed and is pancake flat.

adrian522

I certainly don't think Tymon is fast at all. There's a fairly significant incline you need to go up twice. I'd always recommend people to enter a race to run a fast time but I've always found Bushy Park to be pretty quick despite the hill you need to negotiate twice.

Corkagh is an option but again I've always gone faster in Bushy, but beware of the narrow start and position yourself accordingly.

This may be helpful but it isn't up to date with the newer parkruns.

https://jegmar.com/stats-hq/fastest-races/parkrun-ireland/

rainbow kirby

I probably wouldn't plan Bushy for a quick time at this time of year - the amount of leaves and tree sap along the river path makes it very slippery and difficult to run quickly on, imho.

Nuttzz

adrian522 wrote: »

I certainly don't think Tymon is fast at all. There's a fairly significant incline you need to go up twice. I'd always recommend people to enter a race to run a fast time but I've always found Bushy Park to be pretty quick despite the hill you need to negotiate twice.

Corkagh is an option but again I've always gone faster in Bushy, but beware of the narrow start and position yourself accordingly.

This may be helpful but it isn't up to date with the newer parkruns.

https://jegmar.com/stats-hq/fastest-races/parkrun-ireland/

You now come down that incline twice since they switched the route again, makes for a pacey finish

chrismean

Thanks so much all! Shanganagh it is! super helpful to get your input and that website too

crisco10

Nuttzz wrote: »

You now come down that incline twice since they switched the route again, makes for a pacey finish

Yeah, it's quite pacy now I think. My PB there is only 15 seconds slower than Shanganagh, except I did the PB in Tymon pushing a buggy too.

Peaked my interest, I've done all the Southside Parkruns and here's my experience:

Course Elevation (m) according to Strava PB Comment
Shanganagh 14 00:19:28 flat, tar path all the way
Waterstown 48 00:19:31 Nice, last 200m is vertical
Marlay 42 00:19:34 old Course
Bushy 34 00:19:37 Crowded/narrow 1st km
Corkagh 30 00:19:42
Tymon 36 00:19:45 newest course (with buggy)
Griffeen 22 00:20:03 not a full effort - probably a good course
Brickfields 14 00:20:21
Cabinteely 71 00:20:31 3 x up the HILL
Poolbeg 28 00:20:33 not a full effort, 1 short hill

I would echo Adrian522's thoughts above though, a race is much better for PBs. My race PB is 18:50 on a hilly/partially on grass course that is harder than most of the above.

axe2grind

Lazare wrote: »

Bit of chaos just as I came in. The lad on tokens dropped them all over the ground. Poor kid was bending down to pick up a runner's dropped barcode and they all tumbled.

Poor kid, but not first time at Corkagh. Same happened on my last run there a few months back.

chrismean

Thanks so much @crisco10. I think you need to go back to brickfields and sort that anomaly!

And agree with you and Adrian on race point. I am actually in the middle of a half marathon training cycle, but visiting dublin, have a hard effort on the plan and thought it’d be fun to get a parkrun new marker. I’m not in Dublin v often, so also don’t get that weekly opportunity. More like half yearly!

Simmer down

Had a really enjoyable morning at Porterstown this morning. Great spread laid on after the run. I got a new PB as it was a fast course. Well done to all organisers & volunteers.

Wubble Wubble

Simmer down wrote: »

Had a really enjoyable morning at Porterstown this morning. Great spread laid on after the run. I got a new PB as it was a fast course. Well done to all organisers & volunteers.

Well done you! Thanks for visiting! Glad you enjoyed it

Annie get your Run

Run #92 today in River Valley, Swords. My quest for 100 was rudely interrupted by a dude on a bike resulting in a fractured knee 8 weeks ago, but I'm slowly getting back (fitness is shot to hell :eek:). Lovely crew here, lovely park, except of course for that sharp hill you have to negotiate twice. I found it harder than Cabo but then again, I'll have to come back when I'm fitter and try again! That leaves two Dublin parkruns to complete the group.

I'll be in Doolin next weekend, if anyone has any info on Coole, Lees Road or Vanderleer parkruns, I'd be interested to hear which one might be the best option.

Pawwed Rig

Annie get your Run wrote: »

I found it harder than Cabo but then again, I'll have to come back when I'm fitter and try again!

I'll be in Doolin next weekend, if anyone has any info on Coole, Lees Road or Vanderleer parkruns, I'd be interested to hear which one might be the best option.

I have done both and reckon River Valley is the tougher of the 2.

In Clare the only one I have done that you listed is Lee's Road which is a nice run through trees. A little bit hilly but not as much as the 2 Dublin ones you mention.