Parkrun..

eoinín

Annie get your Run wrote: »

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.

All 3 are lovely forest runs. Vandeleur is a 1 lapper, Coole 2 laps and Lees Road has 3 laps. I'd say they're all relatively flat (maybe Lees Road the hilliest) and have similar forest trail / gravelly surfaces. So you'd probably get roughly the same time on all 3. Coole and Vandaleur have nice on site cafes. Coole has a lovely historic park to explore (Yeats lived there for a while), while Vandaleur has an interesting and pretty walled garden. Lee's Road is on the outskirts of Ennis, which has some nice streets (and De Valera's Dodge car at the library!).

So they all have their merits!

Annie get your Run

eoinín wrote: »

All 3 are lovely forest runs. Vandeleur is a 1 lapper, Coole 2 laps and Lees Road has 3 laps. I'd say they're all relatively flat (maybe Lees Road the hilliest) and have similar forest trail / gravelly surfaces. So you'd probably get roughly the same time on all 3. Coole and Vandaleur have nice on site cafes. Coole has a lovely historic park to explore (Yeats lived there for a while), while Vandaleur has an interesting and pretty walled garden. Lee's Road is on the outskirts of Ennis, which has some nice streets (and De Valera's Dodge car at the library!).

So they all have their merits!

That hasn't helped in my decision making at all . Thanks eoinín, they do all sound lovely. I guess the drive time might be the deciding factor as Coole and Vandaleur are an hour(ish) from Doolin, while Lees road is only 40 mins. If it's just as lovely as the other two sound, it might be the one!

Simmer down

Quick question.
Can you only get a registered PB at your home event?
I've had a few best times lately at different locations but they haven't come up as official PBs on the results pages.

sonyvision

Simmer down wrote: »

Quick question.
Can you only get a registered PB at your home event?
I've had a few best times lately at different locations but they haven't come up as official PBs on the results pages.

They come up as "First timer" I assume your PBs time were running in a new location only ones?. Each parkrun holds your PB for that specific course. I used the parkrun add-in on google chrome to track my fastest times for each different location

Duzzie

Simmer down wrote: »

Quick question.
Can you only get a registered PB at your home event?
I've had a few best times lately at different locations but they haven't come up as official PBs on the results pages.

You have a separate PB for each event. If it was your first time at an event, you wont be shown as getting a PB despite it effectively being a PB.

Simmer down

That makes sense. Yes they've been first time runs at these locations. I've been enjoying some tourism going around to the different Dublin anniversaries lately.
Thanks for the answer guys...

ger664

Annie get your Run wrote: »

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.

Lees Road is probably easiest from a pov of getting there. Its on the way into ennis. Thropugh the big roundabout hang next left though a junction and the gate is 100m to your left. We start at the top of the astro turf. Follow all the kids to the pitch and keep going

cjt156

Anyone else have trouble collecting a milestone T-shirt? I can log in to the Irish site fine, the Tees are collected via the international site, which won't accept my login details.
Weird, as I collected my 50 shirt OK.

Edit; never mind - just reset password.

RunnerDub

Ran the Progression Parkrun in Mountjoy Prison this morning, Very well organised by the prison staff, prisoners & volunteers. 7.5 laps of the prison interior grounds. Tea, coffee, biscuits & cakes afterwards in the training unit.

Hesh's Umpire

Did my first ever non home parkrun this morning in Mount Lucas, Co Offaly. Small field of 34 but enjoyed the new surroundings and did my fastest time for a long time. Interesting being so close to the huge wind turbines. The course passes 6 or 7 of them. Friendly crew. Orange slices and cake at the finish line!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

Did my first ever non home parkrun this morning in Mount Lucas, Co Offaly. Small field of 34 but enjoyed the new surroundings and did my fastest time for a long time. Interesting being so close to the huge wind turbines. The course passes 6 or 7 of them. Friendly crew. Orange slices and cake at the finish line!

For wind turbines you should try Father Collins Park, I've seen people getting a crew cut haircut from them lol

RonanP77

It's probably been mentioned already but I missed it. I had heard it mentioned that Virginia in Cavan was setting up a Parkrun, did that ever happen? It's only 10 minutes from me so that would be perfect.

muddypaws

RonanP77 wrote: »

It's probably been mentioned already but I missed it. I had heard it mentioned that Virginia in Cavan was setting up a Parkrun, did that ever happen? It's only 10 minutes from me so that would be perfect.

Yes, it's been up and running for a while now. It's called Deer Park, rather than Virginia, very frustrating for alphabet chasers

plodder

muddypaws wrote: »

Yes, it's been up and running for a while now. It's called Deer Park, rather than Virginia, very frustrating for alphabet chasers

Just be careful, that strangely enough there are two parkruns in that area with "deerpark" in their name - Virgina and Carlanstown.

No potential for confusion there at all :eek:

Simmer down

Looking forward to my first run out at Poppintree this Saturday. It's their 5th anniversary.

crisco10

RunnerDub wrote: »

Ran the Progression Parkrun in Mountjoy Prison this morning, Very well organised by the prison staff, prisoners & volunteers. 7.5 laps of the prison interior grounds. Tea, coffee, biscuits & cakes afterwards in the training unit.

Can I ask how you got to do it?

Danny dyers double

Doing my first one in Corkagh Park Saturday. What time do you need to be there for if the race starts at 9.30??

py

Danny dyers double wrote: »

Doing my first one in Corkagh Park Saturday. What time do you need to be there for if the race starts at 9.30??

Usual first timer chat is at about 9:15am. Won't hurt to be there even earlier to get a feel for parkrun. Enjoy!

adrian522

9.29 ha ha.

It's not really a race, but show up anytime around 9.20 should be fine.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Simmer down wrote: »

Looking forward to my first run out at Poppintree this Saturday. It's their 4th anniversary.

I might head over that way myself.

Its a nice parkrun. Its 2 1/2 laps of the park, and a very nice park it is too

kkhornet

First time getting to be a parkrun tourist. Heading down to cork for a stag for the weekend and if the hangover allows I'll be giving one a go.
I see theres 2 or 3 though, is there any one that ye would reccomend over the others??

eoinín

kkhornet wrote: »

First time getting to be a parkrun tourist. Heading down to cork for a stag for the weekend and if the hangover allows I'll be giving one a go.
I see theres 2 or 3 though, is there any one that ye would reccomend over the others??

what part of Cork?

kkhornet

eoinín wrote: »

what part of Cork?

Staying in the metropole hotel in the city centre.

Simmer down

crisco10 wrote: »

Can I ask how you got to do it?

Email them and ask: progression@parkrun.com

It's an unusual one to do but running around in circles in a prison doesn't sound like any fun to me...

CassieManson

kkhornet wrote: »

First time getting to be a parkrun tourist. Heading down to cork for a stag for the weekend and if the hangover allows I'll be giving one a go.
I see theres 2 or 3 though, is there any one that ye would reccomend over the others??

I did Ballincollig last weekend. Nice flat route, friendly team, lots of parking (in Lidl nearby) would definitely recommend it.

opus

kkhornet wrote: »

Staying in the metropole hotel in the city centre.

Glen River parkrun is your best bet, it's ~2k from the Metropole so a nice warm up! I'll be there myself this Sat as it happens.

The Metropole Hotel Cork to Glen River parkrun

TiptoeMushroom

Hi, recently moved to Roundwood and two nearest Parkruns are Avondale or Shanganagh.

Will have baby with me tomorrow so thinking of a buggy run.
Trail route in Avondale so I’m left with Shanganagh.

Looks buggy friendly.... can anyone confirm please?

Many thanks !

quickbeam

Definitely buggy friendly.

Duzzie

TiptoeMushroom wrote: »

Hi, recently moved to Roundwood and two nearest Parkruns are Avondale or Shanganagh.

Will have baby with me tomorrow so thinking of a buggy run.
Trail route in Avondale so I’m left with Shanganagh.

Looks buggy friendly.... can anyone confirm please?

Many thanks !

You aren't to far from Gorey either. Challenging course but fully on tarmac and buggy friendly.

An tAlbanach

TiptoeMushroom wrote: »

Hi, recently moved to Roundwood and two nearest Parkruns are Avondale or Shanganagh.

Will have baby with me tomorrow so thinking of a buggy run.
Trail route in Avondale so I’m left with Shanganagh.

Looks buggy friendly.... can anyone confirm please?

Many thanks !

Never done Shanganagh but I did Avondale with my son in OUtnbout Nipper Sport. Was grand. Would recommend Gorey certainly for tarmac paths.

muddypaws

Simmer down wrote: »

Email them and ask: progression@parkrun.com

It's an unusual one to do but running around in circles in a prison doesn't sound like any fun to me...

Great atmosphere and definitely fun

Danny dyers double

Danny dyers double wrote: »

Doing my first one in Corkagh Park Saturday. What time do you need to be there for if the race starts at 9.30??

Been running since late July and today was the first day iv ran in a group environment. Really enjoyed the experience and looking forward to next Saturday already.
Goal next week is to run at slower pace as today I went off a bit too quick, obviously the whole event got the better of me 😂

Danny dyers double

Oh and a special thank you to all the volunteers. Brilliant setup by everyone involved

Dudda

kkhornet wrote: »

First time getting to be a parkrun tourist. Heading down to cork for a stag for the weekend and if the hangover allows I'll be giving one a go.

Usually in the Athletic forum it's how are the legs... How's the head this morning?

diceyreilly

Did St Anne’s parkrun today.

It’s a magnificent park, highly recommend anyone to do it.

Simmer down

Brilliant atmosphere in Poppintree this morning.
I didn't lose any weight because of all the birthday celebrations afterwards, lots of cake & sweet treats. Well done to all the volunteers, you put on a great event!

Wottle

50th parkrun in Marlay this morning. My eldest has caught the bug but for volunteering, she was barcode scanner.
The run itself didn't go very well, felt great for 2 miles and then out of nowhere I puked the last KM home, not sure if its a bug or related to the ongoing Thyroid saga, still a good day.

Duzzie

For those of you with mini parkrunners, Arklow Duck Pond Juniors (love that name) starts up tomorrow.

Good jib!

A bit early maybe, but is there a list of Parkruns that will be going ahead on Christmas Day and/or New Year's Day?

Google or the Parkrun site didn't turn anything up.

py

Good jib! wrote: »

A bit early maybe, but is there a list of Parkruns that will be going ahead on Christmas Day and/or New Year's Day?

Google or the Parkrun site didn't turn anything up.

Here you are: https://www.parkrun.ie/special-events/

corcaigh07

py wrote: »

Here you are: https://www.parkrun.ie/special-events/

Surprised to see so many announced this early, fair play.

The double NYD runs in Ballincollig and Glen River already confirmed for anyone in Cork.

py

corcaigh07 wrote: »

Surprised to see so many announced this early, fair play.

Due to the time of the year, I'd imagine they need to see if they've got their core team around and if there's interest to host events on what would typically be family days. Fair play to all volunteers who get out to help out on Christmas and New Years Days for parkrun.

Name Changed

corcaigh07 wrote: »

Surprised to see so many announced this early, fair play.

The double NYD runs in Ballincollig and Glen River already confirmed for anyone in Cork.

There aren't two up for a New Year's Day double in Dublin..I think itll be Longford to Mullingar!

corcaigh07

Name Changed wrote: »

There aren't two up for a New Year's Day double in Dublin..I think itll be Longford to Mullingar!

There will be, just not announced yet. I’d say you’ll get Bushy Park/Tymon and St Anne’s/Father Collins for NYD (if I remember correctly) with potential for others to team up for the double.

Wubble Wubble

So far, Brickfields, Tymon and Poolbeg are the Dublin parkruns that have said yes to staging NYD events.

Kilcock is also within easyish range of any West Dublin parkruns that declare - no doubt some choices will become available nearer the time. This year and last, we (Porterstown) doubled up with our nearest neighbours Hartstown - not sure yet whether that will be happening in 2020.

opus

Glen River parkrun's first birthday is coming up on Nov 23rd, there's rumour of cake

crisco10

From a South Dublin perspective, looks like Griffeen is the only one (so far) to have declared for 0930 on New years day, then plenty of options for 11 - Brickfields, Corkagh, Tymon, Poolbeg at a push.

Haven't done a double day yet, was all set last year until needing a shoulder op on 23rd Dec!

Pawwed Rig

Not sure what happened in St Anne's today but the average time was way faster than normal. I dropped around 100 spots on previous week with a similar time. Also 600+.

Marathon training pay off maybe?

diceyreilly

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Not sure what happened in St Anne's today but the average time was way faster than normal. I dropped around 100 spots on previous week with a similar time. Also 600+.

Marathon training pay off maybe?

Last week I ran 22:30 ish. Places 54th.

Today 23:30 ish placed 196.

browne_rob5

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Not sure what happened in St Anne's today but the average time was way faster than normal. I dropped around 100 spots on previous week with a similar time. Also 600+.

Marathon training pay off maybe?

Yeah anyone training for the marathon wouldn't have raced a parkrun for 16 weeks. Probably took last week off for a rest and used their marathon fitness for a parkrun pb today. That's what I did anyway but not in St Annes.