Ballycotton 2014

druss

Mug collectors, prepare to assemble!

Entry procedures are outlined on the "Running in Cork" blog. Race date is Sunday March 9th.

It looks like reliance on the postal system will be further reduced for 2014. Online entries will open on Friday December 6th at 2pm and the first 2,300 will be accepted. After this, the first 200 non-club entries to arrive by post will be added to the above number, giving a total of 2,500.

After that, only AAI club members and those who ran the four races in the Ballycotton Summer Series 2013 will be accepted (by post) up until Friday December 20th and for those living overseas up until Tuesday January 7th.

RacoonQueen

Hmmm Bohermeen half or Ballycotton...

druss

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Hmmm Bohermeen half or Ballycotton...

My decision is already made. I have a terrible Ballycotton 2013 to atone for. Were they actually on the same day last year?

slingerz

quick Q on this, is this race for the 'elite' runners or will there be participants who could take 2 hours to complete the 10 miles?

RacoonQueen

druss wrote: »

My decision is already made. I have a terrible Ballycotton 2013 to atone for. Were they actually on the same day last year?

Bohermeen is the week before Ballycotton. No chance I'd race both.

RacoonQueen

slingerz wrote: »

quick Q on this, is this race for the 'elite' runners or will there be participants who could take 2 hours to complete the 10 miles?

Some take well over two hours

http://www.ballycottonrunning.com/files/BC10_Provo_Results.xls.pdf

There are no elite targetted races in Ireland

druss

slingerz wrote: »

quick Q on this, is this race for the 'elite' runners or will there be participants who could take 2 hours to complete the 10 miles?

Last years times.

There will be elites. There will be a lot of mid-range plodders. There will be people who will take over 2 hours.

Plenty of time to get in training though!

slingerz

thanks for that. reckon i'd still be way to slow for this one

druss

slingerz wrote: »

thanks for that. reckon i'd still be way to slow for this one

I was looking in the Clon race thread. You're thinking of circa 2 hours 15 for that? And that's only a month away?

If that's accurate (and you could reappraise after the race anyway)..McMillan would have you down as being closer to 1 hour and 40 mins for the 10 mile. And you would have months to improve between Clon and Ballycotton!

Maybe ignore the online entry. Do the Clon half. That should give you a good idea of where you are now. You can then decide about whether to submit an entry by post?

slingerz

druss wrote: »

I was looking in the Clon race thread. You're thinking of circa 2 hours 15 for that? And that's only a month away?

If that's accurate (and you could reappraise after the race anyway)..McMillan would have you down as being closer to 1 hour and 40 mins for the 10 mile. And you would have months to improve between Clon and Ballycotton!

Maybe ignore the online entry. Do the Clon half. That should give you a good idea of where you are now. You can then decide about whether to submit an entry by post?

Probably a good idea tbh. I reckon i'd do 10K in just under 60:00 so i was thinking about 1.45 for a 10 miler.

Just have an awful fear of coming last!:eek:

LloydChristmas

On a positive note, they are taking much more online entries this year.

Saves me my one and only yearly visit to the Post Office for a stamp and envelope

KielyUnusual

Heads up that the entry for this race is now open.

I'm in:D.

WithCheesePlease

Site keeps crashing...

buck65

Server down?

WithCheesePlease

Dunno, it keeps returning a HTTP Status 500 server error, so it may be.

Pain!!

buck65

They make it so damn hard to get into this flippin race.

druss

http://precisiontiming.primo-solutions.co.uk/ps/event/Ballycotton102014

Tick tock! So far the link isn't working for me, but it was supposed to go live at 14:00 today.

Found out our county novice road race is scheduled for the same day. :mad:

WithCheesePlease

I'm back in the queue. This is stressful!

Diablo Verde

You'll have to be patient, but it does seem to be working...slowly. I just managed to get my entry through there.

Best of luck.

Gringo78

Diablo Verde wrote: »

You'll have to be patient, but it does seem to be working...slowly. I just managed to get my entry through there.

Best of luck.

Yes, getting feedback that moving thru the queue is useful

buck65

Yeah hang in there I got sorted but queued for 5 mins.

opus

Gringo78 wrote: »

Yes, getting feedback that moving thru the queue is useful

Site died on me a few times as well but eventually I got in the queue & a few mins later the entry form came up so I'm paid up & in!

Hang tough, you'll get there

rom

Eventually, job done. When they rebooted the server and made the q a bit bigger it worked well.

raddo

Do you get a confirmation e-mail??
Think I registered but it crashed after I put in my payment details?
Tried again and it said I was already registered but never saw a confirmation?

opus

raddo wrote: »

Do you get a confirmation e-mail??
Think I registered but it crashed after I put in my payment details?
Tried again and it said I was already registered but never saw a confirmation?

Sure did, I got an order confirmation from them:

Thank you for your order with Precision Timing.

You are now successfully registered for the event(s) listed below.
...

Gringo78

opus wrote: »

Site died on me a few times as well but eventually I got in the queue & a few mins later the entry form came up so I'm paid up & in!

Hang tough, you'll get there

Internet connection interrupted so got dumped to back of the queue!

WithCheesePlease

Crap, after going through everything...

We're Sorry:

An error has occurred using the application. If the issue persists please get in contact

dcorcaigh

what bloody joke.. after eventaully getting into it and filled in my details, went to pay and another error came up... so tried again from scratch, got to payment section again and used a different credit card (was scared it was first credit card not having enough money) and got same message!!... THEN got a confirmation mail, followed a few minutes later by another confirmation mail, so it looks like i have entered twice, like i said what a joke...
it seems every system they use for entry doesnt work

dcorcaigh

WithCheesePlease wrote: »

Crap, after going through everything...

thats what i got also... do not enter again, as i got a confirmation mail even after getting this message

WithCheesePlease

dcorcaigh wrote: »

thats what i got also... do not enter again, as i got a confirmation mail even after getting this message

Wow, ok. Thanks - I was just going through registration again.

This is a bit of a joke to be honest.

BTW - I'm sure you'll get your money back on your duplicate entry. This is all way to stressful for a 10 miler though, I dunno if the hassle is worth it anymore.

WithCheesePlease

raddo wrote: »

Do you get a confirmation e-mail??
Think I registered but it crashed after I put in my payment details?
Tried again and it said I was already registered but never saw a confirmation?

Have you got a confirmation email since raddo??