Chicago Marathon - 12th Oct 2014

blockic

Peckham wrote: »

Mine was also updated within a few days. What did you send them?

Sent a screen grab of my result on Precision timing for the Meath HM in March.

Had 2013 on the race header and I was the only person displayed so all should have been in order.

Peckham

I sent them pretty much the same (a screenshot from Bohermeen Half 2012 results, and put a box around my line to highlight it). Strange.

wildrhubarb

belcarra wrote: »

I only know one lady runner doing the marathon (DukeofDromada's missus)

Belcarra did you just call me a lady? :eek:

DukeOfDromada

blockic wrote: »

Btw, I submitted my qualifying time 2 weeks ago and they still have not updated my corral :rolleyes:, anyone else in the same boat?

When I submitted it was up within a few days too.

Name|Corral|Target|Team comp?|Gender
Belcarra|B|3:12:30|Yes|M
Peckham|A|2:48:00|Yes|M
RunForestRun|A|2:49:50|Yes|M
blockic|A|2:57:00|Yes|M
DukeOfDromada|A|2:55:00|Yes|M

blockic

Thanks, just shipped off another email so now and see what they say.

belcarra

wildrhubarb wrote: »

Belcarra did you just call me a lady? :eek:

Maybe Duchess would be more appropriate seeing as you are the Duke's wife?
(all his royalist leanings come to the fore once he's left to his own devices to come up with a name for himself!;))

belcarra

DukeOfDromada wrote: »

When I submitted it was up within a few days too.

Name|Corral|Target|Team comp?|Gender
Belcarra|B|3:12:30|Yes|M
Peckham|A|2:48:00|Yes|M
RunForestRun|A|2:49:50|Yes|M
blockic|A|2:57:00|Yes|M
DukeOfDromada|A|2:55:00|Yes|M

Ok, so we need a team name and everyone's real name for this.
Feel free to PM me with your real names.
The team name can be discussed here.
As a starter how's about the blindingly obvious 'Team Ireland'?

ThePiedPiper

How about the ARTists..

Krusty_Clown

RunForestRun wrote: »

How about the ARTists..

How about the pi$$ ARTists?

kennyball

Hi,

I have an entry for the Chicago Marathon this year but am unable to go.
Just wondering if anyone wanted to take my entry spot?
PM me if interested.

Ken

Peckham

Two months to go (almost to the minute), and we haven't yet started talking about post-race pub!

Are we submitting an entry for the team competition?

belcarra

Peckham wrote: »

Two months to go (almost to the minute), and we haven't yet started talking about post-race pub!

Are we submitting an entry for the team competition?

Yep, still intending to enter the team comp. Any more suggestions on a team name??

Peckham

The Boardsies. Pretty unoriginal, but best I can come up with!

ThePiedPiper

Boardsies, yeah why not? I've never been in Chicago so have no ideas for pubs after but a couple of cans would get things started anyway. I'm flying home the Sunday night so it'll just be a couple of sociable ones for me

Krusty_Clown

The Leprecathletes....

C'mon.. Don't make me come up with all the good ideas....

Peckham

RunForestRun wrote: »

Boardsies, yeah why not? I've never been in Chicago so have no ideas for pubs after but a couple of cans would get things started anyway. I'm flying home the Sunday night so it'll just be a couple of sociable ones for me

Think there's an area in the park to chill out in afterwards, have a few beers and watch the finish on a big screen. I think Krusty mentioned this before. So, I guess that's where our meeting area will be.

Flying back Sunday night! Can't imagine that will be a comfortable flight :eek: Fair play!

blockic

So 8 weeks, gonna be here in know time...

Who's flying over on the Aer Lingus 11:45 flight on the Friday lads?

I'd suspect there could be a few of us so might be an idea to hussle off to the expo together once we arrive to get it done out of the way.

Anyone got ideas for passing the time on the 48hr day on the Saturday without walking too much! Probably would need to book things now before the rush... 4 back to back films in the cinema? :pac:

Peckham

Yep, I'm on that flight. Plan to hit expo as soon as possible. Staying with brother-in-law who lives in city (about 10 min walk from start!), so will be dumping bags and heading straight to expo.

Thinking of bus/boat tour on Saturday. Did that in Boston and it's a good relaxing time killer, whilst still feeling like you're being a tourist. You're right, will probably need to book something.

blockic

Peckham wrote: »

Yep, I'm on that flight. Plan to hit expo as soon as possible. Staying with brother-in-law who lives in city (about 10 min walk from start!), so will be dumping bags and heading straight to expo.

Thinking of bus/boat tour on Saturday. Did that in Boston and it's a good relaxing time killer, whilst still feeling like you're being a tourist. You're right, will probably need to book something.

Yeah that duck tour is always a nice one to do, might look into it.

Krusty_Clown

Chicago Architecture Foundation tours are excellent, in particular the boat tour (even if you're not an architecture buff). Best to buy a couple of days in advance.

DukeOfDromada

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Chicago Architecture Foundation tours are excellent, in particular the boat tour (even if you're not an architecture buff). Best to buy a couple of days in advance.

Was talking to someone last night and she highly recommended this tour so I'm going to be doing it the Saturday. It would be good if we can all arrange to do it together?

DukeOfDromada

Just throwing some more suggestions out there along with others already suggested.

Team Ireland
ARTists
pi$$ ARTists (not sure if they’d appreciate the genius of this one )
Boardsies
Leprecatheletes
The Little Leprechauns
The Shamrunners
The Shamrogues
Sean-Nos Runners
The Boggers
The Culchies
Culchie Runners
The Hardy Bucks
What's the craic?
Go on, go on, go on!
Green Army
Reathaí na hÉireann (‘Irish Runner’ I believe)

ThePiedPiper

Yeah, 11:25 Friday morning flight for me too. Definitely sounds like a plan to get to the expo early, get it out of the road. Bus/boat tour is a must, stay off the feet, get to see the city and stay fresh. I sort of plan on just staying on Irish time for the whole weekend, with the early start on Sunday morning.

I do fancy The Pi $$ ARTists as a team name, it has a certain ring to it..

blockic

DukeOfDromada wrote: »

Was talking to someone last night and she highly recommended this tour so I'm going to be doing it the Saturday. It would be good if we can all arrange to do it together?

RunForestRun wrote: »

Yeah, 11:25 Friday morning flight for me too. Definitely sounds like a plan to get to the expo early, get it out of the road. Bus/boat tour is a must, stay off the feet, get to see the city and stay fresh. I sort of plan on just staying on Irish time for the whole weekend, with the early start on Sunday morning.

I do fancy The Pi $$ ARTists as a team name, it has a certain ring to it..

Cool, I'm up for that tour that Krusty mentioned too. Also another vote for Pi$$ ARTists!

belcarra

Looks like the Pi$$ ARTists it will be so, although can't guarantee the PC conscious authorities won't come back to me asking for a less offensive name...:rolleyes:

So, not only does it appear I'll be on my own in corral B but I'll also be flying solo on the 3:45pm flight as well...:cool:
#secondclasscitizen!

Itziger

belcarra wrote: »

Looks like the Pi$$ ARTists it will be so, although can't guarantee the PC conscious authorities won't come back to me asking for a less offensive name...:rolleyes:

So, not only does it appear I'll be on my own in corral B but I'll also be flying solo on the 3:45pm flight as well...:cool:
#secondclasscitizen!

Sure you can pass the time with a few small glasses of red wine

belcarra

Itziger wrote: »

Sure you can pass the time with a few small glasses of red wine

That comes afterwards...!

Peckham

Just in case anyone else is interested - just spotted (and bought tickets) for the musical Once (aka the Glen Hansard film) which is on in Chicago whilst we're there for the marathon.

Krusty_Clown

Peckham wrote: »

Just in case anyone else is interested - just spotted (and bought tickets) for the musical Once (aka the Glen Hansard film) which is on in Chicago whilst we're there for the marathon.

Oh, is there a race on that weekend too?

Peckham

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Chicago Architecture Foundation tours are excellent, in particular the boat tour (even if you're not an architecture buff). Best to buy a couple of days in advance.

Just a heads up that this appears to be quite busy on the Saturday. Lots of time slots already booked out. I've just booked tickets for the cruise at midday.

Also, Hanson are doing some gigs in Chicago over that weekend if anyone is interested!