Anybody doing the Great Run Sunday?

spuddy90

emerald007 wrote: »

http://www.greatirelandrun.org/results/Default.aspx

Results from 2013 is all I can see!

brutes1

emerald007 wrote: »

http://www.greatirelandrun.org/results/Default.aspx

Last years i think ??

Am probably better off without results tbh, pig of a second half of race yesterday, wind and hills made it a bugger... ! It all seemed so easy till 5k...

vitani

ciaran76 wrote: »

This was my first race and have to say I really enjoyed it.

The weather was great and maybe the long sleeves were a bad idea but no matter I just wanted to finish without stopping. I was always a casual 5km runner never really took notice of my times just jogged to keep fit.
In Feb. someone said I should do 10km as I may be bored with 5km and so I started training for it at the end of Feb.

I don't know how but I took a minute of my PB so that means I must not really push myself when training.

I am now thinking I want to go for a further distance! I think I may have caught the bug.

Your race times should always be faster than your times in training. Races are where you can just go for it and really push yourself - if you're doing that three/four times a week in training, you'll end up burnt out and injured.

Stick around the forum here and read back on some of the threads and logs. You'll pick up some great information.

vitani

who_ru wrote: »

so you have to buy the independent to get your result?

Results will be put up online later today. They have a deal with the Indo to publish them in the paper first.

Zapho

brutes1 wrote: »

Last years i think ??

I'm some eejit. I was looking at that thinking "wow, I did the EXACT same time as last year..." I never bothered to look at the date. :rolleyes:

louthandproud

dj08 wrote: »

My Garmin clocked the course at 6.28 miles at the finish line

A certified 10K course will measure 10k at an absolute minimum by shortest racing line, and is usually a few meters more (which is normal and within regulation, better 10 meters long than short). As you will never run a race exactly on measured racing line you will most often run slightly more than specified distance.. If you got exactly 10K on a course its likely to be short in reality.

ciaran76

vitani wrote: »

Your race times should always be faster than your times in training. Races are where you can just go for it and really push yourself - if you're doing that three/four times a week in training, you'll end up burnt out and injured.

Stick around the forum here and read back on some of the threads and logs. You'll pick up some great information.

Thanks Vitani.

Yes I have started reading the training logs and am following a training plan on Runkeeper.

I maybe shouldn't have run yesterday as I hadn't finished my training plan but I had trained and did 13km and 12km the last 2 Sundays at a steady pace.

I will finish of the training plan in the next 4 weeks and then see where I am after that.

hawkwing

hawkwing wrote: »

Numbers seems to be way down on the last few years,very little traffic in what was a very packed race for a few years.I think the indo results thing is costing them more than it is worth,together with so many other races etc etc.Enjoyable day though and good to have a first race since DCM 13.

Just checked the numbers now and a bit of a collapse in the finishing numbers as i thought,i think a further reduction in the entry fee and the "Indo" getting the road for the next day results is on the cards :

2009-7886 finishers
2010-8236 finishers
2011-7898 finishers
2012-7614 finishers
2013-6182 finishers
2014-4991 finishers

vitani

hawkwing wrote: »

Just checked the numbers now and a bit of a collapse in the finishing numbers as i thought,i think a further reduction in the entry fee and the "Indo" getting the road for the next day results is on the cards :

2009-7886 finishers
2010-8236 finishers
2011-7898 finishers
2012-7614 finishers
2013-6182 finishers
2014-4991 finishers

That explains it. I was three minutes quicker than last year but jumped 900 places in the finishing positions. I knew something didn't make sense there.

Shane O' Malley

vitani wrote: »

That explains it. I was three minutes quicker than last year but jumped 900 places in the finishing positions. I knew something didn't make sense there.

So if 8000 people did actually enter as they said yesterday then over 3000 did not turn up or finish.

Not great stats

brutes1

Big dropoff alright. Think its a great event and the fact its on telly gives athletics some exposure to the public. Pity they didnt mention the top 3 Irish men or women as they crossed the line- Hanrahan smoked a few of the elites in a great run yet got no mention by RTE.
Agree with the price drop and immediate results. Its a beast of a course but a right good challenge. The likes of Connemara on the same day must have taken away a few runners.

RayCun

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

So if 8000 people did actually enter as they said yesterday then over 3000 did not turn up or finish.

They could be doing like Limerick, counting kids in the entry numbers

That's some drop-off though

colin32

I think it was 8000 overall including the other events going on before hand

Shane O' Malley

colin32 wrote: »

I think it was 8000 overall including the other events going on before hand

I am thinking that might be it but the announcer specifically said it was for the main race with another figure for the junior and mini.

Anyway, i enjoyed it and it did no harm being less crowded.

eoinín

hawkwing wrote: »

Numbers seems to be way down on the last few years,very little traffic in what was a very packed race for a few years.I think the indo results thing is costing them more than it is worth,together with so many other races etc etc.

I wouldn't imagine not being able to get your result until the next day would put people off entering a race, would it? It never even occurs to me to check beforehand when the results will become available.

who_ru

what about the emergence of parkrun? free and on every weekend. It probably took a good few away from this event. And 29 bucks was a nice bit to have to pay.

hawkwing

eoinín wrote: »

I wouldn't imagine not being able to get your result until the next day would put people off entering a race, would it? It never even occurs to me to check beforehand when the results will become available.

It doesn't bother me too much as i have done this every time since 2007,but judging by the great run facebook page a lot of people are not too happy with it when they realise they have to wait for a day to get them.This delay only started in the last 2 years i think.Personally i enjoy this race and more so in the last couple of years since the numbers have dropped off.

GOOSEPAUL

I don't see why people make a big deal about getting their race time the next day. Forone this was my first time doing this and seeing all the people there only added to the enjoyment. The weather was great and the course was a bit of a challenge. I will do this again regardless of the price. If people are looking for a finishing time as soon as the race is over then buy a stop watch.

tunguska

GOOSEPAUL wrote: »

I don't see why people make a big deal about getting their race time the next day. Forone this was my first time doing this and seeing all the people there only added to the enjoyment. The weather was great and the course was a bit of a challenge. I will do this again regardless of the price. If people are looking for a finishing time as soon as the race is over then buy a stop watch.

Thats not really the point though. People are getting annoyed because they're effectively being held to ransom by the Irish Independent. 30 bills is a lot for a 10k, I mean theres plenty of high quality races for half that price where the results would literally be up on the wall a few minutes after the race had ended. Dunboyne 4 miler the previous week is a great example of this. The message is, you want your result, then you buy the paper, and that doesnt sit well with a lot of people.

Deirdree loves Rashid

GOOSEPAUL wrote: »

I don't see why people make a big deal about getting their race time the next day. Forone this was my first time doing this and seeing all the people there only added to the enjoyment. The weather was great and the course was a bit of a challenge. I will do this again regardless of the price. If people are looking for a finishing time as soon as the race is over then buy a stop watch.

Yeah me neither, if it bothers you that much you just have to go into a news agent and look up your result without buying the paper.
this was my first 10km back trying to get fit after a long time out with an ankle injury and the buzz was fantastic.
I really like this race despite the bad press it gets from club runners.
The course is challenging, getting to see racing heros in person and watching it all again on tv is just great.
For the show thats put on 29 euros is not all that much in this day and age.

however it would be a lot better if I was fitter.