Terenure 5 Mile - 18th of May

AdpRo

Great race today, really enjoyed it.

Only gripe I would have about the pacers is that they took their place too late. It meant people were pushing through the crowd trying to get near their balloon just before the gun or were starting too far behind and bursting a gut trying to catch them in the first mile. Why not have pacers in place 30 mins before start, it might help with people lining up in correct place as well.

SureWhyNot!

digger2d2 wrote: »

Hi, not sure re: your first question but I'll check. On the second point, I know some races give an option of a price with/without a t-shirt... In this case we had agreed to donate that sum to Debra Ireland no matter what which I think was a great idea.

I wasn't so much thinking of a reduced fee, €20 is pretty good for the course, crowd and spread. More I was thinking of an option... "click here to forgo a t-shirt and instead donate an extra €2 to Debra Ireland". I could see how it might be hassle to manage at registration though.

Fair play to the ladies for donating their prize, such decisions deserve more publicity.

eoinín

It was my first time running the race and I really really enjoyed the day. The race itself was tough in places, with a couple of long drags into the wind, but there was some strong support to motivate us along. The organisation was great - we had no hassle finding parking, picking up numbers, etc. And the afters was good fun - it was nice to mingle and chat with runners from various clubs whilst also enjoying the rather impressive post race spread. Great work Sportsworld for such a smoothly run race and for supporting such a worthy cause!

raler

Well done Sportsworld yet again. It wasn’t my best day, but the organisation was second to none as usual.

The asics bottle was a nice freebie. The pacers appeared to be a good idea. The spread afterwards great as ever. And seeing club members busy away with little jobs to keep things moving even after the race is a real credit to those involved.

I only watched the Debra video on the site after the race, and as a parent of young daughters myself, it puts it all in perspective. Hats off for supporting it, adn well done again.

tHE vAGGABOND

Really like the idea of "dont bother with the tee-shirt for me, give a couple more quid to the charity" option, as like many others around here I have a large drawer full of free race tee-shirts, and that is with having done a big clear out at end of last year [I shudder to think of how many some of the 100 marathon club folks have!!]

Ron DMC

Sprint finish between Martin Fagan and Freddy Keronsittuk


Joe Sweeney coming in for 5th


And much, much later... Me.


Freddy's 2nd place prizegiving


Martin's 1st place prizegiving


The big cheque for Debra Ireland


Prizegiving pics by me, but race pics by Dad (can't be two places at once)

BeepBeep67

Ron DMC wrote: »

And much, much later... Me.

Smackdown with marthastew - who made it across the line 1st?

Ron DMC

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Smackdown with marthastew - who made it across the line 1st?

Pretty sure we were about neck and neck coming through, less than a second anyway. Hadn't realised she was a boardsie at all.
Hi marthastew!!

menoscemo

Ron DMC wrote: »

Pretty sure we were about neck and neck coming through, less than a second anyway. Hadn't realised she was a boardsie at all.
Hi marthastew!!

On the results you are both given 139th place

Marthastew

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Smackdown with marthastew - who made it across the line 1st?

Ron DMC wrote: »

Pretty sure we were about neck and neck coming through, less than a second anyway. Hadn't realised she was a boardsie at all.
Hi marthastew!!

menoscemo wrote: »

On the results you are both given 139th place

Hi Ron DMC:D We'll have to keep an eye out for each other at the next race, you make a good pacer;) Great photos, thanks!
I usually manage to shake hands with whoever I cross the line with but I needed a moment or two to compose myselfstop myself from bringing my breakfast back up

Ron DMC won the smackdown..... We crossed the line together but his chip time was 1 second faster:D

overpronator

Small world, Ron I was talking to you afterwards briefly, you were telling me about the Belfast Marathon and the Conn Ultra.

Ron DMC

overpronator wrote: »

Small world, Ron I was talking to you afterwards briefly, you were telling me about the Belfast Marathon and the Conn Ultra.

Jaysus, everyone's a boardsie...

digger2d2

Ron DMC wrote: »

Jaysus, everyone's a boardsie...

But apparently not Rashers/Deirdree loves Rashid/Newbygirl

RacoonQueen

How come teams were meant to be declared on the day and weren't registered via precision timing btw? Usually you be automatically reg'd with precision timing?

emerald007

Blessed are the pacemakers