SSE Race Series 2015

smashiner

average_runner wrote: »

Do not ice for any longer than 15 mins

Yeah, I find that the beer goes too watery after that....;).....oh you meant the ankle.....on a serious note, this sounds like good advice,why no more than 15 minutes for an injury to be iced??

Good call Bungy Girl too on the basin/bucket of iced water.....veeeerrry brave...

Cameoette

Hi all, bit of an embarrassing but necessary question: are there portaloos at any point on the half marathon route?
Ever since having my baby last year my digestive system has not been cooperating with me once my mileage increases, I've been trying to amend this with diet especially in the days coming up my LSR, but as race day draws closer I'm starting to feel a bit panicky about having problems in this regard on the day

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Cameoette wrote: »

Hi all, bit of an embarrassing but necessary question: are there portaloos at any point on the half marathon route?
Ever since having my baby last year my digestive system has not been cooperating with me once my mileage increases, I've been trying to amend this with diet especially in the days coming up my LSR, but as race day draws closer I'm starting to feel a bit panicky about having problems in this regard on the day

AFAIK, the only toilets are near the start. However, the route passes the start point around mile 8 (and passes quite close to the start around mile 4/5). See: http://sseairtricitydublinmarathon.ie/race/dublin-half-marathon/

Murph_D

Last year there were some portaloos just before the entrance to Farmleigh, about 5 miles into the race.

Cameoette

Deadly, thanks guys

wrstan

Groannnnnnnnnn! I just went to enter the Dublin HM to find that entry closed on Friday. I presume there's no alternative entry method? Anyone have any bright ideas? :mad::mad::mad:

menoscemo

wrstan wrote: »

Groannnnnnnnnn! I just went to enter the Dublin HM to find that entry closed on Friday. I presume there's no alternative entry method? Anyone have any bright ideas? :mad::mad::mad:

On their FB page they are telling people to email raceseries@dublinmarathon.ie to see if there might be a space available

wrstan

Looks like I owe you one Meno! Thanks for responding so quickly. Will I see you there?

Dubgal72

Cameoette wrote: »

Hi all, bit of an embarrassing but necessary question: are there portaloos at any point on the half marathon route?
Ever since having my baby last year my digestive system has not been cooperating with me once my mileage increases, I've been trying to amend this with diet especially in the days coming up my LSR, but as race day draws closer I'm starting to feel a bit panicky about having problems in this regard on the day

Hi Cameoette, snap I find not eating or grazing for several hours (up to 4) before a run or race helps. Invariably, if I don't stick to this, I have GI issues when either running or racing, best of luck!

aquinn

From FB page:

If you have missed the SEE Airtricity Half Marathon please contact emily.barton@aware.ie or caitrionah@ms-socity.ie as they have a limited number of charity entries available.

Dublin9210

Signed up for the half,only ever ran the 5miler.Is the course the same as last year?

smashiner

Dublin9210 wrote: »

Signed up for the half,only ever ran the 5miler.Is the course the same as last year?

Hi Dub9210
I did this HM last year and am also doing it again this year.....as far as I can tell from the race map it looks the same as last year.

Leave a little bit in the tank for the Upper Glen road (Chapelizod gate on)near the end as it is a big (ish) hill and it tends to catch a lot of people out.

Great race, well organised with water stations, pacers and decent goodie bag.....best of luck on the day

kit3

smashiner wrote: »

Hi Dub9210
I did this HM last year and am also doing it again this year.....as far as I can tell from the race map it looks the same as last year.

Leave a little bit in the tank for the Upper Glen road (Chapelizod gate on)near the end as it is a big (ish) hill and it tends to catch a lot of people out.

Great race, well organised with water stations, pacers and decent goodie bag.....best of luck on the day

Is the water in cups or bottles for this - I know it used to be bottles but not sure if that's changed

banana_split

Race number arrived this morning...getting nervous now!
Did the Rock & Roll half at the start of August, so will be interesting to compare to this one.

Getting nervous though, as I've had a niggly injury so my training hasn't been ideal

menoscemo

kit3 wrote: »

Is the water in cups or bottles for this - I know it used to be bottles but not sure if that's changed

Bottles for the half and Full

vanderlyle

Anybody from here doing pacing this year?

cloneslad

Think I might be out of the half. Got a nice case of what I think was food poisoning the weekend before last and it's messed me up with dehydration.

Gonna try and go for a run on Saturday morning to see how I get on, but I've been struggling to stay hydrated.....embarrassing way to end up not doing a race.

ultraman1

vanderlyle wrote: »

Anybody from here doing pacing this year?

They are all from boards bar 1 or 2...

chris85

menoscemo wrote: »

Bottles for the half and Full

Kind of thought there would be at least another 1 water station on the route. Could be warm enough and seems like 3 may not be enough. Ran the cork HM in June and remember at least 6 stations along the way.

I guess at least they are bottles but will have a friend with water bottles at strategic location for extra if needed.

chris85

smashiner wrote: »

Hi Dub9210
I did this HM last year and am also doing it again this year.....as far as I can tell from the race map it looks the same as last year.

Leave a little bit in the tank for the Upper Glen road (Chapelizod gate on)near the end as it is a big (ish) hill and it tends to catch a lot of people out.

Great race, well organised with water stations, pacers and decent goodie bag.....best of luck on the day

Yeah that uphill was tough enough for me at the end of the 10 miler but will need to keep a bit left for end of the half. Strategic energy gel at 10.5-11 miles to set up for it I think.

aquinn

chris85 wrote:

Yeah that uphill was tough enough for me at the end of the 10 miler but will need to keep a bit left for end of the half. Strategic energy gel at 10.5-11 miles to set up for it I think.

It's a different gate and hill is it not?

smashiner

aquinn wrote: »

It's a different gate and hill is it not?

Hi AQ,
Dunno if the 2 hills are the same as I never did the 10 Mile......the appearance money was too low and my agent turned it down

Chris85, this hill starts at the Chapelizod gate at the side of the park and is a steady incline for a few minutes, it is more down to fact of where it is in the race.....near the end when people are tired.
The good news is that when you get to the top of it, the last bit is flat to the finish line......best of luck ......might see you there, I am planning to pace it with a friend as his first HM and aiming for around 1:55- 2:00.

AQ, are you doing this one??.....if so see you there

Bungy Girl

aquinn wrote: »

It's a different gate and hill is it not?

Same hill for both according to the maps. In Chapelizod gate, up the hill past St.Mary's and flat to the finish.

chinguetti

Lads, its not K2 you're going up!! Its a hill, nothing you shouldn't have done in training and nothing that dramatic.

Yes its late in the race but if you've done the training and paced yourself right in the race, you'll be fine. Paced this race a couple of times and sensed people around us each year stressing about the hill a mile out and at the first sight of it, they drop out the back.

Its not that bad a hill but people have themselves defeated mentally because they hear about a hill and have made it into an awful thing - come marathon time, Fosters Avenue gets a similar rep and its not that tough really but its just where its on the course and when you get mentally tired.

There's fair worse hills in half marathons that I can name, like the ones in Bohermeen, Clonmel, Connemara and Larne and the Dublin half is great prep for the full.

If you can, find a road with a long uphill drag that's a mile long and run it before Saturday at a nice gentle pace. Then come Saturday you know you can run up the hill and you'll face it in a better frame of mind.

smashiner

chinguetti wrote: »

Lads, its not K2 you're going up!! Its a hill, nothing you shouldn't have done in training and nothing that dramatic.

Yes its late in the race but if you've done the training and paced yourself right in the race, you'll be fine. Paced this race a couple of times and sensed people around us each year stressing about the hill a mile out and at the first sight of it, they drop out the back.

Its not that bad a hill but people have themselves defeated mentally because they hear about a hill and have made it into an awful thing - come marathon time, Fosters Avenue gets a similar rep and its not that tough really but its just where its on the course and when you get mentally tired.

There's fair worse hills in half marathons that I can name, like the ones in Bohermeen, Clonmel, Connemara and Larne and the Dublin half is great prep for the full.

If you can, find a road with a long uphill drag that's a mile long and run it before Saturday at a nice gentle pace. Then come Saturday you know you can run up the hill and you'll face it in a better frame of mind.

+1 to that comment chinguetti. It is not too bad if people are sensible about it, last year a lot of people were going way too fast (IMO)for the mile or so leading up to it, went charging up the hill and ended up walking about halfway up. Just making the point that a 'sensible' strategy of running an even pace leading up to it will make for a better ending to your race and finish stronger ...with a smile as you pass a load of people that didn't

aquinn

chinguetti wrote: »

There's fair worse hills in half marathons that I can name, like the ones in Bohermeen, Clonmel, Connemara and Larne and the Dublin half is great prep for the full.
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Ones to avoid so

HelenAnne

Hello! I've actually done this race before, a few times, and I know the park pretty well, but I just can't remember what that extra loop around Farmleigh / OS road etc is like. Is it flat, a drag etc? Any route tips, anyone?

Bungy Girl

HelenAnne wrote: »

Hello! I've actually done this race before, a few times, and I know the park pretty well, but I just can't remember what that extra loop around Farmleigh / OS road etc is like. Is it flat, a drag etc? Any route tips, anyone?

I've recce'd this recently (as much as I could with the gate locked :rolleyes:). This section is net downhill. The section through Farmleigh is lovely (flat) then when you exit left at Tower Gate it's downhill all the way to the entrance back into the park after Mount Sackville. A very short barely noticeable uphill as you re-enter the park then downhill/flat to the start of OS road (flat).

HelenAnne

Bungy Girl wrote: »

I've recce'd this recently (as much as I could with the gate locked :rolleyes:). This section is net downhill. The section through Farmleigh is lovely (flat) then when you exit left at Tower Gate it's downhill all the way to the entrance back into the park after Mount Sackville. A very short barely noticeable uphill as you re-enter the park then downhill/flat to the start of OS road (flat).

Brill! Thank you! I'm not opposed to hills, but I found sort of mapping the route and the effort levels needed at various points helped me a lot in the ten-miler. thanks!

Psychosis

Hi guys,

Does anyone know the situation with bike parking for the half marathon on Saturday? Where it is exactly and if there is usually enough space

The website just says close to the start area