Rio 2016 Marathon Qualification, whos trying?

average_runner

What I find funny is, people give out about Fagan and yet they don't hesitate in buying Nike running gear that is funding drug cheat Gatlin.

eldiva

average_runner wrote: »

What I find funny is, people give out about Fagan and yet they don't hesitate in buying Nike running gear that is funding drug cheat Gatlin.

So I've been wearing Nike for 8 years and just because they have signed a drug cheat I'm to stop wearing them? Don't be daft. If you apply that logic then there isn't a brand you could buy

average_runner

eldiva wrote: »

So I've been wearing Nike for 8 years and just because they have signed a drug cheat I'm to stop wearing them? Don't be daft. If you apply that logic then there isn't a brand you could buy

For Nike to.go out of their way to sign him.

What a goal by messi

menoscemo

average_runner wrote: »

What I find funny is, people give out about Fagan and yet they don't hesitate in buying Nike running gear that is funding drug cheat Gatlin.

Nike Lunarracers are my favourite racing shoes. they fit me perfectly and my foot feels comfortable in them. I don't care less who they sponsor tbh.

average_runner

menoscemo wrote: »

Nike Lunarracers are my favourite racing shoes. they fit me perfectly and my foot feels comfortable in them. I don't care less who they sponsor tbh.

But your not moaning about Fagan etc.

menoscemo

average_runner wrote: »

But your not moaning about Fagan etc.

I generally am actually, just had an issue with that last point about him making a fortune.

eldiva

That's like saying you're not going to buy puma because of Christie or Adidas because of Johnson

DocQismyJesus

eldiva wrote: »

That's like saying you're not going to buy puma because of Christie or Adidas because of Johnson

I'm boycotting Vibrams at the moment cause I think Cabello Blanco was a dick

Notwork Error

Anyone have any info on who's trying and where this Autumn?

Hehir- Berlin
Minnock-Berlin
Maria Mc- Frankfurt
Britton- Chicago
Lizzie Lee- Berlin
Hanrahan- Berlin

Open to correction on those.

youngrun

Notwork Error wrote: »

Anyone have any info on who's trying and where this Autumn?

Hehir- Berlin
Minnock-Berlin
Maria Mc- Frankfurt
Britton- Chicago
Lizzie Lee- Berlin
Hanrahan- Berlin

Open to correction on those.

A stack going to Berlin Sergio Tom fitz also Thornton
Not sure re pollock and kenneally?

tang1

youngrun wrote: »

A stack going to Berlin Sergio Tom fitz also Thornton
Not sure re pollock and kenneally?

Kenneally was targeting Berlin when I was seeing him for physio last winter, hasn't been heard off since he pulled up in the Frank Duffy I think?

menoscemo

youngrun wrote: »

A stack going to Berlin Sergio Tom fitz also Thornton
Not sure re pollock and kenneally?

According to Pollock's blog he and Kevin Seaward are doing Berlin. Mick Clohissey is too (as far as I know).

PWEI

menoscemo wrote: »

According to Pollock's blog he and Kevin Seaward are doing Berlin. Mick Clohissey is too (as far as I know).

Mick Closhisey's definitely doing Berlin.

Some crew going over;

Pollock, Seaward, Clohisey Sergiu, Hehir, Mark Kenneally, Mark Hanrahan, Tomas Fitzpatrick, Thornton, Gary Murray, Phillip Harty, Lizzie Lee.

Will be interesting to see what happens if most of them do the qualifying time.

Cona

How many athletes can make the Irish marathon team for Rio? And if more than that number qualify, how do they pick who gets to go?

johnruns

PWEI wrote: »

Mick Closhisey's definitely doing Berlin.

Some crew going over;

Pollock, Seaward, Clohisey Sergiu, Hehir, Mark Kenneally, Mark Hanrahan, Tomas Fitzpatrick, Thornton, Gary Murray, Phillip Harty, Lizzie Lee.

Will be interesting to see what happens if most of them do the qualifying time.

Wow some class runners going over,will be a great battle between them all,cant wait to see how it unfolds:)

Krusty_Clown

Will be intetesting also to see the impact on DCM and the Irish national title. Might be an opportunity for someone who's a little off Olympic standard to have a go at the title, with both the male and female likely candidates travelling elsewhere.

youngrun

johnruns wrote: »

Wow some class runners going over,will be a great battle between them all,cant wait to see how it unfolds:)

Plenty of supporters going over too for some of them, hopefully there will be good runs all round
Would imagine most of them are capable of hitting the time
This is the official policy
https://athleticsireland.app.box.com/16-OGpolicy

Obviously if someone runs a standout time they will be picked

youngrun

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Will be intetesting also to see the impact on DCM and the Irish national title. Might be an opportunity for someone who's a little off Olympic standard to have a go at the title, with both the male and female likely candidates travelling elsewhere.

Plenty of guys around 2.25 last year , would be an interesting race alright

Krusty_Clown

youngrun wrote: »

Plenty of guys around 2.25 last year , would be an interesting race alright

What about Eoin Calaghan? Given his 2:18 in Manchester and rate of improvement, he has a legitimate shot at qualification, but would also be a great contender for the national title.

rodge68

I heard locally in Clare that Sean Hehir was abroad doing altitude training and is hoping to get a qualifying time for Rio in the Berlin marathon...fingers crossed..xxx

youngrun

johnruns wrote: »

Wow some class runners going over,will be a great battle between them all,cant wait to see how it unfolds:)

J Frazer and Mark Kirwan also in

Chivito550

pac_man wrote: »

This happened for the 2012 Olympics whereby 4 athletes got the qualifying time but only three were selected as there was only three places. I think it's left up to a committee within AI which decides on who goes.

And they based their decision on age. 3 years on, the one who wasn't picked, the oldest of the lot, is the only one still competing in the sport. Foolish decision.

Almost as silly as letting Sinead Diver slip through the net. 21st in Beijing in what was a 2:30 level performance, given the conditions.

RayCun

they picked the fastest three qualified
Ava Hutchinson 2:35:33
Catriona Jennings 2:36:14
Linda Byrne 2:36:21
Maria McCambridge 2:36:37

Note that this time around they say they'll take course speed rating into account, as well as getting the standard early enough for recovery and a pre-olympic training cycle

menoscemo

pac_man wrote: »

Yeah I remember she was fairly aggrieved by the result and to make matters worse, one of them ran it with an apparent pre-existing injury and crawled home.

Have the three that qualified jacked in the sport completely?

I saw LB ran the Tymon Parkrun a few weeks ago but is clearly just doing it for fun. I think CJ is still running as she is promoting the Rathfarnham 5k in the publicity.

youngrun

RayCun wrote: »

they picked the fastest three qualified
Ava Hutchinson 2:35:33
Catriona Jennings 2:36:14
Linda Byrne 2:36:21
Maria McCambridge 2:36:37

Note that this time around they say they'll take course speed rating into account, as well as getting the standard early enough for recovery and a pre-olympic training cycle

Is Maria the only one going for qualification this time ?

Also Breege Connolly is the only active athlete male or female with a qualification time i make it at present ..?..

Chivito550

menoscemo wrote: »

I saw LB ran the Tymon Parkrun a few weeks ago but is clearly just doing it for fun. I think CJ is still running as she is promoting the Rathfarnham 5k in the publicity.

She had moved to rowing post London. Must be back to running now.

Dodge

Chivito550 wrote: »

She had moved to rowing post London. Must be back to running now.

Are you mixing her up with her sister Sinead? She's recently qualified for the Olympics in rowing

youngrun

Dodge wrote: »

Are you mixing her up with her sister Sinead? She's recently qualified for the Olympics in rowing

Nope caitriona did give it a go http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/catr%C3%ADona-jennings-calls-time-on-her-bid-to-make-rio-olympics-1.2026109

youngrun

Not long now is there a way of tracking runners on Sunday that doesn't involve an app ??!

Krusty_Clown

youngrun wrote: »

Not long now is there a way of tracking runners on Sunday that doesn't involve an app ??!

Stick around. I'd say this thread will have some near-live updates.

Notwork Error

10k split:

Hehir
Ciobanu
Thornton
clohissey
Murray- all together in 31:57
Seaward- 32:24
Hanrahan- 32:30
Pollock- 32:30
Kenneally- DNS

Lee- 36:14

Notwork Error

Going to stick all the splits in the Berlin thread for anyone interested.

Dodge

At the 25k mark from Athletics Ireland

There are currently 9 Irish men under Olympic qualifying pace with Lizzie Lee well on course for women's Q. #berlinmarathon #roadtorio

gordongekko

2:14:52 for Seaward, 2:15:17 for Ciobanu, 2:15:35 for Clohisey and 2:15:38 for pollock

Lizzie Lee Smashes her pb dipping under 2:33 - 5th fastest Irish woman of all time

menoscemo

Yeah we were tracking it over on the Berlin thread. Great runs especially by Kevin and Sergiu

Bugsy2000

Barry Minnock just won the Galway Bay Marathon in low 2.20's followed closely by Gary OH.

Looks like Sergio just came in first in the half in around 1.03ish

Notwork Error

Bugsy2000 wrote: »

Barry Minnock just won the Galway Bay Marathon in low 2.20's followed closely by Gary OH.

Looks like Sergio just came in first in the half in around 1.03ish

Well done Bazman!

Bloody hell! That's incredible running by Sergiu after a marathon last week, the mans a machine and I'm pretty sure that a massive PB.

Myles Splitz

Bugsy2000 wrote: »

Barry Minnock just won the Galway Bay Marathon in low 2.20's followed closely by Gary OH.

Looks like Sergio just came in first in the half in around 1.03ish

Any results from the 10k?

Bugsy2000

Myles Splitz wrote: »

Any results from the 10k?

I missed the 10k. Have to say the winner of the half didn't look like Sergio to me but that's how it was announced. I was a bit away from the line though.

bazman

Bugsy2000 wrote: »

Barry Minnock just won the Galway Bay Marathon in low 2.20's followed closely by Gary OH.

Looks like Sergio just came in first in the half in around 1.03ish

It wasn't Sergio, but another Moldovan runner Roman Prodius. Sergio was there for moral support

Gary and I ran a controlled run, both in 2:27. Neither of us wanted to leave our Dublin marathon in Galway. I've more weeks training in than Gary, so was able to pull away on miles 24/25, but otherwise we ran together.

Legs feel good and will be able for session tomorrow, so looking forward to Dublin now.

Kudos to David McCarthy for 1st in 10k and 3rd in half only a couple of hours later. Must be training for a go at the marathon

Itziger

bazman wrote: »

It wasn't Sergio, but another Moldovan runner Roman Prodius. Sergio was there for moral support

Gary and I ran a controlled run, both in 2:27. Neither of us wanted to leave our Dublin marathon in Galway. I've more weeks training in than Gary, so was able to pull away on miles 24/25, but otherwise we ran together.

Legs feel good and will be able for session tomorrow, so looking forward to Dublin now.

Kudos to David McCarthy for 1st in 10k and 3rd in half only a couple of hours later. Must be training for a go at the marathon

So this was a 'training' marathon then? Well done in any case. Do you mind my asking, what are you targeting in Dublin? Maybe at this level you guys don't want to share that kind of info on a public forum.

Some going by the lad who won the 10k and then finished 3rd in the Half. Bloody impressive (or am I missing the joke?)

Bugsy2000

Itziger wrote: »

So this was a 'training' marathon then? Well done in any case. Do you mind my asking, what are you targeting in Dublin? Maybe at this level you guys don't want to share that kind of info on a public forum.

Some going by the lad who won the 10k and then finished 3rd in the Half. Bloody impressive (or am I missing the joke?)

I'd swear GOH won both the 10k & the half there on the one day a couple of years ago. Back around the time when all he seemed to do was run a race every couple of days.

shels4ever

pac_man wrote: »

I know this thread is Irish related but Callum Hawkins performance was very impressive in the Great Scottish Half at the weekend( 1:02:42). He's making his marathon début in Frankfurt in a few weeks with the aim of sub 2.10, obviously with Rio in mind.

Don't think he is trying to go sub 2:10 this time out. Very impressive run all the same

youngrun

any word on cragg or is he retired

shels4ever

youngrun wrote: »

any word on cragg or is he retired

Cragg is coaching now, I wouldn't expect him to have a go but you never know.

youngrun

shels4ever wrote: »

Cragg is coaching now, I wouldn't expect him to have a go but you never know.

He had a good innings I guess the marathon never quite clicked for him
Is fionnuala next up in Chicago ?

shels4ever

youngrun wrote: »

He had a good innings I guess the marathon never quite clicked for him
Is fionnuala next up in Chicago ?

Yep, still think he could have run sub 2:10 and possibly an NR had he not tired to run 2:6/7 each time. Think his coaching and his wife's running will be their focus for Rio. But he should try for a free ticket .
Yep actually looking forward to seeing how she goes there.

menoscemo

It seems there are unseasonally warm temperatures forecast today for Chicago, hopefully they don't affect Fionnuala too much.
Live coverage of Chicago marathon should be available here from 1:30pm

Krusty_Clown

menoscemo wrote: »

It seems there are unseasonally warm temperatures forecast today for Chicago, hopefully they don't affect Fionnuala too much.
Live coverage of Chicago marathon should be available here from 1:30pm

Her 2:32 debut was in similarly warm conditions, wasn't it? I'm not so sure it's unseasonal for Chicago. Certainly it was was warmer when I ran it and they seem to get more hot marathons than cool ( though they've faced freezing temperatures in the past). Dunno why she didn't opt for Berlin. Fingers crossed for her. Hopefully she'll have a great one.

Krusty_Clown

17:27 for her first 5K, which would put her on 2:27-2:28 pace.