Dublin Masters XC 2018, Sunday 7/1/2018, St. Anne's Park

Wubble Wubble · 03-01-2018 4:04pm #1

Who's in this year?

I see there's chip timing, which wasn't used last year...

https://www.dublinathletics.com/attachments/article/491/Dublin%20Masters%20%20CC%20Notice%202018.pdf

Wottle · 03-01-2018 4:25pm

I'm signed up but currently 50:50, my knee and more so my back are acting up. Really want to run it though, feel it would be great prep for Raheny 5 and working on getting out of my comfort zone.

RayCun · 03-01-2018 4:30pm

Yeah, finish area was a bit of a mess last year, the numbers running this are getting huge and the manual system couldn't cope.

Still a bit under the weather, but if I can get out hard I'll suffer through the rest :pac:

Wubble Wubble · 03-01-2018 4:35pm

Wottle wrote: »

I'm signed up but currently 50:50, my knee and more so my back are acting up. Really want to run it though, feel it would be great prep for Raheny 5 and working on getting out of my comfort zone.

So similar to my own situation. It's a day by day thing, I'll have to stretch it a bit in the evenings. I don't think I'll be doing any running between now and Sunday.

It looks like conditions will be a lot tougher this time. This, added to the above, means that my prerace aims of (a) improving on last year's position [219/261] and (b) not being lapped [top 4 lapped me last year] will be even harder to achieve - if I take the start at all!

adrian522 · 03-01-2018 4:45pm

12mm spikes for this weekend I think!

Wottle · 03-01-2018 7:38pm

adrian522 wrote: »

12mm spikes for this weekend I think!

Contemplating buying a second pair of spikes, thoughts of ruining my new pair which have only had two outings on an indoor track are scaring me.

@Wubble
Does your back hurt while running?
Mine is sore when standing still or sitting. I'm about 14 weeks with it like this, only last Saturday's run did my back have an effect on my running and that was due to lack of stretching the day before and that morning.
This is the main stretch that I feel like is doing sth.
https://youtu.be/XMFCGc90PVE

Wubble Wubble · 04-01-2018 9:53am

Wottle wrote: »

Contemplating buying a second pair of spikes, thoughts of ruining my new pair which have only had two outings on an indoor track are scaring me.

@Wubble
Does your back hurt while running?
Mine is sore when standing still or sitting. I'm about 14 weeks with it like this, only last Saturday's run did my back have an effect on my running and that was due to lack of stretching the day before and that morning.
This is the main stretch that I feel like is doing sth.
https://youtu.be/XMFCGc90PVE

It's generally not that bad running, although it was quite sore at the end of the Doyle Cup. My left leg felt worse during and after the first New Year's Day parkrun. Sitting I'm ok usually, it's when I get up and start moving around that it's sorest, although it eases a bit. I definitely don't stretch enough, that one looks like it could certainly help!

Testosterscone · 04-01-2018 12:20pm

An old one but a good one for those looking to get in the cross country mood haha

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11429049/The-greatest-running-race-you-have-never-heard-of.html

MisterDrak · 04-01-2018 3:42pm

Wubble Wubble wrote: »

So similar to my own situation. It's a day by day thing, I'll have to stretch it a bit in the evenings. I don't think I'll be doing any running between now and Sunday.

It looks like conditions will be a lot tougher this time. This, added to the above, means that my prerace aims of (a) improving on last year's position [219/261] and (b) not being lapped [top 4 lapped me last year] will be even harder to achieve - if I take the start at all!

Similar to myself last year

Lost count of the times lapped, and finished with only 10 - 15 others behind... A sobering experience, and hopefully not repeated this year.

Wottle · 05-01-2018 5:08pm

I'm out. Went to see Testosterscone today about my back. Got some good exercises to do and sitting on the coach has already become more comfortable by having my butt higher than my knees. He suggested giving it a miss and I'm going to take his advice, plus my confidence has been effected by it as well.

Testosterscone · 05-01-2018 5:15pm

Wottle wrote: »

sitting on the coach has already become more comfortable by having my butt higher than my knees.

Woah Woah Woah lets keep this place family friendly please :pac::pac:

Wottle · 05-01-2018 5:22pm

Testosterscone wrote: »

Woah Woah Woah lets keep this place family friendly please :pac::pac:

I'm actually forever making that mistake when typing lol

Wubble Wubble · 05-01-2018 8:54pm

Autocorrect ðŸ™„

Murph_D · 05-01-2018 10:00pm

I'll be there too. trying not to get lapped.

When I ran this first, in 2015, the club could barely field four for an M50 team. This year there are ten of us, along with 15 M35s. And a sizeable women's team too. Sign of the aging runner times!

Murph_D · 06-01-2018 5:51pm

Huge entry list this year.

https://www.myrunresults.com/events/dublin_athletics_masters_cross_country/2501/results

Testosterscone · 06-01-2018 6:19pm

Murph_D wrote: »

Huge entry list this year.

https://www.myrunresults.com/events/dublin_athletics_masters_cross_country/2501/results

Very strong teams from Raheny and Donore in the M35

Shane Healy must be firm favourite for individual title.

skyblue46 · 06-01-2018 6:34pm

Going to go down and have a look at this tomorrow. Best of luck to Wubble and Scotindublin who I will at least recognise and to the many more of you who I know will be running but I will be clueless as to who you are! :pac:

doughef · 07-01-2018 9:04am

Ladies at 1
men at 1.30 right?

MrMacPhisto · 07-01-2018 11:09am

Where is the course mainly? All saints road/watermill road corner of the park? I will go spectate the joyful chaos

Wubble Wubble · 07-01-2018 11:15am

doughef wrote: »

Ladies at 1
men at 1.30 right?

Yes indeed... two laps for the ladies, four for the lads.

Wubble Wubble · 07-01-2018 5:12pm

Enjoyed that. Better finishing position than last year, and I didn't get lapped

Murph_D · 07-01-2018 5:27pm

Wubble Wubble wrote: »

Enjoyed that. Better finishing position than last year, and I didn't get lapped

My own synopsis exactly. Didn't spot you but you were obviously close enough!

Wubble Wubble · 07-01-2018 5:44pm

Murph_D wrote: »

My own synopsis exactly. Didn't spot you but you were obviously close enough!

Didn't see you at all today, I thought I might reach you at some stage in the race, but that didn't transpire. Well done on your own improved performance

MisterDrak · 08-01-2018 10:49am

Wubble Wubble wrote: »

Enjoyed that. Better finishing position than last year, and I didn't get lapped

Same here

The start was pretty mucky, the rest of the course was fine, bar the soft right hander at the side of the pitches.

Pretty much perfect XC weather also.

Really enjoyed it this year...

doughef · 08-01-2018 10:54am

A great race

Ran loads of XC over the years but my first time in St Anne's.
Support was excellent too- even for those of us further down the field ðŸ˜Ž

Wubble Wubble · 08-01-2018 11:30am

MisterDrak wrote: »

Same here

The start was pretty mucky, the rest of the course was fine, bar the soft right hander at the side of the pitches.

Pretty much perfect XC weather also.

Really enjoyed it this year...

Fair play, you passed me somewhere on Lap 3 and pulled away in the last.