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Raheny 5 Mile Road Race 26th Jan 2014

  • 04-01-2014 05:23PM
    #1
    KielyUnusual
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭


    Surprised that there's no thread started for this yet or maybe I'm just not technically adept enough to find it

    Race Route

    Last Year's Thread

    I ran this last year and it was one of the races of the year even if the racing conditions were some of the worst I've experienced. It was so, so cold and so, so windy. The pounds and pounds of sweets in the goodie bag did make up for this and the commemorative plaque still proudly adorns my mantelpiece.

    Who's running it this year?


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  • #2
    statss
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    Great race - for those of us using public transport to get there can anyone remember if there's somewhere to leave a bag? Will they let you drop one off in the clubhouse (at your own risk of course)


  • #3
    KielyUnusual
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭KielyUnusual


    statss wrote: »
    Great race - for those of us using public transport to get there can anyone remember if there's somewhere to leave a bag? Will they let you drop one off in the clubhouse (at your own risk of course)

    Last year, I seem to remember collecting my number at the school and you could leave your stuff there (at your own risk). I don't think there was a designated bag drop off area.


  • #4
    RayCun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    There's always piles of bags in the hall/dressing rooms.
    I'm in, along with a bunch from the club. I've done this race every year so it's a good progress indicator (or regress indicator this year :o )


  • #5
    statss
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    sorted - I'm in.


  • #6
    pconn062
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    I'm in!


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  • #7
    senordingdong
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    Looks great.
    Where do I sign up?


  • #8
    Cleanman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 631 ✭✭✭Cleanman


    I'm in too. Did it last year for the first time and thought it was brilliantly run. I left my bag in the hall last year. Don't think there was a designated bag drop.


  • #9
    colin32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 257 ✭✭colin32


    Yeah I'm doing it. 3 weeks to get in some sort of shape for it ðŸ˜

    How many took part last year & do they close off the roads?


  • #10
    mithril
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 970 ✭✭✭mithril


    I will be there as well.


  • #11
    pconn062
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    colin32 wrote: »
    Yeah I'm doing it. 3 weeks to get in some sort of shape for it ðŸ˜

    How many took part last year & do they close off the roads?

    Usually over 2,000 entries and the roads are mostly closed off (one side of then anyway).


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  • #12
    Shuttle666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 172 ✭✭Shuttle666


    colin32 wrote: »
    Yeah I'm doing it. 3 weeks to get in some sort of shape for it ðŸ˜

    How many took part last year & do they close off the roads?

    Yep, I'm in - did it last year and it was a great race, even with the cold. Roads closed except for the Clontarf Road section which last year only hard the hard shoulder cordoned off - narrow and get any overtaking done before you get here, not a problem as the preceding bit is a nice downhill :) Race two in the Lord Mayor's 5-Alive as well.


  • #13
    eoinín
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭eoinín


    senordingdong wrote: »
    Looks great.
    Where do I sign up?

    You can sign up here:

    https://www.activeglobal.com/running/dublin-ireland/axa-raheny-5-2014


  • #14
    Tom Joad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,134 ✭✭✭Tom Joad


    I'm in and signed up - will be my first time doing Raheny.


  • #15
    belcarra
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    I'm in for this also after being unavailable to do it the past few years.
    Looking forward to it.


  • #16
    Joleigh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭Joleigh


    I walked this once and swore I would run it some day. It must have been 12 years ago. Every year I say I will run it and something gets in the way so I'm looking forward to running it this year. I remember the goodie bag was great! It will be a good way to kick off the running year.


  • #17
    plodder
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    Always a great race. Nice fast course.

    “Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt” - Carl Jung



  • #18
    senordingdong
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    eoinín wrote: »
    You can sign up here:

    https://www.activeglobal.com/running/dublin-ireland/axa-raheny-5-2014

    Thanks.

    All signed up now


  • #19
    Joleigh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭Joleigh


    Signed up too!!


  • #20
    Run and Jump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭Run and Jump


    I'm signed up for it for the first time - is it really on at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon? Seems like a strange time for a race, as I'm so used to races in the morning and then a well-earned post-race rest-up that afternoon.

    Must remember to skip the large Sunday dinner that day too!


  • #21
    HelenAnne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,035 ✭✭✭HelenAnne


    Run and Jump wrote: »
    I'm signed up for it for the first time - is it really on at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon? Seems like a strange time for a race, as I'm so used to races in the morning and then a well-earned post-race rest-up that afternoon.

    Must remember to skip the large Sunday dinner that day too!

    A lot of people from outside Dublin run the main race and the kids' races, which start at 2, so I suppose the later start time gives them time to get there from around the country, warm up etc?

    A sensible brunch/light lunch type meal at about 12 should be OK before it, I'd say.


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  • #22
    Calvin Johnson
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    I'm more used to the 40 yard dash but I will be running in this event.

    Hoping to break 40 minutes.


  • #23
    emerald007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 669 ✭✭✭emerald007


    Just entered there. Does anybody have a link to the previous results that are NOT hosted by the tds-live.com website?


  • #24
    Tom Joad
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    Somebody might be able to give me a steer on this. There are kids races listed icluding one for 5-7 year olds - i have a young lad who is 4 and who is always talking about doing races etc, etc. Would there be an issue if I entered him into one of these races on the day given that he is underage - don't want to disappoint him on the day if it's not a runner? He would be quite happy to toddle along at the back of the field (like his da :D)


  • #25
    Wubble Wubble
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    Signed up for this one too, my first race of the year. A sub 35 would be brilliant.


  • #26
    Cleanman
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    Tom Joad wrote: »
    Somebody might be able to give me a steer on this. There are kids races listed icluding one for 5-7 year olds - i have a young lad who is 4 and who is always talking about doing races etc, etc. Would there be an issue if I entered him into one of these races on the day given that he is underage - don't want to disappoint him on the day if it's not a runner? He would be quite happy to toddle along at the back of the field (like his da :D)

    If you go back to last years thread (there's a link in the first post in this thread), there's a few comments on the kids races that seem to suggest that they ain't too strict about ages. Other than that, I haven't a clue! And his da will be far from the back of the field;)


  • #27
    RacoonQueen
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    I'm out of this now unfortunately.

    Have fun kids.


  • #28
    senordingdong
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    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    I'm out of this now unfortunately.

    Have fun kids.

    Hmmmm...me too. New scheduling conflict with work.
    I'll just have to tell myself next year again.


  • #29
    Killerz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭Killerz


    Will prob sign up for this tomorrow, depending on how the long run goes. Hadn't originally planned on doing this as it falls 3 weeks from Donadea 50k and should do my last long run next weekend. Can't resist this race though.... I love it. Just down the road from me, good buzz, and were there 2 slabs of chocolate in last year's goodie bag or am I imagining it? I'll push out my last long run to tues or weds evening following the Raheny 5 giving me about 18 days taper which will be fine.


  • #30
    HelenAnne
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    Killerz wrote: »
    were there 2 slabs of chocolate in last year's goodie bag or am I imagining it?

    Depends who packed your bag! some of the kids were being very generous with the chocolate as they packed!


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  • #31
    Killerz
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    HelenAnne wrote: »
    Depends who packed your bag! some of the kids were being very generous with the chocolate as they packed!

    Pretty sure I had a slab of mint aero and a slab of rolo too. Dont think they lasted beyond Monday evening if i recall correctly.


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