Athlone Flatline Half Marathon 13th Sept 2014

Also just to give some information on entry prices from the organisers:


"We will open entry for the race of March 1st until March 31st for €20.

The cost of entry will then rise to €25 from April 1st until May 31st. From June 1st until July 31st it will be €30 and from August first until entry closes on August 17th it will be €40.

There is a simple moral to this story. Get in early. We can only advice based on last years race that it may sell out quite quickly. We had hundreds of people who we could not accommodate on our waiting list."

Many Boardsies planning on doing the Flatline this year?

Muppet Man wrote: »

Yes, had my pb there last year... One of the flattest and fastest Half marathons in the country... you couldnt hope for better on a public road.

Going to do the Flatline this year.
Was a good one last year by all accounts..

barryoneill50 wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble completing registration for this?

Registered yesterday - no bother.

Just signed up. For once thank gods for the technical difficulties that allowed to get the July price!

Just a reminder to all that you have till 12
tonite to register before the price goes up..

Anyone know about the water stations? Can't find any info on their website

Anyone know who is pacing 1:45 and 1:50 ?

Hi all. I am one of the guys involved in organising the Flatline.
Just to answer a couple of points.

Yes there will be water stations at mile 3, 6 and 9.
You will also be glad to hear that as before we will be using the small water bottles.
So no cups.... there are enough people half drowning themselves these days with the ice bucket challenge :-)

There will be pacers for the following finishing times: 1:25, 1:30, 1:35, 1:45, 1:50 and 2hrs.
I'm not sure of who they are at the moment - or if they are boardsies for that matter (one of the other guys has it organised).
But they will be doing their job on the day and encouraging as many as possible along with them.

Finally as was mentioned/predicted in #2 post back in Feb it has fully sold out.
We have received lots of emails since the closing date but unfortunately they are a waste of time as the race is full.
All we can say is Enter Early Next Year!!

Hope everyones training going well.
See ye on the 13th..

Just to note that I was following the 1:30 pacers last year and there was quite a substantial gang of us (approx 50). The narrow country roads over the first few miles meant it got very congested and I remember at least one person stumbling in amongst that crowd.
So, be prepared for that and if it's an issue for you then I'd advise running just in front of the pacers for the first few miles at least. At least there should be a bit more room there.

I'm a bit disappointed, was hoping for a sub 1:40 pacer in this. 1:35 will be too fast, and 1:45 too slow. I thought there was a 1:37 min pacer last year? Was hoping to benefit and practice running in a group with a pacer, as hope to do that in DCM. Anyway, I know it is not possible to have pacers for everyones personal preference, but if ye do happen to get an extra volunteer pacer, maybe ye would consider sub 1:40?
Thanks!