Leinster CC - Adamstown

daviddwyer

Anybody know what the course is like - hilly/rough/swamped.... is it a farmers field? No info on Leinster website

bren74

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055716388

some course description in this thread

daviddwyer

Ah thanks bren.... dont know how I missed that

umpire bat

What makes you think a cross country race in rural Ireland would be staged in a field!
Definitely wont be on a manicured lawn like Tymon Park or Malahide castle grounds.
Seriously I heard from wexford its a fairly straight forward honest course. No "mad" terrain or gradients.

bewleys berry

there was an open xc meeting held here in september and the wexford novice was held here two sundays ago - i spectated that day and the course looked pretty good.... although obviously it's a fair bit easier looking on than running it :-)
it's a 1km lap held in the one field - they throw in a few twists and turns at the top of the field to get the full 1km out of it but there is plenty of good running on it...... it's a field directly opposite the church in the middle of Adamstown village...the start is uphill for about 300m

for a few pics of the novice race and to get a feel for the course check out http://www.athleticswexford.com/index.php/photos/106-wexford-cross-country-day-1-photos

would like to be running this as it's such a better course than avondale but as previously posted, it's a pity it's (almost) clashing with DCM

BeepBeep67

bewleys berry wrote: »

there was an open xc meeting held here in september and the wexford novice was held here two sundays ago - i spectated that day and the course looked pretty good.... although obviously it's a fair bit easier looking on than running it :-)
it's a 1km lap held in the one field - they throw in a few twists and turns at the top of the field to get the full 1km out of it but there is plenty of good running on it...... it's a field directly opposite the church in the middle of Adamstown village...the start is uphill for about 300m

for a few pics of the novice race and to get a feel for the course check out http://www.athleticswexford.com/index.php/photos/106-wexford-cross-country-day-1-photos

would like to be running this as it's such a better course than avondale but as previously posted, it's a pity it's (almost) clashing with DCM

Cheers - please stop mentioning Avondale, ran the Novice there a few weeks ago (3 times up the hill) and the Senior is there in Dec (5 times up the hill)

echat

Anyone know anything about Kilbeggan for the inter-counties

bewleys berry

on the subject of avondale, i ran the leinster novice there two years ago and after that experience i swore i will never run there again (no matter what race takes place there) as it's a brutal course - that hill is a pure killer and the downhill is far too steep and dangerous.....

i'd say there going to use the racecourse in kilbeggan (similar to the way they used tramore racecourse for the intercounties last year)..if they do use it then all the better cos it's a very flat course with some very gentle undulations threw in the whole way round

lecheile

bewleys berry wrote: »

that hill is a pure killer and the downhill is far too steep and dangerous.....

I also had the 'pleasure' of running it in really bad weather so the picturesque scenery was enhanced with streams running through the grounds, and down the hills :eek:

downthemiddle

Any results from today?

bewleys berry

In the mens vets race:
1. Noel Kelly (Tullamore Harriers)
2. ??? - a guy wearing a Meath singlet
3. Tom O' Connor (Liffey Valley)

In the womens vets race:
1. Elizabeth Cuskelly

In the mens novice race:
1. Michael Mulhare (North Laois)
2. Niall Sheehan (Gowran)
3. Tom Hogan (Slaney Olympic)

Didn't catch the finish of the ladies novice race but was shaping up like a cracker with a group of four or so women out clear..... Tekea Gebrezgi was looking strong as was a DSD athlete (i thought they had another lap to go:rolleyes:

Stupid_Private

bewleys berry wrote: »

Didn't catch the finish of the ladies novice race but was shaping up like a cracker with a group of four or so women out clear..... Tekea Gebrezgi was looking strong as was a DSD athlete (i thought they had another lap to go

Fairly sure a Mullingar Harriers female won this one

bewleys berry

could easy happen SP, as I was wondering why the group of four hadn't entered the back straight again and then I realised they had gone through the finishing chute:p

any name for the mullingar athlete? was she the girl wearing the baseball cap? cos if so i think she finished third in the novice last year at avondale

Stupid_Private

bewleys berry wrote: »

could easy happen SP, as I was wondering why the group of four hadn't entered the back straight again and then I realised they had gone through the finishing chute:p

any name for the mullingar athlete? was she the girl wearing the baseball cap? cos if so i think she finished third in the novice last year at avondale

I'm awful on names. Descriptions I can do. She was wearing a baseball hat.

Kiptanui

What about the older juvenile races? U16 and U18?

Michael Mulhare was in good form in both the Rathfarnham 5k and the Gerry Farnan. He'll be in Santry on the U23 team.

gmurran

Nice racing conditions again today. Expected allot more mud. There was more cow sh*t than mud.

Bit slower than Dublin but it felt allot easier for me today.

ike

Conditions were pretty good, and the course was relatively straightforward alright....Need to start working on my speed.

downthemiddle

Didn't catch the finish of the ladies novice race but was shaping up like a cracker with a group of four or so women out clear..... Tekea Gebrezgi was looking strong as was a DSD athlete (i thought they had another lap to go

Azi Gebrezgi was second with Tekea fifth. Don't know who won. Another good performance by Ml. Mulhare.

Marathon Man

Any pics from today up anywhere yet?

Stupid_Private

Kiptanui wrote: »

What about the older juvenile races? U16 and U18?

Juvenile results are now here. Novice and masters to follow it says.

Any pics from today up anywhere yet?

I know my club took a few. They may only involve our club athletes, I don't know. If I get my hands on them I'll stick them up on RacePix365.com.

KILMOREAC

Marathon Man wrote: »

Any pics from today up anywhere yet?

A selection of photos now at

http://athleticswexford.com/index.php/photos/127-leinster-novice-and-vets-2009

ocnoc

bewleys berry wrote: »

on the subject of avondale, i ran the leinster novice there two years ago and after that experience i swore i will never run there again (no matter what race takes place there) as it's a brutal course - that hill is a pure killer and the downhill is far too steep and dangerous.....

i'd say there going to use the racecourse in kilbeggan (similar to the way they used tramore racecourse for the intercounties last year)..if they do use it then all the better cos it's a very flat course with some very gentle undulations threw in the whole way round

If you dislike steep decents, i recommend you try out an IMRA race.

I highly recommend the Powerscourt Ridge race on the 7th of November

Check out www.imra.ie

ike

Masters results have been added, novice to follow