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Fairview Running Track

  • 04-11-2009 9:52am
    #1
    stmochtas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 972 ✭✭✭


    I noticed construction type activity at the running track beside Fairview park the last time I passed it. Any idea whats going on here? Is the track open for business or will it be?


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  • #2
    TheRoomWrecker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭TheRoomWrecker


    unfortunately the cinder track is no more:(,

    A full sized rugby/gaa all weather pitch is being put in, and a hurling wall.

    by this crowd http://www.thorntonsports.ie/index.html

    ironically enough they were the people who built the new mondo track in

    Athlone!! :eek:


  • #3
    stmochtas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 972 ✭✭✭stmochtas


    Shame they couldn't have kept a track up there as well. Nice facilities for the GAA though.


  • #4
    Poncherello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Poncherello


    Slightly off topic but is UCD the closest track to town if one wanted to do some 1000m repeats/speedwork etc


  • #5
    deadlybuzz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭deadlybuzz


    Irishtown track is probably nearest. Crusaders Athletics Club use it.
    IIRC, it costs about 5euro each time to use the track if not a member.


  • #6
    Woddle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,492 ✭✭✭Woddle


    It's a shame there's not more tracks
    There used to be one in Marlay, would love to see it make a comeback, they've done up the par 3 golf course, so why not


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  • #7
    Brianderunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Brianderunner


    Its a shame this track is gone, used to do my interval sessions there, handy cause its right beside the DART station. Was seriously underused and unmaintained though and the new facility looks good.


  • #8
    scottreynolds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,001 ✭✭✭scottreynolds


    Can somone just not ask the council in that area to lay out accurate markers on the walking track at 100m,400m, 800m, 1000m,1200m,1600m so we can have an accurately measured distance without a track -- people could then do there intervals there -- oh thats a good idea


  • #9
    Brianderunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Brianderunner


    scottreynolds wrote: »
    Can somone just not ask the council in that area to lay out accurate markers on the walking track at 100m,400m, 800m, 1000m,1200m,1600m so we can have an accurately measured distance without a track -- people could then do there intervals there -- oh thats a good idea

    Good idea alright. I still do my intervals there now, i get the distances from mapmyrun and use landmarks. It feels like i'm training in a wind tunnel there sometimes though!


  • #10
    TheRoomWrecker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭TheRoomWrecker


    Brianderunner wrote: »
    Good idea alright. I still do my intervals there now, i get the distances from mapmyrun and use landmarks. It feels like i'm training in a wind tunnel there sometimes though!


    haha yep i do too....will miss the cinder track for the odd sneaky session tho!

    you sometimes need to be at your aerodynamic best when running along the seafront!


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