Irish Winter marathon

hot to trot · 12-09-2010 1:11pm #1

Am I dreaming or did I read somewhere a few months ago on this forum about a December marathon in Cork or perhaps somewhere else being started ?

As far as I know ( not much) there arent any in Ireland between Dublin and Connemara. Am hoping I am wrong. Do people preparing for Spring marathons and Connemara Ultra just do their marathon training runs on their own?

RacoonQueen · 12-09-2010 1:13pm

There's going to be one in Clonakility in December, there's a thread in the events forum about it.

muldoocs · 12-09-2010 5:11pm

I think there is one in Ballyvaughan Co Clare in March?

Seanie_H · 13-09-2010 8:32am

Just had a look and Clonakility looks like a nice course.

Thinking of doing the Ultra also and have signed up for Seville in February. Looks flat and fast though, not ideal prep for the hills in Connemara but I can cover that in training.

baza1976 · 13-09-2010 9:06am

Seanie_H wrote: »

Just had a look and Clonakility looks like a nice course.

Thinking of doing the Ultra also and have signed up for Seville in February. Looks flat and fast though, not ideal prep for the hills in Connemara but I can cover that in training.

Is there an Ultra in Clonakilty??

Seanie_H · 13-09-2010 9:27am

baza1976 wrote: »

Is there an Ultra in Clonakilty??

Nope, sorry! that's my Monday morning brain. I meant the Connemara Ultra in April.

hot to trot · 13-09-2010 1:25pm

I signed up for Clonakilty before I looked at the map. FFS its a long drive from Mayo to there two weeks before Christmas.:eek:
Really have to stay away from these boards. Cant resists signing up for marathons when I hear about them.
If Seville is not full as it appeared a while ago , then I will consider it again. Im having a go at ConneUltra too and I reckon it would make the training a bit less boring to do races at traiinng pace rather than trudging around the wet Irish roads.

Are you flying to Malaga and getting the train over?

hunnymonster · 13-09-2010 1:28pm

when I've done seville, I've always flown into Jerez.

Seanie_H · 13-09-2010 2:16pm

Was that from Dublin? I didn't see any direct flights to there when looking but didn't look too hard truth be told.

We're in to Malaga and then a drive. Seems short enough, about 150km and didn't do too bad on the flights with Aer Lingus last week.

Seems there's nothing direct into Seville from Dublin either.

Seanie_H · 13-09-2010 2:18pm

No problems signing up last week. E20!! Shorts, T-shirt and medal.

hot to trot · 13-09-2010 3:38pm

Dont forget the free shower sized towel with marathon logo on it, and the post run food and beer.:)

There are no direct flights to anywhere nearer than Malaga. If you want to connect in Madrid , you could probably go to seville direct but you will pay over 170 euro for the priviledge. None of the cheaper airlines or even the dearer ones go to these places off season anymore.

mithril · 15-09-2010 9:33pm

hot to trot wrote: »

Dont forget the free shower sized towel with marathon logo on it, and the post run food and beer.:)

There are no direct flights to anywhere nearer than Malaga. If you want to connect in Madrid , you could probably go to seville direct but you will pay over 170 euro for the priviledge. None of the cheaper airlines or even the dearer ones go to these places off season anymore.

Faro in Portugal might be another option as well since its about the same distance as Malaga and Ryanair fly there in Winter most days.

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