Prize money

Slogger Jogger · 21-09-2010 7:03pm #1

While this is sort of events related the prize money probably deserves a discussion thread on the main forum.

The website isn't updated with the details but I got an email from Debra Ireland to say that their will be a prize of €1,000 for this event. If its all for the winner, and my reading of the email was just that, its pretty significant. Pity the notice is short and its so close the marathon.

Details of race here

If it is €1,000 for the winner they've left it late to announce it. More notice could have gotten them more mass appeal.

Still its a significant prize which must put a lot of other prizes in the shade. A lovely if tough route though. Not your typical half marathon route thats for sure.

devotional1993 · 21-09-2010 7:10pm

Before we all make a beeline for the pot-any big guns planning on doing it?

Slogger Jogger · 21-09-2010 7:23pm

devotional1993 wrote: »

Before we all make a beeline for the pot-any big guns planning on doing it?

A lot of this is offroad so your conventional road runner could be put off by this? Others will have the marathon on the horizon 3 weeks after, though I suppose you could still race hard with 3 weeks to go? The route profile could put people off too

ThisRegard · 21-09-2010 7:46pm

Looks fun, similar in the vein of the Dublin Mountain Plod. Not that I'll get a look in at a cent of that prize money.

geld · 21-09-2010 8:39pm

I'm not so sure that this is as attractive as it sounds. Think about it - how many extra runners will it bring in? As it is off road and not much notice I think that they are wasting their money.

It wouldn't be €1,000 total prize fund by any chance? SJ are we going for two in a row?:D

Condo131 · 21-09-2010 8:47pm

What's in the "Goddie Bag"? A prayer book??

. I see also that there's a "Complementary Physio after race"......presumably a Complimentary Physio.

...more attention to detale required

......and I really need to get out more often!

BeepBeep67 · 21-09-2010 8:54pm

Condo131 wrote: »

What's in the "Goddie Bag"? A prayer book?? . I see also that there's a "Complementary Physio after race"......presumably a Complimentary Physio.

...more attention to detail required ......and I really need to get out more often!

Fixed that for you - you should really proof read before hitting submit

Condo131 · 21-09-2010 9:13pm

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Fixed that for you - you should really proof read before hitting submit

???? ..........That was my 'tongue in cheek' snipe at the original website proof reading - hence the

after "detale" ......so corretcion

not required. Now I know that both of us need to get out more often......and that's NOT an invitation! :cool:

TFBubendorfer · 22-09-2010 8:14am

geld wrote: »

I'm not so sure that this is as attractive as it sounds. Think about it - how many extra runners will it bring in? As it is off road and not much notice I think that they are wasting their money.

It wouldn't be €1,000 total prize fund by any chance? SJ are we going for two in a row?:D

How ironic that someone called "geld" would be so dismissive of €1000

("geld" is "money" in German for those not in the know)

Peterx · 22-09-2010 9:08am

In relation to the thread title;

€1000 is an obscene amount of money to give to the winner of a charity race.
Giving €250 and keeping the other €750 for the charity would surely make more sense.
I definitely have issues with charity races in general so this isn't really a dig at Debra. They put on good events, I just wonder at the prize fund strategy sometimes.

nerraw1111 · 22-09-2010 9:16am

So I've to raise E50 from friends and colleagues to enter the DEBRA race and then that money goes to the winner?

Either it's a charity race or it isn't.

The idea of that 20 people will be fundraising for the prize money of an elite athlete is disgraceful.

This would put me off entering this race.

donothoponpop · 22-09-2010 12:07pm

nerraw1111 wrote: »

So I've to raise E50 from friends and colleagues to enter the DEBRA race and then that money goes to the winner?

Either it's a charity race or it isn't.

The idea of that 20 people will be fundraising for the prize money of an elite athlete is disgraceful.

This would put me off entering this race.

I've seen the email they sent around announcing the €1000 prize- it has been donated by a sponsor, so it's not really the same as 20x€50 raised by runners going to the winner.

Hard Worker · 22-09-2010 12:50pm

I'd imagine there's 1000 euro for the first woman also. Otherwise, there could be problems.

Krusty_Clown · 22-09-2010 1:02pm

Hard Worker wrote: »

I'd imagine there's 1000 euro for the first woman also. Otherwise, there could be problems.

Surely you can have a single prize for the winner, whether they be male or female, or would that be interpreted as being discriminatory?

hunnymonster · 22-09-2010 1:04pm

Running races don't appear to have a fixed system. I like the triathlon way of doing things. The first prize has to be the same for both genders but the subsequent prizes are graded according to the number of competitors in that age group and gender.

nerraw1111 · 22-09-2010 1:30pm

donothoponpop wrote: »

I've seen the email they sent around announcing the €1000 prize- it has been donated by a sponsor, so it's not really the same as 20x€50 raised by runners going to the winner.

Ah I see. That makes a bit of a difference. I've put my knee jerk back in place.

geld · 22-09-2010 2:30pm

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

How ironic that someone called "geld" would be so dismissive of €1000

....because I haven't a hope in hell of ever winning it!!:D

Slogger Jogger · 22-09-2010 7:21pm

@Geld, I'd love to run it, but 3 weeks from Dublin I'll probalby be doing a 2nd last 20 miler that morning.

Whether its from a sponsor or not I disagree too with the large pot of cash for the winner. And my reading of the email was that it was for a single winner.

This is a fine charity doing fine work. The half marathon earlier in the year got a great crowd without any big cash prize. I've a nice piece of glassware on my window sill for the honour of my first ever race win that day.

This cash prize is only being announced now when the race is on the cards for some time so I can't understand the timing. If it helps getting an extra pile of runners, then its served its purpose, but it could be counter-productive and put people off entering completely which would be sad. They'll miss what looks like a pretty brilliant route.

Peterx · 04-10-2010 9:38pm

According to the results on their website 33 folk finished the DEBRA half so my assumption is that the €1000 prize money only attracted the one punter and well done to him.
I realise I'm harping on a bit about one specific example and that's why I'm posting in this thread and not the other one but it really seems disproportionate (roughly equivalent to 43% of the "take" at €70 per punter - open to correction if there were actually many entrants)

devotional1993 · 04-10-2010 10:33pm

what did 2nd get then?

Prize money

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