Craughwell 10 Mile 20th March 2011 @ 1:00PM

mrak

Craughwell.. one village.. three pubs.. no real shop.. no secondary school.. occasional flooding. What does it have? The second biggest athletic club in the country in 2010!!

We're holding our second annual 10-mile club Road Race on Sunday March 20 2011 and this is the boards thread for chat, issues, queries.



- Fast, flat route
- Closed roads
- Prizes and category prizes
- incorporating Galway AAI 10-mile championships
- tasty food
- Entry fee 20 euro (will likely go up a bit a month before the race to help us get the headcount sorted)
- Last race Rated 9/10 in Irish Runner Magazine.
- Boards feedback from last event: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055759772
- Enter here

- Current Course Records:
MS: 50:35 Gerry Ryan
FS: 59:45 Pauline Curley

catweazle

Looking forward to it, it was a great day last year

Will you give my time as Elvis Presley again this year, mrak??

(It wasnt my fault honest)

Seres

if i sign up for connemara half this will certainly be on the cards as a prep race , good value for €20 especially if it got 9/10 in the irish runner.

mrak

catweazle wrote: »

Looking forward to it, it was a great day last year

Will you give my time as Elvis Presley again this year, mrak??

(It wasnt my fault honest)

That was YOU? PM me your real name and I'll correct last year's results!

tunguska

Great stuff Mark. Myself and Andy were only talking recently about how much we enjoyed this race last year. An absolute belter of a 10 miler. Plus that spread you laid on at the finish was massive. Will definitely be back in march. Keep us updated on the numbers as we go, sold out fairly quickly last year if Im not mistaken.

dizzymom

Did the inaugral event this year, cant stress how well organised it was, it gets a big for me. Its an up and down course, with friendly positive stewards,& a great currant brack for afterwards, with tons of tea!

central park

Having trouble signing up for this on runireland. Took all my details but then said something about security certificate. Anyone else had this problem?

Mick Rice

...this is one of the best races in Ireland, not matter what angle you look at it from.

First and foremost, this is a club event, organised to the highest possible standards. It's devised, organised and promoted by runners for runners. There have been many gripes this year about large, privately-promoted events that have often failed to match the hype with the product. To my mind many of those criticisms have been well justified. As an antidote to that 'road-running for profit' culture, the Craughwell 10 is organised by one of the most active and proactive clubs in the country with the needs of the participants in mind rather than how much profit can be made.

At the inaugural race last year great care was taken to make sure that the race was safe, successful, competitive, enjoyable and good value for money. If you entered a race that dissapointed you in any way in 2010, do youself a favour and enter this one to see how it really should be done.

tunguska

Mick Rice wrote: »

...this is one of the best races in Ireland, not matter what angle you look at it from.

First and foremost, this is a club event, organised to the highest possible standards. It's devised, organised and promoted by runners for runners. There have been many gripes this year about large, privately-promoted events that have often failed to match the hype with the product. To my mind many of those criticisms have been well justified. As an antidote to that 'road-running for profit' culture, the Craughwell 10 is organised by one of the most active and proactive clubs in the country with the needs of the participants in mind rather than how much profit can be made.

At the inaugural race last year great care was taken to make sure that the race was safe, successful, competitive, enjoyable and good value for money. If you entered a race that dissapointed you in any way in 2010, do youself a favour and enter this one to see how it really should be done.

Well said Mick, 100% spot on.

seanynova

ill look into doing this race....sounds like a good one!

think the inter-varsities split this and ballycotton....so could be a busy few weeks!!!

mrak

Wow thanks for the nice comments Mick et al! No pressure! Actually people don't need to wait till March 20th for a good club race - there's a flagship one in Athenry on Stephen's day, (weather permitting!) and another good one in Tuam shortly after that! On a side-note - I think all club races are good - they are always well marshalled, mostly no-nonsense and there's a nice feeling that 100% of leftovers are just going back to local athletics.

Speedy44

seanynova wrote: »

ill look into doing this race....sounds like a good one!

think the inter-varsities split this and ballycotton....so could be a busy few weeks!!!

definitely try to squeeze this one in if you can Seany. I did it last year and all the plaudits are well deserved. I'll be looking at it as a target race before Rotterdam this time round.

seanynova

Speedy44 wrote: »

definitely try to squeeze this one in if you can Seany. I did it last year and all the plaudits are well deserved. I'll be looking at it as a target race before Rotterdam this time round.

If i dont get into ballycotton, then this will be the target race, and ill forget about running the intervarsities.....but if i end up running ballycotton, i could be run down but i should still be in good enough shape for this one....ill pencil it in anyway

it would be perfect timing for your rotterdam training....hard part is deciding what session to drop for daniels plan (think i dropped an "easy" long run for the race)

i think my early new years resolution is not to run and of the "new" commercial races, plenty on offer from athletics clubs, BHAA etc.....so ill be happy out with that....

central park

MRAK, FINALLY MANAGED TO ENTER THIS RACE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THANKS FOR EMAIL AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENT IN MARCH.

heffsarmy

Just entered this race, looking forward to it.

tunguska

heffsarmy wrote: »

Just entered this race, looking forward to it.

Good man Heff, I think you'll enjoy this one. I'll see you there.

heffsarmy

Looking forward to gettin back in a training routine. Is your calf injury all clear?

seanynova

seanynova wrote: »

ill look into doing this race....sounds like a good one!

is there entry on the day for this, or does entry close before the race date?

id like to race it but might not make a decision until after i recover after Ballycotton

Mick Rice

It was handy to be able to enter this race at our own Athenry 10k - it's a great target to motivate some post-Christmas miles.

Looking forward to it ...

pgibbo

Mick Rice wrote: »

It was handy to be able to enter this race at our own Athenry 10k - it's a great target to motivate some post-Christmas miles.

Looking forward to it ...

I should of signed up whilst at the FoA. I must sign up soon for this

tunguska

heffsarmy wrote: »

Looking forward to gettin back in a training routine. Is your calf injury all clear?

Calve is ok, tends to tighten up after speedwork, so just need to be careful about what I do during next days session. Whats the target, sub 55mins? Sure feck it, we go for broke...........

heffsarmy

tunguska wrote: »

Calve is ok, tends to tighten up after speedwork, so just need to be careful about what I do during next days session. Whats the target, sub 55mins? Sure feck it, we go for broke...........

You seem to have the calf under control. Sub 55 would be a though ask for me, I reckon sub 56 will be the target, anything else will be a bonus. Hope to go sub 55 in the frank duffy. I'm gonna start racing more as I only done 4 races and 2 marathons last year.

tunguska

heffsarmy wrote: »

You seem to have the calf under control. Sub 55 would be a though ask for me, I reckon sub 56 will be the target, anything else will be a bonus. Hope to go sub 55 in the frank duffy. I'm gonna start racing more as I only done 4 races and 2 marathons last year.

Cool. Sure its a bit away at the moment so we'll work something out on the day. Maybe 6 races for the year is a bit on the low side, but having said that, you knocked out quality times for the ones you did do. I did too many races last year and ended up blowing myself out, so if you can get the balance right and just do enough, you'd be a serious contendor. Plus the grub they put on after this race is worth a sub 56 effort......

Speedy44

seanynova wrote: »

is there entry on the day for this, or does entry close before the race date?

id like to race it but might not make a decision until after i recover after Ballycotton

think there is a limit on it Seany, not sure if there taking entries on the day. Should be a good race with a quality field with a lot of dept.

funrunner95

I've heard great things about this race (the finishers medal looks class!) and would assume it's filling very quickly, is the course flat enough for a pop at a pb?

Speedy44

funrunner95 wrote: »

I've heard great things about this race (the finishers medal looks class!) and would assume it's filling very quickly, is the course flat enough for a pop at a pb?

While its not pancake flat, it's still a good course for a pb. There is a long'ish drag in mile 6 and a shorter one at the beginning of the last mile.

You can check out more here:
http://www.craughwellac.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=40&Itemid=91

funrunner95

Thanks for that speedy, It looks well worth the trek

village runner

Has anyone an exact location of it ???

Speedy44

village runner wrote: »

Has anyone an exact location of it ???

Craughwell is on the old Dublin road VR.

If your coming from the motorway, you may be best to get off at the Loughrea exit, take the Loughrea road 5mls (its a new and very good road) and then follow the signs for Craughwell, its only about a 10min drive from Loughrea.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/view_route?r=307126002270523561

mrak

I did up a video of last year's race:

http://www.craughwellac.com

Good luck to anyone taking part and looking forward to seeing you!

Cheers!

cwgatling

Really looking forward to this one. Lovely part of the country.

Git101

Well done Craugwell.
Closed roads, lovely course, well marshalled, goodie bag and the food, what a spread, sambos and cakes by the tonne.
Forgot to mention it's also fantastic value.
I'll have this in the diary for next year.

central park

I second that! I have never seen such a spread after a race before! Well done to all the organisers and to all the ladies who fed us afterwards. I missed this run last year and was so impressed by everything today from marshals, route, weather, medals ,t shirts etc. A lot of lessons could be learnt from Craughwell AC on how to have a great event and at a great price. Congrats to all!!

BrokenMan

Fantastic race again. The bar was set high last year but this year was every bit as well organised.

Well done to all in Craughwell, that's how a race should be run.

mrak

Thanks all for helping make it a great day. Nice to get it finished, will definitely free up some time hopefully for training!

Results will be up later but for now here is a list of the category winners:

Craughwell 10 Category Winners

a123

Some pictures here

aero2k

Git101 wrote: »

Well done Craugwell.
Closed roads, lovely course, well marshalled, goodie bag and the food, what a spread, sambos and cakes by the tonne.
Forgot to mention it's also fantastic value.
I'll have this in the diary for next year.

+1,000. Terrific set-up. Again, my effort didn't do the race justice - all the more reason to head back next year!:D

BTW a particularly nice touch was a series of signs out on the course along the lines of "Craughwell welcomes Sligo AC, Craughwell welcomes Letterkenny AC" etc.

dizzymom

I found the course challenging, but just could not fault anything today, the sun was even shining for a bit of it. Its one I have put on my race calendar. and of course the food at the end was epic!

cwgatling

Thanks a million to all involved. Top race. Looking forward to next year.

lukeeman

Well done to craughwell ac another great race, if you could find another 3.1 miles it would be a great venue for national half marathon champs.

funrunner95

Brilliant race, one of the best I've run so far. Congrats to Craughwell AC

slipshod

Just to echo what others have said - an amazingly well organised race and exceptional value for money. Contender for one of the best road races in the country imo..