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IMRA season 2011
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The race points system loves distance and climb and laughs at speed and intensity.
I did both IMRA races available to leinster heads this weekend, had a great time at both in their very different ways and relative to the winner probably performed equally well both days, ie 108% Saturday and 110% Sunday. My race points though are 98.7 and 189.9...
Very happy for both Barry and Zoran, both men were pushed hard by quality opposition and in the trial 4 men finishing within 50 seconds and all ahead of the previous record bodes well for the team at the worlds.
Zoran had a great race, stuck to his guns including the non navigator thing of stationary route choice, something I also indulge in
I was much happier stopping, working out my line to the next one and in the mist I really enjoyed the keeping the thumb on where I thought I was, the mist lifting and the actual reality of where I am aiming for is never a pleasant surprise so more nav practice is required for me.
The nav race will stay in the memory banks longer but that is probably to do with the novelty of it all as the trial race was the hardest race I've done this year. My calves are still tight from it..
Kudos to both Gerry Brady and Philip Brennan too, soldering on putting in huge manhours and time and imagination for less than 20 entrants really shows a huge love for their sport.0 -
The race points system loves distance and climb and laughs at speed and intensity.
I did both IMRA races available to leinster heads this weekend, had a great time at both in their very different ways and relative to the winner probably performed equally well both days, ie 108% Saturday and 110% Sunday. My race points though are 98.7 and 189.9...
Very happy for both Barry and Zoran, both men were pushed hard by quality opposition and in the trial 4 men finishing within 50 seconds and all ahead of the previous record bodes well for the team at the worlds.
Zoran had a great race, stuck to his guns including the non navigator thing of stationary route choice, something I also indulge in I was much happier stopping, working out my line to the next one and in the mist I really enjoyed the keeping the thumb on where I thought I was, the mist lifting and the actual reality of where I am aiming for is never a pleasant surprise so more nav practice is required for me.
The nav race will stay in the memory banks longer but that is probably to do with the novelty of it all as the trial race was the hardest race I've done this year. My calves are still tight from it..
Kudos to both Gerry Brady and Philip Brennan too, soldering on putting in huge manhours and time and imagination for less than 20 entrants really shows a huge love for their sport.
I agree, its kinder to people that can go for longer.
But the intensity bit I have to disagree with.
The hardest race I've run all year was a nav race - build your confidence on nav and you'll be able to go full gas... going full gas in heather makes you realise of all these small muscles you never knew you had!
The hard packed trails of the trial aren't exactly kind to the legs.
Fair duce Zoran on the Nav series win.
Spread the word on how fun they are. The more runners taking different route choices the more fun it is - it adds the beautiful dimension of who has the best skill at taking clean lines in terrain.
(and barry on his 100th race, 28th race win and Worlds selection... not that that was ever really in doubt
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donothoponpop wrote: »Stone X relay cancelled.
IMRA can get 150+ turning up for a Wed night trail run (with 130m climb!), but no more than 4 teams entered in a tough mountain relay?
PS Well done earlyevening on a podium finish last night! (in case my above post seems like I'm denigrating the trail race- I'm not!):D0 -
Much as I like the trail league I struggle to see where it fits in with IMRA. Give me an all out hill race any day. Last nights race was a sprint Scarcely a bump of a climb. And whats this with downhill starts
The lug relay scheduling probably was the main cause for the lack of support. In previous year's the numbers weren't significant either but there wasn't the same clashes with other events.
If there was 15 people that were potentially ready for a relay there is nothing to stop those people putting together their own run, of say leg 1 end to end as a social race. It would be a shame for nothing to happen particularly if people had made arrangements to be there for the relay which included foreign travel. I'd put myself forward to help if there was an appetite.0 -
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I think the Trail League is a great part of the IMRA calendar.It compliments a different type of running ability to the Leinster League and for that reason a chance of placing is way more realistic for alot of people than in the LL.Pure speed and athletic fitness generally wins over technique! For me, very few of the LL races are completely runnable,from start to finish, whereas the trail runs are and that makes them fast and enjoyable.
Personally I would prefer the LL overall because I think the mountains are more fun, but the trail league is a great introduction to IMRA for people who may be too intimadated to start off with an open mountain,or just to get a break from road running.
Never understand why some of the regular top performers in the LL don't bother with the Trail League...is it cause they know they will be under more pressure
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Never understand why some of the regular top performers in the LL don't bother with the Trail League...is it cause they know they will be under more pressure
To be a top performer you need to train. People can't be taking 10 months out of their training schedule to do every single race on the IMRA calendar. You'll notice that many of the top runners in the Trail league don't come out of the woodwork until that point in the season.⛥ ̸̱̼̞͛̀̓̈́͘#C̶̼̭͕̎̿͝R̶̦̮̜̃̓͌O̶̬͙̓͝W̸̜̥͈̐̾͐Ṋ̵̲͔̫̽̎̚͠ͅT̸͓͒͐H̵͔͠È̶̖̳̘͍͓̂W̴̢̋̈͒͛̋I̶͕͑͠T̵̻͈̜͂̇Č̵̤̟̑̾̂̽H̸̰̺̏̓ ̴̜̗̝̱̹͛́̊̒͝⛥
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It's private land, the gates are meant to always be closed. If you want to cross, you have to ask permission from the landowners. The only permissable route is along the wicklow way path at the correct entrances and exits.
The gate I encountered was on the wicklow way path
However, when we ran the Wicklow way subsequently that gate wasn't sealed.0 -
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Congratulations to all who made the team for the Worlds in Albania but most especially my clubmate Brian Furey, Irish Champion 2011 and now also achieving a place on the international stage with a gutsy run in the trial race, he's mixing it with some top lads in Rathfarnham in training and improving year on year in the hills as a result.
I had a very good view of the race and some very good runners suffered with the short sharp shock of the gully climb but Brian kept strong and kept plugging away to finish within the required 105% (tighter then the 110% of before, fado, fado....
)of the winner to give himself every chance of selection.
It can be done the hard way!0 -
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