Malin to Mizen Relay - Raheny Shamrock AC running for Crumlin

christeb

Guys - below is the PR for this. Basically it's 15 Marathons back to back on the May BH weekend, starting at daylight on Friday 29th April. We're welcoming local and not so local runners to join us - marathons will be certified etc.

Any questions or to register interest PM / post below, it's set up to be a great event for a superb cause (sponsor link below )

Facebook page is here

-Brian


MALIN TO MIZEN MARATHON RELAY IN AID OF CRUMLIN CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Raheny Shamrock athletics club have assembled a crack team of 36 highly experienced marathon runners who are going to cover the 407 mile route in a relay format with each team covering the classic 26.2 mile distance.

All-in-all the team has completed hundreds of marathons between them. Team members include three time former Olympian and winner of the inaugural Dublin City Marathon Dick Hooper who has agreed to come out of retirement to run a leg for this worthy cause. Dave Brady is our resident tough guy and his leg on Friday will be one of three marathons that he intends to complete that weekend.
The relay will commence at 6am on Friday 29th April and the team has set themselves the very tough target of 65 hours to complete the route.

If any members of your club would like to join us along the way please see below for details of the route with start and finish points of each marathon, main towns along the way and the race control contact number. Please contact Ronan at the number above if you intend to join us.
Route Summary:

Start Time Starts at Via Finishes at Day
06:00:00 Malin Head Malin Buncrana + 1 Friday
09:30:00 Buncrana + 1 Letterkenny Stralongford Friday
12:50:00 Stralongford Ballybofey Laghy Friday
16:30:00 Laghy Bundoran Cliffoney Friday
20:10:00 Cliffoney Sligo Ballinacarrow Friday
23:40:00 Ballinacarrow Charlestown River Glare Saturday
03:00:00 River Glare Tuam Clashroe Saturday
07:15:00 Clashroe Galway Ardrahan Saturday
11:15:00 Ardrahan Gort Tulla + 5k Saturday
14:45:00 Tulla +5K Limerick Adare (Lucy's+ 2K) Saturday
18:25:00 Adare Newcastlewest Abbeyfeale -2.2K Saturday
22:40:00 Abbeyfeale Castleisland Farranfore +6.6K Saturday
02:10:00 Farranfore +6.6k Killarney Kenmare +0.3 Sunday
05:20:00 Kenmare +0.3 Glengarrif Bantry (town) Sunday
08:30:00 Bantry Durris Mizen Head Sunday

The purpose of the run is to raise funds for the Children’s hospital in Crumiln and Donations can be made online at HERE

christeb

Giving this a bump guys, all marathons are certified so it's another to add to your tally. There is a post on runireland here with some info on locations and start times

robinph

Just curious...are you "racing" the marathons against the clock, or is it all heading off at fixed start times from each point?

christeb

robinph wrote: »

Just curious...are you "racing" the marathons against the clock, or is it all heading off at fixed start times from each point?

We're not "racing," but we have conservative times in place fgor each leg, as we need to legislate for each subsequent leg and arrange people to be in place at the correct time etc.

Most marathons are hilly enough, the expected times for each leg is anywhere from 3:10 - 3:20 to 4:00, so we can likely fit in most marathoners. This is certainly not for beginners, but I'm sure we can fit in most who have done a couple of marathons and are training regularly.

A sub-3 speedster like you, Robin, would eat it up! Interested?

christeb

another note, the start times above and duration between them will give you an idea of the pace each leg will be set at. Slowest is 4:00, fastest is 3:10 (which is Dick Hooper's leg - 2nd last),

robinph

I'd noticed that the times allowed for the legs start times were a bit variable so wasn't quite sure how you were approaching the challenge.

groovyg

Any update on this ? How did the event go?

gerard65

groovyg wrote: »

Any update on this ? How did the event go?

Is it not next weekend?

christeb

Yep next weekend lads, huge prep has been put in and we're putting the finishing touches onto things. It's as much a logistical achievement as an athletic one.

Fundraising going well, we had a table quiz last week and were shaking buckets with club members running on a treadmill in the Ilac all day on Saturday, both events raised over €4,000 combined

Link to donate is here, and we're still interested if anyone wants to run a full or half marathon with us. We can accommodative you and offer full safety and support arrangements.

groovyg

Well done to Raheny Shamrocks, according to their webpage they completed the relay in 56hrs...sounds like it was a great event. well done all.

http://rahenyshamrock.ie/news/1-news/91-admin

christeb

Some photos here (Flickr) and if you can access the FB profile, here.

I didn't make it down for the weekend, but got reports from some runners, seemed an amazing experience - tough for some participants though. Great to see Dick running one of the toughest legs in 2:46 !!

Congrats to all involved, proud of you guys (sniff )

MisterDrak

Well done to all the lads running, some pretty fast times over the two days. Well done to all the support staff also. Great effort... :cool: