Celbridge Athletic "Runworxs" 5km - 14th August 2011 - NEW

MaroonTam

To all who are interested, a new 5km for the diary, the Celbridge Athletic Runworxs 5km will take place in Celbridge on the 14th August.

Starting and finishing in the grounds of historic Celbridge House, the course is flat with good potential for a PB.

Entry through www.runireland.com for €15. price includes a goodie bag with a technical t-shirt. (on the day entry €20).
All proceeds raised go to Celbridge Athletic club to support the club in bringing athletic facilities to the local community. www.celbridgeac.com

Attached is the race flyer. All welcome!

mloc123

Is the route around castleown grounds?

Jnealon

This is billed as a road race on the Celbridge AC site.
The Liz McDonnell run which would be a few weeks later is on the Castletown grounds

The Hammer

Jnealon wrote: »

This is billed as a road race on the Celbridge AC site.
The Liz McDonnell run which would be a few weeks later is on the Castletown grounds

What is the "Liz McDonnell run". Is this organised by another club?

MaroonTam

The Hammer wrote: »

What is the "Liz McDonnell run". Is this organized by another club?

Just to clarify. The Celbridge Athletic 5km is a road race, starting and finishing in Castletown House. The route will be a open ended loop (sort of a giant horse shoe).
I will post up a Garmin trace of the route when I get a chance.
(route will be officially certified under the AAI permit rules)

The Liz McDonnell Memorial Run is a cross country event held in entirely within the grounds of Castletown House and is not affiliated with the Celbridge Athletic 5km Event.
Info on this can be found here: http://www.lizmcdonnellrun.com/

jb-ski

4 stars (good)

Another nice local 5k for the Le Chéile AC crew.

Tea & Cakes in Castletown House after race??

MaroonTam

Just giving this a bit of a bump. Race is coming up soon.

Just a reminder, this is the first year we have put on a race and we are looking to raise some good funds for the club.

Here is a Garmin of the route (the Garmin is in reverse, the race goes the other way round). As you can see, its very flat, so a good PB potential.

Hope to see some of you there.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/96716695

geld

4 stars (good)

Definitely looks flat!

j23c

This looks like it's going to be a super race. Ran that loop before and it is defo one to get a PB on.
Great price too if they are doing chip timing and a tech top as well. Well done Celbridge and hope it turns out to be as good a race as I think it could be.

glennhysen

Fantatstic a run my home town! I know that route very well and it is very flat. Can't wait!

happygoose

4 stars (good)

Looking forward to doing this as it is actually PB material looking at the Garmin profile.

mloc123

Looks good, will hopefully slot this in.

Should be very fast, small sharp incline up to the interchange roundabout from the castletown exit and then a gradual downhill all the way back to the gates of castletown. Pan flat from here to the end.

MaroonTam

Good to see some interest.

We set the course to have a decent straight at the start, hopefully to allow the feild to string out a bit, as there is a reasonably sharp left hander at the exit of Castletown grounds.

Good smooth surface round the top half of the course, turns into a nice little dip coming down into Celbridge village then a final tricky little left back into Castletown again.

From there an eyeballs-out flat 1km straight to the finish.

Really expecting some good times to be posted on this route, and the winner is guaranteed to hold the course record

eve

Who is this race open to? Is it just for runners?

Name Changed

Signed up for this. Looking forward to it.

Perkina3

Hmmmm this is two weeks before my exams but will be definitely keeping this in mind!

Good to see another race close to me

eve

eve wrote: »

Who is this race open to? Is it just for runners?

Anyone able to answer this?

MaroonTam

eve wrote: »

Anyone able to answer this?

Hi eve, sorry for the delay in responding - I was off line over the weekend.

This race is open to anyone who would like to take part, all ages and abilities, runners and walkers.

eve

Thanks MaroonTam

I have only started running recently and have been looking for my first 5K - wanted to make sure I didn't sign up for the wrong event

MaroonTam

eve wrote: »

Thanks MaroonTam

I have only started running recently and have been looking for my first 5K - wanted to make sure I didn't sign up for the wrong event

In that case, you may well be interested in the Fit4Life group that we have at Celbridge Athletics (shamless plug). They meet at 7pm on a Wednesday night at the Celbridge track.
We are encouraging all of the Fit4Life group to take part on the 14th (most of our senior athletes will be roped in to marshalling duties on the day)

NimmyZ

eve wrote: »

Thanks MaroonTam

I have only started running recently and have been looking for my first 5K - wanted to make sure I didn't sign up for the wrong event

Same here, Eve. This will be my first 5K as well so it's good to know I won't be the only newbie.

RacoonQueen

AFAIK this is the first running of it. Hardworker might know a bit about it given who the sponsors are...

RayCun

as if I don't have better things to be doing than handholding people who can't use the Search feature :rolleyes:

Mr Slow

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RayCun wrote: »

as if I don't have better things to be doing than handholding people who can't use the Search feature :rolleyes:

Try doing some work!:P

auldman

Yep I'll be there, Hope that the weather has been booked !!

j23c

Only 2 weeks to go now. Really looking forward to this. Should be a great day

TheRunningDude

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auldman wrote: »

Yep I'll be there, Hope that the weather has been booked !!

I hope the weather has been booked too. Cold and damp will do nicely!

Anyone know will this have distance markers?

j23c

According to someone i was talking to from Celbridge AC, they had someone out to officially mark the course last week. I posed the question of km markers and he said there is KM markers and 800m/400m to go markers too. They seem to be really pushing out the boat for their first running of a road race. Great to see.

MaroonTam

j23c wrote: »

According to someone i was talking to from Celbridge AC, they had someone out to officially mark the course last week. I posed the question of km markers and he said there is KM markers and 800m/400m to go markers too. They seem to be really pushing out the boat for their first running of a road race. Great to see.

j23c, you are right. The course measuring has been done. Markers will be each KM, 800 & 400 to go.

We really are trying to make the first running of this race as smooth and successful as possible. We want this to be as an enjoyable event for all those taking part and for this to become a long term fixture on the calendar.

On that, we would appreciate any feedback from anyone, both on the day and after the event.

MaroonTam

Just an update on prizes:

1st male and 1st female = €250

Plus:

A bonus of €100 if the winner runs under 0:14:30
Sponsored by James Reilly of Sports Injury Management (Physio), Celbridge.

Cash prizes for 2nd and 3rd as well as cash prizes in the usual masters categories.

Hopefully get some of you quicker guys interested.

TheRunningDude

4 stars (good)

MaroonTam wrote: »

A bonus of €100 if the winner runs under 0:14:30
Sponsored by James Reilly of Sports Injury Management (Physio), Celbridge.

Is James Reilly hoping to gain a few more customers due to people pushing themselves too hard to try and win his €100 :pac:

Jnealon

Ran part of the course today and that finish has to be one of the fastest around.
Should be good

RAL3

4 stars (good)

Looking forward to this race despite having no speed work done.

I would recommend this as a very good course, especially the fast finish - straight 1k along a tree lined avenue towards Castletown.

Aside from the course, the club organising it provide excellent facilities especially for underage, so I would imagine any funds raised will be put to very good use.

I have no connection with the club except for speaking with some parents whose kids are involved.

lizanne83

Just seeing these posts now.


Is this the same route as The Liz McDonnell (XC) in the Castletown grounds? The Liz McDonald one is held every year by the Celbridge AC.

Bad timing though - Sunday 14th - as the Martin Earley Tour of Kildare 100km sportive is also on morning of 14th. It's starting from Naas and going through Celbridge. Maybe I could hop off bike in Celbridge to do the 5km XC route then join the cycling group later?! (Joking)

Honestly though what time is this race starting? Should be back from Tour of Kildare about 1.30pm. Is it a morning/afternoon race?

Thanks

drakefan

Anyone know when the online entry for this closes?

Drexl Spivey

4 stars (good)

Hi all,

I have bot yet received any information on the race, I hope the online registration worked. Are the chips to be collected on the day or are they being posted this week?

Does anyone know the map of this race?

Thx

MaroonTam

Not, worked out how the multi quote thingy works, so will just answer each question.

Route is not the same as the Liz McDonald (see post #5 )

Garmin of the route is on post #7 but here it is again http://connect.garmin.com/activity/96716695 (note: this is the reverse of the route)


Online registration is open until Saturday. Chips collected on the day (I am not 100% on the process for this)

Race is off at 11am

Run Ireland link again: http://www.runireland.com/events/celbridge-ac-runworx-5k

Mr Slow

4 stars (good)

Hi MaroonTam,

Is there parking on the grounds or will we be looking for on street parking?

Are they closing the roads at a particular time or will they be rolling closures?

Thanks.

MaroonTam

Yes, there is some parking in Castletown House (not loads now), If you come in from the Hewlard Packard / N4 end.

It will be rolling road closures for the duration of the race. (we have enough Gardai in the club )

Mr Slow

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MaroonTam wrote: »

Yes, there is some parking in Castletown House (not loads now), If you come in from the Hewlard Packard / N4 end.

It will be rolling road closures for the duration of the race. (we have enough Gardai in the club )

Thanks, looking forward to it!

geld

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Would anyone be good enough to post some directions to Castletown House?

misty floyd

geld wrote: »

Would anyone be good enough to post some directions to Castletown House?

http://www.castletownhouse.ie/VisitorInformation/

jb-ski

4 stars (good)

So my understanding is, DO NOT drive to Celbridge Village.
Are you closing the road in (run out) at particular time?

Obviously Le Chéile Crew all running over;).

'The house is located 20km from Dublin off the M4 Sligo Road, from the M4 take the R449 Celbridge West/Leixlip West Exit 6, stay in the left hand lane and before the top of this sliproad there is a third lane on the left, go into this lane and then after approximately 100 meters you will see the Castletown Estate gates on the right.

Please note that cars/ buses access is from the above entrance as the avenue from Celbridge is for pedestrian/bicycle access only.'

MaroonTam

geld wrote: »

Would anyone be good enough to post some directions to Castletown House?

Best bet coming from town / M50 is to come along the N4, keep going until it turns into the M4 just past Leixlip and proceed to junction 2a Clebridge Interchange (its the first slip road after the road turns into motorway)

Off the slip road there is a releif slipway on the left hand side, take this heading towards HP. The entrance to Castletown is then on the right hand side.

http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=53.357262,-6.521201&hl=en&ll=53.356904,-6.516008&spn=0.025203,0.092354&sll=53.358184,-6.523991&sspn=0.012601,0.029826&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=15&z=14

MaroonTam

jb-ski wrote: »

So my understanding is, DO NOT drive to Celbridge Village.
Are you closing the road in (run out) at particular time?

Obviously Le Chéile Crew all running over;).

'The house is located 20km from Dublin off the M4 Sligo Road, from the M4 take the R449 Celbridge West/Leixlip West Exit 6, stay in the left hand lane and before the top of this sliproad there is a third lane on the left, go into this lane and then after approximately 100 meters you will see the Castletown Estate gates on the right.

Please note that cars/ buses access is from the above entrance as the avenue from Celbridge is for pedestrian/bicycle access only.'

There would be limited parking at the Celbridge village side of Castletown. And the avenue up to the house from that side is closed to traffic.
The start is nearer to the HP end anyway (with the finish directly in front of the house)

ultraman1

MaroonTam wrote: »

jb-ski wrote: »

So my understanding is, DO NOT drive to Celbridge Village.
Are you closing the road in (run out) at particular time?

Obviously Le Chéile Crew all running over;).

'The house is located 20km from Dublin off the M4 Sligo Road, from the M4 take the R449 Celbridge West/Leixlip West Exit 6, stay in the left hand lane and before the top of this sliproad there is a third lane on the left, go into this lane and then after approximately 100 meters you will see the Castletown Estate gates on the right.

Please note that cars/ buses access is from the above entrance as the avenue from Celbridge is for pedestrian/bicycle access only.'

There would be limited parking at the Celbridge village side of Castletown. And the avenue up to the house from that side is closed to traffic.
The start is nearer to the HP end anyway (with the finish directly in front of the house)

Best off parking in Tescos,nice 1.5k warm up

MaroonTam

All, Just an update on the online registration:

Online registration will close at 15:00 on Friday 12th August (tomorrow)

Entries will still be taken on the morning of the race (get there early!)

Thanks

Drexl Spivey

4 stars (good)

I can't wait!

mloc123

The road will be worn down by Sunday

Never seen as many people out between the interchange and village as tonight

MaroonTam

I actually am really jealous that I am not allowed to run myself.

But the stewarding needs to be done by someone :rolleyes:

Good luck to those taking part. Hopefully the weather will improve a bit.

corny

MaroonTam wrote: »

Hopefully the weather will improve a bit.

In running parlance thats yeah hopefully it gets colder.:D