Na Fianna/Bob Heffernan 5km 24th May 2011

tang1 · 14-04-2011 1:38pm #1

Anybobdy doing this? Its a great race for a pb if your looking for one. Plus its an 8pm start which is nice. Great value at €12 to(Not connected with race in anyway).

YFlyer · 14-04-2011 4:18pm

Where is it held?

tang1 · 14-04-2011 8:05pm

Johnstownbridge, Co Kildare. Its just off the M4.

YFlyer · 14-04-2011 9:28pm

Cheers!

TheRoadRunner · 14-04-2011 9:34pm

tang1 wrote: »

Anybobdy doing this? Its a great race for a pb if your looking for one. Plus its an 8pm start which is nice. Great value at €12 to(Not connected with race in anyway).

yeah it's a great race and a really really fast course. Hope to do it but won't be in top shape as going to take some time off the start of May.

Jnealon · 14-04-2011 9:36pm

Did it last year, very fast course, very enjoyable apart from the clown who gobbed on my runner afterwards.
I'll do it again this year.
The start is about a mile away from registration so allow a bit of time

tang1 · 24-05-2011 1:34pm

Looking like its not P.B weather, wind blowing very hard around Johnstownbrige today. Still it'll be a good race, anybody know if Andrew Ledwith is defending??

gmurran · 24-05-2011 3:49pm

tang1 wrote: »

Looking like its not P.B weather, wind blowing very hard around Johnstownbrige today. Still it'll be a good race, anybody know if Andrew Ledwith is defending??

Lets hope not. He made wining look too easy last year.

thirstywork2 · 24-05-2011 10:09pm

Some very fast times tonight,lad im my club ran a big pb.
No results up yet but pictures .............
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/

DixNeuf · 25-05-2011 7:50am

3 stars (average)

Really enjoyed this last night. Well organised and a good atmosphere. Looking forward to seeing the results. Didn't manage a pb, but I hadn't been doing the training for that anyway.

Well done all concerned!

Nice to get a text of my time also.

marchino · 25-05-2011 8:01am

super race, very competitive and a lot of pb's up front.
The start was to say the least very messy and whistle blown with no warning and people walking backwards was poor!
grand spread of sambos and coffee after and race on big screen.
I ran a big pb so delighted with that and the sub 16 in particular which was also a first!
I didnt get a txt do about my time, not yet anyways.
well done to all concerned.
gmurran with a v.good pb too i suspect?

gmurran · 25-05-2011 8:15am

marchino wrote: »

gmurran with a v.good pb too i suspect?

Yea really happy with the time 15:47. I got allot further into the race before getting dropped by the lead group this year.

Disappointed with my last kilometer as I kicked a bit too early and got passed out by like 8-9 guys, which lost us a team prize.

Great race. Start was a bit mad but nobody wanted to move back. Really enjoyed it. Ill be back next year to get our trophy back.

Middle Distance · 25-05-2011 8:57am

Hi just wondering has anyone got a copy of the results from the Bob Hefferanan 5k last night that they can post here, I believe there was some fast times achieved on the 5k course. Cheers:)

meathcountysec · 25-05-2011 9:03am

4 stars (good)

Available here:

http://www.nafiannaathleticclub.com/

gmurran · 25-05-2011 9:42am

Great idea to have a race video. Anyone know if it will go up on YouTube?

tang1 · 25-05-2011 1:08pm

Serious running by Andrew Ledwith again. Top times by alot of runners yesterday evening.

Gringo78 · 25-05-2011 1:22pm

Some times seem a lot faster than usual....some big PBs....was it the full 5km??

TheRoadRunner · 25-05-2011 2:26pm

Gringo78 wrote: »

Some times seem a lot faster than usual....some big PBs....was it the full 5km??

wasn't there last night but it is a very very fast course. Have ran my 2 fastest times there and they were both the correct distance so I can only assume it was the correct distance again.

meathcountysec · 25-05-2011 3:03pm

4 stars (good)

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

wasn't there last night but it is a very very fast course. Have ran my 2 fastest times there and they were both the correct distance so I can only assume it was the correct distance again.

Same course as last year/previous year.

bo-sco · 25-05-2011 3:35pm

Have never run it but I've heard it's downhill?

Ceekay · 25-05-2011 3:48pm

meathcountysec wrote: »

Available here:

http://www.nafiannaathleticclub.com/

Very enjoyable race last night. Andrew Ledwith even gave everyone a start. Thanks for providing the results so quickly. Would you happen to have the overall results of the Simon Cumbers 6k?

gmurran · 25-05-2011 8:05pm

Ceekay wrote: »

Andrew Ledwith even gave everyone a start.

The guy was only out for a jog. Different class! He did the same last year. I suppose it makes it a bit tougher for him which is fair enough.

meathcountysec · 26-05-2011 3:36pm

4 stars (good)

Ceekay wrote: »

Very enjoyable race last night. Andrew Ledwith even gave everyone a start. Thanks for providing the results so quickly. Would you happen to have the overall results of the Simon Cumbers 6k?

Haven't seen any yet.

meathcountysec · 26-05-2011 3:41pm

4 stars (good)

gmurran wrote: »

The guy was only out for a jog. Different class! He did the same last year. I suppose it makes it a bit tougher for him which is fair enough.

He does these as part of his overall training plan. He did something similar at the Simon Cumbers race last year. Took it (relatively) easy for the first 1K then took off after the field. he passed the leaders at 5K and overtook the Garda on the push-bike leading the race around, who was suitably perplexed when he came past like a train!

thirstywork2 · 30-05-2011 3:01pm

Gringo78 wrote: »

Some times seem a lot faster than usual....some big PBs....was it the full 5km??

Most people that ran this race and then dONORE WHERE BETWEEN 40-50SECONDS SLOWER IN donore.

Gringo78 · 30-05-2011 3:12pm

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Most people that ran this race and then dONORE WHERE BETWEEN 40-50SECONDS SLOWER IN donore.

Interesting...twas a windy evening & a point to point course so possibly ended up as one of those times when on exposed parts of the course the wind is with you and against on the sheltered parts so you really get the maximum benefit and get very good times. Coupled with a large high quality field, people are more conscious of making an effort to draft on a windy day so in general can lead to faster times. Spoke with some people since and I don't doubt the distance was correct, just my immediate reaction when I saw the times was a hell of a lot of PBs. I'm sorry I didn't make the drive to it now.

T runner · 30-05-2011 5:57pm

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Most people that ran this race and then dONORE WHERE BETWEEN 40-50SECONDS SLOWER IN donore.

yep. I compared Lucan 5k to this one and between 45-60 secs difference spread between athletes who ran both.

I talked to Paul F after and he said the first k in Enfield was against the wind but everyone was still bunched. The next 3 were wind at back and the final k was sheltered i think. Net downhill, no tight turns and goodish roads. It was a prevailing wind so deffo a goer for PB.

I was trying to calculate how fit i am based on recent results (lucan and donore) because of the bloody wind.

I reckon that Enfield may have ran 15-20 secs faster than a fastish calm flat course.

Maybe Donore was running 30 secs slow. (hopefully) What you reckon?

I learned my lesson from Lucan. I sheltered behind a big lad going up that hill on saturday. Took off like a hot snot with 1 to go and made 10 secs on him (im normally slower than him).
So the wind from 3.5 to 4k alone was costing the guts of 10 secs in time and/or energy levels.

Na Fianna/Bob Heffernan 5km 24th May 2011

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