Dublin Lunar Walk

micayla

I've wanted to do this for a few years now but folks were never interested but I've decided that this year I will do it and was wondering if any nocs would be interested. It's for the Diabetes Federation of Ireland and takes place on June 25th. For anyone who doesn't know about it, it's a 30km charity walk through Dublin from dusk to dawn followed by breakfast details can be found at www.diabetes.ie

Solitaire

Very interested but I'm going on holidays for two weeks after the bank holiday so I'll only have six weeks to train :eek:

Think I'm on a stag that weekend, do they allow you to use a fat-guy cart?

Solitaire

Only if driven drunkenly in a threatening and aggressive manner :pac:

Futurecrook

Sounds amazing. I saw a poster for this on my bus today and was thinking I'd have to check it out. I'd love to do it.

micayla

Futurecrook wrote: »

Sounds amazing. I saw a poster for this on my bus today and was thinking I'd have to check it out. I'd love to do it.

Cool:) I'll be registering tomorrow, not sure how long registration will be open for. Gotta start training now

FewFew

Solitaire wrote: »

Very interested but I'm going on holidays for two weeks after the bank holiday so I'll only have six weeks to train :eek:

Ah you'll be grand, 30k at night in one go on flat terrain should be grand

Solitaire

Yeah, we're not exactly jogging it But the last time I did 30km straight was when I was 13 :eek::P And the last 3km caned me

I'm more worried about the closing registration date

micayla

Solitaire wrote: »

I'm more worried about the closing registration date

Why so?

Registered today! I just want to finish in time for the breakfast:D

Morag

Mid June dawn is about 4:30 am and the Dusk is after 9pm so it's not as long as people might think.

Solitaire

micayla wrote: »

Why so?

Registered today! I just want to finish in time for the breakfast:D

I won't partake unless registration is still open after my holidays are finished as I won't have time to commit to train or hunt down sponsors and local businesses that'll help find said until then

Sharrow wrote: »

Mid June dawn is about 4:30 am and the Dusk is after 9pm so it's not as long as people might think.

It runs from 10pm until... some unspecified time after dawn You probably have a solid 8-10 hours to complete the 30km, which is perfectly reasonable

micayla

Solitaire wrote: »

I won't partake unless registration is still open after my holidays are finished as I won't have time to commit to train or hunt down sponsors and local businesses that'll help find said until then




It runs from 10pm until... some unspecified time after dawn You probably have a solid 8-10 hours to complete the 30km, which is perfectly reasonable

That seems fair enough, not sure how long registration stays open for.

As the breakfast is scheduled from 4am I intend on completeing the walk in 6 hours, I figure 5km an hour is doable:D

cyberwolf77

micayla wrote: »

That seems fair enough, not sure how long registration stays open for.

As the breakfast is scheduled from 4am I intend on completeing the walk in 6 hours, I figure 5km an hour is doable:D

Yeah, actually it is. My walking pace is close to 8km an hour.

Solitaire

You're a wolf, that's slow for you :P

*bump*

Anyone else registering? Wonder if we should get together a Boards team for it... I claim credit for the tagline though!

Boards.ie - Now Ye're Walkin'

:pac:

micayla

So did this last night and while my feet are killing me I'm delighted I did it. Met some really great people and Dublin at night is amazing. We were really lucky with the weather. I raised €295, so a big thank you to all the boards folks who sponsored me:D Not sure yet how much was raised overall. Monies raised were for the Diabetes Federation of Ireland and if anyone saw the news today this is a worthwhile charity, according to Imperial College London and Harvard University, the number of people with Diabetes has doubled since 1980 worldwide http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13917263

I finished in 6.5 hours

I would definitely recommend doing this next year for anyone interested and the talk is to hold it in Cork*, Patrick's Hill here I come!:pac:

*I should add, that's not official, just heard a few folks talking about it over breakfast.

Futurecrook

Totally forgot about this due to exams and everything. Glad it went well Micayla. Good work!

Dublindave01

Did this walk myself and it was a great experience. Finished in 4 hours 45 mins and my legs have not forgiven me for it yet. Cork sounds a very interesting prospect for next year.

micayla

Dublindave01 wrote: »

Did this walk myself and it was a great experience. Finished in 4 hours 45 mins and my legs have not forgiven me for it yet. Cork sounds a very interesting prospect for next year.

Wow that's a damn good time to do it in! Fair play it'd be cool if they did it in Cork, could make a weekend of it

Dublindave01

micayla wrote: »

Dublindave01 wrote: »

Did this walk myself and it was a great experience. Finished in 4 hours 45 mins and my legs have not forgiven me for it yet. Cork sounds a very interesting prospect for next year.

Wow that's a damn good time to do it in! Fair play it'd be cool if they did it in Cork, could make a weekend of it

Ah sure it would almost be rude not to make a weekend out of it, my legs should be back working by then too