Aviva Charity Mile 27/7/2011

PVincent

Aviva Charity Mile - Irishtown Stadium Wed 27th July ...in aid of Focus Ireland .
€10 donation to the Charity...All money raised goes to Focus Ireland
Run a mile as fast as you can !
Races for all standards ..
All welcome...come along and have some fun

The meet record is 4.26 ...will it be beaten ? Come on guys ...you know you want to prove that you can go sub 5 or sub 6 ...so come along and do it !

Woddle

Can not wait for this. I'll be trying my hardest to see how far under sub 6 I can go.
It would be great to get a few boardsies out to this and it would be a nice introduction to track racing.
More importantly for some an appropriate hour for pints

menoscemo

I'm going to give this one a lash. My last mile race didn't go as planned so I aim to rectify that!

geld

Might even give up an IMRA night for this!


(Why can't BHAA and IMRA synchronise their calendars so that I don't have to pick and choose!!!!;))

JosDel

I have just recently broke 7 minutes in trinity for the 1st time in a 3k 6:54 so I will be hoping to better that in the aviva mile,

RayCun

I'll be along for this, my first time to race a mile.

Timmaay

I'll probably give this a shot also. I think my mile pb is 5.01, room for improvement there without doubt!

ecoli

Hmmmm interesting very interesting. No races planned after this Wed might not be a bad one to hop in. Sub 4.41 for a new PB hopefully:D

Timmaay

Ha, I was thinking me saying I would go would temp u along :P. 4.41 would be sweet alright. Fergal going also, so nice 3way fight between us ha.

Woddle

Looks like conditions will be ideal, no clouds, plenty of sun and no wind.

gmurran

Anyone know if I run this tonight do I have to run in my BHAA standard or can i move up?

My standards is below par because I suck at cross country

gerard65

gmurran wrote: »

Anyone know if I run this tonight do I have to run in my BHAA standard or can i move up?

My standards is below par because I suck at cross country

You usually have to register under your current rating as the numbers are in batches and checked before each race, but if your not worried about league points you could signup in one of the non-bhaa members races.

gmurran

Thanks man. I'm currently down as standard 10 but would expect to run 1 or 2

Will ask what's best when I get down there. I may just run the 10 and get my grade moved up for next time.

Woddle

gmurran wrote: »

Thanks man. I'm currently down as standard 10 but would expect to run 1 or 2

Will ask what's best when I get down there. I may just run the 10 and get my grade moved up for next time.

I think they only move you one at a time so it would take a while. Mention it to Paul and I'm sure he'll sort you out, you should be running in 1-6.

gmurran

Well done BHAA that was really good fun tonight.Weather was perfect once you got going.

Great to see so many out to give the mile a go. It's a great distance to test the stamina against.

RayCun

Yes, a good night of running

menoscemo

Great craic tonight, nice running and a great friendly atmosphere. Well done to all involved.

petermijackson

Are there other events like this around? I really enjoyed running the mile tonight although due to lack experience I think I could have ran faster

Woddle

petermijackson wrote: »

Are there other events like this around? I really enjoyed running the mile tonight although due to lack experience I think I could have ran faster

There's a 3k on the 10th of August same venue and time.

petermijackson

Thanks Woddle, I have the BHAA calendar here on my desk. Just wondering does anybody know of any mile races (non-BHAA)

JosDel

Agree with all of the above great nights racing, Thanks to BHAA and Aviva, Great to see everybody supporting this great charity event, I had a good run myself knocked 40 seconds off last years race 06:35, so really happing with that.....

Timmaay

Great event last night, really well organized. Well done to Aviva for all the work they did, and they also matched all the money raised by entries for the Focus Ireland charity! I was happy to scrape a win in my race, especially after I fell asleep 3rd lap and let everyone back at me!

petermijackson wrote: »

Thanks Woddle, I have the BHAA calendar here on my desk. Just wondering does anybody know of any mile races (non-BHAA)

The Mile wouldn't be the most common event, having said that there are several Mile races during the year, including a few during the graded meeting (dublinathletics.com for more info if you can find it within the mess of a website that it is!), also there are one or two in Greystones during the year. A more common event is 1500 though. Track season is nearly over now.

I almost forgot, the Goal mile is on every Christmas as well.

RayCun

will there be official results up for this? Forgot to start my watch

gerard65

RayCun wrote: »

will there be official results up for this? Forgot to start my watch

There usually up on www.bhaa.ie within a couple of days.

Timmaay

Never stopped my watch either, and I forgot that the clock was started 10sec earler (for the grade6 runners in front of me), when I crossed the line I thought my time was 10sec slower then it was, was a nice surprise when my friends explained it to me ha (took me ages to cop on ha). An official time would be nice though.

RayCun

Results are up on the BHAA website (and I may have a spreadsheet to upload in the morning).

emerald007

Updated results on the bhaa website now.

Timmaay

Grade 1-6 times are still off! Has me down for 10sec quicker then I did it (not that I'm moaning about that :P). But good few of the lads behind me have times wayy slower then what they actually ran!