Run for Mark in the Dark

ezikel

HI All,

Here is a new event being organised for The Mark Pollock Trust. Many of you will know Mark from his amazing adventures in the Antarctic, Arctic, Gobi Desert etc whilst blind. Mark was met with another unexpected challenge when he broke his back last year and is now without the use of his legs.

Check out www.run4mark.com and you will see details of a novel and unique set of running races that are being organised all over the country on the same night - November 16th. All are night races.

The Leinster race will take place in and around the grounds of Trinity College on a very unique course, after work!

Details on how to register etc are on the site above.

Note: All proceeds going to The Mark Pollock Trust and the organisation is 100% voluntary

ElectraX

These races are a great idea. I've followed Mark Pollock's blog over the last few months and he really is a truly motivating person. For someone who has faced tremendous challenges, he has such a stoical,can do approach to life.
From a medical perspective, his blog is well worth a read as the advancements that are being made for the visually impaired and those with spinal injuries are incredible- and seemingly close to some of this cutting edge research, he details these really well.

http://markpollock.wordpress.com/

WesternNight

For anyone in Galway the Connaught leg is in the grounds of NUIG.

Dilbert75

Thought this was worth a mention - pity there's only one location in each province and its nowhere near me, otherwise I'd give it a shot.
http://www.markpollocktrust.org/run/

ThisRegard

He's on Today FM now taking about his current condition.

pmcd22

Just looking at the entries. I see Galway, the only option is 2 mile time trial.. Is there another option? All the rest have two options and all the rest have an option over 5km.

It be a shame if that is all Galway had to offer. i don't know the course. If it was a loop course of 2mile. Couldn't they have an option to do 3 laps for the 10km.

petermijackson

Does anybody know what the course for this in Dublin is?

ronnie085

petermijackson wrote: »

Does anybody know what the course for this in Dublin is?

Just hit the map link on this page

christeb

I'm in for this on Weds next. Great cause

nerraw1111

Where is it in Dublin? I can't find the info anywhere on the site

WithCheesePlease

nerraw1111 wrote: »

Where is it in Dublin? I can't find the info anywhere on the site

All I can see is that it starts from Trinity... I think!

Very hard to get any info on it, hence why I came here to check. I've signed up anyway cos it's such a great cause and Mark's such an incredible guy. Just hoping it's a good event!

Sandwell

Ronnie085 posted a link to the course map in this thread. It's a great cause and I'm strongly considering taking part although the fact that I've got a race this Saturday and also the following Saturday is slightly putting me off.

WithCheesePlease

So it's just a few laps of Trinity then?? I thought that map was just to show you where registration was, very hard to make out any kind of route from it. Or an 8K route at least. Is it 2 laps maybe?

I'm confused.

WithCheesePlease

So it's just a few laps of Trinity then?? I thought that map was just to show you where registration was, very hard to make out any kind of route from it. Or an 8K route at least. Is it 2 laps maybe?

I'm confused.

Sandwell

WithCheesePlease wrote: »

So it's just a few laps of Trinity then?? I thought that map was just to show you where registration was, very hard to make out any kind of route from it. Or an 8K route at least. Is it 2 laps maybe?

I'm confused.

Looks that way. One lap would be 4k I'd imagine. I agree that the course is a bit hard to make out on that map.

bart simpson

this is on in kilkenny aswel, if anyone is close by

PGL

WithCheesePlease wrote: »

So it's just a few laps of Trinity then?? I thought that map was just to show you where registration was, very hard to make out any kind of route from it. Or an 8K route at least. Is it 2 laps maybe?

I'm confused.

It's 4 laps of the route shown on map - 2km per lap

silvo

Just saw that the Dublin run is full up. Should be good, will be my first organized 8km run so really looking forward to it!

emco

can i enter this on the day? Im thinking of doing it after work.

Will there be any water/ goody bags provided afterwards?

Im trying to post this from my phone this is about the third attempt!

I mean the dublin run but i see its supposed to be full.

WesternNight

emco wrote: »

can i enter this on the day? Im thinking of doing it after work.

Will there be any water/ goody bags provided afterwards?

Im trying to post this from my phone this is about the third attempt!

Which of the locations are you in? Dublin is full, but there are still places for Galway, Cork and Belfast. You can register on the day, but each location will probably have different times for on-the-day registration, so just check that.

edit - ah, Dublin. Yeah, I'm afraid not. Feel free to come on down to the Galway one though if you fancy a day trip

Lombardo86

This is a great cause and ill be participating tomorrow night in Dublin..

Does anybody know what the numbers are for the race? How many have registered given Dublin is full?

Head The Wall

WesternNight wrote: »

Which of the locations are you in? Dublin is full, but there are still places for Galway, Cork and Belfast. You can register on the day, but each location will probably have different times for on-the-day registration, so just check that.

edit - ah, Dublin. Yeah, I'm afraid not. Feel free to come on down to the Galway one though if you fancy a day trip

Whats the distance for Galway, the website says they are all between 7 and 10K.

Community Police Bray

any cancellations for the Dublin Run, left it too late to register and am gutted especially as I got all my mates to enter the run !

mccarte2

Anyone know if there'll be a left luggage area or an equivalent in Dublin venue tomorrow night?

WesternNight

Head The Wall wrote: »

Whats the distance for Galway, the website says they are all between 7 and 10K.

2 miles in Galway due to the particular route that was available.

WithCheesePlease

mccarte2 wrote: »

Anyone know if there'll be a left luggage area or an equivalent in Dublin venue tomorrow night?

There will be a bag-drop in Luce Hall (where registration is) as far as I know

Mountain_Surfer

Hope everyone got on great this evening despite the miserable weather. My closest was Dublin but it was full up by the time I went to register so I went for my own Run 4 Mark in the Dark in Roundwood. Its for such a great cause so I hope that it raises a lot of much needed funds for Mark

mccarte2

Completed Dublin one this evening. Either the course was shorter than 8km or all my training is paying off! Anyone get an accurate distance on it? Very enjoyable event tho. Very crowded but nice flat course.

opus

Did the one in Cork earlier, good crowd there, start was delayed 15 mins to get everyone to the start. My first ever 10k race

PGL

mccarte2 wrote: »

Completed Dublin one this evening. Either the course was shorter than 8km or all my training is paying off! Anyone get an accurate distance on it? Very enjoyable event tho. Very crowded but nice flat course.

My iPhone App (adidas miCoach) is saying it was 6.93km long, but it always underestimates by approx 100/150 metres, so it could be more like 7.05 or 7.1km. Does anyone know the exact distance?

It was certainly very crowded, and too much so imo considering that we had to do 4 laps of the same circuit - hence lots of overtaking. The main problem was that the paths were not wide enough to cater for the shear volume of people, which resulted in a lack of discipline in terms of running position i.e. everyone was supposed to keep to the left and allow overtaking on the right - this did not happen which made it very difficult overtaking. To be fair it was probably publisized as a fun run - and thats what it turned out to be.

Anyways it was for an excellent cause - so its great that so many people took part.

RayCun

and did you wear a base layer for it?

PGL

RayCun wrote: »

and did you wear a base layer for it?

You must be a fan of mine Ray!

No, I opted for a very light windshield type jacket which I picked up in Wheelworx at the weekend (I should have probably updated ye on the other thread). It was the business considering how wet it was tonight, plus I did not overheat in it, so I think its the way forward. The base layers still seem to be getting good reviews all the same!

Finished the run in 31:50 in case you're interested!

WithCheesePlease

mccarte2 wrote: »

Completed Dublin one this evening. Either the course was shorter than 8km or all my training is paying off! Anyone get an accurate distance on it? Very enjoyable event tho. Very crowded but nice flat course.

PGL wrote: »

My iPhone App (adidas miCoach) is saying it was 6.93km long, but it always underestimates by approx 100/150 metres, so it could be more like 7.05 or 7.1km. Does anyone know the exact distance?

My Garmin had it clocked at 7:07K - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/129128308

Era, it was a bit of a mess to be honest with the lapping and all the congestion but I was never expecting too much. At the end of the day it was a fun run and all to raise a bit of funding for Mark. I'm still delighted I did it, was enjoyable and for a hell of a cause.

Let's just hope it makes a difference to Mark, some fella.

xebec

My Garmin clocked it at 4.29 miles (~6.9km), not too worried about the distance as it was more about the cause.

As a race it was a mess, too much stopping and starting, got lapped by the leaders after about 100m while trying to go through the gate in the Rose Garden, running on cobbles wasn't fun.

But despite all that and the heavy rain I had loads of fun, time wasn't anything special but much better than anything I've done over the last few months so well please.

WithCheesePlease

Anywhere you can check the chip times?

PGL

WithCheesePlease wrote: »

Anywhere you can check the chip times?

no results on website yet

http://www.markpollocktrust.org/run/

duffyshuffle

results for the 10km here http://www.championchipireland.com/results/index.php

WithCheesePlease

duffyshuffle wrote: »

results for the 10km here http://www.championchipireland.com/results/index.php

Is that Galway? Cork results are here.

No sign of Dublin yet...

olaola

Was definitely just a fun run - and great to see Mark himself clapping on the runners at gate back into Trinity off Westland Row. A great cause, and delighted we did it. Had some good chats with people along the route.

WithCheesePlease

Times are up - http://markpollocktrust.org/run/pdf/Dublin4lap.pdf

I came in in the first page of 20 - I think I may have taken it a little too seriously! :rolleyes:

EDIT: times for all official locations can be found here - http://www.markpollocktrust.org/run/

Spunderbungle

Me too, 39th