Kildare Half marathon/marathon/10k 13th May 2012

kit3

Hi,

Anyone know if this one is happening in 2012. Early bird entries were already open this time last year. Hope it is - enjoyed it the last two years.

Last year's thread
Race website
Half Marathon profile

ultraman1

afaik, it will be open very soon,with the usual early bird entries.the RD was waiting for the Donadea 10km to be finished b4 starting up kildare entries
anto

kit3

ultraman1 wrote: »

afaik, it will be open very soon,with the usual early bird entries.the RD was waiting for the Donadea 10km to be finished b4 starting up kildare entries
anto

Thanks for that - had a look at the website and was afraid they might be in trouble with sponsorship - glad to hear it will be on. Will need a new motivation to get me out after DCM

ultraman1

website open on 28th of october

Dotcomdolly

Deal for half price entry
http://www.livingsocial.com/deals/220488-10k-run-entry?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mydealpage.ie%2F

RacoonQueen

Just got that email myself. Very tempted to go for that half marathon entry.

Oisin11178

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Just got that email myself. Very tempted to go for that half marathon entry.

The half route is deffo good for a pb. Nice and flat.

Oisin11178

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Just got that email myself. Very tempted to go for that half marathon entry.

Sold out already

RacoonQueen

Ah well was going to book the half this morning then realised it wouldn't be a good idea 4 weeks after a marathon. 10k might have been nice.

Wonder how many of that 90 haven't a clue what they've bought! :pac:

TFBubendorfer

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Ah well was going to book the half this morning then realised it wouldn't be a good idea 4 weeks after a marathon. 10k might have been nice.

Chicken. 2 years ago I ran the Wexford half 3 weeks after the Connemara Ultra.



I nearly died on the hill at mile 5.

RacoonQueen

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Chicken. 2 years ago I ran the Wexford half 3 weeks after the Connemara Ultra.



I nearly died on the hill at mile 5.

2 years ago I'd have done the same. I'm more sensible these days!

Name Changed

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

Deal for half price entry
http://www.livingsocial.com/deals/220488-10k-run-entry?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mydealpage.ie%2F

I didn't realise there was a quota and was going to log on last night but said I'd wait until this morning!

Ah well.

pistol_75

Name Changed wrote: »

I didn't realise there was a quota and was going to log on last night but said I'd wait until this morning!

Ah well.

It was sold out last night as well if thats any consolation

Name Changed

pistol_75 wrote: »

It was sold out last night as well if thats any consolation

It is!

pistol_75

Name Changed wrote: »

It is!

I'd have taken the marathon option myself but pretty sure a high % of people would have taken the 10K option and probably won't even do it. Ah well.

kit3

Last day of discounted entries today for anyone who's thinking of this. €5 off the half and €10 off the full marathon

ipadscooby

Oisin11178 wrote: »

The half route is deffo good for a pb. Nice and flat.

I'm a little confused... Can anybody help... I've been lead to believe that the Kildare 1/2 was a hilly run

ronnie085

ipadscooby wrote: »

I'm a little confused... Can anybody help... I've been lead to believe that the Kildare 1/2 was a hilly run

Apart from a drag into the curragh camp in the first mile or so and bit of one in kildare town and a couple of railway bridges its basically flat, defiantly wouldn't call it anywhere near hilly.

Sweater

Hi Folks,

Had a quick look at the KE full marathon route for this year.

Is the route on the website confirmed for the full marathon course? or is the permit still pending approval with the guards?

It looks like it's been changed a little since last year. The two railway bridges have been taken out of it in the last 5 miles .

Cheers.

Muppet Man

Just an FYI, marathon still open for entries... entered it late last week... financially committed now... no turning back.

Skidrow

Anyone know what times the pacers are running for Kildare ?

Oisin11178

Skidrow wrote: »

Anyone know what times the pacers are running for Kildare ?

3.00, 3.15, 3.30, 3.45, 4.00, 4.30 for the marathon

1.30, 1.45, 2.00 for the half marathon.
Im one of the 3.45 pacers for the full.

Skidrow

Thanks Oisin.

I have only done 1 marathon, so a lot to learn.

I am hoping to do 18 mile LSR, 9:30 pace, Saturday 9am,
Papal Cross Phoenix Pk, anyone interested?

Will tag along with other Boardsies , usually some of this gang do long runs on Saturdays ---
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055449727&page=135

SK.

ronnie085

Just noticed there's a big change in the route between 13k and 19k mark, run that road a fair bit, little bit of a tester at the 15k mark but its very short. Seems to be a couple of small other changes but nothing to major. Kildare Marathon Route

Muppet Man

Thanks ronnie.... Is that route drivable? Especially the 15k mark that you mentioned? How long is that part - one k or a half k? Of the whole marathon route, would you say that part is the worst part? Only my second marathon, and got burned badly on my first in clonakilty.... The hills there were just awful.

Thanks
Muppet man.

ronnie085

Muppet Man wrote: »

Thanks ronnie.... Is that route drivable? Especially the 15k mark that you mentioned? How long is that part - one k or a half k? Of the whole marathon route, would you say that part is the worst part? Only my second marathon, and got burned badly on my first in clonakilty.... The hills there were just awful.

Thanks
Muppet man.

Its drivable alright, mostly on good roads, I wont be worried about hills on this one, hill at 15k 300m long or so, I wont be worrying about it at all, another hill at 22k, short again but steep enough, I'd take it easy going up this as the course is very fast from there on in, bit of an uphill drag for last couple of miles but its so slight you wouldn't notice and the wind is usually at your back pushing you home on that road. Will be nothing like what I heard Clonakily is like anyway, we dont do hills in kildare

Muppet Man

Thanks Ronnie - thats good to know... appreciate the tips I'll give it a drive in a couple of weeks. My LSR's are going well and I'm including some hard hill work, so hopefully I wont be caught out

Cheers
Muppet Man.

BrokenMan

Does anyone know who is pacing 3:30 here?

menoscemo

BrokenMan wrote: »

Does anyone know who is pacing 3:30 here?

I believe one of them is our own TFBubendorfer.

BrokenMan

menoscemo wrote: »

I believe one of them is our own TFBubendorfer.

Thanks, hopefully I can hang onto him this time.

TFBubendorfer

menoscemo wrote: »

I believe one of them is our own TFBubendorfer.

That's correct. Looking forward to it already.

pistol_75

Looks like there is a 15% discount until Sunday if anyone is interested or thinking of signing up.

D Chief

BrokenMan wrote: »

Does anyone know who is pacing 3:30 here?

menoscemo wrote: »

I believe one of them is our own TFBubendorfer.

Anyone from boards pacing the 4:00?

iarmhi1975

thats a killer, I just signed up last Thursday 5th April and there was no discount. Typical

tang1

pistol_75 wrote: »

Looks like there is a 15% discount until Sunday if anyone is interested or thinking of signing up.

Just curious where you seen this, no mention of it on the website, does the discount apply to all 3 races??

menoscemo

D Chief wrote: »

Anyone from boards pacing the 4:00?

Oisin11178 is one of the 4hr Pacers.

pistol_75

tang1 wrote: »

Just curious where you seen this, no mention of it on the website, does the discount apply to all 3 races??

Tang,

I got an e-mail from active.com. The discount code is runkildare15 which I presume you enter when booking and the discount is applied then.

tang1

pistol_75 wrote: »

Tang,

I got an e-mail from active.com. The discount code is runkildare15 which I presume you enter when booking and the discount is applied then.

Thanks for that pistol 75, much appreciated.

Oisin11178

menoscemo wrote: »

Oisin11178 is one of the 4hr Pacers.

No Im not. Ken is though.

eoinín

pistol_75 wrote: »

Looks like there is a 15% discount until Sunday if anyone is interested or thinking of signing up.

Thanks for the tip! I was going to register by post to avoid the €4 credit card fee but this discount more than covers that cost.

RubyK

For anyone who has done this before, can I ask what the half mara route is like? Around what miles are the hills/drags? I've only done 2 half before, Enniscorthy and Waterford, I'm guessing it's not going to be as flat as Waterford and hoping it's not as hilly as Enniscorthy. I signed up a few months ago in preperation for the WVM in June.

ultraman1

RubyK wrote: »

For anyone who has done this before, can I ask what the half mara route is like? Around what miles are the hills/drags? I've only done 2 half before, Enniscorthy and Waterford, I'm guessing it's not going to be as flat as Waterford and hoping it's not as hilly as Enniscorthy. I signed up a few months ago in preperation for the WVM in June.

a little drag into curragh camp (mile 2) and alittle drag into kildaer town from irish stud farm at mile 8 i tink,nothing to get worried about

RubyK

Thanks for that ultraman1

Skidrow

a little drag into curragh camp (mile 2) and alittle drag into kildaer town from irish stud farm at mile 8 i tink,nothing to get worried about

Any idea how many are signed up for the full marathon?

kandikane

menoscemo wrote: »

Oisin11178 is one of the 4hr Pacers.

im pacing 4 hours for this and Oisin is pacing 3.45 for deffo .

tang1

350 it said in e-mail from organisers this evening.

Muppet Man

More than that I think....

To date, we are delighted to say that over 450 people are signed up to the Full Marathon, over 1300 have signed up to the Half Marathon and over 700 have signed up to complete The Curragh 10K. With just over 4 weeks to go we are well on our way to our expected 3500 total participants on the day.

tang1

Muppet Man wrote: »

More than that I think....

Was only quoting full marathon numbers, was still out by 100 though:o:o

pauldoo

Anybody having trouble signing up, it wont accept my credit card for some reason

kandikane

pauldoo wrote: »

Anybody having trouble signing up, it wont accept my credit card for some reason

you have no credit on it lol

RacoonQueen

If any pacers should have a free entry(or two) for this(10k) it would be greatly appreciated.

I'll bring cake.