Mallow 10 mile Monday 19th March 2012

menoscemo

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So the've just announced that the date is Bank Holiday monday 19th march at 12.30pm.

I did this race last year and it was very fast and well organised. I'm glad to see they kept it in March again this year.

Woddle

Would prefer to this over Ballycotton but I think it's too close to Berlin, I'll have to check with the boss..

Mr Slow

3 stars (average)

Sign me up Scotty, great race/organisation/atmosphere/welcome!

NoGutsNoGlory

3 stars (average)

mallow is a great 10 miler. faster than ballycotton... and the new date gives a great chance to redeem oneself if it all goes pearshaped in ballycotton!!

tHE vAGGABOND

3 stars (average)

Suits me for a run before Paris - so I will be with whatever gang Mrs Slow can gather [injury permitting!]

Mr Slow

3 stars (average)

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

Suits me for a run before Paris - so I will be with whatever gang Mrs Slow can gather [injury permitting!]

Good woman!

rainbow kirby

Making the very big assumption that I don't crock myself between now and then, I'm in

run_Forrest_run

3 stars (average)

Woddle wrote: »

Would prefer to this over Ballycotton but I think it's too close to Berlin, I'll have to check with the boss..

tis miles away from Berlin...<sorry >

digger2d2

There was a rough bunch of drunken boardsies on the train back from Mallow last year

corked

4 stars (good)

yup - count me in for this! Was my best time last year in a race - great pacers and im still wearing my hat proudly!

RacoonQueen

3 stars (average)

digger2d2 wrote: »

There was a rough bunch of drunken boardsies on the train back from Mallow last year

I think Claralara has been drunk ever since...

claralara

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I think Claralara has been drunk ever since...

Haha fair assumption. Definitely haven't taken the beer goggles off either...

I've got this in the calendar anyway - a couple of weeks before the hell of Conn to keep focused

claralara

Woddle wrote: »

Would prefer to this over Ballycotton but I think it's too close to Berlin, I'll have to check with the boss..

Is Berlin not in September? Or is there another one?

chinguetti

Don't think all the boards people were drunk on the train by the way.

However, they all had crooked noses from what i heard.:D

Woddle

claralara wrote: »

Is Berlin not in September? Or is there another one?

Berlin half marathon.

tHE vAGGABOND

3 stars (average)

Registered...

psychozeb

if anyone needs any information about the race post here or pm me and I'll try my best to help.

rom

3 stars (average)

I did this last year and found it great. Only thing was a single men's bog working pre race. They have told me that its sorted for this year. Times were available within 30 mins fo finish, pacers and excellent route. Doing Ballycotton out of interest but will try and do this one too if the legs are ok.

opus

4 stars (good)

I signed up for it again this year, the timing is handy as I'll be training for the London marathon in April.

psychozeb

We will be taking entries on sunday at the Dungarvan 10 in the hall from around 10:00.€15 is the entry fee or €20 on race day.

robinph

3 stars (average)

Is this still open for entries? How late can I leave it for this?

Going to be over in other parts of the country for various excessive drinking type events over the preceding few days, just wondering if I might fit in a race as well but can't quite tie down various different plans yet.

menoscemo

robinph wrote: »

Is this still open for entries? How late can I leave it for this?

Going to be over in other parts of the country for various excessive drinking type events over the preceding few days, just wondering if I might fit in a race as well but can't quite tie down various different plans yet.

I don't think the entries fill up for this one, I could be wrong though.

CorkRunning

robinph wrote: »

Is this still open for entries? How late can I leave it for this?

There are no limits to the number of entries. You can pre-enter for €15 or on the day for €20. There are dry-fit tops for the first 1,000 entries......(Last year, they had 750 runners on the day)

More info with relevant links on my website...http://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2012/01/race-noticemallow-10-mile-race-mon-19th.html

psychozeb

robinph wrote: »

Is this still open for entries? How late can I leave it for this?

Going to be over in other parts of the country for various excessive drinking type events over the preceding few days, just wondering if I might fit in a race as well but can't quite tie down various different plans yet.

As corkrunning has stated we will be taking entries on the day for a fee of €20 but hope to keep these to a minimum.

robinph

3 stars (average)

psychozeb wrote: »

As corkrunning has stated we will be taking entries on the day for a fee of €20 but hope to keep these to a minimum.

That's handy. I'd hope to have my plans figured out before the day though and do the entry beforehand if it does fit in with what I'm doing.

I guess running a fast 10 miler in the middle of March would do me for the lead up to London as I've not found a half that I fancy around then yet.

robinph

3 stars (average)

Figured for the sake of 15 notes of pretend money I may as well, so have entered this one today.

run_Forrest_run

3 stars (average)

robinph wrote: »

Figured for the sake of 15 notes of pretend money I may as well, so have entered this one today.

pretend money indeed Robin, we'll be using Sterling soon

jfh

registered for this too, hope they have a 60 min pacer this year too. meant to do it last year.

rom

3 stars (average)

jfh wrote: »

registered for this too, hope they have a 60 min pacer this year too. meant to do it last year.

Should be
http://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-details-on-mallow-10-mile-road.html

opus

4 stars (good)

rom wrote: »

Should be
http://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-details-on-mallow-10-mile-road.html

I was wondering about that as well, there wasn't a 60 min pacer last year btw as think he picked up an injury. Not that it made any difference to me of course!

overthebridge

4 stars (good)

psychozeb wrote: »

if anyone needs any information about the race post here or pm me and I'll try my best to help.

A small query.

I signed up this morning and it only dawned on me afterwards that there was no option to give my t-shirt size. Just wondering am I outside of the 1000 cut off mark or will there be correspondence closer the time ?

bart simpson

overthebridge wrote: »

A small query.

I signed up this morning and it only dawned on me afterwards that there was no option to give my t-shirt size. Just wondering am I outside of the 1000 cut off mark or will there be correspondence closer the time ?

i dont think there was a 1000 that ran it last year, so your well in for the t shirt, they will ask you your size when you finish, its a great race, nice downhill finish, enjoy:)

robinph

3 stars (average)

I'm liking the sound of a downhill finish, just what you need to help get tired legs over the line. Think that a sub60 is a bit beyond me still, but probably only by couple of minutes, so am tempted to have a go at hanging onto the pacer for as long as I can and see how much pain I can survive.

What's the worst that will happen.

rom

3 stars (average)

About 700 ran it last year I think. I was doing great with my pacer until someone sharted. Nearly got sick so ran around the group and was going to fast so lost pacers in the next mile or so.

There was 2 water stations last year, 4 and 8. There is a small bit of a drag coming up when your coming back into the town but nothing much. Looking forward to this more than the madness in Ballycotton.

overthebridge

4 stars (good)

bart simpson wrote: »

overthebridge wrote: »

A small query.

I signed up this morning and it only dawned on me afterwards that there was no option to give my t-shirt size. Just wondering am I outside of the 1000 cut off mark or will there be correspondence closer the time ?

i dont think there was a 1000 that ran it last year, so your well in for the t shirt, they will ask you your size when you finish, its a great race, nice downhill finish, enjoy:)

I was thinking as much. Downhill finishes are great too btw.

Cheers.

b.harte

3 stars (average)

Signed up today.
I've moved the event from "Jan" to "Mar"and updated a course file to gps thread as the existing one seemed to have a dead link.

psychozeb

overthebridge wrote: »

A small query.

I signed up this morning and it only dawned on me afterwards that there was no option to give my t-shirt size. Just wondering am I outside of the 1000 cut off mark or will there be correspondence closer the time ?

you'll be fine for a t-shirt and you can just get your size on the day.

KrustyUCC

signed up this morning. Got through Ballycotton alright dispite some pins and needles so hopefully i will improve on my time in Mallow. Plan is to try and stick with 1.30 Pacer group for as long as possible and then just finish out race. Don't mind being ta back of pack as long as i can improve a bit from Ballycotton

T-Shirt is nice bonus

Will anyone run at a 75 min pace...for me?!

rom

3 stars (average)

Deleted User wrote: »

Will anyone run at a 75 min pace...for me?!

Set garmin to display avarage pace and then aim for 7:20 per mile from the start as you probably get tired towards the end. This method worked perfectly for me last weekend. Showing distance, average pace (for the full run not lap), total time. They seem to be looking for 60, 80 and 90 min pacers still http://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2012/03/next-big-racethe-mallow-10-mile-on-19th.html

rom

rom wrote: »

Set garmin...

That's where you lost me!

My €10 stop watch is as technical as it gets. Ach think I'll do the old reliable 'run as hard as you can for as long as you can' routine! No idea if that'll get me a 73 or 77 though. Know I can do about 7 min 45 sec miles for half marathon, would like to break 7.30 miles/75 mins

Mr Slow

3 stars (average)

Deleted User wrote: »

That's where you lost me!

My €10 stop watch is as technical as it gets. Ach think I'll do the old reliable 'run as hard as you can for as long as you can' routine! No idea if that'll get me a 73 or 77 though. Know I can do about 7 min 45 sec miles for half marathon, would like to break 7.30 miles/75 mins

Check out the course profile and take advantage of the big downhill in the first few miles then just watch the mile markers and stay sub 7:30 between each. I went out for sub 75 last year and came in at 74:22, it's a great course if you're fit enough for sub 75 you'll smash it.

Blooming

3 stars (average)

Deleted User wrote: »

Will anyone run at a 75 min pace...for me?!

Thats exactly what I'm lloking for, a 75 min pacer. Did Ballycotton in 77 and was hoping I could go a bit faster in Mallow, 70 pace is well beyond me!!

Is it acceptable to hope to run faster in Mallow than Ballycotton?? I'm pretty new to this running lark so unsure if I should aim to be faster or for same as Ballycotton as there is only 2 weeks between the two races:)

opus

4 stars (good)

Blooming wrote: »

Is it acceptable to hope to run faster in Mallow than Ballycotton?? I'm pretty new to this running lark so unsure if I should aim to be faster or for same as Ballycotton as there is only 2 weeks between the two races:)

It's always acceptable to hope to run faster

I think Mallow is a bit of a faster course for sure, my time there was 1.5 min faster than Ballycotton last year which given they were three weeks apart is unlikely to have been as a result of any training I was doing.

Of course a lot depends on the day itself if it's one of those with horizontal rain blowing in your face then all bets are off!

rom

3 stars (average)

Deleted User wrote: »

That's where you lost me!

My €10 stop watch is as technical as it gets. Ach think I'll do the old reliable 'run as hard as you can for as long as you can' routine! No idea if that'll get me a 73 or 77 though. Know I can do about 7 min 45 sec miles for half marathon, would like to break 7.30 miles/75 mins

What you do is run the first 2 miles at 7.30 pace by watching your mile splits. Then if you see someone with a gps watch that is not struggling with the pace ask them what is their goal finish time.

BobMac104

4 stars (good)

Make a pace band for 75 mins!

http://www.marathonguide.com/fitnesscalcs/PaceBandCreator.cfm

RacoonQueen

3 stars (average)

Blooming wrote: »

Thats exactly what I'm lloking for, a 75 min pacer. Did Ballycotton in 77 and was hoping I could go a bit faster in Mallow, 70 pace is well beyond me!!

Is it acceptable to hope to run faster in Mallow than Ballycotton?? I'm pretty new to this running lark so unsure if I should aim to be faster or for same as Ballycotton as there is only 2 weeks between the two races:)

I'm going to Mallow but probably not racing. Presuming I'm recovered I might run round at this pace with yee, PM me...

Mr Slow

3 stars (average)

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I'm going to Mallow but probably not racing. Presuming I'm recovered I might run round at this pace with yee, PM me...

:mad:

RacoonQueen

3 stars (average)

Mr Slow wrote: »

:mad:

I'll know next week, can't see myself getting a decent time at the moment but can get a good session out of it, one good session is all I need to boost confidence and motivation. A bad race would be disastrous to both...

shotgunmcos

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I'll know next week, can't see myself getting a decent time at the moment but can get a good session out of it, one good session is all I need to boost confidence and motivation. A bad race would be disastrous to both...

Im doing this in a similar vein. Say hi if you spot me, I'll do likewise

tunguska

3 stars (average)

I heard there was a sub 60 pacer, is that true?
Gonna give this a lash as craughwell is off the menu now.