Cork City Marathon, June 4th 2012.

belcarra

Website: Cork City Marathon.
Cost: €60

Last year's thread

There's been plenty from these parts talking about doing Cork in June...myself included.
I printed off the paper form today and about to send it off.

So, who else is up for it??

rainbow kirby

Would be a bit of craic to get some relay teams from here going again

menoscemo

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Would be a bit of craic to get some relay teams from here going again

I already have a boys team organised behind the scenes, hoping to hit 2:4x. Now it's up to you to organise a girls one

Relay entry doesn't seem to be open yet...

rainbow kirby

menoscemo wrote: »

Now it's up to you to organise a girls one

I will then

PM if interested.

RacoonQueen

You're supposed to be doing triathy that weekend...

BobMac104

oh i got a pang of excitment / nerves when i saw this thread.

Younganne

Told the OH only yesterday that i'm thinking of doing this.....anyone know what its like and is it a good one to do..... have to decide for definite and get the training plan going!!!!

rovers_runner

Got an email back from organisers today, the online entry should be up and running tomorrow.

Entry breakdown:

(before) March 31 April 30 May 11

Marathon – online 65 75 85
Marathon – hardcopy 70 80 90
Concession (35) (40) (45)

Half Marathon – online 42 52 62
Half Marathon - hardcopy 45 55 65
Concession (25) (30) (35)

Relay – online 97 107 117
Relay – hardcopy 100 110 120
Concession (50) (55) (60)

opus

Younganne wrote: »

Told the OH only yesterday that i'm thinking of doing this.....anyone know what its like and is it a good one to do..... have to decide for definite and get the training plan going!!!!

Maybe I'm biased cause I live in Cork but it's pretty good with a great level of support from the locals. I've run it twice & the first year was in monsoon-like conditions but there were still people out to cheer the runners on.

It's way smaller than DCM so the start is easier to handle, you can even start at the front if you want

The Cork Running site goes through every stage (for the relay) if you want to see what the course is like.

1st leg
2nd leg
3rd leg
4th leg
5th leg

belcarra

rovers_runner wrote: »

Got an email back from organisers today, the online entry should be up and running tomorrow.

Entry breakdown:

(before) March 31 April 30 May 11

Marathon – online 65 75 85
Marathon – hardcopy 70 80 90
Concession (35) (40) (45)

Half Marathon – online 42 52 62
Half Marathon - hardcopy 45 55 65
Concession (25) (30) (35)

Relay – online 97 107 117
Relay – hardcopy 100 110 120
Concession (50) (55) (60)

Interesting...I printed off and filled out the Word Doc form where they charge €60. I've sent it off this morning but if i waited a couple of days the hard copy form would be €70...glad/hope I got in on time!

Younganne

will there be pacers and if so what time groups?
would loved to improve from 4.27 to 4.15??

cloneslad

I'm considering doing this as my first marathon. Furthest I've done before was a 30k race in Korea.

Not going to enter until March or April to see how my training schedule is going.

I was previously thinking of doing one in Autumn, but I've never been to Cork and have heard some good things about this race (plus it's not as big as some of the other well known marathons).

Woddle

I've been down to Cork the last 3 years so would be a shame not to go back, so now I just need other relay members to make a team unless rainbow will have me as a chick

jonny99

Younganne wrote: »

will there be pacers and if so what time groups?
would loved to improve from 4.27 to 4.15??

Yep , there's been a 4.15 up to now, so i'm sure it'll be the same this year.

nellocono

I'm in. Im a Cork native and have had this marathon in mind since watching it last year. Furthest I've gone to date is half marathon but am currently in training for the longer stuff. I am still unsure of what goal to set for myself - prob a sub 4hour although Mcmillan says I can do a sub 3:45 going from my 5mile/10mile times but I really am not as positive (at least not right now)

Anyway, the race is a fairly flat course, not really any hills to be overly worried about. Good support along the way normally as well. Weather can be the biggest factor. Last year was overcast and slightly warm and not too bad but previous years were some of the hottest days on record.

EauRouge79

Yes its a good race, quite well supported by the public for the most part. The relay changeover points seem a little chaotic but you get great encouragement when running through the crowds of people if you are doing the full marathon. Miles 11-16 are the highlights in terms of the course for me anyway.
Doesn't really fit in with other races I have planned this year, but ill surprise myself if I dont end up at the start line in anyway.

EauRouge79

Yes its a good race, quite well supported by the public for the most part. The relay changeover points seem a little chaotic but you get great encouragement when running through the crowds of people if you are doing the full marathon. Miles 11-16 are the highlights in terms of the course for me anyway.
Doesn't really fit in with other races I have planned this year, but ill surprise myself if I dont end up at the start line anyway.

rainbow kirby

Woddle wrote: »

unless rainbow will have me as a chick

As long as Mrs Woddle approves :cool:

galwayhooker

Def gona aim for this race - was thinking of Belfast or Limerick but this suits me better as am on summer hols - more time to prepare also

Oisin11178

Younganne wrote: »

will there be pacers and if so what time groups?
would loved to improve from 4.27 to 4.15??

Im sure there will be pacers again this year. Ive sent last years pacer organiser a pm to see have they any info. Its early days yet though:D

TFBubendorfer

Younganne wrote: »

will there be pacers and if so what time groups?
would loved to improve from 4.27 to 4.15??

jonny99 wrote: »

Yep , there's been a 4.15 up to now, so i'm sure it'll be the same this year.

I could not remember a 4:15 pace group so I just checked last year's results. There was no 4:15 pace group last year, at least not according to that list.

Younganne

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

I could not remember a 4:15 pace group so I just checked last year's results. There was no 4:15 pace group last year, at least not according to that list.

I'll just have to train harder and go with the 4hr pacers so!!!!:D

TFBubendorfer

Younganne wrote: »

I'll just have to train harder and go with the 4hr pacers so!!!!:D

Excellent! That's the spirit!

Younganne

Just started reading the P&D Advanced Marathoning and planning on following the 18 week up 55m plan...so its 20 weeks.....haven't run in two weeks dues to chest & ear infections so hoping to start back Monday
2 weeks to get back training and getting the mileage up to decent standard and then kick off the 18 week plan.....
i hope i will be able for it...i only followed Hal Hidgons novice plan for DCM 2010 & 2011 and i'm hoping i'm not biting off more that i can chew...maybe i should try HH intermediate plan first and leave P&D till DCM 2012????

Thoughts anyone on P&D being too advanced for a novice...(i suppose the hint is in the title of the book:eek:??)

TFBubendorfer

Younganne wrote: »

Just started reading the P&D Advanced Marathoning and planning on following the 18 week up 55m plan...so its 20 weeks.....haven't run in two weeks dues to chest & ear infections so hoping to start back Monday
2 weeks to get back training and getting the mileage up to decent standard and then kick off the 18 week plan.....
i hope i will be able for it...i only followed Hal Hidgons novice plan for DCM 2010 & 2011 and i'm hoping i'm not biting off more that i can chew...maybe i should try HH intermediate plan first and leave P&D till DCM 2012????

Thoughts anyone on P&D being too advanced for a novice...(i suppose the hint is in the title of the book:eek:??)

I used P&D for my third marathon and then a few marathons following that. Give it a go.

run_Forrest_run

please don't label me as elitist (because I'm way off it:D) but I think the Cork marathon is not a great one to run because of the relay & half marathon going on around it.
Any marathon I've done (and it's been a while since I've done one) I enjoyed the sense of togetherness, like, when you're shagged at mile 22 but the people beside you are also shagged but ye are all in the same boat and manage to finish.
In Cork you may have people whizzing past you as they begin their relay leg while you're about collapse!

I have nothing against relays etc, they are great fun and definitely add to the atmosphere (and to the coffers of local business) but I think a marathon is a marathon on the day.

sideswipe

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

please don't label me as elitist (because I'm way off it:D) but I think the Cork marathon is not a great one to run because of the relay & half marathon going on around it.
Any marathon I've done (and it's been a while since I've done one) I enjoyed the sense of togetherness, like, when you're shagged at mile 22 but the people beside you are also shagged but ye are all in the same boat and manage to finish.
In Cork you may have people whizzing past you as they begin their relay leg while you're about collapse!

I have nothing against relays etc, they are great fun and definitely add to the atmosphere (and to the coffers of local business) but I think a marathon is a marathon on the day.

Have to agree with this. Did Cork last year and really enjoyed it but I found the relay a distraction. When the change overs happened, I found fresh runners surging past me at different stages gave it a choppy feeling and made it harder for me to control my own pace. Think I'll still do it though as the pro's outweigh the con's.

TFBubendorfer

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

please don't label me as elitist (because I'm way off it:D) but I think the Cork marathon is not a great one to run because of the relay & half marathon going on around it.
Any marathon I've done (and it's been a while since I've done one) I enjoyed the sense of togetherness, like, when you're shagged at mile 22 but the people beside you are also shagged but ye are all in the same boat and manage to finish.
In Cork you may have people whizzing past you as they begin their relay leg while you're about collapse!

I have nothing against relays etc, they are great fun and definitely add to the atmosphere (and to the coffers of local business) but I think a marathon is a marathon on the day.

I think the main issue was that the fast half-marathon runners were impeded by slower marathon runners, which is a problem for the half, not the full. It's serious enough for me never to run the half there unless they change things but I would not hesitate on running the full again.

The relay - well, that's a personal thing. I find it very much depends on yourself - if you're having a bad day, getting caught by fresh relay runners can be a problem, but if you're feeling good then it's the opposite.

The enthusiasm and buzz at the changeover points is something I always look forward to.

robinph

Don't think I'd be too happy with running a full surrounded by relay runners, seem to remember something like that going on in Rotterdam although I was still overtaking most of them once I realised what was going on. At least Cork puts numbers on the relay runners backs so that you know not to try and keep up.

The change over points are fantastic to run through though. There is good support all the way round, but to run through the changeover and it's like a wall of sound. I'm hoping to just run one leg this time.

PaulieYifter

Younganne wrote: »

Just started reading the P&D Advanced Marathoning and planning on following the 18 week up 55m plan...so its 20 weeks.....haven't run in two weeks dues to chest & ear infections so hoping to start back Monday
2 weeks to get back training and getting the mileage up to decent standard and then kick off the 18 week plan.....
i hope i will be able for it...i only followed Hal Hidgons novice plan for DCM 2010 & 2011 and i'm hoping i'm not biting off more that i can chew...maybe i should try HH intermediate plan first and leave P&D till DCM 2012????

Thoughts anyone on P&D being too advanced for a novice...(i suppose the hint is in the title of the book:eek:??)

I also used it for my 3rd marathon (Berlin 2011) having used Hal for the 1st 2. Found it enjoyable given the variety of workouts - oh I also hit my target.

In the middle of it again for Rotterdam in April.

Hope to get to Cork again in June - thoroughly enjoyed it last year. Thought the relay changeover points helped break the race into mini-targets and felt like a hero running through them with all the cheering and support.

Yeah. Gonna do this alright.

Second marathon after the DCM. Just starting proper training last week, though have done a few half marathons over the winter and was running a couple of hours a week before now.

Would like to get comfortably below the 4 hour. Scraped it by seconds in Dublin.

corked

85 days to go - did a very slow 14 miles today.
Was hoping for a sub 4hr time again this year but will see how training goes.

alitoast

For any experienced runners, how does this rate in difficulty when compared with Dublin?

menoscemo

alitoast wrote: »

For any experienced runners, how does this rate in difficulty when compared with Dublin?

I'd say it's similar, there are less hills in cork but less cheering crowds too.

alitoast

Thanks menoscemo, i am hoping to do both but i have a new arrival due in late September so that might mean Dublin is out.



(Oh and i'd be the father by the way:D:D, my wife is great but a marathon 4 weeks after giving birth?!?!)

BobMac104

A reminder to sign up before the end of next week as the price goes up from 65 to 75 then.

rainbow kirby

A reminder: If anyone is interested in putting a relay team from here together, give me a shout. If it's going to happen, would like to get it entered before the price goes up.

robinph

rainbow kirby wrote: »

A reminder: If anyone is interested in putting a relay team from here together, give me a shout. If it's going to happen, would like to get it entered before the price goes up.

The relay is great fun. You get to run in a big event, but also get to watch it as well so best of both worlds. You are also a bit fresher at the end of it for the drinking that follows.

TFBubendorfer

alitoast wrote: »

For any experienced runners, how does this rate in difficulty when compared with Dublin?

Despite some claims to the opposite, Cork is a bit easier than Dublin as far as the elevation profile goes. You do get a lot more support from the sidelines in Dublin, though.

Having said that, there's not much difference. If you can do the one you can do the other.

sideswipe

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Despite some claims to the opposite, Cork is a bit easier than Dublin as far as the elevation profile goes. You do get a lot more support from the sidelines in Dublin, though.

Having said that, there's not much difference. If you can do the one you can do the other.

+1

the biggest difference is potentially the weather, last year was near perfect in Cork- previous years have varied between very warm (personally find running in hot weather hard going) to very wet, but it's all luck of the draw i guess.

BobMac104

BobMac104 wrote: »

A reminder to sign up before the end of next week as the price goes up from 65 to 75 then.

Thanks. You saved me a tenner. You're also kinda to blame for the 15 mile lsr I'll have to face into today...

BobMac104

Conor74 wrote: »

BobMac104 wrote: »

A reminder to sign up before the end of next week as the price goes up from 65 to 75 then.

Thanks. You saved me a tenner. You're also kinda to blame for the 15 mile lsr I'll have to face into today...

Mine is tomorrow and i can feel a slogfest coming...

nellocono

Going to slog it out for 15 today myself. Have raced 3 of the last 10 mile races at about 7.50 pace so hoping the jump to 15 miles at 9.30 pace wont be too much of a shock to the system...

Still not decided on if im doing the half marathon or full yet, but I think I am going to have a good idea in the next 2-3 hours :pac:

fowler1

Doing the half myself ,stepped up the training today with 16.
Hoping to break 78 looking forward to it now.

nellocono

nellocono wrote: »

Going to slog it out for 15 today myself. Have raced 3 of the last 10 mile races at about 7.50 pace so hoping the jump to 15 miles at 9.30 pace wont be too much of a shock to the system...

Still not decided on if im doing the half marathon or full yet, but I think I am going to have a good idea in the next 2-3 hours :pac:

Did 15 at 9 pace. Didn't have too much in the tank by the end.

BobMac104

Just signed up. agh!

jnk883

I've signed up and it will be my 1st. Training has been start/stop at the moment. Travel with work, a few knocks from my body not being used to the longer runs have me questioning am I mad but I am aiming for 4 hours so fingers crossed I get a good run of luck and get back to my plan fairly soon.

nellocono

Best of Luck with it...

Haven't signed up for it but did my first 16 mile run on Saturday which included some extreme hills for about 3-4 miles (starting at mile 10). Legs (particularly the hamstrings) were completely shattered from it but I was almost fully recovered by Monday so I am hoping things are progressing along well enough...Only running 35-40 miles a week though...

foxyboxer

Signed up a few weeks back.

I'm a Cork native so I'm familiar with the route making it psychologically easier for me. (did 2 legs or 11 miles last year via relay and 5 miles in previous years).

Dublin was my first Full last October and the only goal was to finish. (4:04 in the end). I wasn't at all familiar with the route. Looking to knock at least 20 mins off that for Cork.

I must say that the finish in Dublin is brilliant with the route thronged for the final 3 miles. It makes all the training worth while. From the Carrigrohane straight road in, the crowds won't be as hefty which is a slight concern tbh.

foxyboxer

foxyboxer wrote: »

I'm a Cork native so I'm familiar with the route making it psychologically easier for me. (did 2 legs or 11 miles last year via relay and 5 miles in previous years)

I'm thinking the opposite. Lived in Cork for a while, wife worked there for a long time, living in Kerry so go there a lot, and hoping that the familiarity won't be off putting. I'd rather not be thinking how far it is to go every few miles.

Doing about 30-35 miles a week at moment, in 3/4 runs. Think I need to tack on more, but that would be at the expense of other activities like climbing and hiking and really don't want to give them up for weeks, not in this weather.

nellocono

have started running 35 - 40 miles a week now myself and am starting to find it a bit tough going although I am only on my second week :rolleyes:...spreading it over 4 runs. Ideally I know it would be better to be doing more runs in prep for a marathon but I dont think I can take it...Build up too fast and I risk wipe out...

I think last week was a big week in term of running for me though and I hope I am seeing the after affects of that now. Last Mon I raced Mallow 10 (miles). Then Tues did 6, Thursday 7 and 16 on Sat...Never did a week like that before so I guess it will tire me out.

Next few runs I think I will take super easy and just get the mileage in while hopefully recovering.