Kildangan 10K March 19

asliothar

Kildangan GAA Club are delighted to announce our first ever 10 Kilometer Road Run on Monday 19th March at 11 am.
All runners, jogger & walkers welcome
Monday 19th March 2012 @ 11 am
Registration on the day - 9:30am at Kildangan GAA Club, online at http://www.runireland.com/events/
Website[URL]="https://sites.google.com/a/gaa.ie/kildangan-gaa-kildare-official-website/news/kildangan10k[/URL]
Entry online: €20
Race goody bag 1st 200 entrants
Refreshments and Showers at finish
Secure Parking
Flat Route
Timing: Chip Timed.
Prizes:1,2,3 Male & Female - €150 - €100 - €80
Contact Details:
Phone:Mel O'Dowd on 087 2844728 or Michael Higgins on 086 3585580
Presentation & refreshments @ 1pm in Kildangan GAA Club Club Dressing Rooms

RayCun

Did you have the course professionally measured? Do you have a course map?

asliothar

Thanks for the interest. We will be having the course professionally measured, not sure about accreditation yet. It will be a fairly flat route, should be fast.
Route Map:http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/69186520/

jprboy

Did you know that Borrisokane AC (not too far away from you) has a 10K on the SAME day?!! They started a thread in this forum some time ago.

It's just unfortunate, really. There are few enough road races in North Tipp and then like the proverbial bus...........

I had been planning on doing the Mallow 10 mile (also on March 19) but when Borrisokane announced the 10K I thought, "Hmmm, less travel, supporting home county events etc"

Is it too late to change the date? Your numbers will undoubtedly be affected by the clash, and likewise theirs.

asliothar

Thanks jprboy, you are confusing us with Kildangan in Tipperary. Kildangan in Kildare is just off junction 13 of the M7 (Kildare Village Exit). It's not too far from Dublin for anyone interested in travelling down.

asliothar

Hi, just to let everyone know we are having the course professionally measured tomorrow morning.
Also, chip timing is being done by a company called championchipireland.
Disposable shoe mounted chips.
LED screen at the finish showing names and times as the runners finish.
Text messages to all valid phone numbers after the event with runners place and times.
Mats at half way point with data relayed back live to the finish.
Soup and Rolls at the finish for all participants.
We would also plan to have a photo available for all participants (downloadable from Flickr).

ultraman1

asliothar wrote: »

Hi, just to let everyone know we are having the course measured by an AAI acreddited course measurer tomorrow morning.
Also, chip timing is being done by a company called championchipireland.
Disposable shoe mounted chips.
LED screen at the finish showing names and times as the runners finish.
Text messages to all valid phone numbers after the event with runners place and times.
Mats at half way point with data relayed back live to the finish.
Soup and Rolls at the finish for all participants.
We would also plan to have a photo available for all participants (downloadable from Flickr).

jprboy

asliothar wrote: »

Thanks jprboy, you are confusing us with Kildangan in Tipperary. Kildangan in Kildare is just off junction 13 of the M7 (Kildare Village Exit). It's not too far from Dublin for anyone interested in travelling down.

Apologies, asliothar. I didn't look at the Run Ireland website and just assumed it was the Tipp club.

Hope it's a great success.

asliothar

no problem jprboy, it often happens:D Best of luck
Course is now measured.

ultraman1

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/152131985.

RayCun

ultraman1 wrote: »

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/152131985.

you measured it with your Garmin! :eek::eek::eek:

asliothar

Course is measured using a Jones counter, the De Facto standard for measuring courses. See http://www.jonescounter.com/

ultraman1

RayCun wrote: »

you measured it with your Garmin! :eek::eek::eek:

new answer;)...wore my garmin while i measured it with mr jones...

Krusty_Clown

ultraman1 wrote: »

new answer;)...wore my garmin while i measured it with mr jones...

If Ultraman did it in 43 mins, it must be a fast course (or else he was on a bike).

paulanthony

Hi guys - looking forward to this.

Just wondering what distance markers will be out on the course?

Thanks
P.

asliothar

Hope all participants enjoyed yesterdays 10K. Any feedback or constructive criticism would be appreciated i.e. what went well, what we could improve on etc. Also, you can view photos of the event here

ultraman1

me dad and a few from donadea did it,said it was excellant on all counts,,,well done and roll on nxt year

emerald007

Very well organised race in Kildangan yesterday.

The results can be found here

http://www.championchipireland.com/results/index.php

In terms of next year i'd consider looking at the date to ensure there is a greater number of runners at the event. For the amount of work put in by the GAA club yesterday the turn out seemed low enough. I think with the bank holiday means a lot of people leave the greater dublin area for races further down the country. I think a mid summer thursday or sat evening event would get better numbers from Dublin. A team event might also pull in more numbers.

runnerboy

well organised race started no probs and all km markers were spot on. presentations were at 1220 which was excellent (no hanging around). received text with time and link to website about 1ish.
suggest next year not to have it on the monday as most people are travelling home from weekend and check for other races that clash ie. portlaoise 5k, dublin 5k and craughwell 10 mile all clashed. if you do get bigger numbers next year i would suggest portaloos as the complex is small. all positive and hope its on the calender next year
:)

paulanthony

Very enjoyable and well organised.

Would have been good to have the start at the GAA but I guess the route dictates that!

Next year the Saturday would be the better day on the same weekend as the Monday will be the day after Paddy's day.

Well done - hope it's on again next year, or maybe even later in the summer / early autumn.