Metro St Brigids 5k Dublin city centre - March 18

RayCun

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Fast and flat 5k through the streets of Dublin, starting and finishing at the Mansion House. Who else is in?

OldBloke

4 stars (good)

Im in. Did it last year and its a great run (I'm not as fast as everyone else here but still aiming to beat last years time of 30.15)

ac20

did it last year, great race indeed, well organised. Alas, with Barcelona Marathon the following week I will give it a miss this yr.

menoscemo

I hope to be in for this. Doing the Blackppol marathon the week before but hope to be fully recovered and finally get the sub 19 monkey off my back.

rainbow kirby

I'm in - 22:xx would be savage but I'll be happy with any PB.

claralara

4 stars (good)

I'm defo in! Have big 5k race demons to lay to rest!

chinguetti

Did it the last 3 years but taking a break from doing it this year but a cracking event in the city centre. Well worth it.

In related news, anyone see anything about the 'Samsung run Dublin in the dark 10k' that was in the MetroHerald yesterday? Can't find anything when i Googled it last night

RayCun

4 stars (good)

samsung night run

Woddle

I'll be doing this also, great course and one of the few times that I know I gave it everything.

huskerdu

Woddle wrote: »

I'll be doing this also, great course.

Looking back on it, it was a lovely course. I was asked afterwards what the route was and all I could remember was the Peppercanister church, the canal and the National Concert hall, but not what order we ran past them. It was a tough 23.38 minutes.

Cant wait to do it again !

dahat

Never worth a trip up from Tipperary or is it???

Flat and fast means i could get my seasons best 5k in early,not many flat 5k's down here..

tHE vAGGABOND

Did this last year, but alas I will be in Mallow getting ready for the 10 miler when this is on.

Have entered the night run tho - sounds good

G-Money

Was supposed to do this last year but didn't. Might give it a go this year, as long as I'm not in PW (personal worst) shape!

belcarra

claralara wrote: »

I'm defo in! Have big 50k race demons to lay to rest!

FYP.

Aimman

I'll have a go at that. Anyone want to pass as my wife and kids to avail of the family discount?

claralara

4 stars (good)

Aimman wrote: »

I'll have a go at that. Anyone want to pass as my wife and kids to avail of the family discount?

Well now that we're such a progressive and open-minded country, having legislated for same-sex civil partnerships, how about you take Digdig as your lawfully partnered and then myself and one of the other young saplings on here can pretend to be the kiddies. Although in typical Irish style, we have not provided for same-sex adoption so I don't know how we would, in fact, get over that hurdle. Leave it with me… All in the name of discounted entry fees!

claralara

4 stars (good)

belcarra wrote: »

FYP.

Haha. Do you think you can ever put 50k demons to rest? There's only so much time you can take off 24 minutes and 18 seconds such that you have to be happy, at some forseeable point, with a result. The damage you could do to 4 hours, 37 minutes and 23 seconds on the other hand, is endless. (Well, in theory…!!)

Brianderunner

claralara wrote: »

Well now that we're such a progressive and open-minded country, having legislated for same-sex civil partnerships, how about you take Digdig as your lawfully partnered and then myself and one of the other young saplings on here can pretend to be the kiddies. Although in typical Irish style, we have not provided for same-sex adoption so I don't know how we would, in fact, get over that hurdle. Leave it with me… All in the name of discounted entry fees!

Well he's old enough to be your Dad anyway already :pac:

claralara

4 stars (good)

Brianderunner wrote: »

Well he's old enough to be your Dad anyway already :pac:

And Brian took the bait of the cheap laugh instead of recognising the witty undertone of the comment which I put forward at my own expense! So much to learn young skywalker. You may be the second sapling!

belcarra

claralara wrote: »

Haha. Do you think you can ever put 50k demons to rest? There's only so much time you can take off 24 minutes and 18 seconds such that you have to be happy, at some forseeable point, with a result. The damage you could do to 4 hours, 37 minutes and 23 seconds on the other hand, is endless. (Well, in theory…!!)

The honeymoon period is over...It's been 4 days now and everyone wants to know when is the grudge match between yourself and RacoonQueen happening?
Sky Sports are gonna be all over this!

leggit

alas, with the GAA finals and the 6 nations match against england being on the day before I doubt I'll be in any state to do this run this year!

Did it last year and really enjoyed it, suppose it will depend if I'm hungover or still drunk as to whether I'll do it or not

mike.l

Thinking of entering this with my wife, noticed a family ticket is 30 euro as opposed to 2 adult entries totalling 40 euro. can we avail of the family ticket?

Dotcomdolly

mike.l wrote: »

Thinking of entering this with my wife, noticed a family ticket is 30 euro as opposed to 2 adult entries totalling 40 euro. can we avail of the family ticket?

Yes, my OH, Raycun emailed them & yes you can, but only on the day, family entry can not be purchased online.

runrabbit

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

Yes, my OH, Raycun emailed them & yes you can, but only on the day, family entry can not be purchased online.

Feck - I registered myself and my OH online already. It's his first ever race. I ran this last year and wasn't happy with my performance so I'm looking forward to coming back this year and giving it a lash!

Dotcomdolly

runrabbit wrote: »

Feck - I registered myself and my OH online already. It's his first ever race. I ran this last year and wasn't happy with my performance so I'm looking forward to coming back this year and giving it a lash!

Ditto, I got a cramp at about 800m last & dragged myself around in a heap of stitchy agony :mad: Can only get better this year!

Bungy Girl

4 stars (good)

Thinking of entering but wondering is it very congested or does it have PB potential (assuming one is in PB shape ?). Anyone know if there are pens for the various time categories or is it a free for all ?

RayCun

4 stars (good)

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Thinking of entering but wondering is it very congested or does it have PB potential (assuming one is in PB shape ?). Anyone know if there are pens for the various time categories or is it a free for all ?

The elites were roped off last year, but other than that a free for all. RAL3 and I were standing a couple of rows back from the elites last year when a bunch of schoolkids hopped in beside/in front of us :rolleyes:
But it thins out soon enough, the streets are fairly wide, and it's very flat with not a lot of sharp turns, so definite PB potential.

Dotcomdolly

For after race refueling

from facebook - Carluccio's page

ME
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G-Money

Bungy Girl wrote: »

Thinking of entering but wondering is it very congested or does it have PB potential (assuming one is in PB shape ?). Anyone know if there are pens for the various time categories or is it a free for all ?

I reckon I could be on for this being a PW for me

antomagoo

Looking forward to this. Done it last year and it was my first race, so will be interesting to see the improvement over 12 months. Although, done very little speed work in the last few months.

Also have a big contingent of C25K from the club doing it. It's been the target race of their training.

mike.l

antomagoo wrote: »

Looking forward to this.

Looking forward too....... Id say there is a good buzz around the city for this one and their website says record entries levels already,

Bring it on!!

runrabbit

runrabbit wrote: »

I registered myself and my OH online already. It's his first ever race.

Annoyingly I now reckon I'd be doing well to keep up with my OH for this one - I'm banjaxed at the moment and he's gotten a lot faster on limited training (sickening really!). It's a pity I already talked myself up, otherwise I could pretend to "pace" him!

Hope we get a nice sunny day for this - today is a cracker!

GrahamThomas

4 stars (good)

Myself and my GF have just signed up for this, it'll be our first 5k run (we've been doing the couch 2 5k program) and we're hoping to finish in 30 - 35 mins.

I was wondering whats the best way to make sure that we're starting off with people in the same time category as us? Don't want to be getting in the way of all the faster runners!

Also, will there be a bag drop at this years race? Very excited about Sunday, looks like it'll be a great afternoon.

RayCun

4 stars (good)

There's a bag drop in the Mansion House.
You should join from the back, and you'll probably want to start about 100m from the front. A good rule of thumb is to see how much clothing the people around you are wearing -
singlets + shorts = fast runners
long-sleeved tops and tracksuit bottoms = slow runners and walkers

Timmaay

4 stars (good)

Anyone know when online registration closes? All the website says is "Before 16th", does that mean it closes at 12 midnight today?

vinny1313

2 stars (poor)

Anyone having difficulty registering for this online?

claralara

4 stars (good)

Timmaay wrote: »

Anyone know when online registration closes? All the website says is "Before 16th", does that mean it closes at 12 midnight today?

vinny1313 wrote: »

Anyone having difficulty registering for this online?

Digger registered at about 11.30 last night no problem.

Says online registration open until 11pm tonight.

Think you can register on the morning too for the slightly increased fee of €25.

claralara

4 stars (good)

RayCun wrote: »

There's a bag drop in the Mansion House.
You should join from the back, and you'll probably want to start about 100m from the front. A good rule of thumb is to see how much clothing the people around you are wearing -
singlets + shorts = fast runners
long-sleeved tops and tracksuit bottoms = slow runners and walkers

Three quarter length capris + commercial (nike/adidas/etc) vests = the inbetweeners who fancy themselves as runners but really have a long long way to go :rolleyes: See you there!

I’m seeking a PB – loathe to call it but would love love love to go sub 21:30…everything crossed!! Best of luck to all. And enjoy

RayCun

4 stars (good)

If you want to win, you have to show some skin

Timmaay

4 stars (good)

Any predictions for your times? I've been well off form last few months, with work and all that, so going fairly ambitious with this time, but at least by sticking my neck on the line it might make me dig that bit deeper during the race to try achieve it ha!

Name - Predicted - Actual
ClaraLara - 21:30 -
Timmaay - 16:30 -

RayCun

4 stars (good)

Name - Predicted - Actual
ClaraLara - 21:30 -
Timmaay - 16:30 -
RayCun - 19.10 -

rainbow kirby

Name - Predicted - Actual
ClaraLara - 21:30 -
Timmaay - 16:30 -
RayCun - 19.10 -
Rainbow Kirby - 23.00 -

digger2d2

Name - Predicted - Actual
ClaraLara - 21:30 -
Timmaay - 16:30 -
RayCun - 19.10 -
Rainbow Kirby - 23.00 -
digger - 21.29

As I'm currently trying to recover in time for the Conn Ultra I'm under strict instructions to have a 'fun run' and finish no more than 1 metre in front of ClaraLara

Cleanman

Last year's race was my first race. I loved it and finished in 20:39. Since then I've joined a club and got some proper training in. I'd love to knock two mins off last years time but any sub 19 min time would be great

Name - Predicted - Actual
ClaraLara - 21:30 -
Timmaay - 16:30 -
RayCun - 19.10 -
Rainbow Kirby - 23.00 -
digger - 21.29
Cleanman - 18:39

gnu

3 stars (average)

RayCun wrote: »

There's a bag drop in the Mansion House.
You should join from the back, and you'll probably want to start about 100m from the front. A good rule of thumb is to see how much clothing the people around you are wearing -
singlets + shorts = fast runners
long-sleeved tops and tracksuit bottoms = slow runners and walkers

How did you find out about the bag drop? I've been trying to find out about practicalities (like toilets, changing facilities, what time I need to be there, do they have refreshments afterwards or should I bring my own) but couldn't find anything. Contacted the organisers but no reply.

Very impressed with all your time goals. My goal is just to finish (yep, that's a long sleeved top etc unless it's roasting)!

drquirky

4 stars (good)

Name - Predicted - Actual
ClaraLara - 21:30 -
Timmaay - 16:30 -
RayCun - 19.10 -
Rainbow Kirby - 23.00 -
digger - 21.29
Cleanman - 18:39
Dr. Quirkey- 17:02

First race since the baby and the training hasn't been the best the last few weeks lol. Still- gonna give it a bash- I think my time could wildly swing based on how much she sleeps the night before!

Dotcomdolly

gnu wrote: »

How did you find out about the bag drop? I've been trying to find out about practicalities (like toilets, changing facilities, what time I need to be there, do they have refreshments afterwards or should I bring my own) but couldn't find anything. Contacted the organisers but no reply.

Very impressed with all your time goals. My goal is just to finish (yep, that's a long sleeved top etc unless it's roasting)!

We've done the race the last 2 years They are all set up in the Mansion House so you can get changed there in the bathrooms. There are also portaloos on Molesworth St for toilet needs. No refreshments after asfair - apart from what's in your goody bag (you get this when you collect your number so will be left in bag drop).

hth

runrabbit

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

No refreshments after asfair - apart from what's in your goody bag (you get this when you collect your number so will be left in bag drop).

There were plenty of biscuits and tea/coffee in the mansion house after the race last year

Dotcomdolly

runrabbit wrote: »

There were plenty of biscuits and tea/coffee in the mansion house after the race last year

Oops, sorry
We shall treat oursleves to lunch in Carlucccios after Glass of wine after race = mad buzz

runrabbit

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

Oops, sorry
We shall treat oursleves to lunch in Carlucccios after Glass of wine after race = mad buzz

Good call - I shall be heading for a pint myself this year! I'm barely able to run so I might as well have something to look forward to at the end!

gnu

3 stars (average)

Great! Thanks for all the info folks, glad to be in the company of seasoned pros!

Does it start at 12? And what time should I pick up my race number - don't want to be waaaay too early and hanging around getting nervous!