Kilkenny Tri Olympic Standard 10.2k run

boboloo

Hi

Would anyone have any information on the above route? My sister is doing it and she's doing my head in She would like to know what type of a course it is - flat, hilly etc etc

Many thanks, any information at all would be great :rolleyes:

Boboloo

ecoli

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Kurt Godel

ecoli wrote: »

Mod: Thread moved to your neck of the woods

Mods, can we sent them over a thread all about which athlete's are doping? Fair's fair;)

tunney

Mostly flat, hard trail and path run in a first. Nice course.

Daz1214

Nice run through the castle grounds, mostly flat, bike is undulating but nice...its a great event, my 3rd time down there this year

mrbungle

Hold on there now kids!

Finish the swim, get out and start doubling back up the river along side a big wall then a load of steps before getting up onto the demesne, its a decent 400m run I reckon to your bike. Then get your bike and out on the road it'll get full of grass clippings around you're brakes but don't worry. 2 laps I think then on the bike. Then the run around through the castle grounds on grass, head down by the river, beside the river up to a turn around, I remember water stations being out of water here in the past, back around and slight drag on the road and up toward the gate into the grounds. Nothing too taxing, relatively flat, small incline at the grassy area.

Its a great course, well ran, needs extra water if things are hot this year, great goody bag, very very friendly organisers. Found the river cold oddly!

By the time the tri is over, Kilkenny has fully woken up and the majority of the city would never have know that there was an set of tri's on there!!

Daz1214

Bike was an out and back last year, same course for this year

mrbungle

Did it a couple years ago, going again this year, looking forward to it.

Daz1214

Really lookin forward to it, its my A race this year

Chartsengrafs

Only doing the sprint this year, but I've done the olympic distance in the past. The bike has indeed changed in the last few years. Nice race.

elvis jones

Isn't this race partly on the dark side ?

tunney

elvis jones wrote: »

Isn't this race partly on the dark side ?

It was but I believe it is no longer.

speedyj

Yes my understanding is that if it's listed on the TI calendar then it's a sanctioned TI event.

I did the sprint last year, enjoyable event. Only minus was no AG awards/classification whatsoever.

elvis jones

speedyj wrote: »

Yes my understanding is that if it's listed on the TI calendar then it's a sanctioned TI event.

I did the sprint last year, enjoyable event. Only minus was no AG awards/classification whatsoever.

I thought the organisation was awful.

1. Off of the water the path was not clear and the public were getting in the way of people coming out.

2. There were 3 marshalls in transition for about 900 odd people. Its wasn't secure at all and people were constantly in and out of it.

3. No information or announcments in transition at all.

4. Bike course was badly marshalled and dangerous in parts. They had a funnel system at roundabouts for bikes, cars were going ito this and this was causing some close shaves with bikes. The turn around was in the middle of a main rd with no signs warning motorists and they were approaching it at high speeds.

I spoke to one of the main TI guys at Lost Sheep who was in Kilkenny and he said.........they have a lot of work to do for next year. I'd know him from Athy and he asked me to mail him with my thoughts on Kilkenny so fingers crossed the race improves for all who race !

I only did the bike relay on the day as a favour for someone. I had lots of time to stand around and look at the event and organisation. It seemed they spent more time on making sure masterchef were happy than they did on the above points i mentioned.

I don't know if you needed race licence last year as i said i was a member of a relay team late in the day and i assumed they sorted all that ( i had my race licence anyway )

Oh and i won't be doing it this year, i'm racing elsewhere this year on July 27th and honestly i won't be doing Kilkenny until i hear that its solved a lot of the problems above.

boboloo

Thanks to all who posted their comments. It makes for very interesting reading. Hope all goes well for the participants. Enjoy.

pc11

I did it 2 years ago, so it's possible things have changed. The run from the swim to T1 is very long, close to 800m and includes a lot of steps upwards.

The run course is pretty flat, mostly off-road, but a little twisty-turny. It was a hot day 2 years ago and all the water was gone on the run course.

The setting for the race and T1/T2 is lovely in the castle but there was a big shortage of toilets and there were long queues to check your bike in to transition.

And the god-awful 150 decibel music blaring at the finish line was a travesty. Would races please stop blasting us with hours and hours of noise, especially around the finish line and transition? Some music at background level is cool, but for families who wait for hours, and for exhausted triathletes at the end, that noise is not helpful.

Beast of the East yesterday had a very reasonable volume most of the time, they did it pretty much right.

Bambaata

In for the sprint in this myself

Ceepo

Bambaata wrote: »

In for the sprint in this myself

We have a winner

Doing the sprint as well, be sure to say hello,
Just look for the bike with the same name

handangeo

Bambaata wrote: »

In for the sprint in this myself

Winner for sure - although a couple of KK tri club going to be giving you a run for it. In for the Oly myself, Bambaata you left us for dead in Rosslare

Oryx

Bambaata wrote: »

In for the sprint in this myself

Must have my camera out for your dismount this time.

Bambaata

handangeo wrote: »

Winner for sure - although a couple of KK tri club going to be giving you a run for it. In for the Oly myself, Bambaata you left us for dead in Rosslare

I'll be going to do my best, right now i cant walk without a limp! Damn 3min hard reps running yesterday have destroyed me!

I had a good bike day in Rosslare, i dont know if ill have those legs with me but we'll see! Fortunately the swim sits me being downstream but ive noticed its a race a few juniors generally do and these juniors now coming through are class acts!!

Bambaata

Oryx wrote: »

Must have my camera out for your dismount this time.

Are you doing it?

mrbungle

Looks like rain and lots of it for Sat!

Oryx

Bambaata wrote: »

Are you doing it?

Nope Ill be one of the TO's. So no nudity in transition, please! :P

elvis jones

Oryx wrote: »

Nope Ill be one of the TO's. So no nudity in transition, please! :P

Oh oh i look forward to liveline on monday:D

Bambaata

Oryx wrote: »

Nope Ill be one of the TO's. So no nudity in transition, please! :P

I cant make such promises!!

adamski8

Bah im in wave 13, that means 3hrs of waiting around after registration. Transition not reopening kinda sucks

boodiebhoy

adamski8 wrote: »

Bah im in wave 13, that means 3hrs of waiting around after registration. Transition not reopening kinda sucks

Where did you get wave detail, I couldn't find any details?

adamski8

boodiebhoy wrote: »

Where did you get wave detail, I couldn't find any details?

From an email sent out around midnight

Daz1214

Wave 2 for me

Bambaata

Wave 16 here! Much prefer mass starts as at least that way you have an idea of where you lie in the race

Bambaata

In order to scope out who is racing ive taken the pdf and put it into an excel. Ive attached it if anyone wants a look. I wasnt all that careful so i could have deleted a few here and there by accident but i notice the sprint race is bleedin' massive!! Hoping there's more than just a prize for 1st place!!

handangeo

Wave 4 for me, however being local for once does have its advantages. A small lie in!

Chartsengrafs

That's huge. Back in 2010 the sprint had 251 (I checked this yesterday). Wave 11 for me.

bryangiggsy

Who runs/owns kilkenny tri?

Oryx

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Who runs/owns kilkenny tri?

http://trigrandprix.com/team/

Buzwaldo

Long shot here I know, but the short of it is that I got a sudden urge to do this triathalon (sprint or super sprint) at a late stage. Reasonably fit from plenty of cycling, a bit of running, and I can manage a good few lengths in comfort. Managed to borrow a wetsuit the other day and all. Would be my first tri experience.
Anyway of course I left it too late to enter. If anybody has an entry for sprint or super sprint which they are unable to use at short notice, I would be grateful if you could PM me. I would of course re-imburse entry fee etc.
Thanks in advance (said he optimistically).

littleredspot

I'm interested to see more experienced racers opinions on this race. I thought it was on the do not mention list?
I've only completed 2 tri's Kilkenny in 2010 and 11 and I'm going to be doing the sprint tomorrow.

From my very limited experience it seems to be terribly organised.

Almost complete lack of information from the organisers.
Very early registration.
Only drink and fruit at the finish and a water station only at 1.5k on the run.
Prizes just for category firsts.
7 toilets for 1400 entrants.
The only way I found out what time my wave is at, was by checking the website today.


As I say I've not experienced other tri's so I may be wrong about these things being unusual?

Oryx

littleredspot wrote: »

I'm interested to see more experienced racers opinions on this race. I thought it was on the do not mention list?
I've only completed 2 tri's Kilkenny in 2010 and 11 and I'm going to be doing the sprint tomorrow.

From my very limited experience it seems to be terribly organised.

Havent done it, but Ive done others, and like the western you get the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Almost complete lack of information from the organisers.

TI request that entrants be contacted regularly by email, web updates etc

Very early registration.

Normal for such a big race. Abroad they are usually even earlier.

Only drink and fruit at the finish and a water station only at 1.5k on the run.

For that distance they arent expected to do much more, hopefully the organisers will have the water more strategically placed.

Prizes just for category firsts.

Normal. Only NS races have fixed prize categories.

7 toilets for 1400 entrants.

No excuse for that but bad planning.

The only way I found out what time my wave is at, was by checking the website today.

Generally organisers communicate better than that, but I've had a few where you tear your hair out looking for info. Even athy this year, which is usually pretty good, info was sketchy until quite close to the race.

Buzwaldo

Buzwaldo wrote: »

Long shot here I know, but the short of it is that I got a sudden urge to do this triathalon (sprint or super sprint) at a late stage. Reasonably fit from plenty of cycling, a bit of running, and I can manage a good few lengths in comfort. Managed to borrow a wetsuit the other day and all. Would be my first tri experience.
Anyway of course I left it too late to enter. If anybody has an entry for sprint or super sprint which they are unable to use at short notice, I would be grateful if you could PM me. I would of course re-imburse entry fee etc.
Thanks in advance (said he optimistically).

Didn't do this today, but wandered down with the kids to check out the atmosphere. Looked like a blast to me, good crowd, atmosphere etc and made me determined to get in gear for next year.

Met Leo Varadker at the finish, and got a pic of the kids & him (starstruck by a politician! - honestly I don't usually do this type of thing); anyway a proper gent, and must be fit too, as he was cool as a cucumber at the end, unlike most other finishers (must stalk his finishing time later).

Daz1214

Great race again today, couldnt fault it, great crowd and atmosphere

Ceepo

Buzwaldo wrote: »

Didn't do this today, but wandered down with the kids to check out the atmosphere. Looked like a blast to me, good crowd, atmosphere etc and made me determined to get in gear for next year.

Met Leo Varadker at the finish, and got a pic of the kids & him (starstruck by a politician! - honestly I don't usually do this type of thing); anyway a proper gent, and must be fit too, as he was cool as a cucumber at the end, unlike most other finishers (must stalk his finishing time later).

Did you miss Roz Purcell and Bressie?
Might have made for a better picture?

Ceepo

Ceepo wrote: »

We have a winner

As i predicted lol.

Congrats man. Great result.

Buzwaldo

Ceepo wrote: »

Did you miss Roz Purcell and Bressie?
Might have made for a better picture?

Missus is a big Leo fan and would actually prefer his photo to bressies believe it or not. Now as for Roz....

Ceepo

Buzwaldo wrote: »

Missus is a big Leo fan and would actually prefer his photo to bressies believe it or not. Now as for Roz....

Thats sad on a lot of levels lol.

mossym

Buzwaldo wrote: »

Met Leo Varadker at the finish, and got a pic of the kids & him (starstruck by a politician! - honestly I don't usually do this type of thing); anyway a proper gent, and must be fit too, as he was cool as a cucumber at the end, unlike most other finishers (must stalk his finishing time later).

he did athy too, think i beat him by about 14 minutes or so

was 16 actually, 1:18 versus 1:34.

will be interesting to see if he was quicker here, presume he was doing the sprint?

Vizzy

He did the sprint in 1.53.36

mossym

Vizzy wrote: »

He did the sprint in 1.53.36

Getting slower. Obviouly letting himself go while the dail is on summer holidays.

Typing this on my phone, funny how dail autocorrects to fail:)

Bambaata

Good day out. Its a longer than usual sprint hence the times dont really compare, bike is 4k long and the transitions is pretty huge with a significant run from river to T1

Mr.Fred

Bambaata wrote: »

Good day out. Its a longer than usual sprint hence the times dont really compare, bike is 4k long and the transitions is pretty huge with a significant run from river to T1

It was a fair hike up to transition alright and slippery aswell. :eek:

Oryx

Well done on another win Bambaata. Looks easy when you do it.

Apparently I met bressie today. Pity I didn't know who he was....