Nenagh Indoor 1988

PVincent

http://m.youtube.com/results?q=1988%20nenagh%20&oq=&gs_l= Not sure if this was ever put up before but it is classic irish sport in the dark ages.

Chivito550

PVincent wrote: »

http://m.youtube.com/results?q=1988%20nenagh%20&oq=&gs_l= Not sure if this was ever put up before but it is classic irish sport in the dark ages.

Just as well we had nobody that day throwing the shot putt 17+ metres or it would have gone out the back :eek:

RoyMcC

Well they beat the NIA in Birmingham to it by three years It was a fine initiative by Nenagh but really Ireland's athletes deserved better all these years.

brandon_flowers

Jaysus I remember those Genfitt and Nenagh Milk signs behind the starting block when I ran there in the 90's.

Most memorable thing about competing there was the "warm" up area at the outside track finish line side and the bitter cold that would cut to your bones on a Saturday morning in February or March.

And I know he is well and truly hated but back then Lowry did a lot of work to get funding for that place long before any other county could even get an outdoor track, for about 20 years it was the only indoor track we had.

theboyblunder

PVincent wrote: »

http://m.youtube.com/results?q=1988%20nenagh%20&oq=&gs_l= Not sure if this was ever put up before but it is classic irish sport in the dark ages.

Cheers PV that brought back memories. I ran there as a kid at around that time. It was the national 800 m (I stood in for the guy who actually qualified - classic bloe) and was really nervous. Was completely unprepared for how loud the gun sounds in doors. Was rooted to the start line in shock and gave them 5 yards . Finished last.....

A2LUE42

This brings back some memories. Running on the dirt track and indoors was so far ahead of anything else around at that time. Training in the middle of winter in the evenings. Place was unrecognisable on TV a few years ago. And when you compare Nenagh and Horse & Jockey back then to UL now, it is some difference.

RayCun

My first reaction was, jaysus, dirt track in a cattle shed.
My second reaction was, ****, we could have done with a dirt track in a cattle shed for this year's Dublin Indoors

average_runner

No indoor track in Dublin is a joke, then again nothing surprises me.

TRR

Ran there for the first time around 1993 but the dirt track had been replaced by the massively banked tartan track. Myself and a friend still talk about some of the miserable December days we spent in the phoenix park in driving rain and hailstones waiting for the start of BLOE cross country races. Well the only place in Ireland colder was the indoor track at Neenagh in March

All credit to Neenagh they built themselves a fine local amenity and if it weren't for AIT it would still be our only indoor track. Shameful really, especially when you listen to the usual BS and broken promises spouted by the politicians in the video!

Krusty_Clown

RayCun wrote: »

My first reaction was, jaysus, dirt track in a cattle shed.
My second reaction was, ****, we could have done with a dirt track in a cattle shed for this year's Dublin Indoors

I was having the same thoughts. On first look, it sent shivers down my spine, particularly when the high jumper missed the crash mats and landed on his back. After a bit of afterthought, it looks a damn sight more forgiving than the cinder track I did 8 miles on yesterday. We need more clay-filled cattle-sheds!

longjump67

I competed that day, I seem to remember that the bends were so tight that some athletes went off the track this was before the banks went in.

backgreen

i remember it been colder inside than out..one of our guys had to be kept over night in the hospital close by..he came with a cold and finished up with a fever