Fat Turkey Run, 10km, 28 December 2013 @11.00, Dublin

potsy11

This the the 4th year of the Fat Turkey 10km Fun Run which is held on Sutton / Howth Hill.

Event Website
Run Ireland Website
Route Map, Elevation, previous results, photos and all the details can be found on our website.

What you get for your entry:

Technical Running Top
Chip Timed
Water aid station at 5km
Water and fruit at finish line
Tea, coffee and Jaffa Cakes back at the Rugby Club for all entrants and supporters
Prizes for 1,2,3 Boys and Girls and 1st M/F Vets.
Heaps of support from the Fat Turkey Walkers who will be walking up the hill as you go up and down!

All info and the link for entry for the race can be found on our cheerful site Fat Turkey Run or register on Run Ireland.com

Race Organisers - fatturkeyrun@gmail.com

Wubble Wubble

Signed up for this. A couple of lads I know have run it before.

RedRunner

It's a great calorie burner after the excesses of Christmas.

born2bwild

Entered today but I've never run one like this before....5k uphill...same 5k downhill.

Don't really know how to approach it.

donnacha

Signing up for this myself - but like born2bwild have no idea how to approach it. Any advice is welcome ...

The course elevation is just a tad bit scary:

eldiva

Can you sign up on the day?

born2bwild

I'm training on a treadmill with a 3% gradient.

I'm brutal at maths but if the elevation is 137m and the distance to the top is 5000m the gradient comes out at 0.0274 - 2.74% gradient - maybe I'm miscalculating?

http://www.mathsisfun.com/gradient.html

SnappyDresser

born2bwild wrote: »

Entered today but I've never run one like this before....5k uphill...same 5k downhill.

Don't really know how to approach it.

I did it last year....its tough in parts but its superfast on the way down.
Did 44mins which is in and around my flat 10k time.

HelenAnne

donnacha wrote: »

Signing up for this myself - but like born2bwild have no idea how to approach it. Any advice is welcome ...

The course elevation is just a tad bit scary:

Advice: run up the hill and then turn around & run down the hill! I've never done the race before, but I've run up to the summit and down, even just in training it's tough going up and great going down, I'd say the race will be the same, but more so!

plodder

born2bwild wrote: »

I'm training on a treadmill with a 3% gradient.

I'm brutal at maths but if the elevation is 137m and the distance to the top is 5000m the gradient comes out at 0.0274 - 2.74% gradient - maybe I'm miscalculating?

http://www.mathsisfun.com/gradient.html

It looks about right. Though that's an average so it must be steeper in places. The problem really is the treadie. On a treadmill you're not working against gravity. So, it doesn't make much difference whether the gradient is 2% or 6%. You'd be better off training on a real hill.

RedRunner

Aim for HMP on the way up and 5k pace on way down?

DD Mikasa

More like, start at 10km pace to bottom of hill, switch to HMP til you reach the Golf Club and if your legs allow switch back to 10km pace. You then go downhill so time to dig out that 5km pace, a drag follows, so ur back on HMP for most of the way to the top.

Basically it's a very hard one to pace!

My Thoughts

Sounds like fun. What's the terrain like? Road or trail\grass? Thanks!

born2bwild

My Thoughts wrote: »

Sounds like fun. What's the terrain like? Road or trail\grass? Thanks!

Road.

I ran the route this morning. 6 minutes slower than my last 'normal' 10k 2 weeks ago!!

The first 2k is the toughest.

donnacha

Looks like they've pushed the start time out by 30 minutes to 11:30.

RedRunner

donnacha wrote: »

Looks like they've pushed the start time out by 30 minutes to 11:30.

Not according to the race briefing I received? Where did you see that?

http://fatturkeyrun.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/ftr-race-briefing-2013.pdf

SnailsPace

RedRunner wrote: »

Not according to the race briefing I received? Where did you see that?

http://fatturkeyrun.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/ftr-race-briefing-2013.pdf

Its still at 11, just the registration wording says you can register up to 11am which is clearly a mistake

potsy11

Hi Guys

Registration is open at 09.15 and shuts at 10.30. Quick briefing at 10.45 then up to the start for 11.00.

Apologies for the confusion.

The Fat Turkey
Gobble

RedRunner

Well done to all associated with organisation of this today. Really enjoyed the run, tough as it was. Registration was well organised and I like the added bonus of the technical T-shirt this year. Good event, hope you raised lots of money.

expato

Agree. Top race. Top organisation. Excellent. When are results up. Well done again

potsy11

Fat Turkey Run Results can be found at http://fatturkeyrun.com/results/

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