Shannon Airport Runway 5km

Toffeeboy

shannonairport.ie/gns/about-us/BankOfIrelandRunwayNightRun.aspx

pconn062

Why is the name of Christ are Bank of Ireland and Shannon airport getting involved in organising road races?? I hope their race management is better than their bank management.

vevo

pconn062 wrote: »

Why is the name of Christ are Bank of Ireland and Shannon airport getting involved in organising road races?? I hope their race management is better than their bank management.

Sponsored by Bank of Ireland, not managed

sideswipe

Can't see this taking off:)

Trampas

Let's hope no emergency landing or this could get messy

Finnt

Might do it, €20 for a 5k bit expensive tho?

chavezychavez

A few of us are heading up from Kerry for it, nice quick flat 5K, and then back to the Sin Bin in Limerick for the cooldown :pac:

Toffeeboy

www. clarechampion.ie/1200-runners-on-shannon-runway/

Tired of running amongst jumbos and fokkers?

Oh wait...

Finnt

Any one doing it this evening?

Toffeeboy

yes

On the Today FM radio Mr collins said over 1k

fredo1664

I've run it. I though it was well organized and it was nice to run on a runway. A lot of people and a good atmosphere.
But... as far as my Garmin is concerned, it was a 3 miles, not a 5k. Not very important alright, but I had never run a 5k race before (!) so I was quite looking forward to running one. Well...

Toffeeboy

thought it was a bit short as well

keaned82

Agreed my Garmin showed 4.84k - tought the official clock was off as well ??? I finished under 20 mins going by clock but my Garmin & chip time had the same time but just over 20 mins .
Unique event though & would prob do again

topper75

Also got 4.84 km on GPS. Other gripe would be long warmup and delay in getting us going.

But - they got everything else right. Atmosphere was great and Richie C did his part. An excellent local cause and nice t-shirt so €20 was grand. I thought it was a one-off event but if there are repeats I will sign again.

There are so many events on offer to runners now that something different is most welcome.

People from the midwest such as myself are very proud of the airport and its history. Watching planes with my dad are some of my early memories. It that regard it was special.

Toffeeboy

on again this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmjUzKFVmI


Sold out BUT there is a waiting list here

http://register.sportstiming.ie/ps/event/RunwayNightRun2015

Bulmers74

Signed up for this. Can't believe 1700 have signed up in a few days. Pity it's on the same night as the Ger Mullane 10k in Bilboa as part of the Ballyhoura series. Think I'll race the 10k & do the airport 4.8k as a cool down.

overthebridge

Bulmers74 wrote: »

Signed up for this. Can't believe 1700 have signed up in a few days. Pity it's on the same night as the Ger Mullane 10k in Bilboa as part of the Ballyhoura series. Think I'll race the 10k & do the airport 4.8k as a cool down.

Entries full now. Which is amazing.
There's a few of us doing the Bilboa and Shannon aswell..should be a novel experience.

Timmaay

Sounds like the Samsung night run, a pure marketing spin race.

Bulmers74

Timmaay wrote: »

Sounds like the Samsung night run, a pure marketing spin race.

Don't know much about the Samsung race but last year the Shannon race raised €15000 for the Samaritans. This year the charities which stand to benefit are Milford Hospice & TLC4CF. Would agree it's a clever bit of marketing by the airport but I think it's win win when you consider the money raised.

flazio

And let's be honest, when are you ever going to be allowed such airside access to an airport ever. I'm a relatively new 5k runner from Galway and I've signed up purely because of where it is.

chrislad

Just got an email giving me an entry! Delighted! It will be my first run back after a few weeks off with injury, but seeing as I assume it's a flat route, it should be okay!

Ron Scott

chrislad wrote: »

Just got an email giving me an entry! Delighted! It will be my first run back after a few weeks off with injury, but seeing as I assume it's a flat route, it should be okay!

Don't think it's flat, I flew out of there once and there was a fierce climb at one end as far as I remember.

Bulmers74

Ron Scott wrote: »

Don't think it's flat, I flew out of there once and there was a fierce climb at one end as far as I remember.

Were you locked at the time?? There are no hills, climbs, drags of any description on this route. Wind could be a factor on the exposed course.

DubOnHoliday

Ron Scott wrote: »

Don't think it's flat, I flew out of there once and there was a fierce climb at one end as far as I remember.

good one!

Bulmers74

For the record

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/547869505

28064212

Bulmers74 wrote: »

Were you locked at the time?? There are no hills, climbs, drags of any description on this route. Wind could be a factor on the exposed course.

Rather fittingly, that joke just flew over your head

ThisRegard

Bulmers74 wrote: »

Were you locked at the time?? There are no hills, climbs, drags of any description on this route. Wind could be a factor on the exposed course.

Bulmers74

28064212 wrote: »

Rather fittingly, that joke just flew over your head

it sure did haha

Highway patrolman

This is back again this year, can't post a link being a new user and all.
Was the course changed last year to make it the full 5k? I did it the first year was a bit short.

chrislad

I'm registered again this year. Hopefully, I'll not be injured again, but I'm hoping to finally break sub 25 this time around!

mel.b

I've registered for the 7.5km

mel.b

Who else did this last night? I did the 7.5km and really enjoyed it. Only two gripes was that it started late - more like 12.15 than 11.59, but it is a working airport so I guess they need to make sure everything is secure before they can let us out there and then the water tent at the end. I have no idea why they had this tiny little tent that you had to walk through to get your water etc. Would have been much easier set up on tables. I was queuing for the tent and eventually gave up as the line wasn't moving. It felt rather warm as well. i wouldn't like to do it on a wet or windy evening...nowhere to hide! Running back down the runway with all the lights stretched out in front of you, like a pilot would see was pretty cool. Charities to benefit this year were Albeta Special School in Galway and iCAN the Irish childhood Arthritis network.

El Caballo

Is the 5k still short or have they fixed that?

mel.b

El Caballo wrote: »

Is the 5k still short?

No idea but the 7.5k was short by my Polar - I measured 7.1.

El Caballo

mel.b wrote: »

No idea but the 7.5k was short my my Polar - I measured 7.1.

Ah ok, my sister in law and a few friends done it and she was just wondering. Sounds like a great buzz and for a great cause as well, well done!

Toffeeboy

5k was short again (All 3 years) 4.86k ish

chrislad

I'm still taking my pb of 22:27 compared to my 25:56 so there!

El Caballo

Toffeeboy wrote: »

5k was short again (All 3 years) 4.86k ish

How'd you get on?

McNamarathon

Toffeeboy wrote: »

5k was short again (All 3 years) 4.86k ish

That's the same distance my watch recorded which would account for my 25 second PB. I found the darkness a bit hard to get used to but still it was a lot of fun to let loose on a runway.

SmallTeapot

Just saw a post on FB that the Midnight Airport Run is again back this June.... I highly it recommend it just for the experience of running on a runway in the pitch black

It has a great atmosphere and was very well organised last year

Link

Toffeeboy

Ya good fun. Would be nice if the got the distance correct.. Always been short.

chrislad

They have changed the route this year so it may be fixed!

OldGuysRule

Registered for it already, got an early bird text yesterday - probably because I have done it last couple of years. Looking forward to it again

zulutango

Entry seems to require a code. Where does one get the code?

chrislad

I got sent onto me, probably because I had registered for last years event, and the one before.

zulutango

ok, cheers. I think the official opening of registration is today in any case.

HigginsJ

zulutango wrote: »

Entry seems to require a code. Where does one get the code?

Seems to be if you did it previously you received a code, I assume it opens to the public at a certain point but it's not clear.

SmallTeapot

zulutango wrote: »

ok, cheers. I think the official opening of registration is today in any case.

Yeah I received a code (10% off also!) via text as I did it last year....entry seems to be open to all members of the public as of today

Really looking forward to it now....it's bit of a surreal experience....and a very flat course (as you can imagine )

zulutango

SmallTeapot wrote: »

Yeah I received a code (10% off also!) via text as I did it last year....entry seems to be open to all members of the public as of today

I entered today

Been meaning to do it for a few years so looking forward to it now.

Toffeeboy

Any sign of a course map? Will they even use much of the runway since it is currently being upgraded at night time.
And I think the finish is around at the front of the building this year rather than over at the Fire station..