TINRYLAND 4MILER SAT 30TH AUG

runnerboy

Only 4 weeks are left to enter for the 35thedition of the Rockford 4 Miler. This years race will be held in Tinryland Village on Sat 30th August at530pm.

Fancy winning a €500 Holiday Voucher, well if you finish the race and are not anindividual prize winner you will be put into a draw for the voucher. Since itwas introduced 3 years ago the winner of the Holiday has been from the Carlowarea. So why not enter the run and havethe opportunity of winning this fabulous prize. There will be many other topspot prizes given out on the day.

At 5pm there will be a kids 1 mile fun event to cater for all children up to the age of 16. Allchildren will receive a medal forcompleting the course. This year we have changed the course to make it easierfor children and organisers. The children will walk out to the start and runthe last mile of the Rockford route and finish in the Village. Entry fee willbe only €3 and will be taken on the day.

At 530pm the main race will start catering for walkers,joggers and runners. This is a fun run where all finishers will receive amedal. The course is accurately measured and probably has the fastest openingmile in any race in the country, with the first mile all downhill. There will be music in the square for theduration of the races to provide a big race atmosphere.There will be ample carparking in the fields beside the priests house and the course will bemarshalled throughout. The local Gardai will be on hand to assist in the smoothrunning of the event and first aid will be covered by the Order of Malta. Therace is chip timed and there will be a race clock displaying the times asrunners finish. All runners will receive a finishers medal. On the day a localphotographer will be on hand to take as many photos as possible which will befree to download on the race facebook site. For all those who enter beforehand,they will receive a text displaying your finishing time shortly after therace.

Post race refreshments will be served back in Tinryland GAAClub where you can avail of our legendary post race refreshments . There is anextensive list of prizes for all runners. After the presentation of prizes whynot sit down and watch the race video in the bar.

Entries online at http://www.active.com/carlow-leinster/running/distance-running-races/tinryland-4-mile-road-race-2014for only €12 or you can enter on the day for €20. Also you can enter via postfor €12, entry forms can be got in SLOT clubhouse or in local sports shops inCarlow Town. Postal entries can be sent to Carol Byrne, Tinryland AC, 17 New Oak,Carlow Town.

We would encourage all participants to enter online or usethe postal system to avail of the special discount. Junior athletes can enterfor €10.

For further details contact Carol Byrne 0862410063 or on Facebook:Tinryland Road Race.

Claude Burgundy

Fantastic event and well worth doing !

echancrure

I am in!

Any map / course profile?

echancrure

echancrure wrote: »

I am in!

Any map / course profile?

I'll answer my own question:

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/274835865/

runnerboy

Glad you found a profile there is a few going around. Just a quick heads up on the course it wouldn't be classed as a hilly course. first mile all downhill super fast,1- 2 mile all flat except for short rise over flyover, between 2 and 3 there is a climb at about 2 1/2 but is very gradual until about 200 to the top and even at that its not overly steep. between 3 and 4 all downhill except for a kick over the other flyover with about 500 from home.
You wont be disappointed thanks for entering.

ASIMON0V

runnerboy wrote: »

Glad you found a profile there is a few going around. Just a quick heads up on the course it wouldn't be classed as a hilly course. first mile all downhill super fast,1- 2 mile all flat except for short rise over flyover, between 2 and 3 there is a climb at about 2 1/2 but is very gradual until about 200 to the top and even at that its not overly steep. between 3 and 4 all downhill except for a kick over the other flyover with about 500 from home.
You wont be disappointed thanks for entering.

this is a very good race. i won't make it this year but our club (gowran) always support it as best we can. There's lots of places to be made up by starting conservatively and pushing from corner at the bottom of the hill. I hope the Dan Morrissey receivership situation has not impacted too much.

echancrure

A week to go to this, I am not quite ready for sprinting but it should be a blast.

Aiming for 25' I think but the lungs will burn!

runnerboy

Dont worry if your aiming for 25 minutes you should have plenty of company. Word of advice dont get too carried away for the first mile as its super fast. Hope to have a good crowd entries coming in from all over the Leinster area.
See you on race day.

career move

Great race. Really well organised. Thanks to all involved. Will be back next year

Results here

runnerboy

Thanks good day for it, slightly disappointed with numbers. 170 pre-registered and had 196 finishers. Too many races in the south east its getting impossible to avoid clashing with other races. Hopefully bigger and better next year.

runnerboy

Thanks good day for it, slightly disappointed with numbers. 170 pre-registered and had 196 finishers. Too many races in the south east its getting impossible to avoid clashing with other races. Hopefully bigger and better next year.

echancrure

Nice race with lovely atmosphere.

Finished in 25:45 and found it quite tough. The first mile, being downhill, is difficult to judge and put me in red pretty much straight away. I spent the next 2 miles trying to catch my breath and I only felt ok in the last mile by which time the race was over! I am really clueless when it comes to short races.

At least it was a good session for DCM (remember people price goes up tomorrow: I must signed up today!)

Coffee and cakes were lovely in the GAA clubhouse afterwards: great effort with the posters of the previous races.