Trinity Grass Track

average_runner

Does anyone know when this is open? Could use it for a lunch time session

I see the BHAA race is back on there on 10th June

cunavalos

Passed by the track today and it looks like they have just finished laying out the track. It was after lunch when i passed so i am not sure if the usual runners have arrived yet.

kit3

Do people just go in & use this or is there some regulation around it ?

thewolf_ie

Would be handy this!

cunavalos

kit3 wrote: »

Do people just go in & use this or is there some regulation around it ?

No there are no set regulations about its use, just a bit of common sense.
Don't use if there is a cricket match on,
Don't use if the ground is very soft,
Don't get in the way if the groundstaff are working on the pitch and
Don't be surprised if a child/student wanders around in front of you while running

It tends to be busiest at lunch time 12.30 - 14.00 and some groups do use it for structured sessions (IIRC Tuesdays and Thursday last year) but the track is not reserved for them and during very warm and sunny days people eating their lunch may encroach on the track.

average_runner

Think i might go over today for a session, as failed to get out last night.

thewolf_ie

Would recommend it, done 200s there today.

cunavalos

Just a heads up to everyone that as of lunchtime today the grass track has been marked out on the cricket pitch in Trinity

cunavalos

I can confirm that the grass track has been marked out this week and apparently open for use.

Nialler73

The best news I've heard all year!!! Hey, it's been a slow year....
No, great news... Very lucky to be able to use this

tomwaits48

yep thats correct

spc78

Summer has officially begun...

cunavalos

Annual update, the groundsmen have been out marking the track today so i expect the full lining to be completed this week

benjamin d

I was told a week or two ago that the official opening date is May 14th

Chivito550

How long do they keep the track there for? Assume anyone can walk in off the street? Could be convenient for me for the occasional lunchtime session.

Djoucer

Anyone can walk in. Tends to be there for whole summer.

''Tis an oasis in the city centre.

cunavalos

The track is usually there until early September but judging by the markings this year it has been moved slightly east, closer to the Pav which may result in encroachment on to the track when the sun is out from lunchtime diners and patrons of the Pav.

Track is open to all but use of the track is limited by cricket fixtures and the Trinity Summer Concerts from the 23rd-29th July

average_runner

Chivito550 wrote: »

How long do they keep the track there for? Assume anyone can walk in off the street? Could be convenient for me for the occasional lunchtime session.

It's really handy for a lunchtime session. Better to get there between 12-1pm than 1pm-2pm if possible as less people there. Actually Tuesday and Friday are the busiest days. Across the road from our office so great for me

Nialler73

Are those interval sessions on there in the Summer? Can anyone join in?

Chivito550

average_runner wrote: »

It's really handy for a lunchtime session. Better to get there between 12-1pm than 1pm-2pm if possible as less people there. Actually Tuesday and Friday are the busiest days. Across the road from our office so great for me

Being a grass track it’s not as useful for sprinting as it is for distance, but still handy in case I can’t make it to irishtown for whatever reason.

s_gr

The track is booked 1-2pm every Tue & Thur for running group exclusive use all summer.

average_runner

s_gr wrote: »

The track is booked 1-2pm every Tue & Thur for running group exclusive use all summer.

Where did you see that? This will be the first year that this would of happened?

s_gr

average_runner wrote: »

Where did you see that? This will be the first year that this would of happened?

Trinity Sport now charge groups to use the track, the track has been booked last 2 years at these times and the group have to pay so hence it has exclusive use of the track. I know few people in the group

average_runner

s_gr wrote: »

Trinity Sport now charge groups to use the track, the track has been booked last 2 years at these times and the group have to pay so hence it has exclusive use of the track. I know few people in the group

The track was never booked for exclusive use last year. Groups do pay a fee for using the track but don't have exclusive rights to it. I trained all of last summer at 1pm on a Tuesday.

There was also more than one group at that time on the track!

s_gr

average_runner wrote: »

The track was never booked for exclusive use last year. Groups do pay a fee for using the track but don't have exclusive rights to it. I trained all of last summer at 1pm on a Tuesday.

There was also more than one group at that time on the track!

I am told it was and you can check with TCD Sport and they will confirm the booking. Same arrangement this year. The running group has various levels so hence different groups of runners on the the track

average_runner

s_gr wrote: »

I am told it was and you can check with TCD Sport and they will confirm the booking. Same arrangement this year. The running group has various levels so hence different groups of runners on the the track

I know who the running group is, I have trained with them in the past. But anyone can use the track at anytime unless the grounds man ask you to move.

demfad

Chivito550 wrote: »

Being a grass track it’s not as useful for sprinting as it is for distance, but still handy in case I can’t make it to irishtown for whatever reason.

Can you pay at as you go at Irish Town track?

RayCun

demfad wrote: »

Can you pay at as you go at Irish Town track?

yeah, a fiver

Chivito550

demfad wrote: »

Can you pay at as you go at Irish Town track?

Yeh €5.20.

Murph_D

Chivito550 wrote: »

Yeh €5.20.

Free if you’re a Crusader.

nevan

The running group that trains on the grass track in Trinity is TTRacers. They train there Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime in summer and in Ringsend in winter. It looks like a nice club. I’ve often seen a fairly pacey group of about 10 doing laps in the summer. I presume it’s them. They have a website but I cannot tell you the address.

It’s cheap to join them, €40 a year and about €15 extra for using the Trinity track. I doubt that they have exclusive use of it though. I think anyone can go and run on it in season.

This year the grass was bad on the track and it delayed opening. It usually opens in the middle of April. I asked a groundskeeper last month and he said that it would be open May 15th this year. It closes for running in November.

average_runner

nevan wrote: »

The running group that trains on the grass track in Trinity is TTRacers. They train there Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime in summer and in Ringsend in winter. It looks like a nice club. I’ve often seen a fairly pacey group of about 10 doing laps in the summer. I presume it’s them. They have a website but I cannot tell you the address.

It’s cheap to join them, €40 a year and about €15 extra for using the Trinity track. I doubt that they have exclusive use of it though. I think anyone can go and run on it in season.

This year the grass was bad on the track and it delayed opening. It usually opens in the middle of April. I asked a groundskeeper last month and he said that it would be open May 15th this year. It closes for running in November.

If we got to November I be delighted, usually due to the weather its september

Nialler73

average_runner wrote: »

If we got to November I be delighted, usually due to the weather its september

I think it was cut short last yr due to the damage done to the grounds by the gigs. It's an absolutely brilliant resource to have, with or without the track being in place.

Nialler73

nevan wrote: »

The running group that trains on the grass track in Trinity is TTRacers. They train there Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime in summer and in Ringsend in winter. It looks like a nice club. I’ve often seen a fairly pacey group of about 10 doing laps in the summer. I presume it’s them. They have a website but I cannot tell you the address.

It’s cheap to join them, €40 a year and about €15 extra for using the Trinity track. I doubt that they have exclusive use of it though. I think anyone can go and run on it in season.

This year the grass was bad on the track and it delayed opening. It usually opens in the middle of April. I asked a groundskeeper last month and he said that it would be open May 15th this year. It closes for running in November.

Thanks for the info Nevan

Murph_D

I see the BHAA Trinity Track night is on the 13th. Well worth a visit for that, really enjoyed it last year.

Homesick Alien

Nialler73 wrote: »

Thanks for the info Nevan

Email Terry@ttracers.com if you're interested.

nevan

I had a peek today at 1 and there were runners of all styles doing laps today. Offficially open!

cullenswood

nevan wrote: »

I had a peek today at 1 and there were runners of all styles doing laps today. Offficially open!

TTRacers is made up of 5/6 different groups of varying speeds.

average_runner

Cool, will use it at lunchtime on Thursday

average_runner

Just ran on the grass track. Its nice to have it back. A few people walking across it, but a few shouts of track and they get use to it.

eyrie

I had a go on the track yesterday for the first time, and pretty much had it to myself (apart from a few students sitting/standing in the middle of it).
Question though - my Garmin consistently measured it very slightly long. I'm assuming it's more likely that the watch is inaccurate than the track, but anyone else experience this?

cullenswood

GPS would find it very hard to be accurate over a running track given the short distance involved and the fact you are running in a circle.

eyrie

cullenswood wrote: »

GPS would find it very hard to be accurate over a running track given the short distance involved and the fact you are running in a circle.

Thanks. Didn't realise it being a circle made a difference but I suppose that makes sense. It was just odd as it was very consistently in how far 'out' it was each time. I'll have to time myself the old fashioned way next time so!

nevan

GPS should generally come up shorter than the actual distance when you go in a circle, not longer. On the other hand, the outside lane of a track is usually 450m. It’s only 400m in lane 1. I’m not sure the track there is following strict IAAF standards though.

Chivito550

I’d be amazed if that track was bang on 400m to be honest.

Popped down today on my lunch to have a look at it and to sit out in the sun. It looks great. Very impressed at how short they’ve kept the grass. Will definitely do a few sessions on it at lunchtime over the summer.

average_runner

Chivito550 wrote: »

I’d be amazed if that track was bang on 400m to be honest.

Popped down today on my lunch to have a look at it and to sit out in the sun. It looks great. Very impressed at how short they’ve kept the grass. Will definitely do a few sessions on it at lunchtime over the summer.

Yeah its long. My watch was measuring around 1.05k per lap. But that's ok, it serves its purpose for me.

They cut it three times a week for the cricket

Murph_D

average_runner wrote: »

Yeah its long. My watch was measuring around 1.05k per lap. But that's ok, it serves its purpose for me.

They cut it three times a week for the cricket

1.05? Really? Have you figured out why?:rolleyes:

average_runner

Murph_D wrote: »

1.05? Really? Have you figured out why?:rolleyes:

The bend onto the 200m is very different to previous years.

I know the length more by my time for 1k intervals.

Its no big deal to me, its great to have the track again

Murph_D

So the track is long by 650m then? :pac:

average_runner

Murph_D wrote: »

So the track is long by 605m then? :pac:

I meant per km lap. That was the intervals i was doing


If you read it correctly i said 1.05k lap.

benjamin d

average_runner wrote: »

I meant per km lap. That was the intervals i was doing


If you read it correctly i said 1.05k lap.

If you wrote it correctly there wouldn't be confusion. Talking about the length of a looped track of course people will take a lap to mean, well, a lap of the track.