Charleville HM 2015

Dubgal72

Can't find a thread for this year so starting this. I have registered for this and am starting to look forward to it (as much as you can look forward to racing 13.1 miles).
Any feedback/advice from previous Charleville runners?

Charleville 2013

Plodman

I ran it last year for the first time and now include it as one of my must do races. A very good course and well organised. Many roads are closed so you don't have to worry about traffic. Great timing as a tune up for DCM too. Also incorporates the Munster HM championships. Well worth running

tipping

Haven't done it but might do it this year, will wait until later in the week to make my mind up. But good course preview here.

http://munsterraceroutes.blogspot.ie/2013/01/cork037.html

Wild Garlic

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Can't find a thread for this year so starting this. I have registered for this and am starting to look forward to it (as much as you can look forward to racing 13.1 miles).
Any feedback/advice from previous Charleville runners?

Charleville 2013

Ah I might pop down along and see what's what

yeppydeppy

I'm from Charleville and ran it a couple of years ago - it's well organised and there are plenty of refreshments after. The course is mostly flat so you can expect a good time.

Dubgal72

tipping wrote: »

Haven't done it but might do it this year, will wait until later in the week to make my mind up. But good course preview here.

http://munsterraceroutes.blogspot.ie/2013/01/cork037.html

That was/is a really, really useful link, thanks a mill Tipping!

Wild Garlic wrote: »

Ah I might pop down along and see what's what

Aha see ye there B.

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Ran it last year at steady pace and it is really fast, faster than any other half I've run. There is a few little hills along the way and a narrow country road section that rolls at 7-8 miles just after turning back in Kilmallock.

The first half is made up the biggest hill coming early and a few longish false flats. The fastest section of the course is at mile 10 where you rejoin the main road until 12.5 where you will be heading back down the false flats from the first 3 miles before a small climb of 3-400m heading towards the finishline. My advice would be to keep some juice for that middle rolling section and power home from there.

Great race and depth so you'll almost always have some company or shelter if the wind picks up.

davedanon

Looking forward to my inaugural Charleville, and looking forward also to being alongside TRR for at least 13.1 miles.


Not in the race mind. He's giving me a lift.

Wild Garlic

Does this suit anyone ?http://www.accuweather.com/en/ie/charleville/207658/daily-weather-forecast/207658?day=6

tipping

Wild Garlic wrote: »

Does this suit anyone ?http://www.accuweather.com/en/ie/charleville/207658/daily-weather-forecast/207658?day=6

As long as it's not like this at last weeks 10 miler in Cork...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tdISzlycuhQ/VfV7p8ZZ50I/AAAAAAAAwr8/MXU671vbDwY/s1600/13sept2015a.jpg

Dubgal72

Feck, I know I've left it a bit late but it looks like I'm stuck with forking out €98 for hotel BnB :eek:

Dubgal72

tipping wrote: »

As long as it's not like this at last weeks 10 miler in Cork...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tdISzlycuhQ/VfV7p8ZZ50I/AAAAAAAAwr8/MXU671vbDwY/s1600/13sept2015a.jpg

It's important to keep the head dry......

Krusty_Clown

http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Munster/Charleville_Junction/long.html
13'C. 1.5ml rain. Gentle breeze, 4 m/s from south-southeast.

chrislad

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Feck, I know I've left it a bit late but it looks like I'm stuck with forking out €98 for hotel BnB :eek:

If you're driving, Limerick isn't too far so you might get a better deal. Will need to be up a bit earlier though

Dubgal72

chrislad wrote: »

If you're driving, Limerick isn't too far so you might get a better deal. Will need to be up a bit earlier though

Thanks chrislad, probably going to get the train so Limerick's not really an option

ger664

tipping wrote: »

As long as it's not like this at last weeks 10 miler in Cork...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tdISzlycuhQ/VfV7p8ZZ50I/AAAAAAAAwr8/MXU671vbDwY/s1600/13sept2015a.jpg

Won M65 in 75:39 also clocked 1:38 in Tullamore guy is a legend down our parts.

Krusty_Clown

ger664 wrote: »

Won M65 in 75:39 also clocked 1:38 in Tullamore guy is a legend down our parts.

For wearing the hat?

davedanon

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

For wearing the hat?

It is some bad hat, to paraphrase Roy Scheider.

tipping

I just love the fact that they're giving him a bottle of water in the shot.

Condo131

Charleville has been granted European Athletics Race Safety and Quality 5 Star status

From Cork Athletics:
"The European Athletics Race Safety and Quality Standard is open to all accredited events in each European Athletics Member Federation.

Operating under the European Athletics Running For All mass participation banner, the scheme aims to recognise excellence in race organisation. It is not intended as a reflection of the quality of the field participating in a particular event, however one would hope that organisers who strive for improved organisational and safety standards, in their particular events, would, in turn, be recognised and rewarded by the athletes voting with their feet."

As another Boards member said, a few months ago, "This is the difference between a race and a run"

Great to see an Irish event, particularly a non-commercial, get recognition. Now it's up to YOUR event!

European Athletics Running For All website
Charleville Half-Marathon race info, inc maps, video, entry link, on Cork Athletics website
Charleville Half-Marathon website

Dubgal72

Jebuz' thoughts on the course here


stolen from log ahem full permission not exactly applied for

TRR_the_turd

Heffarmy 73 dead. Krusty 73.03, 73.07 for myself and 73.27 for jebuz. davedanon 91:44. That's I'll know at the moment so apologies if I've missed anyone. Great course. Not a great day weather wise but course does give you some shelter. Brilliant event. I'll be back.

Dubgal72

^^ 93:3xx for me

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Well done lads, that's some cracking running. Can't have been easy out in that rain.

Bulmers74

89:30ish for me

menoscemo

Bulmers74 wrote: »

89:30ish for me

Was that a PMP effort?

Bulmers74

menoscemo wrote: »

Was that a PMP effort?

I'm not sure what it was!!

tipping

93:3x for me too. Just ahead of A goal. Enjoyed that and finished just a few paces ahead of DG who it was nice to meet.

BeepBeep67

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

Heffarmy 73 dead. Krusty 73.03, 73.07 for myself and 73.27 for jebuz. davedanon 91:44. That's I'll know at the moment so apologies if I've missed anyone. Great course. Not a great day weather wise but course does give you some shelter. Brilliant event. I'll be back.

Great running, were the 3 of you close throughout? - although another 8 secs faster and you could've got a free entry into the Waterford Half :pac:

tipping

There was a lot of bleeding nipples around after. I saw at least 3 guys from the same club with streaks down the tops. New tops or just the weather??

ClashCityRocker

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

Heffarmy 73 dead. Krusty 73.03, 73.07 for myself and 73.27 for jebuz.

You know you've had a good day when you get into a David Rudisha tweet! https://mobile.twitter.com/rudishadavid/status/645624271272849408

Krusty_Clown

I have to confess to having been a little dubious of Michael Herlihy's claims, when he wrote/published this article, on the goals and achievements of Charleville Half Marathon, and was determined to verify for myself just how fast a course it was. Took me a couple of years, but I got down there finally, and it was very much worth the journey. A superb race that harks back to the standards of old, where a gathering of like-minded runners can work and race together to post some really good times. Though the course is very fast, the real achievement lies in managing to assemble a high quality field, so hats off to Michael (and the Charleville team) - in this age of short-cuts and cashing-in, they're providing an example of how things should be done. It's everything that the Rock 'n' Roll/national half marathon isn't - a great racing experience.

Ososlo

ClashCityRocker wrote: »

You know you've had a good day when you get into a David Rudisha tweet! https://mobile.twitter.com/rudishadavid/status/645624271272849408

ha ha that's feckin brilliant! Well done all!

Krusty_Clown

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Great running, were the 3 of you close throughout? - although another 8 secs faster and you could've got a free entry into the Waterford Half :pac:

Myself, TRR and Jebus ran most of the race together. Didn't see Heffsarmy until 300m from the finish line, when he went rocketing past.

Happy enough with the result, but two seconds faster (73:01 chip time) and I'd have been delighted. I know two seconds is nothing, but there's this ever-present anxiousness that I might never be in this shape again and a 72 minute (and change) half marathon is a time I'd be happy to retire with. I seem to say that every year though. Getting a shout of encouragement from a 62 minute half-marathoner, 800m from the finish line put's everything into perspective though!

heffsarmy

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Myself, TRR and Jebus ran most of the race together. Didn't see Heffsarmy until 300m from the finish line, when he went rocketing past.

Happy enough with the result, but two seconds faster (73:01 chip time) and I'd have been delighted. I know two seconds is nothing, but there's this ever-present anxiousness that I might never be in this shape again and a 72 minute (and change) half marathon is a time I'd be happy to retire with. I seem to say that every year though. Getting a shout of encouragement from a 62 minute half-marathoner, 800m from the finish line put's everything into perspective though!

I was intrigued watching TRR and Jebuz race it out, Jebuz took a very early lead TRR paced it perfectly, before I knew it there was 300m to go ☺

ThebitterLemon

Anyone know how Outside did, or have a link to the results?

Tnx

TbL

Ososlo

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Anyone know how Outside did, or have a link to the results?

Tnx

TbL

http://www.sportsplits.com/Home/QuickResults?clientId=74&raceId=99&raceName=Charleville%20Half%20Marathon

that should work

RacoonQueen

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

Heffarmy 73 dead. Krusty 73.03, 73.07 for myself and 73.27 for jebuz. davedanon 91:44. That's I'll know at the moment so apologies if I've missed anyone. Great course. Not a great day weather wise but course does give you some shelter. Brilliant event. I'll be back.

Great running guys!

Ouch for Jebuz though...getting chicked right at the end!

ThebitterLemon

Ososlo wrote: »

http://www.sportsplits.com/Home/QuickResults?clientId=74&raceId=99&raceName=Charleville%20Half%20Marathon

that should work

Tnx O.

Outside finished with a 1.19:11, nice work.

Great running by Boardsies down there today

TbL

CR 7

83:27 for myself. I'd trained for and would have been happy with somewhere around 85 minutes, but for a laugh I decided to try and stay with the 80 minute pace group. Stuck with them to about halfway, they started pulling away and I blew up at around 9 miles. Went through the last 5k in over 20 minutes. But, at least it was a learning experience on the value of pacing longer races properly.:pac:

ASIMON0V

80' 26" for me. Found the section on the country road into the wind tough but happy out with the result. Started steady and chased the 80 min pacers from half way - Nice shower and swim in park hotel afters as well.

Outside

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Tnx O.

Outside finished with a 1.19:11, nice work.

Great running by Boardsies down there today

TbL

Thanks TbL, such a great event, well worth the trip from Galway. Happy with the run, full steam ahead now for Dublin!

KrustyUCC

Really happy with it

Beat my previous half marathon time by 14 mins and had some great craic with the wibblies all the way around

BeepBeep67

Nice picture here with some familiar faces depicting the effort being made to run a 73 half.


Taken from the Ireland through a lens facebook page

Itziger

A minute and change behind, all on his lonelio was this chap, Eau Rouge on here who has made great strides in the last couple of years and who could have some improvement yet.

EauRouge79

Ah shucks, thanks Itziger. I hadn't seen that photo of my ugly mug. Im guessing that was taken at the hump back bridge just before 11 mile mark.
(its looks relatively dry...I can tell you it certainly wasn't)

Yep, great race organised by Michael O'H and North Cork AC.

During a couple of the longer straight stretches, I could just about make out yere group up ahead lads. I might join ye next year if you could hang on for me? I was on my tod for the whole thing.
Closest I could get was a quick chat with Krusty at the finish line!

Well done on some superb performances lads.

Krusty_Clown

EauRouge79 wrote: »

Ah shucks, thanks Itziger. I hadn't seen that photo of my ugly mug. Im guessing that was taken at the hump back bridge just before 11 mile mark.
(its looks relatively dry...I can tell you it certainly wasn't)

Yep, great race organised by Michael O'H and North Cork AC.

During a couple of the longer straight stretches, I could just about make out yere group up ahead lads. I might join ye next year if you could hang on for me? I was on my tod for the whole thing.
Closest I could get was a quick chat with Krusty at the finish line!

Well done on some superb performances lads.

It was good to chat to you briefly afterwards. Did you say you were doing Dublin this year?

EauRouge79

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

It was good to chat to you briefly afterwards. Did you say you were doing Dublin this year?

No Dublin for me this year im afraid. I wont know what to do with myself on October Bank Holiday weekend...I already have an uneasy feeling about it. Might end up at the Jazz in Cork for a change.

I decided after London this year that I was taking at least a year off from this marathon craic. The aim is to come back and do a decent marathon in Berlin 2016.
I want to spend 12 months improving everything from 5k to Half Marathon first before starting the Berlin Plan in May next year from a faster base.

That's the theory part!

Itziger

EauRouge79 wrote: »

No Dublin for me this year im afraid. I wont know what to do with myself on October Bank Holiday weekend...I already have an uneasy feeling about it. Might end up at the Jazz in Cork for a change.

I decided after London this year that I was taking at least a year off from this marathon craic. The aim is to come back and do a decent marathon in Berlin 2016.
I want to spend 12 months improving everything from 5k to Half Marathon first before starting the Berlin Plan in May next year from a faster base.

That's the theory part!

A bit of cross country this winter would be a good start, ER.

I'm very interested to see what you're capable of with some real training under your belt. I don't think you're a great fan of predictions, but I am! Especially for other people

Having seen your progress over the last 3 or 4 years I'd say about 1.12 for the Half and 2.35 for the Full. Can I set a reminder to myself to check this in October 2017?

EauRouge79

Itziger wrote: »

A bit of cross country this winter would be a good start, ER.

I'm very interested to see what you're capable of with some real training under your belt. I don't think you're a great fan of predictions, but I am! Especially for other people

Having seen your progress over the last 3 or 4 years I'd say about 1.12 for the Half and 2.35 for the Full. Can I set a reminder to myself to check this in October 2017?

Ooops forgot to mention the initial cross country phase. Bought my 1st pair of spikes a couple of weeks ago.
Your right im not a big fan of predictions...especially for myself. Id love to run 6min miles in marathon.
I remember having a few pints with the gang here after London 2013, Krusty & Kiely Unusual had just run 2:37 or thereabouts together and I was (still am) just in awe of the achievement. I you offered me that kind of time in this lifetime id bite the hand off you.
For now its just ticking boxes in terms of goal times for shorter distances on the way to Berlin 2016.