March half marathon?

shane1981

Hoping to do a half marathon a month before Marathon. Anyone know of a race around the beginning of March, ideally 5th or 6th?

niallo32

Carlingford half marathon - 5th March

http://www.26extreme.com/productdetails/1481/carlingford-half-marathon-10k.aspx

Ruu

Meath Spring half on March 13, registration is on eventbrite I think.

dublin runner

niallo32 wrote: »

Carlingford half marathon - 5th March

http://www.26extreme.com/productdetails/1481/carlingford-half-marathon-10k.aspx

Definitely a PB course.

I think may people secured their 12.9x mile PB there over the last few years .

shane1981

dublin runner wrote: »

Definitely a PB course.

I think may people secured their 12.9x mile PB there over the last few years .

hmmm dare I ask?;) I was hoping to use a half to judge my planned pace for marathon . Looks like a beast of a climb on first 5km.

tang1

Kinvara Half on the 5th of March, few of us doing Rotterdam are doing it as our tune up half.

dublin runner

shane1981 wrote: »

hmmm dare I ask?;) I was hoping to use a half to judge my planned pace for marathon . Looks like a beast of a climb on first 5km.

Honestly I have never ran it but I have heard from several runners that it's consistently short. The results/times would support this.

Bohermeen is a good race - nice enough two lapped course, good club atmosphere. Not flat but a very fair course. The one big downside is some of the traffic on the roads.

Kinvara and Mullingar (never ran it) also gets good reports.

hondavfr

tang1 wrote: »

Kinvara Half on the 5th of March, few of us doing Rotterdam are doing it as our tune up half.

Whats the Kinvarra half marathon like, I'm thinking about this one and it will also be my first. Is it hilly?

tang1

hondavfr wrote: »

Whats the Kinvarra half marathon like, I'm thinking about this one and it will also be my first. Is it hilly?

It'll be my first time to I'm afraid so my knowledge is limited, believe there's a decent climb between 7&8 miles. Suppose to be well organised and sells out nearly every year.

niallo32

dublin runner wrote: »

Definitely a PB course.

I think may people secured their 12.9x mile PB there over the last few years .

Excellent looking forward to it so

Sunny Dayz

Mullingar Half Marathon is on 17th March
http://www.mullingarhalfmarathon.com/

aceygray

There's one in Balbriggan on St Patrick's day as well:

http://www.balbriggan.info/balbriggan-cancer-support-group-10khalf-marathon/

TFBubendorfer

Tralee is on 12th March.

http://www.traleemarathon.com/

shane1981

Forgot about St Patricks Day! Think I ll go for Mullingar. Enjoyed it last year, flattest course I know of too.