National Masters & A3 Road Race Championships

Chumpski · 03-08-2018 1:03pm #1

Any one know anything about this? I can see on the calendar its in Shannon but no other details yet.

thekooman · 03-08-2018 1:33pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/200766970593359/

Taxuser1 · 03-08-2018 2:10pm

https://www.strava.com/segments/15478836

scott1974 · 03-08-2018 2:30pm

Why were these not held alongside the Nationals in June?
They are normally held all at the same time..

thekooman · 03-08-2018 2:31pm

scott1974 wrote: »

Why were these not held alongside the Nationals in June?
They are normally held all at the same time..

nope, never held together. its usually Masters, A3 and Juniors together but juniors was moved to the Elites weekend this year.

scott1974 · 03-08-2018 2:36pm

thekooman wrote: »

nope, never held together. its usually Masters, A3 and Juniors together but juniors was moved to the Elites weekend this year.

It says on the facebook details : "National Time Trial titles for M40/M50/M60....National Road Titles for M40/M50/M60/A3 racing categories"

Chumpski · 03-08-2018 2:43pm

Is there or where is the best place to keep an eye on this stuff?

The cycling Ireland calendar is sometimes inaccurate, slightly out of date or lacking details.

Im in the cycling Ireland group on facebook and a lot is posted there but updates on some events is missed from time to time.

Taxuser1 · 03-08-2018 5:08pm

thekooman wrote: »

nope, never held together. its usually Masters, A3 and Juniors together but juniors was moved to the Elites weekend this year.

They were held together last year. Rule changed by race commission. Terrible decision

scott1974 · 03-08-2018 6:58pm

Taxuser1 wrote: »

They were held together last year. Rule changed by race commission. Terrible decision

Last year and the year before too..

harringtonp · 07-08-2018 8:03am

If both A3 and a master's category are on your licence is there a choice as to which race you can enter or can you only do the masters race ?

Miklos · 07-08-2018 8:58am

I might be wrong but I was under the impression it's all the same race?

I'll probably be doing the Trader's Cup instead, it's a bit of a trek to Shannon.

Taxuser1 · 07-08-2018 10:54am

Miklos wrote: »

I might be wrong but I was under the impression it's all the same race?

I'll probably be doing the Trader's Cup instead, it's a bit of a trek to Shannon.

2 separate races, it's a Championship event with a 9.30 start for the vets. made up of a lot of A1s so it's likely to be a cracking race.

Eamonnator · 07-08-2018 1:09pm

Taxuser1 wrote: »

2 separate races, it's a Championship event with a 9.30 start for the vets. made up of a lot of A1s so it's likely to be a cracking race.

Are there not separate races for M40, M50 and M60 masters?

Taxuser1 · 07-08-2018 1:11pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Are there not separate races for M40, M50 and M60 masters?

yes. 4 races total. apologies,was thinking only of my own group.

TGD · 07-08-2018 1:17pm

I think it’s inconsiderate to run the two championships on two consecutive days, especially as Masters from 40 to 60+ don’t recover quickly. If you do the first you can hardly expect to be in top form for the second. They wouldn’t do this for seniors.

Eamonnator · 07-08-2018 1:22pm

TGD wrote: »

I think it’s inconsiderate to run the two championships on two consecutive days, especially as Masters from 40 to 60+ don’t recover quickly. If you do the first you can hardly expect to be in top form for the second. They wouldn’t do this for seniors.

Can a rider take part in two Championship events in the same discipline?

TGD · 07-08-2018 1:54pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Can a rider take part in two Championship events in the same discipline?

I meant TT on Saturday and road race on Sunday (if I’m reading it right).

Taxuser1 · 07-08-2018 3:44pm

TGD wrote: »

I think it’s inconsiderate to run the two championships on two consecutive days, especially as Masters from 40 to 60+ don’t recover quickly. If you do the first you can hardly expect to be in top form for the second. They wouldn’t do this for seniors.

absolutely agree.

Chumpski · 07-08-2018 9:59pm

How long is the TT? If it’s 10 miles or less sounds like a good opener workout for the race on Sunday. Then again if it’s a 25 mile TT you may have a point.

Edit: 22k.

Taxuser1 · 08-08-2018 11:12am

Chumpski wrote: »

How long is the TT? If it’s 10 miles or less sounds like a good opener workout for the race on Sunday. Then again if it’s a 25 mile TT you may have a point.

Edit: 22k.

depends what you view as a leg opener is - a few 10 second high cadence sprints and one or two threshold 3-5 minuters is usually my preferred day before leg opener.

not a warm up and warm down and in between a balls out effort for over 30 minutes less than 24 hours before a 130 km road race.

harringtonp · 08-08-2018 3:49pm

harringtonp wrote: »

If both A3 and a master's category are on your licence is there a choice as to which race you can enter or can you only do the masters race ?

??? Somebody must know the story on this

wav1 · 08-08-2018 7:34pm

harringtonp wrote: »

??? Somebody must know the story on this

Think if tou are a3 masters you must do masters
Ie a3 champs is for a3s under 40.thats my tuppence worth but not 100% sure.unless there has been a change recently thats the regulatuon

CramCycle · 06-09-2018 7:27pm

I could be wrong but thought you could stay A3 rather than go to masters but if you got the M40 or similar on your license, that's it, your stuck there.

Inquitus · 06-09-2018 9:28pm

CramCycle wrote: »

I could be wrong but thought you could stay A3 rather than go to masters but if you got the M40 or similar on your license, that's it, your stuck there.

This is correct, its whats on your license that determines your correct race, not your age, i.e. A3 license but 42 years of age means A3 race, not M40 race. Its all down to what you requested when you applied for your license, did you tick the M40 box in my case below, or not, if so you are in the M40 race, if not the A3 race.

CramCycle · 06-09-2018 11:53pm

To be honest if they don't introduce an A4 champs before I retire, I will be disgusted.

TGD · 07-09-2018 12:24pm

CramCycle wrote: »

To be honest if they don't introduce an A4 champs before I retire, I will be disgusted.

To be honest, I don't think there should be an A3 champs. If there's an A3 (and an A4??), why not an A2?

Just one senior road championship and one champion.

CramCycle · 07-09-2018 12:29pm

TGD wrote: »

To be honest, I don't think there should be an A3 champs. If there's an A3 (and an A4??), why not an A2?

Just one senior road championship and one champion.

Because I won't win it with that sort of an attitude :pac:

royrogers · 13-09-2018 11:07am

120+ riders signed on for M40 race, maybe M40 races are an alternative to separate A1/A2 races!!!

thekooman · 13-09-2018 11:08am

royrogers wrote: »

120+ riders signed on for M40 race, maybe M40 races are an alternative to separate A1/A2 races!!!

Over 30 of those were A1 riders.

royrogers · 13-09-2018 11:25am

An alternative in the sense that your not chasing a young lad twenty years younger than you that hasn't put in a forty hr week in work and up at all hrs looking after young kids, more of a level playing field!

Taxuser1 · 13-09-2018 11:46am

royrogers wrote: »

An alternative in the sense that your not chasing a young lad twenty years younger than you that hasn't put in a forty hr week in work and up at all hrs looking after young kids, more of a level playing field!

no disrespect to organisers on sunday but the course was never going to break the bunch up irrespective of grade. But throw a more demanding course into the equation and I'm not sure it would be a level playing field.

National Masters & A3 Road Race Championships

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