Parkrun..

Annie get your Run · 19-10-2019 06:28PM

eoinín wrote: »

All 3 are lovely forest runs. Vandeleur is a 1 lapper, Coole 2 laps and Lees Road has 3 laps. I'd say they're all relatively flat (maybe Lees Road the hilliest) and have similar forest trail / gravelly surfaces. So you'd probably get roughly the same time on all 3. Coole and Vandaleur have nice on site cafes. Coole has a lovely historic park to explore (Yeats lived there for a while), while Vandaleur has an interesting and pretty walled garden. Lee's Road is on the outskirts of Ennis, which has some nice streets (and De Valera's Dodge car at the library!).

So they all have their merits!

That hasn't helped in my decision making at all

. Thanks eoinín, they do all sound lovely. I guess the drive time might be the deciding factor as Coole and Vandaleur are an hour(ish) from Doolin, while Lees road is only 40 mins. If it's just as lovely as the other two sound, it might be the one!

Simmer down · 22-10-2019 01:52AM

Quick question.
Can you only get a registered PB at your home event?
I've had a few best times lately at different locations but they haven't come up as official PBs on the results pages.

sonyvision · 22-10-2019 06:02AM

Simmer down wrote: »

Quick question.
Can you only get a registered PB at your home event?
I've had a few best times lately at different locations but they haven't come up as official PBs on the results pages.

They come up as "First timer" I assume your PBs time were running in a new location only ones?. Each parkrun holds your PB for that specific course. I used the parkrun add-in on google chrome to track my fastest times for each different location

Duzzie · 22-10-2019 06:49AM

Simmer down wrote: »

Quick question.
Can you only get a registered PB at your home event?
I've had a few best times lately at different locations but they haven't come up as official PBs on the results pages.

You have a separate PB for each event. If it was your first time at an event, you wont be shown as getting a PB despite it effectively being a PB.

Simmer down · 22-10-2019 07:09AM

That makes sense. Yes they've been first time runs at these locations. I've been enjoying some tourism going around to the different Dublin anniversaries lately.
Thanks for the answer guys...

ger664 · 22-10-2019 08:09AM

Annie get your Run wrote: »

I'll be in Doolin next weekend, if anyone has any info on Coole, Lees Road or Vanderleer parkruns, I'd be interested to hear which one might be the best option.

Lees Road is probably easiest from a pov of getting there. Its on the way into ennis. Thropugh the big roundabout hang next left though a junction and the gate is 100m to your left. We start at the top of the astro turf. Follow all the kids to the pitch and keep going

cjt156 · 24-10-2019 02:21PM

Anyone else have trouble collecting a milestone T-shirt? I can log in to the Irish site fine, the Tees are collected via the international site, which won't accept my login details.
Weird, as I collected my 50 shirt OK.

Edit; never mind - just reset password.

RunnerDub · 26-10-2019 12:43PM

Ran the Progression Parkrun in Mountjoy Prison this morning, Very well organised by the prison staff, prisoners & volunteers. 7.5 laps of the prison interior grounds. Tea, coffee, biscuits & cakes afterwards in the training unit.

Hesh's Umpire · 26-10-2019 10:45PM

Did my first ever non home parkrun this morning in Mount Lucas, Co Offaly. Small field of 34 but enjoyed the new surroundings and did my fastest time for a long time. Interesting being so close to the huge wind turbines. The course passes 6 or 7 of them. Friendly crew. Orange slices and cake at the finish line!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 27-10-2019 08:37AM

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

Did my first ever non home parkrun this morning in Mount Lucas, Co Offaly. Small field of 34 but enjoyed the new surroundings and did my fastest time for a long time. Interesting being so close to the huge wind turbines. The course passes 6 or 7 of them. Friendly crew. Orange slices and cake at the finish line!

For wind turbines you should try Father Collins Park, I've seen people getting a crew cut haircut from them lol

RonanP77 · 28-10-2019 09:10AM

It's probably been mentioned already but I missed it. I had heard it mentioned that Virginia in Cavan was setting up a Parkrun, did that ever happen? It's only 10 minutes from me so that would be perfect.

muddypaws · 28-10-2019 09:24AM

RonanP77 wrote: »

It's probably been mentioned already but I missed it. I had heard it mentioned that Virginia in Cavan was setting up a Parkrun, did that ever happen? It's only 10 minutes from me so that would be perfect.

Yes, it's been up and running for a while now. It's called Deer Park, rather than Virginia, very frustrating for alphabet chasers

plodder · 28-10-2019 09:53AM

muddypaws wrote: »

Yes, it's been up and running for a while now. It's called Deer Park, rather than Virginia, very frustrating for alphabet chasers

Just be careful, that strangely enough there are two parkruns in that area with "deerpark" in their name - Virgina and Carlanstown.

No potential for confusion there at all :eek:

Simmer down · 31-10-2019 08:43AM

Looking forward to my first run out at Poppintree this Saturday. It's their 5th anniversary.

crisco10 · 31-10-2019 12:35PM

RunnerDub wrote: »

Ran the Progression Parkrun in Mountjoy Prison this morning, Very well organised by the prison staff, prisoners & volunteers. 7.5 laps of the prison interior grounds. Tea, coffee, biscuits & cakes afterwards in the training unit.

Can I ask how you got to do it?

Danny dyers double · 31-10-2019 01:26PM

Doing my first one in Corkagh Park Saturday. What time do you need to be there for if the race starts at 9.30??

py · 31-10-2019 01:30PM

Danny dyers double wrote: »

Doing my first one in Corkagh Park Saturday. What time do you need to be there for if the race starts at 9.30??

Usual first timer chat is at about 9:15am. Won't hurt to be there even earlier to get a feel for parkrun. Enjoy!

adrian522 · 31-10-2019 01:33PM

9.29 ha ha.

It's not really a race, but show up anytime around 9.20 should be fine.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 31-10-2019 05:33PM

Simmer down wrote: »

Looking forward to my first run out at Poppintree this Saturday. It's their 4th anniversary.

I might head over that way myself.

Its a nice parkrun. Its 2 1/2 laps of the park, and a very nice park it is too

kkhornet · 31-10-2019 07:12PM

First time getting to be a parkrun tourist. Heading down to cork for a stag for the weekend and if the hangover allows I'll be giving one a go.
I see theres 2 or 3 though, is there any one that ye would reccomend over the others??

eoinín · 31-10-2019 08:32PM

kkhornet wrote: »

First time getting to be a parkrun tourist. Heading down to cork for a stag for the weekend and if the hangover allows I'll be giving one a go.
I see theres 2 or 3 though, is there any one that ye would reccomend over the others??

what part of Cork?

kkhornet · 31-10-2019 10:42PM

eoinín wrote: »

what part of Cork?

Staying in the metropole hotel in the city centre.

Simmer down · 01-11-2019 08:05AM

crisco10 wrote: »

Can I ask how you got to do it?

Email them and ask: progression@parkrun.com

It's an unusual one to do but running around in circles in a prison doesn't sound like any fun to me...

CassieManson · 01-11-2019 08:31AM

kkhornet wrote: »

First time getting to be a parkrun tourist. Heading down to cork for a stag for the weekend and if the hangover allows I'll be giving one a go.
I see theres 2 or 3 though, is there any one that ye would reccomend over the others??

I did Ballincollig last weekend. Nice flat route, friendly team, lots of parking (in Lidl nearby) would definitely recommend it.

opus · 01-11-2019 11:16AM

kkhornet wrote: »

Staying in the metropole hotel in the city centre.

Glen River parkrun is your best bet, it's ~2k from the Metropole so a nice warm up! I'll be there myself this Sat as it happens.

The Metropole Hotel Cork to Glen River parkrun

TiptoeMushroom · 01-11-2019 06:39PM

Hi, recently moved to Roundwood and two nearest Parkruns are Avondale or Shanganagh.

Will have baby with me tomorrow so thinking of a buggy run.
Trail route in Avondale so I’m left with Shanganagh.

Looks buggy friendly.... can anyone confirm please?

Many thanks !

quickbeam · 01-11-2019 06:47PM

Definitely buggy friendly.

Duzzie · 01-11-2019 06:58PM

TiptoeMushroom wrote: »

Hi, recently moved to Roundwood and two nearest Parkruns are Avondale or Shanganagh.

Will have baby with me tomorrow so thinking of a buggy run.
Trail route in Avondale so I’m left with Shanganagh.

Looks buggy friendly.... can anyone confirm please?

Many thanks !

You aren't to far from Gorey either. Challenging course but fully on tarmac and buggy friendly.

An tAlbanach · 01-11-2019 08:17PM

TiptoeMushroom wrote: »

Hi, recently moved to Roundwood and two nearest Parkruns are Avondale or Shanganagh.

Will have baby with me tomorrow so thinking of a buggy run.
Trail route in Avondale so I’m left with Shanganagh.

Looks buggy friendly.... can anyone confirm please?

Many thanks !

Never done Shanganagh but I did Avondale with my son in OUtnbout Nipper Sport. Was grand. Would recommend Gorey certainly for tarmac paths.

muddypaws · 01-11-2019 11:15PM

Simmer down wrote: »

Email them and ask: progression@parkrun.com

It's an unusual one to do but running around in circles in a prison doesn't sound like any fun to me...

Great atmosphere and definitely fun

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