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Connemara Marathon 2025

bobsman

Hi folks

I signed up for this during xmas. A moment of madness. I am 52 and only returned to running just over a year ago. I try to do 3 times a week. I ran 30K yesterday. I am not following a training plan as work is all over the place so it is tough to stick too. I did Manchester Marathon in 2016. First and only one. How tough is Connemara? I do have the option to defer 😊

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Quiet Achiever

Anyone doing the Delphi Half Marathon? Any idea of what to expect?

First one...

CuriousCucumber

My knee is banjaxxed after yesterday 😂

What a great event. I ran the full marathon. The first half, all the way into Leanne was incredible. The second half is it's own race by itself. The hurt kicked in just as we crossed the bridge in Maam.

Planned to run the marathon pretty conservatively, and just enjoy it.

I enjoyed it immensely, but still ran too fast. Finished in 3:30 which was 15minutes quicker than I meant to 😁

Pawwed Rig

Hope everyone had a good run. Beautiful day without much wind. Really great scenery.

Happy to see bottles at every water station rather than cups 😛

Driving back home now where I am gonna make a pig of myself

Pawwed Rig

Looking good

joe__c

Got in touch, there was a bit of confusion that I got sorted, they're good to deal with, was wondering! Fingers crossed on that weather...

CuriousCucumber

Have a very gentle 45minutes to do this evening. I always feel so lazy during race week :D

Pawwed Rig

yep got my number 2 weeks ago.
Too Early to get excited about Connemara weather I think. Will believe it when it happens. 🤣
Did an easy 10k this morning and felt fairly sluggish. Didn’t sleep well so plan for rest of week is to get as much sleep as possible 👍

TheRef

My number arrived early last week IIRC.

CuriousCucumber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124391014#Comment_124391014

Yeah, mine arrived about 10 days ago.

I'd get in touch with them asap if I was you

joe__c

Anyone got their number in the post? No sign for me yet over in Dublin, looking forward to it now 🙂

CuriousCucumber

Think I'm tapering now :D
Have a 90min long run this weekend, and a few easy runs next week, and then on to the main event

Not to get anyone excited, but the long range forecast looks decent for this.

CuriousCucumber

Did my longest training run yesterday. Conditions were perfect training for Connemara. Lashing rain, and crazy winds

Felt really good throughout the run. Easily had the extra distance in the legs

Managed 490m of elevation yesterday too. Starting to look forward to this run now

CuriousCucumber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124337203#Comment_124337203

The 4hr pace is probably where I end up too. Would ideally fancy 3:45, but there isn't a pacer for that time, and 3:30 might be a bit optimistic.

I expect what will happen, is I'll take off like a rocket, and hit the half way point way too early, and then curse anything and everything for the next 2hours

Pawwed Rig

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124336385#Comment_124336385

same as that. I have the fitness for the distance but the hills are a worry. That said if I have to walk I will walk. Hoping for some good weather more than anything else.
Plan is to set out at 4 hour pace. That should leave me with energy in the last quarter.

CuriousCucumber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124336367#Comment_124336367

I'm planning on doing the exact same thing.

Had a hard marathon in February. Doing this, as I have the fitness, and want to check it off of the bucket list. Not sure what time to target. Hoping to just join a few runners, and chat the whole way around

Pawwed Rig

signed up for this for next month. I am doing it as a “fun” run in that I really didn’t enjoy the last 2 marathons I did so want to have an enjoyable experience rather than being flat out. Did Westport last year at a slower than normal pace and it was the single most enjoyable days running I have done. Hoping to recapture that in Connemara.
am I mad?

It will be my 10th marathon so looking forward to it

TheRef

Medal reveal today and as usual, solid medals. Always impressed.

CuriousCucumber

Registered for this in April. So reasonable in terms of price, compared to all my other races

Not going to take it too seriously. Like, I want to get around enjoying it, rather than racing it. Will aim for something around 3:30 hopefully, but presume it's so weather dependent

joe__c

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124011418#Comment_124011418

Cheers, appreciate the info! Seems like an incredible experience alright!

Ultra7Runner

It is all on road so regular road runners are fine. It is a spectacular run , very quiet and incredibly beautiful. Its not a PB route for sure , with one tough hill near the end but would highly recomnend.

joe__c

Hey all, considering signing up. I know conditions play a huge role but how much harder would you say it is than the likes of Dublin? 20%?

Also, would you run it in regular road runners (I've Asics Novablasts) or would you need something more robust or on the trail side of things? Cheers!

TheRef

Done the full last year and the Ultra is on my list for next year.

Ultra7Runner

I ran the Ultra this year. Fantastic course - really well organised too. Such a beautiful route especially out to Rosroe pier (not the hill back up!), I couldnt recommend it more highly.

bobsman

Jesus, fair play Bananaleaf - after the flu, not a chance I would run it. I would do the half in Connemara but absolutely under no circumstances would I do the full - absolute torture lol

Bananaleaf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123398185#Comment_123398185

Well done - that's a great time! I ended up with flu less than 10 days after I replied to you above and I lost a month of training. I was nearly going to defer but I dropped to the half instead. Got around in 2.5hrs which I'm happy with. I'd like to go back to the half course next year with a proper HM training block under my belt to see what I can do if trained.

Again, well done

bobsman

Good lord - did it yesterday. Barely got under the 5 hours ffs 😂 It is indeed a tough one - anyone else?

Bananaleaf

Hi Bobsman, I'm also doing Connemarathon and I also did a 32k last weekend and it took be about 3hr 40 so sounds like we may well cross paths on the day.

Im doing it to get experience on hilly terrain. I expect it to be tough and am certainly not really setting a time goal. My marathon PB is 4.42 in Dublin so I would expect to get around in 5.5hrs, which I think is realistic. If it takes longer, it takes longer.

Classic21

it’s a great event. Best advice would to really understand the course and know when to hold back and when to just run.

Best marathon course I have ran, if weather is nice you will pass the day just enjoying the views

The Spy Queen

just do it Bob. At least the box be ticked 30 km is decent all considered. Fastcwalk the hills It’s a great event weather permitting

bobsman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123231347#Comment_123231347

Thank you Brick 😊it took me 3.5 hours to run the 30K. Oddly enough, long runs don't bother me. I don't have much speed and haven't done enough runs. Ah well, I have signed up so let's see