Streets of Galway -Sat 06/08/11

signed up for this today. excellent race. first race i ever done. hope to get another pb this yr once i get over headford tomorrow!

backspacer wrote: »

Any word on how this is selling?

Not from me , but its €7 more after next sunday , up €25 from €18

Cant wait for this again this year.Was gutted to miss out last year through injury so really looking forward to it.My modest goal is to do it in under 40mins which i know some of you guys reading this could do no problem.I'll be up v.early in the morning when its quiet in the couple of weeks before it running the route.
By the way,i assume the route is the same as always yes?

It can be tough alright, winner of Headford 8K last week ran it in 24:59.

It gives us something to aim for though

Head The Wall wrote: »

It can be tough alright, winner of Headford 8K last week ran it in 24:59.

It gives us something to aim for though

and the winner of Headford is a mere 48yrs old :eek:

Ran the course last night, its a nice course, bit deceptive going up Dr. Mannix Road, but anyone looking for a nice race on a Saturday evening, you can't go wrong here.

Also they are looking for volunteers to marshall the course on the day, so if anyone on here is in Galway on the day and wants to help, they can get in contact through here http://www.galwaycityharriers.com/contacts

Any one else get an e-mail from runireland? Saying that the late fee was 25 and having to pay an extra 7 euros?

Seres wrote: »

ya i did , it did indicate that it was only €18 before processing the transaction ?

Surely they can't expect to charge more after the transaction has been processed? If there was an error in the original charge then it was their fault.

My wife entered on the 17th July which was advertised as the last day for the standard entry and was charged €18. Now she's being asked to pay an additional €7 which seems ridiculous.

devotional1993 wrote: »

Dont pay it.I got the same email. I entered on time also for 18e. They have some cheek expecting us now to pay extra. I replyed back saying i was not paying any extra but no response. Doubt its anything to do with galway harriers. Seems very unprofessional to say the least from Runireland.

i paid that day because it confirmed they were only goin to charge me €18 and paid for another two peolpe as well because of this , i will leave the paymt for the moment and just wait and see what happens

Thank you for entering the Corrib Oil Streets of Galway through 
RunIreland.com. The late entry fee as advertised on the website is €25. A
 small number of entries were processed by RunIreland at €18 which leaves a balance of €7. Unfortunately, your entry was one of those affected - even though
 you confirmed your order for €25 your debit/credit card was processed 
for €18.:mad:

I just joined to reply to this thread - i got the email part of which i have copied in. This is very bad on runirelands behalf and very unprofessional!!
The sentence in bold above is the part that is completely and utterly untrue and is soooo unprofessional for them to have sent out. At no point during the process did I see 25 euro fee ANYWHERE none the less confirm 25 euro!!

Runireland have made this mistake and are trying to push the blame onto the competitors!

Definetely not paying this and I hope nobody else does either!

Exactly - I would have no problem paying the 25 euro if it had shown on the webpage but I never saw any amount for 25 so to then get an email saying you confirmed 25 but we only charged you 18 and that you can check your bank statement to confirm this was very strange!!!

Never once was 25 confirmed at any point and I was surprised such a badly worded email was sent out to ask people to pay an extra amount which they were never asked to do at the booking process.

Hopefully they will know better next time.