Parkrun Ireland

Ososlo · 07-03-2013 10:18PM

dechol wrote: »

Is there somewhere to leave a bag while running?

Malahide PR?

the carpark is quite close to the start line if you're driving. A nice handy warm up jog away.I saw people had left stuff in the field (unattended i think?) but might not be a great idea if it's raining.

liamo66 · 07-03-2013 11:28PM

dechol wrote: »

Is there somewhere to leave a bag while running?

I assume you are referring to Marlay parkrun. The start and finish are in the same area, bags can be left at own risk.

statss · 08-03-2013 07:58AM

I wonder how conditions are underfoot at Marley. I was thinking of doing the run in the middle of my planned long run tomorrow but I wouldn't want to have soggy feet after from mushy grass running

liamo66 · 08-03-2013 09:33AM

statss wrote: »

I wonder how conditions are underfoot at Marley. I was thinking of doing the run in the middle of my planned long run tomorrow but I wouldn't want to have soggy feet after from mushy grass running

All but the first 150m and last 60m of Marlay are on tarmac & compacted gravel paths. If it gets very wet we will run all of the course on paths.

plodder · 08-03-2013 09:34AM

liamo66 wrote: »

All but the first 150m and last 60m of Marlay are on tarmac & compacted gravel paths. If it gets very wet we will run all of the course on paths.

Best of luck for your first event tomorrow Liam!

liamo66 · 08-03-2013 09:49AM

plodder wrote: »

Best of luck for your first event tomorrow Liam!

Thanks plodder can't wait to get it started.

Walkedit · 08-03-2013 02:37PM

plodder wrote: »

Best of luck for your first event tomorrow Liam!

+1 on that

Jk_Eire · 08-03-2013 03:32PM

Looking forward to Marlay tomorrow. Seems like a fast enough course too so hoping for a Parkrun PB!

huskerdu · 08-03-2013 04:03PM

Jk_Eire wrote: »

Looking forward to Marlay tomorrow. Seems like a fast enough course too so hoping for a Parkrun PB!

I ran it last Saturday. Its a good course. One incline that you can feel, but should be fast enough.

Letyourselfgo · 08-03-2013 04:17PM

huskerdu wrote: »

I ran it last Saturday. Its a good course. One incline that you can feel, but should be fast enough.

I'd agree it's a good course but I'd call it fair rather than fast.

KillianByrne · 09-03-2013 10:40AM

Well done Marlay Park I really enjoyed that. A great start with hundreds of people, fast & not so fast. I have a time, now to beat it!

Skid X · 09-03-2013 03:07PM

Great turnout at Marlay Park today, record crowd for a debut Parkrun.

It went very well, hopefully it didn't reduce the numbers at Malahide too much.

menoscemo · 09-03-2013 04:50PM

Skid X wrote: »

It went very well, hopefully it didn't reduce the numbers at Malahide too much.

321 finishers at Malahide today as well so obviously not!!!

Great turnouts. Great to see.

robinph · 09-03-2013 05:44PM

menoscemo wrote: »

321 finishers at Malahide today as well so obviously not!!!

Great turnouts. Great to see.

Wow.

parkrun is clearly well overdue for making an appearance in Ireland with those kind of numbers. What did Marlay get for their first run?

huskerdu · 09-03-2013 05:46PM

robinph wrote: »

Wow.

parkrun is clearly well overdue for making an appearance in Ireland with those kind of numbers. What did Marlay get for their first run?

370 people ran today.

Murph_D · 06-04-2013 11:40AM

Great turnout this morning, wonderful weather for it. Thanks to all the volunteers.

gerard_65 · 06-04-2013 11:55AM

Injury left me with a big blank space in my diary this morning so decided to give something back and volunteer for Marley. Well worth it, although I was only giving out finishing place tokens, it was a good feeling to be giving something back to the sport. I reckon I will be sidelined for sometime so I'll be back in a yellow hi-vis jacket for a few Saturdays to come.
I know most people keep their head low when the call for volunteers goes out and that's why there is never enough, but I would recommend anyone to give up a couple of Saturday mornings to do your bit.
It's only a couple of hours with the race and helping sort out the tokens for the following week.
So if you enjoy the parkruns and want to see them continue, put your name down for a couple of Saturdays, you won't regret it.

Peckham · 06-04-2013 01:51PM

Also worth noting there are volunteer jobs that can be done post-run, so you don't need to miss out on your run. Examples include scanning, collecting signs, sorting tokens.

Skid X · 06-04-2013 02:13PM

Good news on the Parkrun Ireland Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/parkrunEire?fref=ts

Two new parkruns coming soon one in Dublin and one in Cork. Watch here for details when finalised

No more details, but great to see the momentum is growing.

Walkedit · 08-04-2013 10:45AM

Isn't this nice! We had a family double yesterday with Dave (Shamrocks) & Suzanne Sheehy (Fingallians) being the First Finishing man & woman. We love families at parkrun to run together so we are delighted for them both.

gerard_65 · 13-04-2013 10:37AM

Well done to KrustyC on a very convincing win in Marley today, leading home another big turnout of approx. 340 runners.

Krusty_Clown · 13-04-2013 11:21AM

gerard_65 wrote: »

Well done to KrustyC on a very convincing win in Marley today, leading home another big turnout of approx. 340 runners.

Cheers Gerard. Cracking bit of fun for a Saturday morning. Looks like we got the best of the weather, as it was lashing rain on the way home. Very good course, with just one tough spot around the half way mark (the hill up towards the M50) which was a bit of a struggle with a strong head-wind, but that nice downhill immediately afterwards was ample reward.

Got a bit of a shock when the race started, as 12 lads went off at around 5 minute mile and left me for dust, but settled in half way around the first small loop. Any other Saturday I'd have finished second to Pronator, but he had to slow up from half way, with a niggle in his groin (can't risk anything, with just 8 days to London marathon). Anyway, delighted to have burst my Parkrun cherry, and I will definitely be back. Such a wonderful initiative, and so well run by all the generous volunteers.

Killerz · 13-04-2013 11:46AM

gerard_65 wrote: »

Well done to KrustyC on a very convincing win in Marley today, leading home another big turnout of approx. 340 runners.

Congratulations, Mr. Clown!

AJAYC · 13-04-2013 12:29PM

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Cheers Gerard. Cracking bit of fun for a Saturday morning. Looks like we got the best of the weather, as it was lashing rain on the way home. Very good course, with just one tough spot around the half way mark (the hill up towards the M50) which was a bit of a struggle with a strong head-wind, but that nice downhill immediately afterwards was ample reward.

Got a bit of a shock when the race started, as 12 lads went off at around 5 minute mile and left me for dust, but settled in half way around the first small loop. Any other Saturday I'd have finished second to Pronator, but he had to slow up from half way, with a niggle in his groin (can't risk anything, with just 8 days to London marathon). Anyway, delighted to have burst my Parkrun cherry, and I will definitely be back. Such a wonderful initiative, and so well run by all the generous volunteers.

Thought I saw you with a skipping rope on the course at one stage, looking very comfortable, perhaps that lad in second with the Sli Cualann top was thinking about which tube station he needs to exit from Sunday week?

Timmaay · 13-04-2013 12:41PM

Well done KC, fit4life 3k on Thur?

Krusty_Clown · 13-04-2013 01:14PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Well done KC, fit4life 3k on Thur?

Three days before London marathon, sadly not. Would love to give it a pop, but it really wouldn't be a good idea. Will see if I can get out of work early and volunteer though (if there are any jobs that don't require a high level of intelligence

).

gerard_65 · 13-04-2013 04:29PM

Another big well done to jcsmum on the first woman finisher, and a great time, sorry I didn't mention you earlier, I was busy scanning this morning so didn't notice the finishers, just saw the results.

Peckham · 13-04-2013 06:28PM

gerard_65 wrote: »

very convincing win first finisher in Marley today

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Got a bit of a shock when the race run started

Have translated your posts into parkrun lingo

Well done KC. Not sure if anyone has been first finisher in more than one parkrun event in Ireland - you'll have to travel out to the northside some Saturday and have a shot at Malahide.

gerard_65 · 20-04-2013 11:29AM

A record turnout for Marley this morning of 390. Glorious weather for both runners and volunteers.
This morning see's the end of my volunteering for a few weeks. Have a late night next Friday and hopefully I'll be actually running the following week, but I'll be back in the hi-vis jacket again soon, its been fun.:)

Skid X · 20-04-2013 05:22PM

Malahide Parkrun's Facebook page reports that they had 427 runners today, a new record.

Over 800 people running today, and new Parkruns coming to Macroom and Lucan soon. Great to see.

edit: Here is the Parkrun Ireland Facebook post (From April 11th)

Fairly certain now that the next two parkruns will be Castle Demense parkrun Macroom county Cork starting 18/5/13 followed by Griffeen parkrun Dublin (Lucan) starting 15/6/13.

Discussions ongoing with other venues as well so the parkrun community is growing.

We still need to attract a national sponsor so we can finance incentives like parkrun T's for junior 10, 50 & 100 runs

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