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Tullamore Half Marathon 25th August 2018

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  • 30-07-2018 8:50am
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    RayCun
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    think this is the route

    website

    Last year's thread

    Seems to have a good reputation, and I'd expect a good race from Tullamore Harriers.

    Note - if you're coming from the M6, stay on the ring road around Tullamore until you get to the Charleville roundabout (the one after the turn for the golf club). The stadium is about a mile from the roundabout, much easier than going through the town centre.


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    Sunny Dayz
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    Thanks for that. First time to do Tullamore half. We shall see how it goes.... Thanks for posting the course map and directions. I actually didn't know where the Tullamore Harriers were in the town (it's 20 years since I was there and it wasn't for running!!)


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    Ray Donovan
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    Great race. You can't go wrong with it. Testing course but nothing outrageous. Wouldnt be a PB course however.

    Great spread of food in the clubhouse after, showers on site and lots of parking. As I said you can't go wrong.


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    Pink11
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    First year doing it. Looking forward to it.

    Presume number pick up is that morning? Is there a cut off time?

    Is the bag drop near start line or the club HQ?


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    Ray Donovan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Ray Donovan


    Pink11 wrote: »
    First year doing it. Looking forward to it.

    Presume number pick up is that morning? Is there a cut off time?

    Is the bag drop near start line or the club HQ?

    Bag drop is in the club AFAIK and will be very near where you park your car.

    Number pick up can be done evening before or morning of the race.

    Cut off point of 3 hours.

    http://tullamoreharriers.com/faqs/


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    Pink11
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    Ray Donovan wrote: »
    Bag drop is in the club AFAIK and will be very near where you park your car.

    Number pick up can be done evening before or morning of the race.

    Cut off point of 3 hours.

    http://tullamoreharriers.com/faqs/

    Thanks sorry what I meant was, does the collection point to get your numbers close up at a certain time?

    I'm getting the train so won't be arriving until 10.30am!


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    Peterx
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    https://www.mapmyrun.com/ie/tullamore-l/half-marathon-tullamore-route-217165415

    That's the route from the Tullamore Harriers website page. The club put on a great show and it's a well organised event.

    Great course, perfect for Dublin training. Not totally flat but flattish, much like Dublin. 47m of climb* according to the link above.


    *It was 86m elevation on my Strava file from 2013 and 186m from Barry who ran beside me the whole way that day with a few other people recording about 90m on Strava. Statistics and damn lies hey... :)


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    Ray Donovan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Ray Donovan


    Pink11 wrote: »
    Thanks sorry what I meant was, does the collection point to get your numbers close up at a certain time?

    I'm getting the train so won't be arriving until 10.30am!

    Ah you'll be grand. The start is more or less outside the club so people wont be moving to there until 10:45am. You'll have loads of time.


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    eyrie
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    Ray Donovan wrote: »
    Great race. You can't go wrong with it. Testing course but nothing outrageous. Wouldnt be a PB course however.
    Curious as to what makes you say that, if it's fairly flat? Thinking of doing it myself regardless but am just interested because I had thought it was supposed to be a fairly fast course.


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    Ray Donovan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Ray Donovan


    eyrie wrote: »
    Curious as to what makes you say that, if it's fairly flat? Thinking of doing it myself regardless but am just interested because I had thought it was supposed to be a fairly fast course.

    Flat in my estimation would be Galway Bay (another great race btw but ridiculously overpriced) whereas Tullamore has a few hills as you turn right after Mucklagh and also a little bit of climbing to do as from the Tullamore side of Killurin GAA pitch back into town. Again there's no major hill in it just a few drags but they all add up. It shouldn't turn you off doing it though.


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    Marathon2011
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    Will they have pacers?

    Any idea around what miles the climbs are. Im not on strava.

    Cheers


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    RayCun
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    I don't think you need to be a Strava member to follow the link?

    Looks like the first 2k (to the roundabout outside town) are a gradual climb, followed by a drop in the next k.
    Then mainly a gradual (30m in 7k) climb to the 10k mark, with the steepest bit in the tenth k.
    Back down again in the next 5k
    Some shorter but steeper ups and downs in the next few k
    Then back downhill into the town and around the track


    Pacers for 1hr30; 1hr40; 1hr45 1hr50; 2hr & 2hr 10


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    Ray Donovan
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    Marathon2011 wrote: »
    Will they have pacers?

    Any idea around what miles the climbs are. Im not on strava.

    Cheers

    1:30
    1:40
    1:45
    1:50
    2:00
    2:10


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    eyrie
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    Ray Donovan wrote: »
    Flat in my estimation would be Galway Bay (another great race btw but ridiculously overpriced) whereas Tullamore has a few hills as you turn right after Mucklagh and also a little bit of climbing to do as from the Tullamore side of Killurin GAA pitch back into town. Again there's no major hill in it just a few drags but they all add up. It shouldn't turn you off doing it though.
    No it wouldn't put me off at all, I just had an impression of it being very flat. Not sure where I got it from! I don't object to a few hills anyway.
    Thanks for clarifying


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    kiloecho15
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    This is a great race, best half I have ran. The organisation and facilities are top notch. The spread put on afterwards is worth the entry fee alone. The course is testing with undulating but no major hills, the first half harder than the second half. The previous couple of years was quite warm and humid and this made the run a bit trickier. Finishing with a lap of the track is brilliant.


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    Cabaal
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    Guys has this filled up yet?


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    martyboy48
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    Cabaal wrote: »
    Guys has this filled up yet?
    Think I saw something on FB saying it's getting close to sellout.....


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    RayCun
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    20 places left said facebook


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    Cabaal
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    I signed up the other day, aiming for sub 1:30 (well, to beat my 1:29)


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    Ray Donovan
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    Fair play if you manage it. It’s not the most difficult course of all time but I don’t know if I’d call it a PB course.


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    #21
    highlandcow
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    I will be running this weekend. Last race of my season before taking a few weeks off running. Hoping to run a pb but not quite sure what shape I'm in. Got a bit of a cold, mileage has been average and have a few niggling aches and pains. Ran it 2 years ago and was very impressed. It was tougher than I thought last time and didn't quite reach my goal, hoping for a better result on Saturday. As others have said it's a great race. Hopefully catchup with a few of you out there. Best of luck.


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    Alorra
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    I did this at the weekend. Really nice, well set up race. Great trip down the country. Loved coming around and doing the lap of the track (possibly the first time on a track :) ) and great grub afterwards, a feast. Was thrilled leaving town with a good pb of 1.34 and some sandwiches. Thanks to the harriers��


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    Alorra
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    I did this at the weekend. Really nice, well set up race. Great trip down the country. Loved coming around and doing the lap of the track (possibly the first time on a track :) ) and great grub afterwards, a feast. Was thrilled leaving town with a good pb of 1.34 and some sandwiches. Thanks to the harriers👍


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    Cabaal
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    Ran the half, didn't get the PB I wanted but damn close especially given lack of training specifically for it.

    Very well organised event, my race report http://runninginkilkenny.blogspot.com/2018/08/tullamore-quinlan-cup-half-marathon.html


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    RayCun
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    Not the easiest course but a very well-run event - nice t-shirt, lots of stewards, water stations, parking, and food afterwards, well done to Tullamore Harriers


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    Caprica
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    Was very impressed with this race, would definitely recommend it. Nice t-shirt and medal, well ran registration, plenty of parking, lots of water on course with a very nice track finish. Got home in 83.42, found the opening 10k tough to hit my splits to the extent that I was 90 seconds behind schedule. Worked hard in the second half and picked of a lot of people, passed a Rathfarnham guy in the las few meters as he was waving to the crowd. Felt strong all the way to the end. Bar the sharp drags around the 12 mile mark, it was probably an easier second half.

    Tullamore Harriers have amazing facilities. The track and function room were top notch, the spread afterwards was one of the best I seen.


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    RayCun
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    Caprica wrote: »
    Was very impressed with this race, would definitely recommend it. Nice t-shirt and medal, well ran registration, plenty of parking, lots of water on course with a very nice track finish. Got home in 83.42,

    this you, or did you get him right on the line?


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    Peterx
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    Excellent event, the best technical T-shirt I've got from a road race and very well marshalled and organised.
    Easy to get to, the free parking was managed perfectly and the afters came with added nostalgia for any locals who would have gone to discos there back in the day.
    Solid course, plenty of undulations and finishing on the track is a big bonus.

    Will be back.


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    brennarr
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    Caprica wrote: »
    Passed a Rathfarnham guy in the las few meters as he was waving to the crowd.

    I actually seen that, he wasn't impressed when he noticed you passed him. It was his own fault :D


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    Cabaal
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    brennarr wrote: »
    I actually seen that, he wasn't impressed when he noticed you passed him. It was his own fault :D

    I'll never understand people slowing down coming up to the finish, always better to give it what you got left and knock the second or two off :)


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    Tommy Max
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    Total agree with the feedback here, it is a really well run event. Credit to Tullamore harriers. Great organisation on the day.

    Third time to do it and very happy with how it went for me but I certainly suffered as plenty of others did that I met along the way. It is advertised as a challenging but fair course and that is very accurate. No major hills but plenty of long drags.

    Well done on a great event Tullamore.


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