Limerick marathon 2019

ooter · 02-11-2018 2:18pm #1

Strongly considering entering and training for this, just wondering if anyone who has ran it in the past can recommend accommodation for the night before the race, initial searches are not throwing up a lot of options?

Swashbuckler · 02-11-2018 3:32pm

ooter wrote: »

Strongly considering entering and training for this, just wondering if anyone who has ran it in the past can recommend accommodation for the night before the race, initial searches are not throwing up a lot of options?

Lots of options. Budget? Need parking? Want central? Coming from what direction?

ooter · 02-11-2018 4:22pm

Arriving by train from Dublin so somewhere near to train station and start/finish area.
Basically just looking for something decent to get the head down the night before, not looking for anything fancy.

Swashbuckler · 02-11-2018 4:46pm

ooter wrote: »

Arriving by train from Dublin so somewhere near to train station and start/finish area.
Basically just looking for something decent to get the head down the night before, not looking for anything fancy.

Most places probably won't let you book online this far in advance. But in terms of nearest hotels to the station you'd be looking at per square as the main one. There are two, one of which is high end and the other is "cheaper."

Into town but still not far from where you want to be the best value is probably somewhere like the George boutique, limerick city hotel is decent value too,.. Trouble with city centre is they can be quite expensive especially on a bank holiday and to get true value you'd want to be staying outside the city like Punches, South Court, Greenhills,Radisson.

Absolute hotel might be worth a look. About 15min walk from the station

kerrylad1 · 02-11-2018 5:10pm

Limerick city hotel is €122(booking.com) for the Saturday night,before the marathon.5 minutes stroll from train station and the start line.

Supercell · 20-12-2018 2:28pm

Anyone have a discount code for the half?, got one in my email a while back but its expired now.

fatherted1969 · 20-12-2018 6:54pm

Didnt like the route this year at all. Too much doubling back on myself in different spots.

panda100 · 29-12-2018 8:49am

ooter wrote: »

Arriving by train from Dublin so somewhere near to train station and start/finish area.
Basically just looking for something decent to get the head down the night before, not looking for anything fancy.

The closest you'll get to train station and start/finish area is the No. 1 Pery Square Hotel. Its probably more on the pricey side. A bit cheaper would be Perys Hotel on Glentworth street. The George Boutique Hotel on O'Connell Street is at the finish line and also has a fab Italian restaurant for some carb loading the night before.

6run28 · 29-12-2018 2:53pm

Got a 10% discount code - may be of use to folks here

Make 2019 your year with a 10% discount off Regeneron Great Limerick Run. Use code FIT19 to register now. Discount ends MIDNIGHT 2nd January!

The Davestator · 17-01-2019 10:39am

Hi folks - considering this due to an injury over the past two months.

Not mad about the doubling back aspects of the course, but does anyone have an elevation profile for this route? Or is this a new route this year?

healy1835 · 17-01-2019 11:05am

Don't think it's a new route this year. Here's last years....

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2677734087

The Davestator · 17-01-2019 11:19am

healy1835 wrote: »

Don't think it's a new route this year. Here's last years....

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2677734087

Serious running! :eek:

Pretty flat by the looks of it, so I can forgive the out and backs.

healy1835 · 17-01-2019 1:41pm

The Davestator wrote: »

Serious running! :eek:

Pretty flat by the looks of it, so I can forgive the out and backs.

the only parts that I can actually remember running back against people were in the Industrial Estate section about 10-15k (?) but that was pretty flat and then around the Gaelic Grounds

now that was a tough stretch as there's a nasty climb about 24miles (and the 3hr pacer dropped me there

)

Swashbuckler · 17-01-2019 1:44pm

healy1835 wrote:

the only parts that I can actually remember running back against people were in the Industrial Estate section about 10-15k (?) but that was pretty flat and then around the Gaelic Grounds now that was a tough stretch as there's a nasty climb about 24miles (and the 3hr pacer dropped me there )

And heading out towards Raheen past Old Crescent before looping back

healy1835 · 17-01-2019 2:05pm

Swashbuckler wrote: »

And heading out towards Raheen past Old Crescent before looping back

I was in auto pilot for most of that race

Swashbuckler · 17-01-2019 8:41pm

healy1835 wrote:

I was in auto pilot for most of that race

Wrote that in a rush so sorry if it seemed abrupt. Haha. You were in the zone is how I'd put it. I would definitely not consider it an out and back course really but like you said the hardest part is definitely the down and back on Ennis road around mile 23 (or mile 10 for the half marathoners)

munsterbear · 29-01-2019 12:43pm

Signed up for this, hoping for my 1st Sub4. Now if I could just drop the weight......

Happy training everyone.

In relation to hotel, we booked Castletroy Park, hopefully it won't be tough to get into city with road closures etc.

chrislad · 29-01-2019 5:46pm

munsterbear wrote: »

Signed up for this, hoping for my 1st Sub4. Now if I could just drop the weight......

Happy training everyone.

In relation to hotel, we booked Castletroy Park, hopefully it won't be tough to get into city with road closures etc.

Nah, you should be fine. I don't think there's full road closures at the Castletroy Park, but may be further down nearer to UL. Anyway, unlikely to be closed until after the marathon starts, as I think it's 7 or 8 miles from the start.

munsterbear · 29-01-2019 10:20pm

Originally ran the marathon here in 2015,with the legendary goodie bag...... Wart cream and tiny bag of jellies. After getting the goodie bag at the Raheny 5 Miler on Sunday, I really hope things have improved.....

shotgunmcos · 19-03-2019 12:47pm

Must have passed the "7 weeks to go" sign a dozen times over the weekend! How is everyone getting on?

Marathon plan interrupted for 2 weeks with illness but healthy again and hoping to gets solid few weeks together for my first marathon in years.

Great to see a folk out putting in the miles around the city in all weather recently

Anyone know how congested the riverbank gets on the day? Is it closed for the marathon or do you have dog walkers to navigate?

OOnegative · 19-03-2019 12:55pm

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Anyone know how congested the riverbank gets on the day? Is it closed for the marathon or do you have dog walkers to navigate?

It was relatively fine in 2017 when I done it, was with the 3.15 pacers and got bit tight with group of 20 of us or so but didn’t really affect anyone’s running. Few walkers out alright but they gave way with a few gentle shouts.

healy1835 · 19-03-2019 2:03pm

I nearly came a cropper on the 'Living Bridge'? through UL last year, surface wasn't great.

Limpy · 24-03-2019 1:02am

Did any marathoners hit traffic in the race. Mainly the start of the half marathon going up Edward Street. I was watching and it looked like 3:10ish paced runners came on behind the start of the half.

OOnegative · 24-03-2019 1:19am

Limpy wrote: »

Did any marathoners hit traffic in the race. Mainly the start of the half marathon going up Edward Street. I was watching and it looked like 3:10ish paced runners came on behind the start of the half.

In 2017 I hit the half roughly 14/15 miles into the full, for 3/4 miles I was dodging half runners and being told I was running in the wrong place. Don’t know if this has been sorted since but not ideal then.

browne_rob5 · 24-03-2019 12:21pm

OOnegative wrote: »

In 2017 I hit the half roughly 14/15 miles into the full, for 3/4 miles I was dodging half runners and being told I was running in the wrong place. Don’t know if this has been sorted since but not ideal then.

I ran 3:09 in 2017 and this happened me too. I was annoyed when it was happening as I didn't expect it but there was still plenty of room to get through the crowd in fairness. Once the crowd thinned out I started using the half marathon runners as targets.

Limpy · 24-03-2019 4:43pm

From what I saw there was 2 routes up Edward Street. From where the peoples park is. On the right side of the barriers was the half start. Marathon runners to the left. Not sure when they merged but when they did you would have the out and back section to dodge the half starters towards dooradoyle bypass.

I only did the 6 mile but we had to dodge runners 4 abrest from the half and marathon.

shotgunmcos · 25-03-2019 10:15pm

Organisers email out today. I noticed 2 minor changes in the route from last year...
http://www.greatlimerickrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RGLR-2019-Marathon-Route-New.pdf

They seem to have removed the out and back bit from the main UL Gate down to the bus stop (A deceptive drag) and added

1. Extended the turnaround up past vistakon around 7m. This adds a few meters elevation and you start going up a small incline here
2. Another small out and back at mile 9 just before you head across the UL campus from the Library to the Living Bridge

Cartman78 · 27-03-2019 11:16am

On the verge of signing up for the half-marathon, anyone on here done it before?

Have heard generally favorable reviews of the course over the years I think

Swashbuckler · 27-03-2019 3:04pm

Cartman78 wrote:

On the verge of signing up for the half-marathon, anyone on here done it before?

Yeah it's a decent race. Good atmosphere around the city. It's one I'd consider if I was planning a half marathon around that timeframe. There's good and bad. There are elements of the route I'm not a huge fan of. It's certainly not as quick as Charleville but it's a decent enough route to target a pb. All in all worth considering for sure

Limpy · 27-03-2019 3:31pm

Its a pricey one, considering no money goes back into athletics locally. At least with Charleville North Cork are producing runners.

deisedude · 27-03-2019 4:13pm

Limpy wrote: »

Its a pricey one, considering no money goes back into athletics locally. At least with Charleville North Cork are producing runners.

I'm signed up because its suits my training schedule for Cork full but the half is an outrageous price

Limerick marathon 2019

Comments