Run the Line 2018 in aid of Dublin / Wicklow Mountain Rescue

summit2summit · 07-08-2018 1:25pm #1

Hi all, registration is now open for RTL18
Check out https://www.runtheline.ie/ for more details.
Thanks
S2S and DWMRT

aquinn · 22-08-2018 9:55am

Just registered. Have never done it but heard great things.

Have the Monday booked off too as I'm sure to be broken.

opus · 22-08-2018 11:23am

I'm in as well, after 5 stitches in my forehead & a broken finger (that will never be the same again

) last year figure I have to go back & face my fears!

Or at the very least reach the finish line under my own steam as opposed to in the back of a land rover

aquinn · 22-08-2018 11:33am

opus wrote: »

I'm in as well, after 5 stitches in my forehead & a broken finger (that will never be the same again ) last year figure I have to go back & face my fears!

Or at the very least reach the finish line under my own steam as opposed to in the back of a land rover

S*it, h I won't need the Tuesday then too?

opus · 22-08-2018 11:39am

Actually I had to take a half day on the Monday as the doctor who stitched me up in the medical tent didn't want me driving that day cause of a risk of concussion. Don't worry you're be grand, I was just a tad unlucky!

Djoucer · 22-08-2018 11:57am

It's a great course.

Trails up there can be very unforgiving if you trip and not typical of your normal mountain trails.

Course isn't particularly technical just if you fall, it'll hurt given hard compact surface.

hillsiderunner · 24-08-2018 11:27am

summit2summit wrote: »

Hi all, registration is now open for RTL18
Check out https://www.runtheline.ie/ for more details.
Thanks
S2S and DWMRT

No way to enter an address outside Ireland? Only option is to leave the county/country options empty on the drop-down selection, which means I can't input all the necessary information.

I could use a Dublin address for entering attendee information (and posting out), as long as it won't cause problems when that disagrees with my debit card address when I pay?

hillsiderunner · 24-08-2018 12:13pm

hillsiderunner wrote: »

No way to enter an address outside Ireland? Only option is to leave the county/country options empty on the drop-down selection, which means I can't input all the necessary information.

I could use a Dublin address for entering attendee information (and posting out), as long as it won't cause problems when that disagrees with my debit card address when I pay?

Have tried this and on the payment option there's no option to add an address. So this won't work (as my debit card payment won't get accepted if it's with the wrong address). Even my BoI debit card uses the UK address....

hillsiderunner · 24-08-2018 4:24pm

summit2summit wrote: »

Hi all, registration is now open for RTL18
Check out https://www.runtheline.ie/ for more details.
Thanks
S2S and DWMRT

hillsiderunner wrote: »

No way to enter an address outside Ireland? Only option is to leave the county/country options empty on the drop-down selection, which means I can't input all the necessary information.

I could use a Dublin address for entering attendee information (and posting out), as long as it won't cause problems when that disagrees with my debit card address when I pay?

PS I got in touch with the website directly and they told me how to proceed, so done now. Sorry for all the traffic on this thread

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Stanleigh · 28-08-2018 9:03am

Interested in doing this one, but wonder how difficult it will really be... I've done a loads of road running, but haven't ventured to trail running just yet.

Singer · 28-08-2018 10:37pm

Stanleigh wrote: »

Interested in doing this one, but wonder how difficult it will really be... I've done a loads of road running, but haven't ventured to trail running just yet.

There's only one way to find out... you could do a recce of some of the course or an IMRA race or two to get a feel for what it will be like. There's nothing beyond most what most experienced road runners could handle on the course really, and you can always take it easy enough and enjoy the variety of terrain. If you just want to dip your toe in then maybe consider the short course.

The Noble Nudge · 02-10-2018 4:32pm

Hasnt sold out yet which is odd??
Myself and a few lads usually run some of it a week or two before..Starting from Lamb Doyles mind (the old route)...
Anyone wants to tag along no problem I will post up closer to the time..

DubOnHoliday · 02-10-2018 6:15pm

The Noble Nudge wrote: »

Hasnt sold out yet which is odd??
Myself and a few lads usually run some of it a week or two before..Starting from Lamb Doyles mind (the old route)...
Anyone wants to tag along no problem I will post up closer to the time..

I would but I’m doing something else a week or two before. To anyone thinking of going, NN is a great man for a flask of tea and cakes at the end of a run

The Noble Nudge · 05-10-2018 8:19am

DubOnHoliday wrote: »

I would but I’m doing something else a week or two before. To anyone thinking of going, NN is a great man for a flask of tea and cakes at the end of a run

The Mrs Doyle of trail running.....:D
BUT I have to see how my something else goes DOH before totally commiting to a reccy.....recoverys getting slower these days..

james quinn · 05-11-2018 12:33pm

Race week already!! that flew :-)

munsterbear · 06-11-2018 6:27pm

Run the Line, rugby, few pints, steak dinner. Sure a lovely day ahead....

james quinn · 07-11-2018 10:51am

They timed it perfectly as i remember the rugby was on last year also!!

chickey2 · 08-11-2018 5:02pm

Are transfers allowed? Unfortunately I can't make it on Saturday so I have a short course entry to spare.

NeedsTraining · 09-11-2018 10:18am

Hey guys,

Weather is looking favourable for RTL tomorrow. Although it can change quickly up there.

Yoo much of a risk to wear shorts? Leggings recommended?

Cheers,

NT

The Noble Nudge · 09-11-2018 10:21am

NeedsTraining wrote: »

Hey guys,

Weather is looking favourable for RTL tomorrow. Although it can change quickly up there.

Yoo much of a risk to wear shorts? Leggings recommended?

Cheers,

NT

A personal choice but having watched a documentary on Lyme disease recently I have started to wear longers in some places....Ignorance was bliss..

munsterbear · 09-11-2018 10:30am

I ran what I hope was some of the course two weeks ago... The section that just the long course will course was quite overgrown so I was glad to have legging with the spiky bushes.

Used a gpx file so may not be the exact path, but stuck to what I saw was the path....

Djoucer · 09-11-2018 10:41am

Wear shorts up there all the time. I’d be wearing shorts tomorrow.

It’s mostly on trail. I’d be more worried about getting hit by lightening v Lyme disease on those trails.

The Noble Nudge · 09-11-2018 11:03am

Djoucer wrote: »

Wear shorts up there all the time. I’d be wearing shorts tomorrow.

It’s mostly on trail. I’d be more worried about getting hit by lightening v Lyme disease on those trails.

Have you seen the documentary Djoucer?

Knowing the terrain of the area myself id say 85% not a bother but again its a personal choice.
Link below Im not scare mongering btw just information.

https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/living-with-lyme-disease-30004887/

ooter · 09-11-2018 11:06am

The Noble Nudge wrote: »

A personal choice but having watched a documentary on Lyme disease recently I have started to wear longers in some places....Ignorance was bliss..

Any links to the doc or the name of it please?

The Noble Nudge · 09-11-2018 11:10am

ooter wrote: »

Any links to the doc or the name of it please?

Have it up above your request Ooter...Not sure its still available on the Rte player just spotted that...
Living with Lyme disease is the name of it....

Djoucer · 09-11-2018 11:18am

The Noble Nudge wrote: »

Have you seen the documentary Djoucer?

I have. I’m not concerned about it on trails around ticknock.

And I’m still going to wear shorts in the hills.

The Noble Nudge · 09-11-2018 11:44am

Djoucer wrote: »

I have. I’m not concerned about it on trails around ticknock.

And I’m still going to wear shorts in the hills.

I just asked you a question.
Fair play to you. Keep her lit

Hurrache · 09-11-2018 11:53am

The Noble Nudge wrote: »

Have you seen the documentary Djoucer?

I do think it's a case of scare mongering, albeit good intentioned. It's a serious disease if not caught, but the reality is your unlikely to catch it running around that course in shorts, in winter. Even if you are bitten, you should spot it in the shower after a race, the risk of infection is low unless it's been there for some time.

Some of the wilder courses at the height of the summer that take you off trail I would be that bit more conscious about though. I sometimes wear legging then but that's because of the gorse.

Djoucer · 09-11-2018 12:00pm

The Noble Nudge wrote: »

I just asked you a question.
Fair play to you. Keep her lit

That wasn’t meant to come across as snarky at all. Applogies if it did. It’s a good issue to raise.

james quinn · 09-11-2018 12:00pm

I'm with the shorts on this one. Some training runs I wear leggings but with conditions looking favorable tomorrow and the extra temperatures of a race :-) ill go with shorts i think. No harm to check the legs post race either way!!

Particularly on the short course its predominately open so it would be tough luck to catch anything.

james quinn · 09-11-2018 12:03pm

On the transfer note, I'm sure if this was answered, but my belief was that the transfer date had passed on Wednesday. That is for name transfer i know you can change distance on the morning if wished.

rxchxy · 09-11-2018 1:14pm

I run some variation of this route every week or so in shorts. Few prickly sections on the legs but nothing major, not enough to make me wear leggings. Never got any ticks up there either

The Noble Nudge · 09-11-2018 6:31pm

Best of luck to everyone..safe round

Murph_D · 09-11-2018 8:07pm

Shorts for me. Only 50-100 cases of Lyme per year in Ireland, and winter is not the riskiest time of year. Only doing short course, and don’t recall a lot of risky territory last year. I am familiar with ticks from other activities, and as long as you remove them within a day you’ll be grand anyway.

Mudslides might be a bigger risk after today’s rain. :eek:

Looking forward to it, although just jogging around.

stampydmonkey · 09-11-2018 10:19pm

Are many of ye going to do the 10am start on the long course? Just wondering as it would handy to be finished earlier but won't bother if I'll be on my own

munsterbear · 09-11-2018 10:42pm

I'm planning the 10am start as built for comfort.... Etc

Cant remember from last year, but is there bag drop beside cafÃ©?

stampydmonkey · 10-11-2018 4:26pm

3rd time entering but 1st time actually getting to it. Run bits and pieces of it a good bit but altogether It's some route. Absolutely stunning and keeps you 100% on your toes. Really enjoyable and extremely well organised so thanks to everyone involved. Hope the girl who was injured on the decent from the fairy castle is ok..looked like a bad one.

Stark · 10-11-2018 8:01pm

Looks like nearly 2/3 of the field did the early start. Which is a bit crazy. For IMRA races they had a rule that only people who needed the early start as they'd be finishing back of the field could do the early start.

Slogger Jogger · 10-11-2018 8:04pm

Great event today. Just did the short course, managed to improve on last years time and place well. 800 or so runners which is a great turn-out!

A couple of suggested improvements...
They need to do something about the Long Course Early Starters. Too many taking advantage of it that don't need it. Early start (in IMRA races) tends to be those that really need it for ability reasons. If you are a decent runner you should run in the main field as otherwise you are getting an unfair advantage of an uncongested, less trampled course.
They should also denote long and short course athletes in some way so runners can see who is around them for their race. It wasn't an issue for me in the Short Course but Long Course guys had to contend with early start long coursers and short coursers.

summit2summit · 10-11-2018 8:51pm

Girls and Guys, thanks a million for your support today. Having that many people turn up is truly humbling.

Noted on the last two points about the early starts. Something for the 2019 committee to look at for sure.

As always, keep the feedback flowing, good, bad, ****, great or whatever.We thoroughly review it all at the start of planing for the next event.

If you would like to comment privately feel free to mail gareth little at dwmrt dot ie

Welll done today all, you all did extraordinary well

Cheers

S2S & DWMRT

Murph_D · 11-11-2018 1:10am

With regard to the starts, some people even early started the short course, which is just completely taking the pi$$. There was a guy trying to finish against the tide of short course starters going through the gates at the first forest. He seemed to be arguing with the marshall for prioritising the outgoing runners and not letting him through. :rolleyes: And there was another descending runner/bib not far behind him. Don’t understand this at all - if someone wants to race themselves or the course with no field, the mountain is always available. Why would anyone choose to finish against the starters, unless they just didn’t think it through (or thought they could break 1:15)?

Huge respect for the Mountain Rescue people marshalling. Great job. If you’re going to fall and/or get injured, you can’t possibly be in better hands.

annapr · 11-11-2018 2:58pm

summit2summit wrote: »

Girls and Guys, thanks a million for your support today. Having that many people turn up is truly humbling.

Noted on the last two points about the early starts. Something for the 2019 committee to look at for sure.

As always, keep the feedback flowing, good, bad, ****, great or whatever.We thoroughly review it all at the start of planing for the next event.

If you would like to comment privately feel free to mail gareth little at dwmrt dot ie

Welll done today all, you all did extraordinary well

Cheers

S2S & DWMRT

Another great event... and a big thank you to all at Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue... you guys are heroes week in, week out.

I loved that every marshal on the course (I did the short course slowly) thanked participants for their support, such a nice touch.

I also briefly saw the inside of the medical tent due to a minor fall and bloody knee, and the patience and expert care there was fantastic.

Only gripe is that the weather forecast was wrong, it wasn't supposed to still be raining!!! (Oh wait, this is Ireland, never mind)

The Noble Nudge · 11-11-2018 3:03pm

Have to say year after year great event thanks to organisers...tea, coffee, soup and muffins and all..but the MEDAL was the icing on the cake...nearly forgive youse for not getting Art O Neil

Mate talked me into the short course as havent been running in a few weeks and have to say loved it..a bit of rust but went flat out for as long as the lungs allowed...running mojo found again thanks DWMRT...

opus · 11-11-2018 7:18pm

Second time staring, first time finishing for me

Was taking part with a friend of mine who finished 5 mins faster than last year & more importantly didn't look like death on legs at the end!

After last year when I ended up in the medical tent was a bit nervous so took it very handy all way round as am down to 9 working fingers after last year's tumble so need to take care of the remainder! Really enjoyed it, very well marshalled all the way round. As one of the others taking part said to me if you have to have an accident this is the event to have it at.

Thanks a lot to DWMRT!

james quinn · 12-11-2018 10:33am

Did the long last year and switched to the short this year as it was more akin to to the IMRA distances i want to race next year. Have to say it was extremely well run. Great effort into detail put in by the organizers and would be hard to fault anything. I'm delighted the turn out of numbers was so good and it gives credit to the event.

On the start times, i was at the event early to take in the atmosphere, when i saw the huge field taking the early start for the long i was surprised. I wonder if as many runners had actually planned on going early but when the rain was flowing and it was relatively cold did people decide they wanted to just start and get on with it??

Sub430 · 12-11-2018 10:58am

Stanleigh wrote: »

Interested in doing this one, but wonder how difficult it will really be... I've done a loads of road running, but haven't ventured to trail running just yet.

My first time to try trail running and I have to say it was effing brilliant, totally different buzz to road running where you focus on pace, this was about concentrating on footfall so you didn't go arse over tit.

Running downhill, having to concentrate on every step didn't give you a chance to feel tired. I had to walk the steep uphills on the long course, but I'll definitely be back next year with more training in the legs.

3 hours on the road can drag, 3 hours in the hills flies by

As other posters have said, the marshals were brilliant, friendly and encouraging. Anyone reading this and tempted to try it next year, go for it!

DubOnHoliday · 12-11-2018 11:41pm

My fifth Run the Line, a race that keeps getting better. As a mountain runner it’s a great chance to give back to those who keep you safe on the hills. I started well and then had a slip on the descent into tibradden but a soft landing. Started to get calf cramps all the way back over fairy castle. Passed out lots of short courses on the bone shaker, and then I slip on the mud, calf went into a knot and those short courses ran by me while I was on my back massaging the calf

... somehow still got in under 3 hrs. It was a bit too close to the marathon. Now to recover for a bit.

Enduro · 13-11-2018 12:59am

summit2summit wrote: »

Girls and Guys, thanks a million for your support today. Having that many people turn up is truly humbling.

Noted on the last two points about the early starts. Something for the 2019 committee to look at for sure.

As always, keep the feedback flowing, good, bad, ****, great or whatever.We thoroughly review it all at the start of planing for the next event.

If you would like to comment privately feel free to mail gareth little at dwmrt dot ie

Welll done today all, you all did extraordinary well

Cheers

S2S & DWMRT

Again, well done on a superb day. I'm guessing that 800+ runners makes it by far the biggest trails race in Ireland.

As usual I thoroughly enjoyed the race. Great course.

I'd suggest writing a letter for the Irish Mountain Log to address the sabotage issue. I'd guess an over-zealous busybody hillwalker taking umbridge at markers out on his trail. Maybe publicising that he endangered a mountain rescue fund raiser might make him cop on if he reads it.

There were a few changes since I last ran 2 or 3 years ago. The only one I'd quibble with was taking out the fun technical off track section in Pine Forest and sending us down the coilte trail instead. I could forsee an issue with using the same narrow section in and out to the Tibradden car park, but had no problems there on the day this year, as it happens.

My only real suggestion for improvement would be age category prizes... give us auld fellas a reason to knock lumps out of each other

The Noble Nudge · 13-11-2018 10:47am

Enduro wrote: »

Again, well done on a superb day. I'm guessing that 800+ runners makes it by far the biggest trails race in Ireland.

As usual I thoroughly enjoyed the race. Great course.

I'd suggest writing a letter for the Irish Mountain Log to address the sabotage issue. I'd guess an over-zealous busybody hillwalker taking umbridge at markers out on his trail. Maybe publicising that he endangered a mountain rescue fund raiser might make him cop on if he reads it.

There were a few changes since I last ran 2 or 3 years ago. The only one I'd quibble with was taking out the fun technical off track section in Pine Forest and sending us down the coilte trail instead. I could forsee an issue with using the same narrow section in and out to the Tibradden car park, but had no problems there on the day this year, as it happens.

My only real suggestion for improvement would be age category prizes... give us auld fellas a reason to knock lumps out of each other

Newbie Auld lads and Elite Auld lads I hope is what you mean!!;):D

Run the Line 2018 in aid of Dublin / Wicklow Mountain Rescue

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