Northern Ireland Running - Page 8 - General running

Kenneth Bacon

02/02/2005 at 16:00

James entry form for the senior xcountry are on the following web site.
http://www.niathletics.org/
The distance is 12K (6laps around the university course) mostly club runners but you can enter as an individual.
See you on Saturday I'll be marshalling so I'll gice you a good shout somewhere around the course. Be prepared for the killer hill at the end.
The Belfast Marathon course i was told was one lap unless they have changed it again.

seamus henry

02/02/2005 at 21:00

Kenny - Is that the Cross country at Coleraine on Feb 12 - is it 12K? - Was it shorter last year - I think it was only 4 laps

Do you need spikes?

baldyfrombangor

02/02/2005 at 22:29

Seamus, maybe you are thinking of the pegasus race which is 4 laps and always in coleraine.

this is same place but always is 12k. can be messy so spikes would help if it is wet.

Kenneth Bacon

03/02/2005 at 09:15

Seamus the race you did last year was the pagasus race and we vets had to do 3 laps. This is twice the distance and spikes would be better especially if it wet.

James Hislop

03/02/2005 at 12:11

Kenny where does the race start this saturday? I'm going to see how the race goes this weekend before I decide to race on he 12th, its just that my old trainers feel so tight now that I'm used to my new pair, but I dont want to wreck my new pair.

How much could I pick a pair of spikes in Coleraine for?

Kenneth Bacon

03/02/2005 at 14:34

James registration is in the visitors center at Roe Valley Forest Park, Limavady. Registration opens at 11.00 racing starts at 12.00 with the different age groups being set off at intervals.
Huey & Hendersons are the only place I think you can gat spikes in Coleraine, price depends on what they have in stock or if they are reduced in the sale.

James Hislop

03/02/2005 at 15:38

OK I'll take a look on the way home cheers.

James Hislop

07/02/2005 at 16:39

A good race on saturday eh!
Roe Valley Trail run in Limavady
Winning time was just under 22 mins!
My time seems extremely slow when I came in at 28.11
I guess I'm not that quick, although I do train and prefer the road runs.
I'm going to give this weekends race a miss too and look at my diary for road runs
The Bob Mullan Motors 5k Series in Derry City - 17/03 27/04 11/05 01/06 06/07 03/08 17/08
Albertville 5 Mile Road Race in Belfast 05/03
Jimmys Ten Downpatrick - 20/03
Omagh 1/2 Mara - 26/03
Larne 1/2 Mara - 02/04
Have I missed any until now (excluding Armagh 24/02)

Kenneth Bacon

08/02/2005 at 10:06

Hi James when you go off road your times are usually a bit slower than on the roads.
I did 15 miles on Sunday tired a bit at the end. The roads were very slippy at the start but the thaw had set in by the time we were heading home.
Have been entered to run on Saturday but not sure if I'll run. If the team are a man short I will run. I was around the course yesterday its soft in places so hopefully there won't be much rain between now and Saturday.

Jape

08/02/2005 at 10:10

What's keeping the Belfast Marathon website? It was due to be launched today!

James Hislop

08/02/2005 at 11:14

We received entry forms at work today, we had entered a team into the relay event, I keep checking the website every half hour.

I went for a 14 mile run at 10:30 on sunday and the weather was great.
I had checked the entry details for the race on saturday, I'm not a member of an NI affiliated club.
How much is the membership with Springwell, would it include NIAF membership?

Kenneth Bacon

08/02/2005 at 12:00

Hi James membership is £15 and includes NIAF membership.
We were out at 8.30 on Sunday weather was good apart from the ice.

James Hislop

08/02/2005 at 14:34

Will you be running on saturday BaldyBangor?

Do you get a springwell vest?

Kenneth Bacon

08/02/2005 at 14:58

Belfast site now up an running. Details of the new course.

James a club vest is £10

James Hislop

08/02/2005 at 15:25

I have just been looking at the site now but I dont know the roads that well.
Roughly how does the course go (north, north-east then south-east).

Ok cheers, I'm going down to spectate on saturday, I'll speak to you then.

baldyfrombangor

08/02/2005 at 20:06

dont know about sat yet james, got to see if the club got the entries in, missed out on mon due to work :-(

course is south belfast, east belfast, south belfast, north belfast, centre, north down, east belfast. confused yet??

am going to practice a few of the legs over the next weeks just to get a feel for it.

James Hislop

10/02/2005 at 10:14

Has anyone entered into the bob mullan series before?

James Hislop

11/02/2005 at 11:28

Kenny,
Abbey-Ac.co.uk and Northdownac.co.uk have the 2005 roe valley results but where am I 28:11 ?

Kenneth Bacon

11/02/2005 at 12:39

James I have just recieved a set of results. The reason I have not put them on our website is because I knew that there were mistakes as you and afew other runners did not appear in the first copy I recieved. I hope to put them up on our site soon. I have you finishing 31st in the open race in 28.12. Sorry for the delay but I wasn't going to put something up that wasn't correct.

James Hislop

11/02/2005 at 12:53

Thanks kenny.
Are you running this Saturday?