Croagh Patrick
Forum Messages
| Author | Date | Message |
|---|---|---|
| Maike Jürgens | May 15 2017, 9:48pm | after all the WW relay excitement, some upfront information to help you plan for the Connacht Champs weeekend :): the Croagh Patrick race this year will feature as a Connacht Champs and Irish Champs race and will be held on SATURDAY, 8th July 2017 Please check the registration guidelines and times carefully. NO money will be accepted at race registration. Please note the mandatory kit: Jacket, map (printout of the map on the website works) and compass. so get planning for a lovely weekend in the west |
| Niamh Ni Chuaig | Jun 3 2017, 8:58pm | Hi there! where can I register for the Connacht Champs? |
| Dermot Murphy | Jun 3 2017, 9:14pm | Niamh, registration probably will not be open for a few weeks yet, it usually opens a week or two before the race. |
| Dermot Murphy | Jun 3 2017, 9:14pm | Niamh, registration probably will not be open for a few weeks yet, it usually opens a week or two before the race. |
| Niamh Ni Chuaig | Jun 4 2017, 12:55pm | OK lovely, thanks |
| Maike Jürgens | Jun 7 2017, 10:52pm | registration is opening on July 1st and will CLOSE on the Friday before the race at 14.00. To register you have to be an IMRA 2017 member (10 €). regarding VOLUNTEERS, it is looking a bit sparse at the moment, i am still looking for another 1 or 2 running volunteers to help at registration and, more importantly, a summit marshall, finish line helper and FIRST AIDER. Volunteers have a significantly higher chance of getting cake and a spot price and if you summit marshall you get more time to enjoy the views :) |
| John Greene | Jun 8 2017, 6:47pm | hi Maike, I can do summit marshall for you, and take some photos. cheers |
| Maike Jürgens | Jun 12 2017, 6:04pm | thanks John, thanks also Daniela and Padraig who since signed, FIRST AIDER still needed. |
| Rosemarie FitzGerald | Jul 1 2017, 10:13pm | Is there a short course this year? How much navigation is required for this & Nephin? |
| Maike Jürgens | Jul 2 2017, 9:16pm | @Rosemarie: there is no short course for this race as the start and finish line are in physically different locations. Navigation is required for both races (hence map and compass as mandatory kit). Croagh Patrick is probably easier than Nephin but both races still require confident use of map and compass! you might be best off talking to some of the connacht champ regulars at the Wednesday night races, unfortunately, i am not at those. hope this helps |
| Maike Jürgens | Jul 2 2017, 9:19pm | @all: thanks for all volunteers, i have enough RUNNING volunteers but could still do with one more non-running, preferably first aider. please note the MANDATORY kit, failure to carry may result in disqualification. registration will close at 14.00 on FRIDAY. early start at 11.30 for those usually more than 160% of finishing time. |
| Stuart Scott | Jul 3 2017, 10:34am | Hi all, Just in case anyone missed it, there's a separate thread for the camping and Saturday night bbq again in Old Head: https://www.imra.ie/forum/topic/id/4574 It's always a great social event and everyone is more than welcome! Stuart |
| Maike Jürgens | Jul 3 2017, 9:26pm | thanks for volunteering, i have enough volunteers now. Maike |
| Rachel Cinnsealach | Jul 4 2017, 2:38pm | Rosemarie, You will be grand doing the full thing. If you like you can run with me for the whole race. I will be starting early. I'm not sure I'll be doing Nephin, but I am doing Croagh Patrick. |
| Philip Wharton | Jul 5 2017, 11:14am | Confused as to the time of early start at 11:30 comment. Race is at 13:30? Please clarify if this is right. Also, can we use race voucher at this event without registering? |
| Mick Hanney | Jul 5 2017, 2:13pm | re: early start - last year this was 1 hour before main race start. re: race vouchers - these are accepted at majority of races. So once you are a registered to run in 2017 you should be good to go if you have vouchers. |
| Maike Jürgens | Jul 6 2017, 7:41am | apologies for the confusion. RACE START is at 13.30 EARLY START at 12.30 REGISTRATION starts at 12.15 vouchers will be accepted. |
| Donal Cashman | Jul 6 2017, 11:29pm | Is there a CLOSING TIME for registration? I have a late start and am coming up from Cork....looks like it might be tight for me. |
| Maike Jürgens | Jul 7 2017, 6:58am | registration will close at 13.15 (pre-registration if you do not have vouchers will close at 14:00 today but you still have to sign in on the day) |
| Laura McGing | Jul 7 2017, 12:00pm | Can anyone take part in this event or do you need to have qualified/ proved yourself? I did Gaelforce West up CP two weeks ago but otherwise have never taken part in a mountain race. I know the route well but have never 'run' it as such so would be very slow. Many thanks. |
| Maike Jürgens | Jul 7 2017, 12:05pm | hi Laura, - you need to be a signed up member of IMRA (under purchasing options when you are logged in, 10 euro for the year) - you need to be registered for the race (either online, online registration will close at 14.00 or use a voucher, voucher can be purchased online also) - you need to have the mandatory kit at registration and on you for the duration of the race. - you need to be able to navigate. note that this route is different from the Gaelforce West route, is not marked and traverses the mountain rather than up and down. - IMRA caters for all speed abilities so you can take the early start at 12.30, just make yourself known at sign in. hope this helps Maike |
| Niamh Ni Chuaig | Jul 7 2017, 7:13pm | Looking forward to tomorrow. Where do we pick up our number? |
| Maike Jürgens | Jul 7 2017, 7:31pm | Sign in and number pick up is from 12.15 to 13.15 in the shed behind campbells.parking in the croagh patrick visitors car park.please make sure to bring mandatory kit to registration. |
| Rene Borg | Jul 8 2017, 5:35pm | Great to see a new record on the current Croagh Patrick course set today by Jason Kehoe which was by all accounts greatly made possible by the incumbent Brian Furey who set the previous best in the first year of the new course (2011) and seems to have run the third best time ever for the course in achieving his second-placed finish this year. Brian led the pace to the summit and was 30 seconds ahead at that stage being pecked back after the end of the scree on the descent. A nice revival of the Furey / Kehoe rivalry of the 2011 championships. |
| Vivian O'Gorman | Jul 9 2017, 8:07pm | Hi Folks, A BIG thank you to Maike for doing a great job as Race Director for Croagh Patrick and to all the volunteers. It is a great race and the weather yesterday was fantastic. The views were brilliant. Thanks also to Paddy and Judy Lord and to Denise. Paddy and Judy marked and marshalled the end of the ridge and Denise looked after the Tea and cakes at the finish. It is definitely a race worth doing. |
| Vivian O'Gorman | Jul 9 2017, 8:07pm | Hi Folks, A BIG thank you to Maike for doing a great job as Race Director for Croagh Patrick and to all the volunteers. It is a great race and the weather yesterday was fantastic. The views were brilliant. Thanks also to Paddy and Judy Lord and to Denise. Paddy and Judy marked and marshalled the end of the ridge and Denise looked after the Tea and cakes at the finish. It is definitely a race worth doing. |
| Maike Jürgens | Jul 10 2017, 9:30am | thanks Vivian thanks from my side to all the Volunteers who gave up their time so others could enjoy the fabulous day in the hills. big thanks to John for taking pictures at the summit (~160 i believe) and Elizabeth for pictures at the finish (especially the ones with the sheep trying to race also - unfortunately they hadnt signed in) thanks also to all the runners. i am very pleased to note that all that were kit checked had the mandatory kit including a map and a compass and all respected the fence :D |
| Barry Murray | Jul 10 2017, 11:55am | report up - Part I ;-) |
| Daniela Boehm | Jul 10 2017, 11:34pm | Thanks a million, Maike and crew, for arranging an amazing first day of the CC for us including the most glorious sunshine and a view clear enough to count the 365 islands in Clew Bay! :) It figures we'd get a beautiful day once elusive Mweelrea was off the calendar ;) |
| John Bell | Jul 11 2017, 11:52pm | Another race report just added. |
| Maike Jürgens | Jul 13 2017, 7:11am | Paddy Lord's pictures from the top of Ben Goram are now uploaded, i tagged as many as possible. thanks Paddy. most of John Greene's pictures can be found on facebook, thanks John |
