CANCELLED! - European/Snowden Trial (Mt Leinster)

Description:

Trials for European Championships

County:

Wicklow

Date:

Sunday 3rd May, 2020

Time:

12:00

Climb (m):

635

Distance (km):

13.80

Event Difficulty:

8 (3,3,2) - Difficult Terrain, >500M ascent, 6Km - 10Km

Race Marking:

- Route fully marked

GPS Allowed:

Yes

Leagues:

International Championships & Selection Trials 

Route Description:

Forest roads, mountain trail and open mountain

Getting There:

See directions in Mt Leinster event page.

Organisers Instructions:

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MANDATORY SHOWERPROOF JACKET MUST BE CARRIED/WORN DURING ALL IMRA EVENTS

No jacket = no result. Bring the mandatory jacket and have it crossing the finish line.

European Championships Trial - Mt Leinster Route

ENTRIES Enter online - you must first register with MyImra. Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association runners running their first IMRA race in 2020 should email selection@imra.ie to get a complimentary registration number and then use this number to enter online.

General Criteria of Selection of Internationals:

Selection will be carried out on the following basis.

1. Performance in any trial race held by IMRA. Target times will be set for trial races, those runners completing the race quicker than this time will be considered for selection according to the order they finish. Achieving the target time is not a guarantee of selection. Where no runners complete the race within the target time the selection committee may, at their discretion, select athletes who ran the trial in order to complete a team, develop promising newcomers to hill running or account for particularly tough weather or course conditions on the day of the trial.
2. Performance in alternative races to the trial race will be considered only where the athlete has contacted the selectors in advance, via email to selection@imra.ie, to inform them of their inability to attend the trial race and agreed with the selection committee an alternative race to be used to judge form at the time of the trial race.
3. In all circumstances the selection committee will have the option to select full teams, individual athletes or no athletes for a championship. When making final selections the selection committee will consider the panel of runners available, the financial backing available to support any athletes that may qualify for selection and the potential for success of a team made up from the available runners. Only when the funding is available and athletes of sufficient standard are available will individuals or teams be selected.

European Championship Selection Basis:

First two qualifying athletes in the trial race in all categories, provided that the guideline selection times are achieved. Other positions for selection will also be considered based on the trial race and on individual ranking as per recent performances at other National and International running events completed within the 6 months preceding the trial race (preference is given to performances in the mountains). This means that full teams may not be selected to travel to the Championship event.

European Championship Selection Target Times:

• Senior Men (13.5km): 60 mins
• Senior Ladies (13.5km): 70 mins
• Junior Men (6.5km): 31 mins
• Junior Ladies (6.5km): 36 mins

All queries regarding selection should be directed to selection@imra.ie as soon as possible.

Further details can be found in the IMRA Competition Rules and IMRA High Performance Strategy.
https://www.imra.ie/constitution/
https://www.imra.ie/internationals/

Volunteers (Non-Running)

You need to have done 2 non-running volunteer roles in a calendar year to qualify for end of year prize

Current Volunteers

Volunteers (Running)

Check with race director if they have a need for people volunteering and running. Race directors need a minimum number of people available throughout the race to make the race work so non-running volunteers are preferable. While it can be helpful, volunteering in a volunteer and race capacity does not count towards qualifying for end of year prize

Current Volunteers