Did you take part in either the full Marathon, Half-Marathon or 6 miles race??
Comments???
Photos....
1) Some commercial photos HEREVideo highlights...
Out along the course...7 min video...
Highlights of the 6 mile race...
Update...
Marathon Results...
Men
1. Brian McMahon 2:28:09 (€1,000), 2. George Waugh 2:28:33 (€750), 3. Peter Mooney 2:39:33 (€500), 4. Ronan Hartnett 2:44:52, 5. Michal Rejmer 2:45:07, 6. Mike Cunningham 2:46:26, 7. Gerard Guina 2:46:37, 8. Joe Walsh 2:47:41, 9. Simon Mangan 2:51:19, 10. George McCarthy 2:54:24, 11. Billy O'Brien 2:56:50
Women
1. Angela McCann 2:58:36 (€1,000), 2. Tracey Roche 3:04:33 (€750), 3. Mary Sweeney 3:07:41 (€500), 4. Deirdre Finn 3:19:30.
19 comments:
Great run today. Ran the full marathon. The weather was near perfect. Overalll an excellent event, well marshalled. Congrats to all involved.
by all accounts the mile markers were out of place for most of the race were out- in all fairness!!!!
The mile markers were out, at times ridiculously so. Apart from that it was well organised. I enjoyed it.
Great day in Limerick. Plenty of stewards, great weather, good times and Curley doing a personal best!... Packie
I thought it was really well organised and couldn't really have any complaints. Weather was pretty much ideal and I thought the support and encouragement from spectators was great.
I can't seem to find my result on the website though, even when I search using my race number. Anyone else have the same problem???
Enjoyed the 10k was great buzz around town, the only complaints I have were walkers and runners starting at the same time, resulted in bad congestion. First water station at Thomand park ran out of water, I got handed an open half drank bottle of water.. not good. Was there not a text message with the chip and finishing times sent out last year? Website doesn't state if the time listed is chip time or not?
did the half marathon, first half marathon ever, so wasn't going for a time - just wanted to finish- started just before walkers and after all runners....enjoyed every moment....great experience and fab organisation. finished in 2hrs 26 mins, gentle jog all the way! loved it!
who won it? the website doesn't say!!!
a great day well done to all involved.great having the names on your number. nice to hear your name shouted out especially for the last 6 miles. well done limerick.
Anyone else find the half course a little long, I know its going to be more than 13.1 but I tried to take the racing line as much as possible and my Garmin(I also understand this isn't definitive) showed 13.26 miles at the finish.
Thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere ans let's face it......the weather made it!!!!! Supporters were fantastic. Very disappointed in lack of markers......you need to know how far you've ran and what is left......very poor. Did anyone else find this?
i did this the first year because i'm from limerick and really wanted it to be a success. but they really messed it up; they measured the 10km wrong, some of the elite men took a wrong turn (where were the marshalls?), same problem with not enough water and everyone who finished got the same medal(10km, half or full). and here we are for the 3rd time round and they are still people commenting about mile markers being wrong, etc. it's such a pity these guys are running an event which represents limerick so badly. it definitely makes me feel they're purely in it for the money and could learn a lot from the guys who organise the cork equivalent
Agree with the above. My brother was on for his first sub-3 hour marathon and was sent off the route by a steward and had to abandon the race as he had lost too much time when he returned.Some stewards reluctant to give proper direction and I had to ask for direction about 8 times and would have kept running out the road at the early U-turn section had I not asked the young girl if I needed to turn. Mile markers out by ridiculous amount which is fine if your splits aren't that important to you but is massively disconcerting if you're going by any sort of plan. Of all the city marathons I've experienced it was the least professional and I won't be returning nor would I recommend it to anyone.
can't believe you get a measly 1000 euro if you win. i mean it's a marathon - the ultimate endurance event but from what i gether this type of poor prize money is the norm in irish marathons - bar dublin
cathal
I thought that the last comment was a bit harsh to be honest. I did the full marathon also and yep, the mile markers were off (by quite a bit at times) but when you get down to giving out about stewards giving up their free time to help out on the day...the race organisers cannot be given out to for inexperienced volunteers who don't happen to have the confidence to shout out loud or raise their hand to show the direction. Mile markers were off, same medal for everyone whether first or last in a 6 mile or a marathon, but hey, it was a great day and the buzz it brought to the city has to be something positive and something to be congratulated.
Ref:Prize money
If the prize money was larger then all that would happen would be that Kenyans based in London would fly over, win the race and fly home again.
Prizes for only the top 3 is still pretty miserable though. In the Cork Marathon, the top 10 get cash prizes.
The full marathon was a brilliant day out, forget about giving out and just enjoy the race, brilliant weather brilliantly organised, and nice route. And proud of my medal and so should all who crossed the line
How many runs the full marathon? The homepage says 10.000 participant, but that must be with ½ marathon and 6 miles run included?
As they don't publish results like other events, it's not possible to check what the real numbers are.
10,000 participants and 25,000 spectators is almost certainly likely to be way off the mark.
Based on the population and other events, it's probable that there were roughly 1,000 in the Marathon. Overall, probably roughly 2500-3000 people taking part across all of the events.
Any spectators are largely gathered around the finish area and is a fraction of the 25,000 quoted.
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