I was acting as one of the pacers in the Half-Marathon and from what I could see, it seemed to have been a pretty well organised event. On the half course, there were plenty of water stations although there was the usual problem of traffic cones on the road which were a trip hazard. Not sure if anything can be done about those without closing the road completely although that may not be an option as traffic has to move as well.
From what I understand, there was some issue with the medals as well as some of the marathon medals were given out to half-marathon runners and these then ran out.
These are the prize winners.....
Marathon...
Freddy Keron Male 1 2:26:38...€1000
Lezan Kimutai Male 2 2:27:08...€750
Tom Hogan Male 3 2:31:30...€500
Peter Mooney M35+ 1 2:35:30...€150
Phelim Glynn M45+ 1 2:45:35...€150
Tom Quinn M55+ 1 Clonmel AC 3:45:56...€150
Michael Carroll M65+ 1 Country Club 4:27:58...€150
Pauline Curley Female 1 F45+ 1 Tullamore harriers 2:48:49...€1000 & €200 time bonus
Angela McCann Female 2 F35+ 1 3:10:05...€750
Laura Rooney Female 3 F35+ 2 Millipore 3:15:49...€500
Siobhan McHugh F35+ 3 Clonmel AC 3:19:27...€150
Ailbhe Dempsey F45+ 2 3:24:43...€150
Les Galvin F55+ 1 tralee terminators 4:07:19...€150
Terri Gough F65+ 1 westwaterford a/c 5:23:25 757...€150
The full results of the Marathon can be found HERE
Half-Marathon
Peter Somba Male 1 1:07:04...€600
Sergiu Ciobanu Male 2 1:07:11...€300
Cillian OLeary Male 3 1:11:50...€150
Brian Leahy M35+ 2 Raheny Shamrock A/C 1:12:12...€100
Tom Walsh M45+ 1 BMOH 1:27:37...€100
Tommy Madden M55+ 1 Marian 1:32:49...€100
Tadeusz Rutkowski M65+ 1 1:35:11...€100
Aoife Cooke Female 1 Youghal AC 1:25:39...€600
Hannah Fothergill Female 2 Limerick AC 1:26:24...€300
Dena Hogan Female 3 1:29:24...€150
Maria Carey Female F35+ 1 Ennis Track AC 1:31:52...€100
Pat Hartigan Female F45+ 1 1:36:30...€100
Melissa Savage Female F55+ 1 1:44:33...€100
The full results of the Half-Marathon can be found HERE
6 mile...
Sean Hehir Male 1 Rathfarnham WSAF AC 30:28...€500
Declan Moore Male 2 33:13...€300
Bernhard Ronning Male 3 33:56...€150
Catherina McKiernan Female 1 34:06...€500
Orla Drumm Female 2 34:06...€300
Siobhan O doherty Female 3 34:32...€150
The full results of the 6 mile can be found HERE
Photos...Updated 8th May
1) Paul Condon Photography has an album HERE
2) Peter & Rory Mooney have an album HERE
3) Angles Photography have a gallery HERE
Video...
From I Love Limerick...
Start of the Half-Marathon
Video from the organisers...
now that im almost recovered i just wanted to say thank you to the people of limerick, once again, for the fantastic support along the route. it really is appreciated by us runners.
ReplyDeleteas for the organisers, considering this was a sell out race with everyone paying their fair share i thought a goody bag of a tiny pack of jellys and "wart cream" (for some weird reason) was a touch mealey.
Also i was a half marathon runner who was given a marathon medal and would be happy to swap with any marathon runner if they want
I would love to swap with you I couldn't get a marathon medal because they were all gone
ReplyDeleteThe finish was just unbelieveable in terms of chaos....I came in the top 300 for the half marathon and was told there was no more medals left!!!! There was over 2000 people in the half so that is just laughable. The stewards were mainly kids after the finish line and they didnt know anything about medals. There was an area where the medals were supposed to be handed out and nobody was there. We asked if we could speak to someone in charge but nobody kenw who was in charge. In the end after giving up I walked away (20mts) later and as I passed a table one of the kids handing out refreshments openned up a box under a table and found loads of medals!!! Paid enough for this event plus my stay the night before in Limerick and would have expected better. Would be very slow to come back next year. Will probably do the Bay run instead.
ReplyDeleteIt was my 1st marathon and I would love to have the correct medal for it, I still have my no to prove I did the marathon. Hopefully we can swap thanks
ReplyDeleteI did the half, my medal says 'Marathon', happy to swap with someone who's medal has 'Half Marathon' on it, let me know, Eugene
ReplyDeleteHi i ran my first marathon ever on sunday and got no marathon medal (blue ribbon) when i asked i was handed a pink ribbon medal. I was devastated i would love to swap if anybody in the cork area could. Don
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with the above comments. For the amount of money that was paid for the run a so called goody bag with a tiny pack of sweets and "wart cream" is just laughable. The people of limerick were great along the route as always but organising leaves a lot to be desired.
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I have to agree, the organisation was pretty shabby. We saw a woman collaspe amd there was only two teenage stewards nearby who looked lost. Luckily there was an ambulance just down the road to help. The finish line was chaos....i had no idea wht was happening and as someone else said the goody bag was indeed a bit measley.....would love to see a big effort for next year to bring the quality but. Its a great event for Limerick and it can be even better
ReplyDeleteI found the organisers grand to deal with, last year they didn't have a t-shirt in my size but they posted me out a 2nd one in the right size a few weeks later.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen their post on FB?
We would like to apologies for the mix up at the finish line with the Marathon medals. We did have enough medals for all Marathon finishers, however, some were handed out in error to the Half Marathon. We are ordering more and in the process of replying to all Facebook comments and emails. If you did not get one we will post one out to you if you send us a message. We apologies again to you all for this mix up but we will get it sorted
Hi Don, I'll swap with you. Ping me an email to eugenejmcdonough@gmail.com and we'll sort something out.
ReplyDeleteEugene
Thanks Eugene i got sorted your a gent...
ReplyDeleteI was a back marker, I got a marathon medal, proper fitting tshirt and plenty of fruit and water after the race. No complaints here. The citizens were out in force in all classes of society.
ReplyDeleteTake a bow Limerick. I hope those that didn't get medals are sorted. I would be crushed if I didn't get a medal after the 26.2. In defence of the stewards (some being kids) they were all needed, , but no doubt lessons learned will be reviewed and a resolution created for next year.