Irish Mountain Running Association

Three Rock Winter

Description: Big loop over Three-Rock and around Fairy Castle
County: Dublin
Date: Sunday 3 February, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM
Climb (m): 380
Distance (km): 8.80
Event Difficulty: 6 (2,2,2) - Moderate Terrain, 200M - 500M ascent, 6Km - 10Km
Race Marking:

- Route fully marked
Course Record: NEW COURSE
Men - 47:49 (Eoin Keith, Boards AC); Women - 55:51 (Aoife Joyce, Crusaders AC)

OLD COURSE
Men - 38:14 (Turlough Conway, Rathfarnham WSAF); Women - 44:36 (Aisling Coppinger, Clonliffe Harriers)
Leagues: Winter League
Route Description: Note the route has been shortened and the final descent is back down the Boneshaker instead as as shown on the map.
Getting There: Registration will be at Lamb Doyle's Pub (Blackglen Road, Sandyford) starting at 09:50. Race start at Ticknock car park. Gr. O 168240

Volunteering

Current Volunteers

Role	Accepted	Run
League Director	Paul Kelly	No
Race Director	Rachel Cinnsealach	No
Race Marker	Gordon Douglas	No
Race Marker	Henny Brandsma	No
Race Marker	Mike Long	No
Helper	Bronagh Ni Bhriain	No
Helper	Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill	No
Helper	Dermot Murphy	No
Helper	Jacqueline O'Hagan	No
Helper	Karen Duggan	No
Helper	Rene Borg	No
Helper	Shane O'Rourke	No

Please login to myIMRA to volunteer to help at this event. You should aim to volunteer at least once for every 10 events that you run.

Carpool

Forum Messages

Author	Date	Message
Paul Whyte	Jan 30, 10:48PM	Will the Three Rock route be marked?
Dermot Murphy	Jan 31, 11:06AM	Yes, it will be marked.
Mick Hanney	Feb 3, 4:12PM	Great run today - in a savage sort of way. Thanks to the organisers for a well run race. Heres the nerdy bit. I made it 380 meters we covered in 8.8k so the route summary was slightly optimistic with 310 (I wish it was 310!) Cheers.
Rene Borg	Feb 3, 7:28PM	Thanks Mick, I've entered your changes to the route. Shame we can't factor in wind conditions in our "Difficulty" system! Note that this year's route was slightly different than last year's featuring a different final descent, meaning both Aisling and Eoin have set course records on this "new" course. I'm having problems with the photo upload, so here's the one's I took at the finish for now: http://picasaweb.google.com/RennyBourke/TicknockWinter08
John Shiels	Feb 3, 9:58PM	Hi all, Photo upload has been fixed. I put a few up, the conditions were almost as challenging for the photographer as for the runners John
Jackie O	Feb 4, 11:42AM	Here, here! Well done to all organisers, helpers, marshalls and photographers who stood selflessly in the cold for over an hour (at least we got to keep warm by running!) so that we might have a safe and enjoyable race! A big thanks and well done to all involved! :)
Mick Hanney	Feb 4, 11:55AM	Any creative spirits want to write a race report. It deserves one! :-)
Justin Rea	Feb 4, 12:13PM	I liked the route. Much better than tarmac. I spookily finished in exactly the same time as last year - to the second!
Cathal Lally	Feb 4, 2:55PM	what a run. what a day. I have never run in conditions like that before. I have to say I really enjoyed it in a savage kind of way. look forward to the next one. thanks to the organisers, helpers etc. not an easy day to be out.
Jason Keho	Feb 4, 4:01PM	I hear you Cathal! It was more like needles coming down at the summit than rain. I was literally blown over twice into the bog and even contemplated running sideways for a few minutes. Might bring a sail next year for the downhill to cut a few minutes off my time! Well done to the organisers and helpers too!
Fergal Noone	Feb 4, 5:10PM	Just wanted to add my say to the above and thank the organisers. I know its not always fair to single out some people for extra praise but hats off to the marshalls and the markers. At times, with the wind and poor visability, I had no idea where I was going.
Keith Lacey	Feb 4, 5:18PM	My very first trail run and I reckon it was harder than the marathon! The wind was unbearable at times; was wondering if the race was going to be stopped at one stage. From your comments above you loved it! Anyway, well done to all involved. If you want to see my effort of a run or get stats on the elevations etc I've uploaded details to motionbased http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/player/4908663 See you all at the next trail run.
Mick Hanney	Feb 4, 8:31PM	Great posting Keith. I think I could see your 'red' progress bubble being blown backwards on the more savage bit!
Mick Hanney	Feb 5, 8:31PM	An attempt at capturing a report of Sunday's event has been posted... Was difficult to put into words ;-)