Fairy Chase Anniversary Race
Fairy Chase
Dublin
Saturday 22 May, 2010
2:00 PM
280
6.16
6 (2,2,2) - Moderate Terrain, 200M - 500M ascent, 6Km - 10Km
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Route fully marked
Leinster League
Course photos. Route adheres as much as possible to original 1980 course.
On foot, bicycle and in fully laden cars :) Please use Lamb Doyle's to car pool from.
A race to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first mountain race
Dublin
Saturday 22 May, 2010
2:00 PM
280
6.16
6 (2,2,2) - Moderate Terrain, 200M - 500M ascent, 6Km - 10Km
-
Route fully marked Leinster League
Course photos. Route adheres as much as possible to original 1980 course.
Start is at first road junction after entrance. Leave road at first bend and up new walkers track. Go straight across road at exit from this track and onto another dirt track. Turn left into woods just before fallen tree (see photos) and turn right when you meet old forest path. Turn right when you come out onto main vehicle track and then first left to cut across to edge of forest. Up boneshaker and turn right at top. Left at bottom of rough track to Three Rock and keep right as you follow this, past the aerials and through a series of turns, almost to the open mountain / forest corner (see photos). Turn right just before forest corner onto a very narrow track and then take next left onto a track that almost brings you to Two Rock, the turn-around point. Back the same way.
On foot, bicycle and in fully laden cars :) Please use Lamb Doyle's to car pool from.
A race to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first mountain race
Start is at 2 pm. Registration will be at Lamb Doyle's from 12:30 to 1:30 sharp. Can volunteers please arrive at Lamb Doyle's before 12:15. We hope many of you wear fancy dress to make it a festive occasion.
This race is the Irish club championships so please ensure you have registered your club in the laptop database. The first 3 clubs in both the men and women categories will be awarded championship medals. Any number of athletes may run on a team with the highest placed 3 finishers counting for the team result. The first female finisher will score 1 point etc.
This race will also be a fundraiser for the two mountain rescue teams in the Dublin/Wicklow area. All race fees from this race will be going to support the ongoing work of these fantastic voluntary organisations.
Volunteering
Carpool
Forum Messages
| Author | Date | Message |
|---|---|---|
| Rene Borg | Apr 21, 4:49PM | Anyone know the exact route for this race? I think there was talk of it in an earlier post somewhere but too lazy to look it up ;-) |
| Jason Kehoe | Apr 22, 7:19PM | Hi Gerry, Looking for a map or route description of this if you have one please? Cheers, Jason |
| Caitlín Bent | Apr 22, 10:27PM | As far as I can remember, as a runner in this race, we started up from the barrier;cut off the main forest road (it was not tarred then) at the 1st bend as we still do; crossed the main forest road again and onto a forest track turning left up a fire break reaching the open ground and bypassed 3 rock and on up to Fairy Castle and back the same way. Eoin Rothery and Declan O'Callaghan designed the route. |
| Rene Borg | Apr 23, 11:03AM | Hi Caitlin, thanks for that. Sorry for being slow, but perhaps you could clarify: Do you go up the Boneshaker and onwards (direct up-and-down) or do you go off on a smaller path (there's numerous that I could see linking you up to Fairy Castle eventually). As far as I remember straight up and down to Fairy Castle is only 5k so I was expecting some divergent path to make it longer. |
| Caitlín Bent | Apr 23, 12:33PM | The winning time was 22.30 (see April Forum 1009)Rene. I have an old record showing the distance as 4 miles approx.(pre-kilometre days in Ireland :). So the route went straight up to Fairy Castle. I reckon Declan & Eoin did'nt want to frighten people off. It looks like they succeeded:). |
| Rene Borg | Apr 26, 9:27AM | Thanks Gerry for putting the map up, now it's all clear :) |
| Gerry Brady | Apr 29, 11:59PM | The anniversary race is also the IRISH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS race so make sure your club is in the laptop database. Any number can run for a club and best three count. We hope many of you wear FANCY DRESS to add gaiety to the event and create scope for more caption teasers. REGISTRATION will be at Lamb Doyle's (give carriers and car pools from there)! Volunteers are needed especially for laptop, shadow laptop, course marker and car parking. Please note the race is on a Saturday afternoon at 2 pm. |
| Kevin O'Riordan | May 2, 11:47PM | In keeping with the race title, I think the lead runners should wear fairy costumes. |
| Caroline Reid | May 4, 8:37AM | Kevin, I'm presuming your including yourself in this....I'm willing to dust down my own fairy wings if everyone else is too ;) |
| Brendan Lawlor | May 6, 11:04AM | The mountain rescue personnel who will be attending this event will act as first aid officers |
| caitlín bent | May 6, 2:39PM | Is this in case we trip over our magic wands Brendan?:) |
| Colm Hill | May 6, 2:51PM | Fairy Chase? The title confuses me.... are runners chasing the fairys or are the fairys chasing the runners? I'm currently in search of a pair of fairy wings |
| Ronan Hickey | May 20, 12:26PM | Gerry, I'm a running volunteer for this race. What time do you want me to be at Lamb Doyle's at? Ronan |
| Jason Kehoe | May 20, 12:34PM | Non runner for me Gerry :( Dito for Ronans time question. I would like to help Marshall on the course to see some of the action if possible too. Cheers, Jason |
| Peter Kernan | May 20, 10:05PM | Raffle for 1980s Fairy Chase flyer. There'll be a raffle for a framed original flyer with proceeds going to the mountain rescue on Saturday. Tickets 3 euro, watch out for it at registration, the race, or after at Lamb Doyle's. Bring change if you think of it. Any ticket sellers?...mail me at kernanpeter at gmail dot com. Thanks Peter Kernan |
| Gerry Brady | May 20, 11:18PM | Can volunteers arrive before 12:15 at Lamb Doyles. I have sent a volunteer duty list to those whose email shows on the event page when they volunteer. Still not too late for an experienced registration volunteer or for a good photographer. Can competitors note that registration is between 12:30 and 1:30 sharp at Lamb Doyles. The start is then a drive away so please arrive in time as the volunteers will have to leave in time! OSi have given us 20 of the new sheet 56 maps so 10 of them will be spot prizes but remember the fanciest dressers will get preference. Can anyone upstage Alan Ayling :) As Rene says the course is narrow so please run on the left hand side of the track and give way to descenders. |
| Brian O'Doherty | May 21, 10:35AM | Gerry, I will be bring the DWMRT landrover to the race....we have provisionally arranged to meet at Ticknock at one but we can be there earlier if needed. I'll have a good camera with me, an entirely different thing to being a good photographer but I'll do my best. Brian |
| Brian O'D | May 22, 7:24PM | Hi, I took some photos of the race today, not up to your usual standard but I hope you enjoy them anyway. I was called away to treat an injury so I missed a good few people coming back down. I don't have a login for this site but I'm sure someone could download these from picasa and upload them to your site if required. http://picasaweb.google.com/brianodoherty/100522FairyChase?authkey=Gv1sRgCNubotm80Ky75gE# Many thanks for your support of both teams today and in the past, we certainly appreciate it. B. |
| Caroline Reid | May 22, 8:42PM | Thanks to Gerry, Aisling and all their team for a wonderful day…it was really a lovely occasion; great race and post race party – there must have been so much work to organise everything to perfection like that - thank you so much! And to everyone who dressed up and those who slagged us for the duration of the race, class!!! Should be more fun events like this - roll on 40th ;) |
| Ronan Hickey | May 23, 10:09PM | Just a quick comment to say thanks to the DWMR Team for strapping my ankle, to Rosemary, Jeff, the unknown sound runner (came in 18th I think?) who gave me a lucozade), Rene (for his improvised icebag out of a rubber glove!) and to Eoin Keith for the loan of his rucksack to prop it up (I'll never wash my foot again!). All the help and support shows againwhat an amazing organisation IMRA is! On the down side according to the docs it's broken (and only 300 yards away from my best position finish ever!) but the good news is apparently I won a new OSI 56 map. Score! Although Brian, your photo http://picasaweb.google.com/brianodoherty/100522FairyChase?authkey=Gv1sRgCNubotm80Ky75gE#5474156324263815618 makes it look like I'm enjoying myself..I'll have to look out for possible Insurance Fraud claims! Great race though (until that point) Ronan |
| Jeff Fitzsimons | May 24, 10:18AM | I'm gutted for you Ronan. Hope you're on the mend soon to put the new map to use. |
| Eoin Keith | May 24, 11:32AM | Jeff, I've got your medal for coming second in the team championships. I'll bring it along to the wednesday races. Ronan, hope you get well soon, and glad that my rucksack could be of assistance :) It looked like a nasty one alright. Well done to all for the comprehensive treatment. |
| Jeff Fitzsimons | May 24, 12:45PM | Cheers Eoin. Not around this Wednesday but should be next week. |
| Kevin O'Riordan | May 24, 1:45PM | Tough break with the ankle there, Ronan. You must have been in bits hopping down to the finish on it. I hope you're not out for too long. |
| Ronan Hickey | May 26, 3:30PM | Thanks guys..btw did anyone pick up an Inov8 bottle (the one given away as part of the Leinster League Prize last year) at this race? I'd left it at the start/finish line but didn't pick it up in the end. Ro |
| Eamonn Hodge | May 27, 11:36AM | That's terrible Ronan. Hope it heals up sooner rather than later. |
