Irish Mountain Running Association

The Sugar Bowl - BBQ

Description: A circuit and climb of the Sugarloaf
County: Wicklow
Date: Wednesday 20 July, 2011
Time: 7:30 PM
Climb (m): 376
Distance (km): 6.00
Event Difficulty: 7 (3,2,2) - Difficult Terrain, 200M - 500M ascent, 6Km - 10Km
Race Marking:

- Route fully marked
Course Record: Men: 30:04 (John Brooks, Rathfarnham WSAF)
Women: 38:11 (Erin Roberts, UCD)
Leagues: Leinster League
Getting There: Glencormac Inn, Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow Gr. O 246 147
Prizegiving Location: Glencormac Inn, Kilmacanogue

Volunteering

Current Volunteers

Role	Volunteers	Accepted	Run
Race Director		Richard Nunan	No
Deputy Race Director		Andreas Kusch	No
First Aid Officer		Diarmuid O'Colmain	No
First Aid Officer		Mick Hanney	No
Race Marker		Roman Gregus	No
Laptop Operator		John J Barry	No
Helper		Alan Collins	Yes
Helper		Angus Tyner	No
Helper		Brendan Roth	Yes
Helper		Catherine Halpin	Yes
Helper		Clare Sullivan	No
Helper		Conor O'Meara	No
Helper		Dermot Murphy	No
Helper		Eamonn O'Neill	Yes
Helper		Enda Walsh	No
Helper		Eoin O'Brien	No
Helper		Ercus Stewart	Yes
Helper		Eva Fairmaner	No
Helper		Fergal Daly	No
Helper		Jimmy Synnott	Yes
Helper		John Ahern	Yes
Helper		John Walsh	No
Helper		Justin O'Keeffe	No
Helper		Ken Cowley	No
Helper		Kieran Crowley	No
Helper		Mary Collins	Yes
Helper		Michael Conneally	No
Helper		Mikey Fry	Yes
Helper		Paul Grant	Yes
Helper		Paula Keohan	No
Helper	Sile Loughrey		Yes
Helper		Sonja Fuhrmann	Yes
Helper		Tom Hogan	No
Helper		Vivian O'Gorman	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

Driver Name	Location	Passing Through	Departure	Seats Available	Seats Accepted
Val Jones	Airside, Swords, outside DID	M50	17:30	6	2	Book
Zoran Skrba	Rathfarnham (LIDL)	M50	18:00	2	1	Book
Ian O'Kane	Rathgar	Terenure, M50	00:00	3	3
Stephen Doorly	Milltown Luas Station	Dundrum Flyover	18:00	3	3

Forum Messages

Author	Date	Message
Eamonn O'Neill	Jun 23, 3:52PM	Hey, I'd like to help out at this race and run if possible. Last one of the league, can't wait WOHOO!!! Thanks, Eamonn
Eamonn O'Neill	Jun 23, 3:56PM	Sorry, e-mail address was wrong in the last post. Correct one in with this one. Thanks
John J Barry	Jun 23, 4:30PM	Eamonn, Can you go onto the event : http://www.imra.ie/events/view/id/861/ "Volunteering" and select the the role you want to volunteer for e.g. Helper (run)
Justin O'Keeffe	Jun 27, 2:47PM	We'll be looking for volunteers for both the race itself & the BBQ afterwards. Just let the RD know if you;re volunteering for the BBQ, for which we need about 5 more running & non running volunteers. More to follow closer to the event.
Sonja Fuhrmann	Jun 27, 11:55PM	I could help out at the BBQ after the race if that works out for you?
Eva Fairmaner	Jun 30, 8:59AM	Justin, I am happy to do my special Veggie Burgers for those who would like them. Perhaps if nearer the date I get some idea how many vegetarians I would need to cater for it would make things easier.
Justin O'Keeffe	Jun 30, 9:16AM	Thanks Sonja & Eva - much appreciated. More info closer to the time
Brendan Lawlor	Jun 30, 4:13PM	Could you add Dan Lawlor as a volunteer (running) for this race please
Roman Gregus	Jul 1, 12:35PM	Hi Richard I would like to do marshalling on this race or anything else if needed. roman
Paul Grant	Jul 12, 7:25PM	I would like to volunteer for the race (running if possible) or to help out at the BBQ.
Richard Nunan	Jul 12, 10:10PM	Hi Paul, I have added you as a running volunteer Thanks Richard
Avid Runner	Jul 14, 11:48AM	So is it 6km or 10km bit of a difference!
Mick Hanney	Jul 14, 11:58AM	Don't know where you are seeing 10k? Its c. 6k.
Paul Grant	Jul 14, 12:40PM	Great thanks Richard
Avid Runner	Jul 14, 12:41PM	See below: Event Difficulty: 7 (3,2,2) - Difficult Terrain, 200M - 500M ascent, 6Km - 10Km But cheers for the clarification Micko!
Dermot Murphy	Jul 14, 1:09PM	Avid, immediately above the event difficulty section you quote, it says distance 6k.
Rene Borg	Jul 14, 1:35PM	Hi Avid, the description there is in the "TAD Rating" that's a scoring system used on all races to rank difficulty. As Dermot mentioned to get the precise distance you look at the Distance field just above. Sugarloaf just about falls into the 6-10km bracket for its distance of 6k (that's what the field is meant to represent).
Sinead Gaffney	Jul 14, 1:56PM	Is there a junior race and how long will it be
Mick Hanney	Jul 14, 1:59PM	The junior course is consistently below 5k on LC races. If memory serves Juniors run most of the route apart from the steep last section of the cone. I think there was a marshall there last year directing juniors.
ciaran briody	Jul 15, 8:59PM	I would like to be a running volunteer for this race.
catherine halpin	Jul 18, 8:09PM	Richard my name's not down but i had offered a while ago to be a running volunteer. will i show up early for parking or whatever or after?
Zuzana Pavlikova	Jul 18, 8:20PM	Hi, could anybody give me a lift to the race from connolly station? Thanks, zuzana
Dermot Murphy	Jul 19, 8:54AM	Catherine, I've added you as a running volunteer.
karl walsh	Jul 19, 11:57AM	eva put me down for one of those delicious vegi burgers cheers
Ian O'Kane	Jul 19, 11:57AM	About carpool. I will be leaving at 18.15 not the 00.00 as posted. Some kind of glitch in the system i presume as it came out wrong.
Ronan Fleetwood	Jul 19, 12:11PM	Eva, if there are more veggie burgers going I'd love one. Thanks.
chloe galley	Jul 19, 12:20PM	Hi Eva, Myself and Brendan Roth are veggies. We would love to sample some of your special veggie burgers. If you think you can't make enough, let me know and one of us will bring some too (although probably not home made, sorry). Chloe
Fergal Daly	Jul 19, 6:04PM	There are a 2 cars leaving from Blackrock for the race. One at about 5.30 and another at about 6.00. There is 1 space in each. FergalDDaly@gmail.com
Clare Sullivan	Jul 19, 7:02PM	Hi Eva, Add another to the veggie tally if you could! Look forward to it! Clare
Justin O'Keeffe	Jul 19, 7:18PM	Folks - just a final reminder / call for salads for the BBQ It would great be if every 5th person could bring a salad, i.e. one person per group of friends. Just drop it off in the car park with us when registering. We expect to feed up to 250 people at the BBQ, so we will need over 50 bowls of salads / leaves / pasta / tomatoes etc. to feed the masses of hungry runners. Justin & Conor
roisin mc donnell	Jul 19, 7:46PM	Richard if you need any more non running volunteers i will be there can do first aid ?? roisin
Richard Nunan	Jul 19, 8:41PM	Hi Folks, We have more than enough Volunteers for tomorrow night - Volunteers should show up at 6:00pm. Useful info from last years info There is a bus, number 84X, leaving Eden Quay at 17:30 that will get you to the event on time. http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1/Timetables/All-Timetables/84x/ Note that there are two 84X's leaving at the same time - it is the one heading for Newtownmountkennedy that you need to get. Volunteers for BBQ are the following : Justin O'Keeffe Enda Walsh Eoin O'Brien John Ahern Sonja Fuhrman Paula Keohan Dermot Murphy Conor O'Meara Ken Cowley Eva Fairmaner Brendan Roth 11 Volunteers in Total. The other Volunteers will be allocated other roles by myself and Andreas on the night.
Richard Nunan	Jul 19, 8:43PM	Roisin, Can you assist Diarmuid with First Aid - it tends to be required at suger loaf -
Mick Hanney	Jul 19, 8:57PM	Hi Richard, I'd said to Jimmy earlier that I'd help Diarmuid. I won't be running. Ifnot first aid I can help with another task during or post race preferably.
Richard Nunan	Jul 19, 9:01PM	I'm not sure Mick - have you volunteered before ? :-) Happy to have your help!!
Mick Hanney	Jul 19, 9:21PM	Damn it. I misread. Thought it said run 2 races and volunteer for 7 :-)
roisin mc donnell	Jul 20, 11:03AM	Hi Richard thats great..will do first aid see u at 6 roisin
avid runner	Jul 20, 11:31AM	Sooooo excited about 2nite guys
diarmuid O'Colmain	Jul 20, 11:51AM	Thanks Roisin, (Mick) - I am hoping people won't injure themselves before the race so may not arrive too early!
David Hanlon	Jul 20, 12:06PM	probably on forum but cant see it, where is bbq on?
Kevin O'Riordan	Jul 20, 12:10PM	Glencormack Inn. Same venue as registration.
Bob Doyle	Jul 20, 12:12PM	get your mind on the prize david, its a run not a party....keep frank the tank locked up until 10pm at least!
david 'frank' hanlon	Jul 20, 12:15PM	thanks Kev, going to go mental! anybody for streaking
Ross Vickers	Jul 20, 2:52PM	Hi Guys Is it possible to run tonight if not an IMRA member. I took part in the Dublin Mountain Plod on Sunday which was my first IMRA event and would love to run tonight. So just wondering if you can register on the night and how much it costs. Cheers Ross
Donal Troddyn	Jul 20, 3:03PM	Ross, you are now an IMRA member from the Plod, so come along. It's €7 for the race.
Justin Keatinge	Jul 20, 3:39PM	An independent television crew will film some of tonight's race to get some material for an RTE Factual documentary that will be shown in October. They hope to film the race start and then get up onto the shoulder of Sugarloaf before runners get there. In order to facilitate this, we may need to stage an early start to give the crew time to get up around the back of the mountain by 4x4. More details at registration. (If you're currently in hiding from Interpol, the Revenue Commissioners or NAMA then wear dark shades.)
Ross Vickers	Jul 20, 4:31PM	Thanks Donal
Jason Kehoe	Jul 20, 11:19PM	Well done to one and all tonight. Sugarbowl is always so well run. The food was top notch too for €3. Had to laugh when I saw the winners (Tomerik's) club name GTI (Grand Tourer Injection)! He certainly put injection into the pace tonight. Enjoy your holidays in Ireland Tomerik! The top two runners broke John Brooks course record of 30:04 (if it was the same course) and Bernard was just outside it. Great course, great night, great food, great pints and great atmosphere! Plus the results are up already! Sure where would you get it all of a Wednesday evening!?!? Well done Richard and team. Jason
Peter O'Farrell	Jul 20, 11:38PM	Great race, well done to all organising. Tonight's course started at the GAA club whereas in previous editions it started further down the road (outside a house beside a fine patch of grass) so sadly our times are not comparable to the mighty man John Brooks record time. No doubt Tomerik's GTI was fuelled on Orbea ;)
Mick Hanney	Jul 20, 11:58PM	Our visitor friend looks like he's a decent marathon runner if he's the same Tom Erik that ran a Berlin marathon in 2:36 last year. Welcome to the hills in Ireland!
Alan Collins	Jul 21, 12:58AM	Thanks to all the organisers, volunteers and runners for another really fun sugar bowl run and bbq! Oh and for a super end of league prize! See you all next week.
Brendan Lawlor	Jul 21, 8:58AM	Martin and Sinead Gaffney ran the short course, Cian Rea too Great race, well organised - thanks to all. Boo Hoo Summer League over already!
John Langenbach	Jul 21, 9:11AM	Can I get my time added to the result list, please? I lost a few places looking for my glasses, but I'm quite sure I finished just ahead of Barry Moore (39:50-ish). My apologies to the "leave nothing but footprints" ideal, I think they must have fallen into the undergrowth. Great fun, though. Thanks to the chefs for the barbecue and to Mick for being on hand with the blood wipes. (And to all involved in running a super league)
Roman Gregus	Jul 21, 9:24AM	Hi I am just wondering how can my name be in the results on the 100th place when I was volunteering as non running race marker. please check that, put me out of the results and find out who was it. definitely not me :) cheers roman
Mick Hanney	Jul 21, 10:09AM	I think Gayle McGlynn was an early starter? That may not have been made clear at the finish? Race should show Jenny as the ladies winner I expect.
John Barry	Jul 21, 10:35AM	Hi, First of all a huge thanks to Sinead for her invaluable help last night after the run when pressure was put on to produce the results. Also thanks to Richard for getting me food  Just a couple of points from the Laptop operation role I had last night. [1] We only had one person recording finishing numbers last night when I normally noticed two sets of people recording numbers a number of metres apart. This showed up badly where we missed recording the finish of a person that came in the first 5 places . Already I see on the forum a person was recorded as running when in fact he didn’t. I’m sure there is somebody now out there with the opposite situation because of a mistake in the recording / laptop roles. [2] I never received a list of early starters / or juniors. So at the finish I was just guessing who was an early starter / age etc by looking at their speed crossing the finish line and only 30-35 minute had passed. Not very scientific I must admit. [3] We need to get people to P.R.I.N.T their names on the sign in sheet. Again last night lots of time was wasted trying to decipher a person's name / signature which usually tallied with a number that could not be read either. /John
Hazel Thompson	Jul 21, 10:49AM	I have a feeling that Vivienne Bates was also an early starter (sorry if you weren't). It seems to have been a bit of an issue this year, where early starters have not always been recorded properly and prizes have been, or nearly been, incorrectly allocated to the female runners. Last night for example, I don't think there was anyone offically starting the early start to ensure all early starters numbers had been recorded. Was an early start really even needed on such a short race? The early starters got a huge advantage over other runners of similar level by not getting caught up in the bottle necks which slowed everyone down a lot, except maybe the first few runners. I know that everyone has been doing their best to ensure that early runners were recorded but maybe it needs to be looked into a bit more. Sorry, I know I'm not offering any solutions here...
Hazel Thompson	Jul 21, 10:51AM	BTW. Thanks for a great race, great league and a great BBQ!
Mick Hanney	Jul 21, 10:56AM	Well done John and Sinead. I would agree with that Hazel. For races as short as this one an early start is not a requirement in my opinion. It gives the early starter distinct advantages and it could pose issues then for fast descenders of the main race if they get caught up on the narrow single track.
Eamonn Kavanagh	Jul 21, 12:05PM	Could you please record my brother Mathew Kavangh, No.354 in the results. he finished in 46mins 20secs.
Tim Chapman	Jul 21, 12:43PM	I think the early start here was as much for the camras as for the runners. It also means they finished at roughly the same time as everyone else so everyone could get at some grub! A good practise for next weeks handicap. Tim P.S I just got the maths question at the bottom wrong.
David Roberts	Jul 21, 4:56PM	Thanks very much to all involved in organising last nights event. It was my first mountain run and it was really enjoyable. One slight hiccup was that my finish doesn't seem to have been recorded, i am down as dnf, but i promise i did!... in a time of 51 min
Vivian O'Gorman	Jul 21, 7:28PM	I was given a watch last night at registration to mind for someone -- still have it -- will be at next weeks race.
Roman Gregus	Jul 21, 9:32PM	Hi i have done a little investigation regarding my existing result in this run even though i wasnt running but volunteering and suprisingly have found among the photos from this race somebody wearing my number 1117. http://www.imra.ie/photographs/55568.jpg just for comparision this is me on tibradden this year http://www.imra.ie/photographs/53788.jpg and i promise i havent done a plastic surgery so just 2 possibilties came to my mind. either somebody was given accidently my number (but have checked the similar numbers owners on photos from this year and havent recognized this guy) or somebody has used a number from previous seasons. have found just one guy with the same number in 2010, with no picture. i dont know if it was really this case just maybe would be good to have different background colour on race numbers in different years to distiguish them. just an idea. and please fix that from results, thanks roman
Dermot Murphy	Jul 22, 8:41AM	Hi Roman, I'd say the guy just took the wrong number by mistake. If we can identify him, we can sort it out pretty quick. Anyone know who the guy wearing 1117 on Wednesday is? http://www.imra.ie/photographs/55568.jpg
Rene Borg	Jul 22, 8:46AM	Team results are up.
Brendan Lawlor	Jul 22, 9:24AM	He's wearing a Slaney Olympic top - probably one of us yalla bellies
Caitlín Bent	Jul 22, 11:42AM	Just want to thank you all for huge organizational fete of Wednesday's race and BBQ. What a nightmare for the laptop operator! When the dust settles, can you adjust my recorded time of 54 mins. to 58.24:) I left behind at the start of the race a black light zip fleece hooded jacket with Lowe Alpine logo (silly me).Any finders. It's probably in the' IMRA lost & found'. Will be at next Wednesday's race to hopefully retrieve.
Kevin O'Riordan	Jul 22, 11:44AM	All the early starters are recorded as 4 mins too fast. I don't know who all the early starters are though so I didn't want to go changing results until I was sure.
Roman Gregus	Jul 22, 11:52AM	1117 mystery runner @Brandan and Dermot I dont know...the guy who had 1117 last year, and what was the only year but this one with that number has Slaney Olympic stated in Club field, so maybe this could be an explanation. dont want to accuse anyone cause am not sure, but can anyone confirm or decline if the runner on this picture http://www.imra.ie/photographs/55568.jpg can be Bill Kavanagh from Slaney Olympics, living in Wexford? roman
John Barry	Jul 22, 11:55AM	Kevin, You bet me to it. Your right, based on Caitlín's time keeping I see that all the early starter times were recorded incorrectly be me. I added 20 minutes when it should be 24'24". There was not a list of Early Starters so one can just guess and speculate or individuals "own up" as early starters. /John
Conor O'Meara	Jul 22, 2:03PM	Caitlin Black Patagonia light weight hooded jacket, Mens size Medium ?? I have it. I will bring along to next weeks race. Might be no harm to drop me an email Weds next - Conor.O'Meara at jacobs.com Conor
bill kavanagh	Jul 22, 7:46PM	hi roman,yes that is me bill kavanagh slaney olympic enniscorthy.apologies for taking your number.this was my second imra race ever the first being mt.leinster last year where i got that number.didnt realise numbers changed every year.apologies again.
caitliín Bent	Jul 22, 8:05PM	Thanks Conor, Will mail you Weds.
Roman Gregus	Jul 22, 9:24PM	Hi Bill thanks for reply and clearing this out. Hope you have behaved nicely to my number :o) and had a great run. take care roman
bill kavanagh	Jul 22, 11:41PM	a few pinholes in it but other than that should be ok
Ercus Stewart	Jul 23, 11:27PM	well organised race and great food. well done all Richard send me email to estewart@lawlibrary.ie as i have photo for you Ercus
Rene Borg	Aug 2, 3:46PM	The Norwegians posted a short report on Tom Erik Halvorsen's win at this race. I've done a loose translation of the report below: http://www.gti-stavanger.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3229:tom-erik-med-loyperekord-i-irland&catid=4:nyheter&Itemid=7 Tom Erik sets record in Ireland Tom Erik Halvorsen impressed during a 6k fell run in Wicklow/Ireland this Wednesday Ireland has produced a number of runners over the last generations who have left a lasting imprint internationally. The interest in Ireland is enormous, and this includes fell running (red: the Norwegian term is fjelløp) IMRA - Irish mountain running association - invited runners the past Wednesday for the prize-giving for the "Winter League" and the winner Peter O'Farrell also took part in the race which consisted of 396m climb before the descent - a total of 6km. It was here that Tom Erik ran away from all of the 219 participants to set a new course record in the time 28:37 ahead of O'Farrell with 29:47, the latter also running below the old mark of 30:04. 3rd man of the 217 finishers ran 30:07. O'Farrell is ranked third in the overall rankings for 2011.