Nephin (Connacht Championship)
| Author | Date | Message |
|---|---|---|
| Liam Vines | Jun 17 2024, 9:56pm | Hi all.. We need a RD for this event ASAP.. Race can’t go ahead without one. please and thank you… |
| Peter O'Farrell | Jun 17 2024, 10:20pm | Roll up, roll up. Day 2 of the Connacht Champs promises the hardest 5k in the land. After race cake unlikely as many in attendance will be camping in Westport House the night before. Definitely no pizzas this time. |
| Stuart Scott | Jun 17 2024, 11:19pm | What do you mean Peter? 'tis but a mere parkrun! Thanks for stepping up though! |
| David Dinsmore | Jun 19 2024, 12:05pm | Hi Peter. I've volunteered as a marker for this. Where would you like me and when? |
| David Dinsmore | Jun 19 2024, 12:34pm | The route is increasingly popular with hikers, especially in good weather. Last year the car park was jammed. There's an off road area about 2-300m before the car park on the left which we used for the league race recently. Space for at least 8-10 cars. But if possible consider car sharing from Barrett's shop in the village. It's mostly a single track road to the car park and there could also be agricultural traffic |
| Stuart Scott | Jun 19 2024, 1:06pm | Hi David. Irish Championship races are traditionally on unmarked routes but I'm sure Peter will appreciate the help in other ways. That's a good suggestion about carpooling. Great to see the mountain so popular too! |
| David Dinsmore | Jun 19 2024, 5:57pm | Thanks Scott. Yes, the mountain has become very popular and as IMRA is only there once a year - twice this year with the league race - it's not a good idea to piss off the locals. I have to live there! I volunteered as a marker as that seemed to be the only option. I'm not experienced enough to be race director. But I'm happy to help in any way I can. How can Peter get in touch? |
| Peter O'Farrell | Jun 19 2024, 6:05pm | Hi David, I'll email you there now and get your phone number or you can ring me on (oh ate six tree ate fore 80 ate fore) You'll be glad to hear that with initiative such as you've shown you are a shoo in for race director and I can be your willing (and running) assistant race director. It seems to work well for Brendan Lawlor :) We will ideally find a place to park cars and perhaps that might mean having registration in the village and ferrying over runners to the start in full cars. Chat later, Thanks, Peter |
| David Dinsmore | Jun 20 2024, 4:50pm | Registration will take place in the cafe section of the village shop in Lahardaun. The coffee machine is there if anyone needs a caffeine boost to get them up Nephin. Prizegiving afterwards will take place in Leonard's pub, which also does food and sandwiches for those of you who want to eat before hitting the road home. Please support our local businesses. |
| David Dinsmore | Jun 23 2024, 12:19pm | IMRA has very generously provided funds for refreshments in Leonard's for the prizegiving. We're talking tea and sandwiches. If any of you are vegetarians or have other dietary requirements please let me know so I can let the pub know |
| David Dinsmore | Jun 24 2024, 4:54pm | Walked up on Saturday to mark the stile. There's a hivis vest on it and someone will be there for the race. There are cattle in the field at the moment. After all the rain the ground is boggy and lots of growth. The styie is visible from the start. It's where the fence running up from the left of the start meets a fence running across the top of the large field. It's about 1.3-.4km up If you look at the Strava track it's also just about the shortest route from the start to the mountain proper. You have to duck under the stile but I'll go up and put some pipe insulation round the top wire so it should be safe enough |
| Peter O'Farrell | Jun 29 2024, 6:48pm | Registration at 11am in the cafe section of the shop in Lahardane village. See event page details for the the details. Post race tea, sambos and soup in the pub. |
| Peter O'Farrell | Jun 29 2024, 7:40pm | Early start at 11.30am |
| David Dinsmore | Jun 30 2024, 3:41pm | Thanks to everyone who ran and volunteered today. It was a really enjoyable event and the atmosphere in Leonard's was fnatastic. Hope you all enjoyed Lahardaun hospitality and hope to see you all next year |
| Laura Flynn | Jun 30 2024, 4:44pm | And thanks to you David and the community of Laherdaune for welcoming us. What a beautiful part of Ireland. Thanks Peter, Daniela, Connie and Mark… another great day out. Safe home everyone. |
| Peter O'Farrell | Jun 30 2024, 8:57pm | Please check for ticks. We found ticks on both children and Orla after Nephin. |
| Alice Clancy | Jun 30 2024, 9:26pm | Thank you to Peter for RD-bring and to David, Mark, Connie and Daniela for volunteering… That was so much fun today!!! Forgot just how steep and how much fun this race is. While I have to admit I was very resistant to the new mandatory point, I think it’s a better route! (although I took a bad line off it and ended up clinging for dear life to the heather in the gully! Avoid the gully and it’s definitely better.) The post race food and chats in Lahardaun were really lovely- Leonard’s is a great pub, and hopefully this is the start of a new post Nephin tradition! Big kudos to David Dinsmore for setting up the new route and the Lahardaun hospitality, and for marshalling it so well. It was some sight seeing the small spec of high vis from the top of Nephin and figuring out how to get down to it! |
| David Dinsmore | Jul 1 2024, 12:31pm | I have pics of everyone at the stile but unfortunately I'm not having much luck uploading them. If you'd like your pic please contact me. I'll keep trying to upload |
| Joe Lalor | Jul 1 2024, 12:57pm | Could some of you tech gerus make a name change to the June 2nd Nephin race. The history feature in the results section is not distinguishing between the two Nephin races. Although the times are similiar they are two very different routes. This will cause confusion as time goes on. |
| Lillian Deegan | Jul 1 2024, 1:06pm | Hola Joe :) Jeff is working in this one. He is going to run up a new event to cover the West league Nephin and give us back our CC Nephin results link. |
| Jeff Swords | Jul 1 2024, 2:02pm | Hi Joe, As Lillian points out (and who spotted this conflict last week) it's on my list and will be tomorrow when they should be separated. |
| Jeff Swords | Jul 1 2024, 2:19pm | Results up, you know what to do if there's any issues. |
| Laura Flynn | Jul 1 2024, 5:02pm | Orla had a super run and was 2nd woman Jeff. Looks like she’s coming up as an early starter and 30 mins have been added |
| Andy Keeling | Jul 1 2024, 7:32pm | Just to repeat. TICKS. Removed number three this evening. Photi uploaded to show how teeny they are. |
| Jeff Swords | Jul 2 2024, 2:22pm | @Laura, yip, she's been updated. Also, this results from the earlier non championship Nephin race have been disassociated with the championship race so there should be no records etc crossover between the two. If anyone sees anything let me know. |
| Kevin O'Riordan | Jul 2 2024, 2:39pm | Result for Orla still looks wrong? Pretty sure she finished somewhere ahead of me. |
| David Sands | Jul 2 2024, 2:44pm | Delighted to hear that the Nephin race was a success. Bualadh bos to all involved, unfortunately I was out foreign and sadly wasn't around to help out. |
| Andy Keeling | Jul 3 2024, 8:51am | Thanks everyone for making it a great weekend. I wish I was back there. Race report up. |
