Meet and Train groups and individuals are invited to take part in the Ann and Caroline Kearney Memorial two-mile run at Santry on Saturday November 15 (2.0).
The race, in the grounds behind Morton Stadium, is an ideal warm-up for the M&T Winter League which will start on Sunday November 23 (11am) at Swords (Fingallians GAA is HQ) . Other dates are January 11 at Lucan, February 1, Tymon and February 15, Raheny.
Not only does the Santry race remember former members Ann and Caroline Kearney, two of the pioneers of Irish triathlon, but it also celebrates 45 years of women’s running at Clonliffe Harriers. Prizes go to the top ten finishers, plus juniors and masters; all standards are welcome.
Also scheduled is a 800m run for former and current members – so if you’ve ever competed in the black and amber, get in touch now! Details 087-684662/087-2475321; www.clonliffeharriers.com.
Monday 29 September 2008
Monday 22 September 2008
Meeting Monday 22 September
M&T meeting Monday September 22 at Donore 8pm. All welcome to discuss format for winter and summer leagues to come and the setting up of small committee of maybe three - secretary, treasurer, race co-ordinator.
See below for interesting comments from Christina of Blackrock AC:
I think that it's a great idea to incorporate the Sportsworld 5 and the
mini-marathon into the series. Also, I've been to some BHAA races
outside Dublin (including one in Maynooth and one in a little town in
Kildare) and don't see any reason not to bring the M&T outside Dublin from time to
time - it's definitely easy to get out early on a weekend morning, I'm sure
there are lots of us who are willing to give lifts to people from our own
clubs & other clubs, and it would add a whole new level of interest to the
races.
(Could be an idea to check with club members & see if our informal
transport arrangements work for everyone involved in the league, or whether a
car pool system organised via the website might be useful? I don't know, as
transport isn't a problem for me...).
It would be fabulous to do the track events again - I absolutely
loved that, and Crusaders were fabulous to organise it. Maybe we could get more
volunteers like yourself/Paddy/Duncan organised in advance so that the
Crusaders girls don't have to miss out so much. I can't be the only
one with a husband/boyfriend/friend able to help out once in a while.
As regards the difficulty of finding suitable roads, could the Summer
league include some cross country or beach runs? The main thing we're all
looking for is a good race - I don't think the surface matters all that much.
Lots of people prefer running on grass anyway... There was a cross country
that we did in Malahide Castle one summer (May, I think), and the ground
was so good it might as well have been a road race.
Duncan suggests Howth summit as a potential race venue - could be
interesting as we never do hill runs - but I'm guessing the league might
have difficulty getting access to it.
Can we piggy-back on some of the charity runs that occur during the
year, too? M&T is one of those things that can be happening in your back
yard & you just don't notice - if teams came out to those races, we would
raise the profile of the M&T and give the charities that organise those races a
boost with the extra runners the M&T would bring out. To be honest, I don't
know much about the non-M&T, non-BHAA races, so I don't know if that's a
viable option...
Thanks,
Christina.
See below for interesting comments from Christina of Blackrock AC:
I think that it's a great idea to incorporate the Sportsworld 5 and the
mini-marathon into the series. Also, I've been to some BHAA races
outside Dublin (including one in Maynooth and one in a little town in
Kildare) and don't see any reason not to bring the M&T outside Dublin from time to
time - it's definitely easy to get out early on a weekend morning, I'm sure
there are lots of us who are willing to give lifts to people from our own
clubs & other clubs, and it would add a whole new level of interest to the
races.
(Could be an idea to check with club members & see if our informal
transport arrangements work for everyone involved in the league, or whether a
car pool system organised via the website might be useful? I don't know, as
transport isn't a problem for me...).
It would be fabulous to do the track events again - I absolutely
loved that, and Crusaders were fabulous to organise it. Maybe we could get more
volunteers like yourself/Paddy/Duncan organised in advance so that the
Crusaders girls don't have to miss out so much. I can't be the only
one with a husband/boyfriend/friend able to help out once in a while.
As regards the difficulty of finding suitable roads, could the Summer
league include some cross country or beach runs? The main thing we're all
looking for is a good race - I don't think the surface matters all that much.
Lots of people prefer running on grass anyway... There was a cross country
that we did in Malahide Castle one summer (May, I think), and the ground
was so good it might as well have been a road race.
Duncan suggests Howth summit as a potential race venue - could be
interesting as we never do hill runs - but I'm guessing the league might
have difficulty getting access to it.
Can we piggy-back on some of the charity runs that occur during the
year, too? M&T is one of those things that can be happening in your back
yard & you just don't notice - if teams came out to those races, we would
raise the profile of the M&T and give the charities that organise those races a
boost with the extra runners the M&T would bring out. To be honest, I don't
know much about the non-M&T, non-BHAA races, so I don't know if that's a
viable option...
Thanks,
Christina.
Tuesday 9 September 2008
M&T - A Brave New World?
Earlier this summer we had a meeting with Ryan Montgomery of AAI concerning a revamp of the Meet & Train Series of winter and summer races for women.
Time is ticking past and we urgently need to fix a date for a general meeting of all clubs and groups associated with M&T and Fit for Life. Possible dates are a Monday or Tuesday in Donore - ie, 15/16 Sept, 22/23 Sept, if any of these dates suit.
Here is the background (Apologies for the length):
For the past 20 years or so, M&T races have consisted of :
Winter - 4 x 2 mile cross-county races from Nov to Mar, depending on dates available. Venues are usually: Swords (Fingallians) , Tymon Park (Sportsworld) , Phoenix Park (Donore) , St Anne's Park (Raheny Shamrocks) and Griffeen Park (Lucan Harriers). We have also used Santry (Clonliffe) and Irishtown (Crusaders)
Summer - 3 built-up races to the mini marathon consisting of 2 mile, 3 mile and four mile runs; in the past we also had the Fingal 8k to round it off. Because of increasing volumes of traffic, finding suitable roads has become difficult. Venues this year were Griffeen Park Lucan, which has new tarmacadam paths and the Phoenix Park. Dunboyne also offered to host a race. Venues used in the past included Templeogue, Tallaght, Dalkey and Raheny.
A successful addition to the calendar in 2007 was a Meet & Train track meet at Irishtown, organised by Crusaders.
What we have to do:
1 Get more clubs and groups in involved, particularly Fit for Life groups operating in the greater Dublin area. For example, there is a new running group in Donadea, Co Kildare, which is organising a 10k on Oct 11. This would make a lovely venue for a M&T race. There is also a running group based in the Curragh. Wicklow also has some nice venues, with running clubs operating in Bray, Greystones and Kilcoole, as has Meath (Dunboyne, Navan, Dunshaughlin, Enfield) .
2 Find more venues. Marlay Park is one option, with DSD willing to give it a go. Any other ideas? Dun Laoghaire pier was one - possibly very early on a Sunday morning! We have never used parks like Malahide and Newbridge. Maybe even stretch as far as Westmeath, which is only an hour away on a Sunday morning (Belvedere House outside Mullingar is gorgeous).
Winter League - possible dates (2 in Nov; 2 after Xmas):
Sun 16 Nov
Sun 23 Nov
Sun 30 Nov
(No dates yet for AAI Races after Xmas).
Sun 18 Jan 2009
Sun 8 Feb
Sun 15 Feb
Sun 22 Feb
Final race to include prizegiving, if possible.
Summer League - for major re-vamp. Series to incorporate the Sportsworld 5 and the mini marathon itself, with team captains assembling times places from the published results of these two races, ie, no extra work for either Sportsworld or the WMM office!)
Possible dates (Easter is April 12) :
Wed 8 April M&T 2 Mile
Sun 26 April M&T 3 mile
Wed 13 May M&T 4 Mile, Phoenix Park, 7.45pm
Sun 24 May Dublin 5 Mile Classic (Sportsworld)
Mon 1 June Flora WMM 10k
Followed by track evening and prizegiving, Fri Jun 5?
Other items for discussion:
- Entry fees for the two series.
- Relationships with adidas re prizes/numbers.
- Eligibility of runners once they improve beyond M&T or FFL standards.
- Establishment of small committee to supervise series and call two meetings a year.
- Website/blog.
- Results.
Please pass on to your members for discussion before the proposed meeting; hopefully we will have news of a date soon.
Time is ticking past and we urgently need to fix a date for a general meeting of all clubs and groups associated with M&T and Fit for Life. Possible dates are a Monday or Tuesday in Donore - ie, 15/16 Sept, 22/23 Sept, if any of these dates suit.
Here is the background (Apologies for the length):
For the past 20 years or so, M&T races have consisted of :
Winter - 4 x 2 mile cross-county races from Nov to Mar, depending on dates available. Venues are usually: Swords (Fingallians) , Tymon Park (Sportsworld) , Phoenix Park (Donore) , St Anne's Park (Raheny Shamrocks) and Griffeen Park (Lucan Harriers). We have also used Santry (Clonliffe) and Irishtown (Crusaders)
Summer - 3 built-up races to the mini marathon consisting of 2 mile, 3 mile and four mile runs; in the past we also had the Fingal 8k to round it off. Because of increasing volumes of traffic, finding suitable roads has become difficult. Venues this year were Griffeen Park Lucan, which has new tarmacadam paths and the Phoenix Park. Dunboyne also offered to host a race. Venues used in the past included Templeogue, Tallaght, Dalkey and Raheny.
A successful addition to the calendar in 2007 was a Meet & Train track meet at Irishtown, organised by Crusaders.
What we have to do:
1 Get more clubs and groups in involved, particularly Fit for Life groups operating in the greater Dublin area. For example, there is a new running group in Donadea, Co Kildare, which is organising a 10k on Oct 11. This would make a lovely venue for a M&T race. There is also a running group based in the Curragh. Wicklow also has some nice venues, with running clubs operating in Bray, Greystones and Kilcoole, as has Meath (Dunboyne, Navan, Dunshaughlin, Enfield) .
2 Find more venues. Marlay Park is one option, with DSD willing to give it a go. Any other ideas? Dun Laoghaire pier was one - possibly very early on a Sunday morning! We have never used parks like Malahide and Newbridge. Maybe even stretch as far as Westmeath, which is only an hour away on a Sunday morning (Belvedere House outside Mullingar is gorgeous).
Winter League - possible dates (2 in Nov; 2 after Xmas):
Sun 16 Nov
Sun 23 Nov
Sun 30 Nov
(No dates yet for AAI Races after Xmas).
Sun 18 Jan 2009
Sun 8 Feb
Sun 15 Feb
Sun 22 Feb
Final race to include prizegiving, if possible.
Summer League - for major re-vamp. Series to incorporate the Sportsworld 5 and the mini marathon itself, with team captains assembling times places from the published results of these two races, ie, no extra work for either Sportsworld or the WMM office!)
Possible dates (Easter is April 12) :
Wed 8 April M&T 2 Mile
Sun 26 April M&T 3 mile
Wed 13 May M&T 4 Mile, Phoenix Park, 7.45pm
Sun 24 May Dublin 5 Mile Classic (Sportsworld)
Mon 1 June Flora WMM 10k
Followed by track evening and prizegiving, Fri Jun 5?
Other items for discussion:
- Entry fees for the two series.
- Relationships with adidas re prizes/numbers.
- Eligibility of runners once they improve beyond M&T or FFL standards.
- Establishment of small committee to supervise series and call two meetings a year.
- Website/blog.
- Results.
Please pass on to your members for discussion before the proposed meeting; hopefully we will have news of a date soon.
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