BOSTON SCIENTIFIC HALF MARATHON
RACE DAY DETAILS
Race starts at the entrance to Town Carpark in Mary’s Street, town centre:
at 11.00am for all participants
Collection of Race Number, T Shirt and Chip
Race numbers, T Shirt and timing chips can be picked up on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th in the Vocational School, the Mall at the following times:-
Friday: 5pm – 7pm
Saturday: 2pm - 5pm
Race entry will also be available at these times.
On Sunday 15th August number, T Shirt and chip can be picked up will be in the Vocational School, the Mall, from 7am to 10am.
New entries can also be taken at this time.
There will be no parking in the vicinity of the School.
Toilets
There will be toilets available in the School as well as in O Connell Street close to the start and the finish.
The Start and the finish are about 100m apart from one another and they are about 600m from the School, follow the Race start arrows from School to Start.
Warm Up Area
Whereas the jog from the car park to the start may be a sufficient warm up for many of you. There is a nice loop around the School. The Chartered Physiotherapist of Ireland will have qualified staff present that will go through a warm up procedure and a warm down procedure as well as attend to the aches after the race.
Start of Race
The Half Marathon will start at 11 am.
Slower runners are asked to position themselves in such a way as to not block faster runners. Remember your time is being recorded, by the chip, from the exact point at which you cross the start line up until you reach the finish line.
The Race
Distances along the route will be marked in miles.
The first 2 miles of the race are around the town. The route will be well stewarded and there will be a substantial Garda presence to ensure the safety of the athletes. Please obey the stewards directions at all times. You are asked not to wear ear phones. As the runners spread out please keep to the left hand side of the road the whole way around the route. Civil defence and the Red Cross will be strategically positioned throughout the course should you need medical assistance at any stage.
Then it is out into the country where athletes are asked to keep to the left hand side of the road for the majority of the course and at all times follow the stewards instructions as they are there for your safety. . Throughout the course the route will be well sign posted as well as stewards at all the major junctions.
Water Stations: There will be 3 water stations on the half marathon course.
Station 1: at 3.5 miles - cups of water
Station 2: at 7.5 miles – 500ml bottles
Station 3: at 11 miles – cups of water
There will be a bin positioned 200metres beyond each water station. If it suits we would ask you to deposit your bottle or cups in the bin.
The Finish
As you approach the finish you can check the clock finish time on the gantry clock. Your chip time will be recorded as you run over the finish mat.
When you have drawn breath please continue to move through the finisher’s enclosure where your chip will be removed from your shoe.
When you have collected your goody bag and you will leave the finish enclosure. Please note that you will not be allowed back into this area once you have left.
Vouchers: There will be a number of vouchers included in the goody bag. One of these is a voucher for tea and sandwiches in the Vocational School. Please do not lose it. You must present this in the School to get refreshments. There will be changing facilities at the school. This is the same location you collected your number.
Chartered Physiotherapists will be available under the ‘Main Guard’. The Main Guard is located midway between the finish and the line and the Vocational School on the Mall. They are there to provide post race massage and assistance for any injuries you may have picked up through the race. Please feel free to use them they are there to help you.
Prize Giving
Prize giving is scheduled for 1.30pm. Prizes will be presented as per the prize list on the website. There will be spot prizes for down the field finishers and these will be given out as you cross the finishing line and the winners can choose from a selection of prizes.
We look forward to seeing you all in Clonmel on 15th August
Clonmel Athletic Club
Club Singlets are now available at €25 and same can be got from Frank Lynch
We had athletes competing in the inaugural 8K road race in Mitchelstown and it was great to see Club athletes return the compliment as they were great supporters of the Clogheen 5K this year. Vasiliy Neumerzhitskily ran well over what is a short distance by his standards and he showed that he could travel well over the shorter distances when finishing 3rd 0/40 in 29 mins 41 secs. Tommy Cahill won the 0/55 award in 32 mins 9 secs with Ned O Brien 2nd 0/55 in 33 mins 46 secs. Julia Tideswell was 2nd 0/45 in 39 mins 3 secs, great running.
Club athletes competed in a number of venues over the weekend and it was great to see so many of our Club members running so well. In the Rathgormack 5 Mile Road Race we had Eoin McGrath running very well when finishing 7th in 29 mins 18 secs over what was a demanding course. Then we had Niall O Ceallaigh winning 2nd 0/40 award when finishing 10th overall in 29 mins 34 secs. Larry Martin continued his recent good form when finishing 18th in 30 mins 20 secs, 25 secs faster than last year. Then we had Dick O Gorman winning the 0/45 award when running well to finish 24th in 30 misn 27 secs. Then we had Angela McCann having a fantastic duel with Martina O Dwyer of Carrick on Suir in what are turning out to be Classic tussles over any distance and they are so evenly matched. It was the same scenario again in Rathgormack as it was in the Ballymac 5 miler. These two athletes of immense talent were involved in a major battle right to the line. Martina was ahead of Angela heading out but after about a mile the roles were reversed with Angela taking the lead. They were matching stride for stride throughout the race and they were going at a very strong pace. It was a battle of wills over the final hurdle and with 20 metres to go it was literally neck and neck between the two athletes as Martina made a last effort but Angela responded immediately and the sprint finish between the two saw Angela just hit the line ahead of Martina, both gave it their all and provided a spectacular race once again for the spectators and both were thrilled to have pushed each other to their limit so credit where credit is due. Angela’s time was 30 mins 28 secs and she was 2nd Senior Lady with Martina 2 seconds adrift. It just goes to show you how much an athlete can achieved when pushed all the way when you consider that Angela ran 31 mins 51 secs in this race last year, so well done Ladies.
Then we had Liam Casey running well when finishing 36th in 32 mins 31 secs with Aine Roche finishing 4th Senior lady next in 32 mins 47 secs, 14 seconds faster than last year. Other good performances were achieved by Mary Molloy who was 5th Senior Lady in 40th place in 32 mins 58 secs, 28 seconds faster than last year, great to see Mary back running well again. Conor Morkan was 42nd in 33 mins 14 secs, 70 seconds faster than last year, James O Brien 47th in 33 mins 54 secs, Robbie Condon 52nd in 34 mins 10 secs, Maurice Boland who was 3rd 0/55 in 55th place in 34 mins 39 secs, 3 mins 57 secs faster than last year, great running, John Laste 71st in 37 mins 17 secs, Nicola Maunsell 75th in 37 mins 38 secs, 2 mins 22 secs faster than last year, Gints Plaudis 78th in 37 mins 38 secs, Tom Quinn 81st in 38 min 34 secs, 2 mins 37 secs faster than last year, Tom Halley 82nd in 38 mins 36 secs, Joe Grinsell won the 0/60 award when finishing 84th in 38 mins 51 secs with T J O Loughlin 2nd 0/60 in 94th in 42 mins 20 secs and Eamon Crowley 3rd 0/60 when finishing 83rd In 42 mins 53 secs, a clean sweep, Hazel Galloway won the Ladies 0/50 award when finishing 102nd in 46 mins 19 secs.
The Boston Scientific 5K is building up to be a great sporting event and it takes place in Clonmel on Sunday 15th August at 11.20am. The Club would like to thank Boston Scientific for their very generous sponsorship. The Club would also like to acknowledge the tremendous work done by Clonmel Borough Council, the Gardai, Civil Defence, Red Cross and South Tipperary Volunteers Association in helping with the organisation of this event.
This is 5k non competitive Fun Run and is open to everyone over 16 years of age be they joggers, fun runners and walkers, all are welcome to participate in a Fun event. Boston Scientific is using this event as part of their fund raising to purchase automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) for local clubs and organisations throughout South Tipperary. Clonmel Athletic Club has sponsorship cards available for those who would like to support the AED programme and they can be got from Frank Lynch at 086 8282689.
The Entry fee is €10 and all participants will receive a specially designed top quality T Shirt as well as refreshments. Entries for the 5K will be taken at the Race headquarters which is at the Vocational School, the Mall on Friday 13th August from 5 to 7 pm and on Saturday 14th August from 2 to 5 pm and we would encourage all local athletes to try and come at these times to register and collect their race numbers and T Shirt. Such help would be greatly appreciated as we envisage a lot of people travelling on the Sunday to register for the event.Â
On Sunday 15th August we will be taking entries from 7 am to 10 am and athletes can collect their Race details at this time as well.
As regards Car parking, there is a large Carpark close to the Vocational School that will be signposted and we ask all participants to use this Car park. There will be no parking in the vicinity of the School.
The 5K Race starts on the Quay close to the monument at the end of Angelsea Street and the athletes will proceed up to Bridge Street corner where they will turn left and over to the Old Bridge. Here they will turn left and onto the Raheen road to the Loreto Convent Roundabout. Here they will turn left and down to Dr Croke’s Place where they will turn left onto Angelsea Street and back onto the Quay. They will do two laps of this circuit and when they approach Bridge Street corner for the 3rd time they will go on straight towards Irishtown and finish under the West Gate, an ideal run along the banks of the River Suir.
Toilets will be available in the School as well as in O Connell Street close to the finish.
Distances along the route will be marked in Kilometres. You are asked not to wear ear phones.
There will be spot prizes for down the field finishers and vouchers for these will be given out as you cross the finishing line and the winners can choose from a selection of prizes. For further enquiries please contact Niall O Sullivan at 086 1660888.
The Race headquarters is at the Vocational School, the Mall. Here on Friday 13th August from 5 to 7 pm and on Saturday 14th August from 2 to 5 pm Pre Registered athletes can collect their Race Number, Timing Chip and T Shirt. We will also be taking entries for the Half Marathon in the Vocational School at these times so we would encourage all local athletes to try and come at these times to either register or collect their race numbers, timing chip and T Shirt. Such help would be greatly appreciated as we envisage a lot of people travelling on the Sunday to register for the event.�
On Sunday 15th August we will be taking entries from 7 am to 10 am and Pre register athletes can collect their Race details at these times as well.
As regards Car parking, there is a large Carpark close to the Vocational School that will be signposted and we ask all participants to use this Car park. There will be no parking in the vicinity of the School.
The Race starts at the entrance to the Town Carpark in Mary’s Street at 11.00am for all participants while the Race finishes at the West Gate, both the Start and finish are approx 600m from the Race headquarters. Slower runners are asked to position themselves in such a way as to not block faster runners. Remember your time is being recorded, by the chip, from the exact point at which you cross the start line up until you reach the finish line. Toilets will be available in the School as well as in O Connell Street close to the start and the finish.
The Chartered Physiotherapist of Ireland will have qualified staff present that will go through a warm up procedure and a warm down procedure as well as attend to the aches after the race, their base will be the Main Guard and we are grateful to the Chartered Physiotherapists of Ireland for such support.
Distances along the route will be marked in miles. The first 2 miles of the race are around the town. The route will be well stewarded and there will be a substantial Garda presence to ensure the safety of the athletes. Please obey the stewards directions at all times. You are asked not to wear ear phones. Then it is out into the country where athletes are asked to keep to the left hand side of the road for the majority of the course and at all times follow the stewards instructions. Throughout the course the route will be well sign posted as well as stewards at all the major junctions. There will be 3 water stations on the half marathon course: Station 1: at 3.5 miles - cups of water, Station 2: at 7.5 miles – 500ml bottles, Station 3: at 11 miles – cups of water. There will be a bin positioned 200 metres beyond each water station. If it suits we would ask you to deposit your bottle or cups in the bin. The Course is relatively flat except for a gradual incline from 3 mile to 4.5 miles and for 300m after the 7 mile mark.
As you approach the finish you can check the clock finish time on the gantry clock. Your chip time will be recorded as you run over the finish mat. When you have drawn breath please continue to move through the finisher’s enclosure where your chip will be removed from your shoe. When you have collected your goody bag and you will leave the finish enclosure. Please note that you will not be allowed back into this area once you have left.
There will be a number of vouchers included in the goody bag. One of these is a voucher for tea and sandwiches in the Vocational School. Please do not lose it. You must present this in the School to get refreshments. There will be changing facilities in the Vocational School You can then proceed to the School for refreshments (don’t forget your voucher)
Prize giving is scheduled for 1.30pm. Prizes will be presented as per the prize list on the website. There will be spot prizes for down the field finishers and these will be given out as you cross the finishing line and the winners can choose from a selection of prizes.
At the recent All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships held in Tullamore Jason Mullins competed in the Boys under 18 Discus. He performed very well when moving into the Bronze medal position on his 2nd throw when the discus cut landed at 39.15m. he maintained this position under the very last round of throws when he was edged out by 0.21m for the Bronze medal. Still this was a very good Championship for Jason as he won the Silver medal in the Shot Putt earlier in the season.
The Ballymacarbry 5 Mile road Race took place last Friday night with the Club well represented. Vasiliy Neumerzhitskily ran well when finishing strongly in 10th place in 29 mins 1 sec, showing great recovery from his marathon and 10 mile races last weekend. Then we had Angela McCann running in her 2nd race in less than 25 hours and having a blinder. She ran a great race to finish 2nd in the Ladies race by just one second from Martina O Dwyer of Carrick on Suir, these two Ladies have produced great performances during the year and last Friday’s night they produced another great competition. Angela’s winning time was 30 mins 29 secs when finishing 26th. Then we had Larry Martin also running his 2nd race in less than 25 hours ran well when finishing 31st in 31 mins 2 secs. Then we had Liam Casey also running well when finishing 42nd in 32 mins 19 secs. Nigel O Flaherty is another athlete who has shown great progress this year and he continued that fine form when finishing 49th in 32 mins 44 secs. James O Brien showed a return to top form when finishing 51st in 33 mins 4 secs. Maurice is another athlete that competed in the Clogheen 5k and Ballymacarbry 5 miler in less than 25 hours. Maurice ran well when finishing 69th in 35 mins 1 sec. Nicola Maunsell ran well when finishing 109th in 39 mins 2 secs.
The Clogheen 5k road Race took place in very warm conditions and it was great to see so many club members participating. John Walsh ran a brilliant race when winning the 0/45 award when finishing 6th in 17 mins 56 secs, great to see John running so well again. Then we had Mark Ryan also running well when finishing 9th in 18 mins 3 mins with Dick O Gorman finishing 11th in 18 mins 8 secs with Larry Martin next four seconds adrift, Larry’s performance was very good considering he improved on last year’s run by 32 seconds. Peter Furlong also ran very well when finishing 13th in 18 mins 19 secs. Then we had Angela McCann running a great race to extend her winning sequence when winning in 18 mins 33 secs when 15th with other great performances from Aine Roche and Kealey Tideswell who was 2nd (19 mins 37 secs) and 3rd (20 mins) respectively. To round off a great night for the Tideswell family, we had Julia winning the 0/40 award when running well to finish 60th in 23 mins 48 secs. Then we had Niall O Ceallaigh also running very well to win the 0/40 award when finishing 16th in 18 mins 37 secs. Then we had Gary Grant running well when finishing 20th in 19 mins 15 secs with Nigel O Flaherty next 10 secs adrift. Tommy Cahill also showed that he is running very well at present when finishing 2nd 0/55 in 19 mins 39 secs when 25th while Billy Prout also ran well when finishing 2nd 0/50 in 20 mins 22 secs, matching last year’s performance, when 32nd. We had other great performances from athletes like Conor Morkan 26th 19 mins 43 secs, local man Ned O Brien 34th 20 mins 36 secs, Billy O Grady 35th 20 mins 39 secs, Maurice Boland 36th 20 mins 42 secs, improving on last year’s performance by 98 secs, David Hogan 42nd 21 mins 54 secs, John Laste 45th 22 mins 4 secs, Eamon English 46th 22 mins 6 secs, Gareth Coleman 47th 22 mins 13 secs, Brendan Coffey 48th 22 mins 23 secs, Joe Grinsell 53rd 23 mins 7 secs, Done Nagle 56th 23 mins 27 secs, improving on last year’s run by 27 secs, Rosie Casey 65th 24 mins 54 secs, Eamon Crowley 66th 25 mins 1 secs and it was great to see former club member Siobhain O Loughlin back competing when finishing 75th in 28 mins 10 secs.