Google+ Running in Cork, Ireland: Race Notice...Cork to Cobh 15 mile race - Sun 2nd Oct 2011

Saturday, October 01, 2011

Race Notice...Cork to Cobh 15 mile race - Sun 2nd Oct 2011

The Cork BHAA are holding their annual 15 mile Cork to Cobh race on Sunday, the 2nd of October. Enries on the day will be taken at the Montenotte Hotel and the fee is €20.

The race starts at 9:30am.
Course...Starting at St.Patricks Church, we run past the railway station and towards the Dunkettle roundabout. ........then taking a left and onto the old road which passes Glounthaune church.
Then onwards towards the main roundabout before Carrigtwohill and then take the bridge over the main road and head towards Fota, Belvelly bridge and on into Cobh. The finish is close to the main square in the centre of Cobh. Overall, there are a few small hills but nothing major, just one small pull near the 12 mile mark and another smaller one before 14 miles.

Overall, it is pretty flat for the first 10 miles or so with the hardest sections coming in the last 5.
Transport......Please note that you have to make your own way back to Cork City.
Options - You probably have a few options in terms of transport...
1) Two cars...take 2 cars to Cobh, leave one in Cobh and drive up to Cork
2) Train...The train will leave the train station in Cobh for Cork City at 12:30, 1:30, 3:00 and 4:30 pm depending on long you want to stay around after the race. The fee is €4.15 (2010 price).

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

does one leave the bags in the montenotte hotel and if so up to what time are they taken down to cobh? and also will there be timing chips?

John Desmond said...

There is usually a van at the hotel to take the gear. It will be in Cobh before the runners arrive.

There are no timing chips.

Anonymous said...

Are there water stations along the route? Thanks

John Desmond said...

Water stations at 4, 8 and 12 miles

Anonymous said...

Any showers John

Anonymous said...

any results posted up by the BHAA yet? strange silence about this one.....

John Desmond said...

With regard to the BHAA results, a one week delay would be pretty normal.

Anonymous said...

any photos or videos of this race ..must say great value for a tenner ..a lot of credit is due to the BHAA for organizing this race and thanks also to all the volunteers who gave there time on a Sunday morning to make this race the success it is, again all for a tenner ....WELL DONE

ptb said...

done this race last sunday for the first time , great day out, where can i get results/ photos of the event, cant seem to find anything about it on any website.

John Desmond said...

No results yet. Cork BHAA results take about 1 week to come out.

Anonymous said...

about one week for results, or one month?????

Anonymous said...

Another great race organised by the BHAA, but why do we have to wait so long for the results??

Alan Healy said...

I ran this race and i thought it was very well organised, fair play to the BHAA for doing a great job and the people that gave up their sundays for itthanks a million.

Anonymous said...

Where are the results, please. This is a long wait

Anonymous said...

Why don't the Cork BHAA enroll the services of Ballycotton racing promotions for a small extra fee from the runners, and get the results out promptly just like the other road races in Cork . It adds to the excitement for everyone when the results are out quicker. It's now 8 days since this race and no results. What do people think about this issue. This is not criticism at the BHaa I know the BHaa do great voluntary work but 8 days is a bit much .....Any ideas John

John Desmond said...

The BHAA use a system of handicapping for runners when determining the A, B and C team grades. It's reasonably complex and it's a system they like to have control over themselves so as a result, it is manual.

It's not as simple as just getting someone else to do the results for them.

As far as I know, there were around 700+ runners in the race so that probably explains the delay.