A total of 964 runners took part in this years Charleville Half-Marathon. While the race started in dry conditions, the rain duly arrived after about 15 minutes.
The race was won by Ismail Ssenyange in a time of 65:49 while Lizzie Lee of Leevale AC was the first woman home.
1 Ismail Ssenyange (Skechers)...65.49
2 Mark Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock)...68.02
3 Paul Stephenson (Rathfarnham WSAF)...68.38
1 Lizzie Lee (Leevale)...79.47
2 Jill Hodgins (W40)...82.12
3 Emilia Dan (Dunboyne, W45)...85.11
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Results..The full official results are now here... http://www.charlevillehalf.com/results-2016/
Photos...Updated Mon 19th Sept @11:17am
1) Kilfinane AC have a gallery HERE
2) The organisers have 110 finish line photos HERE , another 62 HERE and 168 HERE
3) Happy Feet Running Group have about 30 photos mostly of the start HERE
4) Paudie Birmingham of Mallow AC has a gallery HERE
5) Joe Murphy of Eagle AC has a gallery HERE
6) Kevin O'Brien has a nice gallery HERE
7) There are some presentation photos on the Running in Cork Facebook page HERE
8) Mariusz Luczak of Bweeng Trailblazers has a gallery of about 200 photos HERE
9) Sinéad Duggan has almost 500 photos HERE
10) North Cork AC have a number of albums... 184 HERE, 86 HERE, 124 HERE
11) Gearóid Ó Laoi has 262 photos HERE
12) Andy O'Rourke Photography has 3 small albums... #1 ... #2 ... #3
13) Paul Askins has a gallery HERE
Video......
The organisers have a video of the start here...
A great event and well organised.
ReplyDeleteHowever Some terrible pace making for the 1.30 group. I feel sorry for anyone going for 1.30 when they were brought through 9 miles at 1.26 pace and when the pacer finished at 1.27. Seems like the pacer was more interested in picking up a prize than doing what they were supposed to do i.e. Pacing 1.30. I was with a few athletes who were aiming for 1.29 ish but were losing their form cause they were so far behind the 1.30 pace and thinking that the race had gone from them. Either someone is racing or pacing but not both. 1.30 pacer should not run 1.27.
I was the pacer who finished 1:27:48. If I wanted to pick up a prize I'd have raced it. My first time offering to help to pace. We had 3 90 min pacers. 4 guys wanted to break 1:28 so I decided to stay with the 4 guys to help them as the 90 min runners stayed with the other 90 min pacer. You had the option of staying with other 2 90 min pacers, the lads I brought back were thrilled to get their pb and thanked me for it.
DeleteMost fell off completely so decided to help these gents as we had 2 others who paced 90 mins too. As I said it was my first time pacing also and was wary in case I needed to make up time at the end. Please don't judge or pass comment until you ask or find out facts. You could have stayed with the others.
Pacers work very hard to help out fellow runners, and bring them along to achieve their best. It's very difficult to get spot on and impossible to suit all runners in their pack. Mostly they're not paid and not trained professionally but do their very best for the love of running and the desire to help other runners. Where there are a few pacers it makes sense to spread the group out a bit. Fab event,will definitely be back next year.
DeleteGreat smile on Lizzie, well done all.
ReplyDeleteMile 9 was 6:47 pace which was the pace we were supposed to go given that the Garmin is slightly off. Dunno where the anonymous commenter is going with 6:26 pace at mile 9. Completely exaggerated.
ReplyDeletePer the additional comments I'll think you'll find that it was not completely exaggerated. If you read the comment correctly I'll think you'll see that it said 1.26 pace and not 6.26 pace.
DeleteWell done to all pacers in all the races. They should be applauded and not vilified for trying to help people. We all run to reach personal goals not win prizes.
ReplyDeleteWhen you choose to follow a pacer you are abdicating all responsibility for your performance. Unless you know the pacer personally don't follow him. You have no idea how fast he/she is capable of going, do they know the course etc. Take responsibility for your own race. Know your goal, know your pace to reach that goal and go out and do it. Then if things go wrong you have no one else to blame.....or is that the reason for all the complaining? In my opinion there shouldn't be any pacers.
ReplyDeletePacers give up their own time and result,most often for no fee, just out of the love of running and the desire to help others. When there are a few pacers in a slot often they have to make a judgement call, to spread out or whatever. At Charleville there were so many runners thrilled to have achieved a PB thanks to their pacers. I, for one, have been helped so much over the years to push myself on faster by the encouragement and support of pacers. They're only human, not professionally trained, and I'm very grateful for them at races. Chareville half was a huge success, definitely be back next year. Dolores
ReplyDeleteI thought if a pacer says 1.30 then they are to finish in 1.30. The first mile was 6.20. I don't buy into this notion of changing your mind during the race to run 1.27. The job is the job not the job you want it to be be. You either do it right or you don't do it at all
ReplyDeleteGreat race all around. Got a PB myself.
ReplyDeleteThat course is nowhere near as flat as they make it out to be though
Its the flattest compared to all the other half marathons
ReplyDeleteDont let the gripes with pacers spoil the record of a great day. Well done on a fantastic event, lots of supporters, stewards out on one of the most miserable sundays in a while. Fantastic spread afterwards also. Easy pre-race parking. Well Done Charleville.
ReplyDeletePacers give up their opportunity to run thier own race, to help other participants meet their goals. Many pacers bank time early on, if you want to follow a pacer, you learn to ask what their strategy is, gun time, chip time, bank a few seconds, or a lot, you have to watch those who bank too much, and make up your own mind if you should stay or risk being broken with a mile or too to go.
I ran with the 1:55 pacers, steady even miles all the way, great encouragement, and they brought a good gang of runners home to meet/exceed their goals. Thanks to Eagle AC's Elaine and colleague. (cgc)
It's a shame to see the standard for the elite women's race drop this year. The winner "Lee" had an easy run "1:19:47" to win the race, a poor performance by elite standard's. Maria McCambridge ran 1:13 in 2012, 1:12 in 2014, 1:13 in 2015! The standard has dropped by at least 6 minutes for the elite women's this year, why?
ReplyDeleteThank you!!
ReplyDeleteI "misplaced" my wallet before the race yesterday and I would just like to say a huge thank you to the person that handed it in to the race organisers. Thanks also to Michael Hurley of the Charleville Half who went out of his way to look up my contact details and ensure the wallet was returned to me.
The fact that I don't have to go cancelling bank cards & organising a new driving licence is a massive relief to me.
Much appreciated
Kieran
Well done to everyone involved in the race yesterday. It was my first time doing it. While it was a tough course it was great to see support along the way on such a miserable day. I was very happy with my time . The tops and medals were lovely as well.So to all the organizers pacers runners walkers marshals who make this event sucessful take a bow . For such a large crowd of runners taking part to go out and run and get back safe without incidents is a tribute to a well organized event. will be back next year.
ReplyDeleteHave to say that the 1:30 Pacer who decided to up the pace should have removed the balloon as it was off putting for those who were passed by this group. You run the race yourself but personally I thought that I was falling off my target pace & tried to follow this group for a few miles to try to get a 1:30 finish. Suffered in the last couple of miles because of this surge!
ReplyDeleteThey did run through the field & it did cause those of us between 1:25 & 1:30 to panic mid race as mentally you can be "sunk" when passed by the Pace group!
Take off the balloon if not running the target pace - simple!
Nothing more disheartening than seeing a pacer run away from you. I would expect a pacer to run an even pace and give those running alongside every chance to achieve their own goals. I do appreciate they are sacrificing their own race but that is the role they agree to perform.
ReplyDeleteSaw one pacer's lap times on Strava clearly show a much slower second 10k to come in at the target pace but could have burned many runners off by the fast early pace.
Having said that, hardly noticed the rain, knocked 4 mins off my previous best, superbly well marshalled, great parking, great event. Congrats to all.
Thank you very much to all involved in this race its a brilliant event that I have watched grow and grow over the years. From breaking the 2 hour half for the first time ever a couple of years back to pacing the 2:05 to coming with in spiting distance of the 1:40 yesterday, this race truly embodies everything I've come to love about running.
ReplyDeleteBig shout out to the 'amateur'(far from it given the quality of the pics) photographers who brave the elements and give up their time so we can like&share pictures of us looking like drown rats gasping for air running 13.1 miles around counties Cork and Limerick. Respect guys&gals,go raibh mile maith agat.
One small thing for next year organisers, MUSTARD ! LOL
Thanks again all
warm regards
Ed Fitz
the 90 min pacer who decided to run 1.27 should have removed his 90 ballon . I have paced numerous marathon and half marathons . the job is the job .. 90min means 90 min. if lads want to go ahead you let them , if people fall off the pace you encourage them but stick to the job. its ok for pacers to spread out on the road for crowding issues for the first few miles , but they always finish together,. it sound like the inexperienced pacer just lost the run of himself.....!!!
ReplyDeleteits and amazing thing to do help people achieve there running goals .. and people really put a lot of faith in the pacers doing a good job.
one last thing if a pacer suffers and injury during a race and falls off the pace he/she will always ditch the balloon and tell people..
I was aiming for sub 90, and followed the pacers with the ballons for the first mile, then realised that they werent pacing 1:30 at all.
ReplyDeletei went with the last pacer who was excellent, i missed out by a few seconds , but was my own fault.
pacing is hard, i wouldnt do it, fair play to those who do, but those two pacers for the 1:30 should have changed the time on the ballons to something other than 1:30
just saw all the comments on the very fast 1.30 pacer.Agreed with all , i was trying to break 1.29 so i stayed ahead of the pacer for a while until they passed me flying doing 6.20 pace..
ReplyDeleteshortly afterwards i blew up and finished in 1.31 , probably didnt have it in the legs yesterday anyway, but seeing the pacer bombing on didnt help. I can understand her motive to try to help the 4 lads who were with her and get 1.28 , but she had 1.30 on her balloon not 1.28 and that was her job title . it also seemed like the 3 1.30 pacers didnt work as a team . I know pacing is a tough and responsible job as i have paced before, some people depend on you
and that is where the satisfaction comes from when you get and help others reach your target.
One last thing there is no such thing as easy half marathon and fair dues to everyone who ran yesterday
I agree with dequarefella.Pace your own race and work off other runners of similar ability.in training learn what the pace feels like and judge your effort by that along with your own mile splits.following pacers may mean you run too fast or too slow and not realise your own potential.Somedays you feel good and by following the pacers you may deny yourself a PB or faster time
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the effort of all pacers. My only comment would be that while it was great to have a 1:20 Pacer - the Pacer came in at 1:18:50...
ReplyDeleteA great event nonetheless.
I was one of the 1:30 pacers. My Strava file is here.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.strava.com/activities/716399889/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1474223355
While my pace wasn't perfectly even it's hard to get it bang on every mile. I finished in 1:30:06 chip time. I sincerely apologise for the 6 seconds off schedule.
Pacing is good fun but it's voluntary. I enjoy it and will do it again.
Lookit, I was following the 1:30 pacers and realised early on (as in during mile 1) that they were either going too fast for 1:30 or they were banking time and going too fast for me. I didn't talk to them beforehand like you should to ask them how they were going to run it. I took responsibility for myself and backed off and tried too work with others running my pace. Like I would have in any race with no pacers. Run your own race lads. A big thanks to the organisers and especially to the youngsters on the water stations doing a great job in that weather.
ReplyDeleteI've just read through this and amazed that a pacer decided on their own bat to change their pace target in a race. I've paced many halves at various times and you aim to finish about 30 seconds under target, you don't just up your pace to suit a couple of runners while you are wearing a tshirt/sign/balloon saying another time. You are not running other people's races but you are a target for them.
ReplyDeleteMy second year running this half marathon and it is by far one of the best from the stewards and volunteers, I ran with the 1.35 pacer and they were brilliant keeping runners motivated the whole way I even got a pb and broke the 1.35 barrier by 25secs ��
ReplyDeleteanyway back to the positives about the race ....top class event ,marshalling ,water, medal and t shirt and parking was spot on.....food after was fab......on what was a very WET day...well done to all ..
ReplyDeleteBrilliant event - easy access with parking etc., surely the fastest half-marathon course in the country, very well organised with marshals etc.
ReplyDeleteOn crossing the finishing line did the participants get awarded Medal automatically?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by automatically, Jim?
DeleteI’ve used pacers as an aid in the past. I’ve also paced a few times, and they deserve a lot of credit in general. It’s not an easy task.
ReplyDeleteHowever ….. pacers (no matter how good their intentions might be) can’t make their own decisions at the start of a race or mid-race to try to run at well above the designated pace. It’s unfair for a lot of reasons - it’s especially unfair on the runners that they’re going past - who are likely to think that they are miscalculating their own pace.
It’s been said on here already …. if the actual designated pace is being covered by some of the other pacers, and if some of the pacers take it on themselves to run faster than the designated pace …. Then take off the balloon.
Nothing against a pacer coming in 30 seconds too early or a few seconds outside. Nobody was complaining about that. The complaints were about 6:30 miling from pacers wearing 1hr 30min balloons.
That aside. This is a superb race.
yes all runners that crossed the finish line got a medal
ReplyDeletePacing is voluntary and all the pacers bar some of the 1.30 group did a great job. That said it is still imperative the job is done correctly. Finishing 1.30.06 is a poor Also the pacers get a free entry they don't pay but it is probably better not to rely on them as a lot of them are not good.
ReplyDeleteNever go one is it too late!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that information about Medal - I will hopefully give this Race a go next Year
ReplyDeleteCould I still get a medal great race
ReplyDeleteWere the Charelville pacers the same pacers who went too quick in the John Buckley Sports Cork City 10 Miler?
ReplyDeleteWell done to the organisers. Personally, this was the least enjoyable race I've ever participated in. I found the route soul destroying in its monotony. But that's just me...I appreciate having had the opportunity to run a half marathon at this time of year in preparation for the Dublin full.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Michael Herlihy on a wonderful event. Apart from the hiccup with the 1.30 pacers the race was perfect. Nothing can be done about the weather but the atmosphere and the support from the volunteers was amazing. I particularly liked the DJ going thru Kilmallock it really gave me a boost. Last year they had an issue with water at the finish line but this year there was loads. Its great to see the little things being perfected year after year and this is after all a local club event run by locals. Its a shame the Munster board decided to switch the half marathon championships to the Great Limerick Run they should be seen to support actual athletic clubs. This event is going from strength to strength and hopefully it will attract Irelands top distance runners next year its great to chat with them. The winner Ismail Ssenyange was alovely guy to talk to even posing for pictures with the kids. Once again, well done to everyone involved this race sets the standard for all the others!
ReplyDeleteHow come some people don't seem to have got their Medals?
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