I just got word that the Cork UCC 10k will not be going ahead this year. It had been scheduled on the Cork BHAA calendar to go ahead on Sunday the 2nd of April 2023.
The last time this race was held was back in 2019.
No more details at present.
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Friday, January 06, 2023
Thursday, April 02, 2020
Guest Post: RUNNING (AND RACING) AROUND THE LEE ROAD-STRAIGHT ROAD CIRCUIT... by John Walshe
The Lee Road / Straight Road circuit is a well known running route to runners in Cork and is home to one of the oldest road races on the calendar. In this guest post, John Walshe of Ballycotton looks back at some of the races on this route.
RUNNING (AND RACING) AROUND THE LEE ROAD-STRAIGHT ROAD CIRCUIT (John Walshe)
Last Sunday would have seen the 38th UCC Staff road race (now known as the Carmel Lynch Memorial) taking place over 10km on the Lee Road-Straight Road circuit. But, of course like all other events, it too has fallen victim to the dreaded COVID-19 virus. So maybe it’s an opportune time to have a look back to a few of the races that this popular route has hosted over the years.
Running out the Lee Road, turning left past the ‘Angler’s’ and then hitting the two-mile straight with the County Hall seeming like an never-ending oasis in the distance has always been a popular excursion for Corkonians.
Back before the first running boom, for two of the top Cork marathoners of that era it provided the staple diet of their weekly training. Both Jack O’Leary and Donal Burke worked in the County Hall and every lunchtime the duo would cover the hilly circuit which, along with the mandatory weekend long run, produced times in the 2:25-2:35 range.
As a regular race route, it has been used extensively for the past 30 to 40 years. But back in July of 1951, for the one and only time, a road race was part of the Cork City Sports which took in the circuit. This was over eight miles and started at the Grand Parade Monument. It proceeded out Washington Street and the Western Road, then out the Carrigrohane Straight before turning right onto the Lee Road, past St Josephs Hospital at six miles and the Mental Hospital to finish at the Gaelic Grounds.
On that occasion just 13 runners toed the line and it was a handicap race, with most of that small field starting off two to two-and-a-half minutes ahead of the scratch man, Joe West of the Rising Sun club. West was born and reared in Carrigaline and started off his athletics career with the local Owenabui club, winning the Cork senior cross-title on three occasions.
In 1947, he went to England and joined Coventry Godiva Harriers before going on to represent Ireland in the marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. This was the race famously won by Emil Zátopek after the Czech had already taken gold in the 5000m and 10,000m. On that July evening almost 70 years ago, the large attendance at the Mardyke were able to witness one of their own, an Olympian marathoner, come into the Gaelic Grounds as winner of the eight-mile race. West’s time was 45 minutes and 44 seconds and in second place was Ted Geary from Ballymore near Cobh.
The first race of the modern era was probably the Our Lady’s Hospital (Cork BHAA) promotion of 1983. This was held over six-and-a-half miles, one full circuit starting and finishing near the hospital entrance. Four years later, as the attached results show, it had been shortened to 10km with the winner, Billy Horgan, recording the impressive time of 30:35.
Around the early to mid-80s a half-marathon took place here on a number of occasions. The 1982 race saw victories going to Kerry athlete John Griffin (66:38) and Leevale’s Marie Buckley (85:33) as over 400 finished the two demanding laps.
Over two winters a women’s-only series of races – following on from the first Evening Echo Mini-Marathon – were held around the city. The March 1984 10km on the Lee Road-Straight Road was won by Carmel Lyons (now Parnell) in 38:40 from Joan Hough (38:55) and Lucy O’Donohue (39:00). Although she didn’t run on that occasion, it is recalled that a 15-year-old Sonia O’Sullivan did take part in a number of those events.
A popular final ‘blow-out’ before the Dublin Marathon as it was usually held a week or two before the big day was the Rehab 10km. This took place on a Sunday afternoon for around 12 years, starting in 1984. On another occasion, the Cork BLE 10km championship saw the runners finishing with a lap of the Mardyke track, making it slightly over distance!
The first UCC Staff 10km races started just before the recently refurbished Shakey Bridge and finished near the County Hall. One of the results attached (only first page) (shown below) is from 1992 and saw victory going to Garrett Barry in a time of 30:44. This proved to be the start of a great summer for the North Cork athlete. He would go on to win the BLE Senior 1500m that July in 3:47.30 along with ending Liam O’Brien’s decade-long winning streak in the Ballycotton five-mile races at Churchtown South with a one-second victory in 24:32.
It is also worth recalling that for a few years in the mid-1990s the UCC Staff race was held over 5km, comprising of a number of laps around the Mardyke Walk and Western Road.
Again, for interest, the results of the 1994 race are attached (results HERE) where the winners were Tommy Moloney from Tipperary – a 3:54.68 miler - who got the verdict ahead of Garrett Barrett with both given the same time of 15:04.
More results in separate posts.
UCC Staff 5k (1994) Results
UCC Staff 10k (2002) Results
There is a list of guest posts from John Walshe HERE
Results of the 1987 10k & 1992 10k below...
First page of the BHAA UCC 10k - April 1992
Last Sunday would have seen the 38th UCC Staff road race (now known as the Carmel Lynch Memorial) taking place over 10km on the Lee Road-Straight Road circuit. But, of course like all other events, it too has fallen victim to the dreaded COVID-19 virus. So maybe it’s an opportune time to have a look back to a few of the races that this popular route has hosted over the years.
Running out the Lee Road, turning left past the ‘Angler’s’ and then hitting the two-mile straight with the County Hall seeming like an never-ending oasis in the distance has always been a popular excursion for Corkonians.
Back before the first running boom, for two of the top Cork marathoners of that era it provided the staple diet of their weekly training. Both Jack O’Leary and Donal Burke worked in the County Hall and every lunchtime the duo would cover the hilly circuit which, along with the mandatory weekend long run, produced times in the 2:25-2:35 range.
As a regular race route, it has been used extensively for the past 30 to 40 years. But back in July of 1951, for the one and only time, a road race was part of the Cork City Sports which took in the circuit. This was over eight miles and started at the Grand Parade Monument. It proceeded out Washington Street and the Western Road, then out the Carrigrohane Straight before turning right onto the Lee Road, past St Josephs Hospital at six miles and the Mental Hospital to finish at the Gaelic Grounds.
On that occasion just 13 runners toed the line and it was a handicap race, with most of that small field starting off two to two-and-a-half minutes ahead of the scratch man, Joe West of the Rising Sun club. West was born and reared in Carrigaline and started off his athletics career with the local Owenabui club, winning the Cork senior cross-title on three occasions.
In 1947, he went to England and joined Coventry Godiva Harriers before going on to represent Ireland in the marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. This was the race famously won by Emil Zátopek after the Czech had already taken gold in the 5000m and 10,000m. On that July evening almost 70 years ago, the large attendance at the Mardyke were able to witness one of their own, an Olympian marathoner, come into the Gaelic Grounds as winner of the eight-mile race. West’s time was 45 minutes and 44 seconds and in second place was Ted Geary from Ballymore near Cobh.
The first race of the modern era was probably the Our Lady’s Hospital (Cork BHAA) promotion of 1983. This was held over six-and-a-half miles, one full circuit starting and finishing near the hospital entrance. Four years later, as the attached results show, it had been shortened to 10km with the winner, Billy Horgan, recording the impressive time of 30:35.
Around the early to mid-80s a half-marathon took place here on a number of occasions. The 1982 race saw victories going to Kerry athlete John Griffin (66:38) and Leevale’s Marie Buckley (85:33) as over 400 finished the two demanding laps.
Over two winters a women’s-only series of races – following on from the first Evening Echo Mini-Marathon – were held around the city. The March 1984 10km on the Lee Road-Straight Road was won by Carmel Lyons (now Parnell) in 38:40 from Joan Hough (38:55) and Lucy O’Donohue (39:00). Although she didn’t run on that occasion, it is recalled that a 15-year-old Sonia O’Sullivan did take part in a number of those events.
A popular final ‘blow-out’ before the Dublin Marathon as it was usually held a week or two before the big day was the Rehab 10km. This took place on a Sunday afternoon for around 12 years, starting in 1984. On another occasion, the Cork BLE 10km championship saw the runners finishing with a lap of the Mardyke track, making it slightly over distance!
The first UCC Staff 10km races started just before the recently refurbished Shakey Bridge and finished near the County Hall. One of the results attached (only first page) (shown below) is from 1992 and saw victory going to Garrett Barry in a time of 30:44. This proved to be the start of a great summer for the North Cork athlete. He would go on to win the BLE Senior 1500m that July in 3:47.30 along with ending Liam O’Brien’s decade-long winning streak in the Ballycotton five-mile races at Churchtown South with a one-second victory in 24:32.
It is also worth recalling that for a few years in the mid-1990s the UCC Staff race was held over 5km, comprising of a number of laps around the Mardyke Walk and Western Road.
Again, for interest, the results of the 1994 race are attached (results HERE) where the winners were Tommy Moloney from Tipperary – a 3:54.68 miler - who got the verdict ahead of Garrett Barrett with both given the same time of 15:04.
More results in separate posts.
UCC Staff 5k (1994) Results
UCC Staff 10k (2002) Results
There is a list of guest posts from John Walshe HERE
Results of the 1987 10k & 1992 10k below...
First page of the BHAA UCC 10k - April 1992
Sunday, April 08, 2018
Results & Photos of the Cork BHAA UCC 10k road race...Sun 8th Apr 2018
467 runners turned out for this years Cork BHAA UCC 10k race, down a small bit on last year. The peak of 537 was back in 2014.
Pos Name Cat Prize Time Company Team
1 James McCarthy M1 00:32:33 McCarthys
2 Colin Merritt 0/45B M2 00:32:44 Army
3 Darren Molloy 0/40A M3 00:33:29 Navy
35 Katie Hickson 0/40I F1 00:39:33 Glenside F-A-2
41 Karina Teahan 0/35H F2 00:39:49 Joyce Wolfe Physiotherapy
42 Jessica Bruton F3 00:39:57 Dept of Ed
Full results HERE
Photos...
1) Derek Costello has a gallery HERE
2) Paula has several galleries...
...a) Start
...b) Finish up to 44 mins
...c) Finish 44 to 51 mins
...d) Finish 51 mins plus
...e) Prizes
3) Joe Murphy has a gallery HERE
Start of the race...video from John Kissane
Sunday, April 02, 2017
Results & photos of the Cork BHAA UCC 10km road race...Sun 2nd Apr 2017
One thing of interest for the race this year was that there is now a 5k parkrun in Ballincollig on the Saturday whereas last year, there was none. Despite the fact that the parkrun is now getting 250+ runners per week, it didn't seem to have much impact on the Cork BHAA race.
1 Colin Merritt 0/45B M1 32:25 Army
2 John Meade M2 32:57 Dept of Ed
3 Finbarr O Dwyer 0/40A M3 34:01 CPO
34 Grainne O'Donnell 38:56 Temp Reg
44 Lorna Davey-Fitzgerald 0/35H F1 39:44 HSE
49 Katie Hickson 40:02 Temp Reg
The full results can be seen HERE
Photos... (Updated Mon 3rd Apr 9:20am)
1) There are 4 galleries on the Running in Cork Facebook page...
a) Cork BHAA UCC 10k Start (Album 1 of 4)
b) 5.9 mile mark...finish times 32:30-43:00 (Album 2 of 4)
c) 5.9 mile mark...finish times 43:00-51:30 (Album 3 of 4)
d) 5.9 mile mark...finish times 51:30 plus (Album 4 of 4)
2) There is another large gallery on Paula's Running Pictures
3) Joe Murphy of Eagle AC has a gallery HERE
Sunday, April 03, 2016
Results & Photos of the Cork BHAA UCC 10k road race - Sun 3rd Apr 2016
The annual Cork BHAA UCC 10km road race was held on the usual Lee Road / Straight Road circuit on Sunday the 3rd of April 2016. Conditions for the race were pretty good with a small bit of sunshine at times. In fact, it was pretty lucky in that there was rain earlier in the morning and a heavy drizzle returned in the early afternoon.
This race consistently gets good numbers every year so it was always going to be interesting to see how it would hold up against previous years. In 2016, a total of 483 runners took part which was down 9.5% on the 2015 figure.
As you can see from the chart above, the UCC race used to get about 150 runners in the early 2000's before the running boom started in about 2006. The numbers have grown since then until they leveled off around 2012.
The one change this year was that the entry fee for non-reg runners went from €8 to €10. Did this have an impact? I'm be inclined to think it didn't. We'll have to wait until next year to see if this is a trend of just a blip.
1 John Meade M1 00:32:36 Joyce Wolfe Physiotherapy
2 Micheal Bruton M2 00:32:39 G.E. Healthcare
3 Colin Merritt 0/45B M3 00:32:44 Army
12 Claire McCarthy 0/35H F1 00:34:39 APEX Funds
64 Helen Leonard 0/40I F2 00:41:01 Dept of Ed
69 Mary Sweeney 0/55L F3 00:41:12 Fit4Life
The full results are on the Cork BHAA website HERE
Photos...
1) Graham Nudds has a gallery HERE
2) Joe & Anne Murphy have a gallery HERE
3) There are almost 400 photos on the Running in Cork Facebook page HERE
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Results & Photos of the Cork BHAA UCC 10k road race...Sun 29th Mar 2015
The annual Cork BHAA UCC 10k road race was held on the Lee Road/Straight Road circuit on Sunday the 29th of March 2015.
1 Eric Curran M1 00:32:31 UCC Student
2 Chris Harrington M2 00:32:38 Chris Harrington Construction
3 John Meade M3 00:32:40 Joyce Wolfe Physio M-A-1
30 Karina Teehan 0/35H F1 00:38:38 Joyce Wolfe Physio
99 Mary Dennehy 0/35H F2 00:42:42 Murphys Rock F-A-1
106 Cloada McMarrow 00:43:01 Temp Reg
The full results are up on the Cork BHAA website HERE
Photos...
1) Irene Hartigan of UCC has a gallery HERE
Photos...(Facebook account required to view)
1) Joe Murphy has a gallery of photos HERE
Sunday, April 07, 2013
Results of the Cork BHAA UCC 10k road race...Sun 7th Apr 2013
Loads of results, videos and photos below....
Men
1st Alan O'Shea HSE, 2nd Tim O'Donoghue EMC, 3rd John Meade Joyce Wolfe Physio
M O/40...1st Joe Cunningham Eli Lilly, 2nd John Malone Tri and Run, 3rd John Hennessey Janssen
M O/45...1st Don Keohane IPS, 2nd Fergus Wall Pfizer Little Island, 3rd Conor McMahon Solvit Food Solutions
M O/50...1st Denis Carroll Blarney Woolen Mills, 2nd Alan Carey Carey Tools, 3rd Mike McGrath Blarney Woolen Mills
M O/55...1st Eamon McEvoy Dept. of Education, 2nd Willie Hayes An Post/Eircom, 3rd Tom Cody MD Insulation
M O/60...1st Con O'Brien Dept. of Education, 2nd Andrew Farrell Pfizer Ringaskiddy, 3rd John Holland AnPost/Eircom
M O/65...1st Jimmy Murray HSE, 2nd Bernard Sisk Sisk Builders, 3rd Paddy Daly Army
M O/70...1st John O'Leary Bookdeal, 2nd Peter Gaffney HSE
Team Results
Grade A...1st Pfizer Little Island 49, 2nd Try n Run 137, 3rd Glenside Environmental 186, 4th EMC A 437, 5th ALCON IRELAND 731, 6th EMC B 755, 7th Eli Lilly 921, 8th PM GROUP 948,
Grade B...1st EMC C 97, 2nd NAVY 106, 3rd Eli Lilly 136, 4th ARMY 200, 5th JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS 324, 6th IPS 419, 7th Eli Lilly 573, 8th AN POST/EIRCOM 695
Grade C...1stPLANET HEALTH CLUB 257, 2nd SOUTHERN LAW A 259, 3rd CIT STAFF300, 4th Dept of Education 409, 5th VM WARE 451, 6th SOUTHERN LAW B 465, 7th Blarney Woollen Mills 541, 8th Cork Garda 560, 9th Bord Gais 585, 10th HSE 618, 11th SISK BUILDERS 656, 12th BORD GAIS EIREANN 749, 13th The Mapel Leaf 754, 14th Owl Printer 802, 15th PGI 907, 16th Cork City Council 928, 17th EMC D 1065, 18th John Healy Gates 1247
Womens Results
1st Emma Murphy Cork Shops, 2nd Carmel Crowley Stock Health, 3rd Nollaig O'Neill Leisureworld
W/O 35...1st Rhona Lynch GE Healthcare, 2nd Denise Twohig HSE, 3rd Ann-Marie Power HSE
W/O 40...1st Helen Leonard MD Insulation, 2nd Ann Wolfe Joyce Wolfe Physio, 3rd Geraldine O'Shea Fit 4 Life
W/O 45...1st Margo Dinan Fit 4 Life, 2nd Orla Crosbie HSE, 3rd Mary Buckley HSE
W/O 50...1st Frances O'Connell Dept. of Education, 2nd Deirdre Quinlan DEM Enterprises
W/O 50...1st Marion Lyons Fit 4 life, 2nd Anne Hayes HSE
Womens team Results
A Category...1st HSE A 198, 2nd Joyce Wolfe Physio 217, 3rd Fit 4 Life 236, 4th DEPT OF EDUCATION 357, 5th HSE 381, 6th DEM Enterprises 383, 7th MD Insulation 392
B Category...1st HSE B 563, 2nd EMC 595, 3rd Eli Lilly 624, 4th HSE C 819, 5th Bank of Ireland 898, 6th CSO 913, 7th Fit 4 Life 926
The full results can be seen HERE
Video....
1) Ruairi O'Mahony has two video clips. The first one is a few hundred metres after the start...
2) ...and the second one is a few hundred metres before the finish line...
Photos...(Updated Wed 10th Apr @11:30am)
1) Doug Minihane has over 400 photos HERE
2) Joe Murphy has a slideshow of photos HERE
3) Irene Hartigan has a large gallery of photos HERE Updated 10th Apr
4) Mark McManus has almost 200 photos HERE Added 10th Apr
Top photo courtesy of Joe Murphy...
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Results of the Cork BHAA UCC 10k road race...Sun 1st Apr 2012
1 James McCarthy Mahers Sports
2 Roy Fahy BioPharma
3 John Meade Joyce Woulfe Physio
Womens Overall
1 Carmel Crowley Stockhealth Ltd
2 Mary Sweeney Fit 4 Life
3 Helen Leonard Juliet Murphy Health & Fitness
The full results can be seen HERE
Photos...
1) A gallery of 174 photos on Flickr HERE2) A huge gallery of 520 photos by Doug Minihane HERE
3) Irene Hartigan has another large gallery HERE
Video clips courtesy of Ruairi O'Mahony...
Start of the race...
Finishers up to about 43:43...
Finishers after 43:43...
Monday, April 12, 2010
Results of the Cork BHAA' UCC' 10 km road race - Sun 11th Apr 2010....(Updated Tues 20th Apr)
There were several races on yesterday in the country and I think no matter where you went, it was hot and sunny. I missed the UCC race as I was up in Connemara and there wasn't a cloud in the sky up there. Those that went to Kilnaboy in Co.Clare for the last race in the John Buckley Sport Munster Ten-Mile Spring Classics series had to endure very hot conditions as well. And from what I hear, the UCC race was no different with very warm conditions.
A total of 426 runners turned up for the 10k which for a local race is very good. As to whether the numbers are dropping at races this year compared to last, the one was up! 2008 was 336, 2009 was 404 so given the right event, the numbers seem to hold up. Of course, this just doesn't happen by chance. When the location is central, the course is nice and the event is well organised, you can see the result. When you consider that it was a 10 km race as opposed to a 5 km then the turnout is even more impressive.
Results....
Thanks to John O'Riordan for doing up the results so fast. They are now available HERE
Photos.......
We have 2 galleries from Irene Hartigan of UCC
The first one contains photos taken by Aine Murphy of UCC. It has photos of the preparation, the start and the finish. A slideshow can be seen HERE
Irene took a series of photos on a downhill section out around the 3 mile mark. They can be seen HERE
(Updated Tues 20th Apr) Pat O'Driscoll of Eagle AC has a gallery of 70 photos HERE
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Preview of the Cork BHAA 'UCC' 10 km road race - Sun 11th of April (11am)...
After a bit of a lull in the Cork BHAA calendar, they are starting off again with the UCC 10 km next Sunday. This is one of the oldest races in Cork and always attracts a large crowd.
After a bit of a lull in the Cork BHAA calendar, they are starting off again with the UCC 10 km next Sunday. This is one of the oldest races in Cork and always attracts a large crowd.
Registration...
This year will be the same as last year. So to register, you need to go to the old red brick pavillion in the Mardkye sports grounds. Note that the refreshments and prizegiving is in a seperate building about 1 km away.
This year will be the same as last year. So to register, you need to go to the old red brick pavillion in the Mardkye sports grounds. Note that the refreshments and prizegiving is in a seperate building about 1 km away.
Here are the instructions from the race organisers regarding parking...
NO PARKING INSIDE THE ARENA GROUNDS,
however,
FREE parking in the new IT building (former Greyhound track) on Western Road
FREE parking on the Main UCC Campus
FREE parking in Castlewhite Apartments Car Park by Gaol Cross
FREE parking in Distillery Fields on the North Mall - across from the Maltings
also available parking in and around the Mardyke grounds, i.e. Lee Road and PAID parking in the Sacred Heart Church grounds.
Ideally for the more experienced runner, park in Distillery Fields, jog to registration, RACE, jog back to car (omitting shower in Mardyke) and walk across for the prizegiving (all weather dependent).
however,
FREE parking in the new IT building (former Greyhound track) on Western Road
FREE parking on the Main UCC Campus
FREE parking in Castlewhite Apartments Car Park by Gaol Cross
FREE parking in Distillery Fields on the North Mall - across from the Maltings
also available parking in and around the Mardyke grounds, i.e. Lee Road and PAID parking in the Sacred Heart Church grounds.
Ideally for the more experienced runner, park in Distillery Fields, jog to registration, RACE, jog back to car (omitting shower in Mardyke) and walk across for the prizegiving (all weather dependent).
For a better idea of where the old pavillion is, use this link...http://pininthemap.com/d33af461acd75dd12
A flyer for the race can be found HERE
A flyer for the race can be found HERE
Course...
After you register, just follow the other runners accross the 'Shaky Bridge' to get to the start.
The first 200 metres or so is all downhill but soon you are on to the Lee road and it's pretty flat. Around the 2.5 mile mark, there is a good uphill section followed by a steep downhill bit around 3 miles. After that, it's more or less dead flat. You re-join the main road, go past The Anglers Rest pub and then join the Carrigrohane straight.
This last section is about 2 miles long and dead straight. Some people hate it as you can see the County Hall way off in the distance and it feels like it isn't getting any closer. To be honest, I can't see what difference it makes...you are at the 4 mile mark in a 10 km race and that's it.
The finish of the 10 km race is just beyond the County Hall. Keep it in mind as you run in the Straight Road....once you pass that building, you're almost there. The finish is just outside the Kingsley Hotel.
After you register, just follow the other runners accross the 'Shaky Bridge' to get to the start.
The first 200 metres or so is all downhill but soon you are on to the Lee road and it's pretty flat. Around the 2.5 mile mark, there is a good uphill section followed by a steep downhill bit around 3 miles. After that, it's more or less dead flat. You re-join the main road, go past The Anglers Rest pub and then join the Carrigrohane straight.
This last section is about 2 miles long and dead straight. Some people hate it as you can see the County Hall way off in the distance and it feels like it isn't getting any closer. To be honest, I can't see what difference it makes...you are at the 4 mile mark in a 10 km race and that's it.
The finish of the 10 km race is just beyond the County Hall. Keep it in mind as you run in the Straight Road....once you pass that building, you're almost there. The finish is just outside the Kingsley Hotel.
Water...
Please note that there are no water stations out along the course. Once you finish, they will have bottled water available.
Apres Race...
After the race, the refreshments and the prizegiving will be in the restaurant in the Lee Maltings. See map above. To see exactly where the Lee Maltings is, click on this link...http://pininthemap.com/67404b694e24f13bb
Please note that there are no water stations out along the course. Once you finish, they will have bottled water available.
Apres Race...
After the race, the refreshments and the prizegiving will be in the restaurant in the Lee Maltings. See map above. To see exactly where the Lee Maltings is, click on this link...http://pininthemap.com/67404b694e24f13bb
If you would like to have a closer look at the course, I have put it up on the MapMyRun website. Click on the link below...http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/ireland/cork/527572334
Beginners....!!!
Considering that this race is just 3 weeks after Ballycotton, some of the newer runners might be wondering about doing this race? Sometimes I think that people starting off get the impression that the local road races are only for fast runners.......a bit like the Cork City Sports once a week! The UCC 10k race along with many of the other local races is just a scaled down version of the Ballycotton '10' race. Instead of 2,300 people running, you have around 200-300. The standard is the same...from the fast runners at the front racing to the not so fast at the rear who are just trying to finish. If you can run 10 kms / 6.25 miles at any kind of pace then you'll be fine.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Preview of the Cork BHAA 'UCC' 10 km road race - Sun 5th of April (11am)
After a lull of about one month, the Cork Business Houses Athletic Association races are starting again in earnest. The next race in their busy calendar is the UCC 10 km race next Sunday. This race takes in the Lee Road and Straight Road and must be one of the oldest races on the local scene.
After a lull of about one month, the Cork Business Houses Athletic Association races are starting again in earnest. The next race in their busy calendar is the UCC 10 km race next Sunday. This race takes in the Lee Road and Straight Road and must be one of the oldest races on the local scene.
Registration...
This year will be the same as last year. So to register, you need to go to the old red brick pavillion in the Mardkye sports grounds. Please note that it is very expensive to park inside the Sports grounds. Note that the refreshments and prizegiving is in a seperate building about 1 km away. It might be an idea to park somewhere halfway between the two.
This year will be the same as last year. So to register, you need to go to the old red brick pavillion in the Mardkye sports grounds. Please note that it is very expensive to park inside the Sports grounds. Note that the refreshments and prizegiving is in a seperate building about 1 km away. It might be an idea to park somewhere halfway between the two.
For a better idea of where the old pavillion is, use this link...http://pininthemap.com/d33af461acd75dd12
Course...
After you register, just follow the other runners accross the 'Shaky Bridge' to get to the start.
The first 200 metres or so is all downhill but soon you are on to the Lee road and it's pretty flat. Around the 2.5 mile mark, there is a good uphill section followed by a steep downhill bit around 3 miles. After that, it's more or less dead flat. You re-join the main road, go past The Anglers Rest pub and then join the Carrigrohane straight.
This last section is about 2 miles long and dead straight. Some people hate it as you can see the County Hall way off in the distance and it feels like it isn't getting any closer. To be honest, I can't see what difference it makes...you are at the 4 mile mark in a 10 km race and that's it.
(By the way, if you are thinking about doing the Marathon in June, the 4 mile mark here is about the 22 mile mark in the Marathon. You will have to run from here, in the Straight Road, Western Road and finish in Patrick's Street. Anyway...back to the UUC race...)
The finish of the 10 km race is just beyond the County Hall. Keep it in mind as you run in the Straight Road....once you pass that building, you're almost there. The finish is just outside the Kingsley Hotel.
After you register, just follow the other runners accross the 'Shaky Bridge' to get to the start.
The first 200 metres or so is all downhill but soon you are on to the Lee road and it's pretty flat. Around the 2.5 mile mark, there is a good uphill section followed by a steep downhill bit around 3 miles. After that, it's more or less dead flat. You re-join the main road, go past The Anglers Rest pub and then join the Carrigrohane straight.
This last section is about 2 miles long and dead straight. Some people hate it as you can see the County Hall way off in the distance and it feels like it isn't getting any closer. To be honest, I can't see what difference it makes...you are at the 4 mile mark in a 10 km race and that's it.
(By the way, if you are thinking about doing the Marathon in June, the 4 mile mark here is about the 22 mile mark in the Marathon. You will have to run from here, in the Straight Road, Western Road and finish in Patrick's Street. Anyway...back to the UUC race...)
The finish of the 10 km race is just beyond the County Hall. Keep it in mind as you run in the Straight Road....once you pass that building, you're almost there. The finish is just outside the Kingsley Hotel.
Water...
Please note that there are no water stations out along the course. Once you finish, they will have bottled water available. They are asking runners to take only one bottle each so that there is some water left over for the slower runners.
Apres Race...
After the race, the refreshments and the prizegiving will be in the restaurant in the Lee Maltings. See map above. To see exactly where the Lee Maltings is, click on this link...http://pininthemap.com/67404b694e24f13bb
Please note that there are no water stations out along the course. Once you finish, they will have bottled water available. They are asking runners to take only one bottle each so that there is some water left over for the slower runners.
Apres Race...
After the race, the refreshments and the prizegiving will be in the restaurant in the Lee Maltings. See map above. To see exactly where the Lee Maltings is, click on this link...http://pininthemap.com/67404b694e24f13bb
If you would like to have a closer look at the course, I have put it up on the MapMyRun website. Click on the link below...http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/ireland/cork/527572334
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Results of the Cork BHAA UCC 10 km Road Race - Sun 6th Apr 2008
They got a fine crowd for this race with 336 runners taking part, an increase of 41 on last years figure of 295. Conditions were very good...dry, bright and sunny with only a slight wind to worry about. If anything, we were sheltered from the worst of it for the first half and it was behind us for the 2nd half of the race. As per normal at the BHAA races, everything seemed to run very smoothly......registration, stewarding, refresments, prizegiving and so on.
The highlight of this years race was of course, the draw for the big prize, a Dell laptop. Alas, I didn't win :o( but it was nice to see that the person that did win it, was actually in the hall. It would have been a pity for someone to win it, not be there and for the ticket to be redrawn.
Results...
So on to the results. The full official results probably won't be out until Tuesday but John Walshe of Ballycotton Running Promotions has very kindly sent me on a copy which I have put up on a tempory webpage. As soon as the official results are out, I'll link to them but in the meantime, you can find the tempory results at....
http://homepage.eircom.net/~corkrunning/UCC10k_06apr08.htm
Next events...
Don't forget that next Sunday, the 13th of April is the date for the Kilnaboy 10 mile road race, the 4th and final race in the John Buckley Sports/Munster 10 mile Classic series (entry on the day). After that, we have the 4 mile race in Castlemartyr in East Cork on the 17th. The next Cork BHAA race is on the 29th of April. I'll have details of all of these races as we get closer.
Comments...
Anyone else like to comment of this race...???
"Thanks John for getting the results up so fast!! Interesting, I knocked 1min:30 off my time from last year but finished 18 places lower down. Its getting very competitive :-) .........Derek"
"I noticed that Derek. There seemed to be a lot of fast runners in the field yesterday. This year, I finished in 33rd position and was the 6th O40. Last year, the same time would have seen me in 17th position and 2nd O40. C'est la vie... ;o) ...........John Desmond"
"All that it means john is that your just getting older and there is no shame in that,33rd place, i would die if i was that quick.Regards...............To afraid to say in fair of backlash ha,ha"
"That sounds like M.T. !! ;o) Whatever about getting older, the last time I did this race was back in 2005 and I was 1m 28 seconds slower then! I know age is a factor long term but from year to year, the quantity and quality of the training has a much bigger impact.......or at least I hope it does!! We'll see in the Marathon ;o)........John Desmond"
"Oh get out of here i was only 6 place's behind you at the four mile mark, when i saw you jump on the back of a moped and you got off again at the 5 mile mark thats the reason you were quicker yesterday than in 2005 your not kidding anyone.Does anyone know who was driving that moped he should be banned from road race's for life,the BHAA should go through the cctv footage to establish the moped driver and ban him from aiding john desmond getting quicker times,maybe it was john walshe who was driving,god come to think about it those results were on the web very quick after the race??? .........Anonymous"
"Are you mad? Do you think if I got on a moped at 4 miles, I'd actually get off and start running again?!?!? Sod that, I'd stay on it ;o) .........and now I'm wondering, who was 6 places behind me at the 4 mile mark??? I'll have to get rear view mirrors.............John Desmond"
They got a fine crowd for this race with 336 runners taking part, an increase of 41 on last years figure of 295. Conditions were very good...dry, bright and sunny with only a slight wind to worry about. If anything, we were sheltered from the worst of it for the first half and it was behind us for the 2nd half of the race. As per normal at the BHAA races, everything seemed to run very smoothly......registration, stewarding, refresments, prizegiving and so on.
The highlight of this years race was of course, the draw for the big prize, a Dell laptop. Alas, I didn't win :o( but it was nice to see that the person that did win it, was actually in the hall. It would have been a pity for someone to win it, not be there and for the ticket to be redrawn.
Results...
So on to the results. The full official results probably won't be out until Tuesday but John Walshe of Ballycotton Running Promotions has very kindly sent me on a copy which I have put up on a tempory webpage. As soon as the official results are out, I'll link to them but in the meantime, you can find the tempory results at....
http://homepage.eircom.net/~corkrunning/UCC10k_06apr08.htm
Next events...
Don't forget that next Sunday, the 13th of April is the date for the Kilnaboy 10 mile road race, the 4th and final race in the John Buckley Sports/Munster 10 mile Classic series (entry on the day). After that, we have the 4 mile race in Castlemartyr in East Cork on the 17th. The next Cork BHAA race is on the 29th of April. I'll have details of all of these races as we get closer.
Comments...
Anyone else like to comment of this race...???
"Thanks John for getting the results up so fast!! Interesting, I knocked 1min:30 off my time from last year but finished 18 places lower down. Its getting very competitive :-) .........Derek"
"I noticed that Derek. There seemed to be a lot of fast runners in the field yesterday. This year, I finished in 33rd position and was the 6th O40. Last year, the same time would have seen me in 17th position and 2nd O40. C'est la vie... ;o) ...........John Desmond"
"All that it means john is that your just getting older and there is no shame in that,33rd place, i would die if i was that quick.Regards...............To afraid to say in fair of backlash ha,ha"
"That sounds like M.T. !! ;o) Whatever about getting older, the last time I did this race was back in 2005 and I was 1m 28 seconds slower then! I know age is a factor long term but from year to year, the quantity and quality of the training has a much bigger impact.......or at least I hope it does!! We'll see in the Marathon ;o)........John Desmond"
"Oh get out of here i was only 6 place's behind you at the four mile mark, when i saw you jump on the back of a moped and you got off again at the 5 mile mark thats the reason you were quicker yesterday than in 2005 your not kidding anyone.Does anyone know who was driving that moped he should be banned from road race's for life,the BHAA should go through the cctv footage to establish the moped driver and ban him from aiding john desmond getting quicker times,maybe it was john walshe who was driving,god come to think about it those results were on the web very quick after the race??? .........Anonymous"
"Are you mad? Do you think if I got on a moped at 4 miles, I'd actually get off and start running again?!?!? Sod that, I'd stay on it ;o) .........and now I'm wondering, who was 6 places behind me at the 4 mile mark??? I'll have to get rear view mirrors.............John Desmond"
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Preview of the Cork BHAA 'UCC' 10 km road race - Sun 6th of April (11am)After a lull of nearly 2 months, the Cork Business Houses Athletic Association races are starting again in earnest. The next race in their busy calendar is the UCC 10 km race next Sunday. This race takes in the Lee Road and Straight Road and must be one of the oldest races on the local scene...I can even remember doing this race back in 1988!! Indeed, someone has just reminded me that this race started way back in 1983 and the race this year is the 25th anniversary.
Registration...
This year due to some building work, they are unable to use the Lee Maltings for registration, changing and showers. So to register, you need to go to the old red brick pavillion in the Mardkye sports grounds. Please note that it is very expensive to park inside the Sports grounds. Note that the refreshments and prizegiving is in a seperate building about 1 km away. It might be an idea to park somewhere halfway between the two.
For a better idea of where the old pavillion is, use this link...http://pininthemap.com/d33af461acd75dd12
Course...After you register, just follow the other runners accross the 'Shaky Bridge' to get to the start.
The first 200 metres or so is all downhill but soon you are on to the Lee road and it's pretty flat. Around the 2.5 mile mark, there is a good uphill section followed by a steep downhill bit around 3 miles. After that, it's more or less dead flat. You re-join the main road, go past The Anglers Rest pub and then join the Carrigrohane straight.
This last section is about 2 miles long and dead straight. Some people hate it as you can see the County Hall way off in the distance and it feels like it isn't getting any closer. To be honest, I can't see what difference it makes...you are at the 4 mile mark in a 10 km race and that's it.
(By the way, if you are thinking about doing the Marathon in June, the 4 mile mark here is about the 22 mile mark in the Marathon. You will have to run from here, in the Straight Road, Western Road and finish in Patrick's Street. Anyway...back to the UUC race...)
The finish of the 10 km race is just beyond the County Hall. Keep it in mind as you run in the Straight Road....once you pass that building, you're almost there. The finish is just outside the Kingsley Hotel.
Please note that when you finish, you will be given a ticket for a draw....hang onto it!
Water...
Please note that there are no water stations out along the course. Once you finish, they will have bottled water available.
Apres Race...
After the race, the refreshments and the prizegiving will be in the restaurant in the Lee Maltings. See map up top.
To see exactly where the Lee Maltings is, click on this link...http://pininthemap.com/67404b694e24f13bb
Now for the interesting part!! The following message was issued by the Cork BHAA...
" NEWSFLASH: A Laptop kindly sponsored by Dell Computers will be raffled amongst all race finishers. ALL FINISHERS will receive a ticket at the end of the race and the raffle will take place about 12.30pm in the Lee Maltings at the Prizegiving. THE WINNER MUST BE PRESENT to collect the prize in person (otherwise the ticket will be re-drawn!).....Cork BHAA "
If you would like to have a closer look at the course, I have put it up on the MapMyRun website. Click on the link below...
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Notice about the Cork BHAA UCC 10 km race on the 6th of April...I received an e-mail from Cathal O'Connell of UCC during the week with regards to their upcoming 10km race on the 6th of April. This year due to some building work, they are unable to use the Lee Maltings for changing and showers and they want to get the word out early so that people will know about it.
So...
The race registration, changing and showers are in the old red brick pavillion in the Mardkye sports grounds.
The after race refreshments and prizegiving will be in the Lee Maltings restaurant.
The 2 locations are just over 1km apart. Click on the image above for a closer look.
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