Official race result plus all prize winners are attached in the usual formats (PDF, DOC, XLS, TXT).
Race Images are available from the following locations:
http://www.athenryac.com/gallery - AR and DNC
http://www.racepix.com/Fields-Of-Athenry/pictures/638/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157628575384797/ - Peter Mooney
Please find attached a PDF (1.51MB) of the race booklet which was available at the race for free.
James.
P.S. All previous booklets are stored in the following locations:
Provisional results attached. Full report, pictures and results to follow. Some photos online in our photo gallery and on Flickr
Well, the weather looks like holding and we'll be good to go on Stephen's day.
Some last minute instructions.
Race numbers are available for collection from 9:30am in Presentation College Athenry Sports Hall.
Reminder - No entries available on the day!
In the hopefully unlikely event that inclement weather puts a spanner in the works, we will update the website www.athenryac.com as soon as possible.
While there is a good amount of parking in the School grounds, there is more parking near the railway station for those travelling from the North.
The votes have been counted and verified and the result is in. This year’s hat for the Fields of Athenry 10k will be Blue. It is currently in production and we hope to bring you a picture of it very soon. How do you get your hands on one of these coveted hats?? It’s simple, take part in the Fields of Athenry 10k race on St Stephens’s day. You can run, jog or walk the course. Registration is open at http://www.runireland.com/events/fields-athenry-10km. Sign up before November 30th for the discounted price of €18 or from December 1st for the price of €20.
The Countdown is on to the Annual 10km Fields of Athenry road race. No stone is being left unturned as race preparations are in full swing. All focus is on St Stephens Day and the traditional 10k loop finishing under the medieval arch in Athenry.
The 10th running of the Fields of Athenry 10km will take place on St. Stephen's day, December 26th at 11am.
Over the last number of years this has has become one of the leading road races in the country, and this year we aim to raise the bar higher. The race returns to its now traditional route, finishing under the medival arch in Athenry.
The race has sold out for the last few years, so don't miss out and sign up now.
Online entry is available here » .
The followed people deferred their entry to the 2010 race, and are automatically entered into in the 2011 Fields of Athenry 10km event.
Please find attached a PDF (1.69MB) of the race booklet which was available to all interested parties at the race today for free.
James.
P.S. All previous booklets are stored in the following locations:
http://www.athenryac.com/2009-fields-athenry-10km-race-booklet
Congrats to Gerry Ryan (Craughwell AC) and Catherine Conway (Mayo AC), winners of the Fields of Athenry 10km.
Provisional results attached as TXT, DOC, XLS and PDF; full report and photos to follow.
Please contact James Lundon (JamesLundon @ yahoo . co . uk) with any questions or clarifications on the result posted below.
Photos:
John O'Connor - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
Francis Kennedy - http://www.eirefoto.com/2011a/10_fields_home.htm
Well, the weather looks like holding and we'll be good to go tomorrow.
Some last minute instructions.
Race number are available for collection from 9:30am in Presentation College Athenry Sports Hall.
On-the-day entries will be at a separate desk.
Parking is available at Presentation College Athenry, the Church Car Park, and the Raheen Woods link road.
If you're coming from the Motorway, you can take the recently opened bypass road straight to the Raheen Woods link road.
The race route is in good condition, relatively speaking, after the recent frost. There is one section at Castle Ellen, about the 4km mark which is badly damaged with potholes and care is advised on this section.
We're using the modified course, starting opposite Byrne Mech and finishing opposite the VEC, without going over the train tracks and going through the town. This is a certified course as used during the national 10km a few years back.
We're having some issues with water in the sports hall, but we'll still be able to provide refreshments. There might be some issues with showers, but hopefully it will be resolved by tomorrow.
We'll see you all tomorrow!
Alan Burke
When I wrote up a news item describing our plans to try to cope with the bad weather, the long range forecast suggested a thaw would start on Christmas eve.
It now appears that that thaw won't start until the morning of Dec 26th.
Given the state of the race route at the moment, it will take at least 48 hours of a good thaw to make the whole route safe.
..or to be accurate, having a nightmare of a white Christmas.
After last year's bad weather, I really had hoped that it was a once-in-a-lifetime bad weather event. But as we can see, it's back again. So what's our plan?
The bottom line is that we want to give the race every chance to go ahead.
