The Craughwell Handicap Chase is a fun annual event organised to allow people to train in race conditions.
17 hardy souls turned up early Sunday morning to run the 3rd race in the Craughwell Handicap Chase 10k Series. Nice weather conditions early in the morning were replaced by some nasty showers shortly before the race started, with these easing to a steady drizzle by the time 8.30am arrived.
This is a busy week in Galway road running. As well as the highly anticipated first race in the Galway 5K series which is on in Athenry on Tursday evening, (http://www.athenryac.com for details) , Race 3 of the handicap series is due on Sunday morning, 14th May. Though we encourage people to take part in both events, depending on your level of fitness it might be advisable to use one of the races as a training run if you are hoping to…
Due probably to the bank holiday weekend, numbers were reduced slightly this week with 20 runners turning up on a perfect morning for a 10k. It was bright, dry and cool, without a hint of a breeze – perfect conditions for setting a personal best! The first athlete home was Tony Fitzpatrick in a fantastic personal best, almost 2½ minutes faster than two weeks ago. Tony had set himself a target of 50 minutes for this race and he smashed…
10K fever is gripping the country – the National 10K's were on last weekend and Craughwell had one runner (me) who came 63rd in the overall race, in a time of 35:30 on the official clock. The standard was very high. Congratulations to Athenry AC who were fifth team on the day and had the high honour of winning individual honours through Paul McNamara for the second year in a row. More on this at AthenryAC.com. Of course, that is…
Twenty five grinning runners turned out for the inaugural Craughwell Handicap Chase on a slightly misty Easter Saturday Morning. Luckily for everyone, the drizzle eased off and stopped by race time and in the end it was a fine morning for a run – no wind and perfect temperatures. Due to some administrative teething trouble and an errant runner or two, there was a little confusion with some of the times/places. The results in blue below are ones that we…
Some last minute entries have been accounted for and the final list of start times is below: Please try to turn up a minimum of 20 minutes before your scheduled start time so that we can manage registration, and you can warm-up, etc. The weather is forecast nice, so this should be great fun!
Well the entries are almost all in, and the handicaps are below. I’ve been pretty busy of late, so please let me know if I’ve missed your name or if your handicap is wildly off. I’ll be adjusting all the handicaps after the first run anyhow. This series is an opportunity to train on a reasonably accurately measured course, which will be marked out for the morning. You can run the distance as you like – walking every few miles,…
The Craughwell 10K Handicap Chase series of time-trials is a fun event that will be starting on easter Saturday, and occuring every 2 weeks (normally on Sundays) for a total of four runs. The speed trials allow the participants the chance to measure their training progress over a measured 10K distance and are an ideal addition to any training program. We have gone to great pains to ensure that the dates do not clash with any local races. The event is open to both…
When we planned the dates fo the series , in our efforts to avoid clashes with other AAI or road races we forgot to check for some more usual "event" dates. Specifically we forgot about Easter sunday. So the first race has beeen switched from Sunday the 16th of April to Saturday 15th of April. Details on the series are in the post below. If you are interested in participating in this fun event please contact Mark (mark@craughwellac.com) or Michael…
Cheltenham might be over, but the racing continues!! The Senior Club has set the dates for its inaugural handicap series. The series will be a set of four measured and timed 10K handicap runs, which will lead up nicely to the Flora Womens Mini-Marathon. 10K is roughly 6.2 Miles which is about 1:30 walk. We welcome walkers to participate, and runners of all levels. The general rules are as follows:
