Cool at least you have plans to continue which is the main thing!  There are lots of 10k races and also 5 and 10 mile races around to try  and build up the time and distance on your feet.  Depending on where you life there is also the race series connected to the Dublin Marathon which consists of a 5mile and 10mile race leading up to the half-marathon:-) Anyway best of luck with your running and keep us posted on you progress, yvonne

Glad to have been of help James.  Finally I found someone who hasnt run a mile from this drink!  I love it myself as it isn't sweet like like sports drinks and it does the job for me!  Good luck with your long run at the weekend I have my last long run then to after it is tapering for the main event in Connemara.  Am really looking foward to it!

Thanks so much for your input its much apprecieted I will take on board your pointers. Hope to see you after the race  for a cup of tea.

Hey Jack, good to hear you took up running. when i started running last year i found the same thing happened to me . I didn't see the weight fall off for a few months. I think what happens is that the extra weight we carry is actually turning to muscle which will take time and effort along with eating properly, but stick with it as the results are well worth while. I've lost three stone to date and am lighter than when i was a teenager, which is brilliant feeling when your nearing the big 40. So stick with it, put in those miles and enjoy rolling back the years. Best of luck to you. James B

It was yours Yvonne, I have my final 22 this weekend and hope it continues to help me. My diet is unreal restrictive and i find it hard sometimes to get enough fuel on board. Can't have tomatoes, cane sugar, wheat or gluten along with a long list of other foods so to find this drink suits helps a lot. Thank sYvonne

This year is going to be much better, cheaper with better quality, and we read all the feedback received and will do our best to get most of them done :

- prizes ceremony, traffic management, No christening on the day etc...... and I will put the buoys very early, which was my mistake really when my boat trailer broke on the way in the morning :-(

And off course a much better weather, so I booked it in advance :-)

Funny part was that the weather after was absolutly brilliant ! And it is definetly for a good cause.

I hope to take part, after all my home place is only 5-10 miles away, though I will have to travel down from Dublin. from my experience, I think the following list helps a lot
Low entry cost (the cost is already set so cannot change that)
Well marked course, mile/km markers
Stewards if there is any possibility of confusion on a road race/and to ensure that the runners are kept safe.
Segregate the starting positions into suitable finish times, for a 10K, say sub 40mins, sub 50 mins, 50mins plus and walkers. This prevents mixing up slow and fast people together and unnecessary bobbing and weaving through the first 1K
An accurate time measurement, eitehr chip timing or efficient tmiekeeping at the finish. A really good touch at the Dungarven 10 mile road race was a marshal at each mile marker, calling out the time. They were obviously synchronised with the starting whistle, and it allowed runners to know how they were going.
Choose a loop course (I dont like point to point so much)
Ideally have the course cross some populated area of organise one, so that in one or two places, other than the finish there is a group of spectators cheering. Some places organise a band at half way say and have people congregate there.
A goodie bag that contains something that indicates you took part in the race, ideally a printed tshirt.
Fanfare at the finish, cheering crowds, music, an MC calling out your name is really great. In Cork Marathon, they have a list of the entrant names and their numbers, so when I was coming up Patrick St, the MC was calling out my name and getting the crowd to cheer me home. Excellent!
Also starting on time is really important, if you are running, you dont want to be standing around for too long trying to keep warm.
Thats my 5c, hopefully it will be a success

Thanks for your feedback. We went with €25 on the day to get as many as possible to enter online. Each Km will be marked  and I am working on goodie bags.If you think  of anything else please let me know and thanks again for your advice 

Route map is here http://www.mapmyrun.com/view_route?r=307126002270523561
The race HQ is on in Craughwell N.S which is also where the finish line is, so your best bet would be to head there I think.
 

Best of luck with the race, great cause to be raising money for!

I have never organised a race but having run a few in Cork, Dublin and Mayo I think the price of €20/€25 is a bit steep for a 10k, especially when the run is outside a big town or city so you will be hoping people will travel. That said the prices for some other races are very high too but many usually have chip timing or goodie bags with sports t-shirts. If you have these I would highlight it on the website.

Other things that seem to make races go well are plenty of stewards to direct people (and cars), clearly marked mile/km markers and lots of water (esp at the end but perhaps at 5 or 6km too).

Hope it all goes well for you!

Hi Yvonne
Thanks very much and thanks for the help
The half Marathon?  ........ohhhhh....the thoughts of it :-)
Think I'll try and do a few 5k and 10k runs and maybe give it a shot later on in the year
What do you think?

yeah, I entered and paid ages ago. But can't figure out looking at the site where we get our numbers and where do we start from. I guess I'll just show up arond 12 ish and figure it out. Can anyone help?

Hi JackDust,  Congratulations on taking up running and on your progress so far.  When I took up running I thought I could eat what I wanted and often wondered why I didn't loose weight and I got a bit fed up truth be known but it was down to the fact that any of the information I was reading was really for the 'elite' runner which I certainly wasnt then and still amnt!  I've just learned to eat what I need!  If you go to the articles section at the top beside forums there is an article by Ruth Kilcawly on 'healthy eating', she is a nutritionalist and may have the info you require.  I hope this helps and I wish you luck in your new running career and in Limerick in your race, yvonne

Which drink was that James B?  Ruth's or mine just curious? yvonne

Just wanted to offer my congratulations on your great sucess in your 10k you did brillant and you ran the whole of it so you have to be chuffed with yourself, so well done melv30...so will we see you doing the half-marathon?  Anyway many congrats on your sucess, yvonne

Hi Jack Dust

im no expert on this, but ive managed to lose a bit of weight myself. i done it by gradually increasing my mileage every week, should be aiming for a 10% increase every week. plenty carbohydrates ( pasta, potatoes, beans, raisins ) and proteins ( chicken, low fat milk ) - to name but a few, and lots of water with it. throw out the vegetable oil if you have any! plenty fruit ( bananas especially ) and veg ( again potatoes, and greens in the line of broccolli and spinach ). the above is a general outline of what should do the trick in startin ya on the right track from a nutrition point of view. best of irish with it!

It all happens Easter Monday 1:00 in kilmovee. So please let me know the little things that brings runners/walkers back year on year as I plan to run this again for the mayo roscommon hospise

Hi Dsedeath
Yeah didn't think I would be able to run the full 10k but you were right the race spurs you on. Your tips were great - the people at the front started at a hectic pace so I just stayed close to the back. Was struggling after about 4 kms but once I completed 5 I was okay again. Last km I felt it but sprinted for last 500m and passed out the two people that were in front of me. Thanks for the help - half marathon ...... oh .... I don't know :-)

The entries were open for a long time on the site to be honest :-)

Excellent, well done. Bet you found that a race drags that bit more out of you than you think you had. Gives you a real boost to be running with others. you started with 5K, doubled it to 10K, the half marathon awaits!!