Mullingar Half Marathon 2019 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Mullingar Half Marathon 2019 / Peter Mooney
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | This is a photograph from start of the fifth annual running of the AON Mullingar Half Marathon which was held on Sunday 17th March 2019 (St. Patrick's Day Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2019) in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland at 10:30. This photographs have been taken at Millie Walsh's bridge on the old Dublin Road. Following on from the incredible success of the first four years of the race this year the total numbers participating rose from just under 600 in 2015, 900 in 2016, over 1200 in 2017 and yet again over 1200 in 2018. This year over 1,500 people took part. Proceeds raised by the AON Mullingar Half Marathon will go directly to T.E.A.M (Temporary Emergency Accommodation Midlands) finding safe & secure accommodation for homeless women and children. The roots of the successs of the event last year was the excellent organisation and a very flat and fast route. All of these characteristics were repeated this year except for the weather. Last year's bitterly cold day was replaced by a wet and windy today with temperatures suitable for running. The wind had a significant impact on the race with the first 8 miles eastwards having the benefit of a strong westerly wind for the runners. However, turning for home along the Royal Canal this became a very strong headwind for 4 - 5 miles from around Flynn's Machinery/Junction 14 M4. To give some indication of wind strength - on the Royal Canal around mile 10 the canal was level with the bank due to recent rain. But the wind was actually blowing the canal water onto the canal pathway creating a small flood for runners to run through. <The weather didn't stop the race growing in size again. Participants travelled from all over Ireland with a very large participation from runners around Mullingar and the midlands. The race has an AAI permit. The race began on Pearse Street/Austin Friar's Street in the town and proceeds North East out of the town to the N52 Delvin/Dundalk road towards Lough Sheever. The course then follows beautiful rural country roads out to The Downs at the M4. The only significant hill or rise on the course occurs here at about 7 miles when runners cross a pedestrian footbridge over the M4 near Junction 14 Thomas Flynn and Sons The Downs. The race then joins the now local access route of the old N4 road and then joins the Royal Canal at Great Down. The remainder of the race follows the Royal Canal back westward to Mullingar town. The towpath on the Canal is perfectly flat and in excellent condition. Runners will notice how the level of the canal changes dramatically along the route - at points the canal is level with the towpath. In other places the canal is at least 3 meters lower than the canal path. However the path is perfectly flat and firm the whole way. The course then leaves the Royal Canal at the Ardmore Road/Millmount area of the town and finishes in the Mullingar Town Park on Austin Friar's Street beside the Annebrook Hotel. The park provides a very nice setting for the finish of the race and runners and their families can mix and congregate around the finish area and the hotel. The frequent heavy rain showers around midday onwards didn't allow participants to linger too long after their races had finished. Timing and event management was provided by www.myrunresults.com/. Their website is here [www.myrunresults.com/] and will contain the results to today's race.Our full set of photographs are available at: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157707626690824 |
| 撮影日 | 2019-03-17 11:57:35 |
| 撮影者 | Peter Mooney |
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| カメラ | NIKON D3300 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.006 sec (1/160) |
| 開放F値 | f/6.3 |
| 焦点距離 | 120 mm |