Fields of Athenry 10KM Road Race - December 26th 2012
The 11th running of the Fields of Athenry 10km took place on St. Stephen's day, December 26th 2012 at 11:00 in Athenry, Co. Galway, Ireland. This is one of the leading 10KM road races in Ireland. It is hard to believe that the race is "only" eleven years old. It's superb organisation, atmosphere, and great race history gives it the characteristic of a race that is many years older. The credit for this goes to the wonderful athletic's club in Athenry AC. The weather turned out to be the greatest adversary today. To describe the rain as near apocalyptic would not be underestimating the weather. Some pools of water on the roads had turned into mini-lakes with water several inches deep. Regardless of the weather overall this is a superb race. The atmosphere amongst the runners, spectators, and organisers on the first running day after Christmas Day is superb and is a wonderful way to finish off the running year. As each runner crossed the finish line there was smiles and handshakes - the weather had not got the better of them. The race has earned it's stripes as one of the leading road races in Ireland.
The race started at the Railway station and then took in a loop of the famous fields of Athenry where it turns left and begins it's return to the town and finished under the medival arch in Athenry town for a fittingly atmospheric finish to the race. Race HQ is in the Presentation College in Athenry.
Today we captured a very nice set of photographs of the event given the apocalyptic rain. Well done to everyone involved. We captured photographs from the overall winner to about the 52 minute finish time. By this time cameras and cameramen were saturated beyond recognition!
How can I get a full resolution copy of these photographs?
All of the photographs here on this Flickr set have a visible watermark embedded in them. All of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available, free, at no cost, at full resolution WITHOUT watermark. We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not know of any other photographers who operate such a policy. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ etc or (2) other websites, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us. This also means the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a wall post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
If you want to contribute something for these images?
We do not charge for these images. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that they are good enough that you would ordinarily pay for their purchase we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible.
Please note: that we cannot be responsible for the content of any external links (outside of our Flickr account) as we have no control over them. Links are provided for your information only. Responsibility lies solely with the operators of these websites.
Some links:
The official Fields of Athenry 10KM 2012 Website: 10km.athenryac.com/2012/
The Finish of the 10km under the Medieval Arch on Google Streetview: maps.google.com/maps?q=Athenry,+Galway,+Ireland&hl=en...
Our Flickr set from the Fields of Athenry 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157628575384797/
Boards.ie Athletic's Thread on the Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056767210
Wikipedia Page on 'The Field's of Athenry' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fields_of_Athenry
The defacto definitive version of the famous song as sung by Paddy Reilly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9InnXP64To
The fields of Athenry as sung by the fans of the Republic of Ireland soccer team at Euro 2012 against Spain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdZqpYX9eNk
Fields of Athenry 10KM Road Race - December 26th 2012
The 11th running of the Fields of Athenry 10km took place on St. Stephen's day, December 26th 2012 at 11:00 in Athenry, Co. Galway, Ireland. This is one of the leading 10KM road races in Ireland. It is hard to believe that the race is "only" eleven years old. It's superb organisation, atmosphere, and great race history gives it the characteristic of a race that is many years older. The credit for this goes to the wonderful athletic's club in Athenry AC. The weather turned out to be the greatest adversary today. To describe the rain as near apocalyptic would not be underestimating the weather. Some pools of water on the roads had turned into mini-lakes with water several inches deep. Regardless of the weather overall this is a superb race. The atmosphere amongst the runners, spectators, and organisers on the first running day after Christmas Day is superb and is a wonderful way to finish off the running year. As each runner crossed the finish line there was smiles and handshakes - the weather had not got the better of them. The race has earned it's stripes as one of the leading road races in Ireland.
The race started at the Railway station and then took in a loop of the famous fields of Athenry where it turns left and begins it's return to the town and finished under the medival arch in Athenry town for a fittingly atmospheric finish to the race. Race HQ is in the Presentation College in Athenry.
Today we captured a very nice set of photographs of the event given the apocalyptic rain. Well done to everyone involved. We captured photographs from the overall winner to about the 52 minute finish time. By this time cameras and cameramen were saturated beyond recognition!
How can I get a full resolution copy of these photographs?
All of the photographs here on this Flickr set have a visible watermark embedded in them. All of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available, free, at no cost, at full resolution WITHOUT watermark. We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not know of any other photographers who operate such a policy. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ etc or (2) other websites, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us. This also means the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a wall post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
If you want to contribute something for these images?
We do not charge for these images. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that they are good enough that you would ordinarily pay for their purchase we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible.
Please note: that we cannot be responsible for the content of any external links (outside of our Flickr account) as we have no control over them. Links are provided for your information only. Responsibility lies solely with the operators of these websites.
Some links:
The official Fields of Athenry 10KM 2012 Website: 10km.athenryac.com/2012/
The Finish of the 10km under the Medieval Arch on Google Streetview: maps.google.com/maps?q=Athenry,+Galway,+Ireland&hl=en...
Our Flickr set from the Fields of Athenry 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157628575384797/
Boards.ie Athletic's Thread on the Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056767210
Wikipedia Page on 'The Field's of Athenry' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fields_of_Athenry
The defacto definitive version of the famous song as sung by Paddy Reilly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9InnXP64To
The fields of Athenry as sung by the fans of the Republic of Ireland soccer team at Euro 2012 against Spain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdZqpYX9eNk