{"id":294,"date":"2014-08-20T14:52:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T14:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/?p=294"},"modified":"2014-08-21T08:15:37","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T08:15:37","slug":"athlone-3quarter-marathon-prepares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/pre-event\/athlone-3quarter-marathon-prepares.htm","title":{"rendered":"Athlone 3Quarter Marathon prepares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/athlone.3quarter.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-297\" title=\"athlone 3\/4 marathon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/athlone.3quarter.jpg\" alt=\"athlone 3\/4 marathon\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/athlone.3quarter.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/athlone.3quarter-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Athlone 3\/4 Marathon prepares for the 5th running through picturesque setting of\u00a0County Westmeath on the 5th October 2014.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Starting in the village of Glasson, the 30km event serves as perfect preparation for the Dublin Marathon. Over the years, Ireland&#8217;s top athletes have utilised this opportunity and have enjoyed the event to the fullest to achieve their long-term goals.<\/p>\n<h3>1000 Limited Entry<\/h3>\n<p>2010 saw the debut of this sought after race with 500 runners testing the course and their will. In 2014, the\u00a0 event is now set to a limited entry of 1000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Country Course<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The course is run over generally very quiet country roads with some undulations to enhance anyone seeking a good pre-marathon preparation run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Word from the Race Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paul Mahon, the race director, states:<em> &#8220;The Athlone 3\/4 marathon is well established as Ireland&#8217;s premiere Dublin or New York Marathon preparation event.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>A glance through the past winners who include Gary O Hanlon and Linda Byrne gives an indication of the standing of the event and it usefulness as an autumn preparation event is well proven.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quality Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The race is held over a scenic country road course and with superb after race facilities at the Glasson Golf Hotel it is easy to see why this event is expected to sell out in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Make the most of your opportunities<\/p>\n<p>for further details see: <a title=\"Athlone 3\/4 Marathon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.athlone3quarter.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.athlone3quarter.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Race Course Records:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nMens &#8211; Gary O Hanlon 1h 45&#8242; 59&#8243; (2011)<br \/>\nLadies &#8211; Linda Byrne &#8211; 1h 59&#8242; 42&#8243; (2011)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Athlone 3\/4 Marathon prepares for the 5th running through picturesque setting of\u00a0County Westmeath on the 5th October 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,4,1,96,106],"tags":[111,129,128,151],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-featured","category-news","category-pre-event","category-tourism","tag-111","tag-athlone","tag-athlone-3quarter-marathon","tag-pre-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}