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[Coogee1979M]

Following on from the 2008 thread, (http://www.coolrunni...68)

is the Coronation Hotel a good venue for drinks after the SMH Half?

I've created a Wiki Page for the race:
http://www.coolrunni...day_17_May_2009

Off-topic: can someone teach me how to post links so that they appear as page titles rather than the URL of the page?

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Here is the text from Don Juan's post last year:

1. After race drinks venue is the

Hotel Coronation
http://www.hotelcoro...n.com.au/1.html

The hotel is at 5 Park Street, City, next to the Woolworths on the corner of Park and George Streets.
The map on their website looks wrong, so I rang the Hotel Coronation and it confirmed the hotel is next to Woolworths.

Also open 24 hours for pre-race hydration.

2. Official CR Cheersquad location is the NE corner of Hyde Park North, on Prince Albert Road, - opposite the Art Gallery Road turnoff & St Mary's Catherdral.
If my reading of the SMH half marathon course description is correct then the runners will pass the Cheersquad 6 times, and then run behind us to the finish line.

[sook54]

I gotta say the Coronation Hotel was not exactly jumping last year. Some of us went there after the race and there was nobody there so we ended up at Starbucks. Other suggestions?

PS to post links that are more than um links, you use the fourth icon along in the frame (the one after the underline icon) - that lets you put in any text you want for the link. Or highlight the words you want to have linked before you press the fourth icon along, then you just have to paste in the link.

[Coogee1979M]

Thanks Sook, I've been using Firefox with Noscript, which means that I was not seeing all of those text formatting options. Now that I've enabled scripting for this post, I might as well make the most of it and post a smiley face

sook54, on Apr 11 2009, 09:55 AM, said:

I gotta say the Coronation Hotel was not exactly jumping last year. Some of us went there after the race and there was nobody there so we ended up at Starbucks. Other suggestions?PS to post links that are more than um links, you use the fourth icon along in the frame (the one after the underline icon) - that lets you put in any text you want for the link. Or highlight the words you want to have linked before you press the fourth icon along, then you just have to paste in the link.

[Johnny Dark]

Felt a little aggrieved last year when the barkeep at the Coronation Hotel asked me to remove my CR cap.

I'd be happy enough to walk or hop on a bus and head to The Rocks, where past experience tells me the pubs are a little more accommodating to weary runners and cheerers.

JD

Edited by Johnny Dark, 12 April 2009 - 09:09 AM.

[Coogee1979M]

JD's suggestion sounds good.  

An alternative location closer to Hyde Park is Cheers, which opens at 9am according to that link

[catgirl]

What time are we aiming to meet?

[Coogee1979M]

If start time is 7.30am, then most CRs will be finished by 10am-ish

catgirl, on Apr 26 2009, 04:33 PM, said:

What time are we aiming to meet?

[catgirl]

So we are heading there straight from the finish line all sweaty and disgusting? Sorry, I am a girl, I cant help it. And I get pretty sweaty...   I guess if we are all in the same boat it wont matter, although all the other patrons at the establishment may suddenly leave!

Johnny Dark, on Apr 11 2009, 03:54 PM, said:

Felt a little aggrieved last year when the barkeep at the Coronation Hotel asked me to remove my CR cap.

JD

We could also say we wear them on religious grounds???

[ratdog]

catgirl, on Apr 27 2009, 06:09 PM, said:

So we are heading there straight from the finish line all sweaty and disgusting? Sorry, I am a girl, I cant help it. And I get pretty sweaty...   I guess if we are all in the same boat it wont matter, although all the other patrons at the establishment may suddenly leave!



We could also say we wear them on religious grounds???

Anyone that isnt a runner and in the place has probably had an all nighter and we might smell better than them anyhow.

[loneranger]

sorry folks to put a bit of a damper on these two locations ("Coronation Hotel"..... in Park St and "Cheers" .... in George St)........ both have a distinctive lack of food service....... I have drunk at both.

I'm looking at top floor of Scruffy Murphys (George and Goulburn Sts) about 500m south of Woolworths (Coronation) and 300m south of Cheers.
this has 6 main dishes (ie: steak or fish or chicken with chips or mash; a couple of other dishes) for only $6 or $7.  ***Other normal priced meals exist***
In the morning (about 10am) it is nearly empty....

That's where I will be heading.

[Anth]

Coogee1979M, on Apr 11 2009, 08:33 AM, said:

2. Official CR Cheersquad location is the NE corner of Hyde Park North, on Prince Albert Road, - opposite the Art Gallery Road turnoff & St Mary's Catherdral.

Excellent. I had entered the race but am now a spectator due to injury, so am a definite starter for the cheersquad. Will be good to cheer home not only my better half and a friend from work, but also all of the other 5,000 CR's.

I'll bring along a number of pairs of appropriate CR eyewear.  

Who else is a starter for the cheersquad?

[Gadfly]

I'll put my hand up for wanting to be cheering.....and 95% sure I'll be there (just have to finalise a couple of other things, but should be fine).

[Ellie80]

cheering

[tiger angel]

Rent a cheer squad here    too.  Sounds great - lots of my friends and new shades   -thanks Anth.

Edited by tiger angel, 06 May 2009 - 06:01 PM.

[ratdog]

im going drinking somewhere after a run.  but more there for the drinking.

[Coogee1979M]

I planned to deliver a detailed presentation to Cliffold this morning at the Bay Run.  The topic was "Why you should join the CR cheersquad for the SMH Half".  

Given the rain, I thought it was best not to bring my computer & Powerpoint slides with me, so instead I gave a different presentation off the cuff.  It went along the lines of "Well if you're not running, then you can join the cheersquad".

Hopefully I've convinced him.

[sfGnome]

OK, so how come Cliffold isn't running? The way he ran yesterday morning, there's no excuses (unless of course he's been a lazy sod and didn't get his entry in in time...   )

[rachinaus]

sfGnome, on May 10 2009, 08:05 PM, said:

OK, so how come Cliffold isn't running? The way he ran yesterday morning, there's no excuses (unless of course he's been a lazy sod and didn't get his entry in in time...   )

You are talking about the bloke who runs without a watch....

[HouseDad]

Any decision on after run drinks? After missing the Christmas get together and getting down seeing all the pictures on Facebook, I'm keen to met up. I'll keep an eye on this forum and see If anyone makes the call.

See you somewhere, post run

House Dad.

Edited by HouseDad, 11 May 2009 - 06:06 AM.

[MicrowaveJenny]

I've spent the last four weeks trying to do a rapid prep for this race after suffering from SARS* for about a month. I'd love to catch up for drinks after it but I've got to jet to a Yo Gabba Gabba concert immediately after it.

*OK it probably wasn't SARS, it was whooping cough. Or bird flu. Or swine flu. Or something I never want to have again or share with anyone.

[Gadfly]

Looks like I'm in for cheering, so what time is the cheer squad kicking into gear?  And where are we meeting?  

[PlodBod]

Right, enough of this dithering around.

We will have just run a half marathon, so what's another km or so as a cooldown to walk back to the Rocks and go to The Orient?

Or am I ever-so-slightly biased because it's conveniently close to my office where I will be going back for a shower?

[rachinaus]

Sounds like a plan!

[HouseDad]

Yep, I'm cool with that option PlodBod

[Coogee1979M]

Sounds good Plod.  Under the Bar Food section of the web site, it says that food is only available from 11am.  Do you know if the bar opens before that time?

PlodBod, on May 14 2009, 10:24 PM, said:

Right, enough of this dithering around.

We will have just run a half marathon, so what's another km or so as a cooldown to walk back to the Rocks and go to The Orient?

Or am I ever-so-slightly biased because it's conveniently close to my office where I will be going back for a shower?

[sook54]

Umm, ploddy can the rest of us tag along for a group shower?

[Anth]

Gadfly, on May 12 2009, 08:46 PM, said:

Looks like I'm in for cheering, so what time is the cheer squad kicking into gear?  And where are we meeting?  

I was planning to get to the NE corner of Hyde Park at about 7am.

[TFive]

That's great. a shower and The Orient  

[emjay]

The Orient it is, then.

[PlodBod]

sook54, on May 15 2009, 07:21 AM, said:

Umm, ploddy can the rest of us tag along for a group shower?

Err, Sook, look, I like you and all that, but just not in that way...

Of course!  Girls only though - I don't have access to the male showers!

[sook54]

Coogee1979M, on May 15 2009, 05:38 AM, said:

Sounds good Plod.  Under the Bar Food section of the web site, it says that food is only available from 11am.  Do you know if the bar opens before that time?

If famished you can always head to Pancakes in the Rocks en route to the Orient (if REALLY famished we pass it twice during the race).

[Johnny Dark]

The Orient  

[ratdog]

PlodBod, on May 15 2009, 10:03 AM, said:

Err, Sook, look, I like you and all that, but just not in that way...

Of course!  Girls only though - I don't have access to the male showers!

The orient sounds great to me,

If I wear a skirt can I be part of the group shower?


If not maybe us blokes can have a dip in at circular quay

[Muzman]

ratdog, on May 15 2009, 11:56 AM, said:

If I wear a skirt can I be part of the group shower?


If not maybe us blokes can have a dip in at circular quay

Isn't there some sort of fountain in Hyde Park?  

Muz

[sook54]

I will be bringing the CR Maraccas and pompoms from Canberra - hope someone from the cheer squad will be in place early enough to take delivery!

[Anth]

sook54, on May 16 2009, 09:47 PM, said:

I will be bringing the CR Maraccas and pompoms from Canberra - hope someone from the cheer squad will be in place early enough to take delivery!

Great stuff sook.

Try as I might over the last couple of days, I have been unable to obtain CR sunnies so the maraccas and pompoms will be great.