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SERC 3 Peaks challenge 2013

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  • Registered Users Posts: 504 ✭✭✭Muckers


    Any decent route map to follow.


  • Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭SERCPRO


    Map is on the link on our website. Starting from Arklow - Woodenbridge-Tinahely-Aughavanagh-Sliabh Mann- Shea Elliott - Rathdrum-Avoca-Woodenbridge-Knockrahan-Arklow
    http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/14780800


  • Registered Users Posts: 869 ✭✭✭Daithi BC


    Really enjoyed this last year. Nice to get an outing into Wicklow early on in the season and see how the winter training is going. Good spread afterwards, which is pretty much the most important thing for me.


  • Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭SERCPRO


    Thanks for the positive feedback Daithí. Hope to see you back this year.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    Can you register on the morning, or does it have to be online before hand?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Bikerbhoy


    bazermc wrote: »
    Can you register on the morning, or does it have to be online before hand?

    Unless they have changed this year you can register on the day as i have done for the last 3 years


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,735 ✭✭✭C3PO


    Bikerbhoy wrote: »
    Unless they have changed this year you can register on the day as i have done for the last 3 years

    According to the website it's "online only"!

    http://www.southeastroadclub.com/


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    C3PO wrote: »
    According to the website it's "online only"!

    http://www.southeastroadclub.com/

    It says on this page that there'll be limited registration on the day...I hope it is true, otherwise there'll be only these 25 people at it!

    http://www.activeglobal.com/ie/cycling/arklow-ireland/3-peaks-challenge-2013


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    Why is it called 3 Peaks Challenge?

    I can only see two cat 3 climbs and five cat 5 climbs

    in any event I am looking forward to the cycle and testing the winter training I have done on these climbs and the distance at 110K is right.


  • Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭SERCPRO


    Hi all,
    registration is mainly online this year and is available on the active link on our website...www.southeastroadclub.com.
    We will be keeping limited places between 10-15 places on the day for registration.
    The reason we have online registration this year is that it saves a lot of admin time and also queuing on the morning of the event.
    If you are not a member of CI please remember to bring €2 to pay for your ODL (one day licence for Insurance purposes)
    Hope to see you all on the day.
    SERC.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 869 ✭✭✭Daithi BC


    bazermc wrote: »
    Why is it called 3 Peaks Challenge?

    I can only see two cat 3 climbs and five cat 5 climbs.

    The 3 peaks are Slieve Maan, Shay Elliot and a climb on the way back into Arklow. They could happily rename it the 4 peaks to take in the nasty little dig at Aghavanna before Slieve Maan, but I think that name's already taken.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    How are roads around Slieve Maan and Shay Elliot. Is the spin likely to go ahead if the weather stays the same?


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    A friend and I have signed up for this. Does anyone know, what the conditions are like on the route. Is there much snow still lying around?. Is it likely to go ahead?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    A friend and I have signed up for this. Does anyone know, what the conditions are like on the route. Is there much snow still lying around?. Is it likely to go ahead?

    SERC have posted an update on their site re slight change in course

    http://www.southeastroadclub.com/2013/04/03/3-peaks-challenge-2013-4/


  • Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭531


    Entries will be accepted on the day for this. Are many doing it? it's a great sprotife.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    I'll be there, hanging off the back. Hope we get weather like today for it


  • Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭531


    Latest forecast from met.ie suggests that the rain will stay away. It'll be cool though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭fondriest


    I'll be there if the hangover isn't too bad .


  • Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭SERCPRO


    Looking forward to seeing you all on the day tomorrow. The forecast is looking good and the cakes and goodies are almost ready to go. :)
    The GPS coordinates for Rock's GAA in Arklow can be found here.... 52.79166 6.17380
    Entries will also be taken on the day.
    If you are not a member of Cycling Ireland please remember to bring €2 with you for the One day licence fee to cover you for Insurance (CI)
    www.southeastroadclub.com for up to the minute info.
    Hope to see you all tomorrow morning from 8am


  • Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭531


    A tough spin despite the route being shortened.

    Well organised by SERC, brilliantly marshalled, food afterwards was excellent.

    I got in about 2pm so was out for 4.5 hours. I've cycled Sliabh Mann about a dozen times and that was the toughest. Must have been the cold or the wind (or maybe I'm just getting older).

    A great, well run event, great value at €15. Well done to all concerned.


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  • Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    531 wrote: »
    A tough spin despite the route being shortened.

    Well organised by SERC, brilliantly marshalled, food afterwards was excellent.

    I got in about 2pm so was out for 4.5 hours. I've cycled Sliabh Mann about a dozen times and that was the toughest. Must have been the cold or the wind (or maybe I'm just getting older).

    A great, well run event, great value at €15. Well done to all concerned.

    + 1, enjoyed that, though the stretch after Shay Elliot just went on and on...got in at 2 as well, I was in a red campag jacket btw


  • Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭531


    Colm18, I think I was in a group of four with you but dropped off just before Woodenbridge. I did a turn up the front but a slight rise in the road and that was it. I actually got in about 2.04, I think. A tough spin, great to have it done.


  • Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭fondriest


    fondriest wrote: »
    I'll be there if the hangover isn't too bad .

    The hangover WAS too bad .


  • Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    531 wrote: »
    Colm18, I think I was in a group of four with you but dropped off just before Woodenbridge. I did a turn up the front but a slight rise in the road and that was it. I actually got in about 2.04, I think. A tough spin, great to have it done.

    Yep, I was in that..my legs were feeling it by then too


  • Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭531


    fondriest wrote: »
    The hangover WAS too bad .

    Wuss!


  • Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭SERCPRO


    Hi all,
    thanks again for coming out to support our event today. Here is a link to some of the photos from today.
    All comments (good and bad) are welcome to help us improve the event each year.
    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151408471601687.1073741827.324873281686&type=1


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Bikerbhoy


    Rode with my team mate colm18 today 3rd year doing this event with no training this year . Surprisingly enough really enjoyed Slieve Mann and Shay Elliott hated as usual road into Rathdrum suffered a bit into Tinahealy picked it up a bit to Woodenbridge but lost it back to Arklow thank Fcuk we didnt have to do that last peak that would have been the death of me. Thanks again to SERC for another great event


  • Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭SERCPRO


    531 wrote: »
    A tough spin despite the route being shortened.

    Well organised by SERC, brilliantly marshalled, food afterwards was excellent.

    I got in about 2pm so was out for 4.5 hours. I've cycled Sliabh Mann about a dozen times and that was the toughest. Must have been the cold or the wind (or maybe I'm just getting older).

    A great, well run event, great value at €15. Well done to all concerned.


    Thanks again for making the journey to Arklow today. Glad you enjoyed the day.
    Looking forward to welcoming you back in 2014.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Bikerbhoy


    Rode with my team mate colm18 today 3rd year doing this event with no training this year . Surprisingly enough really enjoyed Slieve Mann and Shay Elliott hated as usual road into Rathdrum suffered a bit into Tinahealy picked it up again to Woodenbridge but lost it back to Arklow thank Fcuk we didnt have to do that last peak that would have been the death of me today Thanks again to SERC for another great event


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  • Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭SERCPRO


    Bikerbhoy wrote: »
    Rode with my team mate colm18 today 3rd year doing this event with no training this year . Surprisingly enough really enjoyed Slieve Mann and Shay Elliott hated as usual road into Rathdrum suffered a bit into Tinahealy picked it up a bit to Woodenbridge but lost it back to Arklow thank Fcuk we didnt have to do that last peak that would have been the death of me. Thanks again to SERC for another great event

    Thanks again for supporting our 'flat' spin today. The weather gods were good to us again.
    Well done again.


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