Tour of Louth Sportive

LCD

Tour of Louth Sportive is on Sunday June 28th. Is the second running of this 100km event, organised by Dundalk's Cuchullainn CC. For event details check out www.dundalkcycling.com

penexpers

Tempting. Anyone else?

RobFowl

penexpers wrote: »

Tempting. Anyone else?

Like the idea of gold/silver/bronze medals depending on your finishing time.
Very tempted

kennyb3

if im not in dingle (which i might be) that weekend i might give this a go. reckon i might just nick in under 4hrs for a nice silver medal. need to get a bike rack for my car too, will add that one to the long 'i want' list. anyone know the course, any/many hills?

also i ve never cycled with a group before so what sort of etiquette do i need to know about?

Raam

RobFowl wrote: »

Like the idea of gold/silver/bronze medals depending on your finishing time.
Very tempted

Yes, a good idea. Might be up for this one.

decrrrrrr

Nice wee circuit and should be achieveable in under the 4 hours.

The tricky part comes between points G and H. That hill at Jenkinstown is a nice lung/leg buster. Goes for about 2km. After that it's just bumpy over the mountain to point I.

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/ie/cooley%201/945124471955664594

petethedrummer

Tough enough hill alright, but its the only hilly section I can see on the entire course. So it shouldn't put anyone off. I'll be doing it. You can all call into my folks house for tea on the way round*.

(*offer will not be validated.)

Lumen

4 hours is perfect for me right now, so I'll probably be doing this.

Captain Havoc

I was just speaking to a friend the other day and I'll be hauling my ass up for this.

LDB

Reckon I'll be on for this too

Jawgap

I'm thinking about it.

But I took the liberty of plugging the data into bikeroutetoaster to see what the vertical profile was like:-

http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=56940

It looks interesting enough - but not as interesting as the bit that goes 50 odd metres below sea-level!

newton

Is this different from the "Into the east" (border trek) cycle from Dundalk the same weekend?

penexpers

No it's different to Border Trek.

Caroline_ie

i like medals - might have a go

Jawgap

LCD wrote: »

Tour of Louth Sportive is on Sunday June 28th. Is the second running of this 100km event, organised by Dundalk's Cuchullainn CC. For event details check out www.dundalkcycling.com

I've never done one of these before so excuse the question, but if registration starts at 8-30 would it be possible to register and set off at 8-30?

I know things like marshalling and refreshments won't be organised, but it would greatly aid domestic harmony if I could head off and be back before lunch!

vektarman

I'm training for the Ring of Kerry, I've never done a sportive, this looks perfect though, I'm tempted.

kennyb3

vektarman wrote: »

I'm training for the Ring of Kerry, I've never done a sportive, this looks perfect though, I'm tempted.

what exactly is a sportive?

petethedrummer

Here is an example of one.

kennyb3

ha ha i just mean as a newbie how does this differ from a tour or a charity spin or whatever else

wobbits

petethedrummer wrote: »

Tough enough hill alright, but its the only hilly section I can see on the entire course. So it shouldn't put anyone off. I'll be doing it. You can all call into my folks house for tea on the way round*.

(*offer will not be validated.)

I might give it a go seeing as it's home turf for me.
I'll bring the biscuits

petethedrummer

kennyb3 wrote: »

ha ha i just mean as a newbie how does this differ from a tour or a charity spin or whatever else

Nah pretty much the same deal. a.k.a. Randonée. Says on the website that there will 'Refreshments before and during event.' Might head for a mixed grill in the Roma after.

wobbits wrote: »

I might give it a go seeing as it's home turf for me.
I'll bring the biscuits

Anything less than a gold medal will be embarassing for us.

The tax man

Looks interesting all right. Might just be tempted.

Jawgap wrote: »

It looks interesting enough - but not as interesting as the bit that goes 50 odd metres below sea-level!

Pothole?

bcmf

Jawgap wrote: »

I've never done one of these before so excuse the question, but if registration starts at 8-30 would it be possible to register and set off at 8-30?

I know things like marshalling and refreshments won't be organised, but it would greatly aid domestic harmony if I could head off and be back before lunch!

Gotta check dates but I mat be in the same boat as you. May need to get in inder 3.5-4hrs and be home lunchtime-ish. If this is the case it will be Drive-Thru*
*that last point was aimed directly at RobFowl

72hundred

This looks cool, the idea of going for the sliver medal is very tempting.

Anyone heading up from Dublin that would be able to give a lift?

EDIT: Can give petrol money for this.

trek climber

Just a pity it is on the same weekend as the Border Trek and it going from Dundalk as well

TinyExplosions

Hmmm.... from the website:

The event is a test of endurance not a race

Then give a gold medal for an average speed of 30kph plus

Awesome!