Recommendations - summer event

katie_h

Hi guys,

I would really appreciate some recommendations / advice on entering a few events this summer. I am new to road biking and was hoping to enter the Ring of Kerry / Wicklow 100, however, as it happens holidays and a friends wedding clash with both of the dates. I am really keen to keep training away for other similar events and would love some recommendations.

Any other advice / tips on training would also be much appreciated.

Thanks, Katie

Chips Lovell

The Sean Kelly Tour is well worth doing. Great route with a lot of good climbs and very well organised.

LastGasp

el tonto wrote: »

The Sean Kelly Tour is well worth doing. Great route with a lot of good climbs and very well organised.

But if they start and finish the same way as last year watch out for the extremely slippery drain/trench thingy running along the middle of the road. It would be a shame to ruin a good day out by crashing in either the first or last 100 metres, as several people did last year.

IM0

seems strange that there is not a website set up with all this kind of information for people , and why dont cycling ireland have this stuff on their site? it would take about 1-2hrs work and be an easily accessible one stop shop for these leisure events, there cant be that many? - 15-20??

ROK ON

Tour de Burden and EtapeHibernia both take place in the Burren. Stunning setting and some great places to stay after like Lahinch, Doolin, Liscannor, Ballyvaughan in order to make a night of it after the event.

alfalad

Loads of different events on, you won't be short of ones to choose. There is a section on the Cycling Ireland website the document is called Master Calendar and if you click the Leisure tab you will see the list.

The big other ones would be the An Post Series, Sligo, Clare, Meath, Waterford and Cork and as well as the two already mentioned. Also there is a Sky sponsored event in Clare in August that would be good.

EtapeHibernia is the Sky event as said by ROK ON

groovyg

Katie_H - have a look at this website it seems to list alot of the long distance cycles going on around Irl over the summer months. http://www.cyclosport.org/ievents2009.aspx?cid=7

Am not sure of how accurate the site is in relation to events listed.
On the 10th of May there is the An Post Tour of Sligo http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/exec/view.cgi?archive=11&num=3787

On the 15th May there is the Mt Leinster challenge, West Cork 100 and 200 (not listed on that website) is on 20th of June http://www.westcork200.com/which which you could try as well

Happy cycling :-)

mike12

http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/Events-Cycling
A good list of events here.
Mike

mfdc

Did the Tour of Kildare last year and would recommend it. Good route, awesome food stop (a big line of tables covered in fruit, bars, crisps, cake and juice if I remember right), big crowd, and burgers at the end. Can't ask for more.

mike12

Whats the swords leisure tour like? Anyone do it last year.
Mike

ednwireland

me@ucd wrote: »

seems strange that there is not a website set up with all this kind of information for people , and why dont cycling ireland have this stuff on their site? it would take about 1-2hrs work and be an easily accessible one stop shop for these leisure events, there cant be that many? - 15-20??

its in the cycling ireland manual (the book you get when you join)
found it
http://www.cyclingireland.ie/Key-Documents/General/Master_Calendar_Final_2010.aspx

click on the leisure tab at the bottom


edit : oops just noticed alfalad beat me to it

blorg

mike12 wrote: »

Whats the swords leisure tour like? Anyone do it last year.
Mike

Hammerfest if it is the one I did last year.

blorg

me@ucd wrote: »

seems strange that there is not a website set up with all this kind of information for people , and why dont cycling ireland have this stuff on their site? it would take about 1-2hrs work and be an easily accessible one stop shop for these leisure events, there cant be that many? - 15-20??

They actually have all the leisure events on a Google Calendar. Don't know if I should be telling you this mind; it is all very much on a need to know basis. Top secret.

ednwireland

blorg wrote: »

Don't know if I should be telling you this mind; it is all very much on a need to know basis. Top secret.

know what you mean wouldnt want too many people to turn up to events

so why isnt linked off the leisure tab :rolleyes:


3 inishowen 100's ! run by the three clubs in the area

blorg

ednwireland wrote: »

know what you mean wouldnt want too many people to turn up to events

so why isnt linked off the leisure tab :rolleyes:

Roads Question 1 ?
Answer to Q1

Roads Question 2:
Q2 Answer

April Events
Sorry, there are no events this month

...all you need to know.

ednwireland

blorg wrote: »

Roads Question 1 ?
Answer to Q1

Roads Question 2:
Q2 Answer

April Events
Sorry, there are no events this month

...all you need to know.

how much that website cost again ?

katie_h

Hey guys!

Thanks a million for all the info, plenty of food for thought there.

Will have a proper look at the calendar later on after work, hopefully, there will be some dates that suit and something in my ability range.

K

cdaly_

katie_h wrote: »

however, as it happens holidays and a friends wedding clash with both of the dates.

I think you're going to have to re-consider you priorities here. Now, while I can understand that you can't put off your holidays, could your friend not re-schedule?

katie_h

You're dead right, how very selfish of him! I will ask him to re-schedule accordingly and now that I know what is on this summer, I can provide all dates that I will not be available

Lumen

ednwireland wrote: »

how much that website cost again ?

Q3 Answer.