Adventure Races 2012

goalie2

Folks,

Was looking for a list if adventure races for 2012? Would like to do 5/6. I know Wicklow Roar is may, dingle is June, GF August, Achill Sept, Killarney in October. Is ther any on before Wicklow?

woody1

harlequinn adventure duathlon in castlebar,towards end of march

tang1

Theres a new one on Run Ireland site called the Lilliput Legend, think its on around end of March.

goalie2

Found War Glendalough is on in April so that should be one to get going at. Irishtriathlon.com has a good listing if adventure races there.

WithCheesePlease

goalie2 wrote: »

Found War Glendalough is on in April so that should be one to get going at. Irishtriathlon.com has a good listing if adventure races there.

Yeah - personally speaking I love WAR Glendalough in April and the West Wicklow Roar in May - have done them both the past few years and am already looking forward to the next round...

Causeway

You could also check out the CCAR Winter Series, round 1 is sold out but there is still 3 rounds left in the new year. Jan, Feb & March.

www.causewaycoastar.co.uk

norris

was just looking up adventure races and was wondering how do people compare the war glendalough with gaelforce west. i have done gaelforce for the last 3 years but would like to start doing different ones this year

Q7

norris wrote: »

was just looking up adventure races and was wondering how do people compare the war glendalough with gaelforce west. i have done gaelforce for the last 3 years but would like to start doing different ones this year

Did gaelfore west twice and WAR Glendalough last year also. Would rate WAR Glendalough slightly tougher than GF West (esp. the bike legs). Great event to get you motivated for training early next year. Very well run event, and can get there, race and back the same day if you live around Dublin. Better value in entry fee than GF also.

norris

Q7 wrote: »

Did gaelfore west twice and WAR Glendalough last year also. Would rate WAR Glendalough slightly tougher than GF West (esp. the bike legs). Great event to get you motivated for training early next year. Very well run event, and can get there, race and back the same day if you live around Dublin. Better value in entry fee than GF also.

thanks for that. If you are travelling up from cork , where is a good place to stay. Ther would be 3 of us i'd say

Q7

norris wrote: »

thanks for that. If you are travelling up from cork , where is a good place to stay. There would be 3 of us i'd say

Best bet would be a B&B around Laragh. That's were the parking is - it's about 3km from there to the bike drop & start area. Nice cycle warm up . You could probably make it back down to Cork after the race, if the leg are up to driving, or else stay another night and go on the beer.
If your there the night before I think you can register and get your numbers, t-shirt, etc - it's some hotel near Laragh. Otherwise last year you needed to register in Dublin a few days before.

RayCun

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Begs

Here's another. I was thinking of giving this a try this year.

http://www.waterfordadventurerace.com/dungarvan.shtml

Excuseless

My 2012 Race calendar (first draft!) is at MSAI Calendar

2012 Nat Adv Race Series List Here

There will be 12 events in both the Sport and Expert categories in 2012 with separate points awarded to top 100 finishers in men's and women's races.
100 points for 1st, 99 for 2nd, etc

Your best 5 results will count so the more races you do the better chance you have to improve your series ranking and allow your worst results to be disregarded

See you at the races - No excuses n all dat

woody1

its a pity that harlequin is gone from the series, but i see theres a new one in cong, so thats still 5 in mayo so i cant complain,
just an idea but to enter 5 races costs a fair bit, i wonder is there any way that a discount could be offered for multiple entries , ie enter 5 races and get a percentage off the total, i know with different organisers that itd be a tricky one to organise, or else discount codes for the next race in the series offered when you sign up for a race.. i dunno, there are probably better ideas out there, but 5 races = 250-300 odd so some little concession would be nice ..

puckfada

Plus accomodation because you have to reg the evening before and food and petrol so you are adding an extra €80+ on top of each entry.:(

Head The Wall

You can register for most races on the morning, except for gaelforce.

woody1

or sea to summit,

Bugsy2000

I came across this website recently on Run Ireland. I haven't ran any races with this company before but the races seem similar in style to Gaelforce and the like. There's also a marathon & ultra on offer.

http://www.extremenorthevents.com/index.php

carrielou

You could also chance the Headless Horseman on Easter Sunday 8th April. www.hhar.ie. I believe there is going to be an on street after party after....could be good fun

Rinker

Just spotted this advertised on the IMRA site. A 24 HR adventure race in Roundwood Co Wicklow on 31 March-1 April. http://www.shamrockar.org/

shotgunmcos

carrielou wrote: »

You could also chance the Headless Horseman on Easter Sunday 8th April. www.hhar.ie. I believe there is going to be an on street after party after....could be good fun

Hey have you done this event? My OH is thinking about it with her mate and I just wanted to get some feedback.

carrielou

No, haven't done it myself but a few buddies have and they thoroughly enjoyed it last year, really well organised and run and i believe the town is gonna have a festival for the whole weekend including live music on outside stages for the after party

former

Rinker wrote: »

Just spotted this advertised on the IMRA site. A 24 HR adventure race in Roundwood Co Wicklow on 31 March-1 April. http://www.shamrockar.org/

It's great to see more adventure races. I'm trying my first CCAR this weekend.

roseybear

hi to all, was just looking for a challenge for myself this yr and came across the war race in glendalough that was mentioned in this thread? just wondering what people's experiences were regarding it and what theyd recommend to do in preparation for it? the running isn't prob, i could last the longer one no bother but just wondering bout the cycle part of things? im no stranger to the bike but don't know if id b pushing it too much on this?

DogSlySmile

roseybear wrote: »

hi to all, was just looking for a challenge for myself this yr and came across the war race in glendalough that was mentioned in this thread?

Shhh!!!!... Don't mention the war!!

roseybear

DogSlySmile wrote: »

Shhh!!!!... Don't mention the war!!

haha now i really want to do it

Causeway

former wrote: »

I'm trying my first CCAR this weekend.

Well how did you fair out, did you enjoy it? Next one is only 4 weeks away in Craigavon which should be a bit closer to home. Fair play to you for coming up to the north coast.

tunney

roseybear wrote: »

DogSlySmile wrote: »

Shhh!!!!... Don't mention the war!!

haha now i really want to do it

are you sure about that?

"don't mention the war" probably doesn't mean what you think here.

former

Causeway wrote: »

Well how did you fair out, did you enjoy it? Next one is only 4 weeks away in Craigavon which should be a bit closer to home. Fair play to you for coming up to the north coast.

It was brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

First of all there's the team element. We were both buzzing on the drive home reviewing everything that happened during the day.

The race took a good bit longer than I expected - there were many orienteering controls and obviously a lot of thought and work had gone into the organisation.

Biking through the muck was such a laugh!

We'll definitely be back for more next month.

kickbox1

Hi guys, sorry to butt in on the conversation but i have completed 3 full marathons, 3 halfs along with a couple of 10k. I also competed in the "sea 2 summit" last November and would love to do more adventure races. Can't swim (something i aim to put right this year). I am going to enter the harlequin in march and aim to do gaelforce this year, with long term plans to complete a half iron man. Struggling with my running since before cork marathon last year (ran a pb 3.50:o) before crashing in dublin with a horrible 4.17:mad:. So not super fast by any standards especially on this site (was embarrased about posting times). Looking for any advice e could offer me in terms of races or training. Thanks.

franky1

goalie2 wrote: »

Folks,

Was looking for a list if adventure races for 2012? Would like to do 5/6. I know Wicklow Roar is may, dingle is June, GF August, Achill Sept, Killarney in October. Is ther any on before Wicklow?

Yes Lilliput Legend is a new one on 7th of July. They are offering Kick as 65kmor bad ass 45. At €50 entry its the cheapets around and they are offering hot meal, free camping etc for the event. Chek it out at www.lilliputlegend.com It is only an hour from Dublin just outside Mullingar

former

Causeway wrote: »

Well how did you fair out, did you enjoy it? Next one is only 4 weeks away in Craigavon which should be a bit closer to home. Fair play to you for coming up to the north coast.

Another very enjoyable CCAR event up the north yesterday - better weather and a bit shorter. These races are great.

Patdel

Lot of good adventure races out there especially Killarney but the cost of these races are very expensive , I have no idea what the breakdown is but but do we really need to get a jersey each time, im sure this would reduce cost significantly
Killarney this year is €86 for the early bird which seems very expensive to me why the increase on last year ?

former

Killarney is an iconic venue and was a great event last year.

There is better value out there, if you look around. For example, the Achill ROAR is €50 and it is always a great weekend.

lgk

Patdel wrote: »

...but do we really need to get a jersey each time, im sure this would reduce cost significantly

It actualy wouldn't, race organisers can land these for under €5, so including them makes the entry fee look like better value.

nerraw1111

On another note, Gaelforce has dropped their plans for the "extreme" race according to a Facebook post a few days ago

Causeway

lgk wrote: »

It actualy wouldn't, race organisers can land these for under €5, so including them makes the entry fee look like better value.

Would love to know were you got that info from.

On the cost of the races the CCAR events don't offer any fancy tech t-shirts or cycle jerseys but we do lay on a good spread of food afterwards and a load of tasks with-in a race. The cost €42 per person.

lgk

Causeway wrote: »

Would love to know were you got that info from.

On the cost of the races the CCAR events don't offer any fancy tech t-shirts or cycle jerseys but we do lay on a good spread of food afterwards and a load of tasks with-in a race. The cost €42 per person.

Hey Ivan, I won't mention his name here, but it was one of the organisers of the bigger multi-sports series. Gets them in from India if I recall correctly.

I'm a big fan of the CCAR races, best organised, best value and most enjoyable races I have ever participated in. Just gutted I've missed the current series through injury. Good to see this is being more widely recognised as well with the big numbers you're getting this year.

Keep it up!

Satanta

Not sure if this one has been mentioned in here yet.... Coastal Cancer Challenge is up in Donegal and wil be in the same sort of format as the Gael Force events.

Enduro

Patdel wrote: »

Lot of good adventure races out there especially Killarney but the cost of these races are very expensive , I have no idea what the breakdown is but but do we really need to get a jersey each time, im sure this would reduce cost significantly
Killarney this year is €86 for the early bird which seems very expensive to me why the increase on last year ?

Most of the adventure races (the real ones) aren't run on a profit making basis. They tend to be run by and for enthusiasts of the sport. Even the big international races rarely make much in the way of profit. Quite the reverse generally.

The multi-sports races (such as the Killarney one mentioned) are all run on a commercial basis. There is nothing wrong with that whatsover, but the result is that they have to make money for the organisers. Otherwise, obviously enough, its not in their interest to organise them. The multi-sports races are much closer to being triathlons than to being proper adventure races, and they seem to be reasonably well priced in comparison.

The only other country that I know of with these multi-sports races is New Zealand. It has the grand-daddy of them all, the Coast to Coast. A kiwi adventure racer friend of mine was telling me last year that the organiser of that race clears a 6 figure profit from the race. Things haven't gotten anywhere near that here yet, I think.

DogSlySmile

Enduro wrote: »

The only other country that I know of with these multi-sports races is New Zealand. It has the grand-daddy of them all, the Coast to Coast. A kiwi adventure racer friend of mine was telling me last year that the organiser of that race clears a 6 figure profit from the race. Things haven't gotten anywhere near that here yet, I think.

With the entrance fee working out at around 570 euro you can see why!:eek:

Causeway

lgk wrote: »

Hey Ivan, I won't mention his name here, but it was one of the organisers of the bigger multi-sports series. Gets them in from India if I recall correctly.

I'm a big fan of the CCAR races, best organised, best value and most enjoyable races I have ever participated in. Just gutted I've missed the current series through injury. Good to see this is being more widely recognised as well with the big numbers you're getting this year.

Keep it up!

Fair enough, just thought it was something you might have heard through the grapevine and we all know how that can go sometimes.

Glad to hear you're a big fan of the CCAR events, hope you get over your injury soon and we see you back again.

nerraw1111

Interesting article in Irish Times business section on Gaelforce

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0306/1224312841815.html

ThisRegard

From the article

A lot of people are turning to adventure sports because they can’t afford the gym any more and it helps them cope with stress

I'm going wrong somewhere. I've spent a small fortune around the races and Ciara must be based in Westport as she never endured the fun of a Friday afternoon getting to Westport from Dublin say, registering, racking your bike and attaching your gear to it and getting back to Westport to try find a decent dinner !