Stephen Roche Atlantic Challenge.

SARBOY

Charity cycle in Co Clare on the 25th of March.http://www.visionchallenges.com

moby2101

Excellent ! A warmer upper bedore the Dolmen and Burren Tours!

smacl

Stunning circuit that for 80k, just about right for March. Might see if I can sneak away to the west that weekend...

byebye

I'l be givin this a lash! be a tough course if the wind in blowing!

moby2101

and the Dolmen Tour is on the following Sunday!!

http://www.ennis.dolmencc.com/

Great tour last year....
The wind howled all day but the Apple tart was mighty!!!

dafman

anyonr idea what start time for this might be ,

WakeyTyke

The last few years it started at 10am but they started from Ennis so I don't know whether the fact that it is starting from Lahinch this year will alter that.

I was talking to the organiser Pat Murphy today and he was telling me that he has arranged with Stephen Roche for cycling clubs to have a group photo taken with him before the event.

Should have asked him the start time

WakeyTyke

The start is 10am sharp.

Great route including the Corkscrew Hill climb.

funnights74

byebye wrote: »

I'l be givin this a lash! be a tough course if the wind in blowing!

Oh memories, the tour de burren last june, it blew a gale all day. They promised to turn off the wind this year!! i have it in writing

harringtonp

WakeyTyke wrote: »

The last few years it started at 10am but they started from Ennis so I don't know whether the fact that it is starting from Lahinch this year will alter that.

I was talking to the organiser Pat Murphy today and he was telling me that he has arranged with Stephen Roche for cycling clubs to have a group photo taken with him before the event.

Should have asked him the start time

Hi Guys,

Don't confuse the tours. The Atlantic challenge is a 80KM charity cycle on Mar 25th starting and finishing in Lahinch.

The Dolmen Mid West Coast & Burren Tour is a Dolmen CC organised tour, starting and finishing in Ennis on April 1st. Its been running for a few years now. Fine details are been flushed out at the moment but there will be a 130KM route, 85KM route and possibly a 30KM junior route. Start time likely to be about 10am. The 130KM is similar to the route used by the Etape Hibernia.

Paul.

WakeyTyke

The Stephen Roche Atlantic Challenge is being organised by the Clare Sunset Foundation & Friends in aid of the blind and partially sighted.

It has been running for many years now under different titles - last year it was the 'Sean Kelly Cycle for Sight'. For the past few years it started from the Ennis Rugby Club and before that the Eire Og GAA ground in Ennis.

This year the organiser has decided to try starting from Lahinch, hopefully he will be rewarded by a large contingent of cyclists.

harringtonp

WakeyTyke wrote: »

The Stephen Roche Atlantic Challenge is being organised by the Clare Sunset Foundation & Friends in aid of the blind and partially sighted.

It has been running for many years now under different titles - last year it was the 'Sean Kelly Cycle for Sight'. For the past few years it started from the Ennis Rugby Club and before that the Eire Og GAA ground in Ennis.

This year the organiser has decided to try starting from Lahinch, hopefully he will be rewarded by a large contingent of cyclists.

Thanks for the background, was wondering. As its practically on my doorstep, plan on doing it.

fran oconnor

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Benbecul97

fran oconnor wrote: »

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http://www.visionchallenges.com/

fran oconnor

Benbecul97 wrote: »

http://www.visionchallenges.com/

Thanks very much, think i'll take a little spin over and do this. Might make a weekend of it.

harringtonp

SARBOY wrote: »

Charity cycle in Co Clare on the 25th of March.http://www.visionchallenges.com

great cycle today, very well organized with a large turnout and magic weather. Best day of year so far down this way.

daludo

what a day!!completed the stephen roche atlantic challenge in 3 magical hours and 20min.weather was brilliant,have the sunburn to prove it!!thanks seamus for all your advice for newbies doin first sportive,it was just like u said.tagged on to a few groups near the coast when the wind picked up and chatted with whoever i met.overall a memorable experience,bring on the next one,IM HOOKED!!!:)

harringtonp

SARBOY wrote: »

Charity cycle in Co Clare on the 25th of March.http://www.visionchallenges.com

Garmin Stats for the front group:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/161725590

Last 30KM from bottom of Corkscrew back had much more of a race than sportive feel. Far less left in the tank at the end of it than during the previous two Sunday's A4 races.

VanhireBoys

Had a brilliant day ... Stayed overnight in a great B&B _ Boy let us check out about 2pm and I had a shower and all !

Event was class.. I was feeling sore after the Cliffs climb and tagged on to the Southside Wheeley Wheelers from Limerick - I was in with a crowd near Ballyvaughan. One fella had a cramp and just stopped in the road, I swerved left to avoid him and the fella behind was half-wheeling. Our wheels touched taking him off... I stopped and he was fine TG !

I was trying to stay ahead of a work collegue - We met just before the corker ! I tryed to lose him but he held on and passed me ! He opened up the gap a bit but a youngfella from Le Jeune was on my wheel and made really good time over the next section.. I caught the hoor back and we were showboatin the whole way back... I got him the other side of Ennistimon !

Met Stephen Roache who was very complimentary of my old Peugeot !

We made it in under 3hrs - I have no speedo or Garmin or powermeter ! My body tells me how I am going....!

Best day Ive had in 2 years :cool:

haybob

The event may have been well organised, a huge success and for a very worthy cause but as someone living along the route I wasn't informed the road would be more of less closed, traffic held up, people delayed.

The day was a cracker and Lahinch busy so that did worsen the effects of the race but I would urge the organiser to contact those of us living on the route please

midlands1

harringtonp wrote: »

Garmin Stats for the front group:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/161725590

Last 30KM from bottom of Corkscrew back had much more of a race than sportive feel. Far less left in the tank at the end of it than during the previous two Sunday's A4 races.

This cycle was was supposed to have been a leisure cycle not a race . Perhaps for next year they could have 2 groups eg. a sportive group and a leisure group. Pace way too fast if it was a leisure cycle.

harringtonp

midlands1 wrote: »

This cycle was was supposed to have been a leisure cycle not a race . Perhaps for next year they could have 2 groups eg. a sportive group and a leisure group. Pace way too fast if it was a leisure cycle.

It was a sportive or leisure cycle, the pace often gets like this towards the front in these events and it is difficult to control it otherwise. That doesn't detract from the fact that a majority of participants are happy to be able to complete the course and do so at their own pace.

harringtonp

haybob wrote: »

The event may have been well organised, a huge success and for a very worthy cause but as someone living along the route I wasn't informed the road would be more of less closed, traffic held up, people delayed.

The day was a cracker and Lahinch busy so that did worsen the effects of the race but I would urge the organiser to contact those of us living on the route please

Depending on where you live, it could be a little of the same this coming Sunday with the Dolmen Burren Challenge. Numbers will be smaller but there still will be some disruption. Have a look at

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=77436382

to get times, route details etc.

haybob

harringtonp wrote: »

Depending on where you live, it could be a little of the same this coming Sunday with the Dolmen Burren Challenge. Numbers will be smaller but there still will be some disruption. Have a look at

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=77436382

to get times, route details etc.

Please don't take this personally and fair play for making an effort but it just not good enough to be finding out about it on a message board send letters or go door to door

CheGuedara

A letter of call to every house and door for 60 -160km!!! (typical sportif event distances) That's a bit of an ask really isn't it!? Contacting each individual house over a potentially huge catchment is simply is an impossible, unfeasable and unreasonable expectation of most cycling clubs which operate on very small budgets to very tight margins.

Most clubs should/would have the common sense to let the AA and the local radio know about their event for their traffic updates and event news, let the local tourist offices know to make people aware and if doing a bit of good PR maybe even get a spot in the local paper. If these *reasonable attempts* at informing the public fail to be picked up on then it's simply bad luck for the uninformed person and they just have to take a deep breath and accept they may be slightly delayed.