Wicklow Way run from Marlay to Roundwood - July 6th.

belcarra

Continuing on from my previous trip along the Dublin Mountains Way I have now decided to have a go at running from Marlay Park to Roundwood along the Wicklow Way.

It would be done at a nice gentle pace with the main aim on going long rather than fast. The essentials of the trip are:
Start at the beginning in Marlay Park and over Three Rock, down past Glencullen and over Prince William’s Seat.
(Distance - 14.4 km, Climb - 556m)
The next bit from Curtlestown to Lough Tay via Crone Woods and Djouce
(Distance – 15.1 km, Climb - 759m)
Finally, we could finish up by running from Lough Tay via Lough Dan and finish in Roundwood for a well deserved refreshment!
(Distance – 8.0 km, Climb - 126m)
So, approximately 38km distance and 1,400m of climb. There should be stunning scenery on a nice day and I’d guess the run should take a little over 4 1/2 hours or so.

The main issue would be getting back to the cars/civilisation but we could work that out later.
Blockic is coming along and possibly Vader MLK also. Anyone else interested in joining us?

Kurt Godel

belcarra wrote: »

The main issue would be getting back to the cars/civilisation but we could work that out later.

St Kevin's bus service returns to Dublin, leaving Roundwood 6pm. (or leaving GdaL 5:40pm if you were to continue your run along WW to there)

belcarra

Kurt Godel wrote: »

St Kevin's bus service returns to Dublin, leaving Roundwood 6pm. (or leaving GdaL 5:40pm if you were to continue your run along WW to there)

As far as I'm aware that service goes nowhere near the Marlay Park area (where cars would be parked)? I could be wrong though.

nerraw1111

There's a bus back from Roundwood to Dublin.

Which would allow for refreshments in Roundwood. http://www.glendaloughbus.com/ Leaves at 16.45 from the Roundwood inn.

See Kurt has got ahead of me. Always the option of a bus/Luas out to Marlay park.

blockic

Really looking forward to my first mountain running expedition! After seeing the great hype and performances on the Wicklow Way Relay last month I'd had my mind set on trying some of the legs first hand.

Thanks to belcarra for having interest in it also as I would be totally lost otherwise. Would be great to get a good group together.

sideswipe

Count me in. Taxi back to Marley divided by 4 might be cheep enough? Looking forward to this, WW solo race 2014 here we come???

statss

Count me in. This will be great prep for the Dublin mountain plod two weeks later. I'm a little concerned the distance might be too much for me but ill build up my distances again over the next few weeks. Happy to split a taxi back to Dublin south after with someone.

Krusty_Clown

Stick me down as a maybe. It would be good training for the alpine marathon.
Will there be medals?

belcarra

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Stick me down as a maybe. It would be good training for the alpine marathon.
Will there be medals?

Will this do?

drquirky

I'm a maybe for this as well- might fit well to kick off Budapest training...

DogSlySmile

Stick me down for the Ultra option (Marley - roundwood, follow the WW back to glencullen then follow the DMW back to Shankill and home).

Should make for a great last long run before Bay2Bray

sideswipe

Just got a taxi quote from a local guy for €10 a head back to Marley (Sth Dublin). I can organize for any one interested closer the time.

PaulieYifter

Put me down as a maybe too - been planning to cover some of the other legs in the relay too. A nice kick start to the autumn marathon training cycle alright!

belcarra

Right so, a suitable amount of interest to demand a table!

Name|Definite|Maybe
Belcarra|Definite|
Blockic|Definite|
Sideswipe|Definite|
Statss|Definite|
DogSlySmile|Definite|
Vader MLK||Maybe
Krusty_Clown||Maybe
Drquirky||Maybe
PaulieYifter||Maybe

timchapman

Im a maybe too. Have to check work. I was planning on doing the ww in 2 sections back to back around that time.

PaulieC

belcarra wrote: »

Right so, a suitable amount of interest to demand a table!

Name|Definite|Maybe
Belcarra|Definite|
Blockic|Definite|
Sideswipe|Definite|
Statss|Definite|
DogSlySmile|Definite|
Vader MLK||Maybe
Krusty_Clown||Maybe
Drquirky||Maybe
PaulieYifter||Maybe

oooh getting serious now that there's a table. I did this run last year with a mate and it's brilliant. Started off in Marley in the sunshine having to remove layers, then went through snow on Djouce before back to sunshine by the time we got to Lough Tay. Drizzle, rain and hail in the intermediate bits . Would love to join you but I'll be away foreign, best of luck!

PaulieYifter

statss wrote: »

Count me in. This will be great prep for the Dublin mountain plod two weeks later. I'm a little concerned the distance might be too much for me but ill build up my distances again over the next few weeks. Happy to split a taxi back to Dublin south after with someone.

statss - where/how do you enter for the Dublin Mountain Plod?

Micilin Muc

Count me in for the first two legs.

I thought I would share my progression of emotions when I read this thread:

:mad:...:(...:o...:)...:D...:pac:

Micilin Muc

Name|Definite|Maybe
Belcarra|Definite|
Blockic|Definite|
Sideswipe|Definite|
Statss|Definite|
DogSlySmile|Definite|
Micilín Muc|Definite|
Vader MLK||Maybe
Krusty_Clown||Maybe
Drquirky||Maybe
PaulieYifter||Maybe

nerraw1111

Name|Definite|Maybe
Belcarra|Definite|
Blockic|Definite|
Sideswipe|Definite|
Statss|Definite|
DogSlySmile|Definite|
Micilín Muc|Definite|
Vader MLK||Maybe
Krusty_Clown||Maybe
Drquirky||Maybe
PaulieYifter||Maybe
nerraw||Maybe
[/QUOTE]

Depending on what time we set out at.

tunguska

I went over a part of it last week(started from marley park) on the rothar and bloody hell theres a few climbs. They come fairly quickly too, just after the first mile. Lovely route though.

jeffontour

Name|Definite|Maybe
Belcarra|Definite|
Blockic|Definite|
Sideswipe|Definite|
Statss|Definite|
DogSlySmile|Definite|
Micilín Muc|Definite|
Vader MLK||Maybe
Krusty_Clown||Maybe
Drquirky||Maybe
PaulieYifter||Maybe
nerraw||Maybe
jeffontour||Maybe

statss

PaulieYifter wrote: »

statss - where/how do you enter for the Dublin Mountain Plod?

From what ive read before entry is made via the imra website- I've not done it yet myself.

belcarra

statss wrote: »

From what ive read before entry is made via the imra website- I've not done it yet myself.

IMRA are still looking for a Race Director for this event so the entry details will probably not come live until after that time. Keep an eye on the IMRA event page for updates.

BeepBeep67

Name|Definite|Maybe
Belcarra|Definite|
Blockic|Definite|
Sideswipe|Definite|
Statss|Definite|
DogSlySmile|Definite|
Micilín Muc|Definite|
Vader MLK||Maybe
Krusty_Clown||Maybe
Drquirky||Maybe
PaulieYifter||Maybe
nerraw||Maybe
jeffontour||Maybe
BeepBeep67||Maybe Baby

career_move

Name|Definite|Maybe
Belcarra|Definite|
Blockic|Definite|
Sideswipe|Definite|
Statss|Definite|
DogSlySmile|Definite|
Micilín Muc|Definite|
Vader MLK||Maybe
Krusty_Clown||Maybe
Drquirky||Maybe
PaulieYifter||Maybe
nerraw||Maybe
jeffontour||Maybe
BeepBeep67||Maybe Baby
career_move||Maybe|


I'm presuming girls are allowed too

b.harte

Name|Definite|Maybe
Belcarra|Definite|
Blockic|Definite|
Sideswipe|Definite|
Statss|Definite|
DogSlySmile|Definite|
Micilín Muc|Definite|
Vader MLK||Maybe
Krusty_Clown||Maybe
Drquirky||Maybe
PaulieYifter||Maybe
nerraw||Maybe
jeffontour||Maybe
BeepBeep67||Maybe Baby
career_move||Maybe|
b.harte||Maybe|


People from down south allowed too, like?

PaulieYifter

This thing is growing!
Is there a consensus on a start time yet?
Belcarra - what did you have in mind?

average_runner

PaulieYifter wrote: »

This thing is growing!
Is there a consensus on a start time yet?
Belcarra - what did you have in mind?

What pace and distance are we talking here?

belcarra

career_move wrote: »

Name|Definite|Maybe
Belcarra|Definite|
Blockic|Definite|
Sideswipe|Definite|
Statss|Definite|
DogSlySmile|Definite|
Micilín Muc|Definite|
Vader MLK||Maybe
Krusty_Clown||Maybe
Drquirky||Maybe
PaulieYifter||Maybe
nerraw||Maybe
jeffontour||Maybe
BeepBeep67||Maybe Baby
career_move||Maybe|


I'm presuming girls are allowed too

It was looking like quite the sausage fest there alright!:D

belcarra

b.harte wrote: »

Name|Definite|Maybe
Belcarra|Definite|
Blockic|Definite|
Sideswipe|Definite|
Statss|Definite|
DogSlySmile|Definite|
Micilín Muc|Definite|
Vader MLK||Maybe
Krusty_Clown||Maybe
Drquirky||Maybe
PaulieYifter||Maybe
nerraw||Maybe
jeffontour||Maybe
BeepBeep67||Maybe Baby
career_move||Maybe|
b.harte||Maybe|


People from down south allowed too, like?

As long as your papers are in order!
But just so you know where you stand...Culchie > Dub > Corkonian!
You may be required to sit in Third class with blockic on the way back to Dublin...