St. Lukes Cancer Hospital Chariry Sportive

sidebyside

ok lads and ladies we'r having our third sportive on July 21st in Ferns Co. Wexford..theres a 100k and a 60k route to choose from both crossing mt leinster,for full details check www.mysport.ie for full details,all money raised goes straight to St Lukes Cancer Hospital,we've raised 22,000 euro to date so get on your bike for cancer...

bcmf

Will save up all my passes for this.Thanks

sidebyside

not long to this day out lads and ladies,all for a great cause,hope to see a few of yr there,thanks

detones

Hope to do this, appears to be a lovely route and the climb up Mount Leinster looks a bitch too!

sidebyside

mt leinster is a bitch:)sliabh bhui is a kick in the arse at 90k aswell!!but u can look forward to a free bbq at this stage..

Toblerone1978

I'm hoping to do this too. Assuming (and this is a big assumption) that the good weather continues, I'd like to go to the beach afterwards. Any recommendations for nearby beaches?

sidebyside

theres lovely beaches around curracloe/blackwater directiom..all in half an hrs drive from ferns..heres hopin to this weather continues!!

Inventor

detones wrote: »

Hope to do this, appears to be a lovely route and the climb up Mount Leinster looks a bitch too!

Here are the profiles of the two climbs on the 100km route.

michael196

Go h-iontach

bcmf

deffo heading to this tomorrow (presuming i wake up in time) with detones.
looking forward to it in a nervous sort of way.

Darkglasses

I'll see you there guys!

bcmf

Darkglasses wrote: »

I'll see you there guys!

Come over and say hello. I will probably be in an an post jersey and black shorts driving a blue audi.

Darkglasses

Will do, I'll be in my Boards jersey!

bcmf

Darkglasses wrote: »

Will do, I'll be in my Boards jersey!

when you are going up those hills and feel that there is something wrong with your bike.....dont worry it will only be me getting a tow up by holding onto your saddle :pac:

MichealD

Was up on the mountain today and it was stunning but so hot on the climbs. Don't be afraid to empty your bottles. There will be plenty of water on the summit, at Bunclody and on Slíabh Bhuí

Sunscreen and water!

upthe19th

Gear all ready for morning....bring 'er on.

fondriest

Great spin today and really well organised . Ate my own body weight in cake :-)

upthe19th

Excellent event today. Great goodie bag, great food stops, great marshalling and nice bbq. A lot of people put a lot of effort into today and it really showed.

Well done to all involved and thank you.

Darkglasses

Fantastic event, very much enjoyed the grub on Mt. Leinster.

Good to see so many boardsies - Nice to meet you bcmf, detones and biggus. Also good to see Captain Havoc and Michael196 again!

http://app.strava.com/activities/68731199

michael196

yahoo I got a mention !!!


Unfortunate accident approaching Mt leinster, before the climbing started.. We noted a large black sheepdog in person garden, standing to attention as the groups passed by. Unfortunately the dog decided to join in, and ran straight out the gate and into the group, taking down one rider beside me. I think another just behind.

Hope the rider was ok afterwards.

Unfortunate accident.


spectacular day , nice to have warm conditions for a change. The lead group cannot claim that juniors made the pace coming home, rather three U 16 lads paced the group home.

Well done to organisers.

detones

Great event really enjoyed it and for a great cause. Fantastic organisation for a small sportives would put some of the big ones to shame. Nice to meet dark glasses and captain havoc. Me and BCMF headed down from North County Dublin and it was worth the trip. Challenging route found mount Leinster ok but that hill at 95 ish k took the piss! Was a real sting in the tail at that stage and not suprised to see a few walking up. Lad afterward was telling us that everything used on the day was donated and 100% of the profits went to the charity. It's brilliant what a community can achieve when they work together. Well done again and thanks to all involved.

bcmf

detones wrote: »

Great event really enjoyed it and for a great cause. Fantastic organisation for a small sportives would put some of the big ones to shame. Nice to meet dark glasses and captain havoc. Me and BCMF headed down from North County Dublin and it was worth the trip. Challenging route found mount Leinster ok but that hill at 95 ish k took the piss! Was a real sting in the tail at that stage and not suprised to see a few walking up. Lad afterward was telling us that everything used on the day was donated and 100% of the profits went to the charity. It's brilliant what a community can achieve when they work together. Well find and thanks to all.

This plus 1.
That climb at 90 odd km was really evil.
Add my name in again for nxt year.Good to meet The Captain again (whom I confirm is worse climber then me.That,Captain, is very hard thing to accomplish.I salute you as I drop you on climb), Darkglassed and Bigus.
I will be back.

michael196

detones wrote: »

Great event really enjoyed it and for a great cause. Fantastic organisation for a small sportives would put some of the big ones to shame. Nice to meet dark glasses and captain havoc. Me and BCMF headed down from North County Dublin and it was worth the trip. Challenging route found mount Leinster ok but that hill at 95 ish k took the piss! Was a real sting in the tail at that stage and not suprised to see a few walking up. Lad afterward was telling us that everything used on the day was donated and 100% of the profits went to the charity. It's brilliant what a community can achieve when they work together. Well done again and thanks to all involved.

the hill does take the piss !!!

Captain Havoc

AWESOME

Darkglasses

You can see today's times going up the Mt. here, just change "All time" to "Today"

http://app.strava.com/activities/68731199#1327754411

Bigus

Great event and a handy run down from dublin(in the car).
Very wel organised and its great to pay an entry fee rather than scab for sponsorship.
Good to meet all you boardies, the gersey comes in handy darkglasses thanks for wearing it. We just did the 60 k , bigus has a bit more shrinking to do yet, but we were well in the early 60k finishers maybe in the early teens id say. Whos for the Wexford coastal tour !

Captain Havoc

Darkglasses wrote: »

You can see today's times going up the Mt. here, just change "All time" to "Today"

http://app.strava.com/activities/68731199#1327754411

You had your wheetabix this morning.

fondriest

Darkglasses wrote: »

You can see today's times going up the Mt. here, just change "All time" to "Today"

http://app.strava.com/activities/68731199#1327754411

Cool thanks for that i didn't realise you could select todays times only .

Darkglasses

fondriest wrote: »

Cool thanks for that i didn't realise you could select todays times only .

No problem. Needless to say, your time is amazing!

fondriest

Darkglasses wrote: »

No problem. Needless to say, your time is amazing!

Wouldn't say amazing but ok . The later ones are rubbish because I puntured coming out of bunclody and tried to catch up with the group again until tullow and burned the legs off myself .

wextipp

I did the 60km spin and really enjoyed it. Very well organized and everyone was very friendly and supportive. Got very bad cramps on my upper legs going up Mount Leinster and had to walk the last bit. The ice packs from the ambulance crew at the food tent were a big help. I have it ticked in for next year and will being a few more with me.

Darkglasses

Tonnes of new photos from the event have been added to St. Luke's facebook page, I see plenty of familiar faces!

See here - https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Lukes-Charity-Sportive/119385148137264?id=119385148137264&sk=photos_stream

There's also a picture of the guy who did it on the triple tandem with his two kids - awesome.