Achill half/full/ultra marathon - Saturday 24 August

kit3

Anyone here doing any of these events ? All on a 13.1 mile loop - spectacular but very hilly. I've signed up for the half - looking forward to the route but think the hills will have me even slower than usual !

Details on achillultra.com - don't know how to do the linky thing on
the phone.

Oisin11178

kit3 wrote: »

Anyone here doing any of these events ? All on a 13.1 mile loop - spectacular but very hilly. I've signed up for the half - looking forward to the route but think the hills will have me even slower than usual !

Details on achillultra.com - don't know how to do the linky thing on
the phone.

Going down to do the marathon.

woody1

considering the half..might suit me from a training perspective.. must check price though.. it is achill !

kit3

woody1 wrote: »

considering the half..might suit me from a training perspective.. must check price though.. it is achill !

When I registered it was €40 but I think it might be a bit more now. Different people organising this one (local ultra runners as opposed to Achill tourism) so would approach it with an open mind. Different route too ....

woody1

50 now..which is too much for me but then again so was 40.. i know the route ive driven parts of it before, itl be a tough run, friends of mine are doing it so i might head that direction to have a look seeing as in mayo already.. i wish it luck and hopefully il register early next year if its on again..

breffni blue

Pity it's clashing with Longford, hopfully get to do it in 2014....

ray lanigan

im going to run the ultra.i heard theres plenty of hills,cant wait for the suffering

kit3

ray lanigan wrote: »

im going to run the ultra.i heard theres plenty of hills,cant wait for the suffering

Yep - very little reprieve from hills on this route and with the ultra you get to do it three times. Add to that the fact that Achill is a very windy place and part of the route is very exposed then you should get all the suffering you want I should think ! Spectacular setting though .....

ray lanigan

most senic ultra i have ever ran.tons of hills and loads of suffering i did have,cant wait for 2014 to do it all over again

kit3

ray lanigan wrote: »

most senic ultra i have ever ran.tons of hills and loads of suffering i did have,cant wait for 2014 to do it all over again

You forgot to add that you won it ! Spectacular run alright which was the main reason I did it - definately the toughest half I've done.

TFBubendorfer

ray lanigan wrote: »

most senic ultra i have ever ran.tons of hills and loads of suffering i did have,cant wait for 2014 to do it all over again

Brilliant comeback, Ray. Great photo of your finish as well!

Oisin11178

Tough but lovely course. Excellent organisation from start to finish.
Ill be back next year.

hot to trot

Looking forward to doing this again. Huge effort put into organisation and can only get even better by bigger numbers taking part and enjoying one of Ireland's premier races

dexter50

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Brilliant comeback, Ray. Great photo of your finish as well!

Quite a route alrite and I only did the half...
Does anyone have a link to the photos that were taking at the event

ray lanigan

dexter50 wrote: »

Quite a route alrite and I only did the half...
Does anyone have a link to the photos that were taking at the event

if you join up the achill page on facebook,there loads of pics on it there:)