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Quest Glendalough 2019
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26-03-2019 10:21am#1
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How tough is the course? Expert Route.
Would you manage it if half fit !! Bit worried
your half fit and someone elses might be poles apart...
Its tough but if you are only doing it to get out for the day and not pushed on a time..you will get around..scenery alone will keep you occupied..0 -
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How tough is the course? Expert Route.
Would you manage it if half fit !! Bit worried
I last did it in 2016 but the course is very similar, just the final run is now longer. A little over 3 hours for the winner so you can work out your own time from that hopefully. You will manage it if half fit but have to be nicely conservative for the first 5 stages and then try to keep that easy pace up to the finish
Percentage of time you spend running and cycling if you relatively similar at both running and cycling..
run cycle kayak
2016 48% 47% 5%
2019 51% 44% 5%
Basically it's a runners race with harder than usual cycling giving strong cyclists a chance. You can essentially ignore the kayak apart from remembering to enjoy the view. 21km of running is a lot. The 3rd run is much harder than it looks.
4 runs is quite hard as you have many transitions and many chances to get cramp.
Very worthwhile to stay in trail shoes for the entire event (as opposed to swapping into cycling shoes) despite the 1000m of climbing on the bike. Just make sure you have spinny gearing on the bike.
stage 1 : very hilly uphill only bike ride straight from the gun
Stage 2: hillrun
3 : Very hilly up and down bike ride
4 : harder hillrun
5: undulating ride
6 : surprisingly hard hardpack trail run
7 : short kayak
8: flat trail run
9: pints?1 -
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I last did it in 2016 but the course is very similar, just the final run is now longer. A little over 3 hours for the winner so you can work out your own time from that hopefully. You will manage it if half fit but have to be nicely conservative for the first 5 stages and then try to keep that easy pace up to the finish
Percentage of time you spend running and cycling if you relatively similar at both running and cycling..
run cycle kayak
2016 48% 48% 5%
2019 51% 48% 5%
Basically it's a runners race with harder than usual cycling giving strong cyclists a chance. You can essentially ignore the kayak apart from remembering to enjoy the view. 21km of running is a lot. The 3rd run is much harder than it looks.
4 runs is quite hard as you have many transitions and many chances to get cramp.
Very worthwhile to stay in trail shoes for the entire event (as opposed to swapping into cycling shoes) despite the 1000m of climbing on the bike. Just make sure you have spinny gearing on the bike.
stage 1 : very hilly uphill only bike ride straight from the gun
Stage 2: hillrun
3 : Very hilly up and down bike ride
4 : harder hillrun
5: undulating ride
6 : surprisingly hard hardpack trail run
7 : short kayak
8: flat trail run
9: pints?
Cheers, coming from a soccer/football background so it's hard to compare fitness for an hour and a half of a game to a first time endurance event. Sounds good though, looking forward to giving it a go. Training away doing 1 hour sessions both running and cycling for last 2 months but the length of the whole thing together is new territory.
Interesting to see how it goes, I'm comfortable on a bike on hills but running hills is a different story!!
I'm definitely looking forward to stage 9 0 -
Cheers, coming from a soccer/football background so it's hard to compare fitness for an hour and a half of a game to a first time endurance event. Sounds good though, looking forward to giving it a go. Training away doing 1 hour sessions both running and cycling for last 2 months but the length of the whole thing together is new territory.
Interesting to see how it goes, I'm comfortable on a bike on hills but running hills is a different story!!
I'm definitely looking forward to stage 9
Dont go mad at the start when the adrenaline is pumping,
Dont kill yourself..You'll get the same medal as everyone else....
Forget about times and pace yourself,
Theres a lot of hills in it so make sure to fuel and hydrate properly,
Dont take any fuel you havent already in training run/bike...
Sort out race clothes beforehand too...
Most importantly enjoy it....
Very few will run all the uphills so youll be in good company with a power walk to the summits in places...0 -
Cheers, coming from a soccer/football background so it's hard to compare fitness for an hour and a half of a game to a first time endurance event. Sounds good though, looking forward to giving it a go. Training away doing 1 hour sessions both running and cycling for last 2 months but the length of the whole thing together is new territory.
Interesting to see how it goes, I'm comfortable on a bike on hills but running hills is a different story!!
I'm definitely looking forward to stage 9
The cycling is actually pretty hard, especially the climb up Slieve Maan (second cycle) . If you have time might be worth trying to get a 2 or 2.5 hour spin in this weekend, just to get a bit used to the longer time on the go.0 -
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The Davestator wrote: »Fair play - good tips. Put flat pedals on last night so might give them another little tighten!
As long as I dont get back to my bike and cant find it with all the flashing lights
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The Noble Nudge wrote: »As long as I dont get back to my bike and cant find it with all the flashing lights
I did think that! Mine will be flashing anyway, so you've already self sabotaged your idea!0 -
The Davestator wrote: »I did think that! Mine will be flashing anyway, so you've already self sabotaged your idea! all 3 of us on here with flashing lights...
Be sure to say hello..
Bring a slab of Carlsberg for all these years of tips you're getting too!0 -
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Fell into the lake while doing the Kayak section.
That water was coooold!
As a result it made a mess of my time. Been doing it since it started in 2016 and this was by far my worst time. The extra 2k at the end was a bit of a killer, in particular the zig-zagging on the GAA pitch to the finish line.
Other than the mess up in the lake I quite enjoyed it this year. The weather was a bit cooler which was less oppressive.
I actually liked that they moved the finish line as it was closer to the car park but it made it all a bit chaotic for the people on the later waves as there were lots of people milling around the bike area.
Roll on 2020!0 -
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It was my first adventure race. Did the sport 43km. Absolutely loved it. The mucky downhill on the first 6km run was great craic. That downhill at the start of the 20km bike was so fast... nearly lost my sh1t. No wonder they have an ambulance at the bottom
Kayak was a rest but then the last 4km run felt like 6or7.
Brilliant buzz about the place, well organised and I'll defo do more quests along the way.
Moxie next!0 -
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Cheers lads for the responses so far. I usually do 3 weight sessions and 2/3 cardio sessions in gym a week so said last night for cardio session that I would do 20 mins spinning bike, 20 mins run and 2,000m row session. I started off on the bike...... and now had the resistance on bike up to almost maximum to best replicate going up a steep incline and then soon as finished bike and went to go into a run on threadmill my legs cramped up straight away.............big shock to the body to be honest!!!!!!
Just highlighted the importance of getting in some heavy endurance training over the next few weeks and need to practice those heavy hill inclines on the bike. I not going to panic as know over the next 8 weeks of training i will put in two good sessions a week to support the race on the day!!
It's all aerobic, there's zero need for weights sessions for these races. Swap those out for runs or cycles. Do a long cycle and a long run at the weekend. Easy 0 -
It's all aerobic, there's zero need for weights sessions for these races. Swap those out for runs or cycles. Do a long cycle and a long run at the weekend. Easy
Appreciate all advice and the tip about Diorlyte was very interesting as no body had ever suggested this to me to prevent cramp. I know there no need for weights training but this is something that I have been consistently the last few years and particularly enjoy so have been keen maintain the weight sessions while preparing for Quest.
Got in 3 good Brick training sessions last week but weather conditions made roads difficult so couldnt chance going through hilly roads as the all off track where I am from. The legs are feeling better with every session and the trasnsitioning between bike to run each time has felt good. The plan is still to do a dry run of the Bike stages in Glendalough in the few weeks previous to the race0 -
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