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Wicklow Adventure Race 18/6/2011

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  • #252
    Slogger Jogger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭Slogger Jogger


    That 2nd run sorts the men from the boys. I marshalled there last year. The amount of people that got to the top and didn't realise they had to go down the other side and back again :) Good result, well done.


  • #253
    nerraw1111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭nerraw1111


    Great race today. Opted for the Sport. Only second time running in over 3 weeks and didn’t fancy the second run at all. The first run is a bit deceiving and looks fairly benign from maps and elevation but it really tears the field apart. I watched the expert come in and the first person was clear of Marrey by about three mins. I’d guess that only about 10 people came in over the next 10 minutes.

    Lined up at the start for sport. Realised I had ‘emergency’ gels in my pocket which I meant to leave in transition. Decided to leave on a roof of a car at the entrance to transition.

    Rush of blood the head saw me leading the bunch for a few hundred metres. I also thought the start was a bit slow so was keen to get going and run the legs of the cyclists. Eventually settled in with a small group of 3 or 4 and got the legs ticking over and breathing under control. The long drag to the top was, erm long. Plan was to save something for the descent which again is tougher than it looks as you’re all out for 6km. Was about 9th to the top. Made a few places up but legs were feeling like jelly, not a good sign. Found the descent tough. Was shattered in transition. Necked an iso gel. To my dismay the gels I had left earlier had gone. Balls! I shouldn’t need them but bad nutrition planning meant I needed them now. Ho hum.

    Onto the bike. Felt ok, legs recovered a bit from the run and miraculously, I managed to overtake people. First time actually overtaking someone on the bike. Pushed on and got the first sign of dreaded cramps. Managed to stave it off save for the occasional spasm. Bike course suited me as it was slightly technical and no long drags. Very tough tho.

    Just before the turn for Shay Elliot I was caught by one of the young mayo lads. Had passed him on the run descent but he took a nasty spill on the descent and probs lost about 3 minutes. The guy just powered past me and up the Shay Elliot. Some recovery. Kept him in sight and felt great going up the climb Had a good descent and besides the odd cramp, managed the small obstacle course. Job done and happy with 6th or 7th place. Not sure yet. Heading to work afterwards wasn't fun


  • #254
    former
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭former


    4 stars (good)
    I did the sport as well but it looks like I was a good bit behind you! Anyway I really enjoyed it and I did it in a good time for me.

    I'm going to aim to do the expert next year.

    I've been doing sport events up 'till now but have decided to give a longer event a go during the later part of the season. There's so much choice now, it's unreal.

    Achill was great fun last year. Galeforce is iconic but gets mixed reports. The Killarney course looks amazing. No details available yet on Powerscourt. I might end up doing two of them!:D


  • #255
    DogSlySmile
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭DogSlySmile


    3 stars (average)
    Results: http://www.irishtriathlon.com/index.php/2011/06/53degrees-north-wicklow-adventure-race-warglenmalure/


  • #256
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    4 stars (good)
    I had a serious case of foot in mouth/famous last words on Saturday. Before the race I made the comment that the hay bales don't look as big as those we jumped in the Rough Diamond. Fast forward a few hours and I cleared the first lot no problem, got to the top of the second when my calf seriously cramped causing me to fall in a heap on the other side. All I could think of was A. the pain, B. that fecker I've being holding off for the last 15 minutes on the bike better not get by me now. Bloody agony.


  • #257
    Nem_e
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭Nem_e


    Well done to everybody doing WAR at the weekend, it sure looked like fun based on the number of smiles i saw :).

    Wasn't able to race myself due to injury, but had to drive my brother up so took the camera along to take some shots for his wife. I ended up taking about 600 shots, mostly of people doing the Full race version.
    I've uploaded about 200 to flickr which you can view at the following link

    http://www.flickr.com//photos/64276403@N03/show/

    thier in no particular order, plus i did take some shots of people getting ready for the Sport race on my way back down off the 1st run.

    I hope you can find yourself's in the photo's :)


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