Time for a New Adventure

El Director

Good luck Neady! Great updates Annie

Baby75

Annie get your Run wrote: »

The next cut off was 4 hours from Iron Bridge and 25KM over difficult terrain, there were a good few drop outs at Glendalough, conditions overnight were pretty awful although thankfully it was just clearing as most of them came through there. Iron Bridge was sunny and much nicer (for the spectators anyway!!). They're a hardy bunch that's for sure!!! I'm not running in case you thought I was!!!

I guessed you were not, no way you have time to update would I be right in thinking next cut off is 4 o'clock for check point Dying cow!
your so right they are really really hardy I am so impressed

Sun out in Carlow so nice day now for coming in to Clonegal

Annie get your Run

Baby75 wrote: »

I guessed you were not, no way you have time to update would I be right in thinking next cut off is 4 o'clock for check point Dying cow!
your so right they are really really hardy I am so impressed

Sun out in Carlow so nice day now for coming in to Clonegal

Yep 4pm, I wish the tracker gave the distance she is currently at, I'm useless at trying to figure it out from the 'scale' :rolleyes:

Baby75

Annie get your Run wrote: »

Yep 4pm, I wish the tracker gave the distance she is currently at, I'm useless at trying to figure it out from the 'scale' :rolleyes:

I was thinking the same thing!! I am only guessing the distance and I am a complete novice at map reading, but they are on the road coming around the bend near crossbridge well R747 so she will cross county rejoining the road near Mullinacuffe, but if you follow the road its 6.5km from R747 to Dying cow! so maybe 1KM either way it looks a more direct route that they will all be taking so I think shorter! so Neady is close now I used google maps to try figure it out LOL

edited to add, I hope the terrain is easy underfoot that could be a real killer now

Baby75

I think under 2Km to go to check point! your flying Sinead

Annie get your Run

Okay, tracker says she arrived at 15:44, it's getting tighter, hopefully she has time to change her shoes as planned and refuel. You're doing brilliantly S!!!

Next cut off is 2.5 hours at 9KM to Raheenakit.

Annie get your Run

She's on the home stretch now!!! Gone through CP5 at 17:15, 45 mins ahead of the cut off, brilliant!!! A mere 16KM left to the finish in Clonegal and a cut off time of 21:00. Absolutely phenomenal going Neady. You are truly awesome.

Bungy Girl

And looking like 3rd F too if I'm not mistaken ? That is just phenomenal!

Ososlo

Bungy Girl wrote: »

And looking like 3rd F too if I'm not mistaken ? That is just phenomenal!

Yep, that's what it looks like to me too! Amazing!!!

Bungy Girl

Ososlo wrote: »

Yep, that's what it looks like to me too! Amazing!!!

You tempted to put this on your race list :D ?

Annie get your Run

Bungy Girl wrote: »

And looking like 3rd F too if I'm not mistaken ? That is just phenomenal!

Yes she has been the whole way along pretty damn awesome!

Ososlo

Bungy Girl wrote: »

You tempted to put this on your race list :D ?

Wouldn't be capable of something like this, G, not a hope!!! She's something else!

Bungy Girl

Ososlo wrote: »

Wouldn't be capable of something like this, G, not a hope!!! She's something else!

Never say never! But yes, I agree, something else all together. Well done, Neady!

Annie get your Run

17 men left out there and 5 of them are behind Neady Still a good distance left to go but have every faith she will finish before 21:00. C'mon superwoman!! Do you thing

nop98

According to the tracker, Neady is on the home straight into Clonegal. What an amazing performance!

In case you're wondering what the home straight looks like: something like this. At this point she seems to have little over a kilometer on this road left.

As for the women's race, it looks like the top two position swapped places since Glendalough (unless I remember wrong). Number 2 back then was hot on the heels of number 1 (it was the first thing she asked when arriving in the aid-station) and she seems to have overtaken her sometime between aid stations 3 and 4.

Well done Neady, holding on for third place! Legend!

Baby75

So close now your flying

Annie get your Run

nop98 wrote: »

According to the tracker, Neady is on the home straight into Clonegal. What an amazing performance!

At this point she seems to have little over a kilometer on this road left.

As for the women's race, it looks like the top two position swapped places since Glendalough (unless I remember wrong). Number 2 back then was hot on the heels of number 1 (it was the first thing she asked when arriving in the aid-station) and she seems to have overtaken her sometime between aid stations 3 and 4.

Well done Neady, holding on for third place! Legend!

Was just trying to figure out how much was left thanks Nop! Yeah the other two changed places between 4 & 5.

Baby75

Just started raining here in Carlow town I hope you miss it or least your done in a matter of minutes now

nop98

Finished! Legend!

Annie get your Run

20:17, 43 mins under the final cut off time!!!!! LEGEND indeed, SO HAPPY for you S

Baby75

Scratch that your finished and what a great time well done and huge congratulations on completing it your some woman for one woman just brilliant

Ososlo

A brilliant result and so well deserved with the savage work you put into your training. Over the moon for you, S! Huge congratulations on the podium place. Superb!

nop98

According to the equally awesome tracker there's one participant still left to finish, with about 3km to go and 20 minutes to do it. I really hope someone is running this guy in, must be heart-breaking to be so close and still be in danger of missing the cut-off time (which I believe is 9pm).

I hope Neady has the feet up (and another change of socks at the finishline! :eek:) and that she'll put off her next marathon-length training run for at least a day or two.

Baby75

Just found the race Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TheWicklowWayRace/

Nop I hope so as well or he has Support waiting to cheer him on

jake1970

Absolutely brilliant performance Neady. Well done!!!

diego_b

Well done Neady, well deserved and most definitely earned.

Neady83

Well that was some introduction to the Wicklow Way

First off, thanks so much to Annie Get your Run and Nop98 for meeting me at Glendalough and the Iron bridge. Going up Djouce, wading through rivers of water running down the mountain and being blown off the board walk at the top, I was sure I'd miss the cut-off so I wanted to quit but only the thought of meeting these two incredibly upbeat people at Glendalough kept me going. Everyone says that we've a great group of people here on Boards but honestly, we shouldn't ever take for granted the camaraderie and support that we have, it's incredible

The toughest race I've done from a mental and physical point of view. Jeff, the race director, said at the start that it's not a challenge, it's a race with tight cut-offs and he was not wrong. The cut-offs pushed me to the pin of my collar on each stage, I don't think I took in any scenery, the yellow man was all I saw all day.

Body is fairly battered and my mind is still a bit shell shocked, will be a while before normal service resumes Thanks to everyone for tracking and following, reading the comments on here is brilliant

ThebitterLemon

Didn't think strolling around Dangan would get you into shape to take on that challenge

Definitely one for "performance of the year" award

Well done

TbL

annapr

Neady83 wrote: »

Well that was some introduction to the Wicklow Way


The toughest race I've done from a mental and physical point of view.

Now THAT is saying a lot!

I'm way behind here... missed your marathon podium too!!!! Brilliant going, looking forward to your Wicklow Way report!! I love the way you casually churn out marathons in training

RacoonQueen

Ah I was wondering if that was you when I was looking at the start list and forgot to come in and check if you were doing it.
Smashing result - well done!