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SERC 3-Peaks Challenge 1st April 2012

  • 08-03-2012 11:49AM
    #1
    serc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭


    The South East Road Club announce details of the 2012 edition of the 3-Peaks Challenge. With 110km and 70km versions, taking place over the same routes as previous years, this event takes in some of the major climbs in Co. Wicklow and is sure to provide a challenging, yet thoroughly enjoyable ride through this scenic part of the country.

    Event HQ is the Arklow Rocks GAA complex. Directions to the start and a course map will be provided nearer the time.

    Please note that the date is 1st April, and not as originally stated in the CI calendar.

    See SERC Website for further details.


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  • #2
    serc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭serc


    Update:

    70km Route

    110km Route

    The SERC Website has more details.


  • #3
    decrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭decrrrrrr


    IrishCycling.com is advertising this event as happening on April 8th

    http://www.irishcycling.com/events/calendar/whats-on.php

    You might want to contact them about this..


  • #4
    ryan0380
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭ryan0380


    Great event last year and the weather was super for it last year. 110k takes in slievemann and shay elliot, it was my first sportive and i thouroughly enjoyed it


  • #5
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    Trying to organise a way down to Arklow for me and Colm18, will be our first sportive if we can make it!


  • #6
    mp2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 127 ✭✭mp2012


    Was up and down SM and SE today. There is a very bad pot hole opened up on the descent of Slieve Maan. The debris from the pot hole is all across the road and will be dangerous if you can't get it swept and cleared a bit.


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  • #7
    macadam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭macadam


    Great sportive today thanks very much to all involved, we were well looked after before during and after.


  • #8
    Daithi BC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 869 ✭✭✭Daithi BC


    Good day out today - lovely weather and a nice but challenging course over Slieve Maan and Shay Elliot. Nice bit of food at the finish and a hot shower, which is always a bonus.

    Course marking could have been a bit clearer, I thought. A lot of the road markings were right on the junction, so you didn't get any warning. I certainly missed one turn and had to double back.

    Thanks to the marble city guys for putting on a highly organised chaingang on the way beck into Arklow. My Garmin reported 106.66km, 1430m of climbing and 3:40 rolling.


  • #9
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    I met a load of lads doing this on the Shay Elliott hill earlier, came over it from Laragh, and was turning at the bottom to head back the same direction as the them, got caught in the wrong gear and absolutely snotted myself, so if anyone who saw some noob falling at the crossroads...that was me!:rolleyes:


  • #10
    Sammo13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭Sammo13


    Daithi BC wrote: »
    Good day out today - lovely weather and a nice but challenging course over Slieve Maan and Shay Elliot. Nice bit of food at the finish and a hot shower, which is always a bonus.

    Course marking could have been a bit clearer, I thought. A lot of the road markings were right on the junction, so you didn't get any warning. I certainly missed one turn and had to double back.

    Thanks to the marble city guys for putting on a highly organised chaingang on the way beck into Arklow. My Garmin reported 106.66km, 1430m of climbing and 3:40 rolling.

    I think I was with you on the last 40 km of the cycle, did you go wrong with 5/6 km to go.

    Great day, serious petelon at the start, few wexford wheelers put the hammer down for the first 35 km. Enjoyed the group of 12 coming back from Rathdrum, made it hell of alot easier... Will do it next year..


  • #11
    Daithi BC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 869 ✭✭✭Daithi BC


    Sammo13 wrote: »
    I think I was with you on the last 40 km of the cycle, did you go wrong with 5/6 km to go.

    Great day, serious petelon at the start, few wexford wheelers put the hammer down for the first 35 km. Enjoyed the group of 12 coming back from Rathdrum, made it hell of alot easier... Will do it next year..

    Yep - that was me. Downhill section with a sudden kick to the left, and I went straight on.
    Sammo13 wrote: »
    Enjoyed the group of 12 coming back from Rathdrum, made it hell of alot easier.

    It was a great group with everyone doing their turns on the front.


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  • #12
    serc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭serc


    Photos of the event, thanks to James Forde, have been added to the Photos section of the SERC website


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