When is it on?
Where can I park?
What is the route?
What’s the route like to run?
I suppose there’ll be food and drink at the finish?
When is it on?
This years event is taking place on Tuesday 10 May 2011 @ 8pm sharp.
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Where can I park?
The first point of call for parking will be the Ard Ri Hotel. After that, you can park on the Bobby Burke Road, also known as the link road which joins the N17 to the Dunmore road. Please arrive early because parking will be more difficult the later you leave it.
What is the route?
The route is the same as last year. The route starts in Kilcloghans – north of Tuam, and just off the N17. The route contines around Kilcloghans and turns left onto the Ballygaddy Road. A further left turn brings you back to the N17 and the final left turn brings you into “The Meadows” – an estate beside the Ard Ri Hotel.
What’s the route like to run?
Well, we lull you into a false sense of overachievement with the first part of the race, then we separate the wheat from the chaff with the second.
From 0->1K it’s lovely and flat with a slight descent near the end.
1->2K is a steady descent followed by a flat piece. It’s also very shaded around here, so you’ll be out of the wind.
2->3K is a steady ascent – if you went off to fast you’ll feel it here.
3->3.5K is flat, but it’s the calm before the storm of about 100 metres of a steep enough little hill at the traffic lights.
Then from 4K to the end you’ll have crested the hill and it’s slightly downhill followed by a flat section. The last 500 (and 200) metres will be marked on the road so be prepared to oxygen-deprive yerselves to the finish.
I suppose there’ll be food and drink at the finish?
Yeah, right – you’ll be lucky to get a drink of water. Actually, you will get a drink of water. And, eh, that’s it. Well, what else did you expect for the price – a four course meal?
By the way, enjoy the race!
