First time to do this race – a lack of any real pre race training meant it was gonna be tough.  Perfect prep for our next big Adventure race, the 3 day Slovenia AR. Getting support crew was  more of a challenge than anticipated, but thankfully through our social network that is Facebook  Cormac Power came to the rescue – and I am sure I will say it as I go on, did an outstanding  job!!! My packaing was done in a rush late Friday evening. I managed to pack all the race gear  minus socks n jocks…oh  and I … Read the rest

The weather forecast was good for the Saturday of the West Wicklow Roar so proper hydration was going to be very important for this race. I’d been drinking water all week and “taking it handy”. I’d pretty much flogged myself to death cycling the weeks leading up to this race. I havn’t really been doing any running since I injured myself at the start of the year training for the Ultra so I had a few doubths about the run going into this event. It was also going to be my first race involving proper running section (as appose to … Read the rest

Course details are now available for the West Wicklow Roar

We are really looking forward to this event after last years highly successfull Achill Roar!

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