Autumn MTBO/trailquest Events

News straight from the Trailblazers MTBO website:
Summer is nearly over and the new season of Mountainbike navigation events are coming around again.
The ever popular Dromara CC trailquests are taking place in the build-up to the new year, with events spread around County Down.
Our very own Trailblazers events will be taking place soon with the promise [read more...]

News on the 36hr Cooley Raid and a new winter AR series

Causeway Coast Adventure Racing are now taking entries for the Cooley Raid adventure race. 2010 will be the second year of this exciting 36hr race, which guarantees to give competitors a ‘full-on’ adventure racing experience – navigation, kayaking, ropes, trekking, swimming and a few special activities thrown in for good measure. Being held over the [read more...]

'Da Cooley Thriller' returns

It’s amazing how quickly a race gets bantered about as a classic, even though it has only been staged for a couple of years….but the Da Cooley Thriller is definantly one of those races on the MTB XC scene that deserves the title and attracts its fair share of elite, weekend warriors, adventure racers and [read more...]

Adidas TERREX - 3 Irish teams head off to the big AR race of the year

In a little under two weeks the longest adventure race to take place in the UK since the World Championships up in Scotland in 2007 will be under way. The Adidas TERREX will be a non-stop 4 day expedition race across Cumbria and will make a spectacular 400km journey through the Lake District, taking in [read more...]

WEE 9 Castle Park, Bangor – A planners tale….

It’s amazing how time catches up with you. I had agreed to plan August’s first WEE back at the beginning of May; thinking I would have plenty of time. Suddenly last night at 9pm it was all over. WEE 9 was completed, competitors safety off home and all the kit signed-off back into the trailer. [read more...]

'Tango and Cash' complete the Mourne 500

Well…not exactly ‘Tango and Cash’, but Rick and Enda….. Following their first attempt on 5th June, ‘Tango and Cash’ were all lined up to give the Mourne 500 Challenge another crack with their bikes on 30th July. Unfortunately, Davy had to pull out at the last minute and Enda (fresh from completing the Transalp Challenge) [read more...]

Battling the Beast of Ballyhoura.......

The Beast of Ballyhoura Adventure Race kicks of tonight and the lucky 12 teams that have entered the race are about to experience an uniquely Irish 36 hour non-stop race across the ancient & magical surroundings of counties Cork, Limerick & Tipperary.
Mixed teams of four will mountain run, bike, kayak, abseil, orienteer & shoot, navigating [read more...]

Rowan heads for the SwissAlpine Ultra marathon

More Ultra news….. Rowan, with Barry Tinnelly, Ian Cumming and Willie Marks head off soon to compete at this weekend’s SwissAlpine Ultra.
The SwissAlpine Ultra is biggest mountain ultramarathon in the world, and also one of the ultimate challenges for any aspiring ultra runner. The Ultra covers 78.5 km with about 2260m of ascent and [read more...]

Ultra added to the Causeway Coast Marathon

News just in from Rowan about the Causeway Coast Marathon being held on the 2nd October. An Ultra Distance event has just been added to the 2010 Causeway Coast schedule of events, which will run along side the marathon, 13.5 mile, 10km and the 26mile walk.
The Ultra Marathon event will be 39 miles in length, [read more...]

It's the big'un - C2C - Ireland's 1st Coast to Coast Multi-sport Race

The longest race (and possibly the toughest race) of the year takes place this weekend – 26 Extreme Coast to Coast Race.
Split over two days (they were thinking of doing as a continuous race), just over 310km, West to East across the north of Ireland – Enniscrone, Co Sligo to Newcastle, Co Down.
Just over 150km [read more...]

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