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Mourne Navigation Race – you’ve been Facebooked!!

I was never a big fan of social networking sites like Facebook when they first came out. They seemed to be full of kids happy to slag each other off at any opportune moment. I even remember hating when mobile phones started to be common place in the mid ‘90s. No longer could you [read more...]

So where are you going? (My art of navigation)

For me the main criteria for any adventure race is navigation. Without navigation a race is simply a straight forward multisport race…..whether off road or not. In an adventure race your ability to run fast or cycle like a mad man means nothing if you’re not going it the right direction. A good navigator is [read more...]

Entries open for the Achill Mountain Marathon

Entries finally opened for the inaugural Achill Mountain Marathon. Held over the first weekend of May, the event will follow a traditional mountain marathon format in which participants (solo or teams of two) navigate their way around a two-day course on Achill Island. The midway camp will be in the same location as the start [read more...]

A New Mountain Marathon for 2010

26Extreme have been busy and have just released information on a new mountain marathon. The Achill Mountain Marathon is planned at the beginning of May, well away from the classic Mourne Mountain Marathon which dominates the Autumn calandar. However, the Achill Mountain Marathon is open to solo runners as well as pairs and the overnight [read more...]

WinSplits Results up for today's Autumn Trophy 1 Orienteering at Hillsborough Forest http://bit.ly/cHoUXdSeptember 4, 2010 6:56
Here we go again! RT @metofficeNI: ADVISORY of Heavy Rain for N. Ireland valid from 0001 Mon 06 Sep to 2359 Mon 06 Sep http://bit.ly/9rb8ZtSeptember 4, 2010 2:52
It turned out a bit of a wet run at the orienteering today at Hillsborough. Dry start, very wet finish, but super fun..think i finished 5thSeptember 4, 2010 2:33
@johnlaughlin No i have not tried them, but i have see them and they look good + the kids were enjoying being at that position on the bike.September 3, 2010 10:45
@johnlaughlin Try this John ... http://www.myweeride.co.uk/about.htmlSeptember 3, 2010 2:19
This looks very interesting? The New Fenix HP20 headtorch http://www.fenixlight.com/viewnproduct.asp?id=76September 3, 2010 11:57

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