Trials For European Championships and Snowdon
- Description:
- Trials for European Championships
- County:
- Wicklow
- Date:
- Saturday 30th April, 2022
- Time:
- 10:00
- Climb (m):
- 664
- Distance (km):
- 10.50
- Event Difficulty:
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7 (1,3,3) - Easy Terrain, >500M ascent, >10Km
- Race Marking:
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Route fully marked
- GPS Allowed:
- Yes
- Leagues:
-
- Route Description:
European Championships Senior & U20 Trials
European Championships Senior TrialThis is a trial for senior athletes interested in completing at the 2022 European Championships to be held in La Palma. The race will start at WW signpost around 80 metres above car park barrier and finish at the foot of the Maulin ride (see Map link above and photos for provisional course and profiles). Follow the Wicklow Way for 1.3km until you reach the bottom of the Maulin ride which is both the start of a hard climb and the finish of the loop/race. The steep climb is 420 metres with an average gradient of 26%. The climb crosses a fire road and turns left on the walking path above, follow the trail to the Wicklow Way and descend along the Wicklow Way to the start of the steep climb. Senior athletes compete the loop 5 times and the race finishes at the bottom of the steep climb.
Senior Men and Senior Women will compete on the same course
Route map for 2019 IMRA World Champs - Senior Trial Race by Greg Byrne on plotaroute.com
Note: European Long Distance Championships will be subject to a separate trial race to be held in Ballyhoura
European Championships U20 TrialThe junior race for athletes born 2003-2006 will start at the barrier at the top of the carpark and follow the WW for 1300mtrs turn right up the Maulin Ride Climb this ride turn a sharp left to rejoin the WW at Ride Rocks from here rejoin the WW and follow the WW Descent and cross the river Dargle then climb on the WW towards Djouce Race finishes at the start of the climb
PLEASE NOTE: Runners will have a significant run back to Crone Wood car park from their respective finish lines. It is highly advised to bring a jacket for this purpose.
Route map for 2019 European Champs - U20 Trial Race by Greg Byrne on plotaroute.com
European Championships Trial - Crone Wood
ENTRIES Enter online - you must first register with MyImra. Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association runners must register with IMRA and enter on line
General Criteria of Selection of Internationals:
Selection will be carried out on the following basis.
- Performance in any trial race held by IMRA. Target times will be set for trial races, those runners completing the race quicker than this time will be considered for selection according to the order they finish. Achieving the target time is not a guarantee of selection. Where no runners complete the race within the target time the selection committee may, at their discretion, select athletes who ran the trial in order to complete a team, develop promising newcomers to hill running or account for particularly tough weather or course conditions on the day of the trial.
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Performance in alternative races to the trial race will be considered only where the athlete has contacted the selectors in advance, via email to selection@imra.ie, to inform them of their inability to attend the trial race and agreed with the selection committee an alternative race to be used to judge form at the time of the trial race.
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In all circumstances the selection committee will have the option to select full teams, individual athletes or no athletes for a championship. When making final selections the selection committee will consider the panel of runners available, the financial backing available to support any athletes that may qualify for selection and the potential for success of a team made up from the available runners. Only when the funding is available and athletes of sufficient standard are available will individuals or teams be selected.
European Championship Selection Basis:
First two qualifying athletes in the trial race in all categories, provided that the guideline selection times are achieved. Other positions for selection will also be considered based on the trial race and on individual ranking as per recent performances at other National and International running events completed within the 6 months preceding the trial race (preference is given to performances in the mountains). This means that full teams may not be selected to travel to the Championship event.
The athletes' contribution for the costs of travel to the European Mountain Running championships is yet to be finally determined. Provisional date of departure 30th June 2022
Target Time Men 46 Mins
Target Time Women 55 mins
U20 European Championship Selection Target Times:
- Junior Men (5.5 km with 520m climb and 101m descent): 29 mins
- Junior Ladies (5.5 km with 520m climb and 101m descent): 37 mins
You need to have done 2 non-running volunteer roles in a calendar year to qualify for end of year prize
Check with race director if they have a need for people volunteering and running. Race directors need a minimum number of
people available throughout the race to make the race work so non-running volunteers are preferable. While it can be helpful,
volunteering in a volunteer and race capacity does not count towards qualifying for end of year prize
