Wicklow Way Half

Description:

Lough Tay to Crone and back along the Wicklow Way

County:

Wicklow

Date:

Saturday 18th March, 2023

Time:

09:30

Climb (m):

840

Distance (km):

22.00

Event Difficulty:

7 (1,3,3) - Easy Terrain, >500M ascent, >10Km

Race Marking:

- Only major junctions marked

GPS Allowed:

Yes

Leagues:

 

Route Description:

This route is a new route since 2020, from Lough Tay (Pier Gates, new car park) to Crone wood (yellow barrier) following the Wicklow Way trail markers all the way there and back again. 11k out, 11k back.

Garmin link: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5220082507

Getting There:

Piergates carpark is located approx. 5km from Roundwood village. You can find the carpark here At Pier Gates.

Organisers Instructions:

Time table for race morning- 8.15am Start of registration for early starters, please allow early starters to reg first. 8.45am Registration for main race starters. 8.55am Race brief for early starters 9am Early start 9.20am Registration closes 9.25 Race briefing for main race starters 9.30am Main race start Car parking – Please follow the car park marshals instructions when you arrive. Please do not arrive before 8am as we need time to set up etc.. Registration- There will be three tables which you need to follow in order. Registration will be busy so be patient with us. Table 1 - Please tell the volunteer your name and race number so that they can highlight your name so we know that you are here. Table 2 - Collect your race number if you have not collected it already at a previous race this year. Please know your 2023 Race number before you come to the race. You can find this on your myIMRA (take a screen shot of it). Table 3 – Laptop/Chip registration and chip scan for the race. If you have a chip from previous years bring it with you. If you do not have a chip, one will be given to you. If you don’t register your chip you will not come up in the results. Please inform laptop operator if you are taking the early start. Early Start- There is an early start at 9am. This is for runners who typically are > 160% of the winner’s time. Have a check back over previous year’s results to give you an idea of the times. If you think the 22k may take you longer than approx. 2hr 40mins please take the early start. Your race time remains the same, you just have a little head start! Faster runners who take the early start, the race director reserve the right to adjust their time back to 160%. During the race – The Wicklow Way Half follows the way marked trail over to the barrier at Crone Woods and then back again. You will meet three marshals at different points on the way out who are there to give you a cheer and hopefully take some photos. They will NOT be there on the way back. When you arrive at Crone, you must tap the barrier, there will be water to refill your water bottle. (IMRA have a no cup policy so you will need to provide your own bottle/cup). Please shout out your race number here for the volunteers so we have all runners accounted for on the turn-around. Mandatory kit is a Showerproof -jacket which must be carried or worn for the duration of the race. No jacket will result in a DNF. Trail runners are recommended. IMRA emergency number is on the back of your race number if required, phone calls only, no texts (it will be me who answers) if you decide to abandon the race at any point you must ring me and let me know so we have you accounted for. Please be mind-full of other trail users, no littering, no earphones, you must follow the way marked trail (Yellow walking man), no short cuts allowed, you must cross the stile coming off Djouce and follow the rocky path to the next stile and no whizzing down the faster grassy patch on the near side of the wall, no cutting the zig zags down through Crone Wood, anyone seen doing this will result in a DNF. Look out for each other and enjoy the morning out on the trails. Finish line- Please have your race number visible when crossing the finish line, the timing mat will catch your chip but we will still manually write down race numbers, get your finishers prize and enjoy the post-race chats. We will have water at the finish and there is the Aroma Van coffee van to buy a selection of drinks and snacks.

Prizegiving Location:

Finish line. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd male and female. There are no age category prizes for this race.

 

Volunteers (Non-Running)

You need to have done 2 non-running volunteer roles in a calendar year to qualify for end of year prize

Current Volunteers

Role	Volunteers	Accepted	Run
Race Director		Clare Keeley	No
First Aid Officer		Linda Rowden	No
First Aid Officer		Ellen HURLEY	No
Laptop Operator		Kate Flynn	No
Shadow laptop operator		Richard Beades	No
Helper		Darren Maher	No
Helper		Dan Geelon	No
Helper		Raymond Cummins	No
Helper		Vivian O'Gorman	No
Helper		Francis Conroy	No
Helper		Richard Fox	No
Helper		Jim White	No
Helper		Liam Vines	No
Helper		Michael Dowling	No
Helper		Lean Ni Chiobhain	No

Volunteers (Running)

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

Current Volunteers

Role	Volunteers	Accepted	Run
Helper		liam kenny	Yes
Helper		Roelie Smit	Yes

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