Wicklow Way Half

Description:

Lough Tay to Crone and back along the Wicklow Way

County:

Wicklow

Date:

Saturday 8th March, 2025

Time:

09:30

Climb (m):

840

Distance (km):

22.00

Short Course Distance (km):

0.00

Event Difficulty:

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

Race Marking:

- Route fully marked

GPS Allowed:

Yes

Leagues:

Leinster Half-Marathon League 

Mandatory Kit:

Level B - Standard

• Waterproof jacket
• Hat or buff
• Gloves
• Whistle
• Charged mobile phone with emergency number stored
• Foil blanket, bivvy bag or equivalent

All runners must bring the above items to the race. The actual kit to be carried during the race will be finalised on the day, depending on conditions etc., and clearly advised at Registration.

You should also have the means to carry all the kit in case required.

Failure to have the required items may lead to you being denied entry to the race, or disqualification. Random checks may be carried out.

Getting There:

Piergates carpark is located approx. 5km from Roundwood village. You can find the carpark here in this Car Park at Pier Gates.

Early Start:

There is no early start for this race.

Organisers Instructions:

**Time table for race morning**

7.45am Registration will open.

9.15am Registration closes

9.25 Race briefing for race starters

9.30am Race start

Car parking – Please follow the car park marshals instructions when you arrive. Please do not arrive before 7.45am as we need time to set up etc..

Car parking fees can only be paid for by card/tap via the Sum-up machine. No cash accepted on the day.

Full car is free of charge

3 people per car is €2

2 people per car is €3

1 person per car is €4

Please aim to share lifts if possible or avail of the Carpool facility on the bottom of the page to reduce the volume of cars arriving at PierGates.

Registration- There will be three tables which you need to follow in order. Registration will be busy so be patient with us.

**Please make sure you have packed your 2025 race number if you already have one**

Table 1 - Please tell the volunteer your name (Starting with First Name) 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 2025 Race number before you come to the race. You can find this on your myIMRA (take a screen shot of it).

Table 3 – Laptop registration. You must have your race number with new tag system checked in on the laptop. It is really important to have checked in with Table 1 and Table 3 at registration so we can account for everyone accurately on the day.

Kit check> Please see above for Level B kit. There may be kit checks before and after the race.

During the race – The Wicklow Way Half follows the way marked trail over to the barrier at Crone Woods and then back again. It is a way marked trail so keep your eyes on the yellow man arrows.

**Crone Woods half way point**

** There will be a cut off time of 2 hours to reach Crone woods (11.30am)** (this is very close to hiking all the way pace)

If a runner misses the cut off and wishes to return on foot to Piergates, they will be marked as DNF and you are responsible for your self from that point on.

When you arrive at Crone, you must tap the barrier, there will be water to refill your water bottle and some jellys (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.

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** this is so important for us to know so please ring the IMRA number**

Please be mind-full of other trail users, strictly 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 , no cutting the zig zags down through Crone Wood, any of the above 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, we will be manually recording numbers and times as well as the new timing system, get your finishers prize and enjoy the post-race chats.

Prizegiving Location:

This years Wicklow Way Half race is a Qualifying Race for the Trofeo Nasego

Target times for qualifying : Mens 1.38 Womens 1.55 (see Robbies forum post for additional information)

Prize giving is at the finish line.

There are prizes for 1st,2nd and 3rd males and females

There are no age category prizes for this race.**

Race prize vouchers for the Wicklow Way Half have been readjusted to tie in with the Leinster Half Marathon league**

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
Deputy Race Director		Orlaith Bourne	No
First Aid Officer		Imogen Boaden	No
First Aid Officer		Graham K. Bushe	No
Laptop Operator		Mick Hanney	No
Laptop Operator		Conor O'Farrell	No
Shadow laptop operator		REBECCA CAROLAN	No
Helper		Rob Tobin	No
Helper		Leo Mahon	No
Helper		Lily Abichahine	No
Helper		Sarah Kearns	No
Helper		Vivian O'Gorman	No
Helper		Raymond Cummins	No
Helper		Patrik Albertsson	No
Helper		Enda Cloake	No
Helper		Aideen Burke	No
Helper		Henny Brandsma	No
Helper		Anne-Marie Masterson	No
Helper		David Masterson	No
Helper		Nicola Soraghan	No
Helper		Eoghan Hughes	No
Helper		Ross Donovan	No
Helper		Francis Conroy	No
Helper		Brian Smyth	No
Helper		Florence McGuinness	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		Angela Flynn	Yes

Carpool