Cooley Half

Description:

Cooley Half

County:

Louth

Date:

Sunday 1st June, 2025

Time:

11:00

Climb (m):

790

Distance (km):

21.50

Short Course Distance (km):

0.00

Event Difficulty:

8 (2,3,3) - Moderate Terrain, >500M ascent, >10Km

Race Marking:

- Route fully marked

GPS Allowed:

No

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.

Route Description:

Starting just inside the forest barrier this is an anticlockwise loop. First kilometre is on fire road to spread out the field. Then its on to small tracks and trails which bring you through G String Corner and on to Carnavaddy. From here you are on the Poc Fada route which leads to Black Mountain and the border between North and South. Follow the poc Fada yellow stones till it branches off onto some open mountain running. You will come back onto some forest which bring you to a beautiful river decent all the way back to the barrier.

Getting There:

Eircode A91FN2W

Lumpers is 1hr 20min from Bray up the M1

For the sake of the environment ,parking spaces and the crack on the day out carpooling is the way to go.

Lumpers charge €5 for the use of the car park. There is some other parking around but please don't be a nuisance parker. I am still working on a field.

Juniors:

No Juniors

Early Start:

No early start.

Organisers Instructions:

Registration is at the start/Finish area just up the road from Lumpers pub, it opens at 9:15 closes at 10:45 and is followed by race briefing at the start line. The start is 800m from the car park area which is an old quarry and is 400m past Lumpers Pub on the right hand side so leave yourself time to get up to reg

Prizegiving Location:

Start/Finish area

1st, 2nd, 3rd Male and Female prizes

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		Liam Vines	No
First Aid Officer		Peter O'Farrell	No
Race Marker		Laura O Driscoll	No
Helper		Jackie Fitzsimons	No
Helper		Aoife Mundow	No
Helper		Shane Lynch	No
Helper		Lesleyann Wylie	No
Helper		Ronan sharkey	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
Shadow laptop operator		Jeff Swords	Yes
Helper		Lillian Deegan	Yes
Helper		Joyce Tracey	Yes
Helper		Darron Tracey	Yes
Helper		Pól Ó Murchú	Yes

Carpool