Wicklow Round Challenge - Pól Ó Murchú
Forum Messages
| Author | Date | Message |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Shannon | Aug 3 2015, 1:35pm | Weather isn't being the friendliest this week but as we're only back home from London for a few days we thought it would give it a go! Appreciate that most people will have work but if anybody fancies a post-work run/walk/slog/battle through bog feel free to come join. We will try to get our support crew to post updates here and/or using #wicklowround on twitter. Keep your fingers crossed! |
| Kevin Shannon | Aug 3 2015, 4:42pm | Sorry! Forgot the actual key details - we're going to head off at 1am tomorrow morning (Tuesday 4th). Please take this as official notification of our Wicklow Round attempt. |
| Sam Scriven | Aug 3 2015, 10:27pm | Best of luck Kevin! |
| Kevin & Mark Shannon | Aug 3 2015, 10:54pm | Thanks Sam! Weather is looking reasonable so hopefully we can give it a good go! Just to be entirely clear this is a JOINT attempt by both Kevin Shannon AND Mark Shannon! Fingers crossed we'll both make it round! |
| James H Cahill | Aug 3 2015, 10:58pm | Best of luck kevina and Mark. Have a great and successful excursion |
| Kevin & Mark Shannon | Aug 3 2015, 11:05pm | Thanks! Just getting last few bonus carbs on board! |
| Chris Shannon | Aug 4 2015, 7:14am | The lads headed off at at 1 am and headed through Ballinagee Bridge at 5.40 am. They are been hit with Heavy rain and wind but spirits high. Next up Oakwood and Table Mountain. updates can also be followed on Twitter from @cshannon10 #wicklowround |
| Pól Ó Murchú | Aug 4 2015, 8:44am | Best of luck lads! Enjoy! |
| Chris Shannon | Aug 4 2015, 3:14pm | Apologies for the delayed update however the site crashed. Its been a hard morning from a weather point of view with heavy rain and winds but they have come through this and are still going strong with plenty of bounce left in their legs. Below are the recent check point updates: Glendalough 11:43 Wicklow gap 1:30 Twitter updates coming in from Cshannon10 #wicklowround #teamshannon |
| Chris Shannon | Aug 4 2015, 3:21pm | Latest update is in..... Come through Glenmacnass at 14:45. Latest quote is 'legs are sh**e but feeling good' |
| Chris Shannon | Aug 4 2015, 6:24pm | 18.00 arrived at Sheepbank Bridge on time. Next up Djouce now. Lads are Tired but holding up well. |
| John J Barry | Aug 4 2015, 9:41pm | Update: 9.10 pm - They have just headed up from the road for the last 2 peaks. All well hydrated and in good shape. #wicklowround |
| Chris Shannon | Aug 4 2015, 9:50pm | Update... 9.10 pm. They have just headed up from the road for the last 2 peaks. All well hydrated and in good shape. Predicted 10:45 finish in around 21 hours 45 mins |
| Chris Shannon | Aug 4 2015, 11:10pm | Update.... They are finished.... Came across the finish line at 11pm tonight completing it all in 22hrs! Amazing effort |
| Chris Shannon | Aug 4 2015, 11:10pm | Update.... They are finished.... Came across the finish line at 11pm tonight completing it all in 22hrs! Amazing effort |
| Karen Devenney | Aug 4 2015, 11:20pm | Well done guys, very impressive! |
| James H Cahill | Aug 4 2015, 11:43pm | Well done guys a tremendous achievement and time in less than ideal weather. Congratulations |
| Jason Dowling | Aug 5 2015, 7:16am | Great achievement lads. Hope you're getting the ryanair business class back to London 'cause the legs are gonna feel extra cramped on the flight home if not!! Well done.. |
| Pól Ó Murchú | Aug 5 2015, 7:55am | Wow well done lads - what a time! |
| Richard Nunan | Aug 5 2015, 8:42am | Brilliant stuff guys !! Well Done !! |
| Laurence Colleran | Aug 5 2015, 10:59am | Congratulations lads. Great running in tough conditions. |
| Gareth Little | Aug 5 2015, 1:13pm | Well done chaps! |
| Kevin & Mark Shannon | Aug 5 2015, 4:38pm | Had a good night's sleep and a couple of showers to try and remove some of the mud imbedded into our legs so able to finally give an update. Here are our splits: Start: - Kippure: 0:38'29 Carrigvore: 1:38'27 Gravale: 2:04'18 Duff Hill: 2:26'18 East Top: 2:52'09 Mullaghcleevaun: 3:08'39 Moanbane: 3:45'30 Silsean: 4:03'06 Oakwood: 5:34'30 Table Mountain: 6:25'33 Camenbologue: 6:41'30 Lugnaquilla: 7:31'00 Corrigsleggaun: 7:46'57 Carrawaystick: 7:58'30 Drumgoff: 8:44'09 Mullacor: 9:52'40 Derrybawn: 10:20'52 Camaderry: 11:40'46 Tonelagee: 13:05'22 Scarr: 14:22'08 Knocknacloughoge: 15:39'41 Lugalla: 16:15'43 Djouce: 17:51'17 War Hill: 18:12'26 Tonduff North: 18:50'02 Prince Williams:21:02'25 Knocknagun: 21:17'18 Finish: 21:59'36 We went off at 1am and came in just before 11pm. Total distance covered was 74.05 miles. I have a GPX file which I will upload / share once I work out how to do it. Thanks for all the good luck messages and well-wishes - it was lovely to see! In summary the Round was utterly horrendous until Drumgoff. The weather in the night section was howling gale, driving rain and visibility of not much more than a few feet. Oakwood to Drumgoff was in the daylight but the weather was just as bad. We flew off Lugnaquilla to Carawaystick in a desperate attempt to get off the mountain as fast as possible! However, going up Mullacor the sun came out and it remained fairly clear for the rest of the day which kept spirits high. Totally shattered by the end and legs in pretty bad shape now but delighted to have been successful adventure. It is one hell of a challenge! By the way, we will have an article on our attempt appearing in 'Ultra' magazine (ultra-magazine.com) shortly which will hopefully help raise the profile of the Wicklow Round and the delights of "trail" running in the Wicklow Mountains. Will let you know when it goes to print. Thanks again! Kevin and Mark |
| Sam Scriven | Aug 5 2015, 9:53pm | Congrats lads. Nasty weather by the sounds of it. Conditions get harder the later into the summer it gets. I'd say ye'll be finding real wicklow bog and bracken in your gear for weeks. Looking forward to that article! |
| Rachel Cinnsealach | Aug 6 2015, 12:53am | Fabulous result, Well done. |
| Greg Byrne | Aug 6 2015, 9:17am | Well done lads, great effort so late in the season. Must open the door to a winter Round? |
| Brían O'Meara | Aug 6 2015, 4:20pm | Well done lads. Fair dues. |
| Paul Mahon | Aug 6 2015, 9:56pm | Super Round Lads - Certainly not idea conditions in several respects so great achievement for you both :-) |
| Paul Nolan | Aug 9 2015, 9:03pm | Brilliant work, well done. |
| Jeff Fitzsimons | Aug 9 2015, 10:09pm | Fair play guys this late in the year, well done! |
| Kevin Shannon | Aug 10 2015, 3:59pm | Thanks for all the nice messages guys! I think our route should be available in two parts here (http://www.movescount.com/moves/move71691895) and here(http://www.movescount.com/moves/move71691859). It is in two parts because I accidentally ended the run half way round and had to restart it. The GPS may be a little off here and there as I had to reduce the signal blips in order to save battery but the general route is pretty obvious. You will also note that the first section has a lot of "squiggles" in the route - this was because visibility was so bad kept wandering a bit of course! |
| Brendan Lawlor | Aug 10 2015, 4:05pm | Well done lads ! |
