Wicklow Round Attempt
| Author | Date | Message |
|---|---|---|
| Shane Lynch | Apr 19 2019, 10:12am | Hi All, I'm making my formal announcement for my attempt of the Wicklow Round this weekend. I plan to set off at 4am Sunday. The tracker link is http://live.primaltracking.com/wicklowround19/?n=2 I've done plenty recce's over the past few months and the weather is looking good so looking forward to a good tough day in the hills. Certainly the toughest day I'll have ever had in the hills. On the day Karalee and Neil are crewing me so big thanks to them in advance!! Shane |
| Graham K. Bushe | Apr 19 2019, 10:29am | Best of luck Shane, hope all goes well. Weather looking good too. More dot watching for us :) |
| John Bell | Apr 19 2019, 11:57am | Best of luck Shane. You picked the right weekend with this weather. |
| Mick Hanney | Apr 19 2019, 12:34pm | Best wishes Shane & crew. |
| Jeff Fitzsimons | Apr 19 2019, 8:00pm | Best of luck. |
| Gordon Place | Apr 19 2019, 8:32pm | Best of luck Shane |
| Luke Rafferty | Apr 19 2019, 10:16pm | Good man Shane - best of luck |
| Stuart Scott | Apr 20 2019, 9:55am | Best of luck Shane. Great weekend for it at least! |
| Paddy O'Leary | Apr 20 2019, 10:17am | Best of luck, Shane. Should be lovely running out there. Excited to follow along the action. I'd say you know it like the back of your hand, but sure let me know if you want to chat about any of the route before. |
| Shane Lynch | Apr 20 2019, 1:48pm | Cheers. Not sure I know it that well, i’ll have map out for all of it - route won’t be too dissimilar to yours Paddy! I’ll stick to my recce’d lines, though some may not be the optimum. And if all goes pear shaped i’ll lay in the heather and sunbathe! |
| Siobhán Hayes | Apr 20 2019, 4:18pm | Best of luck |
| Lillian Deegan | Apr 20 2019, 6:20pm | All the very best Shane, you little dark horse ;) Go get it! |
| Richard Nunan | Apr 20 2019, 6:30pm | Perfect day for it tomorrow Shane, hope the gog lifts so you get a good sunrise. Best of luck and hope it all goes to plan |
| Paul Keville | Apr 20 2019, 8:36pm | Good luck Shane. |
| Brian Kitson | Apr 20 2019, 9:53pm | Have a one, Shane. I'm sure you'll give it a right good lash. |
| Rachel Cinnsealach | Apr 20 2019, 10:39pm | Good luck with it. |
| John Murray | Apr 20 2019, 11:06pm | Best of Luck Shane! Enjoy the day and we'll catch you on route at some point to cheer you on. |
| John Murray | Apr 20 2019, 11:06pm | Best of Luck Shane! Enjoy the day and we'll catch you on route at some point to cheer you on. |
| Mick Hanney | Apr 21 2019, 7:31am | After CP8 Shane is faster than Paddy. Some going. Cmon Shane. |
| Mike Jordan | Apr 21 2019, 8:30am | Brilliant pace by Shane! His good nav skills should get him to Drumgoff faster than Paddy's time. After that there's less route choice until Scarr. Hopefully it doesn't get too hot during the day. |
| Conor O'Farrell | Apr 21 2019, 11:15am | The very best of luck Shane. Looks like it’s going well so far. |
| Warren Swords | Apr 21 2019, 11:24am | Best of luck Shane. He’s flying it at moment. 30 mins up on record at Glenmalure |
| John Mollohan | Apr 21 2019, 12:04pm | WOW! This is serious running. Fantastic stuff. New entry for the National at Fairyhouse tomorrow... |
| Eoin Keith | Apr 21 2019, 8:25pm | Thanks Shane for an awesome and riveting day's dot watching' Incredible going. Great achievement. Well done. |
| Mikey Fry | Apr 21 2019, 8:30pm | So did shane break the record looked very close on the dot watching??? |
| Robert McEvoy | Apr 21 2019, 8:30pm | Well done Shane!! |
| Mikey Fry | Apr 21 2019, 8:40pm | Well done dude incredible stuff:) |
| Frank McIntyre | Apr 21 2019, 8:42pm | Fantastic result Shane nail biting stuff |
| Frank McIntyre | Apr 21 2019, 8:42pm | Fantastic result Shane nail biting stuff |
| Frank McIntyre | Apr 21 2019, 8:42pm | Fantastic result Shane nail biting stuff |
| Frank McIntyre | Apr 21 2019, 8:42pm | Fantastic result Shane nail biting stuff |
| Mick Hanney | Apr 21 2019, 8:49pm | We are very lucky to have witnessed 2 great Round successes in 8 days. Paddy's run looked like it would last a good while. Shane had other ideas. Quality run. Absolutely fantastic, well done Shane. |
| David Masterson | Apr 21 2019, 8:57pm | Great job Shane, was checking on your dot from the JK, great running! Huge congrats! |
| John Bell | Apr 21 2019, 9:14pm | Fantastic achievement Shane. Congratulations. |
| James Tucker | Apr 21 2019, 9:43pm | Wow, that was fantastic! So enjoyable tracking the dot and flicking back and forth to Paddy's times to check the difference. Well done Shane! |
| John Mollohan | Apr 21 2019, 9:55pm | Dot watching is better than TV. So entertaining for anyone watching. Fantastic achievement. Happy Easter!! |
| Lillian Deegan | Apr 21 2019, 9:57pm | Oh my word... Phenomenal going Shane! Massive congratulations on such a successful attempt. Fair fecks to them legs and that mindset of yours :) #SavageStuff |
| Neil Dobbs | Apr 21 2019, 10:00pm | The atmosphere was something special the last few hours -- great to have so many people out in support. I have the tracker, will return it shortly. |
| Brian Kitson | Apr 21 2019, 11:23pm | I remember the old days, oh maybe two or three weeks back, when all you had to worry about was whether someone would manage to complete the Wicklow Round. Seems now we just need to worry about how much they might break the record by. Stunning run, Shane. |
| Adrian Hennessy | Apr 22 2019, 7:13am | Amazing stuff Shane - what a time! Although you could have left Paddy enjoy his record for a bit longer ;-) Eoin had his for years. |
| Brendan Lawlor | Apr 22 2019, 9:30am | An amazing week for the Wicklow Round. Congratulations to Shane on his new record ! |
| Paul Mahon | Apr 22 2019, 12:01pm | Well done Shane. Perfect day for it and with your recce work and nav skills all you had to do was move really really fast which you certainly did |
| Mike Jordan | Apr 22 2019, 2:21pm | A massive well done to Shane on his record-breaking Wicklow Round run yesterday! The nav challenge champ becomes the round record holder! For us dot-watchers, spectators, and round fanatics (they exist!), I reckon it was the most exciting thing to view in our community for quite some time. In the end, all the years of nav-ing and running in the open mountains and days of recces paid off in a brilliant execution of long distance mountain running by Shane. Rest well and try your best to get fat on a barstool somewhere! Long after the round has been become a sport for elites who can afford antique paper maps (we'll have to stop printing paper maps to save the trees) you'll always have been a Wicklow Round record holder :D Fair dues to Karalee and Neil for the phenomenal crewing. While Neil was throwing some good-natured digs at Paddy, Karalee was an exhausted nervous wreck when the possibility of the record started to become clear as the day went on but they carried out their roles brilliantly. And lets not forget Paddy. First person to run under 17 hours for the Wicklow Round and in doing so raised the bar that had to be hurdled. He was at the barrier at Kippure to welcome Shane back and was as excited about what was happening as everyone else. 8 days is a long time in hillrunning but I suspect the Wicklow Round may not have heard the last of the Wexford man. |
| Neil Dobbs | Apr 22 2019, 9:30pm | Credit to Mike too who did way more crewing than I did (my main contribution was to keep Karalee sane so she could do it all perfectly). Good to have his experience, advice and support alongside. And yeah, Paddy's proper generous and a good sport. At least his name will be written big in the annals of the round... |
| Neil Dobbs | Apr 22 2019, 10:24pm | A few pics here https://photos.app.goo.gl/DtuRqHu2b34PxDyU8 |
| Shane Lynch | Apr 23 2019, 10:33am | Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and congratulations over to the past few days both online and out on the hills, they were very much appreciated. My official time was 16h23min32s and the splits I recorded at each summit are... Start 4am Kippure 4.32 Carrigvore 5.20 Gravale 5.36 Duff Hill 5.51 Mullaghcleevaun East top 6.07 Mullaghcleevaun 6.18 Moanbane 6.42 Silsean 6.54 Oakwood 7.54 Table Mountain 8.30 Camenabologue 8.43 Lugnaquilla 9.34 Corrigasleggaun 9.48 Carrawaystick 9.58 Drumgoff 10.37 Mullacor 11.27 Derrybawn 11.52 Camaderry 12.56 Tonelagee 1.58 Scarr 2.52 Knocknacloghoge 3.50 Lugalla 4.26 Djouce 5.36 War Hill 5.50 Tonduff North 6.17 Prince William Seat 7.40 Knocknagun 7.53 Finish 8:23.32 Whoa, I really enjoyed this challenge, the planning and preparation, carrying it out and reflecting over the course after (which no doubt i’ll do for some time to come!) On the day, fears of fog never materialised, I had perfect visibility from the off. I did have to contend with heat, but it was never an issue (thanks Mick for the loan of your sun hat at Drumgoff). Existing niggles didn’t hamper my run and the mind only wavered briefly a couple of times. I did change my nutrition after getting sick on table mountain and survived the rest of the day on pizza, bacon, coke, water and oranges. Oranges never tasted so good! My biggest feelings of thanks are of course for Karalee and Neil (and Mike for a large part of the day). They were an unreal support crew - they were so streamlined and ensured everything was spot-on before I set off on the next section. They certainly saved me at least the slim 4 minutes (I took off the record) with their efficiency. On what is a solo challenge it felt like a team! I’m looking forward to following future attempts of the round. Some of the best lines have yet to be established and some more of these will no doubt be found this summer. Paddy was a true sportsman on the day and hopefully he will get back to run the round again soon and we can see what he can do with a cleaner run and better conditions. Having completed the round, I can see myself watching every round with interest - there are so many variables that need to go right on the day and I am very grateful that so many went my way Sunday! |
| Stuart Scott | Apr 23 2019, 1:14pm | Wow Shane, that's amazing running. Very many congrats. Great to see your orienteering skills finally paying off :-) Very well done to you too Paddy and your magnanimity is a true example of what mountain running is all about. |
| Tony DiPasquale | Apr 26 2019, 2:25am | Hey Shane, congrats again on the completion and the record! I snapped a few photos of you and your crew and wanted to share them with you. Enjoy! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/anp5gbmyz404a2a/AACrH1oovsShXwVeaRQP48Zta?dl=0 |
| Shane Lynch | Apr 28 2019, 2:18pm | Thanks for the photos Tony, much appreciated! |
