Wicklow Round May 17th 2025
| Author | Date | Message |
|---|---|---|
| Avril Challoner | May 15 2025, 2:58pm | The ground is dry, forecast is for no clouds and the ferns aren't too high yet so that must mean it's Wicklow Round time! Nicola Cleary and I will be setting off to attempt the round Sat May 17th starting at 2am hoping to complete the loop within the 24hours, holding hands as we stagger up the road to the barrier! Tracker Link: https://live.primaltracking.com/wicklowround25/ Best of luck to all those racing this weekend - hopefully we all wake up tired but happy by the end of the weekend! |
| Graham K. Bushe | May 15 2025, 3:08pm | Hi Avril, that is great news. Wishing you and Nicola the very best of liuck on your adventure. I hope everything goes to plan. g |
| Maike Jürgens | May 15 2025, 3:36pm | best of luck!!! |
| Niall Gibney | May 15 2025, 3:39pm | Best of luck Avril & Nicola ! Don’t forget the sunnys ! |
| Alice Clancy | May 15 2025, 3:53pm | WOOP! Best of luck Avril and Nicola!!! Hope you have a lovely time out there on Sat! |
| Aideen Burke | May 15 2025, 4:16pm | Fantastic!! Wishing you and Nicola the very best of luck, I'll be cheering on your dot. |
| Brendan Lawlor | May 15 2025, 4:45pm | Best of luck Avril and Nicola! You have the weather anyhow!! |
| Miriam Maher | May 15 2025, 5:14pm | G’wan the pair of you!! Very excited for you, will be willing you on all the way. |
| Sean Forsyth | May 15 2025, 6:08pm | Woohoo, great stuff Avril and Nicola. Good luck, conditions are great for an attempt. You'll smash it. I can't wait for the dot watching |
| Rachel Harney | May 15 2025, 6:21pm | Go team Avril and Nicola, ye have this girls!! |
| Kathryn Fitzpatrick | May 15 2025, 8:18pm | Best of luck!! You will both smash it. |
| Rachel Cinnsealach | May 15 2025, 8:41pm | The very best of luck Avril and Nicola. I'll have fingers and toes crossed for ye |
| Brian hutchinson | May 15 2025, 9:03pm | Best of legs both! Enjoy! |
| Richard Nunan | May 15 2025, 9:15pm | Best of luck to you both! Have fun out there ! It's a great way to spend a Saturday! |
| Eoin Keith | May 15 2025, 9:15pm | Best of luck. Perfect conditions, and the views should be excellent. Enjoy the journey. |
| Laura-Anne Molloy | May 15 2025, 9:45pm | Wishing you both the very best of luck! |
| Brian Kitson | May 15 2025, 9:49pm | Ye put in the work. Enjoy the lap of honour. |
| Jarlath Hynes | May 15 2025, 10:07pm | Good luck Avril & Nicola - no shortage of experience there - Enjoy! |
| Andy owens | May 16 2025, 7:59am | Hope ye make it all the way, good luck Avril and Nicola. |
| Avril Challoner | May 16 2025, 9:29am | Thanks all for you support and well wishes - looking forward to the adventure! |
| Stuart Scott | May 16 2025, 10:29am | Best of luck to both of you! After the Glacier Lakes it'll be a doddle :-) |
| Gareth Little | May 16 2025, 10:57am | Good luck out there, Avril & Nicola! You have perfect weather and ground conditions at the moment. |
| Shauna Griffin | May 16 2025, 11:02am | Best of luck Avril and Nicola, looking forward to hearing all about it! |
| William Whitfield | May 16 2025, 11:19am | Good luck BT1 & Nicola, don't wear out the sun :)....! |
| Karl Bourne | May 16 2025, 5:33pm | Good luck Avril and Nicola! Ground conditions and weather looking spot on. Hope it all goes swimmingly!! |
| Stephen Brennan | May 17 2025, 12:15pm | All the best Avril and Nicola - it's a beautiful day for it |
| Orlaith Bourne | May 17 2025, 9:05pm | Thinking of you both, go smash it ladies, wishing you a fantastic adventure! |
| Conall Finn | May 17 2025, 9:12pm | Keeping on keeping on. You are both doing brilliant and what a day for it. The dot watching has been non-stop today. |
| Steven Pettigrew | May 18 2025, 8:09am | Well done, ladies. I'd say it was piss easy. |
| Sean Forsyth | May 18 2025, 8:24am | Well done Avril and Nicola, absolutely fantastic running yesterday. In tough conditions too heat wise. Amazing stuff. Enjoy the recovery |
| Mick Hanney | May 18 2025, 8:37am | Congrats Avril and Nicola, a fabulous run. It made for a full dot watching day. |
| Alice Clancy | May 18 2025, 11:45am | WELL DONE!!!! That was such an epic run yesterday! So impressive and so inspiring !!! |
| Richard Nunan | May 18 2025, 1:07pm | Huge Congrats to Avril who completed the wicklow round this morning in a blistering 23hrs 27min and 15s. They had a fantastic day out there. Unfortunately for Nicola she did some knee damage on route, which then resulted in blisters trying to drag herself along to Sheeps bank bridge where she retired to the hands of her waiting crew. (John and Ivana) I am sure she will be back! |
| Brian hutchinson | May 18 2025, 1:14pm | Well done Avril in completing the Round and well done Nicola for keeping it going to Sheepbanks - awesome achievements both, you were rock solid on the tracker so it’s only a matter of time Nicola; enjoy the recovery both! |
| nicola cleary | May 18 2025, 1:20pm | Yesterday was not my day to finish The Round! It was a fantastic day out and one for the books for sure! A huge congrats to Avril with a very strong finish. Thanks to everyone for the support and special thanks to John and Ivana who made a tough day easier with their top class crewing. I'll be back to conquer this beast. |
| Miriam Maher | May 18 2025, 2:45pm | Well done Avril in completing the round with a decent amount of time to spare! And superb effort by Nicola, I am fully sure you will be back. Also well done to John and Ivana for their brilliant crewing, they both well know what's involved in this huge challenge. |
| Avril Challoner | May 18 2025, 9:56pm | Well that was a day!! It could only have been made better if Nicola was able to finish it out, I have no doubt her name will be on the finishers list soon! Thank you to our fantastic crew Ivana and John, without you guys I would have keen killed by the heat early in the day. If only every run could have someone looking after your every need! Thank you also to everyone for their kind words and those who came out to cheer us on. We are lucky to be part of a fantastic community. Please no one mention Tonduff to me for a while, that line is NOT recommended :) |
| Patrik Albertsson | May 19 2025, 9:23am | BIG Congratulations! Super running by the two of you ! |
| Paul Mahon | May 19 2025, 9:55am | Well done Avril on a great solid Round on a warm n sunny day. No doubt Nicola that you will be back to get the job finished in the near future once body has recovered and hopefully conditions are kind. |
| Stuart Scott | May 19 2025, 10:30am | Very well done Avril and Nicola, it must have been tough going in that heat. Nicola, such a pity you had to drop out after it looked like you were on the home straight but hopefully you'll have another attempt soon. Avril, I was actually very impressed by that route off Tonduff :-) |
| Lillian Deegan | May 19 2025, 12:22pm | Fair dues women! Avril, it must be the best feeling ever to have this monkey off your back after previous hardships. Delighted for you I am. Nic, hard darn luck! I’d reckon it’ll be a case of the Phoenix rising your end. You’ll be back in mighty form in no time hopefully ;) Wishing both of you the best of recovery time for now. |
| Avril Challoner | May 19 2025, 2:18pm | Thank you again for all the kind words. My splits were: CP 0 Start 02:15 CP 1 Kippure 02:58 CP 2 Carrigvore 03:56 CP 3 Gravale 04:22 CP 4 Duff Hill 04:50 CP 5 East Top 05:17 CP 6 Mullaghcleevaun 05:33 CP 7 Moanbane 06:12 CP 8 Silsean 06:29 CP 9 Oakwod a.k.a White Hill 08:08 CP 10 Table Mountain 08:58 CP 11 Camenabologue 09:15 CP 12 Lugnaquilla 10:12 CP 13 Corrigasleggaun 10:30 CP 14 Carrawaystick 10:48 CP 15 Drumgoff 11:31 CP 16 Mullacor 12:38 CP 17 Derrybawn 13:14 CP 18 Camederry 14:48 CP 19 Tonelagee 16:15 CP 20 Scarr 17:36 CP 21 Knocknacloghoge 19:25 CP 22 Lugalla 20:16 CP 23 Djouce 21:53 CP 24 War Hill 22:10 CP 25 Tonduff North 22:44 CP 26 Prince Williams Seat 00:50 CP 27 Knocknagun 01:06 Finish Finish 01:42 |
