Irish Mountain Running Association

Black Mountain (IMRA / NIMRA Challenge)

County: Louth
Date: Sunday 4 May, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM
Climb (m): 787
Distance (km): 9.70
Event Difficulty: 8 (3,3,2) - Difficult Terrain, >500M ascent, 6Km - 10Km
Race Marking:

- Route fully marked
Leagues: Leinster Championship, North/South Challenge
Route Description: The route will be an out and back course. Junior girls will turn back at the forest end. Women, Junior men, and M60+ will turn back at a very large cairn (9,7km). Senior men, M40 & M50 will go to Black mountain (14.8km). Due to conditions only short route was run on the day.
Getting There: Car Park (Lumper's Pub)

Leave the motorway at the Ballymascanlon roundabout and take the road towards Carlingford. Turn a sharp left at a green and white chequered painted wall. Turn right at a t-junction at the end of this road and the pub is on your left after around 1200m.
Organisers Instructions: Photos

Scoring System. Seniors (6 points for 1st senior man/woman to finish, 5 points for 2nd,... and 1 point for 6th). For categories under 19 m/w, m/w 40, m/w 50, m/w 60, m/w 70+ (3 points for top finisher within category/sex down to 1 point for 3rd finisher).

Race information sheet

Tain Bo Cualnge
Notes: Start at the forest entrance near Lumpers and follow the Tain Way for around 2.5km. Leave the forest at a stile and head for the middle reentrant onto the ridge. Short course turns back at a large cairn. Long course goes to summit near mast.

Volunteering

Current Volunteers

Role	Accepted	Run
League Director	Rene Borg	No
Deputy Race Director	Gerry Brady	No
First Aid Officer	Dermot Murphy	No
Race Marker	Gerry Brady	No
Laptop Operator	Sinead Roche	No
Helper	Caroline Reid	No
Helper	James McFadden	No
Helper	Rene Borg	No
Helper	Sarah Moores	No

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Carpool

Forum Messages

Author	Date	Message
stiofain o standun	Feb 4, 12:05AM	carlingford is in county louth near dundalk HI
gerry brady	May 2, 1:39PM	Hope to see everyone there and wearing the new IMRA singlet. Photographs of the race route are on the web page if you need tempting. Runners are needed in all age classes. The race is part of the Leinster championships series.