Tinahely

Description:

Tinahely

County:

Wicklow

Date:

Saturday 17th June, 2023

Time:

11:00

Climb (m):

620

Distance (km):

14.50

Event Difficulty:

7 (1,3,3) - Easy Terrain, >500M ascent, >10Km

Race Marking:

- Only major junctions marked

GPS Allowed:

No

Leagues:

Southeast League 

Getting There:

Organisers Instructions:

Runners will start at Kyle Farmhouse B&B following the Kyle Loop marked way. The first 2km is a climb of +200m elevation gain at the top of the climb runners will cross the stile then take a right turn off the Kyle loop follow a marked trail through the forest cross the fire road scramble up the bank through a cut in the forest exiting beside the broadband antenna turn right to rejoin the Kyle loop. As you continue the wind turbines will be on your left you will see a gate at the edge of the forestry, continue on the trail to the left of the gate the forest on your left and the fence of the field on your right.

About 3km into the race runners reach the corner of the forest and will turn left over the stile. After crossing stay on the Kyle loop passing a mound of stones beginning a 1km descent to join the Wicklow Way at the bottom. Keep following the trail markers for the Wicklow Way route as it ascends the shoulder Garryhoe hill eventually at approximately 7km you reach Ballycumber Lane turn left and follow the Wicklow way for 200m to the Luke O’Toole memorial stone before turning left to follow the Ballycumber Loop.

The route ascends passing Grouse Lodge on your left, eventually the route leaves the forest continues over rough terrain with the forest on the right and open hill side on the left. At about 10km the Mangans loop joins up and the route continues to the stile where it left the Windfarm. At this point the route goes straight through the Wind farm the turbines on the right descending back to the finish at Kyle B&B

Parking and Start Location http://www.kylefarm.com/find-us.html

Prizegiving Location:

O’Keefes Knockananna, Wicklow, Ireland Y14D519

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		Seán Higgins	No
First Aid Officer		Richard Fox	No
Helper		liam kenny	No
Helper		Niamh Kelly	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

Carpool