Glendalough Clover (Relay)
- Description:
- 3 Leg relay over way-marked trails surrounding Glendalough
- County:
- Wicklow
- Date:
- Saturday 1st July, 2023
- Time:
- 08:45
- Climb (m):
- 2400
- Distance (km):
- 70.00
- Event Difficulty:
- 10 (Extreme) - Extreme, >1,000M ascent or > 30Km
- Race Marking:
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Only major junctions marked - GPS Allowed:
- Yes
- Leagues:
- Getting There:
GPS: 53 00'22.58"N 6 20'36.24"W
From Laragh take R756 to Glendalough. Travel past the Visitor Centre and the Glendalough Hotel and continue on to the end of the road to enter the Upper Lake car-park.
Please note that there is a fee to enter this carpark (currently €4) - car pooling is great idea.
- Organisers Instructions:
The Glendalough Clover Relay is a three leg 'handicap' relay race covering 70 km over three ‘out & back’ legs along the way-marked trails of St Kevin’s Way and The Wicklow Way.
Full details in the Race Pack: 2023TriValleyRelayPack.pdf
Entry fee per runner is 15 euro. Each team member must purchase an entry via myIMRA. Thus a team of 3 will pay 45 euro in total.
The handicap system will award a time bonus to runners from selected age categories and allow their team to start in advance of the official race start time (9:30am). First team across the finish line will be the winners.
The proposed handicap per runner will be:
- Male Senior no time bonus applicable
- M40 no time bonus applicable
- M50 10 mins per leg
- Female Senior 15 mins per leg
- F40 20 mins per leg
- F50 30 mins per leg
- M60+ 30 mins per leg
- F60+ 40 mins per leg
Thus the maximum handicap per team will be 2 hours, equating to a potential start time of 7:30am.
Start times for entered teams will be announced in the forum the week before the race once all team entries are received.
The start, finish & leg changeover area will be situated beside the Upper Lake Car-park in the Glendalough Valley.
Three water stations will be located at each turn-around point on the route, i.e. at the Wicklow Gap, at Lough Dan, and at Glenmalure.
Leg 1: Glendalough to Wicklow Gap & back
Distance: 14.6km
Climb: 470m
Leg 2: Glendalough to Lough Dan & back
Distance: 29.9km
Climb: 1,000m
Leg 3: Glendalough to Drumgoff & back
Distance: 24.7km
Climb: 900m
- Prizegiving Location:
- Start/Finish Area
Volunteers (Non-Running)
You need to have done 2 non-running volunteer roles in a calendar year to qualify for end of year prize
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
