Irish Mountain
Running Association

Nav Challenge 2

AuthorDateMessage
Gavan DuffyAug 10 2017, 4:41pmHi Joe,
Have you decided on a location for the second Nav Challenge?
Thanks Gavan.
Joe LalorAug 10 2017, 10:32pmNC2 will start from carpark near miners village in Glendasan
100982. More details later
Joe LalorAug 15 2017, 10:10pmI am looking for a first aider to volunteer for this event on the 27th.
Joe LalorAug 18 2017, 9:21amSome further details for NC2 (27th Aug.)
Start/ Finish T100982 Carpark, Glendasan Miners' Village, Wicklow Gap Road. This carpark is popular with hillwalkers and sightseers, so could runners arrange to meet on way to race and arrive at start in full cars.

The long course at 17.5km and the short course at 10km may seem to be quite similar however they are completely different animals. The long course is over some very rough ground with quite difficult navigation particularly in poor weather and I would not recommend anyone taking it on who is not confident in their navigation and travelling over difficult terrain. The short course on the other hand is quite straight forward.

I am still looking for a first aid volunteer for this event.
Brían O'MearaAug 18 2017, 11:18amWill non-confident navigators be doomed to wander in the vicinity of the three lakes for all eternity, Joe?

Looking forward to it!
Graham K. BusheAug 18 2017, 11:40amI'm sure they will be allowed to make their way back to the start/finish, once they have found the third lake ;)
Pól Ó MurchúAug 18 2017, 12:23pmI once found 4 lakes...then I realised I was just wandering round in circles...
Sam ScrivenAug 18 2017, 12:50pmNav Challenge 2 - The Bermuda Triangle
Joe LalorAug 24 2017, 10:40pmNC2 this Sunday starting at 10.30. Early start at 9.30 for those who qualify. Short course available. Long course mainly on trackless open mountain so bring suitable attire and provisions. As mentioned previously the parking area is popular with hillwalkers and sightseers, so arrive early in full cars (arrange to meet up on the way).
Melanie WalshAug 26 2017, 3:16pmJust wondering are you taking early starts on the Short course tomorrow?
Joe LalorAug 26 2017, 6:56pmAll systems go.
Walked the long course today. It came in at 18.1km with 829m of climb. It may be possible to shave a bit off this by take some more direct (but rougher) route choices, but not much. Much of course very wet.
Yes to question above early starts for both short and long courses at 9.30 but not for fast runners.
Hope none of you were in Mountain Rescue team up on hill watching us put out controls today?
Mick HanneyAug 27 2017, 3:09pmA couple of photos added from the sunny river cooldown after. Great day. Thanks Joe & Nora.
Joe LalorAug 27 2017, 5:37pmMuch to surprise of the planner the 2 hours mark was broken, congratulations to Shane Lynch winner of long course and Danialla Boehm for winning the ladies race.

Mike Hanney first man on short and apologies to Aoife McCavana for miscalling the ladies winner.

Provisional results:

Long Course

1. 773 Shane Lynch 1:54:32
2. 777 John Bell 2:00:56
3. 1120 Adrian Hennessy 2:08:30
4. 73 Mike Jordan 2:16:10
5. 366 Alan Ayling 2:25:36
6. 1527 Brian O’Meara 2:33:42
7. 531 Liam Vines 2:36:18
8. 1634 Neil Dobbs 2:41:08
9. 894 Sam Scriven 2:45:50
10. 53 Paul Smyth 3:01:49
11. 482 Louis Mullee 3:11:52
12. 774 Mike Long 3:15:50
13. 27 Padraig Doyle 3:18:30
14. 945 James Cahill 3:19:17
15. 573 Daniela Boehm 3:22:38
16. 901 Conor O’Meara 3:24:54
17. 825 Michael Marnane 4:11:30
18. 823 Kevin Marnane 4:11:38
19. 746 Ger Power 4:22:25
20. 1270 Diarmuid O’Colmain DNF

Short Course

1. Mike Hanney 1:13:20
2. 204 Chris Willoughby 1:23:50
3. 1865 Eoin Riordan 1:25:10
4. 1181 Kevin Bell 1:25:25
5. 380 Eoin Syron 1:2538
6. 1026 Padraig Semen 1:27:10
7. 1872 Aoife McCavana 1:29:41
8. 130 Mathew Sammon 1:31:16
9. 292 Ken McCarty 1:33:33
10. 1626 Roisin Long 1:34:25
11. 1875 Colm Walsh 1:37:50
12. 1613 Stephen Walsh 1:40:05
13. 22 Michael Byrne 1:52:31
14. 18 Andrew Hanney 1:53:19
15. 1871 John B Riordan 1:53:20
16. 670 Ruth Lynam 1:57:06
17. Mary O’Connell 1:58:52
18. 581 Justin Rea 2:01:40
19. 1874 Melanie Walsh 2:08:10
20. 293 Connie Dottino 2:09:05
21. 1350 Conor O’ Farrell 2:11;00
22. 30 Brian Fennessy 2:13:55
23. 248 Tommy Galvin 2:21:48
24. 244 Vivian O’Gorman 2:21:50
25. 994 Santina Doherty 2:35:36
26. Derek Kellett 2:38:18
27. 323 Lorcan Farrell 2:38:33
28. 1472 Sandra Pegman 2:40:28
29. 267 Tanya Sheridan 2:40:30
Mick HanneyAug 28 2017, 8:19amWhen I click on Leagues and Navigation Challenge I get an Application Error and not the list of Nav events, so something is not quite right there.
John B RiordanAug 28 2017, 9:03amSuper event yesterday folks ... weather made it all the better :-) Compass was largely redundant for me on the day but could you imagine in low cloud / low viz ... different story entirely. Well done to everyone for the effort that went into yet another successful Nav Challenge.
James H CahillAug 28 2017, 3:41pmThank you Joe and Nora for a great Nav event yesterday. Challenging course with lots of open mountain and plenty of painful climbs. Lots of planning, recces and demarking has clearly gone into it. Great day out and thank you for all your time and work on it.
Andrew HanneySep 5 2017, 9:20pmJust wondering if the results above can be transformed into official results whenever you get a chance, thanks!