Double Wicklow Round Attempt
| Author | Date | Message |
|---|---|---|
| John Murray | May 27 2019, 9:29am | Hi All, I'm making my formal announcement for my attempt of the Wicklow Round this bank holiday weekend and as much as I hate doing loops this will be a DOUBLE Round attempt. I have my retro Casio watch ready to go and I will be setting off at 2am Sunday 2nd June. The logistics of doing a Double Round means there is no real scope to slide the start time, so come hail rain or shine I will be setting off at that time. :) I'll post the tracker link later in the week once it's set up. I've done plenty of recce's over the past 10 months and have numerous route choices on many sections depending on how I'm feeling, weather and time of day etc. This is certainly a challenge that will bend my limits beyond anything I've ever done before but with a bit of luck hopefully it doesn't break them! I have a super Crew(s) with Ivana, Frank, Tom, Conor & Suzanne behind me who will be tag teaming over the 2 days to help wipe the tears, keep me focused and moving forward. Hopefully see a few of you out there on the hills too as from talking to others who have done the Round before it can be a great brief distraction from the pain! lol John Ps: getting this announcement out of the way early so I can try get my nerves under control!!! :) |
| Graham K. Bushe | May 27 2019, 9:43am | Best of luck John X 2 |
| Frank McIntyre | May 27 2019, 10:14am | Best of luck John. I'll certainly do everything in my power to get you to the finish x2 Frank |
| Frank McIntyre | May 27 2019, 10:14am | Best of luck John. I'll certainly do everything in my power to get you to the finish x2 Frank |
| Frank McIntyre | May 27 2019, 10:14am | Best of luck John. I'll certainly do everything in my power to get you to the finish x2 Frank |
| Lillian Deegan | May 27 2019, 10:35am | . Great stuff John, delighted to see this attempt go up. Wishing you every best wish for double success. It's gonna be a long week for you ;) |
| Conor O'Farrell | May 27 2019, 1:11pm | All the best of luck John. We'll all be rooting for you. |
| Shane Lynch | May 27 2019, 3:52pm | Wow, two loops!! Best of luck with it. Hope to get down to cheer you on. |
| Pól Ó Murchú | May 27 2019, 5:06pm | Good luck with it...enjoy! Best value IMRA run going! Sorry couldn’t resist! :-) |
| Greg Byrne | May 29 2019, 8:14pm | Fittingly ambitious given the 'Round' achievements in the last six months. Best of luck. |
| John Murray | May 30 2019, 11:45pm | Cheers everyone, looking forward to the adventure! @Pol...I laughed so hard I almost pee'd myself! lol Tracker now set up...link below. http://live.primaltracking.com/wicklowrounddouble19/ |
| Warren Swords | May 31 2019, 12:04pm | Best of luck John! Hope the wind is on your back. Enjoy it! It's a great adventure. Not sure how great the second lap will be! |
| Robert Carney | May 31 2019, 3:35pm | John, Hope to cross your path somewhere over the weekend. The very best of luck with it. The very best of luck with it. PS: Dont run the batteries out on the tracker :) |
| Lillian Deegan | May 31 2019, 6:58pm | Enjoy the horizontal time tonight John, me thinks you may find it hard seeking shut eye though. Seeing Rob's msg there has me smiling for you - be sure to pack the power bank. Hope to see you above somewhere after gun time. Rob, Double jobbing here :) Will you throw them few RD kit bits in when heading up to them there hills. Pass them on to John's crew me to collect. Ta ;) |
| Jason Dowling | Jun 1 2019, 7:09am | Wishing you the very best on your big adventure over the week-end. Hope the elements are in your favour for the majority of your run ('cause they certainly aren't going to be in your favour for all of it!!). Bring a light for waist height in case of rain/fog at night. Have a great week-end :) |
| Shane Lynch | Jun 3 2019, 11:46am | Well done John on completing the Wicklow round. Sure it wasn’t a double, but you did mighty well to complete the round with the thick foggy conditions you started in and to be able to relocate and get back on track in those conditions and to go on to complete a round is impressive. Well done! |
| Brian Kitson | Jun 3 2019, 12:49pm | That attempt was a seriously impressive endeavour, John and congratulations for bagging the Wicklow Round. Welcome to the club! |
| Mike Jordan | Jun 14 2019, 7:57am | Hi John. What was your time and splits for your successful round? I know you like transparency :D ;) |
| John Murray | Jun 14 2019, 9:58am | Here you go Mike :D....and thanks lads for the nice comments. The weather definitely didn't help me with the Double Attempt but I had no option but to go at the time set. With a couple of schoolboy nav errors early on during the night which lost me a lot of time (+2hrs) I stuck to the plan and ran conservatively for the rest of the day and finished the first Round in 22hrs 05mins 23secs. --CP-- ---ACTUAL TIME------SPLIT--- Start 02:00 Kippure 02:34 00:34 Carrigvore 03:38 01:04 Gravale 04:01 00:23 Duff Hill 04:48 00:47 East Top 05:12 00:24 Mullaghcleevaun 05:28 00:16 Moanbane 06:02 00:34 Silsean 06:34 00:32 Oakwood 08:19 01:45 Table Mountain 09:12 00:53 Camenabologue 09:49 00:37 Lugnaquilla 10:39 00:50 Corrigasleggaun 10:56 00:17 Carrawaystick 11:10 00:14 Drumgoff 11:46 00:36 Mullacor 13:00 01:14 Derrybawn 13:28 00:28 Camaderry 14:54 01:26 Tonelagee 15:58 01:04 Scarr 17:06 01:08 Knocknacloghoge 18:10 01:04 Lugalla 18:53 00:43 Djouce 20:10 01:17 War Hill 20:29 00:19 Tonduff 21:09 00:40 Prince William 23:06 01:57 Knocknagun 23:21 00:15 FINISH 00:05 00:44 As for the Double, definitely unfinished business there... |
| John Murray | Jun 14 2019, 9:59am | Here you go Mike :D....and thanks lads for the nice comments. The weather definitely didn't help me with the Double Attempt but I had no option but to go at the time set. With a couple of schoolboy nav errors early on during the night which lost me a lot of time (+2hrs) I stuck to the plan and ran conservatively for the rest of the day and finished the first Round in 22hrs 05mins 23secs. --CP-- ---ACTUAL TIME------SPLIT--- Start 02:00 Kippure 02:34 00:34 Carrigvore 03:38 01:04 Gravale 04:01 00:23 Duff Hill 04:48 00:47 East Top 05:12 00:24 Mullaghcleevaun 05:28 00:16 Moanbane 06:02 00:34 Silsean 06:34 00:32 Oakwood 08:19 01:45 Table Mountain 09:12 00:53 Camenabologue 09:49 00:37 Lugnaquilla 10:39 00:50 Corrigasleggaun 10:56 00:17 Carrawaystick 11:10 00:14 Drumgoff 11:46 00:36 Mullacor 13:00 01:14 Derrybawn 13:28 00:28 Camaderry 14:54 01:26 Tonelagee 15:58 01:04 Scarr 17:06 01:08 Knocknacloghoge 18:10 01:04 Lugalla 18:53 00:43 Djouce 20:10 01:17 War Hill 20:29 00:19 Tonduff 21:09 00:40 Prince William 23:06 01:57 Knocknagun 23:21 00:15 FINISH 00:05 00:44 As for the Double, definitely unfinished business there... |
| Conor O'Farrell | Jun 15 2019, 5:12pm | Well done John. Double or not, that is still an amazing achievement. Hopefully your double-post will go some way towards making up for missing out on your goal this time. ;-) |
