Reeks Vertical 800
| Author | Date | Message |
|---|---|---|
| Aubrey O'Neill | Jan 9 2023, 11:13am | This is quite spicy. Love it! I'm not familiar with the potential route, what sort of surface is it? |
| Robbie Williams | Jan 9 2023, 12:12pm | Path for 1km Bit of heather and grass Then dog rough for last 500m |
| Simon Duggan | Jan 11 2023, 12:06pm | From the trail in the back ground to the lake and then from the lake to the summit. The picture doesn't do it justice at all. It's a brute. https://www.imra.ie/photos/view/id/186403/ |
| Michael McSweeney | Jan 11 2023, 7:03pm | At least you can get the cable car back down. ;-) |
| Sean Collier | Apr 5 2023, 9:23pm | Just to be sure. 800m climb is over 3k rather than 1.5k + 1.5k descending? Might be a dumb question but I've suffered from assumptions in the past. |
| Michael McSweeney | Apr 5 2023, 9:56pm | Sean. Yes the 800m is over 3km. Have a look at the first 3km on the Plot a Route map for the Reeks Skyline. Long rough track back down for a cup of tea after. If you were racing on Friday evening and volunteering on Saturday, it would be as handy to bring a sleeping bag and sleep above. :-) |
| Sean Collier | Apr 6 2023, 9:42am | Thanks Micheal. Might sound crazy, but I'm hoping to run on sat as well. And sunday too. I've done a few self navigation runs and I'll get down to do the route before. So, hopefully I'll get approval. I'm training for an extreme ironman in the Pyreneese in Sept. Bearman8848. 5000m climbing on the bike and 4000 on the run. Scares me to death but has to be done. I'm looking at 3 self navigation on the imra calendar over the next few weeks. Hopefully that'll help with approval. Thanks again. |
| Michael McSweeney | Apr 6 2023, 1:42pm | Good man Sean. Have a look back at the 2022 and 2021 results for the Skyline and the Classic and you'll spot a few other 'Doubles'. Will 2023 be the year of the ' Treble'? |
| Dáithí de Mórdha | May 29 2023, 11:28pm | Hi, does anyone know the route? Is it an out and back up Cruach Mhór? |
| Robbie Williams | May 30 2023, 5:25am | It’s a vertical race so it only up Cruach Mor. Finish at top Running, then hands on knees, then boulder scramble. Make your own way down then |
| Dáithí de Mórdha | May 30 2023, 8:31am | *It’s a vertical race so it only up Cruach Mor. Finish at top Running, then hands on knees, then boulder scramble. Make your own way down then* Thanks Robbie, I like the sound of that! |
| Conor McElroy | May 30 2023, 1:54pm | Going for a Recce of this course tomorrow evening 7pm Cronins yard Any company welcome:) |
