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West Wicklow ROAR

It came down to a finish line sprint between two Belpark club mates in Saturday’s West Wicklow Roar.  John Caffrey & Niall Sommers traded places a number of times over the day.  Caffrey excelled on the bike and kayak sections, while Sommers was the strongest on the hill runs.  In the end it was Caffrey’s [...]

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HellFire

Every thought about doing a Duathlon with a bit more Adventure?  Then HellFire is for you. The distances are short, it’s the gradient that will provide the challenge. Starting will a 3km run over the HellFire summit, then a 17km cycle up over the Kilakee viewpoint and finishing will a run over the HellFire Summit. [...]

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WAR: Wicklow Adventure Race

The first big race of the season had generated lots of predictions, most of which went out the door once the gun sounded. It was Eoin Keith who raced the course from the start aiming to “burn the cycling legs off the triathletes”. The first run from Glendalough up the Spink mountain and back through [...]

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Adventure Racing Training Day

Doing an adventure race in 2010; WAR, Gaelforce or Roar. Looking for training advise, kayak practice, hill running training? Then the WAR training day on Saturday the 20th of March is for you.

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West Wicklow ROAR Multisport Event

From the makers of the now legendary Achill Roar comes the West Wicklow ROAR. This multisport event will be held on Sat 22nd May starting from Tulfarris Hotel on the south end of Blessington Lakes. Disciplines will be Lake Kayaking in sit on top kayaks (provided), Road Biking on an “undulating” route and Off road [...]

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