IMRA Glendalough Clover (Relay) 70K

🏃‍♂️ 3 Leg Relay over Way-Marked Trails Surrounding Glendalough
📍 County: Wicklow
📅 Date: Saturday 7th June, 2025
⏰ Time: 08:45
🏔️ Climb (m): 2400
📏 Distance (km): 70.00
🔥 Event Difficulty: 10 (Extreme) - Extreme, >1,000M ascent or >30Km
🚩 Race Marking: Only major junctions marked
📱 GPS Allowed: Yes

🧳 Mandatory Kit (Level B - Standard):

🌧️ Waterproof jacket

🧢 Hat or buff

🧤 Gloves

📯 Whistle

📱 Charged mobile phone with emergency number stored

🛷 Foil blanket, bivvy bag or equivalent

Please carry all items in case required. Random checks may be carried out.

💡 Entry Details:

No entry details yet. Entries for league events usually open a couple of weeks before the event.

🗺️ Getting There:

GPS Coordinates: 53 00'22.58"N, 6 20'36.24"W

From Laragh, take R756 to Glendalough. Travel past the Visitor Centre and Glendalough Hotel, then continue to the end of the road to the Upper Lake car park.

There is a €4 fee to enter the car park, and 🚗 carpooling is highly recommended.

📋 Organiser's 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.

Entry fee: €36 per team

Entries will open in early June 2024 and close two weeks before the event.

The team captain will purchase one entry, which covers all three team members. Each team member must be a registered member for 2024.

The handicap system will award time bonuses to runners from selected age categories. This will allow their team to start in advance of the official race start time (9:30am).

The first team across the finish line will be the winners.

Handicap per runner:

Male Senior: No time bonus

M40: No time bonus

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

The maximum handicap per team will be 2 hours, with the potential start time of 7:30am.

🗺️ Route Overview:

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

💦 Water Stations:
Three water stations will be located at each turn-around point on the route:

🏞️ Wicklow Gap

🏞️ Lough Dan

🏞️ Glenmalure

🥇 Prizegiving Location:
Start/Finish Area