Gaelforce Events 2013

Connemara Adventure Challenge 2013 - Results, Photos, Reports & more!

Bray 10km Cliff Run- Final Competitor Mailout

This years event looks set to be a great event and lots of you have taken up the challenge! The course is still as stunning as it was last year and hopefully the weather will hold off so that you get to appreciate the view.

The Main Event!

Registration - 4.30pm

Registration for the event will take place from 4.30pm on Saturday the 6th April in The Martello on Bray promenade. Here you will receive your race no and event tshirt. We will have the race numbers online on Friday, so please know your number before you arrive to help registration go faster. We will also have a room where you can leave a change of clothes but please do not bring any valuables with you.

There will be no registration in Greystones. We will have on the day registration, which is €25. This will be limited so please arrive early.

Getting to the start line

The best way to get to the start line is to take the DART to Greystones, the 6.10pm train is the latest train you can get. The Bray DART station is located here.

To get to the start line from Greystones Dart station, turn left when you come out of the train station and go under the arch to the beach. Turn right up the beach and you will see the start gantry. The DART costs €2.80 per person so make sure that you have the right change with you, so that you don't have to carry the change while you are running.

If you are driving we ask that you please be at the South Beach of Greystones for 6.20pm. There is plenty of parking available here.

Please remember there is no registration available in Greystones.

Please note that there are no toilets at the start line.

Start time

The race will start at 6.50pm sharp on the South Beach in Greystones. The startline is a bit up the beach so please allow time for the walk.

There will be one water stop along the route and then at the finish line.

To give the faster runners the best chance at getting their Personal Best time, we will have small posts behind the start line with times. If you know or have any idea of what your best time for a 10km run is, we ask that you line up behind that time. This is to give those that maybe faster a clearer run from the start.

Prize Giving and After Party

The FREE after party will start at about 8.30pm in the Martello. We will have the prize giving at about 8.30/9pm. There will be FREE finger food and FREE entry into the night club for any of you that fancy dancing into the night. The musician, " Jamie Duff" will start at about 8.30pm. So make a night of it!

Result

We will have the results online here as soon as possible after the event.

Fancy helping out?

We are still looking for volunteers to help us out on the evening. If you fancy it, you will receive race goodies and 20% off any Gaelforce Event you take part in, in 2013/14. Not bad for a couple of hours on a Saturday evening!

See you all there!

The Gaelforce Events Crew

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New Events, Galway Training Day & tell us your Gaelforce story!

It may be cold outside, but things are hotting up in the Gaelforce event office, with Bray 10km Cliff Run only weeks away and two brand new race events on the calender.

Galway & Wicklow Training Day 16th March

Our next training days are taking place this Saturday.

Galway: In Galway, we will have a beginners day including running and kayaking.

Wicklow: And in Wicklow we will have an intermediate day involving hill running & off road cycling.

Both days are great value, will run from 10am - 5pm and include lunch for only €40 plus booking fee. They are a great way of getting motivated to train, top tips and meeting like minded training partners.

Book the Wicklow training day online here and for the Galway training day, call us on 095 42006 to book your place.

Bray 10km Cliff Run April 6th

The first event of the year is only a few weeks away and entries are flying in! The Bray 10km cliff run is a great event to use as training for one of our longer events, but is also a spectacular 10km run and a great way to spend a Spring evening. This trail run covers a number of different terrains, from the sandy beach, to paved roads & paths, to gravel, rough track before finishing on Bray's stoney beach. For full details & to book, check out the website.

There is a great social side to the event, with free food and prize giving in the Martello Hotel right at the finish line! Make a night of it and dance the night away in the Koo Club, with the Martello kindly offering free entry to all our competitors!

If you fancy getting involved but aren't quite up to the 10km, why not help out at the event? We are looking for volunteers to give us a hand for a few hours on the day. Volunteers will receive race goodies, discounts and more. If interested, just send us an email at info@gaelforceevents.com.

Has Gaelforce changed your life? Tell us your story

Over the years Gaelforce Events has seen some pretty inspirational people compete in our events, people who have overcome astonishing personal challenges and people with stories that make you want to cheer and shout and laugh as well as cry. Others have found that taking on the challenge of signing up to a Gaelforce event and following through to crossing the finish line has changed their lives, opened up new opportunities and given them a fresh perspective on life.

We often get asked what kind of people do adventure races - we always say the best kind! But we would love to hear more stories. Did competing in a Gaelforce Event change your life, make you stronger? Did you manage to compete despite having a major road block in the way? We would love to show the world what's possible when you put your mind to it. Email info@gaelforceevents.com and tell us your story - our sponsors Elverys will kit out the best entrant in a full set of new training gear! All entries must be in by next Tuesday 19th March.

Two great new events for 2013

We have added to great new events to our calender, so now we really have an event to suit everyone!

Womens Adventure Race July 27th

Are you afraid that adventure racing might not be for you? Do you fear lining up alongside growling men and Amazonian women? Not any more. Us women here in the Gaelforce office have final gotten our way and are delighted to announce that we are organising a womens only adventure race.

We are the Gaelforce women and we have designed this race for us and for you. It is for women only and celebrates fit, healthy, determined, enthusiastic and wonderful women just like us and just like you. It is Ireland’s first and only Women’s Adventure Race. It is the perfect distance (23.5km), the perfect combination and the perfect challenge to test you and to achieve. Check out full details on the event website.

To celebrate the launch we are also offering an early bird price on entry until March 19th, so get entered online. Why not make a girls weekend of it and stay for a night or 2! We have great deals on offer at the event location, Killary Adventure Centre. Stay one night with dinner for as little €40 or 2 nights with dinner for just €62. To book accommodation call 095 43411.

Turf Warrior 25th May & 2nd Nov

We have rebranded our popular Turf Guy Challenge to mark the addition of a new summer event which runs for the first time on 25th May 2013. This obstacle course challenge is packed full of adventure, mud, climbing, swinging, leaps into the Atlantic and all kinds of other mayhem and madness. Not sure if you are tough enough? Have a read through this!

Don't worry, the Turf Warrior Challenge still includes the original winter event running on 2nd November 2013 for all you hardy Warriors out there for whom cold, wind, rain, hail and snow are of no consequence! The course for both races are the same but weather makes a big difference. If you can complete the summer challenge you will definitely be ready to take on your old stomping ground again in November and truly earn your warrior status! Check out full details on both events here.

New for 2013, we are also taking team entries online so why not have the craic with a few of your mates as you make your way around the course! Each competitor will also receive an event tech tshirt and if you make it through the battle field, a finishers medal!

The Turf Warrior Challenge is part of the Gaelforce brand and as with all Gaelforce events we firmly believe in the after-race part too. Free entry to the themed party at Killary Adventure Company is included for all warriors, so you can get together for a well earned drink, swap stories and re-live the ups and downs of a day on the battlefield after you've scrubbed the mud from your ears, eyes and every other body part!

To celebrate the great new summer event & rebranding we are offering and early bird price on entries. Check them out here and get entered!

Western People West Of Ireland Womens Mini Marathon

The 4th Annual 'Western People West Of Ireland Womens Mini Marathon' takes place on Sunday May 3rd (May Bank Holiday Weekend)at 12noon in Castlebar Town, Co. Mayo. Over 4000 women are expected to walk, jog or run this 10k event with many raising money for their chosen charities. 'Everyone' is invited to participate in what promises to be another major event in the wests sporting calendar.

Entry fee is just €20 with excellent prize money and with all profits going back into Mayo Sports Partnerships community sport development programmes.

To find out more or to enter log onto their website.

Dodgy knees, the hill struggles, the sense of achievement and lots of learning!

How is your training going? Are you having up and down days, as well as achieve things that you never thought possible! Have a read through our challengers blogs and see how they are getting on. Gain some tips from what they have learned and hopefully have a giggle too!

And if you want to offer them advice & encouragement please do!

That's all for now.

The Gaelforce Team

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