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Sportswear Company
Present
10th Anniversary
Carlingford
Lough Endurance Challenge
Saturday, 10th July, 2010
17th July, 2009 -
The CLEC 2009 DVD will be available next week, it
is hoped that we can recoupe the cost of this production by charging €15
per DVD. Four and half hours of film was shot during the day so hopefully
there is some good footage in there for all to see.
A few lost and found items – Ronhill
running jacket (blue), Specalized bike shoes size 8/9ish. Water Pac with
car keys found and returned.
Results 2009
1st-Run
Bike 2nd-Run Fox’s Kayak Total
Gerry McCabe
1st 3 Ray O'Shaughnessy 50:42 2.30
28 16 31 4.35.35
JohnnyMcCabe
Paul
Mahon
2nd 1 Beth McCluskey
52:20 2.54
26 15 27 4.54.44
Eamon
Horgan
Barry
Tinnelly
3rd 39 Peter Grant 51:55 3.10 28 16 29 5.14.56
Willie
Marks
Ciaran
Gormley
4 33 Tony Kelly 56:56 3.08 28 18 31 5.21.49
Alan
Bingham
David
McKeown
5 10 Seamus Byrne 57:15 3.07 32 22 28 5.26.36
Michael
Laverty
Declan
McCabe
6 4 Ruaidhri Stewart
57:11 3.19
26 19 32 5.33.24
Robert
Kinahan
David
Merrigan
7 9 Dave Bonus 01:00:10 3.29 30 20 30 5.49.20
Ivan
Mahon
Ciáran
Gallagher
8 49 Joe O'Connor 01:01:00 3.32 29 25 29 5.56.29
Daniel
Morrogh
9 15 Maeve O'Grady 01:03:25 3.29 32 22 30 05:56:37
Eoghan
Carton
Brian
Phelan
10 2 Robin Brady 01:02:34 3.38 30 20 29 05:59:51
Colm
brady
Rowan
McMahon
11 31 Didi Baxter 01:07:27 3.36 30 20 30 06:03:59
Paul
McArthur
Niall
McCabe
12 30 Paul Whately 59:25 3.37 29 20 40 06:05:11
David
Dollard
Simon
Keating
13 34 Adrian Hennessy 01:00:00 3.45 28
18 34 06:05:48
Michael
Maughan
Brendan
O'Hagan
14 48 Eddie O'Hagan 01:02:00 3.36 32 24 34 06:08:51
Roddy
Hanna
Taryn
McCoy
15 14 Andrea Harrower 01:11:20 3.40 33 21 29 06:14:33
Susie
Mitchell
Greg
Byrne
16 12 Grainne Connor 01:06:00 3.42 35
25 28 06:16:03
Andreas
Kusch
Jenny
Kilbride
17 47 Brian Keogh 01:03:00 3:27 32 46 31 06:19:14
Chris
Caulfieldd
Dave
Weston
18 6 Murtagh Murphy 1:02:07 3:54 30 21 32 06:19:40
Marcus
Geoghegan
Niall
Power
19 28 Nick Walsh 56:57 3:47 ! 35 28 ! 35 ! 06:21:22
Ashleen
Cawley
Derek
Finnegan
20 45 Jim Loughran 01:08:57 3:41 36
24 35 06:24:20
Pauric
Lennon
Ivan
Park
21 42 Julie Murphy 01:09:00 3:48 33
23 32 06:25:19
Alfie
Day
Ollie
McHugh
22 46 Neil Kelly 01:09:00 3:50 ! 35 ! 23 32 ! 06:28:53
Patrick
Carolan
Jacqueline
O'Hagan
23 25 Mary Dawson 01:14:00 3:58 29 18 30 06:29:35
Sonya
Fuhrmann
Fiona
Barrett
24 27 Justin O'Keeffe 01:09:50 4:01 34
22 28 06:34:27
Fiona
Meade
Liz
MeLoughlin
25 36 Mark Cooper 01:14:43 3:58 32 20 33 06:37:41
Seamus
White
Lee
McDonnell
26 40 Alan Johnson 01:01:10 04:19 29
17 34 06:40:33
Richard
Noonan
Cormac
McDonnell
27 35 Paul Crowley 01:12:27 04:04 35 21 27 06:41:33
Gareth
Russell
Vincent
Loughran
28 37 Sean Loughran 01:07:26 04:21 43 24
! 47 06:42:13
Stephen
Ralph
David
Francis
29 7 John Mawer 01:12:11 04:03 39 27 30 06:51:47
Dermot
Stack
Henry
McLoughlin
30 32 Edward Cooper 01:13:30 03:54 38 35 33 06:53:44
Colm
Simpson
Dave
McGee
31 23 Chris Quinn 01:10:00 04:08 38 24 34 06:54:02
Kevin
Hamill
John
Casey
32 17 Pauline Brady 01:11:30 04:03 38 ! 32 34 06:58:51
Malachy
Murphy
Tony
Curran
33 43 David Gallagher 01:05:11 04:25 35 23 31 06:59:40
Eugene
Farrell
David
Moore
34 18 Ray Ryan 01:01:52 04:26 34 28 34 07:03:48
Alan
Wogan
James
McManus
35 5 Ross Redmond 01:12:28 04:15 36 30 31 07:04:55
Sarah
Hudson
Greg
Woroniec
36 38 Cronan O'Shaughnessy 01:14:10 04:10 35 ! 29 38 07:08:34
Brian
Coughlan
Chris
Rogers
37 50 ! David Duffy 1:14:00 ! 05:09 ...... 29 ! 30 07:22:26
Shane
Garvey
Kate
Hebblethwaite
38 19 Mags McCarthy 01:13:42 04:39 29 24 37 07:22:47
Diarmuid
Collins
John
Maher
39 20 Michael O'Callaghan 01:12:55 04:26 34 33 37 07:22:47
Ronan
Buckley
40 16 Kevin Moran 01:12:08 04:26 37 31 34 07:24:40
Billy
Carroll
Lorine
Creane
41 8 Noel Towge 01:03:35 04:27 48 30 37 07:25:18
A.
Cleary
Niall
Weldon
42 11 Diane Cooper 01:12:00 05:08 ! 31 34 07:25:47
Leo
Kenny
43 41 Mark Magennis 01:20:00 04:23 37 38 34 07:32:38
Nigel
McKernan
Ian
Power
44 21 Garrett Coady 01:17:00 04:24 53 29 33 07:36:59
Roger
McMorrow
Aishing
Renshaw
45 26 Liz Ryan 01:13:25 04:50 34 28 33 07:38:01
Dennis
Carrigan
Mairead
Clarke
46 22 Clare Maher 1:14:00 ! 05:51 ! ! 35 07:40:08
Paul
Byrne
Barry
Casey
47 24 Andy Higgins 01:14:45 05:32 37 ! 31 07:54:31
Marie
Higgins
Paul Barns
48
44 Paul Hoey 01:14:42 04:07 ! ! ! !
17th July, 2009
Ireland's newest
outdoor multisport event – ‘The Roar’ will be held on Saturday 12th Sept
on the magical and beautiful Achill Island
It is a multisport event designed to cater for both
experienced and lesser experienced sports people and also those
with a specialist discipline such as running, biking, swimming or
paddling.
The categories for the Achill Roar are:
Relay teams can
be composed of either 2 or 3 persons sharing the 3 disciplines.
The disciplines
for the ROAR event are:
- Running – Mainly off road
- Cycling – On Tarmac
- Swimming or Paddling
a Sit on Top Kayak
CHECK OUT WWW.ROAR.IE FOR DETAILS.
13th July, 2009
Columbia Carlingford
Lough Endurance Challenge 2009 – Sat. 11th July, 2009
The 9th Columbia ‘CLEC’
and its followers besieged the village of Carlingford and the surrounding
Cooley Mountains, for its annual adventure race. Teams from all over
Ireland arrived at the wonderful setting of Carlingford Sailing Club for
registration on a damp and misty morning. However, this did not deter 49
three person teams signing on for the challenge that lay ahead. It was to
start with a 8k run from the centre of the village up to ‘Slate Rock’ and
on the Golyin Pass, through Barnavave (Maeve’s Gap) down to the forest
fire road, and then onto the high road back to carlingford. It was tough
going in the mist with visibility down to 30m, which made finding the
Control Punches and direction markers very difficult. It wasn’t helped by
the fact that some punches were taken the previous day and direction
arrows moved !!! The first complete team to arrive was Team 39 of Barry
Tinnelly, Peter Grant and Brian Coughlan (51:55), followed by Team 1,
Paul Mahon, Beth McCluskey and Eamonn Horgan (50:42) The final team of
Chris Rogers David Duffy and Shane Garvey coming into transition in
1:14:24.
Onto the mountain bikes
and it was up the fire road in Slieve Foy Forest, then following ‘The
Táin Way’ to Omeath, on up to the ‘Long Woman’s Grave’ to the bike drop
at T2 for the 4k run up to the lake at Slievenaglogh. First to arrive and
moving into the lead was Team 3 of Gerry McCabe, Ray O’Shaughnessy and
Johnny McCabe with Paul Mahon’s team in hot pursuit. A very difficult run
in the conditions, but most teams completing it in under 48 minutes.
Local team of Ruaidhri Stewart, Robert Kinnahan and Declan McCabe having
the fastest split time of 26 minutes. Back on the bikes and onto the
mountain single tracks, along ‘Skull Alley’ to T3 at the ‘Windy
Gap’ for the 2k summit run up to Fox’s Rock. Fastest split was 15 minutes
by Team 1.
From here it was back
on the trails, up the ‘Famine Road’ to Golyin Pass once more, this time
for the wonderful roller/coaster single track decent into Carlingford and
transition zone. With a full tide lapping the shore line and a stiff
south, easterly blowing up the Lough, the Kayaks awaited the weary
competitors. A pair would kayak over to the Convent Steeps below St.
John’s Castle one of which would change with the third member who ran
around to meet them. This was repeated four times in the rough
challenging conditions under the vigil eye of ten canoes from the Dundalk
Canoe Club and two Sailing Club Ribs. Team 3 of Ray O’Shaughnessy and the
McCabe brothers had a 20 minute lead on Paul Mahon’s team, he having been
on six previous winnings teams. Following this was a 2k run to, up and
around St John’s Castle through the village and back to the finish. Team
3 crossing the Columbia finish gantry in a time of 4:35:35, followed by
Team 1 in 4:54:44, and in third Team 39 in a time of 5:14:56. Bare a
thought for the two final teams who put in a superb performance in this
their first ever event of this time Team 22 of Mairead Clarke, Clare
Maher and Paul Byrne (7:54:31) and the final finishers Team 24, Marie
Higgins, Andy Hewitt and Barry Casey (7:54:31). Well done all of ye.
A big thank you to all
marshals on the day, Carlingford Red Cross, LMFM road caster, Dundalk
Canoe Club, the local Garda, Jade Events, Lucozade Sport, Joe & Paul
the motor bike marshals, Outsider,
Jade Events, Coillte, Carlingford
Sailing Club and its members and staff, to Kelly the masseuse, Tommy the
Bikes and Outdoor Xchange, and of course Columbia for its quality
finisher t-shirts. The evening ended with ‘Elvis’ not leaving the building
‘till late, very late !!! And finally, to all the competitors, who
travelled from near and afar and who braved the elements and the
challenge they conquered. Hopefully we’ll see you all again in 2010 for
the ‘Special’ 10th anniversary of the’CLEC’.
Slán abhaile and Happy
Trails.
Overall:
1st
JohnnyMcCabe, Gerry McCabe, Ray O’Shaughnessy (4:35:35)
2nd Paul
Mahon, Beth McCluskey, Eamon Horgan (4:54:44)
3rd Barry
Tinnelly, Peter Grant, Willie Marks (5:14:56)
4th Ciaran
Gormley, Tony Kelly, Alan Bingham (5:21:49)
Female:
1st Taryn
McCoy, Andrea Harrower, Susie Mitchell (6:14:33)
2nd
Jacqueline O’Hagan, Mary Denson, Sonya Fuhrmann (6:29:35)
Mixed:
1st Paul
Mahon, Beth McCluskey, Eamon Horgan (4:54:44)
2nd Maeve O’Grady,
Daniel Murrogh, Eoghan Carton (5:56:37)
3rd Rowan
McMahon, Didi Baxter, Paul McArthur (6:03:54)
Full results and splits to follow ASAP
8th July 2009
Well, the course is marked with just a few CP’s to
be put out. The forecast is for heavy rain later in the day so come
prepared.
Slight change to the first run, After coming down
from Barnavave (Maeve’s Gap) at CP2 you continue down, coming onto the
fire road and then onto sealed road back to Carlingford. You will then
breifly repeat part of the earlier run for the return down into the
village. It’s well marked so hopefully………………..!!
If local, try and register Friday evening, 7pm
until 9pm, it would help greatly. If Saturday morning, the earlier the
better. Registration will open at 8am.
Slán abhaile
PS. CHECK EQUIPMENT CHECK LIST
4th July, 2009
The Cuchulainn
Warrior Triathlon from Carlingford Adventure Racing Club powered by
Setanta Tri, took place in the picturesque village of Carlingford. The
400m swim course was in Carlingford Lough. There was also a kayak section
for those half dozen who were not to comfortable with the swim section.
The 10k mountain bike course was a 2-lap course located in Slieve
Foy forest on the out skirts of the village of Carlingford. The 9k run
follows the same MTB course without the technical single track trails.
The stringer of a hill out of the
village proved a real test of will and ‘granny ring’ on the mountain
bike!!
Liam Dunne (1:27:30) was first out
of the water in 4:02. However, the McCabe brothers, Gerry and Johnny
(1:24:49) were soon to overtake and were to hold this position to the
finish, Gerry (1:20:30) being crowned ‘The Cuchulainn Warrior’ for the
second year. Liam finishing in third feeling a lot more comfortable once
the mountain bike section was finished. Ray O’Shaughnessy (1:28:32)
powered his way on the bike section after the kayak option and secured 4th
position with Beth McCluskey (1:29:03) closely following, proving she can
mix it with the heavyweights.
A real big thank you to all marshals
who helped out on the day, Carlingford Sailing Club, Garda, Coillte, Gay
O’Loughlin and Carlingford Red Cross, Dan’s Stone Wall Cáfe and all the
competitors for making it a great days racing.
Next up is the Carlingford Lough
Endurance Challenge on this Saturday 11th July at the Sailing
Club in Carlingford at 10am
Cuchulainn Warrior Triathlon
Results 2009
Swim Bike Run Total
1. Gerry McCabe 4:02 37:22 39:06 1:20:30
2. JohnnyMcCabe 4:01 40:56 39:52 1:24:49
3. Liam Dunne 3:36 46:51
37:32 1:27:59
4. Ray O’Shaughnessy
(Kayak) 8:33 39:17 40:42 1:28:32
5. Beth McCluskey (F) 5:40 42:17 41:06 1:29:03
6. Jarlath Farmer 5:10 45:26
38:53 1:29:29
7. Adrian Hennessy 4:44 47:51 39:40 1:32:15
8. Ciaran Hughes 4:15 48:24 39:41 1:32:20
9. Declan McCabe (1st
Vet) 5:25 42:37 45:00 1:33:03
10. Geoff Ludemann 5:08 48:38
40:59 1:34:45
11. Tony Kelly 4:16 45:59 44:42 1:34:57
12. Niall O’Brian 3:47 53:11 38:54 1:35:51
13. David Dollard 4:42 48:12 43:31 1:36:25
14. Liam Hutchinson 4:57 48:27 43:19 1:36:43
15. Kevin Lynch 5:30 50:06
43:01 1:38:37
16. Alan Bingham (Kayak) 9:01 44:35
45:25 1:39:01
17. Niall McCabe 5:12 55:47 38:54 1:39:53
18. Simon Keating 5:26 48:10
46:43 1:40:17
19. Rodney Hanna (2nd
Vet) 5:21 49:35 45:48 1:40:44
20. Derek McEntegart 5:37 52:30 43:11 1:41:18
21. Alan Richardson 5:38 50:01 48:04 1:43:43
22. Michael Maugnan 5:39 53:32 45:47 1:44:58
23. Trevor Leonard 5:50 52:00
47:46 1:45:36
24. Steven Poacher 6:00 53:39 46:19 1:45:58
25. Pearce McKeever 5:15 51:45 49:23 1:46:23
26. Niall Clarke 6:10 50:26 50:39 1:47:15
27. Ruaidhri Stewart 4:46 57:16 45:16 1:47:18
28. Eddie O’Hagan (3rd
Vet) 5:23 58:28 46:39 1:51:30
29. Ciaran Carolan 5:07 58:34 49:31 1:53:12
30. Shane Quigley 6:30 57:56 47:48 1:53:14
31. Brendan O’Hagan 6:16 60:40 45;32 1:53:28
32. Paul Whately 4:24 50:51 47:23 1:53:38
33. Chris Rodgers(1 lap
bike) 16:55 45:15 58:56 2:02:06
34. Stephen Ralph 5:48 63:48 52:44 2:02:44
35. Sean Lough ran
(Kayak) 9:04 60:26 53:45 2:03:15
36. Susie Mitchell(2nd
Female) 6:23 64:37
52:10 2:03:20
37. Damian Douglas
(kayak0 13:52 63:41 47:39 2:05:12
38. Barry Douglas
(kayak) 12:58 57:48 54:27 2:05:13
39. Damian McCrink 6:29 71:31 51:00 2:09:00
40. David Moore 9:51 65:08 56:01 2:11:00
41. Kenny Dorian 8:00 63:46
60:24 2:12:20
22nd June 2009
CLEC
2009 EQUIPMENT
CHECK LIST
Team Kit
1- Map / Control Card
(supplied)
1- Mobile phone in a dry bag (PER TEAM)
1- First aid kit (hopefully you will not need it)
1- Bike repair kit (at least sufficient to
repair puncture and broken chain)
Individual
Kit
1- Mountain bike
1- Cycle helmet
1- Whistle
1- Waterproof Jacket.
1- Small Rucksac (recommended)
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Directions
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Travelling from
North or South on M1 , take the exit off the M1 Junction 18 signed
Dundalk North. From the
roundabout , take the exit signposted for Carlingford. Drive straight ahead
for 20/25 mins and take a left turn into the village itself (signposted
clearly). Carlingford Sailing Club is located opposite the Four seasons
Hotel on the Shore.
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Registration
Will take place on
Friday evening from 7pm until 9pm, for those camping at the sailing club
or staying in Carlingford, and of course any local teams wishing to
register early, please do so. This will ease many problems on Saturday
morning.
Limited registration on
Sat. morning - 8am until 9am.
Team
competitors must register together – this is the only way that we can
ensure that all competitors are signed on for the race, and that the
registration of a team is done and dusted in one go.
Pre Event
Race briefing at
9.30am, after which it’s a walk over to the village for the start at 10am
On the course
If using MTB
shoes, you will have to carry your runners with you for the duration of
the race and it would be advisable to have a rucksac to carry these. If
you arrange for them to be taken or leave them behind at any transition,
it will be at your own risk.
It is recommended
that teams will stay together during the race, you can only
leave a transition area with a full team unless a
team member has withdrawn from the race.
Water and bananas
will be provided both and T3 (Fox’s Rock) and T1 (Sailing Club) otherwise
you must carry your own.
Drink (Recommended
to bring enough to last 5 - 8 hours). Suitable food / energy source
(Recommended to bring enough to last 5 - 8 hours)
Please close all gates
after you even if another team is approaching in the distance. Gel
packets and food rappers please take them to transition, and dump ‘em
there, not on the mountain please, thank you. ‘Leave no trace’
Each member will
be issued with ‘Columbia event bib’ which must be worn at all times
during the challenge. All three members are finished when they have
crossed the Columbia finish line and handed
in their ‘bibs’ on the line.
Post
Event (Ohh, yes !!!)
Steak and chicken
BBQ for all competitors and friends from 5pm until 6pm (Food will be kept
for late finishers...so no need to hurry !!) Competitors will get one
ticket at registration, extra tickets will cost €10 each.
Prize giving will
be at 6.30ish in the sailing club.
Music by ‘The King’ – Elvis arrives at 10pm (and
won’t be leaving the building !!)
Looking forward to
seeing you in Carlingford.
16th June 2009
Map of the 2009 CLEC
8th
June, 2009
With just a month to go before the start of the 9th CLEC, the
course map will be available soon. Some of you will be pleased to hear
that the Fox’s Rock 2k peak run has been added to this years challenge
with one of the kayak relay’s being dropped.
Finisher
t-shirts have been delivered. You ‘won’t be using these as bike cleaners’ they are first class Columbia
Titanium t-shirts.
Elvis
Tribute Band has been confirmed for the nights entertainment, so with
camping facilities available, make the most of the weekend !!!!
13th May, 2009
Cuchulainn
Warrior Triathlon
(XTARRA/Off-road) Triathlon
Saturday, 4th July, 2009 -
11.30AM start (SHARP)
Carlingford Sailing Club, Co.Louth
400m Swim, 12k Cycle, 8k Run
Cuchulainn Warrior Triathlon from Carlingford Adventure
Racing Club powered by Setanta Tri
This is a REAL MTB
Tri course with something for everyone - sweet technical twisted forest
single track, open forest fire road double track, stream crossing, a
stringer of a climb from Transition.
Challenging? Yes!
Totally XTERRA? Absolutely!
The 400m swim course is in Carlingford
Lough. The 10k mountain bike course is a part 2-lap course located in
Slieve Foy forest on the out skirts of the picturesque village of
Carlingford. The 9k run follows the same MTB course without the technical
single track trails.
There is a stringer of a hill at the start of each section
that will test the ‘granny ring’!!
There will be an aid station at the bottom which will be
stocked with water etc.
Both CLEC and XC Tri Reg.
forms downloaded here
21st
April 2009
Carlingford Lough Endurance Challenge
Download
CLEC ‘09 Entry Form here
CLEC Teams registered to date:- 13/5/09
1.
Paul Mahon, Beth McCluskey, Eamon Horgan
2.
Brian Phelan, Robin Brady, Colm Brady
3.
Ray O’Shaughnessy, Johnny McCabe, Gerry McCabe
4.
Declan McCabe, Ruaidhri Stewart,
5.
James McManus
6.
Dave Weston, Murtagh Murphy, Marcus
7.
David Francis, John Mawer, Dermot Stack
8.
Nessa Smyth, Lorine Creane, Brian Darcey
9.
David Merrigan, Dave Bonus, Ivan Mahon
10. David McKeown, Seamus
Byrne, Mickey Laverty
11. Niall Weldon
12. Greg Byrne, Grainne
Connor, Andreas Kusck
13. Ciaran Gallagher, Joe
O’Connor,
14. Taryn McCoy
15. Danial Morrogh, Maeve
O’Grady, Eoghan Carton
16. Ronan Buckley
17. John Casey
18. David Moore
19. Kate Hebblethwaite
20. John Maher
21. Ian Power, Garrett
Coady, Roger McMorrow
22. Mairead Clarke, Clare
Maher,
23. Dave McGee
24. Barry Casey, Andy Hewitt and Marie Higgins
25. Jacqueline
O’Hagan, Mary Dawson and Jenny McCauley
26. Aishing Renshaw, Liz
Ryan, Dennis Carrigan
27. Fiona Barrett, Justin
O’keeffe, Conor O’Meara
28. Niall Power, Nick
Walsh, Ashleen Cawley
29. Margaret Treanor, Edel
McCarron, Denise Treanor
30. Derek McEntegart, Paul
Whately, David Dollard
31. Rowan McMahon, Didi
Baxter, Paul McArthur
32. Henry McLaughlin,
Edward Cooper, Colm Simpson
33. Ciaran Gormley, Tony
Kelly, Alan Bingham
34. Simon Keating
35. Paul Barns!
36. Seamus White
37. Vincent Loughran !
38. Wayne Morrow !
39. Barry Tinnelly !
40. Lee McDonnell
41. Leo Kenny, Mark
Magennis, Nigel McKernan
42. Ivan Park
43. Tony Curran, David
Gallagher, Eugene Farrell
44. Brian Keogh !
Once again we
can avail of the excellent facilities of the Carlingford Sailing Club for
this year’s event, the 9th running of the CLEC. On site
camping and showers available to all competitors, followed by ‘Steak and
Chicken BBQ’ and entertainment for the night !!
Event Date – Saturday 11th July
2009
Entries Close on 50 teams entered.
Registration Friday 10th
7pm until 9pm @ C’ford Sailing Club (Limited registration
Saturday 8am)
Race Start – 10am
Entry Fee - € 150 per three person team
Categories – Male, Female, Mixed
Steak & Chicken BBQ – Starts 5pm
Entertainment – Elvis Tribute Band (The King Lives) 9pm
The exact format of the challenge has been finalised, a total distance of
49k, with just the control points (CP’s) to be pegged out. Maps will be
issued at registration.
What to expect............
Mt. Run 9k -
Mtb. Bike 17k (12k road) - Slievenaglogh Run 2k
Mtb. Bike 16k (3k road) - Relay
Kayaks 3k (X2) - Castle Run 2k
Kayak’s,
Buoyancy Aids and Paddles will be supplied, all other equipment will be self
supplied. (You can use your own Aids and Paddles if you so wish). There will be no
official food zones on the course, you are expected to carry all
necessary food/ water and equipment with you at all times. However, there
will be water available at ‘the Windy Gap’ and the transition zone
(Sailing Club) will be a hive of activity all day, with the stages
shorter but more frequent, where stores can be replenished.
       
20th
April 2009
Clec
2009 in assocation with Colombia is on Saturday, July 11th
2009.
Download CLEC Entry Form here
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Tuesday
7th October, 2008
2008 CLEC Results
1st
Paul Mahon; Beth Mc Cluskey; Gerry Lawlor (Mixed) 4 hours 59 mins
2nd
Eoin Keith; Bob Boles, Chris Caughfield (Male) 5 hours 04 mins
3rd
David McKeown; Ray O’Shaughnessy; Seamus Byrne (Male) 5 hours 18 mins
4th
Kevin Lynch; Cathel McCreevy; Paul McArthur (Male) 5 hours 28 mins
1stRUN Fox’s
Kayak Total
1. 27 Paul
Mahon 52 19 54 4:59
Beth McCluskey
Gerry Lawlor
2.
24 Eoin Keith, 55 19 1:02 5:04
Bob
Boles,
Chris
Caulfield
3. 31 David
McKeown, 51 22 1:03 5:18
Ray
O’Shaughnessy,
Seamus
Byrne
4. 36 Kevin
Murdock, 52 21 54 5:28
Cathal
McCreevy
Paul McArthur
5. 42 Brendan
O’Hagan 57 28 1:05 5:28
Eddie
O’Hagan
Rodney
Hanna
6. 5 Thomas
Kelly, 51 28 51 5:43
Noel
Kavnagh,
Niall
Power
7. 43 Niall
Sommers 53 20 1:09 5:43
G
Smith
Niall
O’Brassit
8. 7 David
Merrigan, 56 21 56 5:44
Dave
Bonus,
Ivan
Mahon
9. 9 Russell
Damson 57 23 57 5:49
Rory
Wallace
10. 12 Niall Donovan 57 19 1:00 5:49
Melanie
Earwaker
11. 34 Peter Grant, 58 21 55 5:51
Barry
Tinnelly,
Ian
Cumming
12. 25
Derek McEntagart, 56 25 1:00 6:00
David Dollard,
Paul Whately
13. 2
Ciaran Gormely 56 27 1:06 6:00
Karl Dolan
Geoffrey Duffy
14. 28 Cieran
Gallagher, 54 22 57 6:08
Joe
O’Connor,
Ryan
Montgomery
15. 10 Greg Byrne, 58 56 6:09
Grainne
Connor,
Aisling
Corkery
16. 11 Aoife
O’Sullivan, 18 1:03 6:11
Cormac
Mc Donnell,
Paul
Crowley
17. 35 Paul
Murphy 56 22 1:07 6:14
18. 22 Sean
Murray, 1:00 17 58 6:18
Jenny
Kilbride
Ian
Alcock
19. 21 Mark Cooper 1:15 34 1:05 6:33
Lit
McLaughlin
20. 47 Kevin
Lynch 1:02 21 1:14 6:34
Tommy
Browne
21. 38 Derek Finnegan 1:04 31 59 6:35
22. 15 Fiona Barrett, 1:09 27 59 6:35
Jacqui
Howard,
Pauline
Brady
23. 32 Enda Walsh, 56 22 1:12 6:38
Berndt
Heim
Sarah
Moores
24. 18 Robin Brady 1:07 24 1:04 6:44
Mary
Dawson
Eoin
Browne
25. 1 Conor
O’Meara 1:05 28 1:06 6:45
Justin
O’Keefler
Kate
Hebblewaithe
26. 4 Ronan
Buckley 1:05 32 1:03 6:45
Billy
Carroll
27. 13 Simon Keating 1:01 20 1:08 6:52
J.
Murphy
Alfie
Day
Final Times and placing lost,
if known will be updated.
46 Kevin
Conlon 52 27 1:00
Brian
Keogh
26 Dave
McGee 1:17
Chris
Quinn
Barbara
McGivern
3 Brian
Phelan, 1:08 31 56
Colm
Phelan,
Barbara
Clancy
6 Michelle
Brennan, 1:11
Tracey
Roache,
Deirdre
Humphreys
Mags
McCarthy
8 Tony
Curran 1:05 34 1:08
14 Ian
Power 1:05 32 1:02
16 Oliver
Murphy, 1:13 29 55
Vincent
Loughran,
Michael
Hanlon
17 Grainne
Lynch, 1:01 32 1:07
John
Lynch,
Donn’h
O’Donovan
19 Pat
Dunbar, 1:07 27 1:06
Henry
McLoughlin,
Edward
Cooper
20 Colm
Simpson, 1:01 32 1:16
Neil
Lavery,
Brian
Scullion
23 Donough
O’Keeffe 1:11 28
29 Barry
Casey 1:06 45 1:08
30 John
McKevitt, 1:14 31
Jim
Garvey,
Duffy
33 Marcus
Geoghegan, 1:08 39 1:06
David
Weston,
Philip
Brennan
37 David
Duffy 1:09 1:10
Vincent
McGorey
39 Nessa
Smyth 1:08 19 1:01
Loraine
Creane
Neil
Deegan
40 Ivan
Parks 1:08 29
Peter
Cole
Andrea
Harower
41 David
McGuinness 1:07 37 1:09
Kevin McGrath
Cormac
MacGearailt
44 Úna
May, 1:10 33 1:00
Mary O’Connell,
Zoe
Melling
45 Eamon
Conway 1:04 28
Leo
Conway
49 Patricia
Branigan 1:16 30
Marie
Higgins
CLEC 08
Photo (l to r) David McKeown, Seamus
Byrne, Ray O'Shaughnessy, Kevin McArdle (Outdoor Xchange) Paul Mahon,
Beth McCluskey, Gerry Lawlor, Chris Caughfield, Bob Boles and Eoin Keith.
Monday,
14th July, 2008
The
8th Outdoor Exchange (CLEC) Carlingford Lough Endurance Challenge race
took place once again in the picturesque village of Carlingford on the
shores of Carlingford Lough at the Sailing Club. This year's test of
endurance for the athletes was of a similar nature to previous years and
as tough as before…. A total of 50k of rugged Cooley Mountain terrain
involving a 16k run, taking in the peak runs of both the Fox’s Rock and
Slieve Foy, 26k MTB section, 6k sea kayak relay paddle, finishing with a
2k run around St. Johns Castle and through the village to the finish line
at the Sailing Club.
The
early morning sun greeted the teams as they arrived from all over
Ireland, and shone on the many tents that pitched the night before. After
the race briefing the athletes gathered behind the Carlingford Piped Band
providing a fantastic atmosphere for the now traditional parade through
the village to the start line. At 10.15am Johnny McCabe blew the whistle
for the start of a long day, for the 48 three person teams entered.
The
first run consisting of 10k of fire road and mt. trails. For those that
know the area the race started in Carlingford Village and then headed up
towards the church on the tarmac towards Sleive Foy forest. Seamus Byrne, Ray O’Shaughnessy and
David McKeown, were in the mix with the best. Up onto the upper mountain
above the tree line. It was then back down along the fire road which
brings you in above the castle in Carlingford... down through the castle
from here and its a short jog back to the sailing club where the mt bikes
were waiting for all. They were to hold the lead at the start of the Mtb
section, 26k of trails with some tarmac in there for good measure.
On
the bikes and into the ‘Bull Ring’ for a quick circuit of a very
technical assault course erected
by JADE Events who also provided a fantastic transition area, finishing
gantry and awards podium for the day. Riders who dabbed or elected not to
try some obstacles had to serve time in the ‘Sin Bin’. Then it was off
through the village towards the church and up the fire-road from hell
once again !! Heading up to the barrier where another CP point was.....
from here it was down the NPS track and across the river crossing....turn
right just after it and you head down to the bottom car park... .from
here, down a fast single track which brought you down to the main
road.... onwards from here towards Omeath when just as you hit the
Village it tacks up left up a tarmac minor road following the Táin Trail.
The cramps set in as they hit the long tarmac climb to the Windy Gap.
Myles McCorry (‘faster than the speed of light- fact !’) was there to
direct them for the very tough climb up the Fox’s Rock were another check
point awaited at the summit. The first mixed team of Paul Mahon, Beth
McCluskey and Gerry Lawlor appeared and went into a short lead coming off
the rock. It was then up the ‘Grassy climb’ towards ‘skull alley’ ...
along scull alley taking in another two CP’s before arriving at the Long
woman’s grave once again. There, at the windy gap there was another short
road section, then left off road up onto the mountain once again for some
more technical trails towards the old famine road towards the shoulder of
Slieve Foy. Hitting the crest of the shoulder... The wonderful sight of
Carlingford down below. It was left towards the bottom of Slieve Foy
where the bikes were dropped for the short but very steep run climb to
the summit. Paul Mahon’s team now overtaking David Mc Keown’s local team
and the team of Eoin Keith, Bob Boles and Chris Caughfield making a
charge into second position overall……...why didn't I go out biking
more..!!!!
Descending
all the way to into Carlingford..... right back to the sailing club...
what a descent... An amazing roller coasted...with many teams missing the
CP 11 mark, but it was there !!! with the last team completing that
check. Arriving back into the sailing club dropping the bikes off.... The
teams head for the Kayaks and 6k of relay paddle.....water is choppy but
the wind is not as bad as earlier .... One team member must run across to
the other side of the bay and be there before the other two team members
arrive in the Kayak , once there the cards are punched and a change over
is made before setting off out to the buoy which looks miles away....
into a head wind with choppy seas...... its not long before legs are
cramping again and arms are hanging off ... Team pass each other in the
opposite direction... turning at the buoy and heading for the sailing
club... Closed eyes and keep digging the paddle into the water… must get
to the shore..must get to the shore.... arrive at the slipway another
change over, four to go, map punched….. in the boat and head off...
..break into a jog.... and its off to the castle again.... punch the map
and its off again.
Last
change over, out and rounding the buoy...... home is in sight.... hitting
the slipway at the sailing club, all three members Mahon, McCluskey and
Lawlor reunited for the final run along the sea front........ on to the
castle... up the steps....and a quick loop through the centre of
Carlingford... Satisfied with a job well done, not far to the finish now
and turning the corner into the sailing club... delighted to finish.
First team finishing in a time of 4 hours 59 minutes and the final team,
the local men, Oliver Murphy (smiling all the way, almost !) Vincent
Loughran and Michael Hanlon arriving in in a time of 7 hours 39
minutes.... a very good day out.
After a wonderful steak BBQ in the
Sailing Club....the night was only starting and the party just begun with
‘the Willing Fools’ providing a great nights entertainment.
Thanks
once again to the Carlingford Piped Band for a wonderful pre-battle
march, the local Garda, Carlingford Red Cross and Gabriel
O’Loughlin, Outdoor Xchange, Tony
Kelly from Sustainablehomes.ie & JADE Events, Carlingford Sailing
Club, Fyffee's, Dundalk Canoe Club, Laura McCabe And Paddy Bell time
keepers for the day and all the other Volunteers on the day. It simply
would not happen without them !!! Next Year, for sure, where the normal
limits will not apply !!!!!!!!!
Results:-
1st
Paul Mahon; Beth Mc Cluskey; Gery Lawlor (Mixed) 4 hours 59 mins
2nd
Eoin Keith; Bob Boles, Chris Caughfield (Male) 5 hours 04 mins
3rd
David McKeown; Ray O’Shaughnessy; Seamus Byrne (Male) 5 hours 18 mins
4th
Kevin Lynch; Cathel McCreevey; Paul McArthur (Male) 5 hours 28 mins
1st
Female Team - Fiona Barrett; Jackie Howard; Pauline Brady – 6 hours 35
mins 2nd
“
“ - Una May;
Mary O’Connell; Zoe Melling – 6 hours 58 mins
2nd
Mixed Team – Melanie Earwaker; Niall Donovan; John Casey (with steel in
his bones !)
3rd
“
“ - Greg Byrne; Grainne Connor; Aisling
Corkery
Could all THREE team
members arrive at registration together, to sign forms, number marking
and goodie bag collection. It will save a lot of hassle, Cheers. The
weather is lookin’ good and I can smell the Steak already !!!!!
Briefing at 9.30 sharp
Saturday, 28th June, 2008
The mountain is a bit damp after the rain of last week but the course
is holding up very well.
In all, 35 teams have registered to date and we expect the last 15 spots
to be taken up this coming week. The race will be capped at 50 teams max.
Just a reminder the race briefing will be at 9am sharp, so get yourselves
sorted out good and early ok. Registration will be open at 8am. Please,
will all teams members report together at sign on, thanks.
Remember all team members
should bring a small back pack with all their supplies for the race
therein ie. bike repairs, extra clothing, food & water, mobile phone,
whistle and anything else that won’t slow you down too much.
Slán
Tuesday, 20th May, 2008
The 2008 course has now been finalised with details of the Stage
Descriptions to follow
______ Run ______ Bike ______ Peak Run ______ Kayak
Wednesday, 14th May, 2008
Control points are now
finalised with 18 in total, included are both the Fox’s Rock and Slieve
Foy peak runs.
Saturday, 26th April, 2008
Once again we can avail of the
excellent facilities of the Carlingford Sailing Club for this year’s
event the 8th running of the CLEC. On site camping and
showering available to all competitors, followed by ‘Steak and Chicken
BBQ’ and entertainment by ‘The King’ himself !!
Event Date – Saturday
12 July 2008
Entries Close on 50 teams entered.
Registration starts – 8am
Race Start – 10am
Entry Fee - € 150 per three person team
Categories – Male, Female, Mixed
The exact format of the challenge has been finalised with just the
control points (CP’s) to be pegged out, a map with the route marked
thereon will be up shortly.
   
Kayak’s, Buoyancy Aids and
Paddles will be supplied, all other equipment will be self
supplied. There will be no official food zones on the course, you are
expected to carry all necessary food/ water and equipment with you at all
times. However, there will be water available at ‘the Windy Gap’ and the
transition zone will be a hive of activity all day, with the stages
shorter but more frequent, where stores can be replenished.
   
19th April, 2008
This year’s CLEC, will take place in Carlingford on 12th
July 2008, Hope to see you all there. Keep a close eye on the web site, updated
regularly from now on......
28th August, 2007
7th Annual Carlingford Lough Endurance Challenge
‘ The Last Shall Be First and the First Shall Be Last ‘
The annual Outdoor Exchange CLEC endurance race took place once again
in the picturesque village of Carlingford on the shores of Carlingford
Lough at the Sailing Club. This years test of endurance for the athletes
was to be the longest to date.... tougher than ever before…. A total of
63k of rugged Cooley Mountain terrain involving a 16k run, 42k MTB
section, 6k sea kayak relay paddle, finishing with a 2k run around St.
Johns Castle and through the village to the finish line at the Sailing
Club.
The early morning sun greeted the teams as they arrives from all over
Ireland, and shone on the many tents that pitched the night before. After
the race briefing the athletes gathered behind the Carlingford piped band
for the now traditional parade through the village to the start line.
At 10am Brendan Cunningham dropped the flag for the start of a long
day, for the fifty teams entered. The first run longer then ever,
consisting of 16k of fire road and mt. trails. For those that know the
area the race started in Carlingford Village and then headed up towards
the church on the tarmac towards the forest below Maeve’s Gap which took
you to a very steep section which brings you up to the shoulder on Slieve
Foy.... from here it headed across the side of the mountain over to the
forest above the quarry. Dave Gill, Yvain Sugno and Evan Ryan, were in
the mix with the best of the rest as the three leaders, Don Travers,
Aaron O’Donohugh and John McEnri, had already made a significant break.
On the descent various teams struggled a bit with the impact running off
road downhill presents. It was then along the fireroad (yes that long
long fireroad) to get to the car park, down the tarmac all the way to the
main road.... jogging along this for a while before taking a tarmac track
back up the hill on to a road which brings you in above the castle in
Carlingford... down through the castle from here and its a short jog back
to the sailing club where the mt bikes were waiting for all. GPS info
tells you that the run was 16km's....
43k of Cooley mt trails..... at this point it was through the village
towards the church and up the fireroad from hell again.!! Heading up to
the barrier where the feed zone was to try and quell the cramping......
from here it was down the NPS track and across the river crossing....turn
right just after it and you head down to the bottom carpark... .from here,
down a fantastic single track which brought you down to the main road....
onwards from here towards Omeath when just as you hit the Village it
tacks up left up a tarmac minor road following the Táin Trail. Then the
cramps set in as they hit the long tarmac climb to the mast and Black
Mountain. The first female team of Moire O’Sullivan, Melanie Spath and
Jenny Kilbride had a comfortable lead in their section. Another check
point awaited the mountain bikers as they arrived at the mast taking
advantage of the feed zone and downing some Gel's and bars hoping it
would give that extra oooomph.......down the descent from the mast ,
right down a really nice fast grassy track (Poc Fada road) which brought
you to the road at Ravansdale... then heading towards the Lumpers. At
lumpers it was up the looooong fireroad all the way to the top before
joining the 2006 marathon course and heading off road over towards the
windy gap... as second placed team of Dave Gill, Yvain Sugno and Evan
Ryan hit the descent down towards ‘skull alley’ they could hear the voice
of Paul Mahon along with Gerry Lowlor and Bob Boles who were back in
third place at this stage a few hundred meters behind.... along scull
alley before arriving at the Long woman’s grave..... Once there at the
windy gap there was another long road section, then left off road up the
old roman/famine road towards the shoulder of Slieve Foy...a more
technical section than other trails. Hitting the crest of the shoulder...
The wonderful sight of Carlingford down below.
The body’s holding up questions being asked of oneself... why didn't I
do some training.. why didn't I go out running...why didn't I go out
biking..!!!! Descend all the way to Carlingford..... right back to the
sailing club... what a descent... An amazing roller coasted... Arriving
back into the sailing club dropping the bikes off.... The teams head for
the Kayaks and 6k of relay paddle.....water is choppy but the wind is not
as bad as earlier but its still brisk enough.... One team member must run
across to the other side of the bay and be there before the other two
team members arrive in the Kayak , once there the cards are punched and a
change over is made before setting off out to the buoy which looks miles
away.... into a head wind with choppy seas...... its not long before legs
are cramping again and arms are hanging off ... Team pass each other in
the opposite direction... turning at the buoy and heading for the sailing
club... Closed eyes and keep digging the paddle into the water... must
get to the shore..must get to the shore.... arrive at the slipway another
change over, four to go, map punched….. in the boat and head off...
walking like a robot up the slipway...each step hurting beyond
belief..... ouch ouch ouch..... shake of the pain..break into a jog....
and its off to the castle again.... punch the map and its off
again....... back onto the choppy ocean... Legs are cramping yet
again.....
So onwards..... paddle and try and ignore the pain in the legs... The
buoy seems further away this time, the crowds shouting encouragement but
it falls on deaf ears..... This is reality..not a movie.... can't just
start running like the guys in Chariots of fire..... eventually breaking
into a jog and head towards the castle....... Last change over, out and
rounding the buoy...... home is in sight..... 'only twenty more strokes'
hitting the slipway at the sailing club, all three members reunited for
the final run along the sea front........ on to the castle... up the
steps....and a quick loop through the centre of Carlingford... bursting
with pride for getting through it with people clapping as you pass them
and shouting words of encouragement..... not far to the finish now and
turning the corner into the sailing club... delighted to even finish it
given the fact it was the toughest CLEC to date….. next year...... there
is always next year.....................First team was Don Travers &
Co. ( Team No. 50) coming home in 5 hours 11 min and the final finisher
Paul Crowley, Fergal Reid and Vincent McGrory (Team No. 1) crossing the
line in 8 hours 8 mins.... a very good day out......... if you haven't
done it yet then do so next year....the night was only starting and the
party just begun.
Thanks once again to the local Garda, C’ford Red Cross and Gabrial
O’Loughlin, Intereg, Carlingford Sailing Club, and all the Volunteers on
the day. It simply would not happen without them !!!
Results:-
Male
1st Don Travers, Aaron O’Donohugh and John McEnri
2nd Dave Gill, Yvain Sugno and Evan Ryan
3rd Paul Mahon ,Gerry Lawlor and Bob Boles
4th Declan McCabe, Owen Martin and Robert Kinnahan
5th Kevin Murdock, Cathal McCreevy and Eamon McConvey
6th Stuart Galloway, Geoff Ludemann and Steve Nicholson
Female
1st Moire O’Sullivan, Melanie Spath and Jenny Kilbride
2nd Maria O’Rourke, Aimi Baker and Rachel Cinnsealach
3rd Frances Judge, Emily Dulohery and Michelle Brennan
Mixed
1st Helen Cassidy, Paul McCormac and Greg Lennon
2nd Fiona Barrett, Justin O’Keeffe and Conor O’Meara
3rd Melanie Earwaker, Andreas Kusch and Joe Connor
Place TEAM / NAMES RUN
BIKE KAYAK RUN
FINISH
1 No.
50
01:15 02:50
:57
:9 05:11
2 No.
47
01:26 03:00
:55 :12 05:33
3 No.
9
01:25 03:09 :56
:9 05:39
4
No.10
01:28 03:11
01:02
:9 05:50
5 No.
35
01:21
03:25
01:06 05:52
6 No.
45
01:27
03:31
01:17 06:15
7 No. 11 1st mixed 01:39
03:39
01:10 06:28
8 No.
39
01:32
03:48
01:12 06:32
9 No.
8
01:24
04:00
01:09 06:33
10 No.
21
01:40
03:42
01:15 06:37
11 No.
4
01:28
03:46
01:30 06:44
12 No.
12
01:38
03:55
01:12 06:45
13 No. 17 2nd mixed 01:47
03:43
01:16 06:46
14 No.
32
01:45
03:49
01:14 06:48
15 No.
16
01:29
04:11
01:11 06:51
16 No.
7
01:34
04:03
01:16 06:53
17 No.
38
01:37
04:04
01:12 06:53
18 No.
44
01:43 03:24
01:46 06:53
19 No. 22 1st female 01:49
03:51
01:13 06:53
20 No.
13
02:16
04:40 06:56
21 No. 27 3rd mixed
01:36
05:33 07:09
22 No.
36
01:40
04:19
01:12 07:11
23 No.
29
01:49
04:12
01:14 07:15
24 No.
26
01:35
04:35
01:06 07:16
25 No.
25
01:50
04:24
01:11 07:25
26 No.
37
01:52
04:27
01:06 07:25
27 No.
30
01:35
04:34
01:16 07:25
28 No.
31
02:12
04:09
01:04 07:25
29 No. 13 3rd female
02:16
07:33
30 No.
40
01:34
04:47
07:35
31 No.
2
01:47
07:36
32 No.
5
01:59
04:43
07:40
33 No. 24 2nd female
01:59
07:42
34 No.
42
01:46
07:43
35 No.
19
01:39
05:12
07:51
36 No.
20
01:50
07:51
37 No.
6
01:39
04:42
07:48
38 No.
34
01:47
07:48
39 No.
46
01:49
03:47
08:07
40 No. 28
01:47
08:07
41 No.
18
01:58
08:01
42 No.
1
01:53
08:08
43 No.
49
01:21 03:24
44 No.
23
01:49 03:52
45 No.
33
01:52 04:01
46 No.
3
01:43
47 No.
41
01:53
48 No.
14
02:05
49 No. 15 no rank'g 01:21 03:07
:53
:10 05:31
50 No. 48 no rank'g 01:21 03:17
:57
:11 05:42
27th June, 2007
Just to confirm this years event is on Saturday, 28th July,
2007.
We may have to resort the Mt. Bike section being second as there may be
too many teams arriving at waters edge at the same time. Already there
are 25 teams of three registered and this will be capped at 50 Teams. The
Mt. Bike section is longer this year but less technical with 20k on
surfaced road.
Course discriptions to follow in the coming weeks
Again, there are new and improved camping facilities available free to
all competitorsat the sailing club. Post event entertainment had been,
booked so make the weekend of it.
26th May, 2007
Course distances and routes will be posted shortly, which may see a
kayak start and second leg later in the day's adventure !!!
7th December, 2006
'The Cooley Raid' - Saturday
1st September. Plans are in the making, for a race, for the more
experienced adventure racer. It will be a paired event (male; female;
mixed) limited to 35 teams of two, distance of 100k in total. Mountain
Biking; fell running; kayaking, etc !!! 8 hour + to complete, there will
be cut off times deemed necessary for safety of participants. Details to
follow in the months ahead. Happy festive season to all 'you' intrepid
adventure racers.
Avec Spirit
JohnnyMc
30th November, 2006
'The CLEC' 07 Challenge will take on Saturday, 28th July 2007 with
all the adventure and post race festivities for the intrepid participant.
Again it will involve some hill running, mountain biking and sea kayaking.
26th September, 2006
A total of 2,100 Euro was donated to Cross Cause, the Blackrock based
Romanian Orphange Charity, headed by Conor Hughes. These funds were from
the Blackrock Triathlon and the CLEC 06. Thank you, to all who returned sponsor
cards and donated so generously to this our chosen charity.
18th September,
2006
Cúchulainn C.C. presents MTB - XC Marathon Champs 06
CARLINGFORD, CO. LOUTH - SATURDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER, 2006
GPS system used to map out course (comp. Robert Drohan)
2005 Marathon course in PURPLE
2006 Marathon course in RED
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Chrr44ggeers for
a great race, the food and showers were much appreciated too. I logged
the course with a GPS unit which gives a very accurate picture of the
trails.
red = 2006 marathon route
purple = 2005 marathon route
Might be of some use for the future. I'll be there next year.
![[image]](http://www.esatclear.ie/~rdrohan/mtb/images/mtb_mara_course.jpg)
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6th September,
2006
Cúchulainn C.C. presents MTB - XC Marathon Champs 06
CARLINGFORD, CO. LOUTH - SATURDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER, 2006
CONTACT NUMBER : Johnny McCabe 087-8105919
Aidan McDonald 087-6262998
SIGN ON 9am. RACE STARTS AT 11am (Mass). 50k distance.
Registration at the Foy Community Centre, Carlingford. (Beside National
School) Changing and shower facilities available.
Accommodation is also available at the Centre:-
www.carlingfordbeds.com info@carlingfordbeds.com
ENTRY FEE 20€. ONE DAY LICENCES will be available on the day
from CYCLING IRELAND.Cúchulainn C.C. website - www.trend.ie/cycling/
15th August 2006
Sent off finisher t-shirts to those teams who were
not presented with them on the day.
1st August 2006
Clec 2006 times now online
click here to view excel file
Also, due to polular demand, and on/off switch on the bottom right, has
been added to the above animation!
CLEC
2006 Report & News
25th July 2006
Enjoying the nice weather, many eager spectators gathered around the
Sailing Club to watch the participants prepare for the daunting challenge
that lay before them. A 9k hill run to start with followed by 34k of
mountain biking, 9k of sea kayaking and the Foxes Rock peak run. The race
was started by Karen McCabe, home on holidays from New Zealand at 10.30
a.m. after a parade through the streets of village, lead by the
Carlingford Piped Band.
 A
record field of 54 teams of three (160 participants) were registered for
the race. The conditions were challenging for the athletes because of the
weather – it was a misty morning and a sunny afternoon.
After 9k kilometers of running up the side of Sleive Foy, the starters
embarked on the 34 kilometers of mountain biking, which included the now
legendary skull ally, and the peak run at the Foxes Rock. The 9 kilometer
kayak section, back after two years absence, took every last ounce of
strength from the starters. It was to be a three loop paddle with a
change over of one peddler at each turn around, 5 in all.
 The
great atmosphere at the finish line lasted for well over 4 hours as the
teams crossed the finish line, the last official finisher came in some 7
hours 57 mins after the start. Set in the historical village of
Carlingford , the finish line was at the new sailing club.
Local radio station LMFM created an party atmosphere that left athletes
and spectators celebrating for hours on end.
To enthusiastic cheers from the many of spectators at the finish line,
Ray O’Shaughnessy, Gerry McCabe and Johnny McCabe were the first team to
cross the finish line in 4h 7m, having passed Team Worc from Wicklow,
including team member, Robin Seymour, an Irish mountain biking Olympian,
Dave Gill and Evan Ryan (4h 9m) with just kilometres to go. Previous 5
times winner, Paul Mahon, Beth McCluskey and Gerry Lawor (4h 31m)
finished third.
 The
support of many locals, both spectators and volunteers – more than 40 of
them, plus the athletes sportive efforts, have once more helped to make
this year´s CLEC an unforgettable and first-class sport event with such a
positive vibe to it. Thanks goes to the local Red Cross, Garda and the
ladies at the sailing club who turned out a first class steak BBQ to
revitalise all the athletes and volunteers. The event supported Cross
Cause, and the evening finish with Conor Hughes and his band
extinguishing any energy left over after the days activity.
Team times will be online soon
For a more
photographs of the event click here
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