Following the huge success and high appraisal of the 2011 adventure race route, the 2012 race will continue to incorporate a 10 kilometre mountain run, 23 kilometre cycle and a 7 kilometre trail run (which incorporates 200 meters of a river run). Race2Glory promises to build on the success of the inaugural race
in 2011.
The race is already on track to become a huge success with
the return of Padraig Marrey, Gael Force Champion 2010, who is once
again taking up the position of race co-coordinator.
Race2Glory is a race which is designed for everyone; while it
challenges the best adventure racers it remains achievable for other
athletes of all levels.
Padraig Marrey, who was responsible for putting the stages of the race
together encourages everyone of all levels of fitness to sign up for
the race as the challenge is to finish the race and not about
finishing it in a particular time. Mr Marrey said: “The Race2Glory
course is an ideal training ground for all those who are preparing for
Gael Force West 2012. We were delighted with the calibre of athletes
that took part in the race last year including some of the country’s
top adventure racers who have rated the route as a real challenge and
look forward to returning to the race in 2012 (Winners 2011 were
Ruaidhri Geraghty and Emma Donlon).
However many participants had never taken part in an adventure race
before and were successful in completing the race within exceptional
times and were delighted with the accomplishment. With a good training
regime this race is possible for individuals of all levels while
offering a challenge to those who want to beat the times set last
year”
To build on the success of 2011 the race organisers wanted to
incorporate a team element to the race and decided on setting the
challenge to find the “Fittest Company in Ireland” Race2Glory are
inviting companies to enter a team of four into the race to battle it
out to see who are the “Fittest Companies in Ireland” The top three
times from each team will be added together and the fastest combined
time will be crowned "The Fittest Company in Ireland". However
regardless of being entered as a team all entrants will be involved in
the race as individuals and their times will be ranked among all other
entrants (Teams entered so far include The Army, The Air Corps and
Mayo Co Co).
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www.race2glory.com If you require any further information please
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