Chatting with Adam Chase. By Cindy Doyle. With one of those names that seems to tie into what they do (think Usain Bolt, Bill Medley, William Wordsworth…), Adam Chase has had a long and fruitful love affair with trail running which has led him to race, pace and run all…
Meeting Metzler: Picking Brian’s Brain. By Cindy Doyle. Living in beautiful Boulder, Colorado, Brian Metzler is a veteran of running journalism, a veritable mine of information. He’s also a really nice guy, down to earth and very friendly, so meeting Metzler was a really pleasant experience. He’s made a living…
By Alicia Christofi-Walshe Ticknock Tick-Tock isn’t a run-of-the-mill trail race. It’s a 12-stage race consisting of 12 x 6.5 km loops with 200m height gain per loop. The approximate total distance covered is 75k with 2,400m of height gain. On the morning of the 28th of May I stepped up…
This is the season where the Irish travel abroad to run or experience trail running races and destinations around Europe and beyond. At TrailRunningIreland.com we will try to bring a few reports and experiences from Irish runners and partners. To start the series, we are going to the Canary, in La…
Most IMRA runners, orienteers and mountain bikers would be familiar with Carrick Mountain in Glenealy as a great little spot for hitting the trails. And it is! However, it isn’t my favourite place to run trails in Glenealy. I’m going to let you in on a little secret… There’s a…
In the top right corner of Co. Louth, in Ireland’s Ancient East, lies the Cooley Peninsula. It’s relatively small area, but perfect for trail runners as it’s criss-crossed with trails and not crossed by any more roads than a runner needs to give them a good selection of routes and…
Earlier this year, Kristin from Decathlon got in touch again asking if TrailRunningIreland.com would be happy to run another promotional campaign. This time, she asked what would be the essential gear that trail runners would need in Ireland. After a bit of consideration, we shortlisted three pieces of gear that we…
The Irish Mountain Running Association’s popular Maurice Mullins Ultra and Trail took place Saturday March 25th. I was delighted to be one of the over 400 athletes who took part in the race, aptly renamed in honour of its original director, the late Maurice Mullins. The long course was 51k…
