The 4th edition of the ‘Transylvania One Hundred’ was held on the 20th of May. This was the 4th edition of this iconic race starts and finishes at Dracula’s Castle in Bran, Romania… A few Irish went to Romania and these are the various reports: Transylvania 50km – Race report by…
By Fred Verdier “Fred, you there?”… This was Francesco’s message on messenger that popped up on my account mid May this year… Francesco is our contact at Soul Running in Italy. Over the past few months, he has been messaging me, with invitations to help promote trail running destinations and…
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…
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…
By Kevin Duffy Looking for a trail with a bit of variety, I looked to the local knowledge of my partner. I’ll ask her more often, ‘cos she steered us just right for a lovely 15k around Carlingford in Co. Louth. Parking in the town, we took a sea-level path…
Our friends at Soul Running have invited us to go to Italy to participate at the Magraid event, and it is Alicia Christofi-Walshe who will be going to run the race on our behalf. The Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Tourist Office and Soul Running Italy are organising a press…
The Great Sugarloaf in Wicklow is an iconic landmark around the Dublin area. The Sugarloaf is visible all the way from Dublin Airport. This is tough and steep climb especially the last section that will have you go on all four to reach the summit and enjoy views! the recently opened…