OUR PICK OF TRAIL RUNNING RAIN JACKETS With the rain pouring down outside, here’s our pick of rain jackets for days on the trails when you just need that extra bit of protection! Dynafit Alpine Gortex Jacket – €200 The very light, waterproof, breathable Alpine GORE-TEX Jacket is optimally suited…
What excites you about a race, or why do you decide to do a particular one? For me, it is all about the “something new”, I love to see & experience new places, and get stuck into a trail I haven’t tried before, simple! The excitement of arriving in a…
Audrey Elliott recounts her Ecotrail Valencia experience – she is well ensconsed in the Ecotrail Community now and plans to travel to Copenhagan for the first edititon of Ecotrail there too! We will look forward to that report too. Ecotrail Valencia was my third race in the Ecotrail series. We…
Where: Urgup, Cappadocia, Turkey When: Saturday October 15th, 7am start Races on that day: 38km(1120m), 64km(2030m) and 119km(3730m) Total runners over the 3 races: 2,224 Last weekend I traded the Wicklow fire roads & boggy mountains for the sandy canyon trails of Cappadocia – an area in central Turkey, best…
Lakeshore Striders is a trail and road running club in Blessington – we talked to Steven Pettigrew about what it’s all about. Tell us a little about the ethos of your running club? Lakeshore Striders is a real community running club. It is completely volunteer driven, which means there’s a…
Rebecca Hormann is relatively new to Ultra Running but she is a pro already! – among her accolades are first lady at the following – EcoTrail Wicklow 2021 80km race (her first 80km race!), EcoTrail Porto 2022 80km, La Ultra Trail de Tarrogona, The Gower 50 mile Ultra, The Causeway…
Irish Mountain Cardio are a trail running club who run in the Dublin Mountains. Mark Foley gives us an insight as to how the club started and how the club runs. To explain Irish Mountain Cardio a bit better to you I’ve to take you back 40 years. The photo…
Meet Nino from Venezuela! I am originally from Venezuela. My country was going through a hard economic & politic crisis. I was only 23 years old and I decided to come to Ireland to study English to expand my horizons. I chose Ireland because I had a friend who was…
The iconic Art O’Neill Challenge run by Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue involves 30km of road running leaving Dublin Castle by night and then crossing open mountains, all self-navigated. The finish is set 60km later at the Glenmalure Lodge. The 2022 edition was my first attempt, and I invite you to…
The Art O’Neill Challenge was always one of those races other people did, one that I enjoyed listening to their stories but definitely not one for me ….. or so I thought! This iconic race run by Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue involves 30km of road running leaving Dublin Castle by…