This is followed by the non-stop
race starting on Tuesday 17th with what looks to be an epic sea
kayak out from Schull. From then on we'll visit all the other peninsulas
in the South West of Ireland in a course of around 650km culminating
with a hike over Ireland's highest peaks before finishing at the
Gap of Dunloe for a midsummer festival.
During that time we'll be sea kayaking, mountain biking, mountain
hiking, swimming, rowing and doing rope activities. The clock never
stops so sleep is kept to a minimum in order to do well.
Ideally for a race like this we would all have spent months doing
almost nothing else, training together and really getting to know
each other. In reality we all have our own lives. For Maria, Tarquin
and Tim this will be their first expedition length adventure race
and due to late replacement, none of us will have met Tim until
we register in Dingle. Although Tim and Russ are both in the same
Sleepmonsters/Inov-8 squad. We all bring our own qualities and experience
to the team in different ways. We just hope that Tarquin's
recent 20m freediving skills won't be needed.
We're looking forward to seeing the best that the South-West of
Ireland has to offer, whilst surprising ourselves at what we are
capable of. No doubt we'll make new friends along the journey. One
thing's for sure, we'll all know each other and ourselves a little
better by the end of the week.
You can visit the race website,
check the leaderboard,
look at sleepmonsters
web reports and follow
progress on the course by downloading google
earth if you don't already have it.
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