{"id":2676,"date":"2014-09-23T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T06:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2015-02-25T09:42:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T09:42:02","slug":"mourne-mountain-marathon-2014-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/09\/mourne-mountain-marathon-2014-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourne Mountain Marathon 2014 &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entered the C class with paddyman, as we hadn&#8217;t met before it seemed like a sensible decision.<\/p>\n<p>Great weather and pack was at 9kg with 1.5l of water and food (hip flask too).<\/p>\n<p>Paddyman is machine and we went great on day one but made a blip on the last but one clue and went up pigeon rock. This put on about an hour. But that&#8217;s the joy of the event, you learn u guess from this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ce560c49a8b208188b3ea6f4c3622c32.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-MNcmS4pU\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ce560c49a8b208188b3ea6f4c3622c32-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"ce560c49a8b208188b3ea6f4c3622c32\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ce560c49a8b208188b3ea6f4c3622c32-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ce560c49a8b208188b3ea6f4c3622c32-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ce560c49a8b208188b3ea6f4c3622c32.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2681\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ce57a2e2b093fad31dae4e2f0ae9a23f.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-MNcmS4pU\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2681\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2681 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ce57a2e2b093fad31dae4e2f0ae9a23f-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"Us before in a field near killowen outdoor. \" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ce57a2e2b093fad31dae4e2f0ae9a23f-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ce57a2e2b093fad31dae4e2f0ae9a23f-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ce57a2e2b093fad31dae4e2f0ae9a23f.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Us before in a field near killowen outdoor.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2683\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/f8081c525ae500eca9663606eadc0b8f.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-MNcmS4pU\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2683\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2683 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/f8081c525ae500eca9663606eadc0b8f-600x450.jpg\" alt=\" Up round the westerly mournes.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/f8081c525ae500eca9663606eadc0b8f-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/f8081c525ae500eca9663606eadc0b8f-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/f8081c525ae500eca9663606eadc0b8f.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Up round the westerly mournes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2677\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3da40dc4d710a5c8d167d45f477a1d3c.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-MNcmS4pU\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2677\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2677 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3da40dc4d710a5c8d167d45f477a1d3c-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"5hr 37 day one. Not bad but a big boo boo as I said.  This had us in 31place I think. \" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3da40dc4d710a5c8d167d45f477a1d3c-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3da40dc4d710a5c8d167d45f477a1d3c-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/3da40dc4d710a5c8d167d45f477a1d3c.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">5hr 37 day one. Not bad but a big boo boo as I said. This had us in 31place I think. Bit of food and Craic with spud and rusty and partners. Liam was cramping so walking about as he looked in pain. Bed at 9wrecked, didn&#8217;t even drink all the mr beam.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2680\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/c5a6947883e718cfb7124c72fcc8b864.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-MNcmS4pU\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2680\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2680 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/c5a6947883e718cfb7124c72fcc8b864-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Nice sunrise, porridge water and a day 2 that was looking hotter!! \" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/c5a6947883e718cfb7124c72fcc8b864-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/c5a6947883e718cfb7124c72fcc8b864-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/c5a6947883e718cfb7124c72fcc8b864.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nice sunrise, porridge water and a day 2 that was looking hotter!!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2679\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/aa3f1d38cd0681bd67ead46867e02cbf.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-MNcmS4pU\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2679\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2679 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/aa3f1d38cd0681bd67ead46867e02cbf-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Over worse ground, few tricky clues in a forest, fell over lots on a bog but the big man did a great job with the map. \" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/aa3f1d38cd0681bd67ead46867e02cbf-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/aa3f1d38cd0681bd67ead46867e02cbf-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/aa3f1d38cd0681bd67ead46867e02cbf.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over worse ground, few tricky clues in a forest, fell over lots on a bog but the big man did a great job with the map.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2678\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/8e7b3b8f34794ab0ae04ce0beb265bf7.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-MNcmS4pU\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2678\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2678 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/8e7b3b8f34794ab0ae04ce0beb265bf7-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"Finished day two in 3.43, shorter distance but tough ground again. Placed 21overall. Had to jump into the sea at the end, lovely! \" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/8e7b3b8f34794ab0ae04ce0beb265bf7-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/8e7b3b8f34794ab0ae04ce0beb265bf7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/8e7b3b8f34794ab0ae04ce0beb265bf7.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finished day two in 3.43, shorter distance but tough ground again. Placed 21overall. Had to jump into the sea at the end, lovely!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fantastic weekend, can&#8217;t wait til next year. Legs sore but loved every minute. Thanks to paddyman for the partnership!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With thanks to clarieBear. Original post is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/forum\/outdoor-news-and-events\/mmm-14\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read Part Two by LandyLiam <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/09\/mourne-mountain-marathon-2014-part-2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entered the C class with paddyman, as we hadn&#8217;t met before it seemed like a sensible decision. Great weather and pack was at 9kg with 1.5l of water and food (hip flask too). Paddyman is machine and we went great on day one but made a blip on the last but one clue and went [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[82,77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2676"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2728,"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676\/revisions\/2728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ni-wild.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}