Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
General => Meets, places, trips and reviews => Topic started by: RedLeader on June 07, 2010
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Some members had a great time doing the 2009 Mourne Mountain Marathon. I'm vaguely tempted to give it a blast but wary if my fitness is up to scratch. So we're pondering taking a weekend and doing the Class D route from last years marathon just to see how it goes. I've included the waypoints from each day beneath to gauge how far / hard it is.
Basically you have a number of waypoints that you must pass and can take whatever route you fancy.
Who's in!
Day 1:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4677846825_7abdbe682e_b.jpg)
Day 2:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4678476664_d2b9b97498_b.jpg)
There's more information on the official website:
http://www.mourne2day.com/
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you running it J? ;D
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I'm in. ;D
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MG's promised to carry me over the hard bits :)
you running it J? ;D
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yeah why not.
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MG's promised to carry me over the hard bits :)
you running it J? ;D
We'll put you on a harness and strap you to Harley. :D
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Seeing I fancy giving the MMM (Class D!) a go I suppose it would be worth while giving it a shot before hand. Mind you, it could put me off entirely :D Some times you are better not trying these things out till the day!
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Fair point. I'm not going to have someone punch me in the nuts now so I know what to expect should it ever happen ;)
Seeing I fancy giving the MMM (Class D!) a go I suppose it would be worth while giving it a shot before hand. Mind you, it could put me off entirely :D Some times you are better not trying these things out till the day!
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Yeah count me in. Just so you know the D and C class (for definite) points are in order its only the elite class (possibly B) that get to choose a route and then its only like the middle 6 or something.
But yeah its def worth a punt great atmosphere, good fun and you get a free t-shirt! what could be better.
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So you have to do the points in order but choose the route between each?
Yeah count me in. Just so you know the D and C class (for definite) points are in order its only the elite class (possibly B) that get to choose a route and then its only like the middle 6 or something.
But yeah its def worth a punt great atmosphere, good fun and you get a free t-shirt! what could be better.
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So you have to do the points in order but choose the route between each?
Exactly , you need to go from 1 to 2 to to 3 etc but you can go over, around, under, above what ever takes your fancy. Bad nav is pretty much where the game is lost. I'll plot all my points on the map, take a bearing for each and mark that on the route card then shove the map in my bergan and not look at it again hence heading the right direction but bad route choice!
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Free T-shirt!
Ill be there ;D
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so are wee still giving this a blast rather than the supermeet?
I'd be well up for this at the end of the month....are you game j?
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Possibly. We had pondered the weekend of 7/Aug too so we could see what suits best. I'm game to give it a blast.
so are wee still giving this a blast rather than the supermeet?
I'd be well up for this at the end of the month....are you game j?
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keep me post so to speak :D
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The 7th suits me mate.
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Will be doing this route over this coming weekend (Sat 14th and Sun 15th) if anyone else is interested. Although I can see a quick bivi is planned for the Friday , I think I would rather spend 2 days in the hills !
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Top stuff, best of luck! I'm just not quite ready for the MMM yet, maybe next year!!
Will be doing this route over this coming weekend (Sat 14th and Sun 15th) if anyone else is interested. Although I can see a quick bivi is planned for the Friday , I think I would rather spend 2 days in the hills !
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looking good weather wise
(http://www.netweather.tv/gfsimages/gfs.20100813/06/30/ukprec.png)
(http://www.netweather.tv/gfsimages/gfs.20100813/06/42/ukprec.png)
(http://www.netweather.tv/gfsimages/gfs.20100813/06/54/ukprec.png)
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So how did this go? I tried to call you on Sat as we were coming down the Trassey but only got voicemails.
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all went well! great two days iin the hills plus we included a summit camp on commedagh to finish off day one. I have pics and i'll post as soon as i figure out how.
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If you email them to me I'll post them for you.
all went well! great two days iin the hills plus we included a summit camp on commedagh to finish off day one. I have pics and i'll post as soon as i figure out how.
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no worries.
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were those pics ok j?
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Never received them chum
were those pics ok j?
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hmmmm....?
i'll give it another go.