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Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon (Class D)
« on: June 07, 2010 »
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:


Day 2:


There's more information on the official website:
http://www.mourne2day.com/
« Last Edit: June 07, 2010 by J »
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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2010 »
you running it J?  ;D
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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2010 »
I'm in. ;D
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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2010 »
MG's promised to carry me over the hard bits :)

Quote from: andy1984 on June 07, 2010
you running it J?  ;D
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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2010 »
yeah why not.
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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2010 »
Quote from: J on June 07, 2010
MG's promised to carry me over the hard bits :)

Quote from: andy1984 on June 07, 2010
you running it J?  ;D
We'll put you on a harness and strap you to Harley. :D
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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon (Class D)
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2010 »
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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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon (Class D)
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2010 »
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 ;)

Quote from: suspectmonkey on June 07, 2010
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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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon (Class D)
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2010 »
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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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon (Class D)
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2010 »
So you have to do the points in order but choose the route between each?

Quote from: chris on June 07, 2010
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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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon (Class D)
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2010 »
Quote from: J on June 07, 2010
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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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon (Class D)
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2010 »
Free T-shirt!

Ill be there  ;D
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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon (Class D)
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2010 »
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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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon (Class D)
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2010 »
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.

Quote from: 666_pack on July 20, 2010
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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Re: Try the Mourne Mountain Marathon (Class D)
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2010 »
keep me post so to speak :D
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