Organiser: Tim Ling
Event Date: 12th April 2025
Closing date for entries: 8th April 2025
Start time 6.00am. 5.30am for Registration.
E-Mail: tjling1@gmail.com
All entries must be made on Eventmaster only. Cycling Ireland Licence is required. One-day Licence is available for €10 if required, this will be charged automatically on Eventmaster if you do not provide a valid current Cycling Ireland Licence Number.
Eventmaster Link: https://eventmaster.ie/event/l0eQFV8HPO
Entry fee: €5
Optional ACP or Audax Ireland Medals €7 each
RidewithGPS Map:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49644070
Start Location: Ballinruan, Co. Clare
Facilities/Parking:
Helmets and Cycling Ireland Licence (Annual or One-day) mandatory.
This will be a self-supported event, which means that there are unlikely to be any manned controls, and definitely no support vehicle. However, there are plenty of options for refueling en route. Please read this page https://www.audaxireland.org/audax/ for more details on what to expect on a self-supported event.
Lights are mandatory for this event, and for all Audax Ireland events over 200km.
Route Description: The route takes you off the beaten track from Ballinruan to Spancilhill and then along the Shannon Estuary to Killimer. The ferry will take you over the Shannon from Killimer to Tarbert (Euro 6). From Tarbert the routes takes you to Listowel to start the Greenway up to Rathkeale. Before crossing the Maigue river you pass through the village of Adare, then on to Limerick City, Killaloe-Ballina in search for the Graves of the Leinstermen. You will be going around Lough Derg through Puckaun, Terryglass and Portumna, upto Woodford and past Lough Atorick, on the hill. There is a fabulous descent after reaching the top with beautiful views of Lough Graney. After passing Caher the last climb through Killanena starts and through the forestry back to the village of Ballinruan.
See also
- Antrim 300
- Banner 5-County 300
- Carlingford 300
- Criu a Chairde 300
- Dying Sow (permanent)
- Innisfree 300
- Joe Dolan 300
- Killeshin 300
- Midlands 300
- Monaghan Presbytery 300
- Pale Rider 300
- Priests Leap & Devils Elbow 300
- Surf & Turf 300
- The Quiet Man 300
- Three Provinces 300
- Three Rivers 300
- Tyrone Ranger 300
- Western MTB 312