The Quest Glendalough 2023 Form Guide   We are used to spending half the year Adventure Racing up and down the Wild Atlantic Way but come April there is only one place to be…Laragh in Co Wicklow for Quest Glendalough…the East Coast Grand National in the garden of Ireland…an absolute must do event. After the shambles of a form guide for the opening event of the ARI Solo National AR series (Quest Kenmare) the work experience young lad has been docked a fortnights pay and been locked in a room with the start list, a Ouija board and the threat of no supper for a week if he doesn’t come ..read more

The Reek is back! That’s right Croagh Patrick is back after a 4 year hiatus! It was off and then it was on, then it was off but finally it’s been confirmed, with huge thanks to all the wonderful work carried out by the Croagh Patrick stakeholders. Major renovations have/are been carried out on reducing the degradation from footfall throughout the years, by resurfacing different sections of the mountain. The Reek was opened back up to racers during Sea 2 Summit in November 2022. Full Route Breakdown STAGE 1: 13.5KM | RUN | MOSTLY TRAIL & SOME ROAD The start line is located at Lough In ..read more

Ask and you shall receive! We often are asked about adventure racing abroad and creative alternatives to the standard triathlon. So, we have been scouring the internet, Youtube and every other means at our disposals and have come back with an awesome event happening in Scotland on June 17th & 24th. It’s called “The Celtman! Extreme Full” and ” The Celtman! Solo Point Five” respectively. They are roughly Ironman full distance and as the 0.5 would suggest, half distance races, both twice the climbing. What’s so special about these, that sets them apart from all other events out there you ma ..read more

After a 3 year hiatus…it’s back! Quest Killarney. 2500 signed up. A full house. New routes. New Challenges. All the same fun. With only a handful of sleeps left, you should be starting to get your game plan together. Your strategy. Familiarizing yourself with the new lay outs is key. Brand Spanking New Routes 5 routes to choose from. All different from previous years. None the same as before but never the less, just as tough. The biggest changes will come in to the Challenge & Sport distances with a new cycle. Instead of the usual cycle through the Gap of Dunloe and down through the Bl ..read more

If you follow us on Instagram, you’ll no doubt have seen our mountain bike escapades at some point. If you haven’t, go check it out, our pics are awesome Mountain biking takes you to some pretty epic places and the views can be breathtaking. Now before anyone else says it, I’m the first to admit that I’m not particularly good at it! Both wheels spend most of their time firmly on the ground. Does that mean I don’t enjoy it??? Absolutely not!! Mountain biking is an absolute blast. If you haven’t tried it, you must, at least twice! The first time you be nervous, the second time you’ll be ho ..read more

It’s looking like cold and wintry conditions as we head to Westport Sea2Summit for the last Expert and Sport races of the 2019 Continental National Adventure Race Series. This is probably the most difficult race to predict for a variety of reasons….With 2,700 people talking part and being sold out for months there are a whole bunch of factors which influence this race. There are the people who are still chasing those few valuable National Series points, there are people for whom it’s been a long season and they are looking for 1 last blow out and to enjoy all that Westport has to offer and t ..read more

There are only weeks to go till you try and knock lumps out of your time from last year. You are training away, hard, trying to prep yourself as best you can for it. But what if there was a way you could actually do the course or chunks of it without actually having to go half way around the country from the confines of your own home. Well there is! Did you know you can upload a file to your Zwift account and it will simulate the route. How, you may ask! It’s actually quite easy. 1. You will need a Zwift account and a GPX of the route in question. If you have recorded last years time on your ..read more

5 am, the alarm was off!  I had a reasonable night’s sleep, so was feeling ok for the mammoth task ahead.  Makeshift breakfast followed by stretching and last minute packing of the hydration vest for the day ahead.  Final check at the car (I must be forgetting something!) and off to the race start. There was great energy, excitement and buzz at the starting area as we all checked in and got ready to go.  Thankfully the conditions were ideal with no wind and some overcast to spare us the sun and heat expected later in the day.  Ollie counted us down 10, 9, …. 3, 2, 1 a ..read more

We have all seen/heard of the recent rise in bike theft from homes, workplaces and more scarily out on your favorite routes. This has been largely put down to the bad guys becoming tech savvy and using the tools we use everyday training to follow our movements. Technology like Strava. Did you know, if you are not careful, they can track your every movement, where you live, where you cycle, follow patterns e.g. your Saturday spins etc… Well with a few quick adjustments to your privacy settings, you can help fend off this… Step 1 Log into your Profile and click the settings icon in the top righ ..read more

Quest Glendalough. For many, it will be their first exposure to adventure racing, it was mine. And looking back now at photographs and remember some of the rookie errors I made, I can only laugh. It was all part of the fun. Part of the learning curve. Football socks, the shorts, and carrying enough kit that would see you safe to Basecamp Everest. So we have put together a quick list of things to help you. Probably top tip at this stage would be to do a little homework on the course, especially if it’s your first time doing the race. Take some time to familiarise yourself with the route. Find ..read more