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The Wicklow Round is a long-distance hill running challenge in the
"Coming Home - Ag Teacht Abhaile".
, the record is 15:04:30, set by Irish
The 26 mountains of the Wicklow Round must be completed in the order as outlined below, as well as the check-point in the forest of Drumgoff.
The Irish Mountain Running Association (IMRA) record the following sub-24 hour completions of the Wicklow Round:
documentary film.
Irish Mountain Running Association: The IMRA Wicklow Round
* Account of the first-ever successful official Round on the old route, 2007 (Tony Kiernan and Gary Moralee)
The Wicklow Round
* Account of the first-ever successful official Round on the current route, 2009 (Moire O'Sullivan)
Running over Mountains and around the World: Wicklow Round Route
* Book about the first-ever successful official Round on the current route, 2009 (Moire O'Sullivan)
Mud, Sweat, and Tears - an Irish Woman’s Journey of Self-Discovery
* Account of successful official Round on the current route, 2012 (Finbar McGurren)
Get No Sleep Adventure Racing: Wicklow Round 2012 – Report
* Video of successful official Round on the current route, 2013 (Richard Nunan, Zoran Skrba and Jeff Fitzsimons)
Vimeo: Wicklow Round 2013
* Account of successful official Round on the current route, 2013 (Gareth Little)
summit2summit: Wicklow Round Success – Summer 2013
* Video of unsuccessful official Round on the current route, 2014
YouTube: Wicklow Round June 2014: Director's Cut
* Account of successful unofficial Round on the current route, 2016
Carnethy Hill Running Club: Wicklow Round
* Documentary film about Paddy O'Leary's Round on the current route, 2019
Coming Home - Ag Teacht Abhaile
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Wicklow Mountains
The Wicklow Mountains (, archaic: ''Cualu'') form the largest continuous upland area in the Republic of Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow. ...
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. The route follows a proscribed 100-kilometre circuit of 26 mountains, which must be completed in a fixed order, that total over of elevation; there is some flexibility on route-choices between peaks. Rounds completed outside of a cut-off time of 24-hours are not generally recorded. Irish ultra-runner Joe Lalor is credited with the creation of the Round.
The first person to complete the Round was Moire O’Sullivan, in a time of 22:58:30 on 29 May 2008; O'Sullivan went on to write a book about her experience on the Round called ''Mud, Sweat, and Tears''. Eoin Keith set a new record of 17:53:45 on 30 May 2009, which stood for nine years until it was beaten by U.S. runner, and Appalachian Trail
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record holder, Joe McConaughy, in a time of 17:09:44 on 6 May 2018. Several other runners have set records for the fastest Round. Between April and May 2019, the men's record was broken across three consecutive attempts, by Paddy O'Leary, Shane Lynch and Gavin Byrne. These attempts were featured in the short documentary film"Coming Home - Ag Teacht Abhaile".
, the record is 15:04:30, set by Irish
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contestant, Gavin Byrne on 18 May 2019.
Route
The 26 mountains of the Wicklow Round must be completed in the order as outlined below, as well as the check-point in the forest of Drumgoff.
Completions
The Irish Mountain Running Association (IMRA) record the following sub-24 hour completions of the Wicklow Round:
Books & Films
* * Dooster Film (July 2019). ''Coming Home - Ag Teacht Abhaile''. Award-winnindocumentary film.
See also
*Denis Rankin Round
The Denis Rankin Round is a long distance fell running, hill running challenge around the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. The route is a circuit of over 90 kilometres, with a total climb of over 6,500 metres. The Round must b ...
*Lists of mountains in Ireland
In these lists of mountains in Ireland, those within Northern Ireland, or on the Republic of Ireland – United Kingdom border, are marked with an asterisk, while the rest are within the Republic of Ireland. Where mountains are ranked by heigh ...
*Wicklow Mountains
The Wicklow Mountains (, archaic: ''Cualu'') form the largest continuous upland area in the Republic of Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow. ...
* Wicklow Way
References
External links
* Official SiteIrish Mountain Running Association: The IMRA Wicklow Round
* Account of the first-ever successful official Round on the old route, 2007 (Tony Kiernan and Gary Moralee)
The Wicklow Round
* Account of the first-ever successful official Round on the current route, 2009 (Moire O'Sullivan)
Running over Mountains and around the World: Wicklow Round Route
* Book about the first-ever successful official Round on the current route, 2009 (Moire O'Sullivan)
Mud, Sweat, and Tears - an Irish Woman’s Journey of Self-Discovery
* Account of successful official Round on the current route, 2012 (Finbar McGurren)
Get No Sleep Adventure Racing: Wicklow Round 2012 – Report
* Video of successful official Round on the current route, 2013 (Richard Nunan, Zoran Skrba and Jeff Fitzsimons)
Vimeo: Wicklow Round 2013
* Account of successful official Round on the current route, 2013 (Gareth Little)
summit2summit: Wicklow Round Success – Summer 2013
* Video of unsuccessful official Round on the current route, 2014
YouTube: Wicklow Round June 2014: Director's Cut
* Account of successful unofficial Round on the current route, 2016
Carnethy Hill Running Club: Wicklow Round
* Documentary film about Paddy O'Leary's Round on the current route, 2019
Coming Home - Ag Teacht Abhaile
{{IrishTrails Fell running challenges Challenge walks Peak bagging in Ireland Mountains and hills of Ireland Mountains and hills of the Republic of Ireland Mountains and hills of County Wicklow