Down in Ballyhoura, race for us on the Saturday, watch the pros on the Sunday:
'History will be made in June 2014 as Ireland hosts its first official UCI championship event. The European Marathon Championships is set to attract the best racers in the world to the Ballyhoura Mountains, County Limerick. Amateur mountain bikers are encouraged to take part in the support races on Saturday and stay over to watch the best riders in the world compete on Sunday! The icing on the cake is the Rocky Mayhem Music Festival which takes place over the same weekend in Kilfinane.'
Sounds like a deadly weekend, registration is open:
http://www.euromarathonchamps.com/index.php/en/
Who is in