Wicklow Way Relay 2013

[rosshead]

Stick me down for a spot on this squad

[Mike]

I'll have a spot if I could do one of the earlier legs.

[t redmond]

That's great Mike. We have seven so, anyone else interested?

Entries open on Monday so we need the relevant information before Monday if possible.

[t redmond]

We have a team of eight, Adrian is doing a leg.Has anyone any preference as to what leg they would like to do.

So the team is:
Orla
Joy
Tracy
Mike
Ross
Fintan
Peter
Adrian

I know Mike wants to do one of the earlier legs.

Please post if you have a preferred leg for the relay.

[johnd]

That's fantastic news Tracy - great!

Here's a quick summary of the legs
Leg 1 14.4 km 556m
Leg 2 15.1 km 759m
Leg 3 8.0 km 126m
Leg 4 9.6 km 363m
Leg 5 13.6 km 571m
Leg 6 12.7 km 566m
Leg 7 21.2 km 651m
Leg 8 10.0 km 283m

I would suggest that you put your strongest runners on legs 1, 2 & 7
Leg 7 is the longest and at half marathon distance is probably best suited to someone who has just completed a whole heap of marathon specific training, someone like Tracy or Fintan perhaps?
There is a lot of climbing on leg 2 so would be best suited to a lean, light footed runner - we had billy goat Shaughs for this last year and he ran a stormer
Leg 1 is the first leg and it would be important moral wise for the rest of the day to have the team set up in a good position after this leg - it'll give the rest of the team targets to catch and stay ahead of
After that, legs 3, 4 & 8 are probably the least difficult (and leg 3 is the most picturesque of them all according to Joy )
They're only less difficult in comparison to the rest, it's still a tough run on any of them

It's going to be a great day for you all, hopefully the weather is good too

First things first though you need a captain - I nominate Tracy if she is willing
You've put a good bit of work into it so far Tracy - what do you reckon?

[DavidC]

Great to see such a strong team coming together for this. And Tracy will be a great captain! Good luck all

[t redmond]

Thanks guys for the nomination.

Leg 1 or Leg 2 - Mike can choose which he would prefer to do.

Leg 7- Fintan

Leg 5 or leg 6 Tracy ( I not to fussy which leg I do)

can the other team members please post which leg they prefer.

John I will pick your brain on the details on Sunday.

[pjd]

Good stuff Tracy.

Frank did leg 5 and i did leg 6 last year i will root out the gps data.
Also i can do (and frank i'm sure) a recce with you if needed.

[Mike]

I'll take leg 1 if that fits into the plan.

[BShaugh]

Leg 2 is beautiful run. Down along a river and then up by powerscourt waterfall. Who ever takes it feel free to give me a shout about it. Needs to be recce'd