Welcome to the Oct/Nov 2019 Issue
Our Oct/Nov Issue is now available. In an action packed edition, we have another wedged issue with articles including
- The Cycle Show…The lads made their annual pilgrimage to the NEC in Birmingham
- Competitor Spotlight: Natalia Pocelujko
- Graham Macken: Recaps on his Race Around Ireland
- Gadgets, Gear & more: We checked out the latest stuff to get you “Winter Ready”
- Yoga for Athletes: Laura O’Driscoll is back with another helping of flexibility exercises to help you reach your best
- Event Guide: Season finale
- and much much more.
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Past Issue Archive
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Race Report – Off The Bloom ’19
A 7:30 am start from Waterford had me arriving in Kinnity around 9:30 for a second crack at the Off The Bloom (Elite) race. Last year the race had been a last minute decision, [...]
Race Preview – Boyne Adventure Race ’19
This Saturday marks the return of the Boyne Adventure Race for its 3rd instalment. With two distances, 35k Battle and 50k Warrior, to choose from this year, not to be cliché, there really is something [...]
Competition Time: Win 1 of 2 Entries to the Quest Lough Derg Adventure Race
Forget Electric Picnic tickets or All Ireland tickets...we have the hottest tickets there has ever been since Willy Wonka announced his factory tour!!!!! We have got our hands on 2...yes 2...exclusive entries to the newest [...]
Quest 12/24 – Essential Advice for Newbies
The Do's and Dont's The bigger the challenge the greater the reward! In 2018 Quest 12.24 was everything they said it would be and more, they even delivered the weather. There was sweat, [...]
National Series Form Guide: Off The Bloom
It’s back!!! We’ve had an 8 week break since the last Continental National Adventure Race Series Expert event at Gaelforce West back in June but its unlikely many of the Expert Series contenders have [...]
Race Report: King of Greystones Triathlon
It was that time of the year again, where I literally take the plunge into the world of triathlon. The King of Greystones Charity Triathlon (try-a-tri) to be exact. Roll back 15 months or [...]
The Cavan Kayakarun – 10 Years On!
Community Is Everything Community is an important thing, it gives us our identity and helps define who we are. It gives us something to be proud about and it helps shape what we [...]
Race Report – Race2Glory ’19 (Sport)
The call was made late on the eve of the race on the back of a long couple of weeks hard training and racing. The body was tired and sore but the word on [...]
National Series Form Guide: Race2Glory
Race 2 Glory - Kiltimagh - It’s the 5th race in the Continental National Adventure Race Sport series, we’ve reached the halfway point and it’s getting serious now and every point gained is vital! [...]
Yoga for Athletes – Part II
As far as yoga poses go, this beauty is highly underrated. To many the most obvious benefit from tree pose is balance, but there are so many hidden gems that lie within, that can [...]
Dot Watching
Dot Watching...For those looking on from outside the circle, the entertainment value cannot be described or quantified. Watching a red dot jux position, intermittently around a map, for hours on end. I mean, what is [...]
National Series Form Guide: Gaelforce West
We’ve just had an epic day of racing at the Dingle Adventure Race 2 weeks ago but there’s no rest for the competitors in the Expert Category of the Continental National Adventure Race series as [...]
Into the West with Gaelforce
The conversation usually goes like this, being asked for the millionth time..... Everybody: “Oh you do triathlons?” Me: “No, I can’t swim....I do adventure races (cue puzzled looks)...running, cycling and kayaking, it’s off-road stuff, [...]
National Series Form Guide: Dingle Adventure Race
The Continental National Adventure Race series heads to Dingle. After the epic event at WAAR in Donegal a few weeks ago we move to the other end of the country, south to the kingdom of [...]
Competition Time: Win a Pair of Entries to the Dingle Adventure Race
It’s shaping up for an awesome weekend in Dingle in 2 weeks time as we head to stunning West Kerry for the next event in the Continental National Adventure Race Series - Dingle Adventure Race. [...]
Exclusive Viewer Discount: Adventure Foods from Team-Alpha.ie
Every now and again, we stumble across something different and that we could use in our outdoor adventures . While Adventure Racing is our primary outlet and what we mostly do...we can also be found [...]
National Series Form Guide: WAAR.ie
An epic battle is on the cards as the Continental National Adventure Race series heads to WAAR in the beautiful Donegal this weekend! The first of the new events in the NARS 2019 sees [...]
Yoga for Athletes – Part I
As adventure racers we are conditioned to moving non stop from discipline to discipline, from biking to kayaking, hill running to paddle boarding. An inherent advantage of multi-sporting is that we tend to utilize [...]
Win a Pair of Tickets to the Blackstairs Adventure Race + Race Preview
Now Competition Time! Head over to our Facebook page and follow the easy on screen instructions and you could win a pair of entries. Race Preview (Extracted from Kayathlon Spring '18 Magazine) [...]
May Bank Holiday Weekend Race Preview
The event calendar shifts into overdrive this May with 8 races to tickle the fancy. On the Bank holiday weekend alone, there are 4. Gaelforce Connemara, TEAR 12/24, Avantcard Blueway AR & the ever popular [...]
Competition Time: Win a Pair of Entries to the WAAR.ie
The awesome folk at WAAR.ie have given us a Pair of Entries to give away for the upcoming race on 11th May in Donegal to celebrate joining the Continental National Adventure Race Series(Sport category). One [...]
Race Report – Quest Glendalough ’19 (Sport)
Glendalough, like for so many others, it's where it all began for me. It was here back in 2016 when an out of shape ex GAA player first cut his teeth into Adventure Racing [...]
Competition Winner – Continental Adidas Terrex Trail Runners.
WINNER WINNER!!! We got entries by the bucket load but unfortunately we could only pick one tagged photo. Congratulations AllycatKinsella, you have just won an awesome pair of Adidas Terrex trail runners with [...]
Race Report – Quest Glendalough ’19 (Expert)
On the face of it the 59km Expert course doesn’t seem overly daunting, there are longer courses out there on the Adventure Racing calendar, but don’t be fooled, this is one of the toughest [...]
National Series Form Guide: Quest Glendalough
After a wild wet and windy opening event in Quest Kenmare the second round of the Continental National Adventure Race Series rolls in to Quest Glendalough....and hopefully the weather gods will be smiling down [...]