Achill Marathon, 5th July 2008
The Achill Half Marathon takes place in Keel on Achill Island on Saturday 5th July. The Marathon is now full. For further details please see www.achillmarathon.com.
Weekend Events
FRIDAY 4TH JULY
2.00pm - 9.00pm Race HQ in Keel is open for Registration & Collection of Race Packs. Music and fun in all pubs till late.
SATURDAY 5TH JULY
8.00am - 10.30am Race HQ Open for Registration & Collection of Race Pack
10.30am - 11.00am Race Participants gather at Start Line
11.00am Half marathon Race Starts led by Achill Pipe Bands
12.15am Beach Bar-B-Q begins at tented village
3.30pm approx. Race completed
4.00pm approx. Prize Giving at Tented Village
10.00pm Main After Race Party in Gielty's Pub Dooagh
N.B. All of Achills pubs, restaurants and hotels have lots of music, dancing, singing & fun. Click here to download all entertainment listings (PDF document).
We have organised The Pipers Pub Crawl with some of Achills best Pipers and Drummers to lead everyone on a musical march from pub to pub.
The course of the half-marathon will begin and end in Keel, taking a route along the foot of Slievemore mountain and passing by the two Blue Flag beaches at Dugort before returning via Bunacurry and River past Keel lake to the finish line in Keel village.
The course has been approved by the AAI (Athletics Association of Ireland) and this is the description supplied by ActiveEurope.com:
"Approved by the AAI, the course is difficult in areas,but very manageable.You can anticipate one of the most beautiful runs in the world with breath-taking views along the way. Participants can view their completion times on-line hours after the race. We will be putting more detailed course details on the Achill Marathon website shortly."
In addition to the many wonderful finishing prizes for all categories - male, female, masters etc., each runner can look forward to:
- A uniquely designed 2008 presentation piece by Killian Shurmann on completion of the run
- A Silent Masses T-Shirt
- Marathon Packs with loads of extras
- Refreshments during and after the race, seven water stations
- After race Beach Bar-b-que for all participants
- Tented Village with lots of interesting stalls and exhibits
- Many Spot Prizes for wearing the Silent Masses T-Shirt
The Achill Marathon is a fundraising event for the recently established charity, Silent Masses. This is what they say about themselves: Silent Masses is a charity that 'speaks up' for people unable to speak up for themselves. We represent thousands of voices that feel they cannot make a difference on their own. We make it easy for someone to make that difference. Our focus now is the genocide in Darfur in Sudan where more than 400,000 people have been slaughtered. We are campaigning for the bloodshed to stop, we want to protect these people and are using the internet to gather your voices collectively to make our governments and world organisations aware of our disgust. We insist on the permanent cessation of these atrocities.
Running this race you join the thousands of silent masses that are making a difference for the people of Darfur and for the masses of people that need our help. Check out our wesite www.silentmasses.com.
Full details of the Achill Marathon, including how to register, are available on the www.achillmarathon.com Web site.
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