| As has become custom in
recent years, the route for the 2009 event once again shows some
alterations from last year.
The principal changes are as follows.
(1) From Sally Gap to Hollywood by way of Kilbride
- Blessington Lakes,
(leaving out Lugalla and Wicklow Gap.) This brings us back to the
West Wicklow terrain which was a standard part of all the earlier
events.
(2) From Drumgoff Bridge to Rathdrum by way of the
mountain road,
commonly referred to by local cyclists as Glenmalure or the "Shay
Elliott".
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This is new territory for us and is probably the
only remaining climb of note in Wicklow that has never featured.
Donard and Rathdrum remain as the main checkpoints
and we plan to have intermediate "watering holes" at
Kilbride and Slieve Maan.
We intend to publish a full description of the route, with intermediate
distances in the near
future.
The
route for the 100 will be the same as 2008.
Map below.
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