COTSWOLD OUTDOOR

After many journeys to Belfast to meet with the representatives of Cotswold Outdoor (http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/) we are pleased to announce that Cotswold Outdoor have agreed to sponsor some prizes for the race and goodie bags for the Kilbroney Challenge. They have a great shop on the Boucher Road in Belfast and if you are in the vicinity call in and have a look around – you’ll more than likely leave with some kit.

Not The Sunday Run will also be making a donation to Cotswold Outdoors’ nominated Charity – Action Mental Health – there will be representatives from both Cotswold Outdoor and Action Mental Health at the race and we would ask that if any competitors have a few spare Pounds or Euro floating around in their pockets to send it in the direction of the Charity.

TORQ FITNESS

We are please to announce that you will be fuelled on the day by Torq Fitness Energy Products. They have agreed to send some product our way and we hope to have an energy bar and an energy gel or two for all competitors in your goodie bags. You should note that you should also bring along your own source of energy food and drink as one bar and one gel may not see you around the whole course! Their products have been getting rave reviews and it is great that they have agreed to support the Kilbroney Challenge.

Further information on Torq Fitness and their products can be found at http://www.torq.ltd.uk/ – you can also order online from their website. As in previous years we would ask that you support our sponsors – they might come back next year with more stuff!

Looking for a Team Mate??

I have had quite a few people looking for team mates to race with. If you are one of those people please reply in this thread and hopefully you can hook up with someone to race with.

Please use spaces and "at" instead of @ in your e mail address to avoid the spammers getting hold of it!

Kit List - Kilbroney Challenge 2008

MANDATORY EQUIPMENT LIST

Team Kit
1 X Map & Control Card (supplied)
1 X Indelible felt tip pen
1 X Mobile phone in a dry bag
1 X Space blanket/bag
1 X First aid kit (1 crepe bandage, 1 triangle bandage, 2 safety pins, 1 wound dressing & 6 adhesive dressings as a minimum)
1 X Bike repair kit (at least sufficient to repair puncture and broken chain)
1 X Compass (Recommended not Mandatory)

Individual Kit
1 X Mountain bike
1 X Cycle helmet
1 X Whistle
1 X Waterproof Coat.*
1 X Waterproof Leggings.*
1 X Small Rucksac (recommended not mandatory)**
1 X Full change of clothes for after the event (Recommended not Mandatory). Showers will be available after the event.
Drink (Recommended to bring enough to last 5 - 8 hours)
Suitable food / energy source (Recommended to bring enough to last 5 - 8 hours)

Unless it is otherwise stated all the above kit is Mandatory. Mandatory means you must come to the race with it and carry it at all times.

*Depending on the weather conditions we may ask everyone to wear waterproof coat & leggings for the kayak stage. Make sure you don't forget them.

** You will have to carry your runners with you for the duration of the race and it would be advisable to have a rucksac to carry these.

Kilbroney Challenge 2008 Final Route Details

The elevation of the route of the Kilbroney Challenge 2008 is shown above.

We have finally got a chance to do the full course of the 2008 Kilbroney Challenge. It will be approximately 40km in length and will be of the following format

Paddle – 2km
Bike – 17km. There will be two small foot sections during this stage.
Run – 10km. This will be on open mountain trails.
Bike – 9km. Through some of the best trails Rostrevor has to offer. Make sure your brakes are in good working order!!
Optional foot section – 3km – 4km. Competitors will gain a generous time bonus if they complete this section correctly.
Paddle – 2km
There will also be a couple of special tasks on the day – you have been warned!

The total bike section will have approximately 1,000 meters of climbing and the run will have approximately 500 meters of climbing. The race will cover some very interesting sections of the forest and mountains around Rostrevor and if we get weather like we did last year it is set to be a cracking day.

New NTSR E mail address

We have had to change our e mail address last week after getting massive amounts of spam.

The new address, if anyone has any queries, is as follows:

hello (at) notthesundayrun.com - replace the (at) with @ and remove the spaces before and after the (at).

Gaelforce West Partnership

After some discussions with representatives of Detail Events (http://www.allinthedetail.com/) we are now in a position to announce that we have secured some entries into the Gaelforce West Adventure Race (http://www.gaelforcewest.ie/) as prizes for participants in the Kilbroney Challenge. The race which takes place on the weekend 23 – 24 August in Westport attracts large numbers of competitors and promises to be a great event once again in 2008. In addition to the Gaelforce West Race Detail Events have just announced that the Rat Race (Urban based adventure racing) is coming to Belfast and Galway later this year. For more details on this see the Rat Race Website: http://www.ratraceadventure.com/

We are currently in talks with some other potential sponsors and further announcements are expected shortly.