Distance

63 km

Climb

616 m

Start

09:00

To go

27 weeks

A 63 km (39.3 mile) point-to-point road ultra through the heart of Connemara. It starts in Recess and heads up the Inagh Valley beside Lough Inagh, under the Twelve Bens and the Maumturks, then makes an out-and-back to Rosroe Pier at the mouth of Killary Harbour. From Leenane at the head of the fjord it joins the half-marathon route for the final stretch over to Maam Cross. The roads roll most of the way, with about 570 m of climbing, and the hardest hill, the Hell of the West, comes in the last few kilometres. Exposed bog and mountain country: wind and weather matter as much as the hills. Route map and elevation profile below.

Friends and family following you? jrny.run/finder/connemara-international-ultra-marathon shows them when you’ll pass each point.

1. Every run, one timeline. Your Strava runs land week by week on the build to Recess to Maam Cross, whatever plan you follow: a coach, a book, your own.
2. Race week sharpens. The course, its hills and the weather at your start time, your goals, and a race-morning checklist.
3. Line it up with a past race. This build against your last marathon, week by week to race day. jrny shows where you are; what it means is your call.

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