Welcome to The Caveman - A Unique Weekend of Running and Mountain Biking in Aillwee Cave We are headed to the Aillwee Cave in Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare literally in the heart of the Burren. We will be running and biking on the Burren landscape around the famous caves and will also get the chance to run and ride through the caves themselves.
The event will be held over two days, Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October 2011, with two running stages on Saturday and two mountain bike stages on Sunday. The overall winner of The Caveman 2011 will be the competitor with the lowest overall time after all four stages. If you run but don't bike or bike but don't run, don't worry, you can enter the Mountain Running Challenge on Saturday or the Mountain Bike Challenge on Sunday. The event is open to all, whether that's for fun, for a challenge or to win it! If you don't have a bike but want to enter the MTB stages we can supply you with a mountain bike for the Sunday action. Contact Niall Davis from Biking.ie at 087 4176029 to book a bike. Following on from the successful Mountain Bike Challenge - Lough Derg in April 2011, the event organisers, Dolmen Sports, have teamed up again with Biking.ie to bring you this unique and exciting event. We can't wait to get you running and riding through Aillwee Cave this October.
Registration Online entry will close on Thursday 13th October at midnight so if you know someone thinking of entering please let them know. If you are heading to Ballyvaughan on Friday you can register on Friday evening 14th October 2011 between 7pm and 9pm at Hylands Hotel (see map below). Saturday and Sunday morning registration will take place between 8am and 10.00am both mornings at Aillwee Cave in the main information centre. You will receive your race number, timing chip, goodie bag and t-shirt. Please allow plenty of time to arrive, park and have registered before 10:00am. Race Start - Changed from advertised We have made a slight change to the race start to facilitate the rugby. The races start at 11am or as close to this time as possible and at 2.30pm. Lunch Lunch is included in the entry fee and will be available after the morning stages on both days. Stages Run Stages - the morning stage is an approximatetly 11km course and the afternoon stage is 3.5km. MTB Stages - two laps of the 11km course in the morning and an 11km time trial in the afternoon.
Accommodation If you are looking for accommodation for the weekend we recommend Hylands Hotel in Ballyvaughan, who have put on a race special for us: single room €60 per night (breakfast included) / double or twin room €80 per night (breakfast included). www.hylandsburren.com.
Event parking will be available at the Aillwee Cave car park.
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