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  • The organisation was faultless, from the baggage buses, to the fantastic aid stations(those kids worked HARD), to the t shirts and medals. All utterly, utterly wonderful (the scenery was quite nice too-tee hee).

  • I just want to thank everyone on the Connemara Marathon team for making yesterday so special. It was a day from heaven - even if large parts of it did fell like hell :)

  • I had a very slow run due to a pre race illness but didn't mind as it gave me an excuse to have even more time on the lovely course and to chat to some of my fellow participants along the way. will have to come back next year to bury the demons!

  • Ray and team, Thanks for a fantastic event once again on Sunday. The organisation was super once again and you even managed to arrange the first real sunny day of the year for us!

  • Hi Ray, Having returned to work today having just completed my second Ultra Marathon with you all in Ireland, I just wanted to say a great big huge thank you to you and your team for a great event .

The Connemara International Marathon is a day of racing around a very scenic part of the West of Ireland.

Comprising of a Half Marathon, a Full Marathon and a 39.3 mile Ultra Marathon all taking place on the one day in late March or early April. Entry fee for 2008 is €70.00(Euro). The 2007 event attracted a sell out of 3,600 entries with representation from 30 Countries.

The key to the event's success has been its ability to offer a unique package of experience. The popular sport of long-distance running is transformed for runners and walkers in the dramatic setting of mountains, glacier lakes, rugged green-brown landscape which winds in and around the challenging mountain wilderness of Galway in the west of Ireland. The course meanders past bogs, hills, lakes, and the Twelve Pin mountains rising up over the great expanse of Killary Lough, through the quiet village of Leenane, around the Maam Turk Mountains and all the way back up to Maam Cross. International participants enjoy the Irish welcome, the sense of comradeship on the lonely route and unmistakeable buzz throughout the day. No other sporting event sends people away with such a taste of Ireland and all its highlights.

The addidtion of the 39 mile Ultra marathon launched in 2004 proved to be an enormous sucess. Ultra distance running is growing in popularity throughout the world on a scale not seen since the marathon boom in the early eighties. The Connemara Ultra Marathon is Ireland’s only on-road ultra Marathon and there is in fact only one other Ultra event in the country at this time.

Details:
Ultra Marathon (39.3 miles) 9:00am
Full Marathon (26.2 miles) 10:30am
Half Marathon (13.1 miles) 12:00pm

Entry includes:
Bus Transfer from major local towns, Bus Transfer to race starts, all usual Race Support along the route, Finishers Medal, Finishers Tee Shirt, Soup and Sandwiches, Tea and Coffee and Bus transfer back again.

Contact:
General:info@proactive.ie
Web:www.connemarathon.com