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Six-day mountain bike stage race in Ireland

Posted: 8 March 2010
by David Arthur
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Celtic Xtreme six day stage race

CelticXtreme is a multi-stage adventure mountain bike race taking place in South West Ireland on 6-11 June.

Racing will take place over six marathon stages from the North Ballyhoura mountains to Sneem on the Atlantic coast of Kerry. Starting on the purpose built singletrack of Ballyhoura the continuous race route links a wide range of trails and natural terrain from open mountain side to forestry tracks & rough bog roads.

The route is 425km long and features an eye-watering 12,000 metres of climbing!

Participants can compete solo or in teams. Find out more at www.celticxtreme.com

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Nigel Pearce 2
12000 feet of climbing wow it would take me a life time to get fit for that one
Posted: 11/03/2010 11:58


M F 4

Just had a look at the site www.celticxtreme.com - it's 12000 metres of climbing!


Posted: 11/03/2010 21:57


Cormac Eason

If you want really eye watering check how much it costs to enter... I'd be interested in finding out more about the route though, I'm 50 mins from the Ballyhouras where I know the trails, but have only seen a few of the trails in Kerry, which are fun, but mostly illegal and don't know of any trails that link the places mentioned through off road means. Way too hardcore on distance for me anyway...


Posted: 12/03/2010 15:10


M F 4

Think it works out at £73 per day for the basic entry & £65.70 if you get the group/club discount - cheaper than an irish marathon! & they seem to do a bit more work in a day!

  • 6 Day Race Entry - experience some of Ireland’s best & toughest MTB trails.
  • Daily transfer of Race Bag – drop your kit at the start line! & pickup it up at the finish
  • Free CelticXtreme Race Bag – large holdall with race logo & team number for all participants.
  • Race material – course maps, guide book, timing chips, rider identification plates.
  • Transfer of end of race bag & bike box from Race Start to Finish.
  • Race food stops – sports drinks, bars, fruit
  • Paramedic & Rescue backup during the race
  • End of stage bike part & technical backup - shop prices – as many spare parts as we can carry but bring the essentials with you.
  • 6 nights camping & hot showers
  • Daily stage winner’s awards – next day's stage briefing & day's highlights video
  • Cool CelticXtreme Race T- shirt
  • We decided against the standard finishers medal & instead would like to present all participants & race crew with a native Irish tree, which may be planted for you at a site close to our route. Additional trees will be planted to offset our race carbon.
  • Shuttle Bus - available in host town area to save your race legs!
  • Free Race Week Parking
  • Any additional goodies & extras we can collect for you along the way from sponsors & kind benefactors! 

      *  Discounted evening meal deals available from  race friendly pubs & restaurants in our host towns. **  Free campervan parking available during race week***  Hotel / B&B accommodation arranged on request. Please email us for details.

    • Posted: 16/03/2010 21:43

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