Date
Sun, 8 Aug 2027
Venue
Knocknarea Tourist Car Park, near Strandhill, County Sligo
County Sligo
Countdown
August
The full Queen Maeve's loop: 6.5 km on a marked mountain course with two climbs. Short, but it climbs 340 m, so it runs harder than the distance suggests.
Key facts
01Mandatory kit: waterproof jacket, hat or buff, gloves, whistle
02Carry a charged phone with the emergency number stored
03Foil blanket, bivvy bag or equivalent must be carried
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The course
The route
County Sligo
Distance6.5km
Total climb340m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate6.4 km
Weather
Early-August, County Sligo
18°CTypical high
11°CTypical low
7°CColdest in 20 years
76%Days with rain
Highs around 18°C and lows around 11°C, but it has dropped to 7°C. Rain on 76% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Evan Hughes0:24:0716.2 km/h
02James Gallagher0:24:1716.1 km/h
03Alan Dunne0:30:1812.9 km/h
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Finishers
0:45:24
Median time
8.6 km/h
Median speed
Overall · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserIrish Mountain Running Association (IMRA)
Websiteimra.ie
Instagram@irishmountainrunning
Running since2023
Training
Training for the Queen Maeve's 6 km
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Queen Maeve's 6 km plan targets
Typical sessions
7 km with 340 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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