Wayne Mc Guigan & Cathal McParland Take On The Denis Rankin Round This Saturday

Ultra Runners Cathal McParland and Wayne Mc Guigan 

County Armagh Ultra runners Cathal McParland and Wayne Mc Guigan , who both have a wide wealth of experience of running Ultra events both at home and abroad , will need all that experience as they plan to take on The Denis Rankin Round, a circuit of all the peaks in the Mourne mountains in County Down over 400m in height, covering 90km and 6500m in ascent and the challenge for them both is to complete this all within a 24 hour period.

The Round is named after Denis Rankin, a pioneer and leading light in fell running and mountain marathons in Northern Ireland since the 1970’s, who tragically died on 16th May 2013 competing in a fell race on Slievemoughanmore.

Cathal and Wayne will circumnavigate the beautiful, rugged and demanding mountains of Mourne within 24 hours , which they will be Starting from Newcastle at 8pm on Saturday 8th June .

You can keep updated on the lads progress as they will be tracked live , which can be viewed here https://live.primaltracking.com/denisrankinround24/

A map of the route

We wish both men all the best of luck with the event and hope to hear more about it in the next issue of the Active Runner Magazine.

You can find out more about The Denis Rankin Round Here