10K

WELCOME TO ECOTRAIL WICKLOW 10 KM TRAIL RACE!

Our 10 km race is now in it's second year and is the most widely accessible of all the races in our series intended to be a suitable challenge for everyone and get you ready for the longer races in future years! This year's route is slightly shortened (down from 10.3 km to 9.8 km) with much more trail and a few more interesting sections of single track than last year's route. This reduces the amount of tarmac you will run on to roughly 1.6 km out of the - just the promenade (out and back).

View on Plotaroute

View on Trace des Trail

You begin at the promenade at Bray seafront before climbing up the slopes of the coastal hill Bray Head where you can look out across the Irish Sea. From here you enjoy stunning views of the Irish Sea until a small trail leads you over the secondary Bray summits and down a grassy track towards the Cliff Road. Before reaching the road, you wing back up to the Bray wall and descend back to the main trail turning sharply uphill back towards Bray.

From the main Bray path you veer left on grassy and single paths towards Bray. As you contour with the golf club down below to your left, the trail get's narrower and start descending sharply to the town - watch your feet here as the trail is uneven and narrow. A sharp left takes some momentum out of the quick descent before you reach a pleasant grass trail that takes you past the ruined church known locally as 'Raheen-a-Cluig'. Shortly after you emerge at the bottom of the main Bray track and your return to the finish along the promenade.

The 10 km route features a mixture hard-packed trails with 3 short sections of rocky and/or grassy trails and the only tarred sections being the seafront promenade at the beginning.

A map of the route is provided for your general information but this map is not intended to be used for access purposes.

Please do not access private sections of the route outside the race.

REGISTER for the EcoTrail Wicklow HERE