500 athletes to push themselves to the limit in real test of endurance

Endurance athletes will push themselves to the limit as one of the country’s toughest adventure races comes to West Cork.

Up to 500 people have signed up for the third annual South Coast Adventure Race — a gruelling running, cycling, hiking, and kayaking event — which will be held on the Liss Ard Estate, Skibbereen, on Oct 20.

Athletes will take on a 4km run through Liss Ard’s gardens and trails, a 42km cycle along the Atlantic coast, a 220-metre ascent trail of Knockomagh Hill overlooking Lough Hyne, followed by 1.5km kayak on Liss Ard’s private freshwater lake.