RACE ENTRY, REGISTRATION, RACE BRIEFING & RACE TIMINGS & INFO
Online Race Entry:
Full & Half Monte Run event entries cannot be purchased on the day of the race; online entries will open in January 2026. Sprint & Little Monte Family registration & event entries can be purchased online and in person, Friday 28th August evening and Saturday 29th August morning.
Race Registration 28th/29th August 2026:
All participants for All Routes will need to come to Race Registration please:
Full, Half and Sprint Monte:
- Sign in, collect your race number bib, timing chip. Plus race pack with t-shirt for Full & Half Monte. Each race number bib will be color coded to your route; Blue for the Full Monte, Green for the Half Monte, Yellow for the Sprint Monte.
- Mandatory kit check.
- Bag drop
Little & Sprint Monte:
- Sign in at registration, if you have entered online. Buy entry, sign in and sign activity waiver, if you have not already entered online.
- Sign activity waiver as a parent or guardian on behalf of an Under 18 taking part in Sprint or Little Monte.
- Bag drop
At registration and in person you can also:
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- Transfer your entry to another person in the same year. The new person must do this change in person at registration.
- Transfer your entry to another route e.g. move from Full to Half Monte. No refund is given to change down routes.
- Change of team participant names e.g. you want to swap a team member.
- No refunds for entries, no transfers of current year to next year.
Race Registration Location:
St Peter’s National School, Mountcharles, Co. Donegal F94 X02N. The School is beside the Community Centre and start/finish area.
Car Parking:
There will be car-parking near the race start/finish. You will receive info on this before the race and directed by marshals. Please respect the marshal’s instructions and mindful of competitors & spectators, as we will limit traffic in the start/finish area.
Race Registration Timings:
Friday 28th August, 18:00-21:00 –
- Race registration open for all participants. Sprint & Little Monte event entries can also be purchased. We encourage you to complete your registration on Friday evening, so you are all set for Saturday’s race!
- If you register on Friday evening, you will be able to leave your bike overnight in the Leg 1-2 Transition Zone at Gallaher’s Funeral Home Carpark, Mountcharles (within walking distance of Registration). There will be overnight security but your bike is parked at your own risk and the organisers take no responsibility for any loss or damage.
Saturday 29th August, provisional timings –
6am Registration Opens
7am Full Monte Reg Closes
7.30am Half Monte Reg Closes
8.45am Sprint Monte Reg Closes
9.15am Little Monte Reg Closes
Little Monte & Sprint event entries can also be purchased on the day.
Race Briefings & Provisional Race Start Timings 29th August 2025:
You must please attend your race briefing which takes place at the Start Line at the Community Centre, Mountcharles on Saturday 30th August.
7.50am Full Monte Race Briefing
8am FULL MONTE START
8.35am Half Monte Race Briefing
8.45am HALF MONTE START
9.25am Sprint & Little Monte Race Briefing
9.30am SPRINT MONTE START
9.35am LITTLE MONTE START
Cut Off times:
There will be cut-off times, at the following points for The Full Monte, cut-off times will be published nearer the event:
- Transition Zone Letterbarrow Football Club, competitors must get to Football club before cut off time (tbc), before the start of Leg 3 hike/run up Carnaween Mountain. You will have the option to retire or continue the cycle route to Leg 5.
- Transition Zone Gallagher’s Funeral Home, competitors must get to Gallagher’s before cut off time (tbc), before start of the last Leg 5 Sandy Banks run.
- Please respect the Race Directors/marshal’s instruction on cut off times; this is to ensure your safety and the safety of our marshals on the course.
HOW DO TEAMS WORK?
You can enter as a team to the Full and Half Monte.
The Full Monte 57km (run, cycle, hike): 1 cyclist, 1 runner, 1 hiker/runner for Leg 3 (Carnaween Mountain). No other team combination is allowed e.g. 2 or 5 people are not an eligible team in the Full Monte. Teams can be mixed male/female. 1 team members enters the team details through the online entry portal.
A Full Monte team does the following:
Leg 1 Runner A (runs 5.2k around Mountcharles Pier loop to Transition 1, Gallagher’s Funeral Home, Mountcharles, bike location)
Leg 2 Cyclist A (cycles 19.5k to Transition Zone 1, Letterbarra FC)
Leg 3 Hiker/Runner A (hikes/runs 6k up & down Carnaween Mountain). Leg 3 runner needs to make own way to Letterbarra FC by car or other)
Leg 4 Cyclist A (cycles 21k from Letterbarra FC back to Transition Zone 1, Gallagher’s)
Leg 5 Runner A (runs the final 5.2k sandune loop & finish at St Peter’s School)
The Half Monte 28km (run, cycle): A Half Monte team is made up of two people – 1 runner and 1 cyclist. No other team combination is allowed e.g. 3 people are not an eligible team in the Half Monte. Teams can be mixed male/female. 1 team members enters the team details through the online entry portal.
A Half Monte team does the following:
Leg 1 Runner A (run 5.2k around Mountcharles Pier loop to Transition Zone 1, Gallagher’s Funeral Home, location of bikes)
Leg 2 Cyclist A (cycles 23km loop back to Transition 1)
Leg 3 Runner A (runs 500m to the Finish at St Peter’s School)
PRIZES
There will be prizes for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd male and females and first person over 50 in the Full Monte, Half Monte. There will be prizes for the 1st male and female over 16 and under 16 in the Sprint Monte. There will be also be prizes for teams in the Full and Half Monte. Prizes will be given after each race. In 2026, we will be introducing some additional prizes, all will be revealed!
WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE START/FINISH?
- Whatever the weather, you and your supporters will have a place to shelter indoors and/or event tents.
- You can leave a sports kit bag indoors at Bag Drop, but please note this is at your own risk and the organiser’s take no responsibility for any loss or damage.
- You will be able to get tea, coffee and refreshments at the Salthill Cabin stand and hot food from Peter Campbell Catering.
- Yes, there will be port-a-loos.
- The Secret Sauna will be re-locating from Mountcharles Pier for the day & slots can be purchased.
- At the finish, participants in the Full & Half Monte will receive a medal, complimentary refreshments and cold or hot drink. Sprint Monte participants will receive a medal.
POST RACE CELEBRATIONS!
Join us for post race celebrations! We strongly encourage attendance and the venue will be published nearer the event. You can organise a taxi with:
Pat (087 2599429), Daragh (087 2135394), Ciaran (086 4012345), Peter (086 3733835), Bertie (087 4411030), Eamon (087 2480320), Happi (087 1373958), Paddy (087 7569287), Victor (087 2534313), Andy (087 2620670), Tom (087 6953939), Declan (087 9243579), Michael (087 4176600)
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