The 2023
Ride
When: 22nd September 2023
Where: Ireland
Distance: 130 miles
Elevation: 4100 ft
How do you top a route that was over 100 miles long and had over 3,500 ft of elevation? Simple, you add on 30 miles and another 300 ft, obviously.
The 2022 Ride4Life was a gruelling test of endurance that saw the team fight up massive inclines in the dark, tussle with rush hour traffic and deal with an unprecedented number of punctures (and even a crash.)
So this year we’ve upped the miles, upped the elevation and taken things overseas to the Emerald Isle! Starting and finishing at the Arachas Galway Financial Services office, the 130 mile loop will take our riders through some of Ireland’s most picturesque coasts and countryside… and up and down some of it’s steepest hills, too!
Below you can see the scheduled stops, a visual representation of the ups and downs our riders will experience, and a Komoot link to the route if you’d like to take a closer look.
On the day we’ll have live updates you can follow along with, live tracking on the lead bike, and some *hopefully* interesting blog posts about some of the places the team are visiting.
The 2023
Ride
When: 22nd September 2023
Where: Ireland
Distance: 130 miles
Elevation: 4100 ft
How do you top a route that was over 100 miles long and had over 3,500 ft of elevation? Simple, you add on 30 miles and another 300 ft, obviously.
The 2022 Ride4Life was a gruelling test of endurance that saw the team fight up massive inclines in the dark, tussle with rush hour traffic and deal with an unprecedented number of punctures (and even a crash.)
So this year we’ve upped the miles, upped the elevation and taken things overseas to the Emerald Isle! Starting and finishing at the Arachas Galway Financial Services office, the 130 mile loop will take our riders through some of Ireland’s most picturesque coasts and countryside… and up and down some of it’s steepest hills, too!
Below you can see the scheduled stops, a visual representation of the ups and downs our riders will experience, and a Komoot link to the route if you’d like to take a closer look.
On the day we’ll have live updates you can follow along with, live tracking on the lead bike, and some *hopefully* interesting blog posts about some of the places the team are visiting.
Ride Checkpoints
| Ride4Life 2023 : The Galway Loop | ||||
| Stage | Start Point | End Point | Mileage | Total Mileage |
| Stage 1 | Arachas Office | The Courtehouse Cafe | 24.9 | 24.9 |
| Stage 2 | The Courthouse Cafe | Steam Coffee House | 34 | 59.8 |
| Stage 3 | Steam Coffee House | The Purple Door Cafe | 27.3 | 86.2 |
| Stage 4 | The Purple Door Cafe | Puddleducks Cafe | 21.9 | 108.1 |
| Stage 5 | Puddleducks Cafe | Eyre Square | 25 | 133.1 |
Ride Checkpoints
| Ride4Life 2023 : The Galway Loop | |||||||||||
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Stage |
Start Point | End Point | Mileage | Total Mileage | Elevation & Max Gradient | Total Elevation | Start Time | End Time |
Average MPH |
||
| Stage 1 | Arachas Office | The Courthouse Café | 24.9 | 24.9 | 525 4.00% |
525 | 06:00:00 | 07:30:00 | 16.60 | ||
| Stage 2 | The Courthouse Café | Steam Coffee House | 34 | 58.9 | 900 7.00% |
1425 | 07:45:00 | 10:00:00 | 15.11 | ||
| Stage 3 | Steam Coffee House | The Purple Door Café | 27.3 | 86.2 | 1250 10.00% |
2675 | 10:30:00 | 12:30:00 | 13.65 | ||
| Stage 4 | The Purple Door Café | Daisy Lodge & Puddleducks Café | 21.9 | 108.1 | 850 9.00% |
3525 | 13:00:00 | 14:30:00 | 14.60 | ||
| Stage 5 | Daisy Lodge & Puddleducks Café | Eyre Square | 25 | 133.1 | 550 5.90% |
4075 | 15:00:00 | 16:30:00 | 16.67 | ||
Route Elevation
The 2023 Riders
As always we have some familiar faces on this years ride, joined by some newcomers!
Keep checking back to see who joins the ride in the weeks leading up to the event!
The 2022 Riders
As always we have some familiar faces on this years ride, joined by some newcomers!
Keep checking back to see who joins the ride in the weeks leading up to the event!
