The Route
Tracking
The map below will show our positions throughout The Borderline Challenge. Our GPS will go live on the 13th of September.
For the swim section, you can also track us on Infinity Channel’s website: Swim Tracking
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We plan to cycle the 225km from Sligo to Donaghadee on Saturday the 13th of September and have broken the journey down into five segments of roughly 50km (or 2 hours of cycling).
We will start from Rosses Point at 7:30am and stop at the following locations :
Folk Cafe, Enniskillen - 10:00am
Diamond Bakery, Auchnacloy - 12:00pm
Selah Cafe, Lurgan - 2:45pm
General Merchant, Stormont - 4:45pm
Pier 36, Donaghadee - 6:30pm
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The next leg is a 35km swim across the North Channel from Donaghadee to Portpatrick, Scotland.
We expect this leg to take between 12 and 16 hours depending on tides and the weather.
We are doing this leg as a 4 person relay team. Each of us will swim for an hour before taking a three hour break on rotation.
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We will cycle the 175km route from Portpatrick to Gretna on the 15th of September (weather permitting).
Along the route we will stop at four locations, spread roughly 50km (2 hour cycle) apart. We plan to start our cycle at 8:00am from Portpatrick Harbour.
Bridgend Pantry, Newton Stewart - 10:00am
Street Lights Coffee, Castle Douglas - 1:00pm
The Boathouse, Glencaple - 3:00pm
Carrs Billington, Annan - 4:30pm
Smiths at Gretna Green, Gretna - 6:00pm
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The run from Gretna to Tynemouth will begin early at 7:00am from Smiths at Gretna Green.
The runners will then head east towards the wall and on towards Newcastle. Six stops have been planned along the route with roughly 20km (2 hour runs) between them.
Cranstons Foodhall, Brampton - 9:30am
YHA The Sill, Once Brewed - 12:30pm
The Riverside Kitchen, Chollerford - 3:00pm
The Three Tuns, Heddon-on-the-Wall - 6:00pm
Tyne Bar, Ouseburn - 8:00pm
Tynemouth Castle Inn, Tynemouth - 10:30pm
Join Us
If you’re keen to stretch your legs too, we would love for you to join us for a few legs along our journey.
Unfortunately we can’t commit to the exact dates until we learn what the Irish Sea is doing - this should be confirmed with the Infinity Channel Swim team by the 12th of September.
However, please fill in any sections that interest you and we’ll be sure to keep you informed.