Midlands 300 - 2018

Midlands 300

It's that time of year again!
The Midlands 300, also known as the Orwell 'One Lump' 300 will take place on Saturday July 7th 2018.
For those of you interested in pushing past the 200 km mark, this event provides a great opportunity to test your ambition, determination and fitness being by some distance the flattest 300 in the country with a relatively modest 1,716 m of climbing.
To the credit of the route designer, navigation is straightforward and towns offering shops, cafes and garages for refuelling can be found at regular intervals along the route.
For full information check out the Audax Ireland Event page.

Event Particulars:
Entry fee: €5 with a CI license; one day CI licenses also available for €5 on the day;
Entry fee payable to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. via PayPal;
Entry form: Compulsory and to be found on the Event Page (link above);
Event Date: Saturday July 7th 2018;
Entry Closing date: Friday 29th June 2018;
Venue: Joe Daly Cycles - Dundrum - Dublin 14;
Start time: 6am sharp;
Venue opening time: 5:30am;
Facilities: Parking, toilets, bag storage and changing room available;
Route: Midlands 300 route.

General information:
There's some great information to check out below.
o Last year's forum post incl. clips from 2016's event ;
o Stepping up to 300km - Audax Ireland advice ;

Finally, if you have any questions at all please reach out on this thread or pop a mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll do what we can to assist.

Lots of luck.

On behalf of the Audax Organising team.

Go on then...I’m in.

Me too Donal! Be like old times :)
(weather permitting of course!)

For those of you interested in pushing past the 200 km mark, this event provides a great opportunity to test your ambition, determination and fitness being by some distance the flattest 300 in the country with a relatively modest 1,716 m of climbing.

While the official closing date for entries is today, if you get your entry in over the next few, you'll be in!

Check out the entry details in the post above.

Also check out the Audax Ireland event page where you will find the entry form.

From 2016:
Last year's post (links incl. above) included some edited bits of 2016 advice from Dave Mc that might swing the decision for you:

Hi all, it's great that people are being audacious enough to consider taking on a 300, and if there's a gang of first timers doing it they will probably never find a better time to take the plunge.

Anyone who has ridden 200k in a day can do a 300, given the right day and route, but you can give yourself the best chance of success by choosing the time of year to maximise your fitness and give you the most hours of daylight. Going purely on hours of available daylight late June or early July is your best bet ….

… it is the simplest of all of the (300) routes in terms of navigation, finding food stops
et cetera.


The best of luck.

On behalf of the organising team.

I had posted I was doing it but can’t anymore, have a great day if you are doing it. I recommend it, no prob if you have a couple of 200s under your belt.

Recommend max 2 MacDonalds

Well done to all who finished the Midlands 300 Audax at the weekend!

24 started and 22 finished within the time cut off which is a great ratio considering many people we attempting their first 300.

Some photos thanks to Leonard and Ken: