The 2021 edition of Glanbia 300 takes place over a week-long period from the 6th to the 12th of September

In its seven years of existence, the event has raised nearly €240,000 for multiple charities and this year’s target is to raise €40,000 for Breast Cancer Ireland, The Samaritans and suicide awareness charity Teac Tom in Kilkenny.

The event is open to all Glanbia employees and friends and family who’d like to take up a 15K challenge through walking, running, cycling, swimming or any other physical activity that will contribute to GI’s ambition to reach 30,000K in a week!

Two groups that will contribute a huge number of kilometres to the grand total are our 100k and 150k cyclists who will leave Glanbia House on the morning of Friday 10th September for a competitive tour of South Kilkenny and parts of Tipperary. Overherd at Glanbia is happy to announce the routes the riders will take.

Starting from Kilkenny, riders will head south into Tipperary towards the foothills of Slievenamon where the 100K group will split, heading for Carrick on Suir and on towards Granagh, where it’s a sharp turn for the long 45k stretch home.

Once separated, the 150K group will continue towards the outskirts of Clonmel before a hairpin turn sees them straddle the Waterford border to Carrick and back on the main route through Granagh, Mullinavat and Ballyhale. From there they will pedal towards Paulstown before a sharp left turn for home.

The Glanbia 300 team has set some ambitious targets this year:

• 15 kilometres to be completed by every GI employee during the week
• 30,000 kilometres in total to be completed
• €40,000 raised for our three charities

Hitting these targets will not be possible without the help of all Glanbia Ireland employees, so we’re asking each of you to commit to a minimum 15K challenge from September 6th to 12th. You can complete this distance any way you want, whether that’s walking, running, swimming, cycling or anything else you can think of.

If each of our 2,000+ employees hits their personal 15K challenge, we’ll reach our 30,000 kilometre target.

With as many people involved as possible, we’re hoping to break through our €40,000 fundraising target. There’s just under a month to go until the start of the event, so you can begin fundraising straight away by sharing this GoFundMe link. To help you reach out to colleagues, friends and family for donations, the Glanbia 300 team has created this donation request form which you can fill in, save down and forward on.

Keep an eye out for more details about the event in the coming weeks, including how kilometres will be tracked. If you can’t participate but would still like to contribute, the GoFundMe page is live and accepting donations.