HELL & BACK Killruddery — main obstacle events (2026 programmes)

Athlete feedback and reports

• Be Independent Home Care — 5 September 2026 outing ↗

  Be Independent Home Care office teams · 2026

  The staff team found the steep, muddy, wet course exhausting but rewarding. They describe encouraging one another, finishing with pride and fundraising together. Their advertised 7 km outing felt longer; the report claims 9 km without providing a measurement method.

  Complete original article body read through its conclusion, separately from unrelated recommendation cards. It explicitly identifies 5 September 2026 at Killruddery and a nominal 7 km programme. The parenthetical 9 km is an unverified participant claim, not a corrected course distance or verified GPS measurement. Employer-published collective charity account, counted once; team size, exact individual obstacle performance and entry funding are unstated. The linked charity report and photos are unread, and fundraising totals are not satisfaction scores. This is main-event feedback, not Endure or Winter Warrior evidence.

Event details

Dates

Last listed edition: Sat 5 Sep 2026

Formats

Historical 7 km adult OCR — September 2026 · Historical 8 km adult OCR — June 2026 · Historical 13 km adult OCR — June 2026

Place

Killruddery Estate, Southern Cross Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Series

HELL & BACK

• The organizer explicitly confirms adult 8/13 km on 6 June and the main 7 km programme on 5 September 2026. These are separate historical outings within the main Killruddery event family, not unchanged distances or routes. Winter Warrior and the capped hourly Endure format have separate listings. No future main-event date is verified.
• The September briefing updates the advertised course: low lake levels disabled Water Jump and Splashdown Slide, dry conditions disabled Land Slide, and Pontoon Mania was adapted/extended. These details concern the September 2026 outing; later courses may differ.
• September Teen and Family options share the adult course with separate entry/accompaniment rules; the separate Junior programmes and private company competitions are not added as adult reviews. The organizer describes ordinary events as untimed challenges with obstacle bypass allowed. A team’s later claim of 9 km is unverified and does not replace the advertised 7 km.