Welcome to the 2nd Annual International

Iron-Month Challenge

#IronMonth

Supported by Triathlon Ireland, Swim Ireland, the HSE, Order of Malta Ambulance Service, and Lidl

Links

IronMonth 2022 Press Release (11 April 2022)
Oliver Callan supports #IronMonth on the Ryan Tubridy Show, RTÉ One
#IronMonth 2022 in the Press
IronMonth 2022 in Pictures

Look back at the IronMonth 2021
Virtual Visit to An Saol
An Saol on RTÉ News and TG4

#IronMonth is a whole community, inclusive challenge, taking place during May.

Do you think you could complete an Ironman-style triathlon (3.8k swim, 42k run/walk, 180k cycle, ) in a month / three weeks / a fortnight / a week / three days / two days / a day?

Please join us and sign up. We will more than welcome you even if you feel that one element of the IronMonth is too hard or if you might not be able to finish it in a month. The IronMonth is all about putting your best effort in and sharing it with your supporters and team mates. It’s about being part of a community who will not give up.

This year we’re kicking off with a difference: Join us for the inaugural TRYathlon, in association with Triathlon Ireland. Complete a short, in-person, non-competitive triathlon on the grounds of the state-of-the-art Sports Ireland Campus.

Sponsored by

Support the Foundation’s efforts to build an environment where Live and Living with a severe Acquired Brain Injury (sABI) is possible.

The IronMonth Challenge 2022 is the second annual fundraiser for the An Saol Foundation. All proceeds will be ringfenced and be exclusively used for the direct benefit of clients of the Centre. Donations will not be used to cover day-to-day running costs.

Please sign up for the 2022 IronMonth Challenge, and maybe for the kick-off TRYathlon event on 01 May, and the Open on 28 May here.

Join our fundraising team here or donate directly here.

Ask five of your friends to support you and sign up as well here.

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#IronMonth serves to remind us that everyone has different abilities and capabilities in life. Some people may be able to complete the whole challenge in one day. Others may take several days or weeks. It is up to you how much of the challenge you complete at a time, logging your walk/run/cycle/swim as you go. The aim of the game is to start on 01 May and to have gone the distance by midnight on 31 May. 

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Join the 2022 IronMonths
Community Events

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National and International Participation
Organise your own local IronMonth Group

No matter where you are in the world – why not organise your own local 2022 IronMonth Challenge Supporters Group and meet up to complete a swim, a cycle, or a run together.

Let us know if we can help you with the organisation or send you on some t-shirts and light sports bags for encouragement! Email: admin@ansaol.ie

Above all, share your experience with us using #Iron-Month.

TRYathlon
Sunday, 01 May 2022, 07:45 – 12:00 noon, NAC

Supported by Triathlon Ireland and Irish Village Markets

If you want to kick off this year’s Iron-Month with us, join us at the National Aquatic Centre (NAC) in Blanchardstown for a fun Super Sprint TRYathlon suitable for all who can swim 500m, cycle 20k, and run/walk 5k.

The event is non-competitive and will give you an opportunity to complete a super sprint triathlon-style event. You will have an opportunity to change to your cycling/running gear after the swim. We will complete the events of this TRYathlon together – what counts is that we’ll do this together, not the individual racing times.

We will have food and music available for participants, families, and friends – thanks to the generous support of Irish Village Markets and Friends of the An Saol Foundation.

Please register here. Join our fundraising team here.

An Saol Foundation NeuroRehab Centre Santry
OPEN DOOR with Entertainment and BBQ
Saturday, 28 May 2022, 12:00 hrs – 14:00 hrs

Join us for a get-together at the An Saol Foundation’s Neurological Rehabilitation Day Centre in Santry (D09 YX84). Spend some time with staff, clients, families, friends, and supporters of An Saol – and above all with other athletes who have participated in the 2022 International IronMonth Challenge.

Please register here.

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About the An Saol Foundation

At An Saol, we afford every opportunity to those with a severe Acquired Brain Injury (sABI) and other neurological injuries or conditions to live their life with dignity and respect, to continue to improve, to regain as much independence and self-determination as possible, and for their injuries to heal. We support all those affected, including the families and those closest to those directly affected. We strive to do this in a truly supportive, client-centred and client-driven environment.

Rehabilitation, integration, participation, and equality for those affected by a sABI is not a nice to have, it is a basic human right we are claiming for those who cannot claim it by themselves.

In doing this, we connect the latest research with the practice of rehabilitation. We create an inclusive health and social rehabilitation environment, supported by our experienced therapists and other support staff, we use state of the art rehabilitative and orthopaedic technologies and methods, collaborate with researchers and practitioners nationally and internationally, and encourage the circle of support of those affected by sABI, directly and indirectly, to remain actively involved in “life and living”. 

While An Saol does receive much needed funding from the HSE, we need to continuously fundraise to sustain and develop our services. 

Join the Challenge

Any donation is greatly appreciated and goes towards vital support for the most vulnerable in our community. We will ringfence all financial support raised during fundraising activities for the direct benefit of our clients. Your donations will not be used to finance the day-to-day running costs of the Centre or “disappear” to cover general administration costs.

Even if you can’t join in the challenge, we would really appreciate it if you could spread the word and make a donation to the cause. Please spread the word on your own social media, using the hashtag #IronMonth.