Where to Run Wed Mar 7-Wed Mar 14

 

Wednesday 7
Orienteering: Leinster Schools Championships, Bushy Park, Dublin. www.orienteering.ie.   
Friday 9
Celtic Festival/St Patrick’s Parade 3km fun run, Trim, Co Meath, 7.30pm. Teams of four. Proceeds to Tabor House Addiction Centre.
Thursday 8 


Rith 2012 – 15 counties,10 days, from Gweedore to Tyrone, Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Monaghan, Meath, Dublin, Kildare, Carlow, Laois, Tiperary, Limerick, Clare, Galway and the Aran Islands. C: Daithí de Faoite 087 2249756; emaildaithi@rith.ie.
Saturday 10
Wicklow Hospice Trail 5-Mile, Avondale, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, 12 noon. Entry €15. Prizes all categories. Enter at wwww.wicklowhospice.ie. C: Bill Porter 086 2928660. 
Dublin Airport BHAA C-C (women 2m/men 5m), Alsaa, Old Airport Road, 11.30am. Entry €10 (€15 guests). Prizes sen, masters teams. C: Gerry 087 2132244, Eugene 086 3835695, Pat 086 4003387.
Irish Universities C-C Championships, Waterford Institute of Technology.
Aviva Irish Schools C-C Championships, St Mary’s, Galway.
Carmen 10km, Carrickmore GFC, Co Tyrone  12 noon. Entry £11.20. Chip timing, prizes, tea, sandwiches. C: 028 807 60557/07766909265; sinead.kerr@hotmail.co.uk; www.carmen10k.com.  
Phoenix 6 Mile, Claire Bridge, Cookstown, 10.30am. C: Eddie Black 02886 757 096 or Facebook.

Cara Bundoran 10-Mile Challenge, 11am. Entry €25 or  €30 on day. Chip timing, tech t-shirt, goodie bag, post-race party. Prizes sen, jun O40,50,60 M&F. C: www.carabundoranrun.com. 

Shore 2 Summit (Foyle Challenge) C: 086 2374644; www.extremenorthevents.com.
Active Belfast Cross-Country Challenge Rd 4 (final round), Musgrave Park, 11am. U11-U17 boys and girls. Medals first 10 in each race. Overall trophies. Entry free. C: pfmagee@sky.com
Sunday 11
Munster Senior & Novice Road Championships, Cork.
ESB Cork BHAA 5km, Mahon Community Centre, Blackrock, 11am. C: Tim Murray 086 1091782; www.corkbhaa.com.
Addiction NI 10km, Ormeau Park, Belfast, 1pm. Entry £11.50/14. Special rates teams. C: Danielle Ross 028 90664434; fundraising@addictionni.com. 
Glaslough 5km, Enyvale, Co Monaghan. Also juvenile even age races. C: Eamonn Hackett 087 2219465.

Back 2 Barefoot 5km/10km, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, 12 noon. Ireland’s first “barefoot” race. Entry €20 or €25 on day. C: Angie Hartnett 085 105 4878

Run 4 Life 5km and 10km, Carlow, 2pm. Entry  €10 for 5km; €15 10km. Allfruns to StLOT Club and Special Olympics Carlow. Cash prizes first 3 M?F; numerous spots.  C:  Pamela Hayden 087 6808432.

Leinster Spring Hill Running League Rd 1, Little Sliabh Bui, (6.2km, 117m climb) near Ferns, Co Wexford, 11am. Entry €7.  www.imra.ie.
Orienteering: Dodder Valley Park,Firhouse, Dublin 11m-1pm. Entry €6 seniors, €4 students/jun/OAP/unwaged; €16 families. Long and short courses. Buggy friendly. Signs from Firhouse Rd/Ballycullen Rd junction. Munster League Rd 3, Seefin (Nagles), Ballyhooly Co Cork, 11am-1pm. Entry €7 adults, €4 students/jun/OAP/unwaged; €16 families. Six courses; 9.9km to 2.4km. Signs from Killavullen; N72 Fermoy. Cork Spring League/Family Day  No 1,  Gougane Barra, Ballingeary, Co Cork, 10am-1pm. C: www.orienteering.ie.
 

Tuesday Mar 13

Wicklow Fit for Life League Rd 3, Greystones mile challenge, Greystones track. U12 races from 6.50pm (entry €2); adult races from 7.30 (entry €5).  
Wednesday 14

Mason’s Mortgages and Financial Services Colligan Hill League Rd 1 (5 mile and 2 mile options), Colligan, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, 6.15pm. Entry €2. C: James Veale 086 8184762 / Tony Ryan 087 7657805; www.westwaterfordathletics.org

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