Thursday 17
AVIVA Connaught Schools T-F, Athlone IT.
The Cheetah Run, Fota Wildlife Park, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork, 8pm.
Entry closed. Prizes sen/masters; €2,200 prize fund. Race HQ: Education Centre, Fota. C: cheetahrun@eagleac.net; John Quigley 087 6261178.
Clare Sports Partnership and Clare Athletics Summer Road Race Series Race 3, Ennis 5km, Lee’s Rd, 7pm. Entry €8 or €20 for 5-race series. T-shirt all who pay for series. Spots, refreshments after each race. C: Clare Sports Partnership 065 6865434; James Sexton 087 2472623.
Newry and Mourne 10km and 5km Charity Run and Family Walk, Newry, 7pm. Entry £11. T-shirt, medal. C: Paddy Duffy 07714855290.
Friday 18
AVIVA Ulster Schools T-F Day 1, Antrim Forum.
Caughoo Howth Summit 10km Challenge, Suttonians RFC, Howth, Co Dublin, 7.30pm. Entry €15/20. BBQ, prizes. C: Peter Murray 087 2596891
Cooley Kickhams GFC Cooley Coast 12.5km Run, near Carlingford, Co Louth, 7pm. Entry €20. Also 10km walk entry €15 sen, €5 U16. www.cooleycoastrun.com
Bridge Milers/Olympic Harriers 10km, Sixmilebridge. Also 5km fun run/walk. Entry €20 10km, €5 5km. Pacers sub 40/45/50/55/60 mins. Prizes sen M&F; teams. Also bonus €400 prize for fastest 10km time in the last 12 months in either Clare or Limerick. C: 087 6949241.
Culdaff 5km, 7.30pm. Donegal Grand Prix Series Race 4. Also juvenile mile. C: Niall 086 3426698.
Blackrock Beach Races, Blackrock, Co Louth. Children’s races U8-16. C: Helen O’Brien 086 8859505.
Thurles European Town of Sport Athletics Jamboree, Thurles Crokes complex 6.30-8pm. Children ages 5-10 welcome; entry free.
Saturday 19-Sunday 20
Ireland Coast to Coast 309km Adventure Race (run, cycle, paddle), from Enniscrone to Newcastle, Co Down. Entry solo £150.00; pair £280. C: www.26extreme.com.
Saturday 19
WMRA/WMA Masters World Mountain Running Championships, Buhlertal GER
AVIVA Ulster Schools T-F, Day 2, Antrim Forum
AVIVA Leinster Schools T-F, Day 2, Santry, 11am.
AVIVA Munster Schools T-F, Cork IT.
Roundstone Bay 8km, Co Galway, 2.30pm. Entry €20. In aid of RNLI. Prizes sen, masters O-40,50,60; GAA teams, best outfit (theme “Retro Running”); post-race party, DJC: www.roundstonebay8k.com.
John Davis 5km, Malahide Castle, 11.30am. Entry €15 until May 16; limited entry at €20 after. All proceeds to Crumlin Children’s Hospital; no t-shirts, medals. C: http://johndavisrun.wordpress.com; Twitter @JohnDavis5km; John Walnutt
087 2371116.
New Name Club Balla 8km, 12 noon (note changed start time). Mayo AC/C&C Cellular League Rd 2. Entry €10. C: Brendan 087-2941227; www.mayoac.com.
Canicross Tails ‘n’ Trails 5km, Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, Co Roscommon, 6pm. For dogs and their owners. Entry €5 or €10 families. Prizes men, women, juniors; goodie bags. C: Karen O’Connor 087 3632480; www.tailsandtrails.ie.
Killyclogher 10km, Killyclogher GAC, Carrickmore Road, Omagh, 11am. Entry £10 or £12 on day. C: Sean O’Kane 07737 495 404; www.killycloghergaa.com
Leinster 10km Road Championships, Avondale, Rathdrum, 12 noon. Entry €3 or €20 teams. C: Frank Kilrane 087 6771572 or Billy Porter 087 2928660.
Timahoe Ladies Football Club 5km, Co Laois. C: Tony Reilly 086 3898699
Rocks and Rolling Ultra C: 086 2374644; www.extremenorthevents.com.
Bray Head Trail Run, 10am. Entry €15 plus min €50 sponsorship to Fighting Blindness. C: Paul 086 3503994; info@brayheadtrail.com
Run Belfast Park Series Rd 7, Falls Park, 11.30am. C: Patrick Megarity 07960 414 579; www.athleticsni.org.
Parkrun Belfast Waterworks 9.30am; Victoria Park. 9am. Entry free but reg in advance. www.athleticsni.org.
Beir Bua Waterford Adventure Race, Mt Mellerary Abbey.See www.waterfordadventurerace.com
Hellweek PT Day of Days Challenge, Mornington Beach, Co Meath, 7.30pm. Entry €40. C: 0868148526; www.hellweekpt.com.
Sunday 20
Woodie’s DIY AAI T-F Games, Santry.
Waterford T-F Championships, Day 2, RSC, 1am. Entry €5, juv €2, relays €4, spectators €3.
Runways Tom Byrne Memorial 5km, Esker, Lucan 11am. AAI Permit. Entry €12 or €15 on day. T-shirts, goodie bags, prizes sen, maters, juniors, locals, teams. C: Derry McVeigh 086 8322214; www.lucanharriers.com.
Maynooth Post Primary 10km Challenge, 10.30am. Entry €20 until May 16; €25 on day. C: Nuala Forde 087 6989674; www.mpps.ie.
Stoneyford 10km Challenge, Stoneyford, Co Kilkenny, 12.30pm. Entry €20 or €25 on day. All funds to Scoil Náisiúnta Chiaráin Naofa. €1,000 prize fund. C: Martin Connolly 086 4117998/Siobhan Doyle 086 8283696; www.stoneyford10kchallenge.com.
Leinster Club Relays Juvenile
Emer Casey 10km, Youghal, Co Cork, 1.30pm. Online reg closed. C: 087 2838770; www.emercaseyfoundation.com
Mungret/St Paul’s 10km, Limerick, 1.30pm. For Limerick Marine Search and Rescue. C: Kieran 087 2395518; www. mungretstpauls10k.com.
Rocks and Rolling Half, Full & Ultra Marathon, Moville, Co Donegal, 9am. Entry Ultra €70, mat €55, half mar €35. C; www.extremenorthevents.com.
Énergie Rathfarnham 5km Run, Marlay Park, Dublin 10.30am. Entry €10.70; in aid of Niall Mellon Trust. Goodie bags, prizes usual categories. C: Niall O’Rourke niall@energiefitness.ie.
Corofin 8km, Co Galway, 3pm. Entry €15 online or €20 on day. Also 3km fun run. C: Brian Wallace 087 2296264.
Dooneen AC 10km, Mungret, St Paul’s, Limerick. C: John 087 2665225.
George Best Belfast City Airport 5 mile, 2pm. In memory of Les Jones. Entry limit 500; CD May 11. Entry £9/£11. C: www.athleticni.org
Navan St Vincent de Paul Community 9km walk. C: Mary McQuilan 087 6791838.
Leinster Mountain Running Championships Rd 3, Circuit of Glenmacnass (19km, 1040m climb), Laragh, Co Wicklow, 12 noon. Experienced hill runners only! www.imra.ie.
Newry Try-A-Tri Series Rd 1, Camlough Lake (250m swim, 6km cycle, 3km run), 11am. Entry £20. C: www.newrytriathlon.com; Padraig Mallon 07879413131.
Orienteering: Munster League 6, Tramore Sand Dunes, 11am-1pm. Leinsetr Inter-Club Championships, Carrickgolligan, Co Dublin, 11am-1pm. www.orienteering.ie.
Tuesday 22
ESB BHAA Beach 5km, Sandymount Strand, Dublin, 7.30pm. Reg Clanna Gael Fontenoy GAA Club; entry €15 (€10 BHAA members). Prizes usual classes. C: 01-7026671/01-7027290; Charlie.cronin@esb.ie; www.bhaa.ie.
Bob Heffernan 5km, Johnstownbridge, Enfield, Co Meath,8pm. AAI Permit. Reg Hamlet Court Hotel. Online entry at nafiannaathleticclub.com. C: Lena Heffernan 087 6793220.
Dublin Docklands 5km, Grand Canal Square, 7.45pm. Entry €23 or €38 for two Docklands runs. www.docklandsrun.ie.
Hickey Clarke and Lagan Interfirms 5km, Letterkenny, 7.3pm. Donegal Grand Prix Rd 5. C: Brendan 086 8113947.
Maghera 10km. C: Fintan Campbell 02879 547400; Fintan.campbell@magherafelt.gov.uk
East Antrim Summer Trail Series Rd 2, Woodburn Forest (Newline Rd; 2.5 miles), 7.30pm. Entry £5. C: Carol Annesley 07786 12 72 12; www.eastantrimharriers.org.uk
Galway 5km Series Rd 4, Craughwell, 8pm.
Ballynonty Summer Series Rd 4 (4 miles), 8pm. Entry €20 for series. C:
Neilie 086 8754161, Noel 086 4191832
Orienteering: Cork O Summer League 3, Fota House, Fota Island, Co Cork, 5.30 -7pm. Short (<2.5km) and long (<5km) courses on premarked maps. Entry €3 children, €5 adult, €10 family, €2 AI rental. C: 086 3062054; www.corko.net/summer.
CNOC Summer Evening Series Rd 2, Donadea, Co Kildare, 6-7.30pm. C: 045 867183; www.orienteering.ie.
Wednesday 23
Dublin Graded T-F League No 3, Santry, 7pm.
Pat Finnerty Memorial 5km League Rd 4, Belvedere House, Mullingar. www.mullingarharriers.com.
Leg it For Your Liver 5-Mile, Phoenix Park, 7pm. Entry €20; all funds to Hepatitis C Health promotion programme. C: Paula Carroll 01 4549772.
Bann 10km and Fun Run, Havelock Bridge, Banbridge, 7pm. C: Heather Ardis heather@niathletics.org.
Leinster Evening Hill Running League Rd 5, Glasnamullen Djouce (8.40km, 410m climb), 7.30pm. Entry €7. C: www.imra.ie.
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