Running Diary Tue 26 Apr – Mon 2 May

Tuesday
BHAA Stride by the Tide 4 Miles Redbarn (near Youghal, Co Cork) 8pm. C:Noel Curtin 024 95483.

Hills: IMRA Leinster Evening League Rd 1, Bray Head (6.1km, 274 climb), 7.30pm. C: www.imra.ie

Fri 29- Sat 30

Track & Field: Irish Universities T-F Championships, Day 1, Queen’s, Belfast.

Saturday 30-Monday 2

Multi-events: Gateway Iron Challenge Mullingar. Day 1 3.68 km swim; Day 2 180.2km cycle; Day 3 42.19km marathon run. Solo and team entries. C: www.gatewayironchallenge.com; Joe Duffy 086 2470222.

Saturday 30

BHAA RTE 5-Mile, Donnybrook, Dublin, 11am. www.bhaa.ie.  

Achill Island 10k Road/Beach Race, Keel, Achill Island, Co Mayo, 12pm. Also 5k Beach Race, 11.30. Entry €20 (€30 on day). www.26extreme.com.

PSC 10k/5k R-R, PSC, Millisle, 11am. C: Rosemary Kelly 028 91863033. 

Monster Mac, Boggeragh Mountains, near Millstreet, Co Cork. C: www.monstermac.ie.

Body Evolution 5km Run and Wellness Day, Russborough, Co Wicklow, 10am. C: Jenny Kilbride 086 1684755.

Colmcille GAA Charity View of the Lakes 12k, Aughnacliffe, Co Longford, 3pm. Entry €10 (€6 U-16). C: John Reilly 085 7322857.

Intercounties Cup Sprint Triathlon (750m swim, 18km bike, 5km run), Muckno, Co Monaghan, 12 noon.  Entry €45. C: www.muckonotri.com; Dessie Duffy 086 3848113.

Nenagh Sprint Traithlon (750m swim, 18km bike, 5km run). Entry €26.  C: www.nenaghtriathlon.com; Joe Cantwell 087 9673435.

Irish Orienteering Championships, Glendoo Ridge, Kippure Estate, Co Wicklow. www.orienteering.ie.

Waterville Sprint Triathlon (750m swim, 18km bike, 5km run). Entry €40; €120 teams. C: watervilletri@gmail.com.

Croagh Patrick Hill Race (6.91km, 826m climb) 2.30p. C: www.imra.ie.

Sunday 1 May

Great Limerick Run 10k, Half Marathon, Marathon. Early bird fees- marathon €55, half mar €45, 10k €25. www.greatlimerickrun.com. James O’Neill 061 609627.

Western People West of Ireland Women’s Mini Marathon 10k, Castlebar, Co Mayo, 12pm. Entry €20. C: www.westofirelandwomensminimarathon.com; 094-9047025.

Reasons to Run 5km, Shoreline Leisure Centre, Greystones, 12 noon. Entry €20. Generous prize fund; t-shirts, spot prizes. Kids’Fun Run 11.15am; €3 EOD only. C: C: Teresa Kinnane 086 8635797.

Bay Run Half Marathon, Glengarriff to Bantry. Entry €40 before Mar 31. www.bayrun.ie.

Boyne 10km, Laurence St, Drogheda, 7pm. Entry €27. C: www.boyne10k.ie; Geoff Fitzpatrick 086 2421581.

Dóchas Cancer Support Group R-R, Tullamore, Co Offaly. C: Vinny Conlon 087 7509361. 

Carlow Mini Marathon, 2pm. Entry €12. In aid of Children’s Leukaemia Research Project & Rape Crisis Centre Carlow. C: Linda Callinan 087 2252856.

Jail Break 10km Trail Run, Virginia, Co Cavan. www.jailbreak.ie. Trevor Mahon

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Munster Masters and Juvenile Multi Events T-F Championships.

Tinahely Duathlon. C: tinahelytriclub@gmail.com.

Midland Kidathon (children’s aquathlon), Mullingar. midlandskiddathon@gmail.com

Laochra Árainn Triathlon, Árainn Mhór Island, Donegal. triathlon@arainnmhor.com

Boyle Fire & Rescue Service Charity Duathlon (5km run, 20km bike, 2.5km run), Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, 12 noon. Entry €25. All proceeds to Mater Heart Appeal.T-shirts, spots. C: David Gunning/Tommy Sheridan 086 8586225/086 4082786.

Nephin Hill Run (5.2km, 736m climb),  near Lahardaun, Co Mayo. 12 noon. C: www.imra.ie.

30th Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon, Ormeau Park, 9am.  Fees – marathon £33 (walk £22); relay team (of 5) £80. Also 4-mile fun run £11 (£9 child). Entries close Apr 16. C: 028 90602707; www.niathletics.org.

ARC Men’s Mini Marathon 10k, Phoenix Park. Entry €22 (€30 on day); all funds go to the ARC service. Chip timing; medals first 3; spots. All welcome.  Enter online at www.arcchallenges.com. C: ARC House, 65 Eccles St, Dublin 7. Tel: 01-8307333

Denny Ryan Cup 10km, Whitegate, Co Clare, 11am. Entry €10; reg from 10.15am. C: Fionnuala Collins 061 926833.

Munster Junior, U23 & Senior T-F Championships.

St Abban’s T-F Open Sports, Monavea, Crettyard, Carlow. C: Pat Kelly 059 9143357.

National Breast Cancer Research Institute Marathon, Mullingar, Co Westmeath. www.ncbri.ie.