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Runners of all standards are expected to assemble for Sunday’s Dublin 5-Mile Classic – a race that manages to appeal to both fun runners and elite. In its 27-year history, the race around the leafy avenues of Terenure and Walkinstown has attracted the worlds best, with a world leading time of 22.07 for 5 miles […]

Tuesday 10 MayTRAIL: East Antrim Summer Trail Series, Ballyboley Forest, tbc. C: Carol Annesley 07786127212; www.eastantrimharriers.org.uk. ROAD: Galway 5km Series Race 2, Tuam, 7.45pm. Entry €30 for 6-race series. Wednesday 11ROAD: Mullingar Pat Finnerty Memorial Road League 2, Belvedere House & Gardens. C: Greg Duggan 087-2838329.Wicklow Fit for Life League Race 5 (5km), Wicklow town, […]

After a two-year fight with injury, Vinnie Mulvey made a welcome return to racing when the won the RTE 5-Mile road race. The Raheny man, happy to have five weeks of solid training behind him, isn’t looking too far into the future. “I’m taking it one day of time. My next race will be the […]

After a two-year fight with injury, Vinnie Mulvey made a welcome return to racing when the won the RTE 5-Mile road race. The Raheny man, happy to have five weeks of solid training behind him, isn’t looking too far into the future. “I’m taking it one day of time. My next race will be the […]

Tuesday 3 ROAD: Galway 5km Series Race 1, Newcastle, Athenry, 7.45pm. Entry €30 for 6-race series. Wednesday 4 ROAD: Dundalk Half Marathon & 10k, 6.30pm. Late entry fees – half mar €35; 10k €25. Prizes first 3 M&F in both races. C: Bryan 087-2204870; www. dundalkhalfmarathon.com. Mullingar Pat Finnerty Memorial Road League 1, Belvedere House […]

Tuesday 3 ROAD: Galway 5km Series Race 1, Newcastle, Athenry, 7.45pm. Entry €30 for 6-race series. Wednesday 4 ROAD: Dundalk Half Marathon & 10k, 6.30pm. Late entry fees – half mar €35; 10k €25. Prizes first 3 M&F in both races. C: Bryan 087-2204870; www. dundalkhalfmarathon.com. Mullingar Pat Finnerty Memorial Road League 1, Belvedere House […]

TuesdayBHAA Stride by the Tide 4 Miles Redbarn (near Youghal, Co Cork) 8pm. C:Noel Curtin 024 95483. Wednesday 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 […]

TuesdayBHAA Stride by the Tide 4 Miles Redbarn (near Youghal, Co Cork) 8pm. C:Noel Curtin 024 95483. Wednesday 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 […]

Close to 2,000 competitors are taking part in this weekend’s JK International Festival of Orienteering in Belfast and Mournes – the first time this prestigious event has come to the island of Ireland. Leading the Irish entry in the men’s elite class are Andrew Quin (3ROC), Darren Burke (Cork), Colm Hill and Seamus O’Boyle (both […]

Road racing may be the public face of running at the moment, but other branches of athletics are also thriving and those who don’t particularly want to run long distances have plenty of choice. At last year’s Dublin Graded Track and Field League for instance, such was the demand  for track races such as the […]