Race Diary May 31-June 8

Wednesday 1
TRACK & FIELD: Dublin Graded T-F Meet 4, Irishtown 7pm.
Senior Open T&F Meet, Mary Peters Track, Belfast. 
MULTISPORT: Runways Duathlon (2.7km run, 13km bike, 2.7km run), Phoenix Park, Dublin, 7.15. Fast, inter and beginners starts.
Midland Tri Aquathon Series 1 (750m swim 4km run), Lilliput Centre,  Mullingar, Co Westmeath. 7.30pm. Entry €5. C: midlandtri@gmail.com.
HILLS: Scarr (7.90km, 367m climb), Co Wicklow, 7.30pm. www.imra.ie
Thursday 2
TRACK & FIELD: Clare Open T-F Series Rd 2, Lees Road, Ennis, 7pm. 200m, mile, 4x400m, HJ, javelin. Entry €5. C: James Sexton 087 2472623. 
Tralee Harriers Juvenile T&F Open Sports, Castleisland, Co. Kerry. C: Caroline O’Carroll 087 6817810. 
ROADS: Thurles Crokes 6km Challenge, 7pm. Entry €4.
Friday 3
ROADS:Touraneena 5km (Race 5, Ger Wyley Sports/Nike summer series), Touraneena Co Waterford, 8pm. Entry €8; strawberries and ice cream. C: Tony 087 7657805; Gerry 086 3503571; James 086 8184762. 
Donegal Town 5km, 7.30pm. C: Eamonn 087 2797548.
Sixmilebridge Summer Festival 10km and Fun 5km, Co Clare, 7pm. Entry €15; €5 fun run. All proceeds to the Bridge Complex. BBQ after. With pacers in 10km for sub-40,45,50 and 55 mins. C: Tom Enright 083-4340094
Doneraile Park Danny Byrne Memorial 5km Trail Race, 8pm. See Facebook. Special Olympics Fundraiser. Race 1 Ballyhoura ACTIVE Road Race Series.
Saturday 4- Monday 6
CHARITY: Run Kilkenny for Susie Long. All funds to  Susie Long Hospice Fund; 3 marathons in  3 days. Each marathon broken into 2 x half marathon and 4 x 10km. All standards welcome. Entry €100. C: Irene Henebry 087 7852004.
ORIENTEERING: Shamrock O-Ringen Festival of Orienteering, Sheep’s Head Peninsula, Co Cork. www.orienteering.ie.
Saturday 4
TRACK & FIELD: European Cup 10,000m, Oslo, Norway.
AVIVA Irish Schools’ T-F Championships, Tullamore. 10am.
ROADS: Summer 5km, Ennis, 11am. Entry €5.
MULTISPORTS: TriAthy Double Olympic (3km/80km/20km), men’s Olympic and TryAthy. www.triathy.com.
Tri-Burgh standard and sprint, Louisburgh, Co Mayo. www.triburgh.ie. 
Mourne Mini Aquathon, Co Down. www.mournetriathlon.com.
Credit Crunch Half Iron, Eskragh Lough, Dungannon, 9am. Entry £42.80 indiv; relay team members £32.10. C: 07974006513; www.trilimits.com. 
Blackrock Triathlon, Dundalk, Co Louth (400m/20km,6km), 12 noon. www.setantatri.com.
Gaelforce North(run/paddle, cycle, hill run), Glenveagh, Co Donegal. www.gaelforceevents.com; Siobhan Bennett 095 42006.
Connemara Rough Diamond (beach run, assault course, cycle, mountain race). Entry €57 or  €182 teams (4). Expert (56km) and sport (37km) classes. www.connemararoughdiamond.com; Mike Laffey 086 8222447.
Mid-Summer Mudness Challenge, Bellurgan Park, Dundalk, Co Louth, 10.30am. Entry €25. www.midsummermudness.wordpress.com.

NSPCC Step Change. 500 steps, 28 floors. Obel Tower, Donegall Quay, Belfast
Staggered starts from 9am. C: Karen Walker 02891870234; www.nspcc.org.uk/stepchange

Sunday 5
TRACK & FIELD: Leinster Senior T-F Championships, Tullamore.
ROADS: 10th Little South Run 4-mile R-R, Kilmacow, Co Kilkenny 2pm. Draw for €200 holiday voucher, bespoke sandwiches, tea. Cash prizes. C: Deirdre McEvoy 086 0726560. 
Carrickfergus 10km. C: www.seaparkac.com
Runegal 10km, Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal, 10am. Entry €25. C: Adrian Boyle
086 8260736.
Sky Road 10km Challenge, Clifden, Co Galway, 2pm. Entry €20. Prize fund €1,000. C: Gerry Gannon 086 8549355; www.clifden.ie. 
Cong 8km, Co Galway, 11am. Entry €15; €20 on day. In association with Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. C: Gary 086 8120955/Adrian 087 6394863.
MULTISPORTS: Sligo Olympic Triathlon (1500m/40km/10km). Csligotriathlon@gmail.com
TriAthy Sprint (750m/20km/5km) and Women’s Olympic Distance (1500m/40km/10km).www.tryathy.com. 
The Kerryhead Triathlon. Entry €50; €75 relay. www.kerryheadtriathlon.com; Sean Scally 087 7609768.
RNLI Series HiElbow Aquathlon, Larne, Co Antrim. See Facebook.
HILLS: Carrauntoohill(12.5km, 1137m), Brida Valley (signs from Climber’s Inn, Glencar),  12 noon. www.imra.ie.
Monday 6
ROADS: Flora Women’s Mini Marathon, Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 3pm. www.womensminimarathon.com.
Bord Gais Energy Cork City Marathon and Relay. www.corkcitymarathon.ie.
Moyne 10km Fun Run/Walk, Thurles, Co Tipperary, 3pm. Entry €12. Medal all finishers. C: Rosemary Cleere, Lisheen, Moyne, Thurles.
TRACK & FIELD: Ballon/Rathoe Open Sports, Ballon GFC, Ballon, Co Carlow.
Ballinamore  Open Sports, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, C: Patricia Griffin 071 9644207. 
St Brendan’s Open Sports, Ardfert, Co. Kerry. C: Orla Fitzgerald 086 8727498. 
Tuesday 7
TRAIL: East Antrim Summer Trail Series, Randalstown Forest, 7.30pm.
C: Carol Annesley 07786 127212; www.eastantrimharriers.org.uk
ROADS: Galway 5km Series Race 6, Loughrea, 8pm. Entry €30 for 6-race series.
Lord Mayor of Raheny 2-Mile Series Rd 1, Raheny village, 8pm. C: Pat Hooper 086 8158052. 
MULTISPORTS: Buncrana Aquathon (750m swim, 5km run). info@northwesttriclub.com 
Wed 8 June
ROADS: Furey Insurance’s 5km Series, Coney Road, Culmore, 7.30pm. C: Gerry Lynch
07702006667; www.sparta-athletics.co.uk.
Craigavon Lakes 10km, Craigavon Watersports Centre, 7pm. C: Colin Baines – 07876477384; Colin.baines@craigavon.gov.uk. 
MULTISPORTS: Midland Tri Aquathon Series 2 (750m swim 4km run), Lilliput Centre,  Mullingar, Co Westmeath. 7.30pm. Entry €5. C: midlandtri@gmail.com
Pulse Hollingsworth Bull Wall Aquathon Series Race 1 (750m swim, 5km run), Bull Island, Dublin, 7.30pm. Entry €15 or €25 for two races. www.pulsetri.com.
HILLS:Brockagh (10.43km, 424m climb), near Laragh, Co Wicklow, 7.30pm. www.imra.ie.
Munster Wednesday Hill Running League, Cratloe Woods (9.5km, 200m), Co Clare 8pm.

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