Where to Run This Week Apr 18-25

Wednesday 18

Furey Insurances 5km Series Rd 1, Bay Road 5km, Derry, 7.30pm. Incorp Athletics NI 5K road championship. Entry €8; reg online, pay on day. £400+ prize fund ach race; overall £800 prize fund; sen, masters, U20. Quality printed series souvenir all who complete 4 from 6 race series. C: Gerry Lynch 07702 006 667;www.sparta-athletics.co.uk.
Clonmel 6km R-R Series Rd 3, Waterford road, 7pm. Predict your time system; no personal timing devices allowed! Entry €5 for 4-race series. Interfirm teams of 5 (3 to count). C: Niall O’Sullivan 086 166088.
Swinford AC Spring Challenge Killaser 5km, 8pm.  Entry €5 (€2 club members); reg from 6.45pm.  Accurately measured, km markers, cuppa/biscuits/banana after. C: Padraic 086 8738691, Peter 087 9014211, Michael 086 8196511; www.swinfordac.com
Hills: Killiney Hill GOAL Charity Relay (3km, 150m), 7.30pm. C: www.imra.ie.
Thursday 19
Ballintotis ‘4’, Castlemartyr, Co Cork, 8pm. C: Liam O’Brien 021 4633686/obrienlm@eircom.net.
Friday 20
Irish Universities T-F Championships and Combined Events Championships Day 1, Athlone IT.
Butlerstown 10km and 5km (Rd 2 Ger Wyley Sports/Nike Summer Series) Butlerstown, Co Waterford, 7pm. www.westwaterfordathletics.org.
Ring 5km Fun Run, near Clonakilty, Co Cork, 7.30pm. Entry €10; in aid of Ring Rowing Club. C: June McCarthy 086 9198142.
Chartered Accountants Society Charity Day Run/Walk; Cork 5km, Centre Park, Rd, 6.30pm. Galway 4/8km, Claddagh, 6pm. C: charity.day@charteredaccountants.ie
  
Saturday 21
K Club BHAA 10km, Straffan, Co Kildare, 11am. Entry €10 BHAA members, €15 guests; reg Smurfit Clubhouse, K Club, until 10.30am. Usual BHAA prizes and refreshments. C: Gerry Byrne 086 2434712; gerry.byrne@kclub.ie. 
Joe Dolan Memorial 5km, Lynn Rd, Mullingar, 12 noon. Online entry €10 (www.precisiontiming.net) or €15 on day. Prizes usual categories, plus spots.  C: info@mullingarharriers.com.
 Gortin Primary & St Patrick’s 10km & 5km Fun Run/Walk, 11am. C: Iris Wallace 02881 648 268; Iwallace417@c2kni.net. 
Chartered Accountants Society Charity Day Run/Walk; Papal Cross, Phoenix Park, 1pm; Lanyon Quay, Belfast, 4pm; Newry 5km , Newry City FC, 4pm; Derry 5km, 4pm;  University of Limerick, 2pm; Sligo 5km, Doorly Park, 2pm.  Reg www.charteredaccountants.ie/CharityDay/; all funds to Irish Heart Foundation and Northern Ireland Chest, Heart & Stroke. C: charity.day@charteredaccountants.ie
Columbia Cooley Legends Half-Marathon and 10km, Cooley Mountains, Co Louth, 10am. Entry €27 10km, €37 half mar. Coach transfer to Lumpers,  race buff, refuel at Dan’s Café. Prizes sen, masters, local and final finisher C: Johnny McCabe 087 8105919; Alan Gray 087 1205616; www.cooleylegendshalfmarathon.wordpress.com.
Dublin Urban Trails Rd 3, St Anne’s Park (4km and 8km courses), 1pm. Entry €15 or €30 for 3-race series. C: Paul Mahon 086 3503994; www.urbantrailsireland.com.
Leinster Mountain Running Championships Rd 1, Tonelagee and clockwise lap of the Lake (6km, 57omclimb), Wicklow Gap 12 noon. www.imra.ie.
Ardara Race/Walk, Co Donegal. C: Michael Maguire 087 7601753.
Parkrun Belfast Waterworks  9.30am; Victoria Park, 9am.  Entry free but reg in Irish Universities T-F Championships and Combined Events Championships Day 2 Athlone IT.advance. www.athleticsni.org.
Powerade On Your Marks 100m, CIT, Cork. C: www.athleticsireland.ie.
Sunday 22
Virgin London Marathon
IAU 100km World & European Championships, Seregno/Brianza, Italy. Also World Masters’ 100km C’ships.
Woodie’s DIY AAI Road Relay Championships, Raheny, Dublin, 2pm. Senior and masters M&F races. 
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Titanic Quarter 10km, Belfast, 10am. Entry £11 reg athletes; £13 non-reg. Also TQ Junior Mile, entry £5. Goodie bag all finishers; £3,000 prize fund, sponsored by Podium 4 Sport. www.niathletics.org.

Galway Sports Partnership 10km, Labane, Ardrahan, Co Galway, 1pm. Entry €15 online or €20 on day. Prizes sen, masters, locals; spots. Walkers welcome. C:
Gabriel Gardiner 086 8389626 or Mick Curley 091 476509. 
Jacinta O’Brien Plassey 10km, UL, Plassey, Limerick, 1.30pm. Entry €20; t-shirt first 500 entries. Chip timing. All funds to SADS and Jacinta O’Brien Scholarship fund. Also 2km family fun run (1.20pm); entry free, donations welcome. C: 061 213596; www.jacintaobrien10k.com

 Wexford Half Marathon & 10km, 10.30. Entryon day – half marathon €40; 10km €26.75. Training top, chip time. Prizes sen,masters. C: Eoin Ryan 086 3060890; www.wexfordhalfmarathon.com.  

Foxford 10km “Run for Boylo”, Foxford, 12 noon. Entry €25; all funds to local charities.C: Gerry Devaney 087-2383647/Michele Reynolds 086 4180159.
The Bride 10km, Rathcormac, Co Cork, 12 noon. Entry €10; reg Bride Rovers GAA. Prizes sen, masters jun. C: Gerry Broderick 087 9330000 or James Birmingham
086 8350741.
Glengormley Cross-Community Fun Run from Ophir RFC, Mallusk Road to
St Enda’s GAC, Hightown Road. Entry £5. C: Matt Shields 07595 269 308. 
Rása Tower Chamuis 11.2km, Camus, Co Galway, 12 noon (walkers 11am). Entry €15. C: Cormac O Conaire 087 9300973.
Roscommon Sports Partnership 10km/5km, 12 noon. Entry €10. C: 0906630853; www.rosactive.org.
Run Belfast Park Series Rd 3, Falls Park, 11.30am.  C: Patrick Megarity 07960 414 579; www.athleticsni.org.
St Clare’s Comprehensive 10km, Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, 12.30pm. Entry €10.75 10km; also children’s 4km fun run, entry €5.70 5km; all funds for purchase of sports equipment for the school. Face painting, music, refreshments. Medals first 5 M&F. C: Sandra Carden 071 985508.
Renmore 5km, Renmore Co Galway, 1pm. Entry €20; all funds to Renmore Soccer club and Galway Hospice. Sponsorship cards available. Chip timing, t-shirts all finishers, courtesy of sponsor Thermo King. C: Dermot Dooney 0857126048/Anna-Marie Morrissey 086 0537810.
West Cork Run in aid of Suicide Aware, Cill na Martra, Co Cork, 10am. Entry €25 or €20 for large groups. www.westcorkrun.ie.
Ross 10km, Co Cork, 2pm. In aid of Irish Cancer Society. C: Rebecca
023-8831980.
Miltown Malbay Ladies GAA 5km Fun Run, 1pm. Entry €10, families €20, children €5.
Allenwood GFC 15km/7.5km, north Naas, Co Kildare, 11am. Entry €20; t-shirt all who enter before Apr 15. C: Enda Moran 086 8309878/Tony Reilly 087 6681301.
Kilkenny Castle 5km, Castle Park, 11am. Entry €5 adults, €3 teenagers, €1 U12. T-shirt all who complete 3-race series. C: mmaher@ossoryyouth.com.
Cushinstown AC Open T-F Sports, Co Meath. C: Tony 086 0493188.
St Laurence O’Toole Juvenile T-F Sports, Askea, Co Carlow. C: Olive 087 2138788.
Limerick Co Board AAI Road Race,  Kilmallock, C: Mossie 069 64837
Powerade On Your Marks 100m, Morton Stadium, Santry. C: www.athleticsireland.ie.
Orienteering: Munster League, Rosskerrig, Sheep’s Head peninsula, Co Cork, 11am-1pm.

Tuesday 24 
Stride by the Tide Cork BHAA 4-mile, Redbarn, Youghal, 8pm. C: Noel Curtin 086 8147542; www.corkbhaa.com.
Wednesday 25
Dublin Graded League Rd 1, Santry, 7pm Entry €8 or €45 for series; juniors €5/€30.  100m, 800m, 3000m, hammer, high jump. Four men’s grades; two women’s grades. www.dublinathletics.com.
Clonmel 6km R-R Series Rd 4 (final rd), Waterford road, 7pm. Predict your time system; no personal timing devices allowed! Entry €5 for 4-race series. Interfirm Teams of 5 (3 to count). Series prizegiving Emigrant’s Rest, Old Bridge, 9pm. C: Niall O’Sullivan 086 166088.
Swinford AC Spring Challenge Meelick 7km, 8pm.  Entry €5 (€2 club members); reg from 6.45pm.  Accurately measured, km markers, cuppa/biscuits/banana after. C: Padraic 086 8738691, Peter 087 9014211, Michael 086 8196511; www.swinfordac.com
Hills: Leinster Evening League Rd 1, Bray Head(6km, 250m climb), 7.30pm. Entry €7. C: www.imra.ie.
Finn Valley Open T-F Meet, Stranorlar, Co Donegal, 7pm. Senior, juvenile events. Entry €3.

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