Wednesday 25
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. 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
Leinster Evening Hill Running 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.
Thursday 26
Wicklow Fit for Life League Rd 4, 3km, Shanganagh Park,Bray 7.30pm. Reg at Railway bridge. C: www.SliCualann.com
Spring 5km Bay Spring Relay, Southpark, Galway, 7.30pm. Entry €45; team of 3, or €80 for both spring and summer relays relays. Also 1km Bay Relay, 6.30pm; entry €20 team of 3. In aid of COPE Galway and Enable Ireland.
Clare Summer Road Race Series Race 1, Ennis 5km, Lee’s Rd, 7pm. Entry €8 or €20 for 5-race series. T-shirt all who pay for series. Spots, refresments after each race. C: Clare Sports Partnership 065 6865434; James Sexton 087 2472623.
Powerade Queens Sport 5km, Annadale Embankment, Belfast, 7pm. Entry £10 (£7 students). Late entries £12;reg PEC from 5pm. Goodie bag all finishers; £1,600 prize fund. C: 028 9068 1126; www.queenssport5k.com.
Friday 27 (new date)
Rása Tower Chamuis 11.2km, Camus, Galway, 7pm. Entry €15. C: Cormac O Conaire 087 9300973.
Saturday 28
Ballynahinch Lions Annual 10km, Ballynahinch Square, 2.30pm. Entry £11.50 per athlete, £12.50 non-reg. Every penny goes to designated charities; this year Tinylife and Happy Children. C: Robert Bradford 07712 884 713; www.athleticsni.org.
“Run for Freedom” for PREDA 5km, Phoenix Park, Dublin, 1pm. Entry €15, €10 students, U-12 free. All funds too PREDA – helping free children from adult prisons in the Philippines. With Catherine McKiernan and musician Damien Dempsey. Spot prizes, refreshments. C: Philip Cribbin 087 2482770.
Run Belfast Park Series Rd 4, Ormeau Park, 11.30am. C: Patrick Megarity 07960 414 579; www.athleticsni.org.
The Craic Assault Course, Palmerstown, Dublin, 11am. Early bird entry available; €36 after. C: 086 3060890; www.thecraiceventsco.com
Monster Mac, Boggeragh Mountains, near Millstreet, Co Cork. Run, bike, kayak. Entry €49 expert (64km), €45 sport (33km). Also Baby Mac (20km); entry €42. C: www.monstermac.ie.
Predator Children’s Aquathon Series Rd 1, Kilcornan, Clarenbridge. Entry €7 or €20 for full series (4 races). Individual winners and overall race series winners. Medal, t-shirt all competitors. C: www.predatortriclub.ie
Parkrun Belfast Waterworks 9.30am; Victoria Park. 9am. Entry free but reg in advance. www.athleticsni.org.
McCain NI Youth Athletes League Rd 1, Antrim Forum. C; chris.power2@btinternet.com.
Orienteering: Slievenagore (Silent Valley), Mournes, signposted
A2 Newcastle to Kilkeel road , 11/30-1.0; reg from 11am. Eight colour coded courses (1.3km-8.2km distances). www.lvo.org.uk.
A2 Newcastle to Kilkeel road , 11/30-1.0; reg from 11am. Eight colour coded courses (1.3km-8.2km distances). www.lvo.org.uk.
Sunday 29
Wicklow Sailfest 5-Mile Run/Walk, Grand Hotel, Wicklow, 11am (walkers 10.30am). Entry €20 runners, €10 walkers. Prizes sen, jun, masters. C: William Winters 087 3698996.
Lee Strand Kingdom Come 10-miler, Castleisland, Co Kerry, 11am. Entry €30. Chip timing, Ronhill top, post-race massage, guest passes Castleisland track (include sauna, Jacuzzi). Music, BBQ, bouncing castle, face painting. Prizes 1st 10 M&F; jun, masters, club and school teams. C: Denis Mc Sweeney 087 7995647; www.riocht.ie.
Samsung Run Dublin @ Night, College Green 8.30pm. Entry closed. www.samsungnightrun.com
Run the Glann for Clann 10km, Oughterard, 12 noon. Entry €10; all funds to Clann Resource Centre. C: Róisín 091 557633; www.clannresourcecentre.com.
St Anne’s AFC 10km, Ballylinan Co Laois, 1pm. Also 5km walk, 1.15pm. Entry €10. Spot prizes, refreshments. C: Mairead Hickey 087 7939541.
Mainstay Downe Residential Project Charity 5-Mile, Downpatrick. C: Joe Quinn 07933214894; www.spanglefish.com/eastdownac
Clonown 10km, Athlone, 3pm (walkers 1.30pm). Entry €20; t-shirt for online entries. Reg Clonown Community Centre. Cash prizes first 3 M&F; vochers first masters. C: 087 6919726; www.clonown.com.
Milltown GAA/Westmeath Hospice 8km Fun Run, Milltown, Rathconrath, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, 3pm. Entry €10. Tea, sandwiches, showers after. C: Paddy Gavigan 087 7743497.
Longford AC Summer Running Series Rd 1 (10km), 11am. Entry €15. C: Liam Fenelon 087 2683650.
The Rock GAA 5-Mile, Mountmellick, Co Laois, 11am. Entry €15 (€10 U-18).C: James Murphy 087 9800498
Belfast One World Run, Ozone Centre, Ormeau Park, 3pm. C: John Watson john.watson@22wap.co.uk
Limerick Athletics Board Road Race, Ballysimon, Limerick. C: Mossie 069 64837.
Riverstick-Kinsale T-F Open Sports, Riverstick GAA Pitch, Co Cork. C: Joan 086 6003141
Annacurra Trail Race, Co Wicklow, 2pm. Entry €12. Prizes first 3 M&F; spots.
Orienteering: Mullaghmeen, Co Westmeath 11am-1pm. Signs from Castlepollard. C: 086 8150512. Inchydoney Sand Hills, Clonakilty, Co Cork, 10am-1pm. C: 021 4546194. www.orienteering.ie.
Triathlon: Joey Hannan Olympic and Sprint Triathlons, University of Limerick. Also Tri-a-Tri.
Tuesday May 1
Galway 5km Series, Athenry, 7,45pm. Entry €45 for 6-races series.
Wednesday May 2
Runways Dublin Duathlon Series Rd 1 (27km un, 13km cycle, 2.7km run), Phoenix Park, 7.15pm. Entry €19.15/€27.66. C: duathlon@irishtriathlon.com.
Hills:Leinster Evening League Rd 2: Three Rock (6km, 500m), 7.30pm. entry €7. Clare Glens 9.60km, near Newport, Co Limerick 8pm. Entry €5. C: www.imra.ie.
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