This might be of interest for anyone who has unwanted running or sports shoes that are in good condition. Liam O'Connor sent on this information about a collection of old sports shoes in Carrigaline on the  19th & 20th Apr 2024.Collection Days: This Friday 19th / Sat.20th April.♻️♻️♻️Pre Owned Sports Shoes Needed♻️♻️♻️"Our Shoes" is an appeal being held in #Carrigaline, organized by ..read more

The big evening race in Cork this week is the Ballintotis 4-mile near Castlemartyr. This one always gets a big crowd and this year will be no different.Note the change in car parks below, everything now is to the east of the church.You can still enter online HEREFrom the organisers... It's been a busy few weeks in Ballintotis as the local committee advance plans for this year's 4 Mile Road ..read more

This free timed 5k on the Carrigaline to Crosshaven walkway takes place on the first Saturday of every month. The April event was supposed to go ahead on the 6th of April 2024 but it had to be cancelled. It was announced during the week that the rescheduled April event would take place on the 13th but as can be seen from the low numbers, not many people saw this ..read more

The inaugural Bantry AC Flying 5-mile was held on Sunday 14th Apr 2024 with 122 runners taking part.Top 3 men & women... 26 1 Danny MULLINS Bantry A.C. M 0:27:41 0:27:41  90 2 Briain MADDEN Togher A.C. M 0:29:19 0:29:19  109 3 Eoghan MC ELHINNEY Bantry A.C. M 0:29:58 0:29:58108 11 Julie O BRIEN F40 0:33:27 0:33:27  93 12 Carmel CROWLEY Bandon A.C. F50 0:33:34 0:33:34 & ..read more

Results of the 5k parkruns around the county on Saturday 13th April 2024. Approximately ---  runners and walkers took part in the 10 events in Co Cork.Report... After Storm Kathleen last week and the mass cancellations, the weather was a lot kinder this Saturday for the 5k parkruns in Co Cork. It was also one of the mildest Saturday so far this year with the thermometer at Cork Airport ..read more

 ** Cobh 10 mile **‘ It’s hilly, get over it ’  was the message on the finishers mug and never was a truer word spoken.It was also wild and windy. Passing Ballymore Church mile 4 at the top of the hill heading into a gale of wind it is a prayer and a miraculous medal I needed.When I arrived in Cobh and parked neared the Heritage Centre the Annie Moore statue was pointing in the ..read more

For this weeks online jigsaw, we have a photo by Mick Dooley of a large group of runners at the recent Cork BHAA PwC 5k.This one has 391-pieces so it's a bit tougher than usual but there are a lot of colours in it to help.You can find it HERE ..read more

In this guest post, John Walshe looks back at the 50th anniversary of Neil Cusack winning the 1974 Boston Marathon with an additional piece about Bill Rodgers' win the following year.FIFTY YEARS AGO – WHEN AN IRISHMAN WON THE BOSTON MARATHONBy John WalsheThis Monday, April 15th, sees the 128th Boston Marathon taking place. The date will also mark the exact 50th anniversary of a historic triumph ..read more

There was another big turnout for the Cork BHAA PwC Anthony Reidy Memorial 5k in Cork City on Wed 10th of April 2024 with a total of 794 listed in the results. For a BHAA race on a damp evening, that's a lot and well above the usual BHAA races.Top 3 men & women...Pos Name Cat Prize Time Company Team1 Denis Hegarty M-1 00:15:28 Hegarty Engineering & Design2 Aidan Noone M-2 00:15:47 ..read more

A record 828 runners completed this years Sonia O'Sullivan Cobh 10-mile road race, an increase of 7% on the numbers last year.Top 5 men & women...1 Tim O'DONOGHUE East Cork A.C. M MS 1012 51:372 Evan FITZGERALD M MS 1004 52:533 John DURCAN M MS 1003 (53:44) 53:444 David MAHON Galway City Harriers A.C. M MS 1008 53:465 Shane COLLINS Leevale A.C. M MS 1046 53:581 Michelle FINN Leevale ..read more