Not so long ago, the MMRA trail races used to attract somewhere in the region of 30 to 50 runners per event. 30 seemed to be the norm and it was 50 on a good day.
Contrast that to the numbers on Corrin Hill near Fermoy last Sunday the 14th of January when a whopping 198 runners took part! Even the numbers last year were a record with 141 taking part. This year was up 40% on that.
The attraction of trail races is that it offers something different. It's not like you're putting your name down to run up and down a mountain and it's not that far removed from doing say the usual type of road race.
There are 9 more events left in the MMRA Winter-Spring Series. Info HERE
1 Mark Nolan 821 M 0:27:24 Kerry
2 Andrew Fleet 405 M 0:27:50 West Waterford AC Waterford
3 Sean Quirke 776 M40 0:27:58 Bilboa A/C Limerick
22 Emma Donlon 634 F 0:32:04 MSB
56 Marie O'Shea 600 F40 0:36:15 MooreAbbey Milers AC Tipperary
59 Kealey Tideswell 815 F 0:36:33 Clonmel AC Tipperary
Full results
Check out the start below. It takes quite a while for all the runners to stream past.
Photos...
1) The MMRA have a number of galleries... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ...
Brian Buckley has a video below...
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