Cork runner Seán Crowley will be doing a charity 50k on Friday 11th April 2025 to raise funds for Marymount Hospice.
If you would like to support Seán then you can find the details here... https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/runmyage
Welcome to the Running in Cork blog, home of the Cork running community. This is the largest website in Cork & Munster for news on road races and general running news. Included are a current race calendar, race previews, photos, results as well as some local, national and international news items.
Cork runner Seán Crowley will be doing a charity 50k on Friday 11th April 2025 to raise funds for Marymount Hospice.
If you would like to support Seán then you can find the details here... https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/runmyage
The Cork BHAA PwC 5k in Cork City is coming up on Wednesday the 9th of April 2025 at 7:30pm.
This is always a very popular race and should get a good crowd again as it's centrally located in the heart of Cork City and about as flat a 5k course as you can get. It's also the first evening race of 2025 in Cork!
First off, the race HQ is the PwC building at One Albert Quay. You can enter there on the evening of the race from 6pm. As always, it's €5 for registered BHAA runners and €10 for non-registered.
The parkrun organisation have a number of milestones from 25 to 500 parkruns. The thing about milestones is that they are open to everyone and anyone can aspire to reach a certain level.
A number of people have recently passed the 250 mark and it's a significant achievement as it takes at least five years to complete. Thanks to all those who sent on updates and corrections.
Cork 250 Rules... As with any list, there must be some sort of guideline or rules. The criteria I went with are simple...
The Cheetah Run 5k in Fota Wildlife Park organised by Eagle AC is coming up on Thursday the 15th of May 2025 at 8pm. As well as there being the usual 5k race, there is also a one-mile race for juveniles (11-15 year olds).
ENTRIES OPEN 1ST APRIL
Update Tues 1st Apr 10am: Very busy start and the same amount of entries have been sold in the first hour as all of day 1 in 2024. Roughly half the 1-mile and half the 5k places are now gone.
Update Tues 1st Apr 7:30pm: One-mile race sold out. Just 200 places left for the 5k.
Update Wed 2nd Apr 12 noon: Both races are now sold out!
Update Thurs 3rd Apr: From Eagle AC... "We are sorry we cannot add additional places, as we are limited to 1000 runners total. To be fair to all those who missed out we will offer any refunded or returned entries on general sale again on May 1st. That will be the final allocation of tickets on that day."
Enter HERE
From Eagle AC... "We’re excited to announce that this year’s Cheetah Run will take place on May 15th, 2025!
Mark your calendars, as entries for our super popular Eagle AC Cheetah Run at Fota Wildlife Park open on April 1st at 9 AM - and they sell out quickly! Make sure to grab your spot and avoid any disappointment!
Get your tickets here: https://eventmaster.ie/event/Kl7ntpnHGx
Thank you for your incredible support for both Fota Wildlife Park and Eagle A.C.
Olympian Marian Heffernan, along with her daughters Regan and Tara Heffernan, launch the annual Eagle AC Cheetah Run which will take place on Thursday, May 15th, 2025, and is a major fundraising event for Fota Wildlife Park, which operates as a conservation charity.
The Dunboyne 10k road race was held on Sunday 23rd March 2025 and it also doubled up as the National 10k road race championship.
Cork runner Niamh Allen of Leevale AC won the women's title in a time of 31m 44s.
Top 3 women...
Niamh's time of 31:44 was also the fastest 10k time on Irish soil and only Sonia O’Sullivan and Catherina McKiernan have run faster times.
Dunboyne AC write... "The women’s race saw Niamh Allen of Leevale AC take first place (31.44), running the fastest 10k on Irish soil, and third fastest overall (Sonia O’Sullivan and Catherina McKiernan hold first and second record, but ran their races abroad). Niamh was followed in second place by Annmarie McGlynn of Letterkenny AC (33:07) and in third place was Ide Nic Domhnaill of West limerick AC (33:15)."
Leevale AC was also the first women's team.
Dunboyne 54th Road Race 10k 2025 - Full results
![]() |
Lizzie Lee & Hannah Steeds of Leevale AC |
![]() |
Top 5 men in the 2025 Mallow 10-mile (L-R)... Sean Davin 1192 (5th), Barry Twohig 109 (1st), Shane Collins 1205 (2nd), Damien Madigan 267 (3rd) & Tadhg O'Sullivan 1275 (4th) |
The Mallow 10-mile road race was held this year on Sunday 23rd March 2025 in bright sunshine with a strong northerly breeze. A total of 1232 runners crossed the finish line.
Full results HERE
![]() |
Top 5 women in the 2025 Mallow 10-mile (L-R)... Clara Ryan 220 (4th), Catherine Murphy 191 (3rd), Niamh Moore 995 (1st), Kealey Tideswell 715 (2nd) & Marie Howard 858 (5th) |
Photos...to follow - Updated Tues 25th 3am
1) Mick Dooley has some Pre-Race photos HERE ... some of the faster finishers HERE ... and some more post race photos HERE
2) Derek Costello has six galleries... Part 1 ... Part 2 ... Part 3 ... Part 4 ... Part 5 ... Part 6
3) Dermot Hever Photography has several galleries on the way...
Approach to finish line a) 52 mins to 1hr 13 mins ... 1:13 to 1:23 ... 1:23 to 1:30 ... 1:30 to 2:30 ...
4) Joe Murphy has several galleries... Album 1 ... Album 2 ... Album 3 ... Album 4 ...
...and near the finish line... Album 5 ... Album 6 ... Album 7 ... Album 8 ... Album 9 ... Album 10 ... Album 11 ... Album 12 ... Album 13 ... Album 14 ... Album 15 ... Album 16 ... Album 17 ... Album 18 ... Album 19 ... Album 20 ... Album 21 ...
The 16th of March marked the end of another successful Cloyne Commons 4K Series which started back in November of 2024.
The average numbers per race was 280 with a high of 336 in the November edition and a low of 147 in February when the weather was awful.
164 runners completed 4 out of the 5 events to reach the level to get the series dry fit top while 36 did all 5 events.
These were the winners of the series...
The overall results for those who completed 4 and 5 events can be seen HERE
Results of the individual races...
Results of the Cloyne Commons 4k - Sun 17th Nov 2024 - 336 finishers
Results of the Cloyne Commons 4k - Sun 15th Dec 2024 - 333 finishers
Results of the Cloyne Commons 4k - Sun 19th Jan 2025 - 327 finishers
Results of the Cloyne 4k - Sun 23rd Feb 2025 - 147 finishers
Results of the Cloyne 4k - Sun 16th March 2025 - 258 finishers
Athletics Ireland are holding a Level 2 Coaching Course at MTU in Cork over three weeks. This is aimed at Level 1 coaches who want to specialise in a particular field.
The courses for the various disciplines will be held over several weekend...
Location for all three weekends - MTU Cork
More info here... https://eventmaster.ie/event/l0yycV8HPO
The Level 2 courses are normally held in Athlone so this is a good opportunity for any coach who wants to upskill their coaching badge.
5k - Top 3 men & women...
Back in February, the team behind the Clashduv junior parkrun in Togher announced that their event was cancelled until further notice.
The good news is that it is expected to restart on Sunday 23rd March 2025!
They are always looking for more volunteers so if you'd like to help out in any way then you can contact them on their site... https://www.parkrun.ie/clashduv-juniors/
The final race in the Cloyne Commons 4k Series was held on Sunday 16th of March 2025.
I'll have the overall positions for the race series later.
Full results below...
Top 3 men & women...
Full results HERE
Photos...
1) Dermot Hever has a gallery HERE