Results of the Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k - Sun 9th Aug 2026

Anika Thompson is the first woman home in the half

The third edition of the Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k was held on Sunday 9th of August 2026 on what was a nice sunny day. There were 918 finishers in the 10k event while the numbers in the half-marathon were up 10% on last year with 958 finishers.

Top 5 men & women in the half-marathon  

971 1 William MAUNSELL Clonmel A.C. 1. M M40 1:06:41  
969 2 Sean TOBIN Clonmel A.C. 2. M M 1:06:41  
397 3 Barry TWOHIG St. Finbarrs A.C. 3. M M45 1:11:43  
675 4 Aidan CONNELL West Waterford A.C. 4. M M40 1:12:09  
3888 5 Struan SIMPSON Grange/Fermoy A.C. 5. M M 1:14:35
917 6 Anika THOMPSON Leevale A.C. 1. F F 1:16:24  
569 48 Laura NOONAN 2. F F40 1:26:42  
3152 69 Katie HICKSON St. Finbarrs A.C. 3. F F45 1:29:03  
3999 73 Noreen MACKEY Cork Track Club A.C. 4. F F35 1:29:31  
594 77 Sinéad FLANNERY Ballintotis Fit4Life A.C. 5. F F45 1:29:45

Top 3 men & women in the 10k

1925 1 Jeremiah SHEEHAN North Cork A.C. 1. M M 31:53  
1964 2 John MEADE St. Finbarrs A.C. 2. M M45 33:30  
1910 3 John LONGAN St. Finbarrs A.C. 3. M M 34:14  
3952 11 Orla DRUMM Cork City A.C. 1. F F40 36:39  
1924 21 Marie HOWARD Leevale A.C. 2. F F35 38:19  
1660 23 Olive MC CARTHY St. Nicholas A.C. 3. F F40 38:40

All results HERE

Results of the 5k parkruns in Cork - Sat 8th Aug 2026

Results of the 5k parkruns around the county on Saturday 8thAugust 2026. Approximately 1436 runners and walkers took part in the 11 events in Co Cork.

Report... At the start of the week, the forecast was for this Saturday to be wet as a weather front moved over Cork. On the day, it turned out to be quite nice with plenty of sunshine. The temperature at Cork Airport was about 18 deg C at the time of the parkruns.

Most parkruns... The person with the most parkruns this week is Kieran Santry who travelled from the UK to do his 535th parkrun.

Bere Island... There were big numbers at the Bere Island this week with 225 finishers. Cat Kennedy from Dublin picked Bere Island to do her 250th parkrun. Ciara O'Keeffe reached the double century mark.

Double century for Ciara O'Keeffe

Ballincollig... Jane Power completed her 250th parkrun at the Ballincollig event with Siobhan Holland and Don Fitzgerald reaching the 200 mark.

Glen River... Genevieve Hoare completes her 100th parkrun with 37 at the Glen.

Macroom... Mark Sheehan completed his 100th parkrun with 48 at Mallow and 36 at Macroom.

Glengarriff... Maria Harrington reaches the 100 mark with 91 at this event.

Castlehaven... Catherine Bailey reaches the 200 mark with 177 here.

If I missed anyone who passed a notable milestone like 100, 200, 250 or above parkruns then let me know.

Upcoming milestones....

Macroom is the oldest parkrun in Co Cork and they will be holding their 600th event on the 24th of October 2026.

Bere Island will be 12-years old on the 29th of August.

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Ballincollig Regional Park:  266 this week, 311 last week.

Ballincollig results... https://www.parkrun.ie/ballincollig/results/436

Tramore Valley Park: 279 this week, 261 last week.

Tramore Valley Park results... https://www.parkrun.ie/tramorevalley/results/214

Glen River: 66 this week, 52 last week.

Glen River results... https://www.parkrun.ie/glenriver/results/323

Midleton Greenway: 175 this week, 195 last week.

Midleton Greenway... https://www.parkrun.ie/midletongreenway/results/77

Mallow Castle: 86 this week, 77 last week.

Mallow results... https://www.parkrun.ie/mallowcastle/results/241

Youghal (Pobalscoil na Tríonóide) : 42 this week, 64 last week.

Youghal results... https://www.parkrun.ie/pobalscoilnatrionoide/results/222

Macroom Castle Demense: 59 this week, 62 last week.

Macroom results... https://www.parkrun.ie/macroomcastledemesne/results/589/

Clonakilty: 70 this week, 90 last week. 

Clonakilty results... https://www.parkrun.ie/clonakilty/results/543

Glengarriff Woods: 121 this week, 132 last week.

Glengarriff results... https://www.parkrun.ie/glengarriff/results/466

Bere Island: 225 this week, 182 last week. 

Bere Island results... https://www.parkrun.ie/bereisland/results/557

Castlehaven (Rineen Woods): 47 finishers this week, 65 last week.

Castlehaven results... https://www.parkrun.ie/castlehaven/results/477

For more information about the weekly 5k parkruns in Co Cork, go to this page HERE.

Guest Post: Can the year please slow down? ...by Pat Walsh

* Can the year please slow down? *

'If I could save time in a bottle

The first thing that I'd like to do' 

We had the longest winter ever followed by a very warm settled phase that resembled a Summer and here we are now in August. Are the years flying by faster, or does our very lifestyle make it seem that way? Constantly going, always planning, chasing our tails and wondering about time and the lack of it.

The next BHAA evening race in 2 weeks is the last of the evening races for this year, how did that happen? Are we mentally ready for the passing of another season and head into another autumn / winter of running. There will be a good September, be optimistic.

To train regularly during the week and to run in a few races gives structure and a sense of achievement to counter balance the always on, super busy mode in life where we never get around to doing half the stuff we intended to. To look back later in the year at races completed and a decent training log is personally satisfying and a mental tonic boost in the midst of chaos.

Life can throw curveballs, life can be demanding and challenging at times. Life can get in the way of running if you are not careful. We need to run for our sanity and health. Don’t worry about time or how far. Just get out and breathe the fresh air. Slow down and enjoy the fact that your are moving. Life can wait until you get home. 

I was running recently and spotted a fabulous hedge of blackberries that had just ripened. Perfection. A revisit later and the middle drawer in my freezer is looking good for winter. I have learned from the birds and animals how to be a hoarder too and plan for life ahead.

Start now. 

I will train next week and the week after.

I will bring order and structure to my life.

I will embrace my running and enjoy it for what it brings to me.

I will drink coffee and travel to different places to run.

I will run a few races to be sociable and for the sense of purpose it gives me.

I will not entertain negative thoughts while I run and in fact I will try to forget I have another life.

I will not let 2026 pass me by without something notable notched on my belt.

I am not wishing my life away, in fact I want it to slow down. But I know I can’t. Next best is to bring order to the chaos and a feeling of something done. 

On New Years Eve I will look back on the year and think it wasn’t totally wasted.  Do the things you want to do. Don't wait. If I have collected a t-shirt and a medal from some run while eating my porridge with a few thawed out blackberries on top, then it will not have been totally wasted. 

I got to Dunlewey Church this year. One less from the milk-churn list, yes mine is bigger than a bucket list.....!

'But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with' Jim Croce 

Have a lovely weekend and keep on running.

#pwr 

Results of the Shannonvale 5-mile road race - Fri 7th Aug 2026

First woman - Olive O'Flynn

The Shannonvale 5-Mile road race near Clonakilty was held on Friday 7th of August 2026 on what was a dry and mild evening. There were 260 finishers for this event.

As far as I know, the last time a race was held in Shannonvale was a 10k event back in 2018.

Top 3 men & women...
 
Place Name Team Name Race Time Chip Time City Bib
1 Michael Dullea Skibbereen AC     26:59 M40 58
2 Aidan McCarthy Clonakilty Road Runners AC     28:30 M40 132
3 Sam O'Riordan Ballincollig     29:15 MS 224
12 Olive O'Flynn Courtmacsherry     32:01 FS 189
13 Kate Moynihan Ballinaboy     32:04 FS 659
24 Sinead O'Regan Courcey AC     34:07 F40 218

Full results HERE

Photos...

1) Graham Meikle has several galleries...

a) Finish 1 b) Finish 2 c) Finish 3 d) 

Cork City Council open consultation for new Glanmire Park

Cork City Council have just opened a consultation for a new 4.3-hectare park in Glanmire. It is located next to the Glashaboy River and the new park is located to the south of the existing John O'Callaghan Park.

The consultation is HERE

The accompanying new greenway which is on eastern side of the new park is expected to open very soon (Autumn 2026). Once construction of the new park begins, it is expected to take 12-months. Allowing for the consultation, planning and funding, it will probably be sometime around the end of the decade before this park is completed. 

For reference, the new park and the existing John O'Callaghan park is about 1km from north to site. The combined total of the parks will be around 5-hectares. For reference, Ballincollig Regional Park is 55-hectares.

For walkers, runners and cyclists, this is a big improvement compared to the footpath on the busy R639 road. There are a huge number of housing developments to the north of the new park so I'm sure it will be a welcome addition.

Results of the Cork BHAA Sterling 5k road race -Wed 5th Aug 2026

The Cork BHAA Sterling BHAA 5k road race in Ringskiddy was held on Wed 5th of Aug 2026 on a windy but dry evening. There were 329 finishers which is up about 12% on last year.

The chart above shows the history of the Novartis / Sterling 5k race. It used to be higher numbers in the past but 329 is pretty much in line with more recent events.

Top 3 men & women...
1 Dermot Ryan M1 00:16:41 Uisce Éireann
2 Michael Corbett 0/50M M2 00:16:51 Flex
3 Alan O'Brien 0/45M M3 00:17:04 McCarthy Insurance Group
10 Orla Drumm 0/40F F1 00:18:05 HSE
14 Carol Finn 0/35F F2 00:18:15 Carol Finn Physical Therapy
21 Sharon Rynne 0/35F F3 00:18:25 Kepak

Full results HERE

Photos... 
1) Mick Dooley has some photos HERE 

2) Joe Murphy has some photos... Album 1 ... Album 2 ... Album 3 ... Album 4 ... Album 5 ... Album 6 ...

First 3 women in the Sterling 5k (L-R) Carol Finn 2nd, Sharon Rynne 3rd & Orla Drumm 1st.

Notice: Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k - Sun 9th Aug 2026

The Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k in east Cork is coming up this year on Sunday the 9th of August 2026. 

The Half-Marathon race will start at 9:30am while the 10km will start at the later time of 11:30am.

Entries HERE

Update - 14th July - Video showing the route of both courses is embedded further down this post.

Online registration will close at 10pm Thursday night 6th Aug but there will be a limited number of entries available on race morning.

Results of the Adrigole 5-mile road race - Sat 1st Aug 2026

The Adrigole 5-mile road race was held on Sat 1st Aug 2026.

First 3 men - Aidan Rundel Muller – 30:18, Bobby Tangney (Kenmare AC) – 31:36, Patrick Philips (LSA A.C.) – 32:32

First 3 women - Julie O'Brien (Durrus AC) – 34:20, Kristen O'Sullivan (Beara A.C.) – 38:13, Sandra Harrington (Beara A.C.) – 44:20
Juvenile Winners - 1st Male: Darragh Coppinger (Bantry A.C.)– 33:15, 1st Female: Leonie Figueria – 45:08
Age Category Winners
Male 40–50: Damian Keating – 33:16
Male 50–60: Liam O'Connor (Beara A.C.) – 34:44
Male 60+: Raymond Smith (Kenmare A.C.) – 34:58
Female 40–50: Gillian McCarthy – 44:30
Female 50–60: Breda McElhinney (Bantry A.C.)46:23
Female 60+: Noeleen O'Shea – 47:08

Full results below...

Confirmation of Michael Harty setting new national M45 10k record

Back on the 1st of July 2026, Michael Harty of East Cork AC finished the Coillte 10k road race in Tipperary in a time of 30m 00s. This was at the time a potentially new M45 national record for a 10k road race. See previous post HERE

The race organisers Dundrum AC have just confirmed that the course length has been rechecked and Michael has indeed set a new record!

Report from Dundrum AC... "Michael Harty breaks National Over 45 men’s record at Coillte 10k road race in Dundrum.

At the recent Coillte 10K road race on 1st July in Dundrum East Cork athlete Michael Harty set a new National Over 45 years men’s record for the 10km road distance which was ratified by the Irish Masters Athletic Association last week. 

The popular man from Cloyne, County Cork broke the old National record by nearly a minute. Michael is also a former winner of the Coillte 10k race which he won in 2022.

Michaels super run and finish time of 30 minutes flat in the race where he finished third overall only two seconds behind the winner saw him break the National 10K road record by a whopping 56 seconds which was held by Declan Reed from the City of Derry club for the classic distance. 

Interestingly Michael also holds the National Over 40 years men’s record for the same distance which he set in Leeds England back in 2022 in another super time of 29 minutes 42 seconds plus other distance records as well.

Michael’s new record means that the popular Dundrum course now has three National current records to its name over the 10k distance the other two being Joe Goughs West Waterford Over 70 years men’s time of 41 minutes and 10 seconds set in 2023 and Angela McCann’s Clonmel athletic club in Tipperary Over 50 years’ women’s time of 37 minutes 21 seconds set in 2021 plus two other records that have been broken since they were set, a huge testament to the speed of the course.

Thanks, must be given to Billy Purcell who measured the course also to Ronan Wogan of My Run Results who timed the race on the night. Tipperary County Council and local councillors also must be thanked for keeping the road upgraded over the past 41 years of the running of the event."

Results of the 5k parkruns in Cork - Sat 1st Aug 2026

Results of the 5k parkruns around the county on Saturday 1st August 2026. Approximately 1465 runners and walkers took part in the 11 events in Co Cork.

Report... For the first time in weeks, a warm front passed over Co Cork and brought some very light rain to this weeks 5k parkruns in the county.

Most parkruns... The person with the most parkruns this week is Joanne Sullivan with 497 parkruns on Bere Island.

Ballincollig... Aniban Chatterjee completed her 100th parkrun with 78 of these at Ballincollig.

Tramore Valley... Paul O'Connell reaches the century milestone with 46 at Tramore Valley Park and 54 at Ballincollig.

John McDonnell (L) and Darren Curtin (R) from the Glen River parkrun were visitors at the Tramore Valley parkrun last weekend with Cilian Ó Suilleabháin pictured in the centre

If I missed anyone who passed a notable milestone like 100, 200, 250 or above parkruns then let me know.

Upcoming milestones....

Macroom is the oldest parkrun in Co Cork and they will be holding their 600th event on the 24th of October 2026.

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Ballincollig Regional Park:  311 this week, 306 last week.

Ballincollig results... https://www.parkrun.ie/ballincollig/results/435/

Tramore Valley Park: 261 this week, 252 last week.

Tramore Valley Park results... https://www.parkrun.ie/tramorevalley/results/213/

Glen River: 52 this week, 63 last week.

Glen River results... https://www.parkrun.ie/glenriver/results/322/

Midleton Greenway: 195 this week, 202 last week.

Midleton Greenway... https://www.parkrun.ie/midletongreenway/results/76/

Mallow Castle: 77 this week, 72 last week.

Mallow results... https://www.parkrun.ie/mallowcastle/results/240/

Youghal (Pobalscoil na Tríonóide) : 64 this week, 46 last week.

Youghal results... https://www.parkrun.ie/pobalscoilnatrionoide/results/221/

Macroom Castle Demense: 62 this week, 58 last week.

Macroom results... https://www.parkrun.ie/macroomcastledemesne/results/588/

Clonakilty: 90 this week, 82 last week. 

Clonakilty results... https://www.parkrun.ie/clonakilty/results/542/

Glengarriff Woods: 132 this week, 97 last week.

Glengarriff results... https://www.parkrun.ie/glengarriff/results/465/

Bere Island: 182 this week, 117 last week. 

Bere Island results... https://www.parkrun.ie/bereisland/results/556/

Castlehaven (Rineen Woods): 65 finishers this week, 40 last week.

Castlehaven results... https://www.parkrun.ie/castlehaven/results/476/

For more information about the weekly 5k parkruns in Co Cork, go to this page HERE.

Results of the Rockshapel 5k - Fri 31st Aug 2026

First three men (L-R)... Tadhg O'Sullivan 2nd, Jeremiah Sheehan 1st & Maurice Feehan 3rd

The fourth edition of the Rockchapel 5k in NW Cork was held on Fri 31st of July 2026 with 118 runners crossing the finish line.

Top 3 men & women...
 1 Jeremiah Sheehan North Cork AC     15:15 M 631
2 Tadhg O'Sullivan Glanmire AC     15:34 M 593
3 Maurice Feehan Duhallow AC     16:24 M 533
11 Carol Finn Leevale     18:00 F 652
12 Lucy O'Sullivan Millstreet AC     18:12 F 594
17 Brid Flanagan West Limerick AC     19:02 F 535

Full results HERE

Report from Duhallow AC... "The 4th running of the Rockchapel 5K took place on Friday night, 31st July, with a fantastic atmosphere around the village as runners of all abilities took on the scenic out-and-back course.

A huge thank you to everyone who entered, travelled, supported and helped make the event another great success. The Rockchapel 5K is proudly organised and hosted by Duhallow AC, and it was brilliant to see such strong support from the local community and running clubs from across Cork, Kerry and beyond.

At the front of the race, Jeremiah Sheehan of North Cork AC produced an outstanding performance to win in 15:15 breaking the course record of 16:05 , followed by Tadhg O’Sullivan of Glanmire AC in 15:34. Duhallow AC’s own Maurice Feehan completed a superb run to take 3rd place overall in 16:24.

In the women’s race, Carol Finn of Leevale AC took victory in 18:00, with Lucy O’Sullivan of Millstreet AC second in 18:12 and Bríd Flanagan of West Limerick AC third in 19:02."

Results of the Kinsale Regatta 5-mile road race - Fri 31st July 2026

There was a record turnout of 822 runners for this year's Kinsale Regatta 5-mile road race, up 11.4% on last year.

Top 3 men & women...
 727 1 Ryan MC CARTHY Leevale A.C. 1. M M (U40) 24:06  
276 2 John Joe DOHERTY Finn Valley A.C. 2. M M40 24:49  
303 3 Gavin SWEENEY 3. M M40 25:12   
305 15 Anika THOMPSON Leevale A.C. 1. F F (U40) 26:46  
690 18 Jessica COYNE Leevale A.C. 2. F F (U40) 26:54  
614 61 Aoife LUCEY West Muskerry A.C. 3. F F (U40) 30:04

Full results HERE

Photos...
1) Joe Murphy has the following galleries...
a) Finish 1 b) Finish 2 c) Finish 3 d) Finish 4 e) Finish 5 f) Finish 6 g) Finish 7 h) Finish 8 i) Finish 9 j) Finish 10 k) Finish 11 l) Finish 12 

Anika Thompson of Leevale AC was the first woman

Friday Jigsaw: Graham & Ed Fitz

A nice jigsaw for the weekend! This photo is of Graham Meikle and Ed Fitgerald at the Cork BHAA race during the week in Ringaskiddy.

It has 108-pieces and you can find it HERE 

Results of the Run the Line 5k in Carrigaline - Sat 25th July 2026

The July edition of the free Run the Line 5k on the Carrigaline to Crosshaven greenway was held of Sat 25th.

Results of the St Catherines AC 5k in Ballynoe - Thurs 30th July 2026

"The Leevale winning team of Dermot Ryan, Hannah Steeds and Andy Goulding receiving the Dan McCarthy Perpetual Cup from Denis McCarthy, son of the late Dan"... John Walshe

The annual 5k race in Ballynoe near Conna and organised by St Catherine's AC was held on Thurs 30th July 2026 and there were 100 finishers.

Top 3 men & women...
 1 Dermot Ryan Leevale AC  16:54 MS 646
2 Nathan-Ryan O'Hehir St Finbarrs AC  16:58 MS 619
3 Fionn Hayes Grange Fermoy AC  17:02 MJ 672
4 Hannah Steeds Leevale AC  17:10 FS 629
13 Charlotte Norman St Catherine's AC 19:06 FJ 614
18 Olive Kelly St. Nicholas AC  19:26 F40 649

Full results HERE