As the evenings gradually begin to get brighter, it's good to look forward to the Ballintotis 4-mile road race in east Cork. The race is on Wed 16th April 2025 at 7:45pm.
Note two things... it's on a Wednesday instead of the usual Thursday and the race will have a new start time of 7:45pm as opposed to the traditional 8pm. This is an important consideration if you're coming from the city and going through the tunnel. Make sure you leave yourself plenty of time.
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From the organisers... Ballintotis Road Race - All Set For Year 14
The 14th running of the Ballintotis 4 mile road race, hosted by Ballintotis Area Community Council and held in association with East Cork AC, will take place this year on Wednesday April 16th - please note the new start time is 7.45pm.
Entries for what is now one of the most popular 4 mile races in the land will open on this Saturday February 1st at 9am - at eventmaster.ie. Please follow this link
https://eventmaster.ie/event/ZdbKsMWcZY
Registration costs €15 including service charge, (non athletics Ireland members will have to pay an additional €2) . Also there is the option of availing of your race number being posted out for an additional cost. Race numbers can also be collected Tuesday April 15th (5pm to 8pm) or on race day Wed 16th from 1pm at Ballintotis Community Centre.
Just like 2024, this year's race will also incorporate the Cork County Road Championships.
In 2010, the first staging of the race took place and attracted 425 runners, a figure which at that time well exceeded the organisers' expectations. Our 10th anniversary race in 2019 saw a record breaking 1240 finishers.
The event formerly took place in Castlemartyr, but East Cork AC moved the race to Ballintotis, which has proved a hugely popular location, with the venue boasting in excess of 1,000 participants on a number of occasions. The scenic 4 mile loop includes a lap of road bordering Loughaderra Lake in the closing stages.
Again this year's race offers great value for money with a very attractive prize structure overall and a full list of category prizes in all age groups (1st 2nd and 3rd) as well as team prizes. As always all participants will receive the famous Ballintotis running buff.
In the inaugural race 15 years ago James McCarthy took top spot with a time of 19:54. McCarthy went onto win the race a remarkable eight times in a row, his best time being 19:23 set in 2016. Then in 2018 ... a new man was on the podium as another East Cork A.C competitor Michael Harty won in style and in the process set a new course record of 19:15, with the previous record also being broken by Sergiu Ciobanu who was runner up. Our 2019 race saw a new name on the roll of honour - as yet another East Cork Man - Kevin O'Brien broke the tape in a time of 20.13.
The entry was a remarkable 1,170 runners in 2015. Irish Olympian Sonia O Sullivan was among those taking part that year following up on her previous visit in 2013.
Fellow Olympian Lizzy Lee from Leevale is the ladies course record holder (21:22), with her Irish International colleague Claire McCarthy posting the second fastest time around the course. Fiona Santry of East Cork A.C made it back to wins in the ladies race in 2019 to complete a fine double..
2023 was a truly memorable one for both Michael Harty and Lizzy Lee who were crowned race winners again in Ballintotis after their respective superb performances.
**Further information on this year's race can be had by emailing ballintotisrace@gmail.com or call 086 8778182. .
***As per previous years, updated race info will be issued nearer the event.
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