The Cloyne Commons 4k Winter Series in east Cork is somewhat unique in that it's one of the very few races outside of the BHAA where people can enter on the day for just €5. This is in marked contrast to other events which have online entry and fees of something like €15 to €25.
It is in a sense the last vestige of what typical road races used to be like in the past.
Each year, there are 5 events and they run from November to March. Now that the most recent series has finished, I had a look at the numbers. I went back over the results which I have up on the blog and calculated the average number per event for each of the series.
Some points..
1. First Race... The first race was back in November of 2014 so it has been going for over 10-years. Even though I post the results, I had no idea it went back that far. I was kind of expecting something like 2018/2019.
2. Average per series... The chart above shows the average number of finishers for each of the series. The most recent 2025/2026 series was a record one and passed the previous best which was 2019/2020.
3. Biggest race... The highest number of finishers in any one race was back in November of 2019 when 478 runners crossed the finish line. I have no idea why there were so many that day.
4. March 2020... There was no race that month due to the pandemic so there were only 4 races for the 2019/2020 series. The fact that so many people turned out in Nov 2019 and there wasn't a 5th race to bring down the average meant that the 2019/2020 numbers are a lot higher than before.
5. 49 races... I've updated some of the older results posts and if you want to see the results of any of the 49 races so far than you can use this link to scroll back to find the results.
