Results & photos of the IMRA Bweeng 10k trail race - 1st Jan 2022

The first race of the new year on the IMRA calendar was a 10k trail race near Bweeng on the 1st of January 2022. A total of 129 runners took part in this challenging course which had a total of 330 metres of ascent.

Top 3 men & women...
 1 Barry McEvoy 118 M 0:39:12 Laois
2 Nick Hogan 272 M40 0:40:26 Cork
3 Seán Quirke 138 M40 0:41:20 Bilboa AC Limerick
24 Carol Finn 565 F 0:48:20 Cork
29 Michelle Nolan 186 F50 0:49:59 Cork
33 Ide Kelleher 400 F50 0:50:44 Mallow AC Cork

Full results HERE

Photos...
1) There is a small gallery HERE

MMRA Winter / Spring League in Munster - Jan to Apr 2018

The Munster Mountain Running Association (MMRA) will be hold a series of 10 trail races from January to April 2018 throughout the province. For anyone new to trail running, this is a good way to start as it's not as hard as the mountain races which are held later on in the year.

As the poster above shows, there are 10 races in the league and you only need to complete 4 to qualify for a league finisher's prize.

Please note, you must purchase annual IMRA membership online for €10 to take part in any of the MMRA events. Once this annual €10 fee is paid, most of the races in the series cost just €5 each.

You will not be able to run if you turn up at your first race without having purchased online registration.

Munster Winter/Spring League 2018

10 races...Best 4 races to score
Date    Time    Venue/Event            Code    Climb    Dist.    Diff.
Sun Jan 14    11:00 AM    Corrin Hill    CHW    260m    6.60km    6
Sun Jan 28    11:00 AM    Cratloe Woods    CTO    160m    9.30km    4
Sun Feb 11    11:00 AM    Tralee-Tonevane    TRA    200m    8.00km    5
Sun Feb 18    11:00 AM    Crohaun        CRN    300m    6.00km    6
Sun Mar 11    11:00 AM    Ballinaboola    BAL    300m    10.00km    6
Sun Mar 18    1:30 PM    Claragh Mtn    CMN    340m    7.00km    6
Sun Mar 25    11:00 AM    Glanageenty    GR    400m    9.50km    6
Sun Apr 8    11:00 AM    Slievenamon    SVN    570m    8.00km    7
Sun Apr 15    11:00 AM    Curragh Woods    CRW    220m    7.00km    6
Sun Apr 22    11:00 AM    Silvermines    SIL    230m    7.40km    6

New Trail runs in the Ballyhoura area in 2014

The Munster Mountain Running Association are currently trying to promote more trail running in the Ballyhoura region.

See this message below from Tom Blackburn...
We are starting a new Trail run experience in the Ballyhouras this spring, We are asking each club in the area to pick an off road trail that they would use sometimes for training. The idea is to encourage people to use the forest trails for training as an alternative to the roads, also to encourage beginners out into the woods.

We also want to implement a system called the buddy system for all athletes this is a simple system in that you invite a friend to come along as a running partner. As these are not races we would encourage people to run together with the map as reference until they are familiar with the route.

We would also encourage people to carry a mobile phone with them on these routes as an added security device in case they take a wrong turn, coverage has improved greatly in the last few years.

We are inviting you to join us on a run each Saturday morning on these forestry tracks and trails. The courses will be measured and mapped for each run and the map will be posted on Faceook on the Ballyhoura facebook page. If you are not on Facebook please send your email to me and I will email the map to you each week.