The Annual South Sligo Walking Festival will take place over the May Bank Holiday Weekend 5th to 7th May, 2012. Registration will take place at Joe Dan Mullarkey’s Pub each morning. (R294 road Tubbercurry to Ballina Road)
There will be 3 Guided walks each day. The short walk will suit those who prefer a leisurely pace (Country Lanes/Lakeside Walks) while the MEDIUM (Hillwalk) & LONG (Mountain Walk) will be more challenging. Beautiful scenery speckled with high altitude lakes & streams, giving participants a chance to experience at first hand …

This May will be the 5th year of the Leenane Mountain Walking Festival which has grown from strength to strength and saw over 260 walkers over the weekend in 2011. The festival is a unique combination of mountain and sea as Leenane is situated on the edge of Killary Harbour and surrounded by mountains in all directions. Participants are given the opportunity to try higher level walks such as Mweelrea, which they may not get the chance to try if out walking by themselves without a guide. This year’s event …

The first ‘Barefoot’ road race in Ireland takes place on Sunday, 11th March in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo at 12pm.
Entry fee includes a technical t-shirt and post race refreshsments.
There is both a 5km and 10km distance option and although the race is a barefoot event, walkers and runners in tradtional footwear would be most welcome!
Please see www.hartnettphysicaltherapy or the Hartnett Physical Therapy Facebook page for more information.
Entry is online at runireland.com or barefoot.ie (shop section)

The 4th annual staging of the Kilconieron 5 mile charity Road Race takes place on
Sunday 26th February.
Race starts @ 12 noon and the walkers set off @ 12.10.
The race starts and ends at the Kilconieron GAA grounds on the R349 Loughrea-Athenry road taking in some of the finest scenery East Galway has to offer – including the historical townland of Dunsandle and St. Clearns, on a tough but very fair course.
The race is officially measured and a permit has been approved by Athletics Ireland.
Entry fee is €18 online on www.runireland.com …

Springwell Running Club would like to confirm that the Roe Valley Country Park Trail Run will go ahead on Saturday 18 February.
The race had been in doubt due to a landslide at the Country Park earlier this month. This years race will be run over a new three lap course starting at 12.15. The entry fee is £6 for affiliated and £7 for non affiliated athletes.
Before the main race there will be an 800m Primary School Race at 11.30 and Under 13 and Under 16 1600m at 11.50 entry fee …

The Kinvara Rock and Road Half Marathon and 10K Road Race takes place on Saturday 3rd March 2012 in Kinvara, Co. Galway. This will be the second running of the event in this beautiful seaside village – a great event for walkers, joggers and runners of all levels. The course takes you past some glorious Burren scenery and is quite flat with a few nice hills.
For more details please visit the event website at www.rockandroad.ie and join the facebook page at www.facebook.com/rockandroad.ie. Event organisers Dolmen Sports look forward to welcoming …

‘With a focus on health and fitness to the forefront of people’s minds in the lead-up to the London 2012 Olympics, we are hoping to see more families than ever before take part in this year’s Kleinwort Benson Investors St. Patrick’s 5k Festival Road Race’ – race director, Senator Eamonn Coghlan.
The race will take place in Dublin on Sunday, 18th March, beginning at 12.00 noon from the Mansion House on Dawson Street, where runners will follow a route through Georgian Dublin before returning again to the finish line at the …

This weekend the Dublin and Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team hosts the annual Mountain Rescue Ireland Conference in Glendalough, Wicklow. 87 delegates from twelve Mountain Rescue teams will join the team to discuss all aspects of the future development of Mountain Rescue in Ireland. The event will cover a wide range of topics including the use of software such as smartphone apps to aid the location of casualties in the mountains, the benefits of Tetra radio units and increased cooperation with the Garda Air Support Unit.
An important aspect of the …

The Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team will be holding an Open Day in the new Mountain Rescue Base in Trooperstown Wood near Laragh, Co. Wicklow on Sunday 25th March 2012
. Long/Lat coordinates = 53.013363 (N), – 6.277764 (E)
All are welcome to visit and find out what it looks like and how we’ll be using the building. We are very proud as a voluntary body (a registered charity and part of the Irish Red Cross) to have been able to construct and fit out this building to high specifications …

The annual Enniscorthy 10K road race takes place on Sunday, 12th February at 12pm and is being sponsored this year by Creane & Creane Insurance.
This is the 7th year of the race which is run annually by Slaney Olympic AC as a fundraiser for the club. It is open to both runners and walkers. The race has grown in popularity and last year had an entry of over 600 between runners and walkers.
There is a generous prize fund with a first prize of €150 for …