Happy St Brigid’s Day and welcome to February! Somehow we have already stumbled into spring, even if the weather is still acting like it owns the place. The evenings are stretching, the calendar is filling again, and the chat about long runs is starting to sound less like fiction.
If you just want to keep yourself tipping over after January, here is a handy list of races taking place across Ireland over the coming weeks:
Leinster
2nd Feb. Cois Nore 5K, Kilkenny
5th Feb. Wexford Night Run 5K, Wexford
7th Feb. Rathcoffey GAA 5K and 10K, Kildare
7th Feb. BHAA 2 Mile & 4 Mile XC, Dublin
8th Feb. Graiguenamanagh 5K & 5 Mile, Kilkenny
8th Feb. Clogherhead Seaside 5K, Louth
14th Feb. IMRA Carrick Winter 9K, Wicklow
14th Feb. Sole 2 Sole Valentines 5K & 10K, Wicklow
14th Feb. Enniscorthy 10K, Wexford
15th Feb. The Downs Valentines 5k & 10K, Westmeath
18th Feb. Run the Night 5 Mile, Dublin
19th Feb. Gorey Night Run 5K, Wexford
21st Feb. Wicklow 10K & Half Marathon, Wicklow
21st Feb. Two Mile House GAA 5K & 10K, Kildare
22nd Feb. BHAA 6K XC, Dublin
22nd Feb. IMRA Forth Mountain 14.5K, Wexford
28th Feb. BHAA 2 Mile & 5 Mile XC, Dublin
28th Feb. IMRA Howth Winter 7.35K, Dublin
28th Feb. Annaloughan Loop 10K, Louth
28th Feb. Clongowes Run 5K & 10K, Kildare
Munster
8th Feb. Noreen McCarthy 5 Mile & 10 Mile, Cork
8th Feb. Cork BHAA 5K, Cork
11th Feb. Run the Night 5 Mile, Cork
15th Feb. Tommy Ryan 5 Mile, Cork
15th Feb. Kilnaboy 6K, Clare
21st Feb. Lisdoonvarna 5 Mile, Clare
22nd Feb. Nenagh Half Marathon, Tipperary
22nd Feb. Kinsale 10 Mile, Cork
22nd Feb. Milford 10K, Limerick
Connacht
15th Feb. Maree 8K, Galway
15th Feb. Turlough 8K, Mayo
That is February covered. Not quite spring yet, but no longer the depths of winter either. The calendar is starting to populate, training has a bit more purpose, and there is finally something to aim at beyond the long slog of base miles.
If your event is missing from the list, get in touch. Email [email protected] and we will add it to both our race calendar and this article.