From Turlough Conway at the IMRA

The IMRA Connaught Mountain running Championships are taking place on the May Bank Holiday weekend.

There are two races Croagh Patrick on Saturday May 2nd which is also an Irish Championship race and Ben Gorm on Sunday, 3rd May.

Registration for the Croagh Patrick race and start is at the Croagh Patrick tourist car park in Murrisk. There’ll be some grub and tea after location to be announced on the IMRA site.

Registration for the Ben Gorm race and start is at the Aisleigh Falls near Leenane.

Rain Jackets may be compulsory should conditions dictate.

We have a deal of 25 euro der person B and B in the Delphi adventure Centre for anyone associated with the races for any night that weekend. Just ring Delphi and say its for the mounatin running.

See http://www.imra.ie/events/ for more details.

Also if any club is interested on organising a mountain/hill or trail race in the Connaught area at any time of year we'd be delighted to help out and advise if needed.

Turlough Conway, Director Connaught Mountain Running Champiuonship

Mick Hanney

15 years 3 months ago

C'mon Mick - you know you want to run these :-)
Croagh Patrick is a classic race. It has to be experienced at least once.
Ben Gorm is another gem. The fact that you are running in with tired limbs from the previous days race notwithstanding. This race is open mountain hill running at its best. And a dip in the water by the Aisleagh falls afterwards is a just reward for a great race.