Ireland’s first Running Festival took place in Galway on 28/29 Aug 2010. Watch how the wonderful weekend of athletics unfolded from the Mile races through the city centre to the marathon, half-marathon, and finally culminating with the 50km World Trophy Final.
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With a laid-back bohemian vibe, and an utterly unmatchable atmosphere, this urban beauty in the west of Ireland will charm you…. Dublin won’t like it and nor will Cork, but Galway could surpass them both as the home of Ireland’s destination marathon…While the running was good, it was the pre-and post-race atmosphere that will stick in the memory…. In Galway they don’t need much of an excuse to throw a party. The challenge is to wait until after you’ve run the marathon.
Runner’s World Magazine UK, November 2010 edition
UltraRunning Ireland and the Galway City Marathon organisers secured the staging of the IAU Trail World Championships which will take place in Connemara, Ireland on Saturday 9th July 2011.
Connemara is a spectacularly beautiful area in County Galway on the west coast of Ireland. The event will be operated in the area of Connemara National Park and its surrounding environs starting at the world famous Kylemore Abbey and finishing in the nearby village of Letterfrack.
Athletes will cover a total distance of 71km, primarily in two large circular loops that encompass mountains, grassland trails, compacted gravel trails, loose rock trails and open countryside. The course is undoubtedly a tough one that could well suit 100km runners, long distance mountain runners and 24 hour runners in addition to dedicated trail athletes.
The event is both an individual and team competition. Men's and women's teams will comprise a maximum of 6 people with 3 to score. However, each national athletics federation has an option to send 9 male and 9 female competitors, e.g. a full team + 3 individual athletes. Competitors in the team competition will automatically count in the individual race and team positions are decided on the basis of the cumulative time of the top three finishers.
The inaugural 'Run Connemara' open race will operate concurrently with the IAU Trail World Championships, but only contestants entered by their national federations will be counted in the results of the official IAU Trail World Championships.
See www.runconnemara.com for details.
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