Ballymena Runners is delighted to announce that entries for the Fairhill 5 Mile road race are now open.
The race, sponsored by the Fairhill Centre, will be on Thursday 5 June at 7pm. There will be no entry on the night so enter early to avoid disappointment.
It was standing room only on Tuesday night as around 70 Cosy Sofa Graduates and the brilliant Ballymena Runners Cosy Sofa Team met to celebrate the group completing their first 5k run on Saturday morning.
Congratulations to everyone!…
Ballymena Runners registration for existing and new members opens on Monday 10th March 2025 at 8:00pm. Membership runs from 1 April 2025 - 31st March 2026
Please register as soon as possible to help ease the admin burden on club officials.
In Week 8 of the Cosy Sofa Vincent tells us how his children inspired him to do the Cosy Sofa.
And after our Thursday session we had our last session of the week at the beautiful The Fisherman’s Walk parkrun in Glenone Forest.
This weekend the club fielded a men’s and women’s team at the Malcolm Cup. Every one running put in a brilliant performance including Paula Worthington and Brigid Quinn who won their respective age categories and James Hamilton who finished 8th and Kieran Scullion who finished 7th in their respective races.
As winter sets in with dark evenings, poor weather and more hazardous road conditions its important that everyone running in the club is aware of the many steps we can all take to make running with the club safe. Our running safely page gives many tips on running safely in groups and in winter. Everyone, runners and leaders, should take time to familiarise themselves with these tips and put them into practice.
Ballymena Runners have 8 runners called up for international meet at the North South International Challenge. While seasoned internationals Paula Worthington, Geraldine Quigley, Brigid Quinn , Ben Morrow, Noel Connor and Ray Curran added to their impressive number of international selections, Sinead Scullion and Naomi Hutchinson competed for the first time in an international vest.
Ballymena Runners iconic Race Over the Glens returns to the traditional date of New Year’s Day at Glenariff Forest Park, on Saturday January 1st 2022 (noon start). Entries are now open for the race so book your place now as there will be no entry on the day. Mat Allen ROTG Race Director has presented Trauma & Orthopaedics Research Charity with a donation from the summer 2021 ROTG.
