Unfortunately the snowy and icy weather means that we have to postpone the start of the Cosy Sofa for 1 week.
The programme will now start on Tuesday 13th January 2026 at 7:00pm in the Sports Zone Hall in the new Northern Regional College (NRC) in Ballymena.
Well done to everyone who completed the Race over the Glen today. The Ladies race was won by Aine Gosling and the Mens by Timothy Johnston. Glens Runners won both the the Male and Female Team prizes.
Full Results and list of all prize winners are now available…...
Race over the Glen Race Instructions, including pre race Registration arrangements, are now available.
Runners are delighted to announce details for ‘Race Over The Glen’ on Thursday 1st January 2026 at noon. Entries are now open. Starting on Sunday 16th November we will be running 6 weeks training on the course so come and join us - all visitors welcome..
This will be the 30th anniversary of Race over the Glen. To mark the occasion a Special 30th Anniversary entry will be available which includes Long-sleeved Technical T-shirt celebrating 30 years of Race Over The Glen.
Entries are capped so enter early to guarantee your place in this iconic race. Entries close on 26th December 2025.
Golden Mile results are now in.
Emmet Smith won the mens race in 4.54 and Naomi mcClelland won the ladies race in 5.39
You can see the Golden Mile full results here.
An absolutely fantastic turnout for our club target race at GRC5k on Friday evening in Glenarm!
Brilliant to see so many Ballymena Runners taking on the scenic route from Carnlough to Glenarm.
It’s known for being one of the fastest 5k races and a lot of great times were recorded by our runners including a number of PBs. Congratulations to all .
Saturday saw an excellent turnout at the Seeley 10k in Belfast. Our ladies led by Paula Worthington took 8th team place in the NI Championship with our men led in by James Hamilton claiming a creditable 11th team place. Sunday morning saw a fantastic start to the club’s three week training programme for the Race over the Glens. See the pics and the video of whats its like out training in the course with BRAC..
Ballymena Runners are pleased to announce that our ‘blue ribbon’ club race returns to the traditional date of New Year’s Day. The ‘Race Over the Glens’ will be held at Glenariff Forest Park, on Saturday January 1st 2022 with a noon start. There will be a new route for 2022 and we now have a stunning preview of what its like to run this iconic race showing the Queen of the Glens in all its glory.
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.
