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 .
Ecos parkrun will be celebrating its 10th birthday on 26th March. We have now finalised our programme of events for 19th and 26th March, Join us in our litter pick, sign our thank you cards and find out who will get the Ecos Spirit of parkrun award and find out all the arrangements for both days. And don’t forget to sign up to volunteer to help….
Saturday 12th March 2022 saw the opening race of the Northern Ireland Mountain Running Championships take place in Waterfoot. This race sees athletes take in 6 miles and over 1,000 feet of climbing in Glenariff. This year's was race sell out and saw some superb performances by Ballymena Runners to earn their bag of spuds at the finish line.
The 10th anniversary celebrations kick-off on March 19th when ten oak trees will be planted beside the Millennium Bridge at 10:15am, just after the parkrun itself. Then its straight on to a litter pick with Ballymena Runners and the Friends of Ecos group to get the park looking as well as possible ahead of the actual anniversary run on 26th March. Come along and help out…
Ecos parkrun will be celebrating its 10th birthday on 26th March. We’re doing some special things to mark the event and we need some extra volunteers to help out. We need help to do a litter pick on 19th March, organise thank you cards and we need extra volunteers on 26th as we are expecting higher numbers. Find out what’s going on and how you can help.
The NI Civil Service Athletics Club once again hosted the cross-country event at Stormont on Saturday 12th February 2022. Ballymena Runners were out in force with a strong team in both the men’s and the women’s races with 16 runners representing the club. Meanwhile the Larne 10 mile training and Return to Running groups continue.
We have two new programmes exclusively for members - the Return to Running Programme and the Larne 10 mile Training Programme. If you haven’t been running for a while and want to get back into it the Return to Running programme is for you. For anyone wanting to up their miles and complete a 10 mile race the Larne 10 mile training programme will help you achieve your goal. And we are calling on club members and leaders to step up and help us run these two Programmes.
