There’s been a fabulous weekend of racing and prize winners galore in races, in Ballycastle, the Mournes, Ballyclare and Newry. Congratulations to Judith and Daniel Hanna for 3rd place finishes at the May Fair races and to Tony on his 3rd place at the Marconi 5k. Well done to those who got age category wins. We’re all set for a summer!

Great results and performances abound at all distances from 5k to Marathons, and we show we really do run everywhere - Belfast, The Mournes, Vancouver, Termoneeney, Strabane/Lifford. Well done to all our runners.

Its been another great week of running for the Club with a huge turnout at the Purple Ladies. Manchester Marathon tempted a few of us and in the Hill and Dale series the guys got to the best mountain in the Mournes - Binnian!

Congratulations to all our runners in the London Marathon and to everyone who took part in races in Whitehead, the Maiden City, The Friendly 5000 and the Hill and Dale series.

Last week saw some superb performances by Ballymena Runners in the Larne 10 mile road race. Well done to everyone who took part. As well as running the Coast Road we took to the Mournes for the Hill and Dale series and even tackled a half marathon on a Munro in Scotland.

The past couple of weeks have seen some outstanding performances including quite a few PBs.

We ran at Queens, at a palace, up mountains, through cities and even at the Zoo. We run everywhere!

Last weekend saw our mountain runners tackle the short and stunning Slieve Gullion mountain race in South Armagh.

Meanwhile up in the Maiden City a host of club runners tackled the Foyle Bridge in the Walled City 10 miler - and a great day out by all accounts….

Congratulations to Ciara and 60 other runners who completed their first 30 minute run tonight. It’s a brilliant achievement for all our new runners.

Ciara tells us all about her experience of the Cosy Sofa and how she’s looking forward to her first 5k.