News Archive for 2010
World Championships in Slovenia
Tuesday August 31 - Gerry Brady
The World Mountain Running Championships will take place in Slovenia on the first weekend in September. The event has attracted record entries with the senior mens field containing 156 runners and 23 teams (maximum 6 per team) from 38 countries. The senior women field has 73 runners from 28 count... read more
2010 World Masters Championships
Sunday August 22 - Gerry Brady
John Lenihan leads four Irish mens teams, 2010 Women 45-49 European Masters champion and 2009 Women 50-54 World Masters champion to Poland this coming weekend. All four teams will be hoping for a top three finish at least one team will be hoping to find gold in the Polish Tatras! To see a glimpse of... read more
Tibradden Bubblegum race parking
Tuesday August 17 - Gearoid Towey
Parking for the Bubblegum Club Tibradden Basecamp race differs slightly from previous editions. The Merry Ploughboy Pub can't be used for carpooling due to space restrictions and they have requested that we do not use their carpark before the race. They have kindly arranged for us to park in t... read more
British and Irish Under 16 & 18 International Glendalough
Sunday August 15 - Gerry Brady
These races will be held on September 19, 2010. The Ordnance Survey Ireland geolives course map and distances have been added to the event details.
Trial for British and Irish Under 16 & 18 International
Tuesday August 3 - Gerry Brady
The annual British and Irish under 16 (born 1994-1995) and under 18 (born 1992-1993) mountain running international will be held in Glendalough, County Wicklow on 19th September between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Ire... read more
Inter-Counties Championships
Wednesday July 28 - Gerry Brady
The 2010 Inter-Counties race will be held on 7th August in Crone Wood Wicklow in conjunction with the trial for the World championships. The first 3 county teams in both the men and women categories will be awarded championship medals. Any number of athletes may run on a team with the highest pla... read more
Butter Mountain slips from our fingers
Monday July 26 - Douglas Barry
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we've had to change the planned Butter Mountain trail race to the Earl's Drive route instead. The race will now go ahead over the classic 8 kilometre route that helped to introduce so many runners to the delights of the Wicklow hills. Check the Events page for detail... read more
Mandatory Gear Rules for Championship Races
Monday July 26 - Niamh O Ceallaigh
As of 6th July 2010, all runners competing in Irish and Provincial Championship races must bring the following equipment to the race and be prepared to carry it as per Rule 11 of IMRA Competition Rules. (The Race Director will decide on the day what actually needs to be carried but there will always... read more
End of League Prize
Monday July 26 - Eoin Keith
The end of league prize is now available to be collected by all those eligible. The prize is a Marino Wool long sleeve top. They are available in a range of sizes and colours and will be distributed on a first come - first served basis. The tops can be collected from today (Monday 26th) for the n... read more
Trail League kicks off
Saturday July 17 - Douglas Barry
The 9th Trail League kicks off next Wednesday with an old favourite at the Glen of the Downs. It will be followed by Butter Mountain near Tallaght, and finishes with last year's new favourite the Devil's Glen. Volunteers for every task welcome. My contact no is 086-6069316 and while I take calls aft... read more
End of Season race (Wednesday 14th July)
Thursday July 8 - Eoin Keith
This year's end of season race will not be the over the usual Kippure route, and it will not be the usual handicap style event. It will still be a race where all runners, no matter how fast or slow, will have an equal chance of winning. Details of the race have been updated on the event page.
Dublin Mountain Plod - Volunteers Needed
Tuesday July 6 - Dermot Murphy
The Dublin Mountain plod takes place on Sunday 18th July. The proceeds of the race go to the DMP which will in turn be invested back into the mountains. Your support for this event is essential. The DMP have given IMRA brilliant support and helped with new trails like the Tibradden route used twi... read more
Kings and Queen of the Mountain
Monday July 5 - Eoin Keith
Congratulations to Peter O'Farrell and Jason Kehoe who have jointly won the King of the mountain competition tied on 26 points each. Hopefully there is room on the throne for both of them. Congratulations also to Karen Duggan who is the Queen of the mountains this year.
Sugarloaf BBQ
Wednesday June 30 - Dermot Murphy
The end of League BBQ is after the Sugarloaf Bowl race next week (Weds 6th Jul) at the Glencormac Inn. As is tradition, can I ask runners to make or buy Salads of their choice to support the BBQ. We expect to feed up to 250 people at the BBQ, so we will need over 50 bowls of salad to feed th... read more
European championships
Tuesday June 29 - gerry brady
Best wishes to the following teams that will compete in the European championships this Sunday in Sapareva Banya in Bulgaria. Around 25 countries and 243 athletes are entered. The junior women team should finish in the top ten. Emmet Jennings could make top 15 in junior men with James Speight top 3... read more
International Youths Race
Wednesday June 23 - gerry brady
Two strong teams will represent Ireland in the International Youths challenge in Italy this weekend. Claire Brennan (Celtic DCH) who won the intermediate girls 3000m at the Irish schools championships will lead the women’s team. She will be joined by Emma Sharkey (Lagan Valley) and Meghan Ryan (DSD)... read more
End of League Prize and Volunteering
Friday June 4 - Dermot Murphy
With 5 races left in the Leinster League, this is a reminder that in order receive the end of league finishers prize, you must complete 7 out of the 13 races and also volunteer for 2 events throughout the year (does not have to be the Leinster League). There are still plenty of races that have volun... read more
European Championships Trial Race
Wednesday June 2 - Gerry Brady
This will be held on 13th June in Crone Wood. The Europeans are in Bulgaria on an up and down course in early July. The European trial results will also be used in selecting the teams for Snowdon.
Training Run on Europeans Trial Course
Friday May 28 - Gerry Brady
There will be an easy training run over the trial course for the Europeans on Sunday 30th May. The run will start from Crone Wood car park at 10:30. Run is open to all.
Gerard Coppinger RIP
Wednesday May 19 - Dermot Murphy
The association extends its deepest sympathies to Aisling & Eugene Coppinger, and family, on the death of their father Gerard who died on the 17th of May. His removal takes place this evening (Wednesday) from Flanagans Funeral Home, Lower Main Street, Dundrum to the church of the Good Shepherd, Chur... read more
IMRA 30th Aniversary Party (and Race!)
Monday May 17 - Eoin Keith
This Saturday, the 22 May is a big day for IMRA, when we celebrate the 30th aniversary of the first IMRA race. As well as holding a race re-creating the route of the first race 30 years ago (start time 2:00pm), there will be a post race party at Lamb Doyle's pub from 3:30 onwards. All current and pa... read more
Winter League Prizegiving
Monday May 17 - Eoin Keith
The Prizegiving for the winter league will take place as part of the 30th anniversary party celebration this Saturday 22nd May at Lamb Doyle's pub, after the 30th anniversary race.
OSi supports 30th anniversary race
Wednesday May 12 - Gerry Brady
The OSi have generously made available to us 10 invitations to a launch of the new Discovery Series map at the Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne road on Thursday 24th June. The guest speaker at the launch will be one of Irelands most famous mountaineers, Pat Falvey. The winners will be randomly d... read more
Irish medal hopes in European Masters
Tuesday May 11 - Gerry Brady
Best of luck to defending champions Mags Greenan and Aisling Coppinger who are travelling to the European masters outside Barcelona this weekend. Joining them with hopes of winning individual medals are Barry Minnock and Stephen Duncan in the M35 age group, Donna Mahon in W35, and Tish McCann and He... read more
Irish Club Championships
Friday May 7 - Gerry Brady
The IMRA club championships are being held on Saturday 22nd May in conjunction with the 30th Anniversary race. Any number can run for a club team with the first three to finish determining the team result. Juniors count if they run the same course.
New Course for Carrauntoohill
Friday April 30 - Vivian O’Gorman
There is a brand new course for Carrauntoohill year. It will start and finish on the Kerry Way in the Brida Valley. This is about 10k past the Climbers Inn in Glencar. It will be signposted after the Climbers Inn. There will be restricted car parking near the start of the race. We will have the u... read more
2009/2010 Schools Championships - cancelled
Friday April 23 - Gerry Brady
Due to a low number of entries, this race has been cancelled. The championships will now be held in October in the 2010/2011 school year. Apologies for any inconvenience. The 2009/2010 Irish schools mountain running championships will be held in Tipperary on Wednesday 28th April, see read more
Headphones are prohibeted in our races
Thursday April 22 - Eoin Keith
This is just a gentle reminder to everyone, especially to new runners who may not be aware of it, that Headphones are banned from being used in IMRA races for safety reasons. A few potentially dangerous situations developed in recent races which were caused by headphone-wearing runners not being ful... read more
Colleges race
Monday March 15 - Gerry Brady
The first championship race of the year takes place on Saturday 20th March in Glendalough. At this stage it looks like there will be quite a few teams battling it out for the titles. TCD led by Niamh O'Boyle are favourites for the women's race and DIT led by Eoin Pierce for the men's!
Howth Training run for Youths (born 1993-1994)
Monday March 15 - Mags Greenan
There will be an easy training run over the trial route for the Youths race on Sunday 21st March in Howth. Meet at the car park opposite Maud's cafe on the seafront at 11 a.m. Bring warm clothing and a waterproof top. Older juniors are welcome to join us on the training run.
Carrick Race Date Change
Monday March 1 - Mick Hanney
The date of the Carrick Winter League race is now Sunday March 14th at 11am, not Saturday 13th as initially proposed. From consultation with the local GAA the Sunday time works better from a parking and general logistics point of view. We had originally aimed to have a mix of Saturday and Sunday ... read more
WW Ultra and WW Trail
Tuesday February 9 - Eoin Keith
Updates to the routes of the Wicklow Way Ultra and Wicklow Way Trail races have been added to race details in the Events section. Both routes have been lengthened to bring them to approximately 50km and 25km respectively.
Tibradden Race: Saturday 20th February, 11am
Tuesday February 9 - Niamh O'Ceallaigh
Contrary to what is printed in the paper calendar, the next race is Tibradden on Saturday 20th February, 11am. Please refer to the event page for further details.
Jan 24th - the first race of the year
Thursday January 14 - Eoin Keith
The Ticknock race which takes place on the 24th of January will now be the first race of IMRA's year, following the postponement of the Howth race. The Ticknock route has proven in the past to be far more "weather resistant" than Howth and is much less likely to be postponed. It is still intended... read more
Wicklow Round now a UTMB qualifer
Wednesday January 13 - Eoin Keith
The Wicklow Round has been recognised as an official qualifying race for the Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc. The UTMB is one of the most prestigous ultra distance mountain running challenges in the world, involving a 166km circuit of Mont-Blanc with over 9000m of... read more
Howth race postponed
Wednesday January 6 - Caroline Reid
Following consultation between Howth GAA and the IMRA committee, the decision has been taken to postpone this Sundays Howth race for safety reasons due to the bad weather and predicted forecast. Please keep an eye on the website and forum for the new date.
2010 Membership Form
Saturday January 2 - Committee
This is now available in case you would like to pre-fill it before arriving at your first race of 2010 2010 Membership Form
