Corkrunning

* Sorrow *A difficult week in Irish Athletics and just a bad week in general. The passing of Ciara Mageean has left a void in Irish sport, we have lost an inspirational person who was respected and loved. The talent, the beautiful spirit, the winner. What could she have gone on to achieve, who else could she have inspired. In the prime of her life struck down with all the medic...

Four generations of parkrunners were pictured recently at the Bere Island 5k parkrun!(L-R) Great granddaughters Crioa and Céala who are currently in training in a Cribb to 5k programme.Granddaughter Leahanne who has completed 86 parkruns. Daughter Joanne who recently was the first person in Cork to complete 500 parkruns.And finally great grandmother Finola who is just behind Joa...

In this post, we're going to look back at the numbers taking part in the 5k parkruns in Co Cork during the Spring, Summer & Autumn of 2026 and examine what impact holidays and tourism had.To remove some of the 'noise' and variability from the data, I calculated the average numbers for each month from February to October 2026. The problem with weekly data is that it jumps all...

Most of you will have noticed that over the last year or two, there has been a huge surge of interest in HYROX in both Ireland and abroad. HYROX is an indoor fitness competition that combines running and functional strength training.It was announced last week that Hyrox became a recognised discipline within World Triathlon which in turn could make it eligible for inclusion at the

Tony Higgins & Co at the inaugural parkrun in CarrigalineLast weekend, Tony Higgins became the first person in Ireland to earn 1000 parkrun volunteer credits!Not only has he volunteered 1000 times but he has also completed 437 5k parkruns at a total of 101 different events. His home parkrun is Tralee and he has completed 209 there.Tony is the regional event  ambassador for M...