Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association Blog
Canolfan y Fron, Gwynedd hosted the 25th Junior British & Irish Mountain Running Championships on Saturday 13 September 2025, with Northern Ireland & Ulster’s young athletes delivering a string of outstanding performances. Although thundery...
Over the last weekend in August, the 24th World Masters Athletics (WMA) / World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) World Masters Mountain Running Championships were held in Meduno, Italy. It was the second running of...
NIMRA and in particular, the junior team and managers, were very saddened to hear of the passing of Oisin Cassidy.Oisin had been a member of the U18 Mountain Running Squad, that competed in Susa,...
Date: Thursday 21 August 2025 Distance/Climb: 7.2 km / 365 m ascent Host Club: Ballydrain Harriers AC A summer’s evening of hill running at its best Scrabo Hill’s iconic tower once again kept watch...
Senior Home International – Whinlatter Forest on 17th August 2025 Whinlatter Forest in the Lake District played host to the 2025 Senior Home International (SHI) – doubling up as the British trial for the World...
The team selected for the event was Jared Martin (Ballydrain Harriers), Tom Crudgington (Newcastle AC), David Hicks (Newcastle AC), Joshua McAtee (Mourne Runners), Karen Wilton (Jog Lisburn Running Club), Tanya Cummings (Newcastle AC), Catriona Edington...
Our team for the Senior Home International Championships taking place on Sunday 17th August in Whinlatter Forest in the Lake District has been announced. Congrats to those selected and best of luck to the...
Race Report: U18 Mountain Running CupDonovaly, Slovakia, 14 June 2025 The picturesque village of Donovaly in Central Slovakia played host to the 2025 U18 Mountain Running Cup, offering a stunning yet punishing course for...
Friday the 13th June, saw 8 of the 10 loyal Northern Irish folk gather at George Best Belfast City Airport. Although we failed to do the airports namesake proud as the strongest beverage bought...
Teams now selected for Snowdon on Saturday 19th July, details below. Best of luck to our two teams! MENS TEAM Tom Crudgington – Newcastle AC Jared Martin – Ballydrain Harriers Joshua McAtee – Mourne Runners...
After weeks of beautiful sunshine it was only a matter of time before the rain made an appearance. This didnt stop a hardy bunch of fell runners putting their toe on the start line....