Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association Blog
Team N.I & Ulster set off for Keswick, Lake District, England, from Glenavy on the morning of Friday 10th April 2026. Spirits. Alan Stretton, Ciaran Goss, Ashley Crutchley and Paul Brennan were N.I’s hopefuls for...
On 9 May NIMRA will host the Watertown Wander 10k at Silent Valley in the Mournes, as well as a trial day for VJ Shoes. This race has been added to the NIMRA League...
Trial to select N.I. & Ulster Junior Squad 2026 Squad consisting of athletes representing NIMRA in U16, U18 and U20 competitions. This date has been picked to select athletes shortly after Irish Schools XC,...
The Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association (NIMRA) made a strong impression at the first ever NI Running Show Exhibition, held at the Eikon Exhibition Centre on 7th and 8th February 2026. Over the two-day...
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NIMRA CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 The new 6 race championship will be the best 4 races to count, with at least one race to be completed at each distance and 1 other of any distance. To...
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...