Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association Blog

Oisin Cassidy RIP

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,...

Senior Home International Race 2025 Report

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...

Snowdon Race Report 2025

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...

International U-18 Mountain Running Cup 2025 (Report)

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...

Inter-Counties 2025 Race Report

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...

A Day of Grit and Granite

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....