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The Virtual 5K Love Run on Valentine’s Day by Irish Heart Foundation
2021-02-14
Sign up for the Love Run on Valentine’s Day 2021 and receive an Irish Heart Foundation neck warmer.
About this Event

This Valentine’s Day, Show Some Heart and help us support people living with heart conditions around the country.
Take part in our virtual Love Run on Valentine’s Day – a 5km run or walk – in celebration of love in all its guises. Run for your mum, your dad, your partner, your grandparents, your kids, your friends – or even for yourself.
Register here and we’ll send you out an Irish Heart Foundation neckwarmer.
Join us this Valentine’s Day and Show Some Heart. Because every heart matters.
€20 entry

Croí’s Couch To Wild Atlantic Way
2021-03-17 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Embrace the Wild Atlantic Way of life by running, walking or jogging part of this spectacular coastal route on a virtual mission. Your progress will be tracked through our interactive map on iDonate, where people can sponsor you along your way. Your support now is vital – people living with heart disease and stroke need our help more than ever before.
Date: Launching March 17th
Cost: €15. All registrants receive an eco-friendly Couch to Wild Atlantic Way medal!

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Anyone who raises over €50 will receive our NEW Couch to Wild Atlantic Way sports t-shirt. All funds raised will enable us to continue providing our vital support to those suffering from heart disease and stroke, who are most at risk during these difficult times.
How to take part:

Register and choose a virtual coastal walk along the Wild Atlantic Way (Donegal, Sligo/Leitrim, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork). See guidance below on which coastal walk is best for you.
Once registered, you will receive a link to your Wild Atlantic Way route on iDonate.
Start walking/running in your local area within current restrictions. You can upload your steps to our interactive map to move down your chosen route, or you can sync your steps to the map using FitBit or Strava!
Share your journey along the way and help raise vital funds for Croí.

Chasing the Sun Virtual Challenge
2021-06-21
Calling all Walkers, Runners, Ultrarunners

We are delighted to announce our New event, an exciting Summer Soltice event with 4 different distances to choose from – 10k; Half Marathon; Marathon distance and ‘Chasing the Sun Challenge’.

Your chosen distance can be completed anytime from June 11 – June 21st.

We are very excited about our unique Chase the Sun challenge.

Donegal has the longest day of the year with 17hrs 17mins of daylight
The challenge is to see how far you can go from Sunrise – 4.55am to Sunset 10.12am by walking, jogging or running from where you live in the World. We will be making this a real event next year !
Can be done individually, or as a relay (2-5 people).

HOW FAR CAN YOU GO ON THE LONGEST DAY

We want to challenge people, push you out of your comfort zone, beyond your limits.

We are delighted to be partnered with FOCUS IRELAND CHARITY for the event who work with Homelessness in Ireland.
33% of the proceeds from the event will go directly to Focus Ireland.

Registration €33 includes:

Fabulous Chase the Sun Medal
Event Buff
Virtual Race Number
Results / Leaderboard
Event Facebook group
Supporting Focus Ireland – 33% proceeds donated.
Spot prizes for Hotel Breaks
Option to purchase Premium technical event T-Shirt €15.

REGISTER AT

https://www.njuko.net/excelchasethesun

WILL YOU CHASE THE SUN

2021-08-01
Could you run 100 Miles in a Month? It’s a tough challenge, but it’ll help critically ill people. You can do your miles anytime, anywhere. And you’ll be sent a t-shirt for the start on August 1st, and a medal at the end on August 31st.
Click this link to register: https://www.facebook.com/groups/100milesaugust

700k Lightning Ultimate Virtual Challenge across Brazil
2021-09-30 | Worldwide, Ireland
Can you complete 700k within a year or more?
Over a year (average of 2k a day) or less than that if you want..
Using live mapping to follow the path of the lightning bolt across Brazil

We have gone virtual, but in a super cool way…
Choose a real life virtual route (UK sights or the real path of the longest ever lightning bolt across southern Brazil) earn our medallion sized medal, optional technical finishers tee and link your fitness apps

Run, Cycle, Swim or Walk the length of the longest ever recorded single lightning bolt, 700 kilometres, between now and 2022. As sports events return to action in 2021 and into 2022, log both your training activities and the real life events all towards this ultimate challenge to give yourself a achievable fitness goal for the next year.

​With an Insanely Cool Medal, optional High Quality Technical T-Shirt, Personalised Certificate and FREE Extensions if you need, we have plenty of rewards packed in to keep you motivated. Not only that but we have teamed up with My Virtual Mission to provide a choice of TWO live virtual scenic routes to choose from, the UK route, which takes you from the start at the Olympic Park through the Chiltern Hills, Covent Garden, Chinatown, Big Ben, the O2, London Bridge, Wembley, Richmond Park, Bushy Park, Box Hill, the South Downs, up to the Cotswolds before finishing at the Brecon Beacons. OR you can complete the actual path of the real life lightning bolt, as it was recorded, across southern Brazil.

As well as manually logging towards your accumulative distance you can connect your popular apps such as Strava or Fitbit to do this automatically – what are you waiting for?
​It works out an average of 2k a day, and that’s without our FREE extensions!

Marie Keating Foundation Virtual 5k / 10k Challenge supported by Pigsback.com
2021-10-01
1 October 2021 – 31 October 2021
Every year in Ireland, 3,704 people are diagnosed with breast cancer. For23 years the Marie Keating Foundation has been there supporting men and women affecting by breast cancer at every step of their journey. They also raise awareness of the importance of cancer prevention and early detection to ensure that more and more people come out the other side of treatment.
After the success of last year’s virtual run, the Marie Keating Foundation, kindly supported by Pigsback.com, are once again asking you to run, walk or jog your own 5/10K in your local area, and help to raise vital funds to support their life saving breast cancer awareness and support services.
Registration includes a Marie Keating Foundation/ Pigsback.com T-shirt with the option to purchase a commemorative challenge medal to mark your achievement. To take part and help support those at every step of their breast cancer journey, please register below.
Registration will be open until the 31st of October. You can log your results up to the 6th of November and if you wish you can see how your time compares to others taking on the challenge.
Please adhere to government guidelines around COVID 19 while participating in this challenge, thank you.
Register Now CLICK HERE

Croí Virtual Night Run 2021
2021-10-08 00:00 - 23:30
The 7th Annual Croí Night Run is back! Due to current social distancing guidelines, the event will remain virtual for 2021, but we hope you will join us and run, walk or jog 5km in your own local area in aid of Croí.
Date: Friday, October 8th
Location: Virtual Event!
Time: Take part at any time on the day
Cost: Adult entry: €25 | Youth entry (13-18 yr olds): €15 | 12 and under: FREE | Team entry available
Registration: Register now
See our FAQs
You can take part individually or register as a team with your family, friends or co-workers! Each participant will receive a special, reflective Croí Night Run long-sleeve running top, downloadable race number and a limited-edition Night Run “blinky heart” to wear on the day. Our media partner, iRadio, will also be joining us live on the day to keep you moving with great music and entertainment!
With thanks to our new sponsor, Irish Life Health, 100% of the proceeds will go directly to supporting Croí services. People living with heart disease and stroke need our help now more than ever before, so we ask you to please join us from near or far and help us fight heart disease and stroke together!
To get you ready for the event, the Croí Health Team have developed a Night Run Training plan to help get you across the finish line by gradually building up your fitness week by week!
We encourage all participants to take photos and videos on the night and share them with us on social media by tagging us @CroiHeartStroke and using the hashtag #CroiNightRun!
