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March Races Across Ireland You Can Still Enter

Hello again! March is here and things are properly up and running. The spring season is not tiptoeing in anymore, it is barging through the door. The clocks have not even changed yet and already the race calendar is bursting at the seams. If February felt like a gentle return to civilisation after January, March is where it all starts to get serious. Club runners are sharpening up, marathon plans are locking in, and every province has something happening most weekends.
Below is a handy list of races taking place across Ireland for the rest of the month. Plenty to choose from, plenty to aim at, and no excuses now that the evenings are stretching out.
Leinster
7th Mar. IMRA Askanagap Hill 9.6K - Wicklow
7th Mar. Moneystown 4 Mile - Wicklow
7th Mar. Carlingford HM - Louth
8th Mar. Graigue-Ballycallan 5K & 10K - Kilkenny
8th Mar. Colin Dunne 5K - Offaly
8th Mar. Gorey 5K & 10M - Wexford
8th Mar. Rathangan 5K & 5M - Kildare
14th Mar. Carlow Colts 5K - Carlow
15th Mar. Skerries 10K - Dublin
16th Mar. IMRA Crone Maulin Night 7.4K - Wicklow
17th Mar. Up & Out Paddy’s Day 5K & 10K - Dublin
21st Mar. Forth Mountain Trail 13K - Wexford
21st Mar. Patrician School 5K - Kildare
22nd Mar. Wicklow 10K & HM - Wicklow
22nd Mar. Rathvilly NS 5K - Carlow
22nd Mar. Maggie May 10K - Wexford
22nd Mar. Banagher AC 5K - Offaly
22nd Mar. IMRA Powerscourt Ridge 15K - Wicklow
Munster
7th Mar. IMRA Aherlow Trail 11.5K - Tipperary
8th Mar. Banteer 5M - Cork
8th. Mar. Middleton Greenway HM - Cork
8th. Mar. Crosshaven 5K & 10K - Cork
8th Mar. Kilfinny 10K - Limerick
14th Mar. Caroline Walsh 5K - Clare
15th Mar. IMRA Mount Hillary 10.5K - Cork
15th Mar. Limerick 10K & 10M - Limerick
17th Mar. Croom 10K - Limerick
21st Mar. Ennis 10K - Clare
22nd Mar. Monaleen 5K & 10K - Limerick
22nd Mar. IMRA Torc Wood 8.8K - Kerry
22nd Mar. Michael Egan 8K - Clare
22nd Mar. Mallow 10M - Cork
29th Mar. Great Ennis 5K & 10K - Clare
29th Mar. Littleton 10M – Tipperary
29th Mar. Dooneen 10M - Limerick
Connacht
15th Mar. Portumna 10K - Galway
17th Mar. Tubbercurry 5K & 10K - Sligo
22nd Mar. East Galway AC 8K - Galway
Ulster
7th Mar. IMRA Slieve Gullion 6.3K - Armagh
8th Mar. Glaslough Harriers 5K - Monaghan
14th Mar. Castle to Castle 52.4M - Antrim
14th Mar. Washingbay Green 10K, 5K & HM - Tyrone
17th Mar. Crocus 5K - Monaghan
22nd Mar. Carrick Aces 5K - Monaghan
That is March in a nutshell. Spring is properly under way, the legs are waking up, and the calendar is no longer a blank page. For many, this is the month where training shifts from talk to action.
If your race is not listed above, send it on. Email phil@runrepublic.com and we will add it to both our race calendar and this article. The more the merrier.
Image: Washing Greenbay Run

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