10k Run taking place off N7 next weekend

The first of the SSE Airtricity Race Series will start with the South Dublin 10K on Sunday 22nd of July with over 2,500 competitors set to line-up.

The race will start and finish at Grange Castle Business Park in Clondalkin, Co. Dublin and will take in Corkagh Park and the Grand Canal Walkway.

Olympic Marathon runner, Lizzie Lee (Leevale AC) is set to line up as part of her final preparations towards the European Athletics Championships which take place in Berlin this August.

The Cork woman aged 38, has had a great season after returning to running following the birth of her second child last winter.

Lee has clocked her two fastest half-marathons; 73 minutes and 24 seconds in February and 73:19 six weeks later. Recently she won the Neenan 5-Mile in Millstreet, Cork in 27:42.

In the Men’s race Stephen Scullion (Clonliffe Harriers) will be the main contender.  This year Scullion has secured the European qualification standard for both the Marathon and 10,000m. He set a personal best of 2:15:55 in the London Marathon in April placing 12th in the elite men’s race and ran a personal best of 28:36.05 at the Portland Track Festival in Oregon.  Recent wins include the Omagh Half Marathon and the TQ 10k.

Next in the SSE Airtricity Race Series is the Frank Duffy 10 Mile, set for Fingal on Sunday 2nd of September with the SSE Airtricity Dublin Half Marathon returning to the Phoenix Park on Saturday 22nd of September. The finale in the series, the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon, will take place on Sunday 28th October which is sold out since June.

In 2018, the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon will mark and celebrate female participation, linking with the nationwide commemoration of Vótáil 100. Constance Markievicz, a key campaigner for Irish women’s voting rights, will appear on the SCE Airtricity Dublin Marathon finishers medal.

Race Series

• Individual races cost €20 each with €5 discount per additional race. Participants will receive a technical t-shirt and a gift at each finish line.
• Frank Duffy 10-mile Phoenix Park Sunday 2nd September at 09:30am*. Entry closes 19th August.
• Dublin half marathon Phoenix Park Saturday September 22nd at 9.30am. Entry closes 9th September.
• *The Dublin Marathon made the decision to move the Frank Duffy 10 Mile, which is part of the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon Race Series from the planned date of Sunday August 26th to Sunday 2nd of September.
• This is due to the possibility of Pope Francis being the main celebrant for the final Mass of the World Meeting of Families programme. The organising committee took the decision to change the planned date as it could impact on key services being available on that day that are needed to run the race safely.
• Jim Aughney race director said: “We decided to take the decision early, so we could inform runners of the change of date and to ensure the safety of all runners taking part.”