The course is set for a day of action as Letterkenny Athletic Club and St Eunan’s GAA clubs host the first Amber & Black 4 Mile race.
The four-mile road race/walk is in memory of local sportsman, Aidan McGlynn, who sadly passed away in September 2024 from Motor Neurone Disease at the age of 50.
A large entry is expected for the memorial race, which starts at 10.30am, 800m from St Eunan’s GAA clubhouse. The fast, flat course goes towards Conwal graveyard and finishes just before the clubhouse in O’Donnell Park.
Registration is open at O’Donnell Park at 9am today.
The race, held in association with Sister Sara’s Bar and Restaurant, will raise funds for the juvenile section of Letterkenny AC and the St Eunan’s Minor Board.
Photo: St Eunan’s GAA Club
Letterkenny AC Chairman, Raymond Birch said there’s a big level of interest in what will be the first road race in Letterkenny in 2025.
“A lot of people have been training since the turn of the year and this race on Sunday week is the perfect opportunity for runners to gauge their fitness level and their progress. It’s over a fast, flat and accurately measured course. It will also be chipped timed,” he said.
“The race starts close to the entrance to Ballymacool Town Park and heads out past Conwal and Tullygay. The runners and walkers will turn at the monument on the left past Kernan’s and head back into towards town. They will then turn right and into first gates at O’Donnell Park just before the roundabout and proceed down into the carpark and finish at the St Eunan’s GAA Club’s Social Centre,” the chairman added.
