SATURDAY 25TH AUGUST

THE 34TH ANNUAL WARRIORS RUN

SATURDAY 25 th August sees the staging of the 34th Annual Warriors Run in Strandhill Village which will get under way at 3pm. The hugely popular run began in 1985 as part of the Sligo Summer Festival and down through the years has now become one of the “must do” events on the athletics calendar. And on the 25 th, over 1000 competitors will tackle the gruelling 15 kilometre course that will take them from the Cannon Gun at the beachfront in Strandhill to the top of Knocknarea, around Queen Maeve’s Cairn and back to the beachfront again.

“We’re so looking forward to this year’s race as always” states PRO of the organising committee Micki Murray. “We feel The Warriors Run is unique from other races and it’s a wonderful promotion for our beautiful village and for Sligo Town as well.

There are plenty of other events taking place on the day with a Young Warriors Run, for 12 to 16 year olds, taking off directly after the main run takes off. The 5K run around Strandhill Village is in it’s 5 th year is proving very popular every year. Prizes for the first Male and Female Young Warrior will be presented and first across the line will again receive the special Mick Walton perpetual shield introduced last year. After that The Warriors Walk will get under way and walkers will follow a 10K route that follows the road section of The Warriors Run. The Walk is a fun event but the Fergal Conway perpetual trophy is present to the first walker home and a selection of other walkers will receive spot prizes picked at random from a hat.