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The 28th running of the famous Kearney Cyles sponsored Streets of Galway 8k road race takes place this Saturday ( August 10) at 7pm.

Mayo Mountain Rescue last week launched its Run 4 Rescue fundraiser which this year takes place on Sunday, September 8. This annual event has gone from strength to strength thanks to running’s increased popularity in recent years. This year Run 4 Rescue will incorporate two running events including a half marathon and a 10k run.

The third annual Clew Bay half marathon will take place on Saturday July 20, starting and finishing in Louisburgh. The race will be run over a variety of landscapes and will feature breathtaking scenery of mountains, boglands, sea, and the islands of Inishturk, Clare Island, and the many other islands of Clew Bay. The course is challenging and exhilarating, its winding roads and ever-changing scenery making it a very enjoyable run.

A Claddagh man is planning to make his mark in the Big Apple this coming November when he takes to the streets for his 18th consecutive New York City Marathon in aid of local heart and stroke charity Croí.

Ultramarathon runner Richard Donovan is urging people from across Ireland to register for the 2013 Calcutta Run. The annual Calcutta Run will take place in Dublin this year on Saturday May 25, and the proceeds will be donated to homeless people in Dublin and Calcutta.

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland works with families nationwide who are struggling with MS, a progressive neurological condition. A series of work books, comics and activity days are of particular support to teens and kids who have a parent with MS. MS Ireland’s staff and volunteers also work in every county in Ireland to provide practical and emotional support to families.

Forty people will be running in the upcoming 12th Connemarathon in support of the Manuela Riedo foundation, with the runners being led by foundation founder Shane Lennon.

Cancer Care West has announced that Síle Seoige will be supporting the charity in this year’s Connemara Marathon this April. The Newstalk broadcaster and Gaeilgeoir is organising a team of people including her sister Gráinne as well as chef Clodagh McKenna and models Roz Purcell and Rosanna Davison to take part in the marathon on April 7.

Ballina woman Siobhan Timoney-Clarke, the Mayo representative in the Spar Spartan Challenge, completed her challenge by running the Dublin City Marathon in October.

Trish Reddington from Keelogues, Castlebar, will be running in the New York City Marathon, the biggest race in the world, on November 4 to raise funds for Mayo Rape Crisis Centre. Trish, a former Mayo county footballer took up running while living in New York City. A member of New York Road Runners Club until she moved home in October 2011, Trish only began running in 2008. She has since completed six half marathons and two Olympic size New York City triathlons in 2009 and 2010, where she helped raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of New York City.