17/06/2026
💥💥2 WEEKS TO GO TO THE 41ST ANNUAL COILLTE ROAD RACE 🏃♀️🏃♂️
Records to break at Coillte 10k Road Race Dundrum
Wednesday the 1st of July at 8pm the Coillte 10k Road Race in Dundrum Co Tipperary will be run for the 41st consecutive year by the local Dundrum Club.
The race which started as part of a long local weekend festival which was so popular back in the eighties is still going strong 41 years later 🎉
This year’s official race starter is Michael Guinan. Michael has been involved in athletics all his life and managed many Irish teams over the years on the international scene. He was also involved in setting up the very successful St Catherines club in Killenaule and during that time would have brought National Senior Cross Country and Road Races to Tipperary. He is still going strong keeping us all informed of the local and international athletics news on his weekly athletics slot every Saturday morning on Tipperary Mid-West Radio.
Race HQ is Dundrum Community Hall Eircode E34 EY28 where the club has its athletic facilities. Race numbers can be collected there on the evening of the race. There is also the special Embroidered Souvenir Hand Towel for all online entrants to be collected with race number from 6pm on the evening of the race The race HQ is only 200 metres from the start and finish lines.
The race also incorporates a 5K for juniors (age between 13 years old on day of race and 19 years or under on 31/12/2026) one lap ran with the 10k two lap race.
Headquarters for the race is the Dundrum Community Hall Centre Complex E34 EY28 in the village where the club has its athletics facilities.
The race has prizes in every category from Senior to over 70 years for both men and women. With the Master categories at the standard five-year intervals from Over 40 years plus. For Tipperary athletes there is the added incentive of Tim Crowe Memorial trophy (kindly donated by Dominic Moore) for the first Tipperary athlete to finish the 10k.The present holder is Brendan Neary Moycarkey Coolcroo athletic club.
The club is delighted to have Coillte once again as our main sponsor. Dundrum is surrounded by trees and forest trails for running and walking developed by Coillte over the years. It is appropriate that Coillte are involved with us in the healthy sport of running. The Company’s managed forest trails around Dundrum and indeed around the Country are a haven for people to get out for a bit of fresh air and exercise. The semi-state company has been involved in this race every year since it was set up in 1988, which is appreciated by the Dundrum club.
This year the club has linked up with Ronan Wogan’s My Run Results for entries and result data to manage the ever-increasing number of runners every year.
Entries are online via the link :
https://eventmaster.ie/event/m5VdsyVFM8
The club would appreciate it if participants could enter at least a week or two before the race date. Early entry gives the organizers an idea of the number of embroidered dated towels required, plus the food requirements for the big spread afterwards. Also, it is a big help to Ronan for him to get to work on his system early.
The planned village of Dundrum from the old Estate era and the two-lap course make it ideal for spectators to view the race and encourage the athletes as the race progresses. One section of the course in the village allows viewing of the race at four different stages by moving about one hundred meters.
For an excellent guided tour of the course road by road Google the Running in Munster Ireland Website.
The race will be run over the usual flat two lap circuit with the lap consisting of a series of five straights where one or two records are broken every year. Tanzanian international Daniel Gidumbanda incredible time of 29:45 course record for the 10k has stood since 1997 which is now well over a quarter of a century ago.
Irish Olympian Lizzie Lee Leevale smashed the women’s course record in 2021 when running a super 33:45 for the classic distance.
Four national records have been set on the course over the years two of which have yet to be broken they been Angela McCann Clonmel super run and time of 37:21 in 2021 which set a National Irish Record for Over 50 women. Joe Gough West Waterford who ran a super 41:10 in 2023 to set a National Irish Record for Over 70 men. A tremendous achievement by the two athletes and confirmation of the two-lap circuit been a fast course.
For the record, the following are the course record holders over the Dundrum course.
Senior Men Daniel Gidumbanda Tanzania 1997 29:45
O/40 Men Michael Harty East Cork 30:13 2022.
O/45 Men Kieran McKeown Watergrasshill 33:39 2021,
O/50 Men Vivian Foley Eagle 2023 32: 58,
O/55 Men Michael Hassett St Catherines 2015 35:51,
O/60 Men Fintan Rice Fethard 2025 37:17.
O/65 Men Joe Gough West Waterford 2022 39:12.
O/70 Men Joe Gough West Waterford 2023 41:10
National Record. Junior Men 5k Luke Purcell Nenagh Olympic 2023 14:53.
Wheelchair Cillian Dunne Borrisokane 2019 28:20.
Senior Women Lizzie Lee, Leevale 2021 33:45, O/40 Women Lizzie Lee, Leevale 2021 33:45, O/45 Women Rosaleen Mackeown Leevale 2021 38:56, O/50 Women Angela McCann Clonmel 2021 37:21 National Record. O/55 Women Dorothy Ryan Country Club 2016 45:01, O/60 Women Kathleen Cronin Mallow 2022 47:06, O/65 Women Sally Jeyes 2018 Ivanhoe 56:47, Junior Women 5k Niamh Cunneen Nenagh Olympic 2022 18:28.
Photo : Niamh O'Mahony from An Riocht athletic club in County Kerry promoting this year's Coillte 10k road race.The US based student has been first and fourth in the last two Coillte 10k's
All going well Niamh hopes to make the Trip to Tipp again this year.
