Birr 5k 2024 (2nd Aug)

The Sean Lowry Memorial Birr 5k on Friday evening 2nd August, hosted by Birr AC, marked the conclusion of the 2024 Healthy Offaly Athletics 5k series. A good entry of over 350 athletes participated in the event that was the opening activity for the Birr Vintage Week celebrations. Birr AC did a commendable job hosting the event, which featured an undulating route through the outskirts of the town, capped off with a downhill finish, after a steep incline for over 700m at the 4k mark.

In a competitive race up front, Kevin Moore was always in contention and only lost out to the fast-finishing Peter Somba (Ratoath AC) but still claimed 2nd in a fine time of 15:26. Eddie Newman again captured a master category prize running 18:13. Orlaith Flanagan, fresh from her first sub-20 run recently, showed consistency with an exact 20:00 time on this occasion. Caroline Mullen was well up in her category and pleased with a season’s best of 22:10, while Martin Mullen also had a season’s best, coming home in 23:34.