West of Ireland Women’s Mini Marathon 2025 (4th May)

The annual West of Ireland Women’s Mini Marathon took place in Castlebar, Co Mayo on Sunday morning 4th May with over 2,200 ladies taking to the streets in this 10k female-only event. Sinead Whitelaw was delighted to be back home in Mayo for the event, along with her daughter Sophie Whitelaw. Sophie completed the “Mini-mini marathon”, a 2k fun run in which 800 children ran through the town. The main 10k race went out very fast, with top Irish juvenile athlete, Freya Renton from Westport AC, leading from the gun and she continued with this pace to cruise home to victory. Sinead put in a good performance, running with a chasing pack of 5 athletes for the first 5k along the hilly route, eventually finishing in sixth position in 39:20 [SW].