Offaly club's athlete sets great personal best Valencia 10K

Congratulations to Michael Murphy, who clocked a superb 28:54 at the Valencia 10K on Sunday, 11 January.
He joined thousands of runners in the 17th edition of this event, widely regarded as one of Europe’s fastest 10K races, attracting an elite field from over 25 different nationalities.
The race was of high class quality, with the top 35 men all breaking the 28-minute barrier with many athletes chasing qualification for the European Championships in Birmingham in August.
Among this world-class lineup were several of Ireland’s top athletes, and Michael, competing in just his second-ever 10K, finished as the 6th Irish runner home, an outstanding achievement in such a high-quality field.

Harriers Juveniles compete in Glasgow

A half dozen of from the Tullamore Harriers juvenile squad travelled to Glasgow at the weekend to compete in the Scottish National Open. The event took place at the very impressive Emirates Arena, which was redeveloped in recent years to host the 2024 World Indoor Championships.

Close to 800 athletes were on start-lists for the Sunday competition – 787 to be totally precise, and the Tullamore’s athletes priced themselves well able to compete. Three juveniles participated in the 800m races. All three are newcomers to the event so in effect each ran a PB.

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Danny Rigney 2:10.39

Sean Goodings 2:12.08

Ally Duffy 2:14.78

Later in the day five of the squad competed in the 1500m races and there were some impressive runs.

Patrick Duffy 4:14.54

Danny Rigney 4:37.72

Ally Duffy 4:43.17

Jack Cowman 5:04.07

Maeve Duffy 5:10.54

Tullamore Harriers 5K

Tullamore Harriers AC will host the annual 5K Road Race on Sunday, 8th March. This race marks the first event in the 2026 Healthy Offaly 5K Road Race Series and is one not to be missed. The race starts outside the Tullamore Harriers club grounds on the Charleville Road and follows a looped course before turning back to finish on the tartan track in the stadium.

The course is flat and fast, run on fully closed roads for added safety and always attracts runners of all standards to kick off the road race season.

Fixtures

January

17th January – National Indoor T&F AAI Games – Abbottstown

17^th & 18^th January - National Indoor T&F Combined Events, Abbottstown.

18^th January 2026 - Athletics Leinster Cross Country Championships - Leinster Master & Intermediate & Juvenile Relay Cross Country Championships -Carlow GAA Training Grounds.

18th January - Leinster Juvenile U14-U16 Indoor Combined Events -NIA, Dublin

27th January – First leg of Spring League – 1 mile on track

31st January – Leinster U20, Senior & Masters Indoor T & F Championships - TUS, Athlone

February

1st February - Leinster Juvenile Indoor T&F Relay Championships - TUS Athlone

3rd February – Second leg of Spring League – 3k on track

10th February – Third leg of Spring League – 1 mile on track

14th February – Leinster Juvenile Indoor T&F Championships Day 3 - TUS Athlone

15th February - Leinster Juvenile Indoor T&F Championships Day 4 - TUS Athlone

15th February - National Intermediate & Master & Juvenile B Cross Country Championship, Abbottstown.

March

8th March – Tullamore Harriers 5k – first race of the Offaly 5k Road Race Series.

15th March – McNamara 5 miles (Sealed Handicap)

Senior Training

Training Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6.40pm to 8.30pm. For any enquiries contact club captains Glen 0868275228 or Rita 0868386687