Catherina McKiernan and Rose of Tralee, Jennifer Byrne, set the pace ahead of the inaugural Kia Race Series which kicks off on 17 March with The Streets of Portlaoise 5k, writes Trish Whelan.
The Kia Race Series will bring together seven well established regional races around Ireland under one umbrella with an added closed road running event in Mondello Park.
The Kia Race Series is encouraging Ireland’s best male and female distance athletes to compete against each other, with a new Kia Stonic up for grabs for both the overall male and female winner of the series. To be eligible to win the series, runners must take part in five of the eight races including the finale. There’s the added incentive of €7,000 bonus fund available for course records.
Runners can enter online on kiaraceseries.com and join the conversation on Twitter and Facebook @KiaRaceSeries.
The KIA Race Series
- Streets of Portlaoise 5k - 17th March 11am
- Run with Catherina (Co. Cavan) 10k - Saturday, April 28th 7pm (Provisionally)
- Tallaght AC 5k - Sunday May 6th 12pm
- Bob Heffernan 5k (Enfield, Co. Meath) - Tuesday 22nd May, 8pm
- Braveheart 5k (Trim, Co. Meath) - Friday, June 15th, 8pm
- Dunshaughlin 10k Road Race - Saturday, June 23rd, 7:30pm
- Roscommon 10 Mile - 7th July 2018, 11:30am
- Mondello International 10k - September 9th, 11am
Elite runners will be invited to each event and will receive complimentary entry. Kia Motors Ireland will be offering €1,000 per race in course record bonuses, €500 male / female, as well as the two Kia Stonic cars which the series winners will have use of for one year.
