Official Page for the Greencastle 5mile Road Run - located at the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains, County Tyrone
31/12/2024
The dust has settled and our 39th run has come and gone. We would like to take a moment to reflect and thank all those who make this local event possible. When Oliver, Fr Shields & Colum Devlin set out to start this Road Race we are almost certain they never for a minute believed it would turn out to be one of the longest established 5 mile road races over the festive period in Ireland. We are entirely grateful to these three amazing local men for leaving us such a legacy and we never underestimate for a second the big boots we are trying to fill in keeping the whole thing running to the level they would expect...let's hope we are doing them proud so far...one thing that is so important and always amazes us each year since Oliver's passing is how everyone knows their own job on boxing day, everyone has a role and they do it without question. Oliver always said this race belongs to the community and the community is certainly proving that to us each and every year.
We would like to extend a massive thanks to every single person who turns up and plays a part in our event, from registration, packing bags, parking cars to serving tea/mulled wine and everything else in-between. It would be completely impossible to name everyone individually as there are simply too many who plays a part and we do not want to leave anyone out, you all know who are and have no doubt that we are totally aware of who you all are too. Your help and support does not go unnoticed and we extend to you our heartfelt thanks for your continued support, we are proud of the event we run and we are under no illusion that without our great community people we would struggle to keep it at the standard it is, so a million thanks to you all and we hope you accept this small acknowledgement as a huge thanks from us all . Last but by no means least we extend a heartfelt thanks to our loyal sponsors some of whom have been long standing to our event and all of whom have been very important to Oliver over the years in running this event, we only have to drop a message to each of you and you all come straight back and invest in the event without hesitation, we are entirely grateful to you all. Finally to our mighty participants you continue to amaze us each year with the turnout and we enjoy seeing familiar faces return year after year. Our race would not be what it is without the loyalty you have shown towards it...you make our race possible and you make it better each year we can't thank you enough and we are so looking forward to welcoming you back for our 40th race on 26th December 2025, the planning is already underway and we hope to make it a memorable occasion, we'll see you there 👍
