Pop Up Races are delighted to announce that Peugeot will continue to be the title sponsors for the 2025 “Peugeot Race Series”, which will kick off on March 17th at it’s traditional venue in Portlaoise for the ever popular “Streets of Portlaoise” 5km Road Race.

 

The provisional list of races is as follows:

  • Streets of Portlaoise 5km – March 17th
  • Streets of Kilkenny 5km – April 17th
  • Aisling Murphy 4 Mile, Tullamore (Offaly) – 11th May
  • Bob Heffernan 5km, Enfield (Meath) – 20th May
  • Dunshaughlin 10km, (Meath) – 21st June
  • Roscommon 10 Mile – June 28th
  • Edenderry 10 Mile – 13th July
  • Youghal AC Half Marathon – 10th August
  • Cork City 10km – 17th August
  • Charleville International Half Marathon – September 14th

What we know so far:

  • Elite runners will be invited to each event and will receive complimentary entry. 
  • There will be guaranteed €2,000 in additional prizes at each event. The “Series” element from previous years is being replaced in 2025
  • This season, the individual race will give a win bonus of €500 to both male and female winners. This is on top of the prize money offered by the host club. 
  • There will also be a €1,000 team prize, given to the winning mixed team of 6 (3 males/females), based on (gender) placings rather than combined times, for each race.
  • Teams will consist of 6 participants, 3 male/3 female.
  • Teams must be from Athletics Ireland affiliated clubs.

ELITE ENTRIES:

  • We have a limited number of FREE ENTRIES for Elite athletes. Criteria over 5km is sub 15min men / 17min women. If you do not have a recent 5k time, but have comparable 10k, 10 mile times, these will also be considered. All elite enquiries to office@popupraces.ie.
  • Elite requests are not guaranteed entries. We recommend that if Dunshaughlin 10k is a target race, to book yourself in. if you are awarded an elite entry, we will refund your paid entry.

 

 

FAQ’S RE TEAM EVENT:

  • You do not need to declare teams . Your first 3 males and females in the results associated with your club will form the team score.
  • Team scores are based on Gender Rank in the race. So if the winning female comes in 20th overall, she contributes 1 point (and not 20) to the overall team score. The best team score achievable at any race is 12 (M 1,2,3 – F 1,2,3)