The fast and flat course provides a great opportunity to get a personal best at the 8K distance in the Streets of Galway. You’ll have to be very fast though to beat the current race records:
- Women’s Record: Rosemary Ryan Bilboa AC (2001) – 26:01
- Men’s Record: Séamus Power Kilmurray-Ibrickane AC (1998) and Josphat Boit Clonliffe Harriers AC (2009) – 22:49
Past winners since the race began in 1986 are as follows:
Women’s Race Winners
| Year | Name | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Niamh Keane | Galway City Harriers AC | - |
| 1987 | Bernie Stankard | Loughrea AC | - |
| 1988 | Deirdre McCormack | Galway City Harriers AC | - |
| 1989 | Christine Kennedy | Galway City Harriers AC | - |
| 1990 | Bernie Stankard | Galway City Harriers AC | 03:33:00 |
| 1991 | Veronica Colleran | Ennis Track AC | - |
| 1992 | Veronica Colleran | Ennis Track AC | 04:10:00 |
| 1993 | Rosie Lambe | Knockbridge AC | 02:50:00 |
| 1994 | Rosie Lambe | Knockbridge AC | 02:40:00 |
| 1995 | Rosie Lambe | Knockbridge AC | 02:49:00 |
| 1996 | Rosie Lambe | Knockbridge AC | 03:10:00 |
| 1997 | Maria McMahon | Marian AC | 02:54:00 |
| 1998 | Annette Kealy | Raheny Shamrock AC | 03:21:00 |
| 1999 | Natalie Davey | Mayo AC | 03:48:00 |
| 2000 | Pauline Curley | Tullamore Harriers AC | 03:00:00 |
| 2001 | Rosemary Ryan | Bilboa AC | 02:01:00 |
| 2002 | Pauline Curley | Tullamore Harriers AC | 02:16:00 |
| 2003 | Pauline Curley | Tullamore Harriers AC | 02:14:00 |
| 2004 | Valerie Vaughan | Blarney AC | 03:40:00 |
| 2005 | Pauline Curley | Tullamore Harriers AC | 02:31:00 |
| 2006 | Rosemary Ryan | Bilboa AC | 02:57:00 |
| 2007 | Rosemary Ryan | Bilboa AC | 02:34:00 |
| 2008 | Rosemary Ryan | Bilboa AC | 03:41:00 |
| 2009 | Rosemary Ryan | Bilboa AC | 03:22:00 |
| 2010 | Teresa McGloin | Finn Valley AC | 03:09:00 |
| 2011 | Rosemary Ryan | Bilboa AC | 03:10:00 |
| 2012 | Maria McCambridge | Letterkenny AC | 02:36:00 |
| 2013 | Siobhan O'Doherty | Borrisokane AC | 02:49:00 |
| 2014 | Orla Drumm | Crusaders AC | 03:38:00 |
| 2015 | Maria McCambridge | Dundrum South Dublin | 02:58:00 |
| 2016 | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - |
Men’s Race Winners
| Year | Name | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Brendan Hilliard | Metro/St. Brigid's AC | 28:00 |
| 1987 | Jimmy Fallon | Galway City Harriers AC | 14:00 |
| 1988 | Michael Casey | Sligo AC | 24:00 |
| 1989 | Séamus O’Donnell | Galway City Harriers AC | 23:28 |
| 1990 | Paul Donovan | Galway City Harriers AC | 23:30 |
| 1991 | John Bulger | Limerick | - |
| 1992 | Paul Donovan | Galway City Harriers AC | 23:15 |
| 1993 | Paul Donovan | Galway City Harriers AC | 23:13 |
| 1994 | Paul Donovan | Galway City Harriers AC | 22:56 |
| 1995 | David Burke | Mullingar Harriers AC | 23:22 |
| 1996 | Noel Cullen | Clonliffe Harriers AC | 23:31 |
| 1997 | Noel Berkely | Dundrum South Dublin (DSD) | 22:59 |
| 1998 | Seamus Power | Kilmurry/Ibrickane AC | 22:49 |
| 1999 | Gerry Ryan | Galway City Harriers AC | 24:11 |
| 2000 | Daniel Gibumbada | Tanzania | 23:21 |
| 2001 | Ben Noad | Bristol AC | 23:48 |
| 2002 | Ben Noad | Bristol AC | 22:57 |
| 2003 | Dermot Galvin | St. John's AC | 23:41 |
| 2004 | S?amus Power | Kilmurry/Ibrickane AC | 23:54 |
| 2005 | Mark Kenneally | Clonliffe Harriers AC | 23:48 |
| 2006 | S?amus Power | Kilmurry/Ibrickane AC | 23:47 |
| 2007 | Gerry Ryan | Galway City Harriers AC | 23:59 |
| 2008 | Josphat Boit | Clonliffe Harriers AC | 23:35 |
| 2009 | Josphat Boit | Clonliffe Harriers AC | 22:49 |
| 2010 | David Rooney | Raheny Shamrock AC | 23:57 |
| 2011 | Gerry Ryan | Craughwell AC | 24:24 |
| 2012 | David Rooney | Raheny Shamrock AC | 24:03 |
| 2013 | Mark Kenneally | Clonliffe Harriers AC | 23:47 |
| 2014 | Martin Fagan | Mullingar Harriers AC | 23:38 |
| 2015 | Gary Thornton | Galway City Harriers AC | 23:53 |
| 2016 | Sergiu Ciobanu | Clonliffe Harriers A.C | 24:25 |
| 2017 | Kevin Maunsell | Clonmel AC | 23:44 |
| 2018 | John Travers | Donore Harriers | 23:56 |
| 2019 | Damien Landers | Ennis Track | 24:07 |
| 2020 | - | - | - |
