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Vets/Senior races.

  • 16-10-2024 3:46pm
    #1
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,034 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hi, first post on this forum.

    I was wondering if there are age categories in road races? Started running after a big gap, doing Parkruns atm. Coming from a cycle racing / running / squash background. Have run two HM’s in my youth and probably dozens of 10k’s etc etc.
    I’m the far side of 60. About to join a local athletics club and was wondering about auld lads competition.

    Cheers.



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  • #2
    SuspectZero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭SuspectZero


    There is, usually most club races will have masters categories every 5 or 10 years after 40 up until over 70 at the least, sometimes even higher in bigger races. The same system is in place for championship races on the roads, cross-country and track



  • #3
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,595 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    Most (not all) club races stick to general M/F O35 and O50 categories only - understandable as there would be a lot of prize expense otherwise for small category numbers. There are exceptions in some of the bigger races. All county, province and national races have the 5-year age category medals, however, so if you are competitive in your category you’ll soon get to know your rivals. 😁



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