From Christmas week through to the first weekend of January, there is no shortage of chances to get out the door and move. Across Ulster, the festive period brings everything from organised road races and Gold Miles to special parkrun events on key dates.
Below is a complete list of festive runs taking place across the region, covering races, parkruns and charity miles over Christmas and New Year.
Christmas Day (December 25th)
- Ecos parkrun, Ballymena, Antrim, 9.30am
- Garvagh Forest parkrun, Antrim, 9.30am
- Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey, Antrim, 9.30am
- Wallace parkrun, Lisburn, Antrim, 9.30am
- Lurgan park, Armagh, 9.30am
- Waterworks parkrun, Belfast, 9.30am
- Cherryvale Playing Fields Goal Mile, Belfast, 10am-11am
- Derry City parkrun, Derry/Londonderry, 9.30am
- Mountcharles Pier Goal Mile, Donegal, 12pm-2pm
- Newry Greenway parkrun, Down, 9.30am
- Bangor parkrun, Down, 9.30am
- Comber parkrun, Down, 9.30am
- Stormont parkrun, Down, 9.30am
- Loughmacrory parkrun, Tyrone, 9.30am
Boxing Day (December 26th)
- Fay GAA Park GOAL Mile, Cavan, 1pm -3pm
- Derry GOAL Mile, Sainsbury's Car Park, Derry, 12 noon
- Finn Valley AC 5K, Donegal
- BARF Turkey Trot 7.5k. Down
- Derrylin O'Connell's GFC GOAL Mile, Fermanagh, 11am-12pm
- Carrick Aces GOAL Mile, Carrickmacross, Monaghan, 11am
- St Davent's Hospital GOAL Mile, Monaghan, 12pm
- Latton GAA Club GOAL Mile, Monaghan, 11am
- Oram Sarfields GOAL Mile, Monaghan, 11am
- Greencastle 5 Mile, Tyrone
- Brocagh Bay 5K & 10K, Tyrone
December 27th
- Mourne Country Park GOAL Mile, Down, 11am-12pm
- St Michaels College GOAL Mile, Enniskillen, Fermanagh 10am-12:30pm
December 28th
- Desertmartin GAC GOAL Mile, Derry, 11am - 12 noon
- Clogher Valley GOAL Mile, Tyrone, 28th December, 12:30pm
New Year's Eve (December 31st)
- Narin Beach GOAL Mile, Donegal, 3:30pm
- Lough 5 Mile, Tyrone
New Year's Day (January 1st)
- Portrush parkrun, Antrim, 9.30am
- Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey, Antrim, 9.30am
- Belvoir Forest parkrun, Belfast, 9.30am
- Orangefield parkrun, Belfast, 9.30am
- Ormeau Park parkrun, Belfast, 9.30am
- Waterworks parkrun, Belfast, 9.30am
- Derrynoid Forest parkrun, Derry/Londonderry, 9.30am
- Castlewellan parkrun, Down, 9.30am
- Comber parkrun, Down, 9.30am
- Crawfordsburn Country Park parkrun, Down, 9.30am
- Stormont parkrun, Down, 9.30am
- Enniskillen parkrun, Fermanagh, 9.30am
- Lough Head parkrun, Fermanagh, 9.30am
- New Years 5K & 10K, Monaghan
- Dungannon Eoghan Ruadh GAC GOAL Mile, Tyrone, 12pm
- Eglish GAC GOAL Mile, Tyrone, 11am
- Loughmacrory parkrun, Tyrone, 9.30am
January 3rd
- Stewartstown Harps GAC GOAL Mile, Tyrone, 11am-1pm
January 4th
- New Years 5K & 10K, Monaghan
January 8th