Distance

5 km

Climb

25 m

Start

11:00

To go

7 weeks

Drogheda & District AC's annual Christmas 5K, one of the bigger festive 5Ks in the north-east, with elite athletes and fun runners (Santa suits welcome) on the streets of Drogheda, based at Lourdes Stadium. Runners must be 16 or over. Route map and elevation profile below.

Friends and family following you? jrny.run/finder/drogheda-christmas-5k shows them when you’ll pass each point.

1. Every run, one timeline. Your Strava runs land week by week on the build to Lourdes Stadium, whatever plan you follow: a coach, a book, your own.
2. Race week sharpens. The course, its hills and the weather at your start time, your goals, and a race-morning checklist.
3. Line it up with a past race. This build against your last marathon, week by week to race day. jrny shows where you are; what it means is your call.

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