The VHI Women’s Mini Marathon has officially been cancelled.
The popular race was postponed from its original date of Sunday May 31 with organisers hoping it could go ahead later in the year.
However, the marathon has now been scrapped due to ongoing restrictions.
But it isn’t all bad news with organisers planning a virtual race to replace it.
David O’Leary, General Manager of the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon, said: “The health and safety of our participants is always our highest priority, and this tough decision was made with their wellbeing foremost in our minds.
“We fully support the Government’s measures to combat Covid-19 and to protect lives, and we have an enormous responsibility, not only to our participants, but to the many hundreds of charities, volunteers, supporters, partners, suppliers – and the residents of Dublin city - who play such an important part in making our event a success.
“While we are very disappointed to make this decision, unfortunately it will not be possible to run our event in a safe manner this year.
“In recognition of the hundreds of charities that depend on our event for a significant part of their fundraising efforts, we have joined together with our title sponsor Vhi to create a special Virtual Race.
“We have very exciting plans and we will be announcing full details in the coming weeks.”
