Kia Ireland and Pop Up Races have announced the return of the popular Kia Race Series following a two year enforced break.
This year’s series sees the introduction of an exciting new team competition with a guaranteed prize pot of €15,000 in addition to a prize fund of €5,000 for the individual competition and €7,000 available for new course record bonuses.
The Kia Race Series will start in March with the Streets of Portlaoise 5k. The Dunshaughlin 10k will take place in June.
There is the introduction of a new race – the Cork City 10 Mile in August, the first of the series to take place in Munster.
“We are delighted that the Kia Race Series is returning,” said Aidan Doyle, Head of Marketing & PR at Kia Ireland.
“We were extremely pleased with the reaction of the Irish running community when Pop Races launched this initiative back in 2018 and we are very
confident that the Series will go from strength to strength in 2022.”
“We are also delighted that Fionnuala McCormack has returned as Brand Ambassador and look forward to seeing her compete in the series.”
“As Ireland’s leading race timing and event management company, we are passionate about running,” added Brian Conroy of Pop Up Races.
“We pride ourselves on working with local race/club directors in the Kia Race Series to deliver a quality race from start to finish.”
