John Kilmartin 5k
Milford, Donegal
24 Jul 2026
⚠ Start times change frequently. Always check with race organiser or their website for this year's confirmed start time before travelling.
Course map
Map based on 2025 route
⚠ This map is for indicative purposes only — routes can change, or be reversed, year to year. Check with the race organiser for this year's confirmed map.
Elevation profile
About this race
The John Kilmartin Memorial 5k is an annual Friday evening road race held in Milford, County Donegal, organised by Milford AC. Now in its 22nd year in 2026, the race honours John Kilmartin, a Galway man who served as a member of An Garda Síochána in Milford in the late 1960s and was a skilled exponent of the long and triple jumps. His friendship and coaching of local athlete Hugo Duggan inspired the founding of this race. The 5k course runs through the roads of Milford and the surrounding Fanad Peninsula countryside. It starts at 7:30pm on Friday 24 July 2026 and is run under Athletics Ireland permit 26/308. Entry is €10. The race consistently attracts a strong field from Donegal clubs, with notable participation from Letterkenny AC, Finn Valley AC, Milford AC, Foyle Valley AC and visitors from further afield. Milford is a small market town at the head of Mulroy Bay in the heart of Donegal.
Course profile & record eligibility
World Athletics record-eligibility rules cap net elevation loss at 1m per km of race distance, and require the start and finish to be no more than 50% of the race distance apart — both meant to stop a course gaining an unfair edge from downhill grade or a point-to-point tailwind. This is based on this course's recorded elevation and GPS data, not an official measurement or certification.