Businesses warming up for Grant Thornton Runway Run

The 5K race which is for teams of four from businesses all across Northern Ireland will have over 650 runners taking to the runway of the George Best Belfast City Airport at 11pm on the 23rd of this month.

Richard Gillan, Managing Partner at Grant Thornton (NI) LLP said: “We launched the event last year and were blown away by the support. This year the interest has been so high that we have released additional places for the extra 38 teams.

“This makes the event significantly larger than last year and we are confident that it will be even better. Last year the atmosphere on the night was fantastic and of course the friendly rivalry ads another dimension.

“Not only does this provide entrants with the opportunity to build relationships with other local businesses but also allow them to raise money for charity. With this year being an Olympic year we thought it was fitting to select the Mary Peters Trust this time.”

The race, which is organised by Athletics Northern Ireland, is open to all businesses and organisations in Northern Ireland who intend to enter a team of four in the male, female and mixed categories.

Prizes will be awarded in each category with the combined finishing times determining the winning teams.

Nicola McCleery Head of Marketing at Danske Bank who have entered several teams for the race said: “We will be retuning to defend our title as mixed team winners.

“Encouraged by last year’s victory we have entered three teams and the Danske athletes are looking forward to competing against colleagues and other companies.”

To register for the 2016 Grant Thornton Runway Run visit www.athleticsni.org.