Good causes keep 33,000 women on their toes in Mini Marathon

It is said politics shouldn’t mix with sport but it certainly put a purposeful pep in the step of many of the participants in the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon as thousands ran to raise funds and awareness for neglected and struggling causes.

Close to 33,000 women took part in the 10k run which is now in its 35th year and remains the biggest all-female sporting event in the world.

They ran to Repeal the Eighth, for the Sustainable Development Goals, for hospitals, hospices, playgroups, support groups, for Sightsavers and life-savers, for family, friends and neighbours in a joyous display of resourcefulness and a reminder that so much of the good work that pulls people through hard times and tough stations is voluntary.