Saturday, February 15, 2025

JFK’s 50 Mile Challenge Returns for the 5th Annual Event

Moylagh will take on cancer once again with the Moylagh 50 Mile Challenge which has now launched for 2016. The event, which will take place on 11 June, will see hundreds of participants set off at 6am on a fantastic walk around Counties Meath, Cavan and Westmeath. The challenge, which raises funds for the Irish Cancer Society and LARCC Cancer Support Centre, has raised over €260K to date to support the provision of vital services for cancer patients and their families. Together participants have walked around the world 1.3 times.
The Moylagh 50 Mile Challenge inherits its name from an endurance test handed down by John F Kennedy to the military in the 1960s to cover 50 miles on foot within 20 hours. The first JFK 50 Miles public event was held in 1963 as part of a number of similar 50 mile events held around the country as President Kennedy strived to bring the country back to peak physical fitness. The event finally made its way to Ireland four years ago and has been growing here ever since.
This year’s route will allow walkers to take in 50 miles of striking landscape incorporating towns and localities such as Oldcastle, Ballinacree, Fore and Dromone. Places of interest along the trek include Moylagh Castle, dating back to 1470, Loughcrew Cairns which features approximately 32 passage tombs which are 5000 years old, Fore Abbey, a Christian monastery settlement dating back to 640AD and a number of lakes such as Lough Sheelin, Lough Lene and Lough Bane, which runs between the border of two counties Meath and Westmeath. Also along the route is the magical Mullaghmeen Forest filled with tranquility to revitalise any tired minds and bodies.
Funds raised from the Moylagh JFK 50 Mile Challenge will go towards supporting the Irish Cancer Society’s provision of vital services for cancer patients and their families. These include the Cancer Information Service incorporating the National Cancer Helpline and 13 Daffodil Centres in hospitals across the country, Volunteer Driver Service which is a free transport services bringing patients to and from their treatment and the Night Nursing Service which provides care for patients who are at the end of their cancer journey in their own homes through the night.
Registrations are now open for the Moylagh 50 Mile Challenge. Visit www.50milechallenge.com to register or for further information.

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