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Excel Sports Donegal | Ireland

excel hiking & trail running

Excel Sports: Home of the Seven Sisters Running Festival.

Excel Sports are a Donegal based sports event organisation that organise and promote unique sporting events, challenges and training around County Donegal, Ireland. We offer three premium events and participation in our hiking/training club, ARD – Hiking & Trail Running. 

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A woman in athletic clothing runs along a grassy coastal cliff with waves crashing against rocky cliffs below. The logo "Wild Atlantic Challenge" appears in the top left corner.

Sliabh Liag

Run/Hike

A smiling runner wearing a race bib and cap gives thumbs up while running along a scenic coastal trail, with cliffs, green hills, and blue ocean in the background. A "Seven Sisters Skyline" logo appears in the top left corner.

Seven Sisters Skyline

Mountain Running

Two women in blue shirts, smiling and running in a marathon, with several other runners behind them on a wet road. Both women wear race bibs, and the event appears lively and energetic. A "Durham East" logo is visible in the corner.

Donegal East Events

Road Running

COMING SOON

About Us
Great...Together

Our belief is to be the best YOU can be. Our aim is to encourage and empower participants of all levels to engage in health and fitness experiences while appreciating the beauty of the county and all that it has to offer.

Our philosophy is that wellbeing is intrinsically linked to being outdoors, which is why our events and training all take place outside, surrounded by nature. We have a passion for the ability of others to bring out the best in people, so our events and training group also have a social focus. 

We challenge people to do something they didn’t think they could.

Three people stand indoors behind a table, smiling and holding signs. The woman on the left holds a sign reading "Excel Sports." The two men beside her hold a green sign with a map of Ireland and the hashtag "#seolangaelacht.

WE SHOW PEOPLE THEY'RE CAPABLE OF MORE THAN THEY THINK.

Our belief is to be the best YOU can be. Our aim is to encourage and empower participants of all levels to engage in health and fitness experiences while appreciating the beauty of the county and all that it has to offer. 

Our philosophy is that wellbeing is intrinsically linked to being outdoors, which is why our events and training all take place outside, surrounded by nature. We have a passion for the ability of others to bring out the best in people, so our events and training group also 

Let’s do something
Great...Together

Join the ARD Community – gain Motivation & Accountability; Improve your Health & Fitness; Exercise in a fun, social environment in the great outdoors.

OUR VALUES

Local

Sustainable

Nature Loving

Healthy

Social

Logo for Donegal tourism featuring a stylized “D” above the word “DONEGAL” in bold, dark teal letters, with the website "www.govisitdonegal.com" written below in smaller font.
Logo for Wild Atlantic Way featuring a teal zigzag line above the words "WILD ATLANTIC WAY" in bold, uppercase letters on a light background.
The International Trail Running Association (ITRA) logo, featuring bold black and green letters with the text "International Trail Running Association" below the acronym.
Logo showing a stylized mountain with a sun behind it above the bold letters "ARD." Below, the text reads “Hiking & Trail Running” in blue-green letters.

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