GLOB- AL 5K Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Tokyo Hong Kong London Belfast Dublin Toronto Boston New York Washington DC Philadelphia Chicago Dallas Los Angeles San Francisco THE IRELAND FUNDS YOUNG LEADERS FIFTH ANNUAL GLOBAL 5K TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND 2018 IN 17 CITIES AROUND THE WORLD. The race began in Brisbane, Australia and from there the baton was passed to Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Dublin, London, Belfast, New York, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Toronto, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles before the baton was finally handed over to San Francisco to mark the end of the race. The Young Leaders in Melbourne were delighted to be joined by Irish Olympian, Sonia O’Sullivan. Sonia has been a great global ambassador for the run over the past 5 years. Sonia was joined by her daughter Sophie O’Sullivan, who enjoyed huge success at the European under-18 Athletics championships earlier in 2018. With over 1,000 runners covering over 5000kms the event was a great success with proceeds from the worldwide run going to support worthy Irish charities across the island of Ireland and Irish causes around the world. THE IRISH RUN THE WORLD Global 5k · 22 September 2018 connect 2019 • 66