Running up Howth head

jinka

Anybody do this? I run up the Sutton end and back down through Howth village. I have cycled it many times too and find it really brilliant training. Obviously stopping for a pint at "the summit pub" would be the wrong thing to do but dam tempting...!

ultraman1

i did it a few times earlier in the year,without the beer stop,itsa nice hard run.start from chapelizard and make it worth your while.....

shels4ever

Used to do this run from Baldoyle church ever 26th December was about a 10 milers before alcohol took over my Christmas.

jinka

Then you should defo stop at "The Summit Inn"!!!

chinguetti

Had a circuit from the turn down to Bull Island out to Sutton, up Howth Head and down the hill to Marine Hotel and back to Sutton to Bull Island which is about 12 miles.

The hill is tough going alright and great training for any race in which there is a tough hill or hills but the straight bit from Sutton to Bulls Island is a killer as the wind is always against you in my experience. Never wanted to bail out at the Summit yet!

christeb

Yep, this is my regular LSR with my training buddy as we're locals. Here's a recent GPS log: a couple of loops of the top hill around the summit and the one around Balscadden Bay, not easy....
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/9700754

Peckham

christeb - if you don't mind, I might join you guys some time when you're doing this route (preferably on a Saturday morning, not sure what your timetable is). Have wanted to run it, but don't know Howth at all!

scottreynolds

christeb wrote: »

Yep, this is my regular LSR with my training buddy as we're locals. Here's a recent GPS log: a couple of loops of the top hill around the summit and the one around Balscadden Bay, not easy....
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/9700754

I live in station house ...near the start of your route. I may have seen you last week running out to Malahide.... 3 people. I'm looking to add this run to my list-o-runs. have you done the track round the bottom of the hill?

christeb

Hey lads, of course we'd love to have you along, Peckham we'd be privileged. ScottR, I'm not sure about running with a 'cyclist,' you're one of 'those guys....!

I'll PM you both if we're heading out this weekend, chances are we are

scottreynolds

christeb wrote: »

Hey lads, of course we'd love to have you along, Peckham we'd be privileged. ScottR, I'm not sure about running with a 'cyclist,' you're one of 'those guys....!

I'll PM you both if we're heading out this weekend, chances are we are

A cyclist who has entered a 50 mile trail run --- surely I qualify as a runner. Thats fifty miles in 17 hours -- I just want to qualify for another event.

Vinny Mulvey

A favourite loop for the Raheny lads, we usually do 2 laps of howth running from raheny and running back. Some of the crew do 22+ coming back a longer way but 2 laps up the summit is the standard...very tough the 2nd time just after the cemetary!!!

Killerz

Big fan of the howth loop, and think it worked a treat when I incorporated it a few times in my Cork Marathon training regime. 20-22 mile run from Artane out to the coast, incorporating a typically headwind-facing bull island stretch, up through howth village and up the steep hill, coming back around the slow descent (ie facing dublin bay (what a view), back to sutton cross, and back to artane via raheny, or st. anne's park direction.

Tried the run before taking a right at sutton cross and while it is a slower and arguably tougher ascent in reverse, coming down that steep hill into howth is very tough on the knees.

If feeling ambitious, I take it out to howth pier to have a look at the sealions (or seals, i dont know!) aswell.

scottreynolds

Awesome route.... did this from Portmarnock. Its 13 miles from home over the hill and back. I threw in another 4-5 miles along the sea front for fun. Excellent running..... those mad Raheny lads 22+ miles with two loops.... suppose that makes them loopers.