Outdoor taps around dublin / pheonix park

shels4ever

Hi there,

Just wondering does anyone know where there are taps available in phoenix park for public use. Staring my long runs again in the next week or two and may go from the house for some of these.
Have been driving routs in the past to drop water bottles in the past but might be handy if there was a list of taps?

RoyMcC

Yeah I asked this a while back and the boardsies helped out as usual. The one I used a lot when in the park was at the Ordnance Survey place, just inside the gate to the right, at the back of the little building there.

There may be another by the polo ground, but never used that one personally.

How Strange

Thanks, I never knew there was any.

Peckham

Someone with better local knowledge may want to input....but as far as I'm aware the polo grounds ones are shut-off. Although maybe that was just for the winter...

heffsarmy

RoyMcC wrote: »

The one I used a lot when in the park was at the Ordnance Survey place, just inside the gate to the right, at the back of the little building there.

There may be another by the polo ground, but never used that one personally.

The tap at the ordanace survey is gone, they cut the pipe and closed it off...there are no water taps in the park that I'm currently aware off.

smmoore79

Maybe try running with a small bottle of water? I did this for last years marathon training carrying a ballygowan bottle in my left hand, after a session or 2 you'd hardly know it was there. Have ran around most of the Phoeno and have'nt seen any taps (yet)..

nomadic

Or there's a couple of shops in Chapelizod you could buy a bottle in that are about 100m away from the park.

shels4ever

smmoore79 wrote: »

Maybe try running with a small bottle of water? I did this for last years marathon training carrying a ballygowan bottle in my left hand, after a session or 2 you'd hardly know it was there. Have ran around most of the Phoeno and have'nt seen any taps (yet)..

Cheers i'll prob stick to my pre run drive then, don't really like to carry bottles with me .

chez-moi

The big Tesco stores have the running bottles that fit nicely into the hand. Only about €5. A fuel belt is another option. I have one of these an find it excellent for the long runs

michellemuncher

I don't like carrying a bottle either so what I do is hide it somewhere, and then loop back to it on my long run.

daymobrew

IIRC there is a small well/fountain (presumably with some water running) at the top of the Furry Glen.