Grass Circuits in Cork?

calerbass

Hi folks, is their any grass circuits in cork that one could use for running,as opposed to the road. Thanks.

KentuckyPete

calerbass wrote: »

Hi folks, is their any grass circuits in cork that one could use for running,as opposed to the road. Thanks.

UCC Farm, out in Curaheen past Bishopstown, follow signs for the dog track. The loop there is approx 2km on grass

calerbass

KentuckyPete wrote: »

UCC Farm, out in Curaheen past Bishopstown, follow signs for the dog track. The loop there is approx 2km on grass

Thanks for that, would i need permission etc,? thanks

Corkie100

calerbass wrote: »

Thanks for that, would i need permission etc,? thanks

No, anyone can run there, usually a lot of runners there at weekends, particularly in mornings I think. Just park outside on the road, as opposed to in the business park there, or you might risk being clamped!

opus

The Lee Fields is another option, I do most of my recovery runs along there, only down side is the occassional close encounter with dog sh*t sneakily hidden in the grass

rom

Reginal park in Ballincollig also but +1 for UCC Farm which has planning permission now

http://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2011/08/cork-citys-new-parksuitable-for-running.html

Condo131

rom wrote: »

Reginal park in Ballincollig also but +1 for UCC Farm which has planning permission now

http://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2011/08/cork-citys-new-parksuitable-for-running.html

There is a proposal to turn the Farm, adjacent land and part of the CIT campus, into a Science & Technology Park, but there is no planning permission for it ...yet! Something along these lines was mooted during the Celtic Tiger years, but didn't come to pass. In fact Cork Co. Council knocked those plans, to preserve it's Green Belt strategy.

An awful lot of money has already been spent on this version of the plan...and proposed by the Co. Council, so this one looks more likely to run...plus there are a lot of tender documents out.

To put it in perspective, the proposal will remove 20 (Yes! Twenty!!) playing pitches, without any proposal for alternative sites. IMHO, the various sporting bodies involved should lobby like mad to have the Science & Technology Park moved "over the wall" and keep all these facilities.

anyway...after going off topic .....the farm is a great place to run at any time. Almost always someone there and, using the regular runners loop, it comes to 2.35 miles per lap.