Run malahide/portmarnock to city centre commute

RuMan

Anyone run from Malahide/ Portmarnock to city centre regularly ? Have reached the limit in terms of time for running (real life getting in the way).

Only possibility is to build some into my commute. Looking for suggestions on the best route given the dark evenings. Preferably one that doesnt involve having to stop at lights every 2 minutes.

Battery Kinzie

The obvious route would be out the coast way all the way out, which would be a lovely run in the summer, but the road from Baldoyle to Portmarnock would be a bit dark during these months I'd imagine. Out the Malahide road wouldn't be as nice and you could have the same problem with the Malahide road being like a country road for some parts, which wouldn't be ideal in the dark.

Why not run in in the morning when it's brighter and then get the bus/dart home in the evenings?

yaboya1

I think the biggest problem is that there's no footpath the closer you get to Malahide/Portmarnock no matter which route you take.

PJD

Cycle to Sutton - you can use the bike sheds or just lock the bike up- then run to / from work on your run commute via the coast road.

PJD

PJD wrote: »

Cycle to Sutton - you can use the bike sheds or just lock the bike up- then run to / from work on your run commute via the coast road.

Forgot to add that you could then utilise the dart if something went wrong- delayed in work etc.

Chartsengrafs

Could always get the train for a stop or two in order to avoid dangerous/unsuitable sections and run the rest of the way?

Singer

I've run from Malahide to Artane via the Malahide Road, then down to St. Anne's and along the coast. Some good uninterrupted stretches there, though not the most direct way to town.

PaulieYifter

I regularly run in and out Malahide to Dub 2. Malahide Road is fine - footpath gets a bit narrow for the last 2k into Malahide but it's ok. Sometimes I'll head up the coast in Clontarf to add a few miles but you have to cut back to the Malahide road because there's no path from Baldoyle to Portmarnock (as was said above). Only a couple of junctions where the lights might be against you to interrupt the run.

RuMan

Some good advice there thanks. It'll mostly be in the morning so should be getting brighter. Would prefer along the coast as much as possible.

PaulieYifter wrote: »

I regularly run in and out Malahide to Dub 2. .

Thats what i'm looking at, what distance is that ?

PaulieYifter

RuMan wrote: »

Some good advice there thanks. It'll mostly be in the morning so should be getting brighter. Would prefer along the coast as much as possible.



Thats what i'm looking at, what distance is that ?

From Lower Grand Canal Street to Oscar Taylor's is 16.5km using Malahide Road.