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Running in Cork City

  • 02-04-2019 10:14pm
    #1
    Back in Black
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    I'm heading to Cork for a few days and not really too familiar with the geography of Cork City so looking for recommendations for running routes. I'm staying in the Metropole on Mac Curtain Street and planning 8 to 9 mile runs.

    Any recommendations welcome.


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  • #2
    Treviso
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    would recommend this route - the run from the hotel to the start point would make it under 9 miles. All fairly flat apart from hills around Blackrock castle. Most of the route is along the old railway line and mahon walkway, which is tarmac'd for pedestrians and cyclists. Lovely views as well

    https://www.mapmyrun.com/ie/cork-m/blackrock-8-route-787411

    You could also run out past the train station, out the Lower Glanmire road to the Dunkettle roundabout and back - that would be around 6 miles


  • #3
    Kellygirl
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    Back in Black wrote: »
    I'm heading to Cork for a few days and not really too familiar with the geography of Cork City so looking for recommendations for running routes. I'm staying in the Metropole on Mac Curtain Street and planning 8 to 9 mile runs.

    Any recommendations welcome.

    You’ve a few options- you could head out the Western Road / Mardyke and to the Lee Fields or you could go towards Centre Park Road, the Marina and aim for Blackrock castle. You can continue on past the castle and stay by the water for about 2 miles and you’ll come to steps / ramp, take a right, go over the footbridge and you are on an old railway line (now tarmac). It leads straight back to the marina ad back to where you stared then. I love that route myself.


  • #4
    Treviso
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    also this one if you want to vary it up and head out the opposite end of the city, but running to the start would push it over the 9 mile mark.

    https://www.mapmyrun.com/ie/cork-m/straight-rd-lee-rd-route-652299


  • #5
    Back in Black
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭Back in Black


    Thanks a million loads of options there. Really appreciate it


  • #6
    opus
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    Treviso wrote: »
    would recommend this route - the run from the hotel to the start point would make it under 9 miles. All fairly flat apart from hills around Blackrock castle. Most of the route is along the old railway line and mahon walkway, which is tarmac'd for pedestrians and cyclists. Lovely views as well

    https://www.mapmyrun.com/ie/cork-m/blackrock-8-route-787411

    You could also run out past the train station, out the Lower Glanmire road to the Dunkettle roundabout and back - that would be around 6 miles

    +1 for this suggestion, you could extend it if you wanted by turning left & using the pedestrian bridge after you come up from the path around Jacob's Island & following the walkway to Passage West.


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  • #7
    rom
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    There is an old post if you do a search that has all the detail on this.


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