Tens of thousands of women are expected to take part in this year's VHI Women's Mini Marathon in Dublin today. A number of road closures and traffic ...
Road closures will be in place in the centre and south of the city and Dublin Bus will have diversions on a number of routes. A number of road closures and traffic diversions will be in place for the event, which gets under way at 2pm. The 10km race, which is now in its 40th year, is the largest female-only event of its kind in the world.
Pictured are, Busie Mhlophe and Gary O'Donovan, Volunteers, at the 2022 Cork City Marathon Registration and Expo, at the Concert Hall, City Hall, Cork. Picture: ...
It is overall, a fast and flat course The marathon, half marathon and team relay finish on the city centre’s main street, St Patrick’s Street. The Cork City Marathon is an official 42.195km (26 miles and 385 yards) marathon course and serves as a Boston qualifier. The marathon and relay will start on St Patrick’s Street at 8.30am and the Half Marathon will start on Monahan Road at 10.15am.
Brighton AB Training Group placed first in the relay in what was the first in-person Cork City Marathon since Covid-19.
She had been training to run the 2016 Cork City Marathon when she was struck by a car and left for dead in a ditch near Ballinascarthy. He worked with Together Razem, the Cork-based migrant-led organisation providing support services to the Polish and eastern European migrants in Ireland to include Ukrainians in this year’s event. Now in its 14th year, this year’s Cork City Marathon is the first in-person event for three years. The marathon event, which was the biggest to take place in Munster so far this year, saw runners from all over the world endure the 42.195km course in almost constant rain. Previously, she had worked as a press officer with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The women had been running neck and neck for much of the race.
Olivia Keating was training for marathon in 2016 when she was knocked down by motorist who fled scene.
“This marathon/fundraiser is really to put some of that money back into the education, in particular, of the marathon medical team. Our role in pre-hospital emergency medicine here in Cork is to provide critical care support — at the side of the road, on the farm — for those patients who simply will not make it to hospital.” Olivia was kind of joking at me — ‘Oh now look, we can get you running a marathon’ — I was like ‘No, never’. I suppose it’s kind of steamrolled from there ... she press-ganged me into it. Dr van der Velde said he also met Olivia when he was providing cover at Courtmacsherry Marathon about three years ago. I kind of more or less broke everything on the left side of my body. My helmet kind of got caught in this sign, and there was a little wall in the ditch which I came down on to.
The Cork City Marathon takes place on Sunday with traffic restrictions and changes to public transport routes in place from early morning.
More than 12,000 runners are expected to take part from around the globe. The Jack Lynch Tunnel will be open with a contraflow and traffic delays should be expected according to event organisers. Elsewhere in the city, North Main Street will be closed to traffic from around 10am until 4pm, as well as Adelaide Street, Kyle’s Street, Castle Street and Liberty Street. Inbound access to Coal Quay, Kyrl’s Quay and North Mall is closed until 4pm, while access to Pope’s Quay is restricted until 10.30am and on Carroll’s Quay until midday. St Patrick’s Street and adjoining streets are closed to traffic from 5am to 6pm. The Cork City Marathon takes place on Sunday with traffic restrictions and changes to public transport routes in place from early morning.