Google+ Running in Cork, Ireland: Preview of the Inniscarra 4 mile road race...Fri 14th June 2013

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Preview of the Inniscarra 4 mile road race...Fri 14th June 2013

This 4 mile road race near Inniscarra is ideally placed for any runner living near to Cork City.

Race Flyer...


Directions...

From the N20 Cork to Mallow/Limerick Road:
Exit for Blarney (R617) and drive through village and onto Tower. At the next T-junction, you'll come  to Cloghroe Church. Turn right onto the R579 for Kanturk and turn off left at Blairs Inn. Continue up the hill for 1 mile until you arrive at Inniscarra Community Centre.

Blairs Inn...turn off left here

From the N22 Ballincollig By-Pass / Cork to Killarney Road:
Follow the signs for Banteer / Kanturk R579. Having passed the Anglers Rest Pub take the road straight ahead for Kanturk R579. Follow the road for 7.6km passing through Cloghroe. Turn left at Blairs Inn passing the pub on your right hand side and continue up the hill for 1 mile until you arrive at Inniscarra Community Centre. There is plenty of parking available inside the grounds.
Inniscarra Community Centre

Entries for the race will be taken in the hall shown above...cost €8.

A preview of the course itself can be seen HERE

Probably not the fastest of 4 mile courses with the three short uphill sections but it's a nice quiet spot for a race. The course is on country roads close to Cork City with very little traffic....an ideal spot for an evening race.

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