Route revealed for Cork half marathon

The Bord Gáis Energy Cork City Marathon today unveiled the route for its inaugural half marathon.

The 13.1-mile route starts on Skehard Road in Mahon and runs with the main marathon course along Ringmahon Road and Castle Road, as far as Blackrock Castle.

Just before the castle, the half marathoners split from the main field and continue along Castle Road, into Blackrock village and onto the Marina.

The two fields merge again on the Marina and run the rest of the course together, taking the same route as last year to the finish line on St Patrick’s Street.