Preview of the John Buckley Sports 10 miler in Cork City - Sat 31st Aug 2019

I've had a number of messages asking for details of the new route for this years John Buckley Sports 10 mile in Cork City.

The start this year will be on the Centre Park Road and it will finish by Kennedy Park on Monahan Road.

The course can be broken up into two parts. The first part is the 2.4 mile loop shown below in pink arrows...

Once you cross the start line again, you then head off down the Marina... past Blackrock Castle ... onto the Mahon walk and then back to the finish by Kennedy Park.

You'll find an updated and more comprehensive review of the course here... https://munsterraceroutes.blogspot.com/2013/01/cork085.html

Weather Forecast...... There is heavy rain expected early Saturday morning but it is supposed to be pretty dry by the evening. There will be a possibility of some pools of water out along the course (e.g. Atlantic Pond) but it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

There is a strong breeze from the North-West but there will be a lot of shelter in the old railway cutting when it is a headwind. Might be a factor in the last mile.

The last two years were wet affairs so this year looks a lot better.