Directions...Located just to the south of Bandon, it's well within the catchment area of a lot of runners including those in Cork City. From the N71 road from Cork City to Clonakilty, just follow signposts for Timoleague.
Race HQ is usually the Courtmacsherry Hotel which is at the far eastern side of the village....
Course......This 10k course is about as flat and as fast as they come. The race starts in Courtmacsherry...follows the road alongside the estuary.....a small clockwise loop around Timoleague....and then back to Courtmacsherry and the finish.
The race starts and finishes at the Lifeboat Inn which is about 400m west of the hotel...
The course then runs through Courtmacsherry and follows the estuary. This is around the 1 mile mark...
As you can see, it's dead flat. The footpath on the right was actually where the old railway line used to run.
Around the 2.5 mile mark, you cross the causeway and bridge and then do a clockwise loop around Timoleague...
The only hill on the course is in Timoleague itself but it's very short and modest. It really shouldn't slow you down much as you run through the town...
As you turn for home, you pass the iconic Timoleague Abbey....
...and then it's a case of turning left back over the bridge and retracing your steps back to the Lifeboat Inn in Courtmacsherry.
Overall.....A flat fast 10k course is a really nice part of Cork. On a sunny day, it's a great location for a road race.
