Location...Ballymacarbry is located on the R671/672 road between Clonmel and Dungarvan.
Directions........
From Dungarvan, take the R672 Clonmel road.
From East Cork, branch off N25 at Kinsalebeg, take the R671 road through Clashmore.
From Clonmel, take the R671 south.
Entries taken at the local community hall which is easily the largest building in the village. It's about 250m from the Hall to Dooceys Bar where refreshments are available after the race before the presentation of prizes.
Ballymacarbry Community Centre....Entries, changing and showers here
Dooceys Bar on the sharp bend coming into Ballymacarbry...prize giving here
Course...
Course profile...
The start and finish of the race is up the small road at the bend in the road near Doocey's Bar
The start line is a few hundred metres
out the side road, facing away from Dooceys Bar....
You run east along the Nire Valley towards the Comeragh Mountains on a road that rises gradually, roughly parallel to the River Nier...
At about 0.9 miles out, you pass a small bridge on the left. For now, you continue straight on but you will cross over this bridge on your return at about 3.9 miles...
Past the 1 mile mark...
...and the 2 mile mark with the road gradually climbing all of the time...
At about 2.4 miles, you turn left as you leave the road behind and cross over the river on a small bridge...
Then you run through a private garden, and head back west on a forest track in the Knockalisheen Woods. There is a bit of a climbing along this section and you exit the woods around the 3.6 mile mark...
From here, there is a rapid descent to the bridge that you passed by earlier...
Across the bridge...right.......and then the start of a final mile is a gradual downhill section...
800m to go...
You run east along the Nire Valley towards the Comeragh Mountains on a road that rises gradually, roughly parallel to the River Nier...
At about 0.9 miles out, you pass a small bridge on the left. For now, you continue straight on but you will cross over this bridge on your return at about 3.9 miles...
Past the 1 mile mark...
...and the 2 mile mark with the road gradually climbing all of the time...
At about 2.4 miles, you turn left as you leave the road behind and cross over the river on a small bridge...
Then you run through a private garden, and head back west on a forest track in the Knockalisheen Woods. There is a bit of a climbing along this section and you exit the woods around the 3.6 mile mark...
From here, there is a rapid descent to the bridge that you passed by earlier...
Across the bridge...right.......and then the start of a final mile is a gradual downhill section...
800m to go...
Past the point where the race started and onto the finish line...
As you can see from the photo above, the main road is about 200m from the finish line.
As you can see from the photo above, the main road is about 200m from the finish line.
