Circuito a Phoenix Park:

Type: nearly flat

Distance: 11.5km

Surface: can choose grass 100% or concrete 100%

Location: urban park 100%

When: must be bright

Circuit: circuit

Note: All in the park, a few hills. Almost all the way you can choose to run on the grass or on the concrete (in case of wet ground)

Type: nearly flat

Distance: 21km

Surface: can choose grass 100% or concrete 100%

Location: urban park 100%

When: must be bright

Circuit: 1 short lap, 2 long lap

Note: Is the path of the Dublin Half Marathon (at least the one ran the 23rd, September, 2006). Good run, all in the park, a few hills. Almost all the way you can choose to run on the grass or on the concrete (in case of wet ground)

Type: strong uphill

Distance: 21km

Surface: concrete 100%

Location: urban 20%, country 80%

When: must be bright

Circuit: 1 lap

Note: Lovely with good weather, a couple of places where to drink water on the path (one is in Saiano)

Type: flat

Distance: 17km

Surface: concrete 60%, grass 40%

Location: urban 80%, wharf 20%

When: any time of the day

Circuit: go and return

Note: Lovely all the part on the grass, along an internal sea, good for fatlek or any change of speed.

Type: flat

Distance: 24-26km

Surface: concrete 30%, grass 70%

Location: urban 30%, park 70%

When: better if bright, in the park

Circuit: go, 2 laps and return

Note: very nice for a long run, it easily moves to 16km (1 lap) or 32-34 (3 laps).

Type: flat

Distance: 17.6km

Surface: concrete

Location: urban 60%, park 15%, wharf 25%

When: must be bright

Circuit: go and return

Note: Nice if you like to run near the sea, the ground on the wharf is made of huge almost flat stones. You have to care just a bit, consider it a training for your ankles. Nice view from the red lighthouse.

Type: flat

Distance: 32km

Surface: concrete 80%, grass 20%

Location: urban

When: all time, day and evening

Circuit: go and return

Note: Nice for a long training, bus route in the street in case of problems, if you don’t feel to run any more once in Hown, you may come back swimming

Type: flat

Distance: 21km

Surface: concrete 60%, grass 40%

Location: urban 60%, city park 40%

When: never ran in Phoenix Park if not bright!

Circuit: 1 loop

Note: not the best ever the first part along the Liffey due to cars (find out an alternate path). Very nice to run in Phoenix Park, if not raining since days you can find a good path on the grass. Then a bit tricky to go to the canal but then a few kilometers along the south Canal and then back to Trinity (last km).

Type: strong uphill

Distance: 19km

Surface: concrete

Location: country, hills

When: must be bright

Circuit: 1 loop

Note: 3-4km flat, there are 4km of strong up-hill. Near the top the view is really nice. Once on a main road turn left direction Sorrivoli but after 1-2km turn again left to Saiano. Very lovely and up-down hill for a few kilometer. Then a long single up hill, about 1km and then almost all down again to Cesena (Ponte Abbadesse). Really lovely, the view and usually very few cars on the street.

Type: 60% normal to strong uphill, 40% nearly flat

Distance: 32km

Surface: concrete

Location: urban 15%, country/hills 85%

When: must be bright

Circuit: 1 loop

Note: nice view on the flat ground and the sea side. First 10% flat, 30% strong up hill, then a mix of up/down hill. Last 10km nearly flat. Very wonderful view of the flat ground, up to the sea side if is a nice day, very few cars in all the hills. A few way back in case of problems they help to chose for a shorter one in case of problems. At least one point for Water in Sorrivoli, a bit after km 16, look in the main (indeed small, but for Sorrivoli main) square. On the right hand side if running from Diolaguardia to Sorrivoli.