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: 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).

Distance: 30-33km

Surface: most concrete

Location: urban

When: ok day and night

Circuit: one way

Note: a Train connects both ends. In case of problems you can buy a return ticket for 4€, so you can eventually (hopefully not) get it to return at any station in between.