Cork Chamber Team Make it a Marathon Year

10th March 2014

The Cork Chamber are planning to “do the business” at this year’s Cork City Marathon. They have gathered a team to enter the Cork City Marathon, and are kick starting their training programme together with Juliet Murphy as their marathon coach! Niamh, Leigh, Deborah, Norma and Eimear are all set to each run one of the relay lengths to complete the 26.2km Marathon around Cork.

“The great thing about the Cork City Marathon is that it offers a pace and length suited to everyone – you need never have run before, and you can still enter”, says Deborah Barrett, Member Services Executive at Cork Chamber. “It’s always a great way to generate team spirit too, as we all work together but now we get to exercise and have fun together too and that’s great for our relationships both inside and outside the office!”
This year Cork Chamber have put together a team of five girls to tackle the marathon, each one completing one leg of the route. Each relay leg varies in distance, the shortest being 4.5 miles and the longest 5.8 miles, so there is no excuse not to do the relay.

• Start (Patrick’s Street) to near Silversprings Hotel: 5.2 miles (8.3km)
• Silversprings to Ringmahon Road: 5.5 miles (8.9km)
• Ringmahon to Victoria Road: 5.8 miles (9.3km)
• Victoria Road to Model Farm Road: 5.2 miles (8.4km)
• Model Farm Road to finishing line (Patrick’s Street): 4.5 miles (7.2km)

Race Director Jim O’Donovan said: “The Cork City Marathon 2014 is all about encouraging individuals of all levels and abilities to get involved – from first timers to professional athletes. In recent years we have developed the concept of group participation with Team Relay encouraging some healthy competition among colleagues and school mates. It’s all about team spirit, participation and that special sense of achievement”.

Now in its eighth year, the Cork City Marathon is an internationally recognised marathon, with certification from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). In 2013, over 7,000 people took part in the Cork City Marathon, an event that is quickly becoming one of the major events in the Irish sporting calendar. One of the fastest courses in Ireland, the Cork Marathon has been praised for its inclusivity, with entry fee concessions for those who are unwaged and in receipt of benefit ensuring that young and old and those with varying ability are included in the marathon.

Enter your relay team online before March 31st to avail of the special concession entry fee. Teams can be comprised of friends, family, work colleagues, groups and clubs – it’s all about having fun and getting fit in the process!

Entry forms and full details on the Cork City Marathon Team Relay are available online at www.corkcitymarathon.ie.

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