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Parkrun
Sligo parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you! Nearby Sunday 2k junior parkrun events for 4 to 14 year olds and their families can be found here.
Meeting point: 54.26598, -8.45283. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates 54.26598, -8.45283.
The course
Course description
Sligo parkrun is a 5000 metre (5km) 2 lap anticlockwise course. It starts at the corner of the playground opposite Cleveragh Retail Park and follows the tarmac marked cycle/walk way towards the Regional Sports Complex keeping the river on your left and the road on the right.
After approx. 700m it crosses a small car park with two exit/entrances by the Sligo Rowing and Kayak Club and then follows the bend round to the right over a little hump and then down the hill to the start of two laps of the park (which is opposite the Sports Complex).
The lap: Go through the silver bollards on the inner path and head up the hill towards the park's main entrance. The route crosses the main entrance to the park and curves left and anticlockwise. The course follows the cycle/walkway for the whole circuit keeping to the right of the football pitch and bringing you back to the silver bollards where you came in.
Repeat the lap.
On completion of the second lap, exit the pitches at the silver bollards and turn right to take you back to the finish. Keeping the road on your left, head back over the little hill, curve left across the car park at the Sligo Rowing and Kayak club back to Doorly Park playground for the big finish! About 20 metres from the end, follow the signs to veer right to the finish line.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is in Doorly Park, Sligo. The course is run entirely on tarmac paths. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. Dependent on availability, marshals will be at key sections of the course, or signs will be in place.
Please remember that the parkrun uses shared paths. For the continued success of the event, please give way to other park users. This won't hurt your time, it won't stop you from getting a PB and it will make sure everyone continues to enjoy the event.
Please, wherever possible walk, jog, cycle or use public transport when attending the event. If you do have to drive, please consider car-sharing to reduce our impact on both the environment and other park users. Please also watch out for other park users when arriving and leaving. Parking may be limited so try to arrive early.
Facilities
Car parking
Free limited car parking is available in Doorly Park by the playground. More free parking is available in Cleveragh Retail Park opposite our start/finish area.
Toilets
There are no public toilet facilities at start finish area. The nearest available toilets are at Sligo Rowing Club about? 700m from the start. There are toilets in the park also.
Kids
There is a comprehensive kids playground in Doorly Park right by the start/finish area.
More details
Public transport
The S1 bus stops approximately 200m from the start line, and leaves every 30 minutes from various places around Sligo town. The 9am service gets in at 9.19am, perfect timing.
Please visit the Bus Eireann website for more details.
On foot
Follow the river upstream from the town centre for approx. 2km to Doorly Park playground.
By road
Follow signs for Cleveragh Retail Park
54°16'05.3"N 8°27'24.5"W
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: either Doorly Park Gate Lodge Coffee Shop or Ripples at the Riverside Hotel. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at either Doorly Park Gate Lodge Coffee Shop or Ripples at the Riverside Hotel - please come and join us!
Course safety
Sligo parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:
- Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
- Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
- Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
- We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
- Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
- Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
- Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
- If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
- If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
- It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
- Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. Consider protecting yourself by wearing repellent when at parkrun events in grassy or wooded areas. See lymediseaseuk.com for further details.
- You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
- parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Sligo parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.
For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email sligo@parkrun.com to help.
Safeguarding
parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.
To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.
Event stats
- 524
- Events
- 7,517
- Finishers
- 42,749
- Finishes
- 734
- Volunteers
- 6,446
- Personal bests
- 528
- Groups
- 00:31:28
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with S
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Si, S, Sr, Sn, Sg
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