19K

The 19 km race is our second-shortest race and widely accessible — but don’t be fooled into thinking you will miss out. This route is full of highlights.

You begin at the promenade at Bray seafront before climbing the slopes of Bray Head, looking out across the Irish Sea. From here you enter the Elizabethan Kilruddery Estate, then run up and around the Little Sugarloaf — a limestone mountain carved out by the ancient sea that once covered this stretch of coast.

You return to Bray Head via Belmont Estate (water station at 12 km), greeted first by views over Dublin Bay and then by a true Irish welcome at the finish. The line is almost entirely hard-packed trail, with three short rocky sections and only two very short road crossings between Bray Head and the Little Sugarloaf.

A map is provided for general information — it is not for access. Please do not enter private sections of the route, particularly Belmont Estate and Powerscourt Waterfall, except on permitted public routes or on race day.

The 2026 line is 19.4 km. Steepest pitch is the Bray Head opener at 31.1%. One Category 4 climb of 110 m at 15.3%. The profile below is the Plotaroute trace from the current event page.

These are the published 19 km checkpoints. Fastest and slowest columns are pace windows, not extra cut-offs. The only official cut-off is the finish: Saturday 17:00. Yellow marks that close.

Saturday 26 September 2026. All distances start and finish on Bray seafront. Sign-on windows sit immediately before each gun time — arrive early, especially if you are collecting a bib on the morning.