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<\/p>\nThe 26.2-mile challenge kicked off at the Stormont Estate, passing through the north, south, east and west of the city, before finishing in Ormeau Park.<\/p>\n
As a result, motorists can expect some disruption throughout the morning and early afternoon. <\/p>\n
Roads started to close wholly or partially at various parts of the city from around 6am and will continue until 4pm.<\/p>\n
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Marathon runners pictured at the Belfast event gets underway at Stormont (Pic: Kelvin Boyes \/ PressEye)<\/p>\n
Once all runners have passed points on the route, marathon organisers have promised the reopening of the roads will be managed as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n
John Allen, chairman of the Belfast City Marathon organising committee, said: \u201cWe are delighted to welcome over 22,000 participants to the streets of Belfast come Sunday 4th May \u2013 participants of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds.<\/p>\n
“This year\u2019s Bank Holiday weekend will see the biggest marathon in our 43-year history, with 6,500 runners taking on the 26.2-mile challenge. 2,750 relay teams and 1,200 8 mile walkers will join in to soak up in the marathon atmosphere, making it Northern Ireland\u2019s biggest mass sport participatory event.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would like to extend a huge thank you to the local community for their patience throughout the event, and of our volunteers who will generously donate their time and play a key role in making the event \u2018run\u2019 smoothly.<\/p>\n
“We appreciate the impact and inconvenience of traffic disruption on race day but ask that motorists please follow the traffic diversion signs and take direction from stewards. These traffic management measures are set up to prioritise safety for participants and road users.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Marathon runners pictured at the Belfast event gets underway at Stormont (Pic: Kelvin Boyes \/ PressEye)<\/p>\n
The 2025 Moy Park Belfast City Marathon route is similar to the 2024 route, although there are some slight changes.<\/p>\n
The route has minor alterations at the City Hall, this year remaining on Chichester Street, directly onto Wellington Place before turning left onto Fisherwick Place and continuing on the route.<\/p>\n
A further change takes place on the Falls Road, turning left onto North Howard Street, left onto Cupar Way, right onto Lanark Way, right onto the Shankill Road, left onto Tennent Street, across the Crumlin Road onto Hillview Road and left onto the Oldpark Road and continuing the route.<\/p>\n
Roads affected and predicted time of closures, and projected participant times are listed below:<\/p>\n
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Marathon runners pictured at the Belfast event gets underway at Stormont (Pic: Kelvin Boyes \/ PressEye)<\/p>\n
Belfast firefighter to run Belfast marathon wearing full gear in memory of his friend who died\u00a0from a heart attack<\/p>\n
Free shuttle buses are available for anyone running the marathon or spectating, the buses available are listed below:<\/p>\n
Getting to the start line – a shuttle bus will be available from Belfast City Hall (outside SS Moore\u2019s) 07:00am \u2013 8:00am and Lanyon Place Train Station 7:30am \u2013 8:00am to the Start Line.<\/p>\n
Spectator transport from Stormont – a shuttle bus will pick spectators from Massey Avenue to Ormeau Park after the start of the race at Stormont.<\/p>\n
Team relay transport \u2013 a shuttle bus service will run 8:00am \u2013 10:00am from Annadale Embankment at Dunnes Stores to drop runners off at their designated relay changeover point:<\/p>\n
Getting back to Belfast city centre – a shuttle bus will transport participants from Ormeau Embankment to Belfast city centre. This service will run from 11:45am \u2013 4:00pm.<\/p>\n
Getting back to Stormont \u2013 a complimentary Glider service is available from SS Moore\u2019s Chichester Street or Wellington Street to Stormont. This service will run until 4:30pm, every 15 minutes. Please note that Stormont car parks will close from 5:00pm.<\/p>\n
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Marathon runners pictured at the Belfast event gets underway at Stormont (Pic: Kelvin Boyes \/ PressEye)<\/p>\n
For those driving into Belfast for the marathon, parking will be available at the start line within the Stormont Complex for free.<\/p>\n
However, organisers said the Upper Newtownards Road from the Stormont entrance will close from around 8am to facilitate traffic management solutions for the start of the event. Access will be from the Dundonald side only.<\/p>\n
There are also bag drop facilities available at Carson\u2019s Statue and at the Prince of Wales Gates at Stormont.<\/p>\n
Both bag drop facilities will close sharp at 8:15am.<\/p>\n
Any bags left after this time will not be transported to the finish line.<\/p>\n
Please leave your bag securely tied \/ closed, clearly displaying your race number (label) for easy identification.<\/p>\n
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Marathon runners pictured at the Belfast event gets underway at Stormont (Pic: Kelvin Boyes \/ PressEye)<\/p>\n
While waiting for the race to begin you may want to wear jacket\/top.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, this cannot be transported to the finish line or returned to participants but there will be clothing recycling banks located near Carson\u2019s Statue.<\/p>\n
Should you wish to donate your garment, this will be in aid of the event\u2019s designated charity partner, Air Ambulance NI and Moy Park Belfast City Women’s 10k and 5k Fun Run Charity Partner Cancer Focus NI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 26.2-mile challenge kicked off at the Stormont Estate, passing through the north, south, east and west of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[2378,36489,1611,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-73636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-belfast","9":"tag-belfast-marathon","10":"tag-jessica-rice","11":"tag-northern-ireland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114449146548254558","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}