
Ormeau Park
Park in Belfast, Northern IrelandWikipedia
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Search complete. 2 mentions across 1 episode found for "Ormeau Park".
Sep 22, 2026
#190: The Belfast Half Marathon full recap - a mile by mile account of staying patient, using the crowds and some unexpected challenges!
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26:20Alan LaddHOST
So I went and did my warm-up at probably 25 to 9:00.
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26:27Alan LaddHOST
Um, but I went out to the top of Ormeau Park and back down the embankment, and you were able to actually, once we finished the warm-up, to get in just to the start area at the front, um, which was perfect for me.
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26:41Alan LaddHOST
But I know a lot of people weren't able to do that for whatever reason.
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26:44Alan LaddHOST
Maybe they were, they were too late, or they didn't wanna get in the front because they needed to be further back.
14 MINS LATER
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40:56Alan LaddHOST
As I say, I haven't run the course in the last few years.
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41:00Alan LaddHOST
But I do think this...
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41:02Alan LaddHOST
They wanted to take out Ormeau Park, I think, because, uh, uh, the feeling was, I think, that it was too narrow maybe or it was too congested.
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41:11Alan LaddHOST
But they, they had to add in something somewhere, and what we, we got was up the H- the Hollywood Road, which fair enough, I, I, I don't like it when an extra hill's added, but sometimes you have no choice.