Road closures for marathon – and churches will be handing out refreshments

Belfast Marathon will be run on a Sunday for the first time – and entries have gone up by 60 per cent.

Last year almost 3,000 ran the marathon compared to this year’s entry of 4,800.

The Sunday fixture has led to complaints from a number of church groups, with the Free Presbyterian Church particularly opposed to it. However, some churches along the marathon route will be offering refreshments to passing runners.

Here is a list of road closures:

#Belfast image listing @belfastmarathon 2019 Full / Partial and timings closures Sunday 5 May – source @belfastcc – hopefully this is readable and scrolls pic.twitter.com/2YxtgaGhT4

— Trafficwatch NI (@TrafficwatchNI) May 4, 2019