"The race starts at 9am at City Hall and the earliest transport from Newry departs at 8am. So the race is already away and you can't get into Belfast." Runner Francie on the lack of bus and train services on the morning of the Belfast Marathon

Apr 27, 2018, 10:02 AM

It's expected that about 17 thousand very fit people will be descending on Belfast next monday to run the annual

Belfast Marathon. It starts at 9am from Belfast City Hall. I'll tell you something, I won't be there!

Someone who is hoping to be there is Francie from Newry who is running the marathon along with his brothers and sisters, but things haven't been that straight forward.