1916 Easter Rising Dublin City 5KM - 24TH April

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"DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL and Athletics Ireland have today launched a unique 5km run which will take place on the streets of Dublin to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising.

The event will see runners take in some of the capital’s most iconic sites on Sunday, 24 April.

Starting at Mountyjoy Square at 9am, the route weaves its way from the north side of the city – via the GPO, Liberty Hall and the Four Courts – before finishing at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

All participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt and entry is just €10"

Enter here -

https://www.fitmagazine.ie/magazine/article/dublin-city-council-launch-unique-5k-run-to-commemorate-the-1916-rising

Seems like a great route thru the city:)

Singer

Looks kind of interesting... but are you supposed to carry your post-race gear with you? The finish is a long way from the start.

uvox

Singer wrote: »

Looks kind of interesting... but are you supposed to carry your post-race gear with you? The finish is a long way from the start.

5 kilometers is not a long way.

uvox

Great to see this happening. Shame it's not a half marathon or longer. But hey, it's a start! I'm in.

Killerz

Singer wrote: »

Looks kind of interesting... but are you supposed to carry your post-race gear with you? The finish is a long way from the start.

uvox wrote: »

5 kilometers is not a long way.

I thought that was a fair enough question to be honest.

Wubble Wubble

Looks like a very interesting one. Hopefully I'll be able to run it. I'm assuming there will be a van or whatever to transport people's gear from the start to the finish? (e.g. Jingle Bells) since to be fair there is a decent distance between them.

Murph_D

Like the look of this. Rare enough to get a chance to run in town. Might be a good place for a post-Boston recovery run.

Sandwell

Nice idea and good value. I'll probably just do it as part of my weekly long run but I'd hope they have a system in place to get people back to the start or, at the very least, to transport their gear across to the finish area.

andrew1977

Does anyone know the age limit to enter this please? I have a 16 year old lad wanting to do this with me.
Thanks

Shuttle666

andrew1977 wrote: »

Does anyone know the age limit to enter this please? I have a 16 year old lad wanting to do this with me.
Thanks

When you are registering you have to confirm you are over 18 - have seen loads on questions on this on Facebook, but so far no answers. Sorry I can't be more helpful on this one.

FIFA2004

Start time for this one has been changed to 8am as per the Facebook event. Very early start for everyone now to get there in time!

TCDStudent1

FIFA2004 wrote: »

Start time for this one has been changed to 8am as per the Facebook event. Very early start for everyone now to get there in time!

Got a mail about this earlier today. Extremely early for me. And it's not very nice that they change it after people have signed up for it. I'll still do it though as the route looks terrific

Djoucer

FIFA2004 wrote: »

Start time for this one has been changed to 8am as per the Facebook event. Very early start for everyone now to get there in time!

I think the last minute and confusion is in keeping with 1916.

Although someone called Eoin MacNeill has said the race is cancelled. Probably won't stop Dublin runners showing up though.

Dub13

Singer wrote: »

Looks kind of interesting... but are you supposed to carry your post-race gear with you? The finish is a long way from the start.

From the facebook page.

Athletics Ireland There will be a bag drop at the start line which will close @ 7:45am. Bags will then be transported to the finish line for participants to collect after the race.

Dub13

Also...

RACE NUMBER COLLECTION INFORMATION!
Dublin Remembers 1916 5K number collection will take place in Temple Bar.
Address:
Smock Alley Court, Essex St West, Dublin – opposite Runlogic
Times:
Friday 22nd April- 10:00-18:00
Saturday 23rd April – 10:00- 18:00

Dub13

More news...

**Shuttle Bus Announcement**
A free shuttle service will be provided from the Royal Hospital Kilmainham to Mountjoy Square after the race.
Last bus will depart from the Royal Hospital KIlmainham @ 10:00am.

adrian522

Race seems to be a bit of a mess. How are people getting to the start?

Is there any race number collection on the morning of the race does anyone know?

Dub13

Going to cycle in myself, or drive if its bad.

68 lost souls

Now that there's a shuttle bus announcement I've signed up. Looking forward to it

ooter

I see a 1 mile race has been added to the event, taking place just before the main 5k race.

Run and Jump

I'll jog the few miles into town as a warm-up, then do the race, then jog home as a cool down. That'll be my Sunday-morning long run and a short race done in one go, with no messing with bag drops or shuttle buses.

KJ

Number pickup has now changed as well.

Number collection will take place at Elverys Sports, Dublin Arnotts, 12 Henry Street Dublin 1 on Thursday 20th April between 12:00 & 20:00, Friday 22nd April between 10:00 & 18:00 and Saturday 23rd April between 10:00 and 18:00.
Elverys Sports is offering all participants 20% discount off all full items in the Elverys Sports Arnotts store.
This event is designed as a run rather than a competitive race therefore it will not be chip timed. Timing clocks will be in position on both the start and finish gantries.
We are encouraging all runners to wear their commemorative T-shirt during the run.

aceygray

I'm not used to driving into the city centre - does anyone know what's the story with parking? I had a look, and it seems like a lot of the multi-storey car parks don't open til later in the day.

Singer

aceygray wrote: »

I'm not used to driving into the city centre - does anyone know what's the story with parking? I had a look, and it seems like a lot of the multi-storey car parks don't open til later in the day.

On street parking is free on Sundays.

Dub13

aceygray wrote:

I'm not used to driving into the city centre - does anyone know what's the story with parking? I had a look, and it seems like a lot of the multi-storey car parks don't open til later in the day.

Q Park Clerys is open 24 hours and is only about a 2 min walk to the start line.

aceygray

Great - thanks for the info!

rosie_c

Anyone interested in marshalling at this race?! Early hour on a Sunday morning but you get to exert power in a high vis jacket... Posting on behalf of an organiser.... PM if this sounds like fun to you

Extrasupervery

Does anyone know if there's a shuttle bus from Kilmainham back to Mountjoy Sq AND a baggage shuttle service or just one? I'd prefer to pick up my baggage at Kilmainham and go home from there but I dunno if it's an option.

KJ

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Does anyone know if there's a shuttle bus from Kilmainham back to Mountjoy Sq AND a baggage shuttle service or just one? I'd prefer to pick up my baggage at Kilmainham and go home from there but I dunno if it's an option.

Bags will be transported from the start line to Kilmainham so yeah you should be fine getting your bag there.

Dub13

I got my number and T shirt today, I actually got it for a mate as well. No Q at all, in saying that I was just after 1 and I think they only started at 1.

KJ

Gets even better:
Complimentary Tea & Coffee:
Every participant will receive a complimentary tea or coffee @ the finish line this Sunday for the Dublin Remembers 1916 5K.

Dub13

KJ wrote: »

Gets even better:
Complimentary Tea & Coffee:
Every participant will receive a complimentary tea or coffee @ the finish line this Sunday for the Dublin Remembers 1916 5K.

Getting good value out of this 11 euro.

aoboa

T-shirt is decent enough. Wanted a 1916.2016 souvenir. Might as well be another running top
20% off in Elverys was handy too cos I needed a couple of bits.

andrew1977

Dub13 wrote: »

Getting good value out of this 11 euro.

Yes it is good value alright, looking forward to the run.
11 euro is a great price considering how all other event prices appear to be sneaking up more and more in price.

HelenAnne

It is good value, and it's nice to have tea and coffee after etc, but I'd much prefer a finish time (even just a gun time) than a t-shirt! Can't believe an AAI event isn't timed at all!

Wubble Wubble

Not going, unfortunately. I had a wisdom tooth extracted earlier this week, and am still on antibiotics and painkillers, so running this would be a bad idea.

KJ

aoboa wrote: »

T-shirt is decent enough. Wanted a 1916.2016 souvenir. Might as well be another running top
20% off in Elverys was handy too cos I needed a couple of bits.

Are the t-shirts properly sized? I need a small so hopefully it is actually small.

HelenAnne

KJ wrote: »

Are the t-shirts properly sized? I need a small so hopefully it is actually small.

It's small if you're a small man, big if you're a small woman:)

aoboa

KJ wrote: »

Are the t-shirts properly sized? I need a small so hopefully it is actually small.

I got medium and it's a good fit.

Shlippery

Great race, big turnout! Good atmosphere too! Didn't use bag drop but it seemed well-organised! and dublin bus were letting people get free buses to city centre after!

I thought twas fantastic value for €11, shame about no chip, but at the end of the day, it was nice once-off event for the day that's in it!!

TCDStudent1

Fantastic event. Well organised. Lovely route. Really enjoyed it.

68 lost souls

Great run, was it a very fast course or just me? Have a cold at the moment and ran a PB which was great.

Couldn't figure out the shuttle buses so got the Luas back to town.

Would love it to be an anual event here.

TCDStudent1

68 lost souls wrote: »

Great run, was it a very fast course or just me? Have a cold at the moment and ran a PB which was great.

Couldn't figure out the shuttle buses so got the Luas back to town.

Would love it to be an anual event here.

Seemed to be downhill alright

Dub13

Great event and well ran, its not often you get to run through the centre of Dublin.

Rega

Really enjoyed it. Lovely atmosphere throughout. It was great running along the Liffey and seeing a sea of blue t-shirts bobbing along ahead of me. Great value for €11

uvox

Good gig alright, and nice mementos! Chilly but worth it!

uvox

Wubble Wubble wrote: »

Not going, unfortunately. I had a wisdom tooth extracted earlier this week, and am still on antibiotics and painkillers, so running this would be a bad idea.

Ah here, sure they shot Connolly sitting in a chair...

68 lost souls

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Seemed to be downhill alright

APart from that kicker up towards the Gaol

Extrasupervery

I really enjoyed that, great organisation and nice and chill. I was glad it wasn't chipped by the end - it kept the cost down and therefore made it more accessible, and I think a race that isn't chip timed is less intimidating to newbies which is nice and encouraging. It was billed as a run rather than a race, and you could see today from the diverse crowd that it was a good tactic.

Folks were stopping to take photos at 1916 related landmarks along the way (unfortunately some had no awareness they were in a busy crowd) and several times I saw club runners stop and offer to take a photo for a group...if the race was timed you would not get that. I availed of the bag drop and the shuttle bus and both were completely hassle free.

Thank you organisers! I would continue to run this if it was annual.

Auntie Matter

That hill at the end was nasty! I've been more used to coming down it in the Run the Liberties 6K.

Not helped by some knobheads on their way back into town afterwards riding Dublin bikes on the course across the path of the back-of-the-pack participants.

Other than that, a very good event. The singing of Amhrán na bhFiann before the start and the trad band playing at the finish were nice touches.

Murph_D

Really enjoyed it. There's too much pressure for every run to provide expensive chip timing if you ask me. Definitely room for some non timed events in the calendar!