Priority Entry Hong Kong Marathon

Supercell

Despite my recent training setbacks (achilles injury making Limerick a no go though on the way back now) I'm hoping to run Dublin in October.
My wife is Chinese and we are planning a trip to there next (Chinese) new year time so the HK marathon is too tempting to pass up - if I can qualify!
According to the website's faq page - http://www.hkmarathon.com/Event_Info/FAQ.htm , priority entry is sub 3:30 for men as long as its within the last two years and the marathon was organised by IAAF or AIMS.
I'm unable to find out on the Dublin Marathon website if it comes under one of these two bodies, does anyone know the answer?

El Caballo

Supercell wrote: »

Despite my recent training setbacks (achilles injury making Limerick a no go though on the way back now) I'm hoping to run Dublin in October.
My wife is Chinese and we are planning a trip to there next (Chinese) new year time so the HK marathon is too tempting to pass up - if I can qualify!
According to the website's faq page - http://www.hkmarathon.com/Event_Info/FAQ.htm , priority entry is sub 3:30 for men as long as its within the last two years and the marathon was organised by IAAF or AIMS.
I'm unable to find out on the Dublin Marathon website if it comes under one of these two bodies, does anyone know the answer?

The marathon course is AIMS certified

dwayneshintzy

This year was the first year they accepted runners from other marathons in the priority entry (previously only results in the HK Marathon counted); they also changed the procedure for general applicants totally, from "first come, first served" to a lottery. It will be a good while yet before we find out if next year's will be the same procedures; registration for 2017 wasn't until September/October time in 2016.

They could very well change procedures again, to be honest.

Supercell

Thanks very much El Caballo and dwayneshintzy.
Good to know about the changing procedures, if they do change I'll enter the lottery anyhow and hope for the best, we go every couple of years or so, so will hopefully get it eventually.

dwayneshintzy

If they go back to first come/first served it'll be much easier to get it, to be honest. You'll need to be on the site the minute it opens, but shouldn't be too difficult out in Ireland (it's 7am here that registration opened in 2015, which would be 11pm in Ireland).

I'm living in HK so will hopefully be attempting it for the 3rd time next year (4:01 in 2016, DNF with injury this year ); I will say that it's not really the best marathon, however. It's a run out to the shipping port and back, about 80% of it is on motorway with no view whatsoever.

Supercell

Sounds like a plan will keep that in mind!, did you ever do the Guanzhou one?, wife's family live there, however it's in December so would have to forego either Dublin or one of the other Autumn ones that year.
Sorry to hear about the DNF, that sucks, not bothered that much about the scenery, the HK food more than makes up for anything else when we are there