Dublin Marathon 2023

The medal was a disgrace. A piece of wood that looked shocking. The tshirt doesn't fit.

It was very warm, now they can't control that. But they can control the water and they didn't. It was a shambles. They sent an email out a while ago and they basically blamed the logistics which was done by the Army. Very poor form.

I also hated the half marathon joining. We ran with our wave perfectly, were running for sub 4 but it wasn't synced up cos when the half joined us. Had loads of them flying past us and ducking and weaving in and out, felt a bit unsafe.

I also don't like contributing to companies that make profit off people like they do. It's owned by a money making enterprise.

People moan about Dublin but no one makes profit, it's all given back to the community.

I'm afraid that those stupid wooden medals are becoming the fashion now. I have 3 so far this year and I think next year will be worse.

Finisher Pix are up at https://www.finisherpix.com/en/event/6664/

Has anyone got a photo of the spectator on Fortfield Road, who was all dressed in black with a big wig and pumping techno music from his drive?

I don't but fair play to them as they seem to do some form of that every year there!

But I presume the Cork marathon organisers hire them. Why would they do it for free?

Finisher Pix is cool. Adding a selfie added another 40+ pics for me

Disgraceful comment.

Longford is not a rip off like other marathons/races.

I'm not from Dublin but neither would I be bothered running any marathon in the country bar Dublin.

To me, the crowd the whole way around makes Dublin the marathon it is. They drive people on. Honestly, its grand to say somewhere is a lovely rural marathon but to me that screams boredom and miles and miles of nothing.

I can see the attraction for a half marathon or 10k for example but the full thing needs the "rock star" appeal of Dublin crowds and running numbers to make you feed part of something massive.

Its worth the few extra bob for me and that's no offence to the organisers of these events. They just don't float my boat.

For the more seasoned runners Longford can be a rehearsal for Dublin.

I know a few athletes who do it before Dublin

Im getting the same error

That was just Ray d’arcy

I saw him after the ducks so the two are separate events. I asked someone I was running beside shortly after and they looked at me like I was delirious. I know I saw the ducks though. They existed.

The system for entering the marathon isn't fit for purpose as DCM tried to assist those after Covid and then transfers and fall between all the stools. I would guess they are short alot of funds after no event for '20 & '21 and probably have no cash reserves to tide them over. Also the huge drop in the race series event numbers can't be a help.

This was the first year that I didn't either volunteered or run it since 2010 (2014 my last run) as I was out of the country and I've heard stories from people I know of gear not turning up, no bags for bag drop and no food/tea for volunteers.

The swapping of numbers is gone beyond a joke and they're tempting fate if they don't put a stop on it or at least seriously attempt to from now on before something badly goes wrong. 5,500 no shows who still get an entry for '24 (do I have that right?) is just going to continue the trend of no shows and number swapping as they'll all know that they can do it in 2025 and have their place kept. You'd miss the days of doing the half in September and then signing up when you knew where you stood on health and fitness wise!