Waterford Viking Marathon 2025

deisedude · 04-05-2025 09:53PM #1

I didn't see a thread for this so thought I'd start one. After running the half at the Great Limerick Run today I signed up for the half in Waterford now too

Ran this a year years ago when it finished at the SETU sports campus but think the route has changed since then

ThebitterLemon · 05-05-2025 06:29PM

done the full a couple of times and didn’t like the route at all and for a few years they had measurement issues

TbL

deisedude · 05-05-2025 06:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123420396#Comment_123420396

Ya I ran the full myself, think it was 2019 and had a tough day at the office on a hot day. Remember the greenway was a bit of a drag

dirkmeister · 05-05-2025 07:18PM

I ran the full in 2023 on a hot day.

To be honest I wouldn’t go near that race again.

It’s about 95% on the Greenway which is a very, very hard place to be when you’re struggling as there was zero support.

ThebitterLemon · 05-05-2025 07:55PM

They must have changed the course since I did it.

Was never a fan and it’s way behind Dublin Cork Limerick Galway Bay and many other marathons from a support/customer experience perspective

TbL

ps do they shut the Greenway for it?

Can’t imagine that being a race friendly route

dirkmeister · 06-05-2025 08:03PM

As far as I can remember the Greenway was open and they asked runners to keep left.

You started on the Mall and ran along the quay, over Rice Bridge, out through Sallypark and back over the suspension bridge, then it’s greenway all the way out and back until the finish which was moved last year from Bilberry to O Connell Street.

God, it was a terribly boring course the more I think about it.

echancrure · 14-05-2026 08:03PM

Was the 2025 edition short again? I am looking at the Strava of the winner 26.02 miles https://www.strava.com/activities/14879605537 and of the second 26.00 miles https://www.strava.com/activities/14879518125 which is very very suspect.

I am training for this and would hate for it to be short again…

echancrure · 14-05-2026 08:09PM

I swear if I cross the finish line with 26.0… on my watch, I won't stop, so they better move away. How can this be accredited again? Can they not measure correctly in Waterford?

This guy did that last year, kept on running to make 26.21 miles

check his activity 14879755559

Jahoby · 19-05-2026 03:40PM

I did the 10k last year and it was short by about 100m

echancrure · 31-05-2026 12:04PM

The Athletic Ireland website still lists their entry as Pending Approval.

I ran my first half at the Viking in 2013, and it was short: they have form for inability to measure distances.

mayordenis · 18-06-2026 12:04PM

For the ignorant (me), what's the benefit of the Athletics Ireland permit? Any drawback to not having it approved?

echancrure · 19-06-2026 09:42AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124560201#Comment_124560201

I am ignorant on this matter too. But I think it checks for minimum safety standards, provides insurance for organisers, and guarantees that the distance has been measured correctly (this is a sticky point for Viking's organisers…).

Still pending, by the way.

The weather seems ok, but the cloudier the better; will feel warm enough.

mayordenis · 19-06-2026 10:42AM

The heat is now the worry for sure, it's been torrential enough down here over night, but from this afternoon onwards it's looking like picking up.

On Sunday morning, after the first hour, the heat and humidity are going to make it a bit of a slog I reckon.

sk8board · 20-06-2026 06:53PM

the MeteoPace app suggests the wind, heat, elevation & humidity would add 7min to a 3hr runner. That suggests a slog for sure

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