Dublin City Half Marathon

€77 for non AI members.

80 euros for a half marathon, wow.

If you read between the lines of the press release, they have added the cost of managing the ballot into the entry fee. So they have found a better way to charge the fiver to keep the CEO salary fund ticking over.

So many straw men where to start...

They have added €5 alone to the entry fee again to pad the salary of the CEO, a position not required for an org running 5 races a year, he must have photos of Jim with Epstein.

They close the roads out of hours on a Sunday morning, clear within a couple of hours, race finishes in a sink estate/office complex. You are running on a footpath for a decent section of the race.

The organisers charge a fee as per other events for transfers. Similar to the marathon its considerable given its an automated system, once it works as expected there it no need for a charge other than to feather your nest.

If they didn't cut corners and have people run on paths for miles they could probably have closer to 20000 taking part.

Disagree with a lot of that Rovers but your point re: the footpath/cycle path is very valid and am in complete agreement.

Its a disgrace that the coast road (James Larkin rd I believe its called) is not utilised. Using that tiny cycle lane is a cop out.

Could easily do 25,000 if you did more waves (possibly staggered to reduce congestion) plus used the coast road.

The ballot opens tomorrow

Cant bring myself to enter. Really wanted to do it but the guts of €80 plus the travelling up, its honestly not worth it.

Cost of races is getting out of control

God speed. Let's hope there are still spaces in Limerick half if we don't get a ticket.

Absolutely not paying that fee , no way, disgusting price for a half marathon.

Will find a local /club event for half the price and supporting a community effort.

It is the exact same route?

Have they managed to close the coast rd or is it still using the cycle path?

There are lots of really great half marathons for half the cost of this. Get two for the price of one. In recent years I've done Wexford, Wicklow, Grand Canal, Westport and one in Killarney I think - all were great.

To be fair, they arent the only ones going crazy with prices. Carlingford half marathon is €55 this year. In 2023 it was €36. They give money to charity but will never say home much. Its close to me, location wise, but not doing it this year.

Jesus man, you need to get over this.

This is the way of the world now. This is the way big city marathons and half marathons are going or have gone. Dublin isn't unique. Moaning about it constantly, for years at this stage, is getting pretty tiring.

This is where the extra costs and ballot entry fees for their races go.

They could have put their energy in making it an actual road race instead of 9 miles on the road and 4 on a cycle path but sure lookit, its the way of the world...