Dublin Marathon 2020

Hard to see anything other than a cancellation.

MrMacPhisto wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/1026/827110-dublin-city-marathon/

Number 0844 was it?? Did it start on O'Connell street?

I think 2015 was breezy too, at least that's what I blame my 8 minute positive split detonation on

Done everyone since 2012.

2014 was a blood bath if I remember. Ran a big pb in Rotterdam that April. Training went well. I knew the climb into ballyer than I knew I had 16 miles of torture ahead. Struggled around. Plenty of drop outs that year.

They weather in general has been generally great. I don’t remember a soaking once or even rain even though been plenty of times I wished for some rain to cool me down. I’ve started everyone one in a singlet. Gloves and hat been used a few times but they get thrown away every year.

I really doubt it will go ahead

18 degrees and humid before the start in 2014. Only got worse after that. They ran out of water too as far as I remember.

rovers_runner wrote: »

Load of nonsense.
If they have a decision made why not announce it.

Worst case scenario : full refund and back in the general ballot for everyone for 2021

Best case scenario : deferral of place option or refund

Why delay this for grandstanding purposes?

Why not wait patiently like most others instead of moaning about it.

py wrote: »

I'd imagine they've to discuss with sponsors etc before going public.

KBC seem to have a large presence in their feeds lately alright.
Case of them getting their moneys worth from the big announcement? Can't be that much at stake for them?

Cryptic?

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Looks like we are all back in the hat for 2021...............





https://www.independent.ie/sport/oth...-39209024.html



Dublin Marathon expected to be cancelled
Last year's Dublin Marathon
Last year's Dublin Marathon
Sean McGoldrick

May 15 2020 12:35 PM

The 2020 Dublin Marathon is expected to be cancelled today.

The Board of Directors met last night to discuss the future of the race which was scheduled for Sunday, October 25. It would have been the 41st running of the event which has been sold out for months.

A decision on the future of the event could not be delayed any longer as the merchandise for this year's race needs to be ordered in the next couple of weeks.

But given the current rules on social distancing which are likely to remain in place for the foreseeable future, running an event which is likely to have over 20,000 participants and a quarter of a million spectators, is not practical.

Medical experts have suggested that the risk of participants in a marathon passing on the virus to fellow runners during the race itself is very low. However, it would still be regarded as unsafe due to the congregation of the runners at the start at the start of the race.

The last big city marathon to take place prior to the worldwide Covid 19 shutdown as the Tokyo marathon in which only the elite runners were allowed participate.

All the other major spring marathons such as Boston and London were postponed until the autumn.

Major question marks remain over whether they will now go ahead as the Berlin marathon which was due to take place in September has already been cancelled.

The Dublin marathon, which was the brainchild of Louis Hogan - then a radio producer with RTE - and the late Noel Carroll was first held in 1980 on the October Bank Holiday Monday.

After an initial surge in interest the event almost folded during the 1990s when participation levels dropped to below 3,000.

However, under the leadership of current race director Jim Aughney the event was revived and now attracts over 20,000 entries annually.

Alana123 wrote: »

Surely we can have the option to defer to 2021??

I'd guess that will be the default. Keep all the money in their bank account (KBC account I presume ) than giving it all back.

If they had some direction from Govt about numbers for events at a point in time...
Say 1000 in Aug etc. then you can cap entries but I'd say the race series is gone well above that for the 10m and half marathon already leaving them with no options.

No answer from the office today.
Was trying to enquire about the race series, reckon everything is off for 2020 with them at this stage.

Mass deferral of race series to next year back to original dates.
Not confident about marathon deferral, think they will do blanket refunds to all entries/ballots together and start over in Nov for 2021.

Marathon postponed until next year. Entries deferred

As we all expected, right decision too for everyones sake.

I will roll over my entries for the half and full marathon to next year, it should be a good one next year !

2021 should be a great one now, firstly the ballot panic and now the year long wait on top of that.
I think I'll plan to cover the route virtually during the summer once the 20km restrictions are lifted.
Would usually have covered the first 20m when living nearby most years.

It's a nice route to do on a weekend morning in late summer, onwards and upwards.
Plenty of filling stations and shops on the route for drink stops - Centra Stoneybatter / Castleknock / Sarsfield Rd Applegreen / Dolphins Barn Maxol / Your stop on Drimnagh Rd / Circle K beside the KCR / Eurospar Milltown / Spar Bird Ave / Costcutter Foster Ave


Just need the Govt to play ball now and people can run 26.2 again without having to do 2000 laps of the garden and set up a gofundme page.......

echancrure wrote: »

"Athletics Ireland has confirmed that the National Marathon Championship, scheduled within the event, has been cancelled." RTE

Pity, surely a reduced entry race with tight GFA (e.g. 500 runners) later in the year, in Phoenix Park (or elsewhere) would have been good for the clubs and athletes?

I would have thought AI could take this on themselves, could even choose a route down the country on quieter roads etc.

Must be AI policy and they have decisions in place on competition in 2020 as a whole.

Is that a sign of things to come for all road races for the year though, looks like it....