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Berlin marathon 2020

  • 10-06-2020 7:45pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 259 ✭✭


    What do people reckon will happen with the Berlin marathon? Will it be cancelled until same time 2021 or could it be in January or something?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,236 ✭✭✭AuldManKing


    Would love to be able to answer you, but unfortunately I don't think anyone knows.
    I think we'd all like something 'definitive' at this point - but thats not going to happen for a while.

    Back to uncertainty!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭bigslice


    I see the Ballot and fast runners registration open for Sept 2021.

    Anyone taking a chance that we will have some chance of travelling at this stage and entering?


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,290 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    bigslice wrote: »
    I see the Ballot and fast runners registration open for Sept 2021.

    Anyone taking a chance that we will have some chance of travelling at this stage and entering?
    Entered it earlier, hoping by then we will becoming out of all this. If I don't get a place we will hopefully have Dublin followed by Paris the spring after. Fingers crossed.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭Downtime


    bigslice wrote: »
    I see the Ballot and fast runners registration open for Sept 2021.

    Anyone taking a chance that we will have some chance of travelling at this stage and entering?

    I've entered also. I think I read that 80% of the field will be transfers from 2020.


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,290 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    Didn't get it, just got the email, got it first year and couldn't go due to a family emergency, that's twice now after not getting it, a little gutted, one day..

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  • Registered Users Posts: 15,862 ✭✭✭✭event


    DIdnt get it either


  • Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭6run28


    Didn't get in either..wasn't holding out much hope to be honest with every race in 2021 filled with transfers from 2020


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,578 ✭✭✭djemba djemba


    I am in.


  • Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭bigslice


    Haven’t had any email yet - good or bad.


  • Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭bigslice


    I’m in. Please be kind 2021!!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Slow_Runner


    I'm in!!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 434 ✭✭Mr Jinx


    1000 charity places open for Berlin on Wednesday 27th at 11am.


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,841 ✭✭✭✭average_runner


    Mr Jinx wrote: »
    1000 charity places open for Berlin on Wednesday 27th at 11am.




    A different year maybe, but can't see the traveling part of this being easy!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 517 ✭✭✭tmh106


    What do people reckon the chances of Berlin going ahead in 2021?


  • Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Slow_Runner


    tmh106 wrote: »
    What do people reckon the chances of Berlin going ahead in 2021?

    Hard to call,if vaccinations go as planned I can see it going ahead but this whole AZ sh17show has it up in the air. Germany seeing an increase in cases at the moment.
    Have a hotel booked with free cancellation but not booking flights until confidence is a bit higher.
    Would say Berlin and London have better chance of going ahead than Dublin tbh.


  • Registered Users Posts: 912 ✭✭✭Unknownability


    tmh106 wrote: »
    What do people reckon the chances of Berlin going ahead in 2021?

    I'm not very hopeful, I could see it going ahead is some form but not mass participation.

    I'm thinking of signing up for Istanbul, it's on the 7th of November, which even went ahead this year.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,388 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    Even if these Autumn marathons go ahead, the mob is determined to extend hotel quarantine for all travellers so it could rule out any travel for any reason for some time yet


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,807 ✭✭✭skyblue46


    tmh106 wrote: »
    What do people reckon the chances of Berlin going ahead in 2021?

    I have heard it is planned to go ahead but a vaccination and clear PCR test within either 48 or 72 hours of the event will be a requirement. Understandably the expo will be knocked on the head.


  • Registered Users Posts: 434 ✭✭Mr Jinx


    This is looking a bit more hopeful now given the current vaccine rollout, fingers crossed


  • Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭Wexford1996


    Anyone else planning to travel for this? Have an entry but havn't booked anything yet.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Slow_Runner


    Have refundable hotel booked but not the flights - looking at German rules for entry I think we still need a negative test as well as the Covid cert - it's tricky to understand the rules. Not sure will the races go ahead but I'd say we'll have a better picture in the next couple of weeks.



  • Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭Wexford1996


    Yeah it's probably too early to tell. How's training going?



  • Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Slow_Runner


    Was going grand until this week, between heat and work not getting out much, had to get up at 5am yesterday to fit a run in 😒. Up to 20 miles on my LR and entered into Antrim Coast HM as a warm up. Using the Meno plan btw - never fails! How is yours going?



  • Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭Wexford1996


    It's going ok, I'm pretty fit just lacking on the long runs. Up to 18 miles. I entered Kilbeggan 10 miler in a few weeks. It's hard to find a few races to do in the build up. Best of luck with the training.



  • Registered Users Posts: 8,204 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    I have just had an email from Berlin confirming registration and they will see me on the 26th.



  • Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Slow_Runner


    You have me worried now!! Didn't get any email😨!!!!



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,578 ✭✭✭djemba djemba


    I see the cologne marathon is gone... Hopefully that's just a local government ruling.



  • Registered Users Posts: 10,434 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    Frankfurt cancelled as well.

    However, just received an email from the Berlin organisers covering PCR test details for it, so they're still planning to go ahead.

    They also say you don't need a PCR test if you're vaccinated, but what they've buried away is that you need your second shot to occur before August 11th, which is ridiculous. To enter Germany, you just need to have your second shot 14 days beforehand. That's definitely going to catch a lot of people out

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  • Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Slow_Runner


    Got the email last night as well, looks like it's auto translated from German so is hard to follow the text. I'm already fully vaxxed so didn't read down through it too much. I see they are doing PCD tests at the expo which is something at least. Very strange that unvaccinated must have PCD test to run the race but only antigen test for the expo, doesn't make sense.

    Anyway at least it's positive that the plan is still to go ahead with the race if things don't go to s*!t in the meantime.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 8,204 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    The 2nd vaccine requirement had me running to the vaccine centre pdq. 2nd dose 2 weeks ago and formal letter from NHS to confirm it. Went and booked my flights to Berlin last night.

    Just go to avoid actaully catching Covid now..!!



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