Dublin Marathon 2022

They usually leave some places for national marathon entries. Few friends have said this option will be available to faster runners nearer the summer.

Great, I need to plan my season of events and need dates. Other races are opening and will sell out early next week and need to make sure schedules fit

"Any places not redeemed will be offered in round two of the lottery from Tuesday 1st February, with offers needing to be redeemed by midnight Monday 7th February 2022."

Based on the timelines, it seems your assumption is spot-on, given lottery entries were open for a week, then the drawing date, and then an entry deadline. Round 2 only mentions 2 dates so assume that's 'draw' and 'deadline' and the pool for the draw are those who entered earlier this month

Once the second drawing/deadline is past, perhaps reach out to the organisers to ask about substitution - there are ALWAYS a number of folks unwilling or unable to run. Might be too soon now to find such an entry, but perhaps they can start a waiting list and as folks decide they no longer want to (or no longer can) run, their entries can be transferred to waiting list on first come first serve basis?

Or if you don't care about time against your own name, there are always a few unofficial 'transfers' in the weeks leading up to the race, and you'll see Bob Smith running along but 'Bob' is actually a lady 😂

Has there been announcement on the race series yet?

Just looking on the Dublin Marathon website there now and under the tab 'Race Series' they have a list of races

Dublin Half Marathon

Tallaght 5 Mile

Fingal 10k

Frank Duffy 10 mile

This would mean the Clondalkin/Grangecastle 10km is gone and a new race for Tallaght and Fingal is now the host for the 10km .I liked the Clondalkin 10km route,would be shame if its gone.

Same, I really liked the new 10K route (Grangecastle) over the old (Fingal) one. Big reason is traffic and parking around the start - Swords is a nightmare! The first year it was changed because of the Pope's visit if I remember correctly (10Mi got bumped to Fingal, so 10K had to get a fresh route), but then they kept it in Clondalkin the following year and I got hopeful that it would be the new Race Series 10K route!

There's another brand new event (started 2019) from the same crowd that does Wicklow/Wexford/Clontarf series - Wheelworx Fastlane Half and 10K: https://rundublin.com/race/may-fastlane-half-marathon-or-10km/ They seem to do a summer run in May and a winter run in November (similar to Clontarf which does July and November)

The route starts nearby, at the canal (free parking at the shopping centre about 10 min walk away), and is 2 laps for 21K or 1 lap for 10K, going right past the business park where the South Dublin 10K started. Next one is 22nd May so not quite fitting with the Dublin Race Series dates, but pretty flat, fairly scenic, was well organised when I ran it. Route: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/4727563048

Now disclaimer: the guy usually doing these (Eoin Ryan) is in the process of handing over his running events to a new crowd (Bear Group), I think Wicklow Half/10K next month is his last time involved and thereafter it's 100% the new folk, so can't guarantee that their events will be as well organised, but hopefully the new folk will do them justice, as they're all really good events with lovely routes! Especially Wicklow and Wexford - 2 of my favourite Half's!

No parking in the park means I'm out. Will be finding other races that offer some sort of parking

what are they to handle a few thousand vehicles

Go onto event master and truly login with your old email address.

If that doesn't work email office@dublinmarathon.ie or message them on Facebook. Explain you no longer have access to your email (type email) they maybe able to tell you by name and DOB or address if there is an entry allocated and valid.

Mine still says 2020 for the race series but 2022 for the Marathon. Must get onto them to make sure I’m still registered for them. Didn’t cancel them or get money back.

Well in 2019 all 3 were accessible as I know ppl who parked there so long as you were there by 9.15am

not saying parking would not be an issue but a load of new parking spaces have been painted/opened along the north road up from garda hq all the way to cabra exit

People will just have to get with the programme and either find another (hopefully legal) place to park, get dropped off, car pool, take a taxi or public transport. The parking changes in the Park are for the better - in fact they don’t go nearly far enough, IMO.

to be fair there are some of the best public transport links in the country right on the doorstep of the park (heuston train station, luas station, coaches and busses to/from airport, tones of dublin busses not to mention park and ride facilities all along luas lines and all the car parks in the city centre)

sure during the DCM marathon most people living in dublin will use public transport to get into merrion square start line. if you are coming up from the country you could park anywhere along one of the handy connections to public transport and make your way in. alternatively there is lots of parking on the periphery of the park itself whether on the castleknock/cabra site or in and around kilmainham area, etc.

granted, it is not as handy as dumping the SUV within a stones throw of the finishing line. i am actually behind removing most cars from the park for full disclosure.

Luas red line commences operation at 6:30am on Saturdays or 7am on a Sunday morning. Don't like driving in Dublin city? Plenty of options to park and ride on the red line. Drops you a few minutes from the Phoenix Park. The distance from the Luas stop to the start of the half looks to be a tad longer than 3Km, nice distance to get a warm up done.

I've also seen many a Dublin bike parked in the bicycle park at the race series.