Dublin Marathon 2022

ah, I understand it is a bit of a pain alright but that is the price you pay I guess. as someone who uses the park on almost a daily basis I am just glad to see less cars flying about the place.

Have parked there loads of times for races in the park

Personally, I'll be arriving stupid early to get a spot within a mile from the start/finish of the 10M and Half (like I've been doing for the marathon for years - found my spot and I know the times it'll be free vs full). I've an hour's drive to get there (public transport not an option from where I live, especially not on a weekend, simply non-existent in this little village), so makes no sense to double that travel time, AND expose myself to another bout of covid (trust me, not an experience I want to repeat, ever), by parking off somewhere and catching an over-full bus or Luas. I'll rather park up at 6am and nap in my car, thanks.

Not everyone has Dublin Bike subscription, nor is it feasible to sign up for 2-3 days of the entire year.

I understand what they're doing with the park, and am not against it, but I do think they should've considered the folks who legitimately have to drive to get there, by providing an alternative parking solution within reasonable distance.

Route up now for Frank Duffy 10, nothing yet for the half.

The route layout would suggest planning for any future events would not involve the North Rd due to traffic flow plans in place.

Not sure how they plan on managing westbound traffic on those days, suppose they just usher them around the park either via Cabra or Chapelizod.

I like it. I never was a fan of running the North Road anyways. I would imagine the Half course is going to follow a pretty similar route.

So immissed out of the refund and defer window. I can't run as will have a newborn around the time. Won't get a chance to train. Is there anyway to sell or transfer the entry?

Adverts/ donedeal/local running groups/Facebook running groups are a few options of selling/passing it on.

anyone remember the link that was on the old site they had all the race plans, can it still be accessed better dig it out again for the marathon

Nothing stopping you creating one I reckon. It is my first marathon in 14 years, so somewhat similar.

Problem though will be the forum seems to be frequented by enthusiasts who sometimes don't think about or recall what it is like to be a novice.

I used Hal's plan back in the day and it worked fine. Key was consistency. This time around, my biggest challenge is pacing. I want to do it sub-4 but reckon I could do sub-3:45, but I am really struggling to do anything slower than marathon pace in my runs.

Start with this thread

The link to the training plans is in the first post on this thread but not so obvious

My first marathon 😍

I'd imagine plans are in motion for this thread. Like marathon2022 link above, I found the 2019 novice thread invaluable for my first marathon.

Whoever is taking on this mantle, I'm happy to help out a bit on the mentoring front when time allows. I'm now also in a good position of advising on things not to do now after my latest marathon last weekend 😐

Best advice to a novice in hindsight would be:

- Enjoy it as you can only have your first once, be sure to have an experience that makes you want to come back

- Be ready to ramp up 20 weeks out, gives you 5 weeks from Monday to get to a consistent 20 miles a week with a longer run of 8 miles or so

- Plan a race series or events to run parallel to the training schedule, ten mile mid summer, half early sept, 3/4 late sept or early Oct

- Aim to be at those distances a week or two ahead of the races for confidence and use warm up and cool down to pad out long run

- Diet, do as I say not as I do, can't outrun a bad one, as someone who has done this from both ends it makes things infinitly easier to be carrying less weight even at the start as the ramp up with test your recovery abilities early on

- If you are young or childless factor in a snooze after the long runs if at all possible towards the end, helps you get straight back into recovery runs early in the following week.

The more miles the better. Don't drop down milage when starting a plan, incorporate the plan with the current levels of milage, and don't hold back on adding more. Every mile you run before a marathon helps.

Has anyone heard from the organisers re the race series? The first race is in a matter of weeks. I’m registered since 2020 for them but on eventmaster it still shows the 2020 races. Nothing about the new races/distances.

Hi thanks.I mean I’ve my entry since 2020, it should be rolled over to now I thought. But when I check my eventmaster account there is nothing about being registered for the upcoming races it still says 2020.

I guess I’ll have to contact them to get the answer I need, just thought someone else on here might be in the same boat.