Dublin Marathon 2022

Ah jaysus....yet more taper madness 😂

Wrong thread but the point stands

As above, I'm sceptical about these things but in my own experiments with beetroot juice I am fairly convinced it had a positive effect for races up to 10 mile/haf. Hit several PBs when using it. Going by research the advice was to take a dose a couple of hours before race. Not sure that dosing all week is required.

I started with 1 litre of regular juice, which gave gastric issues, was glad the concentrated shots became available. Visiting the toilets beforehand freaked a few people out!

Its probably been posted already but how or never, the route run through for 2022

I have been doing the beetroot shots the last week & was using it previously Can't say I'm a huge fan but if it helps(many people swear by it) then I don't mind!

https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/beetroot-juice-benefits

I haven't had that experience anyway.

One thing that surprised me was how nice it tasted. Was expecting to be gagging.

Drinking that Rabenhorst brand. Supervalu sell it. Touch of lemon in it.

A litre of regular beetroot juice, you bet. The concentrated shots, not so much.

No harm to have a clean out before race day, not so handy before or during the race :-)

I could drink the BeetIt juice by the gallon, it's mixed with apple i think.

The shots are rank, you've just got to neck them and grimace.

Been great seeing all the runners out over the last couple months or so doing their final marathon prep. Definitely the most runners I've see out around Dublin since the lockdowns when all the normally-in-the-gym people were out getting their fitness buzz on. Great too to see the running tourists arrive this last week, out for their shakedowns after traveling to Dublin. You can tell they are tourists as they are usually wearing nicer clobber than us locals :) The marathon really does draw quite a large international crowd, great to see it. Best of luck to everyone Sunday.

It only updates when you cross over the mats and then gives a predicted time. I’ve used garmin live track for my family and friends tracking because inevitably when things slow down in the last 6 miles, the tracker assumes you are still running consistent pace and then your followers will start to fret when you don’t arrive along as per the dcm tracker - or that was my experience before I started using the garmin livetrack for my last few marathons.

Thanks for responses, that's clear. Suspect I'll either be slowing down badly in the last 10km, or speeding up - not sure how the body will go yet! I use a samsung watch, it can share its location with family via gps so will use that - and yes hope the battery doesn't drain. Have done every training run with a phone in my hand for music, but I want to be free of it the day

ok - the questions are coming thick and fast now.... this is EXACTLY what my family will be doing - does it tend to be manic around there, or is it ok? Trying to pick a spot for them to stand - was thinking half way between dropping well and the luas bridge seems about right - I expect the hill up milltown to be busy?

And for the finish - do they try and get in somewhere along the 'purple mile'?? Is that straight forward for them?

I am not running this year (back again next year so supporting brief this year) and while I am lucky to be fairly close to the route, I always go to Christchurch for the start, then down to Crumlin Road (despite my earlier protestation that I hate that part of the DCM....), it tends to be a bit quieter a bit beyond the Dophins Barn Bridge up the Crumlin Road. Around the bridge itself tends to be manic. You could also go down the South Circular Road towards Kilmainham either, it tends to be a good bit quieter there too.

From there, I tend to walk/cycle/drive (depending on if I have older and younger with me) down towards Haddington Road/Ballsbridge, you'd walk it quickly enough (about 40 minutes I reckon?) and if they had a bike they could even drop down to the junction of Milltown Road at Eglinton Road beyond Ranelagh. They'd easily get from there down to Ballsbridge before most runners....maybe not the leaders mind! In Ballsbridge, I'd suggest going down towards the British Embassy, it is usually quiet enough down there.

Just how I manage it and I'm lucky that I can cycle around the route. I'm always keeping an eye for a few people of very varying pace so that's how I manage the support, if they only have you to cheer on their life is made much easier. If they have bikes, or even used one of those Dublin Bikes (weekend pass, I presume you can still get these), it'd mean they could do something like I have just suggested.

Just how I manage it.

Best of luck - run Forrest.

I've seen it mentioned a few times but what is the purple mile

mile 25

You could get your family to position themselves within 1km of any of the timing mats. Your dot will be pretty accurate then.

I'm crashing with a friend in Rathfarnham, he's near Taylors / the #16 bus. I'm in wave 2. Any recommendations on a time to be at the bus stop or alternatives to get in please?