Dublin Marathon 2022

I won't be accepting my entry link tomorrow. I've decided I hate the route, maybe Amsterdam (€105) again or Frankfurt (€95).

She'd prefer to run it under her own name.

edit, sorry, meant to quote your previous post.

Manchester do it, but they do it right. The changeovers are done like a formula 1 pitlane. Runners leave by going through an inflatable arch and filter out, it's seamless

Belfast was a shambles in 2021

It was a little bit warmer than expected. There's a fair chance that people (1) didn't play it conservatively enough on the hills/drags in the first half, (2) didn't have the training done, (3) didn't fuel/hydrate correctly or (4) combination or all of the above.

Weather wasn't perfect though, was a lot milder than previous years.

I was definitely more dehydrated than normal and sweating much earlier due to the increased temperature.

Relays can piss off. Nothing more demoralizing that being at mile 22 and some fecker passes ye buy cos they are 2 miles in to their 10k. I won't do a marathon that has a relay in it

This! After I finished my volunteer stint I walked down to Ballsbridge with some others to support and cheer on friends, and couldn't believe how little room was being left for the runners - only about 1 and a half traffic lane widths at points, and runners having to move to avoid spectators! I got people to move back a couple of times but they kept on encroaching until a garda came along with a much more authoritative voice than mine!

Personally I don't think it was the temperature I think it was the temperature plus humidity. 93% by what I could see logged for the activity. I noticed early doors that I was sweating heavily very early on, the last time I recalled that was under similar but hotter conditions back in July.

Did my first marathon yesterday. Not a big runner. Only had about 6 runs since a half IM in July. Struggled with injury. But felt good so gave it a bash.

Fantastic day out.

But some key issues:

Queue management for the toilets at the start was appalling.

Communication, direction, energy, atmosphere and info arounsld the bag drop and start area was non existent. Maybe ok for previous entrants but as a first timer I felt a bit lost.

Also really annoying having to pick up the pack in Dublin. With the cost of hotels it was a non option staying the Saturday night. So it was 2 trips up and down to Dublin.

But overall a great day out. Loved the band at castleknock. They were playing eye of the tiger when I passed. The crowd support was great throughout and all the people sitting outside their house playing music was brilliant.

On the race. Felt good till 19km. Calf went then. So called into a pharmacy and bought some painkillers. Kicked in after about 2k walking and was able to go running again.

Manage to keep going till about 35k, and from then the calf was completely dust so I power walked home. I knew hadn't trained enough so I managed my race well. Didn't push too hard and fueled really well. And felt good bar my calf whole way to the end. I think for the slower people the fueling has to be an issue, but thankfully my triathlon experience helped with this.

The lucosade sport was grand. Awful stuff but good for the events. The bottles were way too big so I grabbed two little water bottles and gave them to my support(girlfriend on a bike) and so she filled them up with lucosade and handed them to me along the course. Worked really well to stay fueled.

Overall a great day (long 😂) and I will sign up for next year. But not sure if I will do it or not.

Did anyone who’s done a few Dublin marathon think the numbers out viewing were slightly down?

Felt some spots were quieter than previous years.

Even castleknock I’ve felt the noise was down a little and wasn’t as long.

Some stretches you’re really on other club runners supporting their club mates to generate some support.

The purple mile for what it was worth I thought it was about 50 yards with a big screen and a few people holding banners. Apart from that it was like any other year

Maybe because it’s still fresh in my memory and other Marathons I’ve done are long gone from memory but I do think I see more people cramping at Dublin than other Marathons I’ve done.

I myself have only ever cramped doing Dublin and haven’t done in other Marathons. Thankfully I didn’t cramp on Sunday.

Is it the series of drag inclines and severe enough downhills in the first half of the race that causes issues later on for people?

I’m sure just as many people cramp in other Marathons and but reading a lot of the reports here it seems it happened to a large amount of runners on Sunday.

I agree, I ran Amsterdam two weeks ago and Dublin on Sunday.

Dublin by far had more people walking, hurting and cramping.

Very similar weather conditions apart from Dublin being a little more humid.

That's my 4th DCM, tough but great to see crowds back. I ran it for Diabetes Ireland, my son recently diagnosed this year with T1D. To Paul who I met at the start I hope you had a great day, knowing that you ran it for a great cause. To Nick (I think that's his name, I met him at 41kms stage so was mentally gone), you are an inspiration to me and my son. Genuinely uplifted by your actions and made me realise that this illness won't stop my son from doing anything. Hope you're on here and see this message. Look after yourself.