Dublin Marathon 2022

The impending recession should help recover the mass participant side of things.

From 2007 - 2010 was massive, peaking in 2012 and bottomed out then when people had money in their pockets again.

People seem to have drifted to hiit and s&c classes since 2020, a lot of the crowd who would have taken to the roads, they will be back soon....

It's a big disincentive to use someone else's entry when you know your result won't be in your own name. If you qualify as GFA for another marathon you can't use it. It's possible there would be more interest in a transfer system. The only way to know for sure is to implement one and find out.

However it's not just in running events where it's been difficult to offload spare tickets. I've seen the same in cycling sportives where it's impossible to give away unused tickets for free. Maybe people giving up on boards and other multiple factors are involved 🤔

I'm out for next year. Had great fun and definitely want to run it again,

But planes tickets cost me 195 going and 150 returning plus 420 airbnb equals around 760, not including meals and so on.

Maybe I'll run a marathon closer to home next year and then we'll see what happens in 2024 and 2025.

I did find the deadline for applying again way to short. People are still walking funny after this edition and they want us to commit again for next year?

There’s a serious lack of quality 10km races around.

How many run Longford?

Sounds like there would be a lot of time spent running on your own.

I signed up for next year, couldn't run this year's due to injury, hoping to be back in action sooner rather than later.

113 euro is a sharp rise alright, but I know myself personally its 113 euro well spent for the discipline /training/ better lifestyle it will instill into me for the months before race day.

If i have to run/walk it /hop it, I will be at that start line next year !.

Ah yeah I’d agree with you to a point. 121 over 42km seems very small though. I don’t mind running on my own either but if going for a PB it’s always good to have people to work with also.

Just regarding the price of the race itself, how would the price compare to say the price of the shoes worn by entrants on average? Throw in the cost of gels used on the run for example.

You should use the same logic for a sportive.

Around the country. There’s not many

That doesn't stand up to scrutiny in my opinion. The marathon cost is no more of a fixed or variable cost than the runners are! I'd also be keen to know where you're getting your gels.

To state the relevance here, you have the option to enter or not. You also have the choice in what to run in. I'd argue the latter is an area where people can scale back their costs dramatically. There's nothing stopping people from buying a pair of runners for €30 from sportsdirect or the likes and running the race in them. Very few people do that though. It's much, much more common to see runners costing €200 to €300 that last a few months of running than an inexpensive pair which would get you around the course without a problem.

More people are happy enough to accept the cost of the shoes, which have a healthy profit margin going to a huge corporate organisation rather than accept the cost put forward by a small scale, largely volunteer based organisation operating to a near cost based pricing model plus next to no margin. That is where I see the relevance. It's a matter of where people find a problem in pricing.

I usually get 600km from my asics (cumulus). I always buy on the outlet website.

I bought 4 pairs of novablast2 (change due to a need for more cushion) for 90 euro each earlier this year.

One pair have 600km done and still use them for 5k/8k runs and they feel good.

The 2nd pair have 200km and feel very new.

Still have 2 new pair.

A lot depends on if your willing to look around to get what you want

Lads, no offence intended but you are wandering in to the realms of a pointless debate. Whether or not €100 is spent on runners or a running event, is a moot point.

The event costs money to run. If you don't like the increase, a bit like the cheap runners you can always mark a spot 21km from your house, run to it and back and save yourself the €113. Or if you wanted to do it bare foot, you have a perfect harmony between costs.

I'm going to bow out now and will check in when the 2023 version is up and running.