Dublin Marathon Race Series 2023

Switch to Sunday 9am

Use some of marathon route and conyngham road like IR 10 miler

Course was a joke yesterday

OPW got what they want anyway. The woke will try to ruin everything that is good in the name of saving us from ourselves...

As a first timer, bring directed onto the paths was a bit of a shock. I feel a bit short-changed tbh, having done shorter events in the Park that used less of the Park but were all on roads. Perfect weather though.

From the looks of what was happening on Saturday morning, it was the opposite - the motor route from the main Parkgate St entrance to the zoo and visitor centre had to be kept open, so no running on the road. And the amount of cars parked on the grass near the Ashtown gate? Seemed to be the opposite of car-free to me.

That makes no sense to be honest. If the "woke" <insert exaggerated eyeroll here> actually succeeded in making the park car free, it would free up more space for running events like this.

The race series route often ran the length of the main avenue with cards parked both sides of the road. Didn't hinder the planning then did it?

I didn't actually say cars hindered planning. Have a lovely Monday...

That makes no sense. Where on the half marathon route was there a 1m wide path? And what's any of that to do with being anti-racism or anti other forms of social injustice?

You're contradicting yourself. How exactly does leaving the road open to cars and having people run on a path demonstrate environmentalism?

DCM were told to state that there was no parking in the Phoenix Park to get their permit(which was incorrect). They were also told they had to plan a large section of the course with limitations on the roads they could use, hence the paths(decided by OPW policy changes in 2020). OPW long term plan is a car free park, if they were that serious why not make the park car free on weekends? We all know why.

2019 route for same race:

We all know why apparently.

Lovely day on Saturday but I really really dislike the new course. That point through the 40 acre where you have three different timed runners lapping each other is horrific. Running at one stage with people on my left miles ahead and on the right side miles behind was just not a nice way to run, I found it pretty demotivating. Like a conveyor belt just to get around.

That path through the football pitches is just a complete joke. Guy behind me was running so close to me that he was clipping the underside of my feet as I lifted them. Its a miracle there aren't more pile ups! Don't think I'll run this again, there are much nicer half's available.

The old route that used to go around the zoo and then out whites gate and back in down in the furry glen at least had a bit of variation. This one is not a route you'd want to run year after year.

I have never given out about a race before, usually you get more or less what you expect but this route is just not workable for that many people!

I'm lucky I guess that I dont have to worry about parking, I live within 3k of the park so can just there and back but if I had to worry about parking as well it would really send me over the edge!

The route is a fair/honest route if doing Dublin marathon. The paths are a pain in the backside and no matter what pace you’re doing. I did it last year and coming up the pitches on the second time people coming off the pitches be crossing the middle line but perfectly normal for them but wrong time and easily have someone run into each other. Do the marathon team ask to improve the route or just accept. I remember running along Cunningham road and in the chapelizord game from park gate street doing it

So your argument is that the OPW are sneaky car-haters who'd get rid of all the cars but they can't - because of all the cars - so they're putting their car-hating energy into encouraging people to use public transport and active travel to get to an athletic event by lying about no parking? Those monsters.

And then they don't even follow through on that car-hating, because hundreds of cars are parked in the Park anyway? Probably a misdirection to throw us off the scent. Lucky we have you to point out that the fact that roads are open to cars and the runners are confined to the paths is because of [checks notes] the car hating.

Sorry, 'woke' car hating. Gotcha.

And what has that got to do with people running on footpaths?