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ENTRIES FOR THE first ever Dublin City Half Marathon have sold out in under two hours, with the event organisers acknowledging that some users experienced “difficulties with registration”.
The Dublin City Half Marathon will take place on Sunday, 30 March and the 13.1 mile race will start on O’Connell Street.
From there, the course will take runners out of the north of the city and back into the city centre, though the exact route map will be published later.
The race is organised by the team behind the Irish Life Dublin Marathon and Race Series, in collaboration with Dublin City Council, who are the event partners.
Tickets for the half marathon went on sale at around 12pm today and sold out less than two hours later.
In a post on Instagram, the organisers said they are “aware that some users are experiencing difficulties with registration”.
“We are working with Eventmaster to resolve the issue as soon as possible,” added the comment from Dublin City Half Marathon’s social media feed.
Some users said they were “kicked off” the Eventmaster site several times before successfully securing an entry to the half marathon.
Meanwhile, many online have taken issue with the €68 entry fee.
This entry fee includes a finisher’s t-shirt, a medal, and the postage of race numbers.
And while there is no refund option, entrants can pay an additional €5 to have the option of a “transfer window” from 1 February to 9 March.
The event organisers said that “entrants who opt for this will be charged €5 to cover the administration of the refund” and note that “selling or attempting to swap race numbers outside of the transfer window will result in the number being cancelled”.
Meanwhile, there is €13,500 prize fund available for the top five finishers in both the male and female categories.
Additionally, prize funds are available for wheelchair and visually impaired winners, as well as for master categories and a non-binary category.
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€68 is steep, one of the most expensive in Ireland. There should also be a cheaper option without the race t-shirt and medal if you don’t want these.
@Willie White: €75 after the usual additional fees at checkout. Crazy. Did the Seville marathon in 2023 and entry was €75. It was €20 for locals.
@Larry Whack: wow 75 in the end? Why the extra 7 charge exactly?
@Lance Taylor: Booking/admin I think but tbh I’m not 100% as I was rapidly clicking through the process for fear I’d get kicked out again. €2 of it was for a 1 day AAI licence, which is just another money grab.
@Larry Whack: disgusting gouging again. I will write to complain.
@Lance Taylor: 2 euro AAI licence and also a booking fee from my memory
@LC Ryan: not on at all is it.
Which half are they doing? A friend of mine said the 2nd half is a killer.
Bit silly to open entry beginning of January when all the running blow ins decide to take up running. Half the people won’t even show up I bet. Farcical.
@J B: very poor from the organisers and of course they have let down the true runners, catering instead to the instagram no shows. They only care about the extortionate fee though, very poor.
@Lance Taylor: Very clever you mean! The 68e entry fee is aimed at the exact group who have no idea that there are dozens of similar races up and down the country which can be entered for a fraction of the cost. Interesting to note my comment earlier about the cost was removed…
@Brian M: yes it will be an empty race, easiest money they ever made the thieves.
@Lance Taylor: you got the lotto numbers also?
@Lance Taylor: It’ll hardly be empty but they have certainly caught a certain cohort. I suppose they could be doing worse.
@Lance Taylor: that’s the exact reason for doing it. Knowing that they can get away with charging 75 when demand is higher.
I was half thinking of running the Half Marathon,but procrastination got the better of me.
It’s all about the money, which is fair enough, but then they’re on their soapboxes preaching about bringing healthy activities to the masses!
I ran and finished the mini marathon when I was 64 22 years ago and was hopeing to do it again at 86,but I didn’t know about this on lineescapade can anyone help me please Elizabethdoyle1256@gmail.com
@Elizabeth Doyle: If you get an email from tired Jim delete it
@Pork Hunt: …or report it to the Gardai!
Keep running and don’t look back
So I get a finishers t shirt after registration?
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