Every year, the Dublin City Marathon takes place on the October Bank Holiday Monday. This year, a record 15,216 people have registered for the event from 62 different countries. 10,800 of those entered are Irish which represents 71% of the total. There are 3,853 club runners entered so the majority of the Irish entry are not members of any club.
While the Monday is a Bank Holiday in Ireland, it is of course just another working day in the UK and Northern Ireland. Roughly 2000 runners have entered the Dublin Marathon this year from the UK and there is of course a large amount of money spent in Dublin in terms of accommodation, food and entertainment.
To encourage more visitors, it has just been announced that as of 2016, the race will be held on Sunday instead. This should make it a lot more appealing to runners from the UK as Dublin is just a short flight away.
The date for the 2016 Dublin City Marathon is Sunday the 30th of October.
This is bound to raise the question about the Cork City Marathon. If Dublin can move to Sunday then why not Cork?? I know in previous polls here, the Sunday option was a lot more popular.
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Sunday is a great idea, hope CCM can follow suit and devise a new route and move the date to march or april
If the first day of June happened to be a Monday, then the day before would actually be the last day of May...
e.g. In year 2010, the first of June will be a Monday, and the Sunday would be 31 May 2020.
Excellent news. Its really about time someone stepped up and made a proper decision based on common sense here. Sunday is without doubt the better day to have it on. Hopefully Cork organizers are looking at this and will use a bit of initiative. And please don't say we cant because of "Mass".
Great news for Dublin Marathon. If Dublin marathon can be run on a Sunday then there is no reason that Cork cant follow suit, it would be great for the city.
Well done Dublin..no more hanging around all weekend until Monday and having to return to work the day after. Time for Cork organisers to take note...
I think this would be a win-win for all. More people could be persuaded to travel as they won't have to take another day off on the Tuesday, more people out to support after the marathon has finished and even for the runners themselves who don't have to hang around all weekend waiting.
Let's hope Cork take note.
Mike
This is a no-brainer win for Cork and "Mass", as mentioned is a poor excuse at this stage. A couple of thousand people staying an extra night would be great for the city and beyond.
Cork can't move to Sunday as there are 5 churches on the route and people have to go to mass on Sunday
Chicago, Berlin, London, NewYork, all of these cities (which I believe are slightly larger than Cork) can deliver a Sunday marathon, and now Dublin. While respecting the mass going population, it must surely be possible to come up with a route, traffic management plan etc. To facilitate a Sunday race?
About time. Cork need to follow.
If they go for the same weekend as normal, the a percentage of the runners (especially the foreign runners), may miss the start due to the clock going back. Easy enough to forget when you're thinking of nothing but last minute prep/checks the night before.
Foreigners may not use Daylight Saving Time and may also be out of sorts by being abroad and preparing for the marathon.
Go for the weekend after I say if moving to a Sunday race.
Daylight Savings Time is harmonized across the EU for many years now.
When the clocks go back one hour in October, we get one extra hour in bed.
It could happen to an Irish person, just as easy as to a foreigner, that they may forget to adjust clocks, watches, etc. If they do, they'll arrive an hour early -- not late ;)
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