Organisers of the Dublin Marathon have scrapped the priority entry system, a move aimed at increasing women’s participation and the amount of first-time runners. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
Organisers of the Dublin Marathon have scrapped the priority entry system, a move aimed at increasing women’s participation and the amount of first-time runners.
This year’s 44th running of the event on Sunday, October 26th, is once again a 22,500-entry sell-out. Around 70 per cent of those were decided on the priority early entry system – which guaranteed a spot to all those who entered the race the previous year, whether they showed up or not.
The 48-hour priority entry, fi
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