Cork City Marathon

[John83]

In fairness far more people did that "fun run" and its also a higher standard of compeitive running too.

Its the biggest day in the calander for most charities in ireland

The fun run is 10k. I ran 9k for just my leg of the marathon, and I'm a fat *******. To call 10k a mini-marathon spits on the memory of Pheidippides.

[Dodge]

Which, I'm sure we can all agree, is far more important than earning millions of euros for 100s of charities

[Peadar]

Which, I'm sure we can all agree, is far more important than earning millions of euros for 100s of charities

I get the impression that Dodge is suggesting, no money was raised by the Cork City Marathon?
I'm sure there are plenty who could correct him!

[noby]

Really? I didn't get that impression. Yes, the Cork City possibly deserved some more media attention, but don't take it out on the mini-marathon.

[Dodge]

I get the impression that Dodge is suggesting, no money was raised by the Cork City Marathon?
I'm sure there are plenty who could correct him!

Not at all. Fair play to anybody who did it, and I hope millions were raised for variopus charities.

I just don't see how anybody say that it was a "disgrace" a race with 1,355 finishers get less coverage than an established race featuring 40,000 runners

[Peadar]

I just don't see how anybody say that it was a "disgrace" a race with 1,355 finishers get less coverage than an established race featuring 40,000 runners

Nice bit of marketing there.

I'll adjust it for you though.
A Marathon, with 1,355 finishers, got less coverage than a fun run, with 40,000 starters.

[fosterdollar]

Nice bit of marketing there.

I'll adjust it for you though.
A Marathon, with 1,355 finishers, got less coverage than a fun run, with 40,000 starters.

Or to deal with the real issue:

A race in Cork, with 1,355 finishers, got less coverage than a race in dublin, with 40,000 starters.

[OneRedArmy]

Run Rock Solid?

[Bald Student]

The fun run is 10k. I ran 9k for just my leg of the marathon, and I'm a fat *******. To call 10k a mini-marathon spits on the memory of Pheidippides.

Come off it, we spent all weekend telling people we were running the Cork Marathon, leaving out the word 'relay' whenever we could.

It's my opinion, and I'm sure Pheidippides would agree with me, that anyone who doesn't run so fast that they die at the end of the race spits on his memory.

[Peadar]

Or to deal with the real issue:

A race in Cork, with 1,355 finishers, got less coverage than a race in dublin, with 40,000 starters.

I'd like to point out that the event in Dublin, wasn't a "race".

[Dodge]

I'd like to point out that the event in Dublin, wasn't a "race".

Yes it was. The winner of the race has raced in the olympics and the "elite" standard is quite decent.

The winner of the men's marathon in Cork, on the other hand, wouldn't even qualify for the women's olympics. A very poor standard

[Peadar]

The winner of the race has raced in the olympics and the "elite" standard is quite decent.

Thierry Henry has kicked a ball around his local park, does that make it the World Cup Final?

[Dodge]

Thierry Henry has kicked a ball around his local park, does that make it the World Cup Final?

When the seagulls... follow the trawler... it's because they think... sardines will be thrown into the sea

[razor]

Yes, the Cork City possibly deserved some more media attention, but don't take it out on the mini-marathon.

I'm not begrudging the fun run its report but the marathon in Cork could have at least had a similar airtime.
I was comparing the 2 because they appeared on the same sports bulletin.
The 4,000 people that participated in Cork surely deserved more coverage.

[Dodge]

I'm not begrudging the fun run its report but the marathon in Cork could have at least had a similar airtime.
I was comparing the 2 because they appeared on the same sports bulletin.
The 4,000 people that participated in Cork surely deserved more coverage.

Why? And it wasn't only a fun run