There are some great images here…
Thousands of athletes took the streets of the capital this afternoon as the Dublin Marathon celebrated its 35th year.
14,000 people took part this year as over 4,000 runners from 47 different countries were joined by Irish entrants and as always there was a massive crowd out in force.
It was a Kenyan double as Eliud Too was the winner of the mens SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon 2014 , crossing the line in a time of 2:14:47. Sergiu Ciobanu was the Irish champion.
Ester Macharia, also of Kenya, won the ladies race with a time of two hours and 34 minutes while last years champion Maria McCambridge finished just two seconds behind her to take the national title.
There was a new course record set in the wheelchair race as Irish athlete Patrick Monahan smashed the previous record by five minutes with a time of one hour and 52 minutes.
A special mention should also go to those athletes who took part in a bid to raise funds for the various charities/ groups that they’re supporting.
Well done to all involved.
Winner of Lord Mayors medal @dublinmarathon John Collins. 83 years young and competing in his 30th Dublin marathon. pic.twitter.com/L6MaopKxiE
— Lord Mayor of Dublin (@LordMayorDublin) October 27, 2014
RT @VisitDublin: Good luck to all athletes running @dublinmarathon tomorrow! Route map here http://t.co/FMWTIfwLCE pic.twitter.com/1fT3p4oblR — Fáilte Ireland (@Failte_Ireland) October 26, 2014
Bank holiday Monday lovely stuff. All u brill people running in Dublin marathon good luck! Keep calm&one foot in front of the other #runlove
— Derval O’Rourke (@DervalORourke) October 27, 2014
Great to see local D12 community supporting Dublin Marathon runners! A lot of €’s being raised for charities! #Heroes pic.twitter.com/ESV2BV51JH — Colman Hanley (@chanley1989) October 27, 2014
#DublinMarathon runners stopping to have their photo taken with the awesome crowds. pic.twitter.com/sWYgXT4RlV
— JustGiving (@JustGiving) October 27, 2014
This guy is on his last run to complete a run around the world #DublinMarathon #DCM @dublinmarathon pic.twitter.com/XTj5argGqu
— Linda (@LindyMean) October 27, 2014
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