Dublin City Half Marathon entries sell out in two hours 

The fast sale is proof that the running boom is showing no signs of slowing up.

Pictured at the official opening of entries for the new Dublin City Half Marathon are, from left, Colin Sharkey from the Dublin City Sports & Wellbeing Partnership, Race Director Jim Aughney, Lucy Barrett of Raheny AC, Lord Mayor of Dublin Emma Blain, Irish Half Marathon Record Holder Efrem Gidey of Conliffe Harriers, Dublin City Sports & Wellbeing Partnership Athletics Officer Colette Quinn and Rob Abbey from the Dublin City Sports & Wellbeing Partnership. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

The Dublin City Half Marathon sold out all 12,500 of its entries just two hours after they went on sale earlier on Wednesday, proof that the running boom is showing no signs of slowing up.

Organised by the team behind the Irish Life Dublin Marathon and Race Series, in partnership with Dublin City Council, the inaugural edition of the race will get under way on O’Connell Street at 8.30am on Sunday, March 30, the route heading out of the city’s northside before finishing back in the city centre.