Dingle Marathon
The Dingle Marathon is a race event that takes place in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland which consists of a half, a full and an ultra marathon. The Ultra event is being run as a National Title event and is an International Association of Ultra Runners labeled event. Over half the runners for this event come from the United Kingdom. The marathon begins and ends in Dingle town, taking in the Slea head and the Dingle Peninsula on its route, whilst the half marathon goes from Dingle to Dun Chaoin.
The event started in 2009, but it has already set several firsts in European marathon running.
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