London Marathon 2013

[philly169]

Anyone putting in for the ballot for this?

I'm undecided, I try and run twice a week at work and would like to do it one day but just dont know.. Think I'm going to do the training plan though.

 

[AmandaJR]

Enter the ballot regardless as the odds of getting a place aren't great. From memory if you get 5 consecutive "rejections" (many do) then you will automatically get in the next time you apply.

If you get a place and then find you haven't been able to commit to the training as you'd like then you have the option to defer for a year. You'd have to pay another entry fee if you decided then to run in 2014.

Edit - having run 5 London marathons and something like 20 odd other ones I won't be entering! Been there and done that and kept getting injured so golf is my obsession now!

 

[connor]

My knee doesn't like running about 50meters till I pull up hobbling let alone 26mile. Fair play to anyone who does it though.

 

[AuburnWarrior]

Over 26 miles - that's why I learnt to drive.

If God had wanted me to run long distances he'd have made me a horse.

Fair play to anyone who does run it.

 

[Whereditgo]

It's an amazing experience, the atmosphere from the crowds and amongst your fellow runners is worth all the effort. I've done it a few times but the time commitment required (if you want to get a respectable time) are just too great for me nowadays.

For anyone who enjoys running it's an event that you really should do at least once!

Think it's guaranteed place after 3 fails in the ballot IIRC

 

[jpenno]

I am in the ballot, if my knees can cope, have had six months off running after numerous marathons and ironman triathlons

Amanda they stopped the five rejections last year only those on 3 consecutive now are still in the runnings

The ballot odds are 1 in 5