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I've run London 3 times, last time in 2001,
I don't even try and get a place now, much to the amazement of my fellow running club members who seem to think it's the only marathon worth running.
I now prefer quieter and different type of marathons (with hills) but I still go to Dublin every year and enjoy that city marathon.
I accept FLM for what it is, I wouldn't want to change it, I have just decided that is no longer a race I want to take part in, and there's plenty of people willing to enter FLM so I don't feel I am being disloyal in any way.
If you don't expect to finish at the front of the field, don't line up at the start as if you will.
A thread with emotion at last!!!!!
could also be why the word elite is used as the rest of us are beneath them.
The fun is different for different people. My `fun' is running well, setting pbs and being competitive with my peers. Other's may be just taking part, completing the course or raising money.
Each to their own and may all prosper next year.
Barnsley(suspiciously)
What are you on?
Hilly, what do you think you might be missing?
Hippo, what do you think I might be on?
These need to be reviewed it seems for words such as 'Running', 'Race' etc which I'd previously thought were pretty clear...
Oddly, many years ago, I was involved in a converse debate in the mysterious (but easier on the knees) world of 'Rambling' (see the Fast Show for details of what this is..)
The issue then (and now ?) was attempting to discourage or ban runners from taking part in organised walking events - use to be quite a lot of friction between these two camps.......(unlike now !)
Youd had a tadge of non controversial pill earlier
They sort of completed the Barnsley semi-circle!
There is nothing wrong with going slowly and needing to walk now and again, but a bit more honesty on the part of some competitors as to their real expected time would help to keep everybody happier.
I know where to start!! Tee hee.
On this note, what do people think of the Hugh Jones article in the current RW ???
Notably, his view that its only moany old club runners who think there's something unethical or wrong with..
(i) the charity lobby squeezing as much money as possible out of those desparate to do such things, and
(ii) charity runners getting free trips abroad to do NY etc and/or free kit on the back of sponsorship raised
He also does not mention the issue of allocating places to sponsors/corporate bodies.
Apols if I've misunderstood. Am trying to keep an open mind as his articles are normally one of the best things in the mag - plus of course because of who he is and what he's achieved.
A troubled OFT though...
If the charity is paying the air fare then they obviously don't get as much money as if the runner does! The only way the charity does better is if they would have places not taken up that will now be filled, and the cost of the flights is outweighed by the extra sponsorship money from the extra people doing it.
Maybe I should read the article first, but whether you think there's anything wrong with it depends on whether you think FLM should be a race for club runners as well as for charity runners. Personally I think it should be.
There's an argument to say that all charity money is good, no matter how dubiously gathered, but you don't have to be a grumpy old fart (although I am) to object to it.
I'm all for honesty and letting people make up their own minds if they want to donate in light of the full picture.