Expo

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Come on then, who'll be first to report back on the annual anti climax that is the Expo?

"No, I don't want a bl00dy credit card, now leave me alone whilst I get my number and get out of here!"

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my sentiments exactly. Does serve its purpose I suppose - its a money making exercise so if it wasn't for the expo the entry fee may be, say, £50. Actually to be honest I'd prefer to pay £50 entrance and fore-go the whole expo...means I wouldn't have to spend the night in london so would actually SAVE me money!

cougie

Spoilsports. I lurrve the expo. All that running kit in one place ?

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miserable buggers ;-)

ImRio

Well I would rather have the expo. My ticket to London is only £2 from Cardiff. Then coming back Saturday for 1 night (which I would have to do anyway) so it wouldn't save me anything at all. you don't have to stop for the expo just pick up your number and shoot if you object to all the 'commercial cr@p'

SusieBee

Agree with Cougie and Mr C ;-)

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haven't been yet but just got back from the gym and saw a guy who had been. Should've asked him what it was like but will find out for myself tonight...

[Deleted User]

And the stick, Cougs. Don't forget the stick stall.

marcymarc24

Can wait for that goodie bag with all those teabags and flyers in them....great.

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wierdo's

nikster

Well I'm really looking forward to it. Looking forward to spending a few pennies and meeting some Team 9 people. Its all part of "the experience" to me.

cougie

Of course ! The stick ! How could I forget that MK ????

Blackers

Just got back to work from expo. Yes very commercial. Nearly had a fight with a jobsworth who didn't want to let me out the "entrance" even tho it was totally deserted - duh!

Sean is on the RW stand at the mo. But no Mike

Blackers

Had a good chat on nutrition with the guy behind High5 (should be able to remember his name - apologies), so will be using High5 gels instead of SIS ones on Sun...

m.itten

That's cause they want you to get hassled all the way to the exit!!

I'm heading there in an hour.

Blackers

Never been to an FLM Expo before, but it is quite strange being amongst so many "thin" people - and so few fat ones - quite sureal! And there's something about a "runner" that you can always spot, isn't there?!

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I assure you that there is nothing about me that you could spot as a" runner "!blackers!

Blackers

he he!

Oh I almost forgot - most importantly, Lucozade have a bowl full of LS foil pack lids. I grabbed a couple..

[Deleted User]

Been, not much to report. Got a bag of sugar in the goodie bag - why is it always a bag of sugar?

Didn't have time to hang around - so just got my number and bag and went back to work

m.itten

I can't be bothered to change so I'm going in my high heels. They don't make me look much like a runner, maybe if I took them off and people saw my feet.......

[Deleted User]

Whats it like on a sat afternoon. Thats the only time i can get. Never been before.

mr f

im looking forward to a free massage cos im a skinflint. Can only go on saturday, so the place will probably be the usual 'ronhill and deep and lucozade' experience that usually accompanies any running race/event.

All the better if they give you a free bag of sugar, why do they always find really silly things to dish out? When it was the old Mars marathon im sure it was great being handed a tasty chocolate treat as soon as you cross the finishing line, but i for one dont fancy tucking into a tub of margarine.

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Mitten,

If your avatar is to be believed, you definitely wouldn't be thought of as a "proper" runner... look at all those toenails still in place! Where are all the blisters, the corns, the blackened and squashed toes.

No, you are clearly masquerading as a runner, and actually intend to complete FLM on a moped.

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Not just a bag of sugar!!!

You also get a FLM bath towel, shower gel, pasta and pasta sauce, a breakfast bar, a pot of vaseline and a 'blisters on toes' compeed plaster.

Oh Its you

If you have a free massage please make sure you show your bottoms to us on the RW stand. ;-)

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Free massage??

They were £15 for 15 mins or £27 for 30 mins that I saw!!!

cougie

Maybe you need to show your bottom on the RW stand to get that free massage ??

Welshpoppy

I am looking forward to going:-)

iron fraggle

Wooohooo i'm off there tomorrow with Spans! can't wait )

Martin J

Just got back. No rousing music this year. The goodie bag was good though.

Word of warning - my envelope with running number, running chip, shoelace strips and safety pins only had three safety pins. Might be worth just checking before the big day that everything that should be in there, is in there.

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SAmmy - Sat afternoon is surprisingly OK. Queues for massage and pasta were long but really not so busy and were lots of extra bargains on kit stands as people tried to get rid of their stock.

Nice man at New Balance gave me two free technical t-shirts and two sets of gel sachets with my new running shoes, he said he had to get rid of them.

I accidently queue jumped the entire pasta party queue last year, which was a bit embarrassing, but by the time I realised what I'd done it was too late ... well, if they will put the toilet exit by cash registers at the front of the queue what do they expect?