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But if you offer a half marathon alternative that will take too many of the "do it for a laugh" runners away from the full and it would be better to have a big in the big race.
August is not the best time to be running a marathon and if it is to fit in around the firemans games then you can have it any time because they'll probably be on strike anyway.
Being local I'm tempted.
Being August I'm not so keen.
So weighing it up, I'm saying NO, I'm not doing it.
"do it for a laugh"
a marathon????????????
I think a new course would be better than linking the 10k and the half courses.
SURELY not;)
(i must not rant)
All the training would have to be done in the height of the summer and if July this year is anything to go by then count me out - I just cant run in those sort of conditions.
I vote for late Oct/early Nov so I can use the GNR as part of the training!
i got my numbers wrong;)
mandie
lateoctober would clash with quite a few other popular marathons
I think that makes me a 'probably'
I would not want to do serious distance running in Jun & July - apart from anything else it is dangerous. If Paula Ratcliffe can't do a summer marathon (Olympics) what chance do us mortals stand. Do it in January then - I have done the Helsby 4 villages half in Jan & the weather is perfect for long distance running.
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I'll start the ball rolling with MARCH !!
If Liverpool were to aim to attract this market and have an entry system similar to dublin (i.e. first come first served) then I am sure that it would attract loads of runners... The event could feasibly be timed for March/April and it would also mean that the training could be done during the cold winter months.
Therefore, I will also vote with Cath for March.
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To most people - London is THE marathon.
The vast majority of runners there aren't people you'd find on the forum here.
London is televised and has a high visibilty in the UK. If all the other marathons round the UK went full 5 times over I think we'd be onto something - but they don't.
I believe the Firefighters Games needs a marathon anyway - so probably makes sense to add onto it.
Edinburgh Marathon seems to be in trouble.
yep, thats the problem Cougs
Mind you, it can be done
look at Mablethorpe!
it wiill be really important to get local support though
I would happily do it at any time. Late-May would be my prefered month as it allows the Liverpool Half Marathon to be used as preparation, and make it appealing to people who were rejected from the ballot for the London Marathon.
Alternatively, why not extra the Santa Dash by 23 miles and create a unique version of that race.
Also, disagree with most people on this but that course doesn't sound very good. Why on earth would people want to run through that tunnel once, never mind twice. If you want the view coming back into the city then run in alongside the river from the old garden festival site or something like that.
I did the 1/2m back in the spring and there were sections at the start where it was just too packed. Add in another few thousand people there & there could be problems. I see the point in using Sefton Park as the start HQ but I don't think the roads there are designed for that many runners.
In terms of the course, I'd rather add in places to the current 1/2m course without the need to go over the river (without wishing to sound rude to them in the Wirral, it is Liverpool which got C of C, not Merseyside). Add in the football grounds, add in Hope Street (shift the cars off and that will be plenty wide enough) & the roads from the footy grounds into town - such as Scottie Rd - should be fine to do an out-and-back.
If this gets enough publicity it could attract runners from all over Europe given the capital of Culture celebrations. I'll get to work on my Dutch Colleagues.
Gavo - point well made. November sounds good but remember there are three the weekend at the end of October - Beachy Head, Snowdon and Dublin and quite a few are running all three!
Get real guys. Liverpool is not the riviera. An 8 am start for a Marathon is unlikely to see temps, even in a very hot August, more than 60.
We run the Dublin Marathon at the end of October over here in Ireland, and suprisingly we find that 10,000 run it. I would hesitate to guess that people are training all summer and running in all sorts of weather. It may be cool on race day, but the training still has to be done in the summer months, we don't pack away our kit come July!
As others have said, Blackpool is run in the summer months, Longford, here in Ireland, is run in August and attracts good support, and many American marathons are run in warm(ish) weather.
Given the unique opportunity to hold another Big City Marathon in the UK, tied in with the Firefighters Olympics, arguing over the date is hardly going to make any organisers confident. Stick with the programme - Name the day and people will come. I'm up for it.