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I won’t make the new date as I have other plans in mind, as long as long as the world hasn’t gone full zombie apocalypse by that point!
Think i'm good for October - hadn't signed up an autumn one yet.
Pistol101 and there was me thinking that you'd left it late 😁
And the new date is 7 days before the Dublin marathon.
I think we might just go to France anyway for the holiday. And wait to see the email - they might offer next April instead for those who cant do October.
I'm going to struggle for motivation now for my 20 run that was due tomorrow morning
If your flights and hotel are not refundable then you might as well go.
The park run may still be on.
Our hotel allows cancellation so we wont be going. We'll have to cut our losses on the flights.
I wonder if a refund of entry is on the cards? I doubt it, as they've re-sceduled but you never know.
> Sigh. 300 or more on flights, over 500 on a hotel (long weekend for my me and my wife ) all non refundable.
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> And the new date is 7 days before the Dublin marathon.
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> I think we might just go to France anyway for the holiday. And wait to see the email - they might offer next April instead for those who cant do October.
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> I'm going to struggle for motivation now for my 20 run that was due tomorrow morning
Similar situation to me
booked a package through Eurostar, non refundable, booked Friday-Monday with the wife so will still go to Paris that weekend
I can't however make the revised date in October so am going to look for a local marathon around the time of Paris so that the training doesn't go to waste
Once we know the above we will look at changing our Eurostar tickets.
For everyone who’s got non refundable. That’s shit! Check whether you paid by credit card, sometimes that can cover you and there’s sometimes a term “hidden” in travel insurance for event curtailments. Also, if you rescheduling for October try phoning the hotel direct and they might help.
My frustration is there’s been no full response from Paris bods yet. We know it’s postponed BUT can we get a refund of entry if can’t make October or can we defer to 2021? Rome really has set the standard with their brilliant response. I don’t think Paris will be the same unfortunately.
I live in Brighton 🙄
You have to provide proof of paris place, initially id just make contact with the address and see what they say.
That's pretty decent of them
I do wonder what would happen if Manchester, Brighton and London got cancelled
Maybe I'll just do 8.5 parkruns instead some weekend
I remember seeing a study a few years ago that said it was due to the spike in cortisol, and that spike could be reduced somewhat by taking carbs during /immediately the event - spikes in cortisol happen when the body is stressed, and taking more carbs to prevent /reduce hitting the wall helped reduce the stress on the body near the end of the marathon.
As far as I remember.
Brighton was my first marathon! Wasn't looking at doing it again but might consider it now that Paris is out of the question.
I did a fast finish 20 mile run this morning , so I'm probably a bit run down now
I just thought that this was common.
Here's some more good news - if you haven't sorted your medical certificate yet, wait unitl May before you do and it'll be accepted for the October re-scheduled race and April 2021's! Just me? Oh, ok.
Ironically, the JdD published my profile today: https://www.lejdd.fr/Sport/le-britannique-au-tee-shirt-anti-brexit-prepare-son-11e-marathon-de-paris-consecutif-3953546
Chicago 11th Oct
Paris 18th Oct
New York 1st Nov
Not quite sure what I'm going to do with that spare Sunday on the 25th. Maybe get someone to jump up and down on my legs for a few hours?
I was looking at running Chuncheon and Seoul later this year, which are a week apart, but any trip like that will depend on this virus situation settling down.