Finsihed the marathon today, got my medal (nice) and picked up the goody bag. Once again FLM have decided that every runner is of average build and height. I'm a large frame 6'2" and unless I want to expose my midriff the T shirt will probbaly go up for sale on ebay or be used for cleaning the car. I also heard people on the small side having a similar whinge. Surely a voucher could be enclosed in the goody bag allowing a runner to exchange it for a t shirt suitable for their size. After all, you've got a medal to show off immediately to all and sundry and I for one would be happy to wait for a t shirt that fitted.(after all, I paid for it via my entry fee) Perhaps this is why FLM are so keen to sell us "souvenir T shirts at the expo"!
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sorry, can't agree from a tall perspective . . I'm 6'5" and just over 14st and the "one size fits all" fits me . . and I didn't model for the shirt, honest!
I'm just glad to have a decent run and a nice medal.
Seems the right size for me although I'll never wear it. I see it as a souvenir just like the medal so it will sit in my wardrobe with the rest of my race shirts.
The shirt is pretty massive on me (5'9'', size 12, female). My other half, who is 6'2" and an average size bloke says it's too small for him to wear to football, so you can't win. I'm pretty happy with the medal though, although my bloke can only say "Jim has fixed it for you and you and you...." everytime I say I'm going to put it on...
I agree, its a great race with great organisation, atmosphere etc etc
but the one thing they never get right is the t shirts, I have 4 finishers t shirts now and they are all too big!!! Thi smust cost them a lot of money you woul dthink there was a better way of giving you a t shirt that fits.
Maybe Im too small
It seems some of you have your own sizes about the shirts. I cannot understand why a big race like the London Marathon could provide different shirt sizes. If the Great North have ability to do this, then London might not have a problem. Regarding the shirt, this years is rubbish compared to last year. I have a few London shirts and I think this one is too plain. The medal, I agree with Rocket Man. We run it because its a challenge and to get that medal is the value of all that hard work you put in. However, when will the organisers start thinking about a new design. Every year its the same logo and it looks tacky. I look at the London medal and I`m sorry to say, the Great North and South medals are far better.
This is a problem across the races not just FLM. I had a similar moan at Liverpool half, where they only had L and XL left. I took L and it was RIDICULOUSLY big. I'm 5'7 and a size 14 top because I have boobs, but no way could I wear it. I felt cheated. I actually would rather have a t-shirt than a medal. Wearing your medal after the race makes you look a tit, but a t-shirt (especially a tech tee) would be useful.
Even worse than that, some smart-mouthed git suggested if I run faster, I might get a t-shirt that fits!
I should have gone with my instincts and smacked him in the gob.....
I'm 5'5" and a size 10 and I'm happy with mine. Last year's was massive, this year's is much better. I'd rather have it black again, but unless you knew what the shirt looked like last year, it wasn't immediately obvious what it was.
This year, people could at least tell why I was walking around London today looking like I'd done something in my pants
They must have been of various random sizes, mine swamps me (5'3 and size 8) however I have an overlocker and the sleeves have been put in flat so I can run it in. Normally I ive them away to my primary teacher friend for school painting tops, but as it's wicking fabric and white (good for dark nights0) I will alter it.
I like the plainess of it- the cringeworthy slogans of the past years make them unwearable for other reasons.
Agree with Kirsty G-
it makes a fab dress- tie little nots in both sides and it look kinda funky
As a recipient of previous cotton tees covered in Flora slogans, I must say I am delighted with this year's tee shirt.
It is fab, excellent, ace.
If you don't like your's please send it to me
What are some of ya moaning about!! LOL
The shirt is superb and is technical and be run/trained in BUT i gave mine to my GF and she looks super-hot in it!!
I got a normal t-shirt in Newcastle GnR last year and it was garbage - supposed to be medium but more like small BUT so what...I love the fact that you can give it to a loved one to train in (Keep it/frame it with ya medal etc etc...
I loved the technical material - i work in a london running shop and we'd charge 20 quid for that quality - it's too baggy for me buty i am still gonna wear it!! LOL
Just wondering what proportion of finishers were happy with the size of their t-shirt.
I'd swap all the useless rubbish in the goody bag (medal,moronic packaging,horrible bars) for a t-shirt that fits or a money-off voucher to buy something you actually need and will use.
Or maybe pay extra and have the money go to charity rater than contribute to all the wasteful rubbish you're given and end up throwing away.
Rant over.