I must admit to be being amused by some of the questions and forum titles in the last few days, i.e. can my wife get a bus to meet me after the marathon; how do I pick up my running number; can someone else collect my number; etc, etc! Guys - If you read MARATHON NEWS you'll find all the answers in there! You really need to take time and read this magazine from cover to cover if you've not run London before! It's all there and on the VLM website too!
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I'm ashamed to admit that, many years ago, my first post was a FLM numpty question
Was it -
"How many miles long is FLM?"
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Waiting for a truckload of posters to ask 'What is Marathon News?'
Same old same old every year.
People just don't bother to read it - it's easier to ask someone else. It's just laziness.
Mind you, I'm asking generally daft questions 41 years after I should have known better on quite a lot of things...
I posted the question about my wife collecting my number and i have read the marathon news cover to cover, twice.
I know exactly what i need to do but i wanted to know if anyone else had done it. I wanted to know if there is anything i need her to check with me beofrehand or during that isn't mentioned in the news ie: what pen i am in and if i might want to try and change it etc.
They also contracrict themselves.
They say you must not sign the form until ypou get there and it must be signed in front of an official. They then go on to say that you must sign the form at home if someone else is collecting it.
Further on they make referrence to you signing it in fornt of an official but no mention of those who get someone else to collect.
Anyway that is what a forum is for, asking questions, don't also forget that people like me who are a first timer i starting to get very nervous about now, ok for you veterans.
Either way, thanks for the advice - I will read the magazine from cover to cover and try not to distract you from informative threads such as this.
It's not so much a problem with people asking questions, it's people asking questions that have been asked so often before - year after year, in fact.
There is a SEARCH facility (although it's not always very good), which enables you to look for existing threads on a subject.
What happens if you cannot read. Wonder if Marathon News have a spoken version.
Wonder if there's a braile one too.
Sorry guys, but this one is still outstanding.
Thanks for your help in advance
It's a fair question. (If you're a geek.) CNBA looking up the technical details about course measurement rules but don't they deliberately add on a tiny fudge factor to make sure that the route is at least the official distance? (26 miles, 385 yards?)
And when was the course last measured (from each of the three starts)? Have they taken into account any new road works, e.g. speed bumps or other traffic calming measures that have been built? Hmmm?
So I'm going to guess 26 miles, 493 yards. Shall we have a sweepstake? Who's got the Jones counter?
Well if you follow the red line then it should be exactly 26.2 miles.
However, how many people actually get to follow the line the entire way round? Not even all the elites.
Therefore, god knows what distance the rest of us average Joes do. Everytime we follow a corner a little bit wider that must add up.
Marathon News could do with separating the important information for runners from the endless pages of adverts and articles. I mean, I want to find out what station Im going to or what start I'll be in, and helpful stuff like that, but Im not too interested in some journalists account of what he got upto in the summer preparing for the VLM, fun as Im sure it is. Maybe this is why people come on here asking questions.
And anyway, shouldnt it be the Virgin London Snickers?
I have noticed a mistake in Marathon News: In the final instructions 'The Course' section, 'Walking' paragraph it mentions a 'Blue' line. Is this a copy paste error from last year when the line was blue?
Picky I know.....or am I wrong?
I believe you are correct Mr Boat
Not got the mag in front of me (working )but sure that the line was red but then suddenly it said blue.