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Brighton Marathon 2023

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KimCanRun Mar 2023 6:57pm, 26 Mar 2023 6,695 posts	Quote Pin KimCanRun Anyone know if there is a cut off time for bag drop off? Event guide doesn’t state anything.
Surrey Phil Mar 2023 9:39pm, 26 Mar 2023 9,237 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil I'm making assumptions here but I would guess that you will need to put your bag on the lorry before entering the athletes only area as this leads you to the start. Check the time when your coloured corral is due to enter this area and drop your bag off just prior to this. The lorries tend to be lined up on the north side of Preston Park.
tommy_b Mar 2023 10:21pm, 26 Mar 2023 211 posts	Quote Pin tommy_b Tracker etc via this- racetecresults.com 1,000 entrants in the 10k and 12000 in the marathon it appears from the details tab
JJJ Mar 2023 8:41am, 27 Mar 2023 252 posts	Quote Pin JJJ Baggage trucks will be on the main road, west side of the park this time.
Surrey Phil Mar 2023 12:07pm, 27 Mar 2023 9,238 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil That will be interesting. What with non-runners and pedestrians around, I would not have thought that would be the most ideal place for them to be. I think the minis parked up along that section as well. That is, unless the minis and Lambrettas are no longer welcome! Thanks for the tracker, tommy-b. Based on the total number of entrants alone, we seem to have quite a large field in the marathon, yet it will be the smallest BM10k since it began.
JJJ Mar 2023 12:59pm, 27 Mar 2023 253 posts	Quote Pin JJJ Baggage trucks are at the north end, cavalcade normally assembles at the south end but I don't know what the plan is with the new route; near Withdean just after the U turn is the logical place to start so that they cover as much of the route as possible but avoid the U turn - it normally misses the U turns at Ovingdean because it slows down too much getting everyone round a tight U. I saw a message on FB from one of the mini? scooter? people a couple of weeks ago, he said a few weeks ago they'd been invited but then heard nothing...so it's not only runners who are kept in the dark. I'm signed up to volunteer but haven't had any details of when/where to go, hopefully they'll send something soon! Facebook is interesting - in previous years it's been full of complaints about having to collect racepacks, this year people are complaining about the uncertainty of receiving them in the post and asking why they can't collect form the village. Can't please all the people all the time!
Surrey Phil Mar 2023 1:32pm, 27 Mar 2023 9,240 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil GEC always maintained that race pack collection ensures that everyone has it ahead of race day. Third party collections were acceptable. This also reduced their pre-race admin issues by having to provide replacement packs as a result. That came into effect in 2012. I think we could all see this happening and we're not entirely surprised either. I am pretty confident, as we enter the LME era, that race pack collection will return from 2024.
JJJ Mar 2023 1:46pm, 27 Mar 2023 254 posts	Quote Pin JJJ It's odd that they decided to post race packs given that you have to collect for London, I'd have thought they'd have followed the same plan as GE and London rather than going for something different.
JJJ Mar 2023 1:49pm, 27 Mar 2023 255 posts	Quote Pin JJJ Just had a message from the scooter/mini guy who says he's now been told they aren't having the cavalcade this year. It was fun for the participants and spectators but runners did complain about 2 stroke fumes filling the course!
Surrey Phil Mar 2023 3:01pm, 27 Mar 2023 9,241 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil Early weather forecast suggests that we could have a first wet race. 35-39% chance of rain until early afternoon with a bit of a breeze too.