Bristol to Bath marathon

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Keefy Yuletide Wreathy Dec 2014 2:43pm, 23 Dec 2014 9,049 posts	0 Keefy Yuletide Wreathy It's all relative. 50 quid for running trainers? No worries. 50 quid for one of the 2-3 races I do a year? Not that big a deal. Now, people people who can afford 20, 30, 40 races a year? They're the ones with money...
Red Squirrel Dec 2014 2:56pm, 23 Dec 2014 17,698 posts	0 Red Squirrel Yup. I'm on tiny bucks at the mo' and I'm one of the 2-3 races type people + some small local off-road 10ks which cost a fiver. It's still do-able for me and if anything, makes me more focused on a quality training plan and motivating and inspiring training partners and vice versa. Anyway, I'm not doing this as I'm an off-road runner but just agreeing with Keefy.
Badger Dec 2014 3:36pm, 23 Dec 2014 4,623 posts	0 Badger Bristol's a great place, but it has some pretty rough and broke neighbourhoods. British races are generally pretty cheap. How much is the New York marathon these days? Berlin's about 90 euros as I recall. Even Abingdon was 38 this year, and that's definitely one of your small, well-organised local races. As Keefy says, anybody doing a load of races a year and paying for places to stay is paying a lot more than OB would be for running what I think is a local race for her.
Oysterboy Dec 2014 3:44pm, 23 Dec 2014 10,260 posts	0 Oysterboy That's it really. I know that Bath half at £42 is expensive but when my travel and accomodation comes to £0 it's still cheap for me compared to most other races.
Lorraine Dec 2014 3:50pm, 23 Dec 2014 1,125 posts	0 Lorraine I am with OB in this, it's local. Brighton Marathon is £52 ( and that's if you are a member of a club )
Badger Dec 2014 5:14pm, 23 Dec 2014 4,624 posts	0 Badger I did 13 races this year; Brighton Marathon was the only one which involved paying for overnight accommodation. 5 of them I cycled to, so no real transport costs either. Struggling to see how 52 quid and a couple of nights in Brighton make me some kind of potlatch-committing plutocrat.
Lorraine Dec 2014 5:20pm, 23 Dec 2014 1,126 posts	0 Lorraine It's personal choice I am doing Brigton in 2015, which will involve paying for accomodation. I am also doing Bath half which is 45 mins down the road and doesn't involve paying for accomodation ! We are most certainly flush with cash …… I suspect I will do this (a) it's local and (b) more importantly I like the look of it
AngusClydesdale Dec 2014 5:38pm, 23 Dec 2014 8,725 posts	0 AngusClydesdale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvF4Oqxp9OM
Keefy Yuletide Wreathy Dec 2014 5:43pm, 23 Dec 2014 9,050 posts	0 Keefy Yuletide Wreathy I don't think I've ever seen the word potlatch before.
Badger Dec 2014 5:46pm, 23 Dec 2014 4,625 posts	0 Badger It's shorter than "conspicuous consumption" I'm quite tempted by Bristol-Bath, as it goes - I have family in the area so am down that neck of the woods regularly anyway. I'm much more worried by the elevation profile with the climb at 20 miles than the price TBH.