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FenlandRunner May 2013 10:36pm, 21 May 2013 16,070 posts	0 FenlandRunner If I seriously had to choose one, it would have to be......... the Edinburgh Marathon.
FenlandRunner May 2013 10:41pm, 21 May 2013 16,073 posts	0 FenlandRunner .....and although I'll be lynched by my club, the Soham marathon is considerably better than Grunty Fen.
CStar May 2013 10:52pm, 21 May 2013 1,691 posts	0 CStar Maidenhead 10M - first 3M round a 1980's technology park and finishing in, ta-da, the same business park. Dull and painful and a PB - hmm.
The Teaboy May 2013 10:55pm, 21 May 2013 7,434 posts	0 The Teaboy Postieboy - I work in Luton - and have cycled the country roads section of it many times! Still hate the place with a passion though!
Roversrunner May 2013 11:00pm, 21 May 2013 1,366 posts	0 Roversrunner Mablethorpe marathon
Naomi P May 2013 8:58am, 22 May 2013 11,151 posts	0 Naomi P Edinburgh's not dull! Arthur's Seat, views of the sea, big country house estate thing and a finish in a grandstand. Fair amount of support too. Some of those LDWA marathons are boring as fook, endless fields, copses, the occasional farm, the obligatory golf course. The events in the south west counties are virtually interchangeable. You can't even spend much time looking at the scenery because you're following 4 A4 sheets of coded instructions. The only reasons to run them are if you're a skinflint and like the Tesco value reheated meals at the end.
santababy May 2013 9:00am, 22 May 2013 69,113 posts	0 santababy lol i read that as corpses btw
Naomi P May 2013 9:04am, 22 May 2013 11,152 posts	0 Naomi P Now THAT would make it more interesting
DeeGee May 2013 10:56am, 22 May 2013 14,326 posts	0 DeeGee Not sure I'd agree with RR and say the Mablethorpe Marathon is dull. It has its charms - bearing in mind it's at sea level and never goes above it. I live on the Lincolnshire Coast and I find it generally quite pleasant. The second lap however, takes a less-than scenic route, adds an interminable zigzag through a second housing estate to bring you up further down the sea wall, giving you an extra half mile of leg-sapping concrete. There are no real crowds on the race route, but folk are out onthe prom on the way in. It's further prrof that you get either fast times or scenery, but not both.
TnoP May 2013 11:13am, 22 May 2013 1,929 posts	0 TnoP +1 for Edinburgh. The only good bits are the first 3 miles and the finish.