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May 2015
1:13pm, 1 May 2015
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icelandic trigirl
Will there be some way to see you? Is there a "fetchpoint" like in London, or at least a place I could go stand and expect to see the fetchies? I promise if you wear your fetch vest, I will yell extra loud!
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May 2015
3:23pm, 2 May 2015
1,253 posts
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flying leek!
hi all. i,m in for this one. Is there any fetchpoint or pub meeting after the race?
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May 2015
3:50pm, 2 May 2015
5,684 posts
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Duchess
Don't think there's anything organised for this year but in the past when there was a Fetchpoint, it was out at Prestonpans on the long coastal out and back. But it's not a good place to get to without transport.
Itg depending on your times, Musselburgh itself would be a good place. In previous years I've cheered at Links View which is only about 7/8 miles in but allows you to see the half and full if you're there early enough.
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May 2015
4:29pm, 2 May 2015
1,663 posts
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icelandic trigirl
I will be coming from Dundee and cannot really leave before 9 (well, I *can* but I'd like to go a short run, then enjoy my lush full Scottish breakfast at the hotel, then take the train) so I will probably have to find you towards the latter part of the race (unless you run really slowly!)
I don't mind getting a taxi out if there is a fetchpoint but I am not sure how good their access is or what the traffic will be like. I only know Edinburgh Princess St and Royal mile; nothing roundabout. But I know how to read a map 
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May 2015
5:04pm, 2 May 2015
5,685 posts
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Duchess
Your best bet would probably be a bus. Lothian Buses #26, 44 or 113 - £1.50 each journey, exact change only. You'd proba get a taxi out to Musselburgh ok but not much chance of getting one back. A good few roads are closed for the route itself but as it pretty much hugs the coast it's not too disruptive to everyone else (well, mostly!).
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May 2015
5:17pm, 2 May 2015
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icelandic trigirl
Thanks, Duchess. I know there are special supporters' buses running but a regular bus would no doubt be cheaper In any case, if I get a bus or taxi out, I can get a bus back in.
Sorry to keep going on, but I have only ever been to one "mass-start" marathon - Loch Ness and I was running. It's not that big, I was really slow and I was running for MacMillan so it was easy for my folks to find the "cheering station" and for me to see them. I'm imagining the last 2k are pretty packed with people but maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, if there are other fetchies or fetch-families, it would be more fun if we could meet up somehow. But I realise me turning up three-quarters of the way through may make that impractical!
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May 2015
5:25pm, 2 May 2015
1,667 posts
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icelandic trigirl
I could get a train to Wallyford and walk up to Ravenshaugh Road. It's maybe 1-2km, so eminently walkable. I'll leave my case at left luggage in Waverley. Will it be packed that close to the finish line?
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May 2015
7:02pm, 2 May 2015
5,686 posts
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Duchess
I think it's pretty busy around there, certainly Linkfield Road is normally solid, as is the final finish in the playing field.
I'm not sure if I'm Edinburgh that weekend but if I am, I'm probably going to be somewhere around.
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May 2015
7:24pm, 2 May 2015
1,668 posts
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icelandic trigirl
I might go a bit further up then. If I can get off my butt and on the train from Dundee a little after 9, I'll me in edinburgh for 11; give me 30-45 minutes to check my case and get up to the marathon somehow. The next train from Dundee (it being Sunday) is not till 11am. Will work on it, definitely! But there is plenty time to make plans
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May 2015
10:49pm, 2 May 2015
5,407 posts
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katypie
I'm running
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