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Apr 2016
12:43pm, 21 Apr 2016
5,516 posts
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paul the builder
monsen - they are telling you now, no?
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Apr 2016
12:45pm, 21 Apr 2016
1,714 posts
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monsenb1
in 2015, they measured the course and knew that 2013, 2014 and 2015 were all short, and now they tell us..after they won marathon of the year twice in a row?
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Apr 2016
12:54pm, 21 Apr 2016
5,517 posts
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paul the builder
I don't know anything about the award..., maybe that's it. I expect they needed a bit of time after October to figure out the 'why' behind it all (wrong calibration). Maybe they requested it be announced after this years event to avoid negative publicity in the lead-up to it (presumably thinking that 2016 was going to go well ;-))
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Apr 2016
12:55pm, 21 Apr 2016
1,715 posts
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monsenb1
paul the builder...who are telling us? Not GMM thats for sure..
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Apr 2016
12:59pm, 21 Apr 2016
5,518 posts
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paul the builder
Sorry, I was a bit sloppy with my use of 'they'.
"they needed a bit of time after October" - I'm referring to the course measurement association.
"maybe they requested it be announced after this year's event" - meaning GMM organisation.
By all means ask the marathon team for a statement, though.
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Apr 2016
1:05pm, 21 Apr 2016
658 posts
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larkim
It does feel like they buried the news until after the 2016 race was run.
Difficult position for the organisers, its not them that mis-measured it, its the nerdy officials who are supposed to get this spot on right!
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Apr 2016
1:12pm, 21 Apr 2016
2,534 posts
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Windsor Wool
this is unbelievable in all honesty, how can it have taken them so long? It was so obvious to everyone who ran the events. We may not have wanted to have admitted it but we all knew.
I remember running in with PSi (from 2:45 thread) in 2013, he was the 3:15 pacer and he was totally embarrassed, thinking he'd screwed his pacing up. We just couldn't understand it.
There are going to be a lot of furious people out there right now. Particularly given that Po10 has been updated to SHORTMar.
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Apr 2016
1:13pm, 21 Apr 2016
408 posts
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Uyuni
I can't feel that much sympathy for them larkim given other aspects of their "organisation" 
I remember Nelly mentioned that they didn't move the start even though the route to the new finish was clearly further which now makes sense
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Apr 2016
1:14pm, 21 Apr 2016
15 posts
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FergusG
Got my timer set to record. Anyone else planning to watch and relive it....
Channel 4
Asics Greater Manchester Marathon
6:10am - 6:40am Saturday 23rd, April
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Apr 2016
1:14pm, 21 Apr 2016
17,274 posts
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KinkyS
Presumably the 2015 results won't count for GFA etc now either?
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