London marathon 2021

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mulbs Sep 2021 10:54am, 13 Sep 2021 14,028 posts	0 mulbs I'm delighted there will be a disco bus! Sparklecloud, see you by the glitterball. DocM you just need to be slower then you too can partake
DocM Sep 2021 11:34am, 13 Sep 2021 43,073 posts	0 DocM you are right ill probably be a bit quicker but I cant leave my boy waiting at the finish for me for tooo long
Little Miss Happy Sep 2021 6:17pm, 13 Sep 2021 4,929 posts	0 Little Miss Happy Got to love London's latest - Age Group World Championship - if you happen to have an entry and are able to get there. Why on earth introduce it this year?
Spideog Sep 2021 8:49pm, 13 Sep 2021 1,191 posts	0 Spideog It was meant to be starting from the April 2020 edition, but I think there was something else we had to do in order to gain a place (well the age printed on our backs). Doesn't make a whole lot of difference, and I'll be glad of being able to spot ages of people as that is normally a good motivator knowing you are overtaking youngsters towards the end. Less good when a v80 goes past you of course.
SailorSteve Sep 2021 9:19pm, 13 Sep 2021 2,055 posts	0 SailorSteve I managed to scrape up an old man podium at the Birmingham marathon once. Can’t imagine troubling the gfa scorers at London but as always I’ll be giving it everything. I wonder if there’ll be an extra cost?
Spideog Sep 2021 10:11pm, 13 Sep 2021 1,192 posts	0 Spideog No extra cost, but we get two medals at the finish line. I have a vague recollection that the initial plan was that the top X% would get to "win" the opportunity to pay excessive fees to enter some other marathon, but it wasn't another of the majors.
SailorSteve Sep 2021 10:16pm, 13 Sep 2021 2,056 posts	0 SailorSteve Thanks Spi👍
Little Miss Happy Sep 2021 6:14am, 14 Sep 2021 4,932 posts	0 Little Miss Happy You'd think they'd wait until there was a bit more normality - how many overseas runners are going to be able to make this year's race? Typical late announcement too - wonder what else is to come. I do regret missing out on the opportunity for a different medal and something other than the usual age group win/place memento.
Spideog Sep 2021 7:17am, 14 Sep 2021 1,193 posts	0 Spideog I can't remember how it was initially meant to be held, but think it was across the other majors as well so foreign runners would be running their local major and never in one single race. The London marathon version was always going to be won by British runners as there is very few international places available compared to the other majors.
AndyS Sep 2021 9:49am, 16 Sep 2021 496 posts	0 AndyS I spotted this a little way up the road from me this morning...