London marathon 2021

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Rrunner Sep 2021 6:14pm, 25 Sep 2021 768 posts	0 Rrunner Last year, you couldn’t test it, as it only became “active” on the day. Didn't know that. Not sure why they wouldn't let people test it before race day? If want to be confident I knew what I was doing and it was working before I set off on a 26.2mile run. Nothing worse than finishing and finding the app hadn't started or something!
SailorSteve Sep 2021 6:37pm, 25 Sep 2021 2,069 posts	0 SailorSteve Not sure any other marathon tracker app is live before race day? Last year’s advice was to wear your own backup system ie gps watch. I don’t normally wear a watch but borrowed my wife’s for the event. Apart from one “I ran a squillion miles by mistake” story, I think it all went well. Any timing queries that I heard of were all satisfactorily resolved. It’ll be fine.
Spideog Sep 2021 6:47pm, 25 Sep 2021 1,202 posts	0 Spideog The Dublin Marathon app last year let you do a test run before the day, and that gave me the warning that the apps would be setup to have people shouting at you during the run so I could make sure that I had the volume disabled when I was running my virtual run during another actual race.
Pothunter Sep 2021 7:38pm, 25 Sep 2021 4,769 posts	0 Pothunter My kitbag arrived yesterday
ChrisHB Sep 2021 11:52pm, 25 Sep 2021 21,183 posts	0 ChrisHB They are suggesting testing the app a few days before, but why they can't release it till the 30th when (a) it must be a dead simple app to create and (b) they've known they'd need it for months and months and months - I cannot imagine.
CasB Sep 2021 7:52am, 26 Sep 2021 429 posts	0 CasB I'd definitely echo the advice to use a good GPS watch as back up rather than relying on the app. I ran the virtual last year at Dorney Lake - so a properly measured course - and the app only showed just over 25M at the finish, so I ended up sending my Garmin upload as my proof. (Not surprisingly I didn't fancy running another mile or so just to satisfy wonky phone GPS!)
swittle Sep 2021 12:23pm, 26 Sep 2021 79,730 posts	0 swittle There are so many amazing stories connected with running the London Marathon: very few get wide coverage but that doesn't lessen their value. Here's a story about a bone marrow recipient and her donor, brought together by the Anthony Nolan register. They'll be running together next week. bbc.co.uk
DocM Sep 2021 1:50pm, 26 Sep 2021 43,214 posts	0 DocM That's a great story and a reminder of one of the many things that makes London special
CasB Sep 2021 2:28pm, 26 Sep 2021 432 posts	0 CasB That's lovely, thanks for sharing swittle.
Bazoaxe Sep 2021 2:42pm, 26 Sep 2021 20,962 posts	0 Bazoaxe Is there any info on the elite start times? I had a look and couldn’t see anything. It’s normally men at 10 with the masses just behind. Seems to be staggered starts from before ten so assume the elites go off before?