Scotland based runs & runners

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Son of a Pronator Man 28 May 7:11am, 28 May 2024 9,158 posts	0 Son of a Pronator Man Edinburgh Marathon ran out of medals apparently… bbc.co.uk
HappyG(rrr) 28 May 7:46am, 28 May 2024 50,100 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Yeah, I think our own Metro Nome was affected. Very poor show, imho. Edinburgh Marathon (is it still GSi events?) Finding new and innovative ways to stuff up every year! G
HappyG(rrr) 28 May 8:03am, 28 May 2024 50,101 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Oh, lol, didn't realise Metro_Nome was actually IN that article! Sorry for your experience N.
Metro_Nome 28 May 9:50am, 28 May 2024 7,492 posts	0 Metro_Nome Ach I’m over it now. But I won’t be doing Edinburgh again. Way too many other things wrong. Which is a shame cos the volunteers and supporters were epic.
mrs shanksi 28 May 10:14am, 28 May 2024 16,118 posts	0 mrs shanksi That's so rubbish M_N, sorry to hear that happened.
duo 28 May 1:08pm, 28 May 2024 499 posts	0 duo That's rubbish M_N, you've every right to be upset. I've ran Edinburgh a few times and every time I've vowed 'never again' due to numerous organisational issues. The first time I ran it was back in 2011, the weather was awful (not their fault) but they ran out of goodie bags, I was devastated. I finally got a t-shirt and medal in the Oct of that year. Took the shine off somewhat. Another year I ran I believe they had bottles of water stolen and ran out early on in mid 20's heat and it was hellish. I didn't run with a hydration vest back then so really suffered. Hopefully they get it sorted quickly and you can get your medal.
Son of a Pronator Man 28 May 3:14pm, 28 May 2024 9,159 posts	0 Son of a Pronator Man The organizers will take a punt on how many medals they will need as they know how many entries they expect and how many DNS/DNFs there will be. I expect that the medals are ordered well in advance as they will come from China. I wonder where the medals that the organizers have promised to post out will come from and when they will arrive?
Metro_Nome 28 May 4:58pm, 28 May 2024 7,494 posts	0 Metro_Nome They’ve said they will be here in June to be posted out early July but who knows. They can’t get their story straight- initially they said they hadn’t ordered enough, then something about “not knowing the whereabouts of the missing items”
Dvorak 28 May 6:22pm, 28 May 2024 27,774 posts	0 Dvorak I suspect that 35 000 runners figure is pish, even taking the bairns' races into account. If course, as usual they've made it very difficult to see all the results - one might think they are trying to hide something.
Bazoaxe 28 May 7:32pm, 28 May 2024 26,786 posts	0 Bazoaxe They are shysters. I did boycott their events for a long time.