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HellsBells
HellsBells
Apr 2023
4:10pm, 26 Apr 2023
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He scanned for us at parkrun on his way down on Saturday morning, I was chatting to him about growing up in Nottingham. He seemed a lovely man and i am irrationally upset
Pou Pou LePhoõk
Pou Pou LePhoõk
Apr 2023
4:18pm, 26 Apr 2023
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I think it's perfectly rational to be upset
Rosehip
Rosehip
Apr 2023
4:19pm, 26 Apr 2023
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Doesn’t sound irrational to me either
Pikelet
Pikelet
Apr 2023
4:19pm, 26 Apr 2023
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Agree. Not irrational at all. Hugs HellsBells
Metro_Nome
Metro_Nome
Apr 2023
4:22pm, 26 Apr 2023
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Not irrational, human. It’s an awful thing. Big hugs.
HellsBells
HellsBells
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Thanks - just seemed a bit OTT when I met him for all of half an hour.
larkim
larkim
Apr 2023
4:33pm, 26 Apr 2023
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I'd be exactly the same HellsBells. Someone who I knew via strava and had bumped into only once in person on the start line for a race, died during the Chester Metric Marathon back in 2017. I was far more moved and discombobulated by that than I had anticipated.
bish
bish
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There are many people out there who knew Steve much better than me but I had the pleasure of running with him a few times. I worked with his wife a couple of years back and her running pace is very similar to mine so we have run together quite often. Steve seemed just as happy jogging 12 minute miles with a duffer like me as he did knocking out sub 3 hour marathons for fun. A really nice guy and I shall miss him. (His training is all on Fetch if you knw where to look)
Big_G
Big_G
Apr 2023
8:06am, 29 Apr 2023
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Is it correct that London put Yuki Kawauchi in with the mass start because he had ran a previous marathon too close to London? Seems an odd decision. He finished from the masses in 2:13 and a tweet after the race seems to suggest he was expecting an elite start. The chap has over 100 sub-2:20s and his Boston win in extremely challenging conditions is probably my favourite marathon race.

This is his tweet after the race where he seems to reference a 30 or 60 day rule, but I’m not sure what that means (I have googled it).

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Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Apr 2023
8:14am, 29 Apr 2023
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I believe so, Big_G. A rule I'd been unaware of until Yuki's apparent injustice popped up on Letsrun.

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After getting lucky in the ballot yesterday, I couldn’t find a thread, so thought I’d start one. Bit of background: I ran 7 marathons (2 London, 2002 and 2006) between 2002 and 2016, fastest 4:06, slowest 5:09. Major health issues in 2017 and 2019 and I felt that my marathon days were over, but I kept entering the ballot, safe in the knowledge I wouldn’t get in - and now I have! I am probably looking at walking the whole way, or possibly jeffing. I’m very excited and very nervous!
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