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Apr 2009
6:08pm, 28 Apr 2009
243 posts
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samson
020 7902 0200
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Apr 2009
6:09pm, 28 Apr 2009
1,769 posts
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Shin-Twigs
thanks
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Apr 2009
6:10pm, 28 Apr 2009
244 posts
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samson
if theyre closed, lines prob reopen at 11am tomorrow
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Apr 2009
10:31pm, 28 Apr 2009
17 posts
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Latest email from nicola and my response in full:
Hi Nicola,
Yes - thank you - I have been able to register with the ballot, and looking at the message boards on fetcheveryone.com, most people have been able to register today, albeit slowly, and with a lot of repeated hits on the website. A lot of people were also dropping the s from the https prefix in order to register with an unsecured page, rather than go through the https version, presumably choosing to expose their personal details at the expense of a faster registration process. I am sure this was not an intended consequence - but given the very strong feelings that many runners have over their entry into the (in my humble opinion) best and most famous race in the world - perhaps it is not entirely surprising?
Thank you for your replies - it's nice to know there is another human being at the end of the email address. We (on Fetch) imagine that your inbox was perhaps a little full and rather depressing this morning?
:0)
I realise a witch-hunt over the 'guilty party' is not going to help the runners out there trying to get into the ballot. I also appreciate how fiendishly complex a web based registration system might be. I know from personal experience, that it is sometimes unfortunately part of the job description to be the public face of a system that has been forced into a live state by management deadlines, without proper testing, and in the face of concerns raised by staff on the project.
Just let your Development Manager(s) know that we can see what they didn't do properly.... we may be runners, but we're not entirely uneducated.
The good name of Virgin is now a little tarnished in the eyes of many of the folk who will be running the 2010 VLM. Hopefully it will be fully restored over the coming months, and on the big day of 25th April 2010.
Anyway - keep up the good work.
Kind regards,
H
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From: Nicola Okey <nicolao@london-marathon.co.uk>
To: Holly Boyle
Sent: Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 19:08:33
Subject: RE: Performance of the Virgin London Marathon Website
Holly, i hope you have been able to apply on line now successfully
AFter initial problems, we have now received 75,000 on line applications.
We cannot respond to your other comments at this time.
regards,nicola
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Apr 2009
8:59am, 29 Apr 2009
92 posts
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Regarding calling the number - I spent the whole of yeterday on redial & it was always engaged 
In theory applying next week shouldn't make any difference to my chances - yes?
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Apr 2009
9:59am, 29 Apr 2009
1,735 posts
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Argie
wow I think the ballot has gone tits up again
Mod_python error: "PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 299, in HandlerDispatch
result = object(req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/modpython.py", line 228, in handler
return ModPythonHandler()(req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/modpython.py", line 201, in __call__
response = self.get_response(request)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 128, in get_response
return self.handle_uncaught_exception(request, resolver, exc_info)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 160, in handle_uncaught_exception
return callback(request, **param_dict)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/views/defaults.py", line 23, in server_error
t = loader.get_template(template_name) # You need to create a 500.html template.
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/template/loader.py", line 80, in get_template
source, origin = find_template_source(template_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/template/loader.py", line 73, in find_template_source
raise TemplateDoesNotExist, name
TemplateDoesNotExist: 500.html
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Apr 2009
10:25am, 29 Apr 2009
1,632 posts
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Bob!
Missus B
The ballot will close when it has 120,000 entries. There were emails from London Marathon yesterday that 70,000 entries had been received. I doubt if it will still be possible to enter the ballot next week.
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Apr 2009
10:39am, 29 Apr 2009
18 posts
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Missus B.
If they managed to register 5,000 entries on Monday with all the problems on the website, and 70,000 yesterday (was 75,000 at 7pm yesterday afternoon) I would deduce that this means they're likely to hit the 120,000 mark sometime later today.
:0(
H
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Apr 2009
10:57am, 29 Apr 2009
3,868 posts
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Footpad
i registered my wife on the ballot this morning.... she is now not speaking to me!
the website seemed to be working without fault and it was the secure server too
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Apr 2009
11:03am, 29 Apr 2009
162 posts
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Scott S
The mass rush is mostly out of the way now so you'll find that the remaining places take a little while to fill up. That being said, I could be wrong and would personally enter sooner rather than later just to be on the safe side.
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