Who's waiting for the London Marathon ballot ?

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larkim Oct 2018 8:58pm, 5 Oct 2018 5,735 posts	0 larkim How would you make ballot entry harder then? Charge up front perhaps with refunds only if you are unsuccessful?
FreshStart Oct 2018 9:22pm, 5 Oct 2018 3,007 posts	0 FreshStart I won a place in a twitter competition. It is worth keeping an eye on competitions run by the main event sponsors. There's some information on the number of applicants each year here london-marathon.s3.amazonaws.com
Rosehip Oct 2018 9:28pm, 5 Oct 2018 11,021 posts	0 Rosehip the old link to payment that we've used to pre-empt the magazines isn't working yet virginmoneylondonmarathonballot.com gets later every year - why on earth does it take them so long?
Garfield Oct 2018 9:46pm, 5 Oct 2018 9,341 posts	0 Garfield Who knows?! My finger slipped this year when the time came!
EvilPixie Oct 2018 10:35pm, 5 Oct 2018 14,936 posts	0 EvilPixie Boston has 80% of entrants as GFA but it seems (from Marathon talk podcast!) they have so many entrants that they still fill up and have more applications So those who get in are the ones who are 10 -5 mins under the time. So just making the time means you probably still won’t get a place.
larkim Oct 2018 10:44pm, 5 Oct 2018 5,736 posts	0 larkim Boston draws from the whole USA though so it has a bigger pool. And relatively the bq times are a bit easier than the gfa times for London (even with this year's tightening of the bq times and the 4m52 that you needed to be in by). But Boston also costs 200usd to enter!!
Mandymoo Oct 2018 12:46pm, 6 Oct 2018 7,282 posts	0 Mandymoo First reject mag picture has been posted onFB by a friend
Brig Oct 2018 2:22pm, 6 Oct 2018 396 posts	0 Brig Really! Ooooohhhhh I guess the wait will be over soon enough then. I am musing about Manchester
EvilPixie Oct 2018 2:25pm, 6 Oct 2018 14,939 posts	0 EvilPixie My postman brought nothing of interest I’ll stalk him now though!! 😂😂
Pothunter Oct 2018 2:56pm, 6 Oct 2018 647 posts	0 Pothunter I’ve had rejections the last 3 years (although ran via a parkrun volunteer place in ‘17). I also have 2 or 3 from about 15 years ago. That was back when 5 rejections in a row got you a guaranteed place. I didn’t keep it up though so was never in contention for that. I won’t be too disappointed with a rejection this time. Not looking forward to the training if I’m honest. My training buddy has moved away so I’ll have to do a lot more on my own.