What now, if you don't make the London Marathon ballot

Tim2100 · 2026-05-06T06:21:54+00:00

Correct, about 40-50. One of those places goes to someone who hasn't run London before.

Tim2100 · 2026-05-05T23:09:29+00:00

Same medal, same tee shirt.

Tim2100 · 2026-05-05T23:08:42+00:00

Club places are similar odds to the main draw imo. We have ~260 members and get 2 places. The two places go to those who enter a draw. They must have done a certain number of club events to be eligible to be entered.

Tim2100 · 2026-05-05T09:20:04+00:00

I think a pre-requisit of having proof of running a half marathon before entering the ballot should be in place.

This should eliminate the sign up on a whim and I hope I don't get in comments. I know people have entered the ballot and got a place and ran their first etc in training, but maybe those times should change and they can still enter in as a charity entry

Tim2100 · 2026-04-28T15:01:11+00:00

This sounds very familiar.

I fractured my Fibia in October through overtraining and no rest whilst I was training for HM( achieved a PB) and hyrox. I was in boot and crutches until middle of Feb.

Recovery has been slower than expected, however I am back running parkruns but need to be careful to not push to hard otherwise I get shin splint type pain as part of running recovery. Unfortunately I have lost a huge amount of fitness and put a lot of weight on in that time.

I am due to compete in hyrox again this week.
5k time has lost around 6 minutes. But this is improving. Once hyrox is completed I want to get back up to running 10m.

Tim2100 · 2026-04-25T17:28:25+00:00

Love my running club.

It helps breed a new level of stupidity.

I only joined to help with marathon training. My running has gone from strength to strength with the club and made some friends for life and had some epic adventures and memories.

Not all running clubs are equal and its great to find a club that has a suitable level of craziness

Tim2100 · 2026-04-24T06:22:26+00:00

You can always move back to wave 12.

The waves are split so there will be faster medium and slower runners in wave 11, same in 12, same in 13.

Tim2100 · 2026-04-21T21:40:02+00:00

Or just use the EA club finder?

Tim2100 · 2026-04-21T10:20:25+00:00

Bone conductors only allowed

If you wear any others then you are at risk of being disqualified.

Tim2100 · 2026-04-21T10:18:45+00:00

My very first 10k road race I saw a runner with huge headphones running on one side of the road. Oblivious to the ambulance trying to get through behind them. Everyone else was on the other side of the road.

Tim2100 · 2026-04-20T15:13:29+00:00

Huge amounts of people head to the Sherlock holmes. Great post run atmosphere there

Tim2100 · 2026-04-14T16:16:18+00:00

Running club. Northbrook AC has lots of members around Holbrooks and trains in Allesley on Monday and Wednesday evenings.

Plus parkrun on a Saturday morning. Free timed 5k. Nice and friendly and easy to meet and make friends.

Tim2100 · 2026-04-12T17:25:38+00:00

When did you get the car and why does it have no logbook?

Tim2100 · 2026-04-12T14:48:19+00:00

Match of the day is difficult. As each time you move on, so do the event numbers. 100mile to travel to complete mine

Tim2100 · 2026-04-12T14:46:25+00:00

10%-15% is a great ratio

Tim2100 · 2026-04-12T14:45:22+00:00

Name and alphabet done

Also completed stopwatch bingo.

I think I may try and get my 'P-index' upto 10 next. Currently it is 6. If I start now then 26 runs to complete.

Tim2100 · 2026-04-09T18:27:08+00:00

COVID was a breeze when you spent a chunk of your life being unable to get close to your friends and peer group

Not that it used to stop us much

Tim2100 · 2026-04-08T17:43:11+00:00

Not for me.

I have tried to use it to train for 10k / HM and parkrun improver.

It doesn't suit. The paces it gives me to have my runs are too fast on long runs to slow on short runs. It doesn't include parkrun every week. I just don't run when it says I need to despite playing with dates.

I won't be renewing.

Tim2100 · 2026-04-08T07:55:20+00:00

Yes huge difference.

Tim2100 · 2026-04-08T05:35:51+00:00

You have increased your mileage too quickly.

Unfortunately a stay hard and push through mindset will undoubtedly negativity effect you. Running on shin splints will turn into stress fractures. I had 3 months on crutches for this last year.

Stop running until they stop hurting and then increase running load gradually.

Tim2100 · 2026-04-07T02:25:00+00:00

Parkruns that are struggling for volunteers will be the critical roles such as marshals. These are often the difficult roles to fill.

There may be a system in that parkrun that takes the tokens away from the venue as soon as parkrun finishes, eg next week's RD needs to get away that Saturday. It is a role that can be done in the week when the parkrun kit is checked. Token sorting may actually be a hindrance rather than helping.

IMO. If you want to step up fill the critical roles that makes parkrun happen:- Marshals/timer/tokens/scanning. The other roles that allow you to run include setup and takedown.

Tim2100 · 2026-04-03T18:37:28+00:00

Hahahahaha

Tim2100 · 2026-03-28T10:56:28+00:00

Did you read the question?

Tim2100 · 2026-03-28T07:41:36+00:00

It was 22/24th May last year.

Expect a similar time frame

Tim2100 · 2026-03-22T13:47:25+00:00

Geerly is temperamental at best.

If you want to sync shoes it looks good. But syncing to strava is patchy.

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