Gloucester Marathon

Oisin11178

Anyone doing this. I know its a long shot but you never know:D
Gloucester Marathon

11:00am, Sunday 24 January 2010
Seven Vale Sports Centre, Quedgeley, Gloucester

Multi-lap undulating course. Water stations every 5km, distance markers every 5miles(!).

Affiliated: £25, Non-affiliated: £27
Maximum limit for event is 500 competitors.
Closing date for postal entries is 14/10/2010
Entries available on the day at no extra cost.
5 hour time limit for completion (although does not appear to be enforced).

Krusty_Clown

Have you got some kind of shopping centre car-park marathon fetish?

Oisin11178

haha yeah what can i say i like chavs:D
In my defence i do plan on doing a couple of big city marathons this year.
Just so little happening this time of year:P

Mick Rice

I did the 50k option at this event a couple of years ago...this is a very basic event...don't expect extraordinary high organisational standards by any means.

Oisin11178

I know how basic it is m8 dont worry. Im meeting a few peoplle from a uk running website over there. The 50k ultra has been cancelled. There are no mile markers on the course and i have to get a plane , bus and train to get there. Unless you know a more direct route?

Mick Rice

I went via Bristol on the way over and got a lift to the race. On the way home it was a train to Birmingham Airport and home from there.

Enjoy!

Oisin11178

Yeah plane to bristol and bus to train station and train to gloucester:D

Moycullen1

A friend of mine is arriving in to Bristol at 21:30 on Saturday night on the Ryanair flight from Dublin and is returning on Sunday at 19:10 from Bristol and was wondering if anyone would be interested in sharing either of the taxis to/from Gloucester with him. If you private message me an email address or mobile number I will forward you his contact details so ye can make your own arrangements. The fare each way is approximately £50 to £60 so obviously he would be keen to half one or both of these if at all possible.

Oisin11178

Saw a fair few irish over there:D
Finished 39th palce:)
http://www.beyondthelimitations.co.uk/resources/GlosMarathon2010race+results.pdf

Oisin11178

Anybody going over to do this in January?
Im going over to do the 50k.

robinph

Was chatting with a lad at training yesterday who will be running this one and thought that I was daft enough to run around laps for a marathon. I put him right about that point though.

Good luck for those of you coming over this way for it though.

Oisin11178

Its only 4 laps for the marathon and 5 for the ultra. Nice rural course, undulating. Pb,d there last year and its my first ultra this year so good memories for me there.