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Need an entry for the DCM?

  • 25-10-2012 12:05am
    #1
    MrCreosote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering where all these posts were this year?

    You know the "I've been training for 20 years and raised 20million for charity, but forgot to enter, and now entries are closed" ones.

    Did I miss them? Or has everyone entered on time for once?


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  • #2
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,144 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    Careful, my trigger finger was getting itchy. ;)



    Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they don't exist. There have been a few though, but they get nuked when reported.


  • #3
    corny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,816 ✭✭✭corny


    I got one of these by pm recently.


  • #4
    shels4ever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭shels4ever


    Actually does anyone have a spare entry and a 3 day reverse taper training plan , i forgot to enter and train?


  • #5
    az2wp0sye65487
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭az2wp0sye65487


    shels4ever wrote: »
    Actually does anyone have a spare entry and a 3 day reverse taper training plan , i forgot to enter and train?

    Oh bo**ox! - training.... I knew there was something I was forgetting!!!!


  • #6
    nerraw1111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭nerraw1111


    They are all on the official Facebook page instead. And they all seem to be quite successful.

    There's been about 30 requests/offers in the last few days.


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  • #7
    shels4ever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭shels4ever


    nerraw1111 wrote: »
    They are all on the official Facebook page instead. And they all seem to be quite successful.

    There's been about 30 requests/offers in the last few days.

    Yep seen that also, have see lots of number exchanged.


  • #8
    RayCun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    Troy Abundant Manic wrote: »
    Oh bo**ox! - training.... I knew there was something I was forgetting!!!!

    I could understand someone being entered but forgetting to train - maybe they entered as a resolution or after a few drinks, but gave up running after a couple of weeks.
    But I don't get how people can put themselves through marathon training without thinking to check how to enter :confused:
    And people who aren't first-timers, who should already know that marathon entry closes weeks before the event... :confused:


  • #9
    az2wp0sye65487
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭az2wp0sye65487


    RayCun wrote: »
    I could understand someone being entered but forgetting to train - maybe they entered as a resolution or after a few drinks, but gave up running after a couple of weeks.
    But I don't get how people can put themselves through marathon training without thinking to check how to enter :confused:
    And people who aren't first-timers, who should already know that marathon entry closes weeks before the event... :confused:

    I can't understand it at all tbh... how could you 'forget' about a commitment like that? :pac:

    You make a commitment (drunk or sober) and you stick to it!!


  • #10
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,144 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    Troy Abundant Manic wrote: »
    I can't understand it at all tbh... how could you 'forget' about a commitment like that? :pac:

    You make a commitment (drunk or sober) and you stick to it!!

    It's easy to make excuses to not train. :D

    Unless someone has only ever done very small races previously (small in distance and participation) I can't see how they would think that entering on the day or even a week beforehand is the norm. Anyone who has ever done a decent sized 10km mass participation event should have noticed that there were entry limits and deadlines. If all you have ever done before were along the lines of BHAA races where you turn up on the day then maybe, but surely at some point you'd have spoken with someone else, or overheard people talking about if they had got in the London ballot or something and realised that getting places in city marathons takes a bit more organisation than just turning up on the day.


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