London Marathon 2017

robinph

Time for a new thread for the new year before the previous thread becomes too confused about what year it is.

Here is the 2016 thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057420317

Ballot entries have already closed for 2017.

Good For Age entry is open for applications as of this morning. You'll need proof of time, age and UK residence. Re: proof of residence, remember that they are watching. :eek:
https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/en-gb/how-to-enter/good-age-entry/

rainbow kirby

Paid for my deferred place this morning. After watching on the sidelines with my tiny baby in a sling this year I'm really looking forward to it!

I'm pretty much building from scratch though, started running again 5 weeks ago after 5 months off the road. Goal will simply be to get around and have the craic.

robinph

GFA place already confirmed and paid for, they are quick this year.

Gavlor

Must get the entry in....

Now to find that bank statement

Ruu

Don't have a quick enough time so in the ballot, the long wait until October. 3/3 for the other major pick first time around.

Q7

Deferred my GFA place and got an email yesterday with registration link for 2017. Will my number be a GFA again next year or will it be with the mass start numbers?

RubyK

Q7 wrote: »

Deferred my GFA place and got an email yesterday with registration link for 2017. Will my number be a GFA again next year or will it be with the mass start numbers?

You will have a GFA place.

Polster

Does anyone know the craic with Championship entry, I got carried away this year and ended up doing 2:43:30 . Something on the site about Championship entries open in November. Have checked other years and it has been sub 2:45, but if I don't do the GFA and then that changes, I miss out, anyone any knowledge of this process?

Story Bud?

In for the ballot anyway. Record number of entries this year they said so I've two chances of getting in but would be great if I did. Haven't been running the past two months so back at it now and will be going to Rotterdam if I don't get in here.

robinph

Polster wrote: »

Does anyone know the craic with Championship entry, I got carried away this year and ended up doing 2:43:30 . Something on the site about Championship entries open in November. Have checked other years and it has been sub 2:45, but if I don't do the GFA and then that changes, I miss out, anyone any knowledge of this process?

You need to be a member of a UK Athletics affiliated club for championship entry. The times are not going to change.

Not sure what happens if you take a GFA place but then get a championship qualified time before January in either a full or a half, but I'd expect them to upgrade you without too much bother.

chrislad

I don't expect to get in, but it'd be nice. I'm a long way off a GFA time, but the older I get, the higher than time goes! They'll intersect eventually

Polster

robinph wrote: »

Polster wrote: »

Does anyone know the craic with Championship entry, I got carried away this year and ended up doing 2:43:30 . Something on the site about Championship entries open in November. Have checked other years and it has been sub 2:45, but if I don't do the GFA and then that changes, I miss out, anyone any knowledge of this process?

You need to be a member of a UK Athletics affiliated club for championship entry. The times are not going to change.

Not sure what happens if you take a GFA place but then get a championship qualified time before January in either a full or a half, but I'd expect them to upgrade you without too much bother.

Cool, in a club here in London now

neilc

robinph wrote: »

GFA place already confirmed and paid for, they are quick this year.

In again too, only applied late last night and had acceptance email by lunch!
Very quick!

ooter

Well done lads. Managed to bag a gfa time for 2016, way off for 2017.

robinph

ooter wrote: »

Well done lads. Managed to bag a gfa time for 2016, way off for 2017.

The times should still count for two years.

Caprica

Just paid for my deferred entry this morning. Pulled out injured this year, only back to light running in the last 2 weeks.

ooter

robinph wrote: »

The times should still count for two years.

Really, I got the gfa time for London 2016 at DCM 2014?

robinph

ooter wrote: »

Really, I got the gfa time for London 2016 at DCM 2014?

Ahh, you'll be out of luck then. You'd need a time since the beginning of Jan 2015 to count and it could then be used for two years. The autumn marathons would actually only count for one year as by the time you have run it you have missed the entry deadline. Sorry for the confusion, ignore me.

RubyK

GFA entry confirmed and paid for

ClashCityRocker

RubyK wrote: »

GFA entry confirmed and paid for

Same, applied yesterday and all confirmed today. They don't keep you waiting!

tomred1N

Thanks to some pertinent advice from Bulmers 74 I have received confirmation of a GFA place for London 17. Just need to sign up and pay now before 30th June. Even though it seems far off this is probably my ultimate goal for next 10 months.

Bulmers74

tomred1N wrote: »

Thanks to some pertinent advice from Bulmers 74 I have received confirmation of a GFA place for London 17. Just need to sign up and pay now before 30th June. Even though it seems far off this is probably my ultimate goal for next 10 months.

Good stuff - my application in tonight. Were you waiting long to hear back?

Woden

Name is in the hat again (along with one from a friend of mine!)

No worries though. Another friend has roped me into Dublin this year so at the moment gonna run that with him

tomred1N

Bulmers74 wrote: »

tomred1N wrote: »

Thanks to some pertinent advice from Bulmers 74 I have received confirmation of a GFA place for London 17. Just need to sign up and pay now before 30th June. Even though it seems far off this is probably my ultimate goal for next 10 months.

Good stuff - my application in tonight. Were you waiting long to hear back?

Not long took about a day. Faster than me at the moment anyway!

Gavlor

Entered over the weekend and got confirmation this morning.

There's a big group going from the club, should be a good weekend!

TRR_the_turd

Gavlor wrote: »

Entered over the weekend and got confirmation this morning.

There's a big group going from the club, should be a good weekend!

So what you're saying is that there will be numerous unattended houses in Waterford in April? Thanks, myself and the lads will be down in the van

Might see about entering this next year!

Gavlor

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

So what you're saying is that there will be numerous unattended houses in Waterford in April? Thanks, myself and the lads will be down in the van

Aka summer holidays for knackers

Ferris B

Got my GFA too and am all signed up and paid.

Might need a visa if boris gets his way with Brexit.

rainbow kirby

I did my bit, I voted Remain...

Bulmers74

I'm in - all paid up today.

tomred1N

Bulmers74 wrote: »

I'm in - all paid up today.

Just paid up there myself. Had almost forgot about it. U still thinking of doing an Autumn marathon Bulmers ?

gucci

The results of the ballot are coming out on 18 of October.

I have received another email suggesting that I should nominate a charity to support if I win a place at the marathon. Do you think by not selecting one I am reducing my chances of actually getting a position in the ballot? I just want to flipping run the thing!!

robinph

Won't make any difference to your chances in the ballot.



The London Marathon charity will be taking money from other charities to get them listed and get them runners etc. The London Marathon charity will then give money to other charities. Then the money goes round in circles a bit more. Then all the charities get to say that they raised X amount of money through the London Marathon and can congratulate each other on how awesome they all are at sending money round in circles.

Now which way was it to the conspiracy theories forum...?

rainbow kirby

The charity element to the race is a bit ridiculous alright, the number of places that charities get allocated compared to the number of spots left for the ballot after charity, GFA and championship is absolutely insane.

Slow buildup is slow here, up to around 11km LSR and a bit of buggy running.

average_runner

rainbow kirby wrote: »

The charity element to the race is a bit ridiculous alright, the number of places that charities get allocated compared to the number of spots left for the ballot after charity, GFA and championship is absolutely insane.

Slow buildup is slow here, up to around 11km LSR and a bit of buggy running.

If i don't get this, I might do Berlin half in April.

Dub13

average_runner wrote:

If i don't get this, I might do Berlin half in April.

The Brighton full would be another option. It's a couple of weeks before London.

gucci

rainbow kirby wrote: »

The charity element to the race is a bit ridiculous alright, the number of places that charities get allocated compared to the number of spots left for the ballot after charity, GFA and championship is absolutely insane.

This!

But that train has left the station now, and as mentioned above there are too many people involved in it to stop it now. I have sort of given up on ever getting a ballot place, hopefully in another few years I will get in on GFA!

DC.

Got my GFA in & paid for a couple of months back. Once Dublin is over I'll be planning for London. 1st go at it so hope I'd like to make it a good one. Sub-2:50 hopefully.

robinph

VLM Facebook page wrote:

BALLOT UPDATE:
The earliest date you will hear from us regarding your ballot entry into the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon is Monday 10 October and all applicants should have heard the outcome by Monday 17 October.
If you have not heard from us by Tuesday 18 October, please contact our Helpdesk team on 020 7902 0200.

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Van.Bosch

It's like when you buy a lottery ticket, you convince yourself you're going to win and spend a few minutes spending it.

Now I better go, I have hotels in London to research!

Dub13

For anybody who wants a back up the Brighton marathon is going to open back up for a few hours in a couple of weeks, but you have to register an interest.

average_runner

If I don't get in, I will try the lottery for Berlin.

Not sure I even want to do a marathon.


Makes no sense I know

Slow_Runner

Why am I as nervous as hell this morning? - Checking my inbox every 4 secs! Gonna be a long week if I don't hear soon

Van.Bosch

Slow_Runner wrote: »

Why am I as nervous as hell this morning? - Checking my inbox every 4 secs! Gonna be a long week if I don't hear soon

You can put your details into the page to do a mock payment, that might tell you. I suppose in theory it might not work 100% but I suspect it would.

Www.virginmoneylondonmarathonballot.com/pay

robinph

Van.Bosch wrote: »

You can put your details into the page to do a mock payment, that might tell you. I suppose in theory it might not work 100% but I suspect it would.

Www.virginmoneylondonmarathonballot.com/pay

I know I have a place already, but from looking at that page I think my better half was unsuccessful.

Slow_Runner

robinph wrote: »

Van.Bosch wrote: »

You can put your details into the page to do a mock payment, that might tell you. I suppose in theory it might not work 100% but I suspect it would.

Www.virginmoneylondonmarathonballot.com/pay

I know I have a place already, but from looking at that page I think my better half was unsuccessful.

Me too - could not find my details on their system

Van.Bosch

robinph wrote: »

Van.Bosch wrote: »

You can put your details into the page to do a mock payment, that might tell you. I suppose in theory it might not work 100% but I suspect it would.

Www.virginmoneylondonmarathonballot.com/pay

I know I have a place already, but from looking at that page I think my better half was unsuccessful.

Now maybe they haven't activated it for certain people but from an IT point of view it would make sense to do it all meaning I didn't get in either.

paulers06

Looks like I didn't make the cut

Had anyone picked out a backup Spring marathon? Was thinking about Vienna, haven't been there yet.

nhunter100

average_runner wrote:

If I don't get in, I will try the lottery for Berlin.

average_runner wrote:

Not sure I even want to do a marathon.

I ran Berlin a couple of weeks ago. Great course and the support was incredible. Do it, you won't regret it. Fairly reasonable costs too. Ryanair, Airbnb 198 euro excluding beer... I mean food money.

average_runner

nhunter100 wrote: »

I ran Berlin a couple of weeks ago. Great course and the support was incredible. Do it, you won't regret it. Fairly reasonable costs too. Ryanair, Airbnb 198 euro excluding beer... I mean food money.

Looks like i didn't get in either.

Ah well we move on from here

nhunter100

average_runner wrote:

Looks like i didn't get in either.

average_runner wrote:

Ah well we move on from here

Manchester also a good one, if you can ignore the screw up with bags this year.