3pointer wrote: » Got into London for the first time...was away for the last few days to find my flat-mate threw out what they thought was a load of junk mail and thinks my registration form was among the items that he threw out. Other than strangle him...does anybody have any suggestions/advice?
robinph wrote: » 401 to 1900 - championship 1901 to 24400 and 59901 to 63200 - blue 24401 to 31350 -green 31351 to 34000 - fast good for age 34001 to 59900 - red
village runner wrote: » What's the target ?? Going over for the weekend to watch it
rainbow kirby wrote: » Sorry to hear that RubyK Any hope of it being fixed up in time?
rainbow kirby wrote: » Getting there slowly... 16 snail's pace miles in Victoria Park on Sunday. Have entered a 20 mile event this weekend so let's see how that goes, that will be the last long one and then taper.
rainbow kirby wrote: » Email there saying that Swim Serpentine entrants have a 1 in 20 chance of a place in VMLM 2018 - I wonder if that's actually better odds than the ballot!
Gavlor wrote: » Into the last couple of weeks, I'm really looking forward to this one. Life has continued to get in the way of training but I've a couple of 17's and 2 * 20 @ 7.30 pace in the bag so getting around shouldn't be a problem! I'll probably just stick to 7.30ish pace on the day and soak it all up. How is everybody else feeling at this stage?
robinph wrote: » Have done some investigations and my suggestion is Southwark for a pre-London parkrun. It's accessible from Canada Water* underground (about 8 minutes walk apparently) which is on a line that I can get to with the buggy, the course is good for buggies, it's laps so you can wimp out if need be and you want to save your legs for the Sunday, the Expo can be got to fairly easily afterwards with a short trip along the Jubilee and DLR lines and for a bit of marathon trivia the park was part of the first ever London Marathon route. Anyone any other suggestions or insider local knowledge? * Note: There is an underground station called Southwark, this is nowhere near Southwark park.
yaboya1 wrote: » If you're not bluffing about your strategy, I'm feeling confident of you buying me a beer afterwards
village runner wrote: » where does the red fast good for age meet the green start ?? Is it after mile 1 which I think or is it after 5k when the runners on the right are the blue start ??
Ferris B wrote: » I see the pacers for each time are divided up between the different colour groups. Presumably they can't coordinate to have the exact same start time (when they cross their respective start lines). If this is the case, should you only follow the pacer(s) from your group? Also has anyone an idea how how it generally takes the 3 hr pacer in the green group to get to the start after the gun goes off?
yaboya1 wrote: » I thought you weren't aiming for sub 3.........
neilc wrote: » I was on the green gfa start 2 years ago and the red gfa the year before. Pacers we're brutal, all over the place but yeah you stick with your colour pacer. You and they will be very close to the front so it doesn't take long to cross the line.
robinph wrote: » The Green 3hr pacers should be first, will only take them seconds to cross the line. The Red 3hr pacers start from the front of the Red start....but this is behind all of the fGFA people so may take them a minute to cross the line as the fGFA warm up field generally has a bit of queue of people there still when the gun goes. The Blue 3hrs I'd expect to be slowest to cross the line as they have more people infront of them with the elite and Championship starts, and the Championship entrants including slower females (sub3:15) compared to the fGFA start (sub 3:05?).
