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Brighton Marathon 2011

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paul a
paul a
Apr 2011
5:35pm, 13 Apr 2011
7,070 posts
paul a
At least they finished.
The_Saint
The_Saint
Apr 2011
5:50pm, 13 Apr 2011
4,746 posts
The_Saint
Hugely elaborate and heavy fancy dress is the usual reason for those kind of times
emdee
emdee
Apr 2011
6:18pm, 13 Apr 2011
945 posts
emdee
I know of one of those 9 hourish finishers who collapsed near the 800m to go sign and ended up in hospital for a few hours. She got dropped off near the 25 mile mark and finished it from there. Fair play to that.
paul a
paul a
Apr 2011
6:45pm, 13 Apr 2011
7,072 posts
paul a
Exactly.
Naomi P
Naomi P
Apr 2011
7:21pm, 13 Apr 2011
8,400 posts
Naomi P
Excellent that she got the chance to finish.

I think it's fine if you've got a huge fancy dress costume on or if you've got some serious disability etc. However, if you're of a normal build and are largely physically intact, then you'd expect them to be able to "run the large majority of the course" and finish in, say, less than 6 hours. I can't remember the wording but I'm sure there was something in the Brighton regs that expects you to finish in a certain time. Maybe it's London I'm thinking of.
TecT
TecT
Apr 2011
7:37pm, 13 Apr 2011
1,394 posts
TecT
I thought that there was a sweep vehicle following a 6 hour pace marker Naomi - after that time they had to re-open the roads and could ask you to run on the pavement I think?

No idea if they actually did it though.....
southcoastpete
southcoastpete
Apr 2011
8:57pm, 13 Apr 2011
2,559 posts
southcoastpete
Isn't there sometimes a problem with the timing chip which results in a very slow time.

Say if someone for some reason missed the mats at the finish, or their chip fell off?
Ted
Ted
Apr 2011
8:58pm, 13 Apr 2011
9,179 posts
Ted
BCRB the tan lines are fading as the flaking skin appears. ;)

I need to go somewhere hot to even the tan out. :)
Stumpy
Stumpy
Apr 2011
9:01pm, 13 Apr 2011
12,436 posts
Stumpy
where do you think you might go to do that then, Ted? :-)
Enthusiastic!
Enthusiastic!
Apr 2011
9:16pm, 13 Apr 2011
7,068 posts
Enthusiastic!
I think that's a very generous sentiment from the winner SCP :-)

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