Brighton Marathon 2023

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tommy_b Apr 2023 8:51pm, 22 Apr 2023 224 posts	0 tommy_b Yep. Knew they’d do the same so hadn’t entered Brighton yet. Brighton will go up once London ballot closes and inevitably do so again once the ballot results come out.
JJJ Apr 2023 9:00am, 24 Apr 2023 272 posts	0 JJJ I just came along to post about the London rejection being offered Brighton and Phil beat me to it! That's potentially going to make Brighton very busy!
Surrey Phil Apr 2023 12:40pm, 24 Apr 2023 9,311 posts	0 Surrey Phil Certainly a good idea from LME. I am sure there are plenty of marathon newbies out there who still consider London to be the only marathon. It almost goes back to the 2010 promotion. Sign-up for Brighton and, if you are successful in London and want to withdraw, get a refund (minus £5 admin fee).
tommy_b Apr 2023 9:33pm, 24 Apr 2023 225 posts	0 tommy_b I reckon I’ll probably do Brighton next year but can’t be bothered to enter right now. So I just went for the Brighton-less LM entry. No cost up front so no risk. Brighton at £60 early bird… can’t see it going over £80 even at the point of London ballot results. They’d want to price it competitively to entice those who miss the cut. So I’m happy to consider my options over the next few months…
Wombling Plodder (Welsh Womble) Apr 2023 7:34am, 25 Apr 2023 4,139 posts	0 Wombling Plodder (Welsh Womble) Wish I had known about the LME/Brighton option before I signed up for Brighton 2024. That will teach me for being impatient - I just wanted to put something in the diary after my 2023 DNS!!! - let's hope the doctor can fix my foot soon so that I can start running again.
tommy_b Apr 2023 8:54pm, 25 Apr 2023 226 posts	0 tommy_b Enter the LM ballot for free and if you get a place, presumably Brighton might let you defer to 2024? Might be just with an admin fee to do so…
KimCanRun Apr 2023 9:21pm, 25 Apr 2023 6,761 posts	0 KimCanRun Think I was £20 or £30 to defer from 2022 to 2023. On top of £80 entry. Thought that was a bit steep.
RRR-CAZ 🇬🇧 Apr 2023 11:27pm, 25 Apr 2023 5,769 posts	0 RRR-CAZ 🇬🇧 I paid £20 to defer KCA. Which i did grumble about at the time.
Wombling Plodder (Welsh Womble) Apr 2023 3:17pm, 26 Apr 2023 4,140 posts	0 Wombling Plodder (Welsh Womble) Enter the LM ballot for free and if you get a place, presumably Brighton might let you defer to 2024? Might be just with an admin fee to do so… tommy_b - I have tried London for many years but no joy so thought what the heck and applied again - will see what happens if I get lucky. Although as a slow plodder that is feeling ones age I am not sure I want to be doing another one in 2025 or 2 in 2024 Hopefully my foot will heal soon (stress fracture) so that I can return to running and rebuild a foundation.