Cheap Marathons

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crooked-smile Sep 2012 10:57pm, 23 Sep 2012 981 posts	0 crooked-smile I expect the travel costs will render it pointless, but moray is great at £20... moraymarathon.com
DeeGee Sep 2012 11:08pm, 23 Sep 2012 12,741 posts	0 DeeGee Nice. Travel costs are all part of the fun, but I'd rather pay £80 to travel to a £20 race, than pay £40 to travel to a £50 race. It's better value for money, in my mind. A fifty quid race is £12.50 an hour. I don't get paid that!
EdJ Sep 2012 6:10am, 24 Sep 2012 26 posts	0 EdJ If he organises it again next year, Nightjar's excellent Bedford Clanger (https://sites.google.com/site/bedfordclanger/). Cheap and for charity, and a nice scenic route around Bedford and the surrounding countryside.
DeeGee Sep 2012 8:19am, 24 Sep 2012 12,744 posts	0 DeeGee I will have done a marathon in Bedfordshire this year, and was keen to avoid doing another one
JJ Flash Sep 2012 8:52am, 24 Sep 2012 4,783 posts	0 JJ Flash You'll be missing out if you rule the Clanger out just because it's in Bedfordshire.
GregP Sep 2012 8:58am, 24 Sep 2012 62,776 posts	0 GregP Hello. Sorry to interrupt, but there are a lot of lurkers here. Deathmatch Round 2 Game 12 is deadlocked. Please vote.
Old Croc Sep 2012 9:14am, 24 Sep 2012 22,485 posts	0 Old Croc got you a cheap 10 miler up here in November if that counts? A full £8 starts and finishes in a distillery - had a minature in the goody bag last year!
♣BelleVueRacer♣ of Beartown Sep 2012 9:53pm, 25 Sep 2012 5,686 posts	0 ♣BelleVueRacer♣ of Beartown Of course, the cheapest marathon is just sticking a gamin on and running 26.2...
Foxy Sep 2012 9:58pm, 25 Sep 2012 27,814 posts	0 Foxy I'm a madeyarun member & the savings on race entries & accomodation make it a bargain @ £19 per year. madeyarun.com Under £25 in Staffs Oct/Nov ?
DeeGee Sep 2012 10:39pm, 25 Sep 2012 12,760 posts	0 DeeGee Not this year, Foxy. Maybe next. That's a new county for me! You do loads of races though, Foxy, is it going to be such a saving for those of us mere mortals who only manage, say, a dozen?