Downhill Marathons - Whats Allowed ?
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May 2013
3:59pm, 5 May 2013
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Jovi Runner
thinking about despite having a shocker at the Newcastle Town Moor Marathon I still just nicked under the GFA time so should be OK for VLM 2014.
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May 2013
4:00pm, 5 May 2013
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paul a
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May 2013
4:25pm, 5 May 2013
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Jovi Runner
Just checked the official course info for my Thessaloniki marahton - the start is 43m and the finish is sea level so officially it is downhill. In theory I think downhill should only be downhill if the total descent is more than the total ascent - if that makes sense - ie as some other have said, although Loch ness net downhill there as some challenging climbs enroute.
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May 2013
4:58pm, 5 May 2013
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Longwayround (LWR)
I'm just trying to get my head round this: surely if a race finishes 42m lower than it starts then there must be 42m more descent than ascent.
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May 2013
5:00pm, 5 May 2013
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Curly45
Jovi - GFA is different than Po10 anyway, in the past it hasn't been as strict. As far as I know they still accept courses on the ARC certs too. Interesting move from Po10, the downhill has been around a while, but they never enforced it before. Usual UKA moving the goalposts and retrospectively applying stuff I see! |
May 2013
5:02pm, 5 May 2013
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Jovi Runner
Sorry - got myself confused - what I meant was that even if a net downhill it can sometimes be misleading as to how difficult the course is - I had a bit of a blonde moment.
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May 2013
5:03pm, 5 May 2013
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Jovi Runner
Thanks curly - I'm hoping that they will accept at leas tone of the qualifying times I've done
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May 2013
5:04pm, 5 May 2013
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DeeGee
Gus: "DeeGee - do Po10 have a point to point criteria, what is it ? What about Edinburgh, would that not fail ( and must also be close to failing the downhill criteria ) " Sorry Gus, the IAAF one. |
May 2013
5:05pm, 5 May 2013
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DeeGee
Hull last year was classed as MarNAD!
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May 2013
6:31pm, 5 May 2013
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RossM
Re: Edinburgh - as I understand it, the London Road start is just 'legal' and the Regent Road start just 'illegal' (finish is approx 8 miles from start)
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