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Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2014

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SODIron © 2002 May 2014 4:01pm, 28 May 2014 10,652 posts	Quote Pin SODIron © 2002 some runners use Power of 10 and/or Run Britain. Indeed our club uses Run Britain when calculating some of it's awards.
Judithvr6 May 2014 4:22pm, 28 May 2014 9 posts	Quote Pin Judithvr6 From: Power of 10 <admin@thepowerof10.info> To: J Hygate.... Sent: Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 13:51 Subject: RE: Edinburgh marathon 2014 Hi Judith I'm afraid we won't be able to include any performances from this race unless the organisers make full results publicly available. I'd suggest contacting the organisers to encourage them to do as they've indicated to us that they won't be and won't provide us with any results. Unless the organisers make FULL results publicly available...... seems there is still a way to go
STOOSH May 2014 4:24pm, 28 May 2014 2,360 posts	Quote Pin STOOSH Our club uses power of 10 to award standards, pb notification etc... Also need results to be published for GFA and Elite entries at other marathons such as London, Boston, NYC. I for one would be a bit pissed if i run a marathon to get qualifying criteria just for it not to be available!
SODIron © 2002 May 2014 4:27pm, 28 May 2014 10,653 posts	Quote Pin SODIron © 2002 As a coach over at Pocklington I will be recommending to all our registered runners that no one runs this race, or any other GSi event, until the organisers change their stance on this. EA registered clubs and their members expect to be able to have their results available on Run Britain and Power of 10, and as I alluded to above, we (and probably many other clubs) use Run Britain results towards some of our annual awards.
Psimon May 2014 4:27pm, 28 May 2014 1,398 posts	Quote Pin Psimon STOOSH, can you sign the petition? Would be helpful as a bit more pushing required secure.avaaz.org
andydgg May 2014 4:32pm, 28 May 2014 150 posts	Quote Pin andydgg So if a runner isn't in a club, isn't bothered about power of 10, runbritain, gfa or elite entry, doesn't want to do London, Boston, or NYC it doesn't matter? I can understand that they're breaking the rules but...What's the fuss all about? If you're not happy with the organisation, don't do it. Edinburgh Marathon is now established as a total cock up marathon. There's plenty of other marathons out there.
SODIron © 2002 May 2014 4:39pm, 28 May 2014 10,654 posts	Quote Pin SODIron © 2002 the fuss is because of all the things you mentioned...(Power of 10, Run Britain, GFA, Championship entry, BQ, IAAF Bronze Award requirements et.Al.). This affects a huge number of the runners who ran this race...that's why it's important.
Psimon May 2014 4:40pm, 28 May 2014 1,399 posts	Quote Pin Psimon But andydgg, there arerunners that are in clubs, that are bothered about power of 10 and RunBritain rankings, do want to qualify for other marathons, and thus trained hard for this race, for those particular reasons. That is what the fuss is all about! Yes of course one can avoid this race in the future, but that does not undo the damage that has been wrought already.
paul the builder May 2014 4:49pm, 28 May 2014 4,586 posts	Quote Pin paul the builder I guess andy's saying that they can all now opt-in, and all will be fine again. Which is true, but is still unsatisfactory. There's something wrong about secret results, full stop. Anyone can claim they ran the Edinburgh marathon as it stands now. And in (just about) any time. I know we all do this sport for ourselves and nobody else (right?) - but I still resent the idea that somebody can claim a performance (for charity, or just for attention) without having any evidence.
STOOSH May 2014 4:52pm, 28 May 2014 2,361 posts	Quote Pin STOOSH Signed Psi... andydgg - there are also a lot of charity runners that would like their results to be public to share with the charity and the many people who have sponsored them. GSI are the only organisers who adopt this policy which is also flawed in many ways!!