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Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2014

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katypie May 2014 10:06pm, 28 May 2014 4,842 posts	Quote Pin katypie in the early days it was K5 Gus, BT sponsored it for sure. I nearly spat my tea out at the thought of the RBS marathon
Bazoaxe May 2014 10:11pm, 28 May 2014 6,860 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe Albert Bartlett potatoes sponsored it one year and you got a free bag of spuds at the expo.
K5 Gus May 2014 10:16pm, 28 May 2014 753 posts	Quote Pin K5 Gus The Albert Bartlett Potatos Edinburgh Marathon - it's got a certain ring to it, I like it, lol
Girlie May 2014 10:16pm, 28 May 2014 10,164 posts	Quote Pin Girlie My 2009 medal is an Albert Bartlett one but there was no expo so no bag of taters. Come to think of it there was no fricking water either.
Tikka May 2014 10:19pm, 28 May 2014 944 posts	Quote Pin Tikka Off topic but on the subject of sponsorship, Belfast has the "Deep River Rock* Belfast City Marathon" and they still serve water in plastic cups - despite repeated requests/complaints/pleas from runners year after year. (* Deep River Rock is a locally-produced bottled water.)
Tikka May 2014 10:19pm, 28 May 2014 945 posts	Quote Pin Tikka Repeated requests for bottles instead of cups.
Scott S May 2014 10:19pm, 28 May 2014 770 posts	Quote Pin Scott S I got the pack of Albert Bartlett baking potatoes at the expo the first year I did it.
HappyTimes May 2014 10:23pm, 28 May 2014 1,935 posts	Quote Pin HappyTimes Circa 10,000 marathon entries at £50 +, c. 10,000 half marathon entries at £30 gives in the region of £800,000. Add to this the 5 & 10and I am sure we can easily see £1m + Gus
katypie May 2014 10:26pm, 28 May 2014 4,844 posts	Quote Pin katypie oh yes the tatties I got bags of sugar at london once
HappyTimes May 2014 10:28pm, 28 May 2014 1,936 posts	Quote Pin HappyTimes I got shampoo this year