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Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2014

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Bazoaxe May 2014 9:06pm, 29 May 2014 6,867 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe Bottom line, I expect more from a race who claim to be 2nd best behind London. I have done London 6 times. I have 6 Edinburgh marathons, 1 half and 1 Kilomathon from GSI under my belt. In all of the Londons there was one minor glitch on the red start one year when we started 20 seconds late - otherwise it is a brilliantly co-ordinated and managed event. The problems with the GSI events are endless, almost every time there is at least one issue: - water ran out/stolen - people being stopped and prevented from completing - A finish advertised as a grandstand finish which ended up being in a spectator free area - the TV screen for spectators didnt work due to high winds / a fox chewing the cable - Shuttle bus shambles - Finish area shambles - No finish times - Mile markers no where near the actual mile points - Poor and unclean toilet provision / signange - Knob shaped medals - run out of tshirts/goody bags - handing out wrong tshirts - Reducing prices due to low numbers and offering no compensation to people who paid the full price (and were regular customers) probably more I cant remember I am inclined not to use them again - but as they organise my local marathon and half, I probably have no choice but to muse them again.
Ted May 2014 9:27pm, 29 May 2014 13,470 posts	Quote Pin Ted I liked the knob shaped medals. I liked that I didn't run that year.
Bazoaxe May 2014 9:31pm, 29 May 2014 6,869 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe I forgot to mention the 2 edinburgh marathons I entered and didnt race as well..
Bazoaxe May 2014 9:31pm, 29 May 2014 6,870 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe loose chickens on the course.
Bazoaxe May 2014 9:40pm, 29 May 2014 6,871 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe I have entered Chester marathon for the Autumn on the back of talking to the organisers at the London marathon Expo. They sold their race to me. Big Time. Today they e-mailed me, just a generic e-mail but it felt personal and I nosed about on the website. Look at the 100% good times guarantee on this page. Somehow I think these guts will deliver an event that I have no complaints about. Jings, their e-mail invtes me to a semnar and then a training run on Sunday activeleisureevents.co.uk
HappyTimes May 2014 9:49pm, 29 May 2014 1,941 posts	Quote Pin HappyTimes Your are selling Chester to me Bazo
Dvorak May 2014 9:55pm, 29 May 2014 8,723 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Chickens! They got loose and stole the water, as I recall. Tollcross parkrun has a llama and some sheep. Not, to date, on the course though. (Tollcross also has funny-looking chickens, but you have to visit them specially.) I though the knob shaped medal was quaility. You missed out assorted post-race bag reclaim shambles. Could be under finish area shambles, but I think it deserves its own listing.
Bazoaxe May 2014 9:57pm, 29 May 2014 6,874 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe HT, I am looking forward to it - the race even goes through wales - we may need out passports by then I believe though there is a bit of a hill at mile 25...which could be crucial...
Bazoaxe May 2014 9:59pm, 29 May 2014 6,875 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe Did Boab not win one year and was back to the finish before his bag arrived and almost missed a holiday flight as a result ? I also remember one year there wrere loads of goodies and no bag to put them in so I lefty with an armful of stiff I couldnt carry
Dvorak May 2014 10:10pm, 29 May 2014 8,724 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak No, Boab won the Chris Hoy Half, but had tae dingie the big man to catch a flight to go skiing in Norway, as I recall?