First Ever - Richmond Park Marathon May 15th 2011 - only 300 entries allowed

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paul a May 2011 4:22pm, 17 May 2011 7,269 posts	0 paul a Fetch is massively 10 in 10 friendly, but I can't think of a better way to alienate people than by spam.
hellen May 2011 4:23pm, 17 May 2011 10,457 posts	0 hellen Agree paul
emdee May 2011 5:06pm, 17 May 2011 983 posts	0 emdee I see Rich has got his photos up already! theracephotographer.com
ogee May 2011 5:38pm, 17 May 2011 15,997 posts	0 ogee What has the TiT got to do with Richmond Park? Well said there Paul.
TZ May 2011 9:50pm, 17 May 2011 393 posts	0 TZ Very well said Paul.
plodding hippo May 2011 9:51pm, 17 May 2011 33,817 posts	0 plodding hippo oh dear now lets look at these photios
Left Foot May 2011 9:10am, 18 May 2011 330 posts	0 Left Foot Back to Richmond...About the person left out on the course....I hope the organizers send her a medal, T-shirt, mug and some kind of other prize and give her a special mention on the website for finishing. If there was a 6:00 hour cut of point that most definitely should have been very clearly stated on the website/race instructions and I don't think it was. Yes one can always ask. Kind of weird if she was an experienced runner and race organizer that she didn't check on this... I even asked if there was a cut off time myself via email, but didn't get a reponse to that particular query -- although I figured I'd be OK barring injury disaster so I didn't follow up on it myself. There was quite a lot of "pre-race admin" that failed to happen in my opinion! Maybe next year I'll volunteer as a secretary.
plodding hippo May 2011 9:14am, 18 May 2011 33,824 posts	0 plodding hippo I ALWAYS ask about a cut off, as a slower runner I am sure they will be sending a medal and t shirt to her-i do hope so! I came in at 4.48 and was pretty much at the back, so wouldnt call this a slower runner friendly marathon really
Left Foot May 2011 4:46pm, 18 May 2011 331 posts	0 Left Foot By the way, did anyone else get accosted by the drunk guy staggering along the path with a flask somewhere in the second half of the full lap? He stared me in the eyes and mumbled, "I'm going to f-ing kill you". I thought, "Really? You'll have to catch me first." (As far as I know he was not affiliated with the Royal Parks, the Marathon, nor any of its organiziners or sponsors. Unless he was a very disgruntled marshall, of course).
emdee May 2011 4:48pm, 18 May 2011 991 posts	0 emdee Sorry, I was feeling a bit rough around then. I picked up after a gel