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57.5 Degrees of Pain Apr 2018 7:35pm, 23 Apr 2018 3,782 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain But it might change the actual times required to be in those 3000. However, as someone pointed out on another thread, if there were way less champs qualifiers that would swell the numbers looking for GFA.
Greenman Aug 2018 4:34pm, 1 Aug 2018 181 posts	0 Greenman The 2019 GFA application system is now live; deadline for applications is 17:00 on Fri 10 Aug 18.
Ralph D Aug 2018 11:30am, 15 Aug 2018 72 posts	0 Ralph D Confirmations sent out today. anyone heard anything yet?
Bazoaxe Aug 2018 8:09pm, 15 Aug 2018 13,290 posts	0 Bazoaxe Nothing here and I was 13 mins inside the qualifying time so expect to get a place...the e-mail did promise the outcome today !
fetcheveryone Aug 2018 6:46am, 16 Aug 2018 19,699 posts	0 fetcheveryone Contro started a thread yesterday: fetcheveryone.com/forum__60498__gfa_entry_acceptance
Bazoaxe Aug 2018 9:30am, 16 Aug 2018 13,291 posts	0 Bazoaxe I just called and got confirmation I am in, nit sure why the e-mail wasn't sent, but they have re-sent it
Dibble Apr 2019 3:33pm, 26 Apr 2019 604 posts	0 Dibble virginmoneylondonmarathon.com The GFA requirements for 2020 are up on the website now (though curiously all the other 'How to Enter' pages refer to 2019). I don't know if there are any changes from the 2019 GFA requirements - it doesn't look like it. Hoping my 3:23 will be enough under the required 3:45 for a male 60+ (but not counting chickens yet, having thought I had got in this year before they belatedly changed the age definitions).
larkim Apr 2019 3:44pm, 26 Apr 2019 7,297 posts	0 larkim I'm always slightly bemused by the fact that the quali window runs only until early August, when in reality very few marathons will be run after early June. Why not allow October marathons (of which there are many) to count too, there's surely enough time to allocate the places, especially as they have the 3000 cap limit. For someone like me who doesn't fancy a spring marathon, it puts a decent chunk of time between potential GFA achievement and application, and (as last time) also gives them time to change the rules with no ability to go out and try to run a faster time. But, it's their race, their rules - and I'm not sure I even want to bother running it anyway!
Little Miss Happy Apr 2019 3:49pm, 26 Apr 2019 1,357 posts	0 Little Miss Happy I don't think you'll have any issues with that time Dibble.
Spideog Apr 2019 9:00pm, 26 Apr 2019 353 posts	0 Spideog After they changed the times on the day after the marathon a couple of years ago it's a big improvement to have confirmation of the times in advance.