London GFA

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B Rubble Aug 2019 8:46am, 23 Aug 2019 2,312 posts	0 B Rubble Glad you both got in Bazo and Mike. Precisely Larks, targeting 3:05ish would make it more secure if you drop a few seconds. A friend of mine did 3:06:53, which at the time seemed well in but was only 27s in the end. The new format might actually be a good thing for me as the more challenging target will make me step up a bit more in my training. The harder the task the more enjoyable the achievement.
Bazoaxe Aug 2019 8:59am, 23 Aug 2019 15,121 posts	0 Bazoaxe Hopefully my time from vlm can be used for 2021 as well by which time I will be approaching the next age category.
Brunski Aug 2019 9:30am, 23 Aug 2019 1,571 posts	0 Brunski I’m in as well. A lot of people were surprised there was no fiddling about with times required last year, but I reckon this April’s perfect conditions meant it was inevitable there’d be p pole missing out. Feel for those under 40s stoked by a first sub-3 only to be found that their reward of a VMLM place required a 2:57:20.
larkim Aug 2019 3:42pm, 23 Aug 2019 8,390 posts	0 larkim I'd be interested in the dataset that they have, as the effect on some time brackets will be different to others. I wonder if they could have finessed it at all to, say, leave the published time as the cut off for some age groups, and not for others. 2h57m20s is 1.5% faster than 3hrs, but only 1.1% faster than 4 hours for example. I suppose they've just gone for a simple, easy to understand position.
Spideog Aug 2019 6:17pm, 23 Aug 2019 357 posts	0 Spideog There was apparently a 15% increase in the number of male sub 3 runners in 2019 compared to the years 2015-17 and a 30‰ increase in the sub 3:45 women runners for the same years. 2018 was discounted from the stats I saw due to it being "a bit warm".
Dibble Oct 2021 3:24pm, 4 Oct 2021 840 posts	0 Dibble So I achieved a GFA time yesterday for next year's race should I wish to go through this again. Looking at their website I see that the qualification period for the 2023 race starts 4 Oct 21 I.e today which means I can't use yesterday's time for the 2023 race which is fair enough. However it ends on 7 Aug 22 which means that if you want a GFA for 2023 you have to find another marathon earlier in 2022. That leaves me a bit undecided as to whether to take up the 2022 place or do another marathon earlier in 2022 in the hope of a 2023 place at London. I don't particularly want to do 2 marathons next year with all the training that involves.
Spideog Oct 2021 7:06pm, 4 Oct 2021 1,223 posts	0 Spideog Oh, that's a good spot that the 2022 event won't count for 2023. Should reduce competition for numbers a bit. Will have to remember to enter a proper marathon next spring now, rather than doing a silly ultra or trail event instead.
KinkyS Oct 2021 9:51pm, 4 Oct 2021 17,948 posts	0 KinkyS It's a shame that the 2022 event can't qualify you for 2023, but I guess the return to the traditional April date in '23 leaves only 6 months between the '22 and '23 events, so the qualifying period is corresponding shorter. Spring marathon it is then...
Spideog Oct 2021 7:01am, 5 Oct 2021 1,225 posts	0 Spideog Don't think that 6 months is a problem between events for sorting out qualification times. We normally have an extra 4 months after London Marathon one year in order to run a time for the following year, which I've made use of a couple of times to fit in another race to claim the times.
Bazoaxe Oct 2021 7:29am, 5 Oct 2021 21,020 posts	0 Bazoaxe I havent checked but its possible a qualifiying time will be usable for both October 22 and April 23