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London Marathon 2020

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Sep 2020
1:00pm, 9 Sep 2020
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Fizz :-)
GFA will happen. But maybe the cutoff of 3000 (X2) entrants will not be reached and all applicants will be accepted.
Sep 2020
1:07pm, 9 Sep 2020
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Spideog
The only opportunity to run a GFA time for 2022 is in London 2021, although I hope they extend the time period until the end of the autumn marathon season which would give me a second chance for a time.
jda
Sep 2020
1:09pm, 9 Sep 2020
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jda
You mean, the only opportunity in London?
Sep 2020
2:24pm, 9 Sep 2020
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Spideog
Well yes, but we don't know when their cut off date is yet for the entries for GFA times. There is going to be one chance to run a time for 2022, unless you are odd and happy to run two in quick succession. For a normal GFA qualifying period there would have been three chances assuming a spring and autumn marathons and 6 months between attempts.

If they set the dates to exclude whenever Boston/ New York/ Manchester/ etc happen and make it the run has to have happened by October 5th there won't be very many people with times at all.
jda
Sep 2020
2:32pm, 9 Sep 2020
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jda
Seems unlikely they wouldn't include Mancs next spring - assuming it takes place as planned. There may be other quick marathons, I haven't really looked elsewhere. Brighton?
Sep 2020
2:34pm, 9 Sep 2020
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Spideog
Was assuming Manchester would be in October as well.
jda
Sep 2020
2:39pm, 9 Sep 2020
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jda
Well, it's a long way off and a lot may happen between now and then. I just checked and Brighton is slated for April 2021 too. There's a fair chance we will be through the virus by then one way or another.
Sep 2020
2:48pm, 9 Sep 2020
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The GFA dates were published earlier.

For 2022 the qualifying period is 5 Oct 2020 - 3 Oct 2021 so only includes London 2021.

For 2023 the qualifying period is 4 Oct 2021 - 30 Sep 2022 so only includes London 2022.
Sep 2020
2:51pm, 9 Sep 2020
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Fizz :-)
The 2022 GFA window is the year to 3rd October 2021, (bottom of the below virginmoneylondonmarathon.com ) so hopefully there will be be opportunities than London 2021 to achieve it in.
Sep 2020
2:52pm, 9 Sep 2020
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Fizz :-)
*will be more*

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