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London Marathon 2020

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Jun 2020
11:45am, 17 Jun 2020
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Little Miss Happy
The next announcement was due on the 21st if I recall correctly?
Jun 2020
11:48am, 17 Jun 2020
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Pothunter
That’s when I’m expecting it LMH
jda
Jun 2020
11:49am, 17 Jun 2020
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jda
A loop like Doha or Vienna would be easy enough and surrounding doughnut of closures to keep spectators away would be possible. So it would be quite possible to run a televised championships. But I don’t really see it as something that a city will be that keen to put on otherwise.
Jun 2020
11:32am, 19 Jun 2020
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Windsor Wool
so, the latest update is still no news. We get another update on 28th July. I'm going to be very unfit by then!

virginmoneylondonmarathon.com

There are some pretty rough comments on their social media postings, most people just wanting a bit of certainty I suppose.

I see the Edinburgh cancelled today too. Hmm....
Jun 2020
11:38am, 19 Jun 2020
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Oranj
"... coming up with innovative ways to socially distance the event"

Start at minute intervals
No drafting
Shout your number to the timekeeper when you cross the finish line
Jun 2020
11:40am, 19 Jun 2020
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Nicholls595
I'm sorry but that sounds like a complete load of tosh to me.
Jun 2020
11:40am, 19 Jun 2020
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Nicholls595
(The official statement that is)
Jun 2020
11:41am, 19 Jun 2020
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larkim
Interesting phrasing in places, quite bullish really.

"I am sure earlier this week you will have seen the news that the Great North Run was sadly, but understandably, cancelled.

There has been much speculation that this means the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon will also be cancelled. However, it doesn’t."
Jun 2020
11:44am, 19 Jun 2020
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larkim
28th July is quite late, well inside a fairly traditional 12 weeks / 3 months training window. But I suppose it does tie in with the statements being made in soccer-ball circles about crowds being let back in around September. I'd always maintained that I'd be annoyed if football crowds were allowed but runners not.

e.g. theguardian.com
Jun 2020
11:49am, 19 Jun 2020
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SailorSteve
So much vitriol amongst the fb comments. I guess I can understand the frustration but I’d rather a slow “yes” than a quick “no.”

It would be so easy (in terms of justifiable) to cancel.

It’s generally easier to stop/destroy/spoil than to create something.

I choose to think that they’re doing their best to find a way to hold it against all the odds, rather than it being a wicked plot to piss people off.

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