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Aug 2020
6:29pm, 6 Aug 2020
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Ness
Glad things have been clarified for everyone.
Aug 2020
6:32pm, 6 Aug 2020
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Little Miss Happy
They're having a laugh aren't they - pay £20 for a medal and a t-shirt we have already bought and paid for? Taking virtual race times as qualifying for GFA etc?
Aug 2020
6:46pm, 6 Aug 2020
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DocM
just glad to have clarification myself
JR
Aug 2020
6:51pm, 6 Aug 2020
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JR
Taking virtual race for GFA or champs is only allowed for those already GFA or champs that lapses as 2018 time. I have a GFA from 2019 but seems to read that I could in theory cycle a route, record it & then upgrade to champs start? Surely it’s wide open to abuse?
JR
Aug 2020
6:53pm, 6 Aug 2020
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JR
Little Miss Happy - I’d missed the bit about paying another £20 - I thought you just had to upload a time. What a rip off.
Aug 2020
6:54pm, 6 Aug 2020
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Trin
The email is definitely clearer than the first announcement 😂

I'm glad I sat on my hands and didn't jump at the first deferral.
I'll probably wait until it's back in April in '22 or '23
Aug 2020
6:56pm, 6 Aug 2020
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KeithL
Interesting answer on GFA

I have a Good for Age or Championship place
If your time was run in a qualifying event after 1 January 2019, and you want to run in 2021, you will be offered a place in the 2021 event taking place on 3 October 2021 when we email you on 1 September.

If you ran the qualifying time before 1 January 2019, and you run the qualifying time in the virtual 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon, you will also be offered a guaranteed place in the 2021 event.

Runners who qualified for the 2020 event with a time achieved before 1 January 2019, but who do not achieve a qualifying time again in 2021 or 2022, will be offered a guaranteed place in the 2023 event. Please note this guaranteed place will not be on a Good for Age start or the Championship start.

If you do not wish to defer your entry, you will be offered a refund when we email you on 1 September.
Aug 2020
7:01pm, 6 Aug 2020
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Trin
😂 I actually hadn't thought of how the virtual times could be abused, but crikey, there are loads of ways someone could get a much better time recorded. It'll be interesting to see how they will get round that.
I won't be doing the virtual London anyway, it just doesn't seem appealing
Aug 2020
7:04pm, 6 Aug 2020
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DocM
im undecided about the virtual event. I would do it if i thought the tshirt would fit (last years is way to big despite being the smallest size and they have the same brand again). I know, Im shallow
Aug 2020
7:05pm, 6 Aug 2020
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Fizz :-)
That only applies to GFA runners who qualified before 1 Jan 2019, so not that many I would have thought? Interesting though.

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