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Aug 2020
8:33am, 11 Aug 2020
17,163 posts
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Bazoaxe
That's bonkers. But then again the ever presents are also bonkers and I am sure he will do it. You would have thought there only being 10, they maybe could have got them to St James park along with the elites
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Aug 2020
8:55am, 11 Aug 2020
99 posts
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AndyS
The ever presents are a pretty dedicated bunch - when I ran it in 2018, I saw one of the ever presents walking it on crutches!
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Aug 2020
9:01am, 11 Aug 2020
35,629 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
I hope the ever presents can find a way of meeting these requirements, maybe even as a group. They are such a niche part of the event and, whereas they won't go on for ever, it would be a shame for 2020 to be the year they lose their status.
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Aug 2020
9:17am, 11 Aug 2020
4,596 posts
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jennyh
I know how dedicated they are, so I’m sure they’ll all do it, but it does seem a shame the organisers couldn’t have found a way to accommodate them outside of the virtual event.
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Aug 2020
9:24am, 11 Aug 2020
229 posts
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KeithL
I guess thats the uniqueness of being ever present - you have to be ever present! As hard and as tough as that is
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Aug 2020
3:51pm, 11 Aug 2020
4,604 posts
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jennyh
I guess - I just don't really agree with the concept of billing this virtual event as the 40th I guess (I know other peoples opinions differ here), and I'd wager it's a very different prospect for someone in their 70s or 80s to get round 26.2 miles of a course they've done 39 times, with all the support of the crowd and the atmosphere of London, than to slogging it out on your own.
I know they are a unique and very determined bunch though, so I'm sure they will do it!
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Aug 2020
4:11pm, 11 Aug 2020
8,087 posts
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jda
Bazo's idea seems a nice one to me, but I suspect there would be logistical difficulties..
I also agree that it might be better to just consider the marathon cancelled and run a special elite race as a different thing.
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Aug 2020
4:19pm, 11 Aug 2020
11,640 posts
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larkim
Agreed, a "one off" St James Park / Buckingham Palace marathon for 2020.
I wonder if some of the tie ups with WMM etc require them to badge it as the London Marathon, so that option is removed?
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Aug 2020
4:22pm, 11 Aug 2020
2,538 posts
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Trin
Baz, I agree! The LM team have missed a trick there with all the publicity and good feeling that would bring to the 40th event. To make a big deal of the Ever Presents running the 40th London Marathon together would be awesome
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Aug 2020
4:30pm, 11 Aug 2020
8,088 posts
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jda
I also hope that the VMLM team have considered the option of a backup race site in case London is back in lockdown by then.
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