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Aug 2020
6:07am, 13 Aug 2020
3,103 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I still haven't had an email.
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Aug 2020
7:13am, 13 Aug 2020
4,143 posts
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Fizz :-)
Also, no one is guaranteed a 2021 entry, it might be 2022 or 2023.
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Aug 2020
7:33am, 13 Aug 2020
407 posts
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Spideog
Think if you entered GFA with a time ran in 2019 you are guaranteed an October 2021 place. For those people to get bumped to 2022 they would need to run another qualifying time this year so LM are not asking them to do that.
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Aug 2020
8:22am, 13 Aug 2020
3,104 posts
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Little Miss Happy
That was my reading of it too Spideog.
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Aug 2020
8:28am, 13 Aug 2020
11,653 posts
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larkim
So I'm confused. I thought the deferral from this year gave runners the *option* to choose 2021, 22 or 23, but they were effectively guaranteed a place in 2021 if they wanted it, GFA, ballot, charity, etc all in the same position. But I've read a bit more now and it's a "choose your preferred option" and they may need to ballot those places out if demand is too high.
But how can demand be too high? Surely the existing entry field size will be the same for next year, so every one who has a place confirmed for 2020 will have a place? Or am I missing some subtlety with the fact that some runners will have been deferring 2020 to 2021 anyway, irrespective of the pandemic, so those deferrals have to be factored into the cohort size for 2021 too?
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Aug 2020
8:30am, 13 Aug 2020
4,144 posts
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Fizz :-)
They’re offering a new ballot for new places in 2021. And presumably new GFA as well.
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Aug 2020
8:32am, 13 Aug 2020
4,145 posts
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Fizz :-)
I suspect the value of failed donated ballot entries may have some bearing on this decision . . .
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Aug 2020
8:42am, 13 Aug 2020
3,105 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Still no email about entering the virtual event here - and the phone number on the web page just has a recorded message.
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Aug 2020
9:03am, 13 Aug 2020
408 posts
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Spideog
Just got my email through.
Re the deferral numbers for each year. I'd guess that they are going to fix the numbers that only a third get deferred to each year, possibly slightly weighted to 2021, so they still can run a reasonable number of ballot places and have enough charity places to sell.
The GFA and championship shouldn't be using the same spread of deferral between the years though as a large number of GFA people will be getting in on consecutive years anyway. Should be slightly over 50% of GFA who entered with 2019 times so are automatically in for 2021. If they force all those entered with 2018 times to run the virtual event then that will free up some GFA places.
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Aug 2020
9:08am, 13 Aug 2020
231 posts
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KeithL
I heard that they were definitely restricting Gold Bond places from 20202 to a 1/3 each year for 21/22/23 but others were likely to go in 2021
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