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Scottish Runners 2019

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Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Apr 2019
10:00pm, 29 Apr 2019
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Lip Gloss
We went on the Friday night and stayed until the Monday so that I wasn't stressed before it. We stayed in an Airbnb about a mile from the start so it was a nice warm up walk.
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
Apr 2019
9:17pm, 30 Apr 2019
4,616 posts
57.5 Degrees of Pain
Clashing with the Fling can't help either.
Duchess
Duchess
Apr 2019
9:35pm, 30 Apr 2019
7,881 posts
Duchess
Fling was the day before, although I've not heard of anyone doing the double with the Stirling marathon this year (at least one did the half). About 800 started the Fling - and Great Run is supposed to be mass participation?
Deinonychus
Deinonychus
Apr 2019
9:38pm, 30 Apr 2019
10 posts
Deinonychus
Only 300 more in the Stirling Marathon
HappyTimes
HappyTimes
Apr 2019
9:50pm, 30 Apr 2019
2,506 posts
HappyTimes
At this rate my "home town" marathon will be gone before I get to run it :-(
It seems to stink of the organisers looking for an out, falling numbers, poor sized t-shirts, start area mess, awful medals and some not even for Stirling, new route each year..... Next it will be the foxes eating the finish funnel ;-) :-(
Son of a Pronator Man
Son of a Pronator Man
Apr 2019
10:22pm, 30 Apr 2019
8,585 posts
Son of a Pronator Man
Let’s remember that EMF went through some years when they couldn’t seem to get it together. But the race is still going
HappyTimes
HappyTimes
Apr 2019
10:39pm, 30 Apr 2019
2,510 posts
HappyTimes
They held decent entry levels through it though did they not SOAPM?
Ally-C
Ally-C
May 2019
5:16am, 1 May 2019
525 posts
Ally-C
We spoke to a woman going through Doune on Sunday that did the Fling too, no idea how many others did that. Someone told me four, but, I've no idea if that's true!
Son of a Pronator Man
Son of a Pronator Man
May 2019
11:28am, 1 May 2019
8,586 posts
Son of a Pronator Man
HT, I don't know if the numbers of entries are the factor, as it's costs as well as revenues that determine if the race makes a profit, and I don't know how the costs of the two events compare. But Edinburgh will always attract national and international runners as it's a "destination" city for tourism in a way that Stirling isn't
HappyTimes
HappyTimes
May 2019
6:05pm, 1 May 2019
2,511 posts
HappyTimes
Yes costs of putting on events fairly fixed (increasing) always so if entrants drop!?
Realise Stirling is viewed by us as some way behind Edinburgh, but it is one of the bigger tourist cities in Scotland these days.
Just got email from Embra marathon lot, standard entries still open to 6th May and then entry price to go up (so not completely closed!?) Was it always open as late, or struggling with numbers on previous years too?

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