The Friends of Mick n Phil Half Marathon

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fetcheveryone Feb 2008 9:43am, 7 Feb 2008 2,174 posts	fetcheveryone AB - it's a good point - there are a variety of systems out there that we could use - any chance you could do a bit of nosing round / pricing up? I was thinking about course measurement, and perhaps if we ran complete laps of wherever-it-is, we might not end up with a half marathon, or a "pop" distance, but it might turn it into something that was about enjoying running, rather than lots of folks aiming for a PB. Thoughts? Bigleggy - it's a thought, for sure. I think that's one for Mick and Phil to answer as they'd know their local races better than any of us. It might also be more complicated to sort out sponsorship and donations to MnP or a charity of their choosing if we have to go through an existing race.
Hourglass Feb 2008 9:49am, 7 Feb 2008 1,217 posts	Hourglass That might be the way to go Fetch - a half might put too much pressure on some who haven't trained for it (or are complete newbies), but multiple laps reflecting ability would include all.
Hourglass Feb 2008 9:50am, 7 Feb 2008 1,218 posts	Hourglass .... as in 26 laps may be a piece of cake for one, but one lap may be a massive achievement for another
2 Flat Feet Feb 2008 9:51am, 7 Feb 2008 1,767 posts	2 Flat Feet From Mick and Phil's house to Fetch Towers?
fetcheveryone Feb 2008 9:54am, 7 Feb 2008 2,175 posts	fetcheveryone Yup Tarange - go for it
Boingy Feb 2008 10:05am, 7 Feb 2008 3,049 posts	Boingy Yep Tarange, Gaydon is just off J12 of the M40.
fetcheveryone Feb 2008 10:20am, 7 Feb 2008 2,177 posts	fetcheveryone I've just heard back from Donington Park about their track. They say: "We don't hire by the half day I'm afraid, a full day circuit hire will cost £11,000 + £2,500 for mandatory services (medics, marshals etc) peak season or £6,500 + services End Oct - Feb. Another option is for you to hire the track for evening usage which is 17:30 - 20:30 during the summer months and costs £4k inc services." 13.5K sounds a lot (£27 per runner if we get 500), but 4k sounds reasonable (£8 per runner if we get 500). Anyway... just an option - waiting on more responses...
fetcheveryone Feb 2008 10:29am, 7 Feb 2008 2,178 posts	fetcheveryone I've created an article here: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=153 to capture who's doing what.
hellen Feb 2008 10:31am, 7 Feb 2008 2,497 posts	hellen what about preswold race track, did a 10km there, might be a bit boring for a marathon but nice and flat
StuartM Feb 2008 10:40am, 7 Feb 2008 24 posts	StuartM I will look into chip timing costs, unless someone else has experience here? Budget of 500 runners for now is it?