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Babybird2
post Apr 28 2009, 09:51 AM
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Just wondering.. Has anyone ever done this? Anyone entered the ballot for next year? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 28 2009, 09:55 AM
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QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Apr 28 2009, 10:51 AM) *

Just wondering.. Has anyone ever done this? Anyone entered the ballot for next year? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


I haven't, but I would love to do it one year... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 28 2009, 10:08 AM
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Maybe you should enter the ballot then (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Apr 28 2009, 10:14 AM
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Far to many other runners for me to enjoy it.
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post Apr 28 2009, 10:16 AM
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I entered the ballot one year but didn't get a place. That was about 15 years ago and although I would still love to do it, I have no time to train - 3 kids, work full-time, etc
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post Apr 28 2009, 11:18 AM
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I run a bath occasionally.
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post Apr 28 2009, 11:29 AM
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I run a bath occasionally.

That's my kind of exercise! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

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A friend of mine entered the ballot for this year's marathon and won a place. Unfortunately, the letter informing him of this got lost in the post, and the first he knew of it was about four weeks before when he received the letter advising him of the final arrangements. He decided that he couldn't get marathon fit in the time available, so has deferred, and is therefore guaranteed a place.

I'm looking forward to seeing him in his shorts and mopping his brow afterwards (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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post Apr 28 2009, 06:14 PM
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I appear to have entered myself in the ballot for 2010's London Marathon...

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post Apr 28 2009, 06:51 PM
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QUOTE(barry-clari @ Apr 28 2009, 07:14 PM) *

I appear to have entered myself in the ballot for 2010's London Marathon...

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Chill. You probably won't get in (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Apr 28 2009, 10:38 PM
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QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Apr 28 2009, 07:51 PM) *

QUOTE(barry-clari @ Apr 28 2009, 07:14 PM) *

I appear to have entered myself in the ballot for 2010's London Marathon...

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Chill. You probably won't get in (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)


...but I might get in... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hides.gif)

...and before anyone asks, I shall wear a T-shirt and shorts. I will NOT wear a silly costume... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Apr 28 2009, 10:43 PM
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Which charity would you run for, Barry? I bet you could get a lot of sponsorship from the forums. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 28 2009, 10:59 PM
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Which charity would you run for, Barry? I bet you could get a lot of sponsorship from the forums. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Probably a stroke related charity BM.

There is I believe about a 1 in 5 chance of success in the ballot, I'll keep my fingers crossed... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 28 2009, 11:03 PM
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Good luck, b-c!

I didn't know you were a runner.
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post Apr 28 2009, 11:11 PM
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QUOTE(mel2 @ Apr 29 2009, 12:03 AM) *

Good luck, b-c!

I didn't know you were a runner.


Thanks mel2! 'Runner' I think is stretching it a bit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) , but I have done 10K runs before, and I think nothing of brisk walks from the centre of London out to, say, North Greenwich along the Thames Path. I enjoy a bit of a leisurely jog too... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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