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2 day London Marathon next year?
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Only if it’s 2 days on the spin which would be a first since the London Marathon existed back in 1981.shine166 said:
That must be such a inconvenience twice per yearmsomerton said:should we just lock people in their homes, so the self indulgent marathon runs can do every day
Greenwich already closes for the Greenwich half marathon as well as the London marathon.
As someone has pointed out above it would cause major disruption around the whole of the route just not in the borough of Greenwich
If it happens once then it will be a given it would be a regular occurrence for many a year
Like the Notting Hill Carnival every bank holiday weekend in August
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Not gonna be on a friday and a Tuesday are they. Once the infrastructure is up, 2 in a row make perfect senceshirty5 said:
Only if it’s 2 days on the spin which would be a first since the London Marathon existed back in 1981.shine166 said:
That must be such a inconvenience twice per yearmsomerton said:should we just lock people in their homes, so the self indulgent marathon runs can do every day
Greenwich already closes for the Greenwich half marathon as well as the London marathon.
As someone has pointed out above it would cause major disruption around the whole of the route just not in the borough of Greenwich
If it happens once then it will be a given it would be a regular occurrence for many a year
Like the Notting Hill Carnival every bank holiday weekend in August
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Money. Spinner.0
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As someone who lives in Charlton and works in Canary Wharf, 1 day is enough disruption thanks. They've changed the route slightly too in CW which means my workplace is essentially cut off from the rest of the world as it's very hard to get around the blockages to get to us. A whole weekend of lost trading will be detrimental to our business, and most of our employees will struggle to get in.shine166 said:
Not gonna be on a friday and a Tuesday are they. Once the infrastructure is up, 2 in a row make perfect senceshirty5 said:
Only if it’s 2 days on the spin which would be a first since the London Marathon existed back in 1981.shine166 said:
That must be such a inconvenience twice per yearmsomerton said:should we just lock people in their homes, so the self indulgent marathon runs can do every day
Greenwich already closes for the Greenwich half marathon as well as the London marathon.
As someone has pointed out above it would cause major disruption around the whole of the route just not in the borough of Greenwich
If it happens once then it will be a given it would be a regular occurrence for many a year
Like the Notting Hill Carnival every bank holiday weekend in August
Just because you can make something even bigger doesn't mean you should5 -
msomerton said:should we just lock people in their homes, so the self indulgent marathon runs can do every day
Greenwich already closes for the Greenwich half marathon as well as the London marathon.
There isn't a Greenwich half-marathon. There was a rubbish attempt at one about 15 years ago (Run to the Beat) which moved to Wembley then mercifully disappeared.
There's The Big Half, which takes place in September - starts near Tower Bridge, does a chunk of the marathon course backwards and ends at the Cutty Sark and closes the one-way system off to most traffic. Seems to work pretty well - not massively busy like the marathon is, the buses keep running through Greenwich and you can even nip across the road a lot of the time. I don't think it locks people in their homes...5 -
Goid idea and I still think it would get plenty of spectators. Probably less on 2nd day but still enough.0
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Absolutely not, London gets shutdown almost every weekend for all sorts of demos/runs/cycling events etc, getting ridiculous,some people need to work in London at weekends!! Go run in a park!2
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The buses hardly run, because of the traffic jam it causes all the way back to New Cross, the road was closed off and the bus I was on terminated just about past Maze hill, walked to the Charlton Womans game fromInspectorSands said:msomerton said:should we just lock people in their homes, so the self indulgent marathon runs can do every day
Greenwich already closes for the Greenwich half marathon as well as the London marathon.
There isn't a Greenwich half-marathon. There was a rubbish attempt at one about 15 years ago (Run to the Beat) which moved to Wembley then mercifully disappeared.
There's The Big Half, which takes place in September - starts near Tower Bridge, does a chunk of the marathon course backwards and ends at the Cutty Sark and closes the one-way system off to most traffic. Seems to work pretty well - not massively busy like the marathon is, the buses keep running through Greenwich and you can even nip across the road a lot of the time. I don't think it locks people in their homes...
there there , the pavements littered with loads of drinks bottles , get back after the game hardly easier as they
where still clearing away the road barriers.0 -
Used to volunteer holding signs near the lido and all the crowd there are locals, as someone said I doubt they'd come out two mornings in a row.
But from the perspective of someone who works for a charity, a few extra places (with an increased ballot as well to alleviate the concerns of a previous poster) would be huge. Not only does the London Marathon generate a lot of money through our runners, we get lots of awareness too. An extra day of people seeing our stand, our t shirts and most importantly our runners would make a big difference. That's before you get to the fact that the runners will be raising awareness of us for 6 months or so before the race5 -
The club should have had the match moved - might be one for @castrust to feed back to the club as the date's set a year in advance (September 6th this year).msomerton said:
The buses hardly run, because of the traffic jam it causes all the way back to New Cross, the road was closed off and the bus I was on terminated just about past Maze hill, walked to the Charlton Womans game fromInspectorSands said:msomerton said:should we just lock people in their homes, so the self indulgent marathon runs can do every day
Greenwich already closes for the Greenwich half marathon as well as the London marathon.
There isn't a Greenwich half-marathon. There was a rubbish attempt at one about 15 years ago (Run to the Beat) which moved to Wembley then mercifully disappeared.
There's The Big Half, which takes place in September - starts near Tower Bridge, does a chunk of the marathon course backwards and ends at the Cutty Sark and closes the one-way system off to most traffic. Seems to work pretty well - not massively busy like the marathon is, the buses keep running through Greenwich and you can even nip across the road a lot of the time. I don't think it locks people in their homes...
there there , the pavements littered with loads of drinks bottles , get back after the game hardly easier as they
where still clearing away the road barriers.0 -
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Events like the London Marathon are extremely important for charities, at a time when fundraising is very difficult.shine166 said:
If there's any more charity places you may aswell just cancel the ballot. Imo it would be nice for more people who can't raise over 2 grand for the opportunity, to have a chance.ME14addick said:Good news for charities, if it means more charity places.0 -
I definitely agree, ive ran it twice and raised over 5grand with the help of very generous people.ME14addick said:
Events like to London Marathon are extremely important for charities, at a time when fundraising is very difficult.shine166 said:
If there's any more charity places you may aswell just cancel the ballot. Imo it would be nice for more people who can't raise over 2 grand for the opportunity, to have a chance.ME14addick said:Good news for charities, if it means more charity places.
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You are not gonna get the locals out two days running
double the sponsorship requirement an halve the field0 -
Or get on a treadmill if you can overcome your vanity fix1
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I’d love to see a second day, with one being run on a north / west London circuit to balance the south / east London route. Men’s elite on one day, women’s elite on the other. This would make the London event unique “One city, one weekend, two world class marathons”.
if it happens, you heard it here first.0 -
If the FA Cup semis are at Wembley that weekend, I doubt that'd happen. But a different route could work if they're happy duplicating the enormous logistics/portaloo village that takes over Blackheath in the week before the marathon.SporadicAddick said:I’d love to see a second day, with one being run on a north / west London circuit to balance the south / east London route. Men’s elite on one day, women’s elite on the other. This would make the London event unique “One city, one weekend, two world class marathons”.
if it happens, you heard it here first.
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Must be enough space on Hampstead Heath or Wormwood Scrubs or somewhere for thatInspectorSands said:
If the FA Cup semis are at Wembley that weekend, I doubt that'd happen. But a different route could work if they're happy duplicating the enormous logistics/portaloo village that takes over Blackheath in the week before the marathon.SporadicAddick said:I’d love to see a second day, with one being run on a north / west London circuit to balance the south / east London route. Men’s elite on one day, women’s elite on the other. This would make the London event unique “One city, one weekend, two world class marathons”.
if it happens, you heard it here first.0 -
Twelve words that Katie Price will never utter....sam3110 said:
As someone who lives in Charlton and works in Canary Wharf, 1 day is enough disruption thanks. They've changed the route slightly too in CW which means my workplace is essentially cut off from the rest of the world as it's very hard to get around the blockages to get to us. A whole weekend of lost trading will be detrimental to our business, and most of our employees will struggle to get in.shine166 said:
Not gonna be on a friday and a Tuesday are they. Once the infrastructure is up, 2 in a row make perfect senceshirty5 said:
Only if it’s 2 days on the spin which would be a first since the London Marathon existed back in 1981.shine166 said:
That must be such a inconvenience twice per yearmsomerton said:should we just lock people in their homes, so the self indulgent marathon runs can do every day
Greenwich already closes for the Greenwich half marathon as well as the London marathon.
As someone has pointed out above it would cause major disruption around the whole of the route just not in the borough of Greenwich
If it happens once then it will be a given it would be a regular occurrence for many a year
Like the Notting Hill Carnival every bank holiday weekend in August
Just because you can make something even bigger doesn't mean you should1 -
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Us and Millwall away from home that Weekend or a Friday/Monday Night home game for either club if the League was not aware of this 2 day event now happening0
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Would expect we'll be away that weekend, Brighton are usually away for the Brighton Marathon weekend because of logistics and I'm sure the EFL would accommodate the same request for us and Millwall.shirty5 said:Us and Millwall away from home that Weekend or a Friday/Monday Night home game for either club if the League was not aware of this 2 day event now happening0 -
Yay, I can rejected twice this year.3
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It does feel over the top. There are dozens of grass roots marathons around that people aren't aware of, if they really do want to run 26 miles. Some are as cheap as £20, if you don't mind doing laps or out and backs.4
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Most people want to be a part of one of the Worlds most famous marathons. It’s not just the distance, but the event.RedPanda said:It does feel over the top. There are dozens of grass roots marathons around that people aren't aware of, if they really do want to run 26 miles. Some are as cheap as £20, if you don't mind doing laps or out and backs.The week before normally has the Southampton marathon, with relatively easy entry, but I have no interest in doing two laps of Southampton…2 -
I wouldn't mind quite so much if they got the road open again a bit quicker. They used to do it almost straightaway along Charlton Road but they seem to drag it out now.1
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I’ve run a few and nothing even comes close to how special London is, an incredible event to be part ofSporadicAddick said:
Most people want to be a part of one of the Worlds most famous marathons. It’s not just the distance, but the event.RedPanda said:It does feel over the top. There are dozens of grass roots marathons around that people aren't aware of, if they really do want to run 26 miles. Some are as cheap as £20, if you don't mind doing laps or out and backs.The week before normally has the Southampton marathon, with relatively easy entry, but I have no interest in doing two laps of Southampton…4 -
I understand it's a pain for local residents but as a one off, it's a good thing. It's increasingly oversubscribed each year and this may relieve some pressure as well as estimating it will raise an extra £150m for charity2
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Host it somewhere else for round 2, start over on Bushy Park or something and run through West London, around the royal parks and stuff, finishing on The Mall0
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There's no reason why, if properly organised the roads round the Angerstein roundabout at mile 6 should be closed at gone 4pm.0
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get on a treadmill0
