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Gaz76 said:
Valencia is a good one if you do fancy a trip, it's on this Sunday so they will be selling places for next year soon.
Marathons are mega popular now so if you do want to get one you have to move sharpish after the entries open, and if you want to do a major well you will need a lot of luck in a ballott or a ever decreasing qualification time.
I've got three majors and have a place for Sydney next year, but I'm starting to think getting into any of the others (NY, Tokyo, Berlin) is never going to happen as they have millions trying to get in through the ballots and the qualification times are crackers
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I think they're going down the ballot route for Valencia as well. They've done it for the half next year at least. It's a shame but it's been getting more and more popular over the last few years.

I'll bob out and watch a bit on Sunday when they come my way. That's if I can walk! Got a 35km trail race just outside of Valencia on Saturday with 1450m elevation. Not as prepared as I would've liked though.
 
Gremlin said:
If your long runs are currently around 13 miles then you easily have enough time to train up for a full marathon in April. Manchester is a good course, as well - relatively flat. I got my PB there. Good luck, mate.
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I did Manchester in 2018. The day after the derby we should have won the league.. I did it in 5:21 but wasn't running properly towards the end of the training I was running long but only 1 run a week which wasn't anywhere near enough so I feel like I owe it a good going at. I pretty much knocked the running on the head after that apart from a few months in covid I restarted in May this year and been consistent, looking at upping the mileage to 20+ miles a week and seeing how I get on
 
Glenn Ponder said:
I think they're going down the ballot route for Valencia as well. They've done it for the half next year at least. It's a shame but it's been getting more and more popular over the last few years.

I'll bob out and watch a bit on Sunday when they come my way. That's if I can walk! Got a 35km trail race just outside of Valencia on Saturday with 1450m elevation. Not as prepared as I would've liked though.
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I can't say I'm surprised they are going down the ballot route mate, it's very popular for good reason, I'm probably more surprised it wasn't a ballot sooner tbh.
The field for the elites is stacked this year, lots of big hitters.
You'll fly a 35k mate, it wouldn't be the elevation that would bother me, more the heat!! Your going through melt!! Haha
 
Gaz76 said:
I can't say I'm surprised they are going down the ballot route mate, it's very popular for good reason, I'm probably more surprised it wasn't a ballot sooner tbh.
The field for the elites is stacked this year, lots of big hitters.
You'll fly a 35k mate, it wouldn't be the elevation that would bother me, more the heat!! Your going through melt!! Haha
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I'm the opposite. The heat I can deal with although it's going to be 9/10 degrees at the start which is freezing for me! Looks a good route though so looking forward to it.
 
Returned to parkrun and running today after 5 weeks off after hurting my knee.

Got round at Worsley Woods and it was muddy after the recent rain. Time was 33.11 but happier getting back into it. I am on 95 parkruns to date. Aiming for 100 during January if I complete some of the festive runs.
 
Good Morning all
I've entered the Manchester marathon again.
Running for the British Heart Foundation.
Looking forward to it, just hope the weather is not tropical like this year's!
 
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