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a massively congested trudge through some of the grimmest parts of town with a crowd that's bored cheering after the 2h40 guys have passed.
My experience disagrees with this statement. The crowds and support are amazing, no one seemed bored and if they were they didn't show it. In Woolwich there was a chap on a PA system welcoming everyone to their part of town. Not grim at all.
If I don't get in then yeah, I'll look for another race possibly something longer but if I do then I know I've got a great event to look forward to, and a target to train for.
Arducius
Either run fast enough for a GFA or go and do another marathon. There are hundreds of them. This obsession with the London mara is seriously tedious - a massively congested trudge through some of the grimmest parts of town with a crowd that's bored cheering after the 2h40 guys have passed.
Wonder how many of the 200+k who don't get in will actually do a different race instead?