Strenua's World» GFA http://strenuasworld.com Investigating the training, treatments, diets and science behind a healthy active life Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:08:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Are you Good For your Age? Don’t miss the deadline for 2011 Virgin London Marathon entries http://strenuasworld.com/2010/07/26/good-age-deadline-2011-virgin-london-marathon-entries/ http://strenuasworld.com/2010/07/26/good-age-deadline-2011-virgin-london-marathon-entries/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:15:21 +0000 Strenua http://strenuasworld.com/?p=3555 Make sure that you don’t leave it to the last minute this year to send in your ‘Good For Age’ proof for the 2011 Virgin London Marathon which takes place on Sunday 17th April. If you already have a particularly fast marathon time since January 1st 2009 then don’t forget to send in your proof for guaranteed entry. The deadline is 21st August 2010 with the completed entry forms needing to be submitted by 4th September 2010.

From my experience last year and hearing from a few other runners don’t rely on Royal Mail on getting your entry in on time even if you send it recorded or registered delivery. Things still go missing in the post and its hard to get compensation for a piece of paper. Get you proof and entry in now and if it goes AWOL in the postal system you will have time to resubmit another entry.

Good For Age Entries

You can apply for a good for age entry if you’ve run a full marathon in the same time, or faster than, the times listed below:

Men Time (in hours) Women Time (in hours)
Age 18 – 40 2.45 – 3.10 Age 18 – 49 3.15 – 3.50
Age 41 – 59 sub 3.15 Age 50 – 54 sub 4.00
Age 60 – 64 sub 3.30 Age 55 – 59 sub 4.15
Age 65 – 69 sub 4.00 Age 60 – 64 sub 4.30
Age 70+ sub 5.00 Age 65 – 69 sub 5.30
Age 70+ sub 6.30
In order to apply for a good for age place you will need to send:
  • Proof of performance
    A photocopy of your running results, for example a certificate or newspaper clipping, from a marathon completed in 2009 or 2010.
  • Proof of age
    A photocopy of your photocard driving license, passport or birth certificate.

Send your good for age application to this address:

Good for age
Virgin London Marathon
PO Box 3460
London
SE1 0YA


Championship Entries

If you’re a member of an athletics club associated with UK Athletics (UKA) and you’ve achieved a championship qualifying performance for a marathon in 2009 or 2010, you can apply for a championship entry place in the 2011 Virgin London Marathon.If you are Championship standard and have achieved the standard below, then you have until 2 January 2010 to submit your proof.  You will then be sent an entry form to complete  which will need to arrive back  by 8 January 2011.

Men Time (in hours) Women Time (in hours)
Full marathon sub 2.45 Full marathon sub 3.15
Half marathon sub 1.15 Half marathon sub 1.30

To apply for a championship entry, you’ll need to send us the following:

  • Proof of performance
    A photocopy of your running results, for example a certificate or newspaper clipping, from a marathon completed in 2009 or 2010.
  • Proof of UK club membership
    A photocopy of your athletics club membership card.

Send your championship application to this address:

Championship entries
Virgin London Marathon
PO Box 3460
London
SE1 0YA

More information about Good For Age entries can be found here or for Championship entries here. If you entered in the general ballot you will find out in early October.

]]> http://strenuasworld.com/2010/07/26/good-age-deadline-2011-virgin-london-marathon-entries/feed/ 1 Are you Good For your Age? Don’t miss the deadline for 2010 London Marathon entries http://strenuasworld.com/2009/08/09/are-you-good-for-your-age-dont-miss-the-deadline-for-2010-london-marathon-entries/ http://strenuasworld.com/2009/08/09/are-you-good-for-your-age-dont-miss-the-deadline-for-2010-london-marathon-entries/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:01:25 +0000 Strenua http://strenuasworld.com/?p=1355 Marathon 26 mile markAs usual I have left things to the last minute, but I finally got round this week to send in my ‘Good For Age’ proof for the 2010 Virgin London Marathon which takes place on Sunday 25th April. If you already have a particularly fast marathon time since Jan 1st 2008 then don’t forget to send in your proof for guaranteed entry. The deadline is 21st August with the completed entry forms needing to be submitted by 4th September.

You can apply for a good for age entry if you’ve run a full marathon in the same time, or faster than, the times listed below:

Men Time (in hours) Women Time (in hours)
Age 18 – 40 2.45 – 3.00 Age 18 – 49 3.15 – 3.45
Age 41 – 59 sub 3.15 Age 50 – 54 sub 4.00
Age 60 – 64 sub 3.30 Age 55 – 59 sub 4.15
Age 65 – 69 sub 4.00 Age 60 – 64 sub 4.30
Age 70+ sub 5.00 Age 65 – 69 sub 5.30
Age 70+ sub 6.30

If you are Championship standard and have achived the standard below, then you have until 2 January 2010 to submit your proof.

Men Time (in hours) Women Time (in hours)
Full marathon sub 2.45 Full marathon sub 3.15
Half marathon sub 1.15 Half marathon sub 1.30

More information about Good For Age entries can be found here or for Championship entries here. If you entered in the general ballot you will find out in early October.

Before London next year I have a few other races lined up. It is twelve weeks till the New York City marathon so if you are running it you should be well into your training schedule. Normally I just build on my fitness with some longer runs added to my existing training schedule, but as I’m recovering from an injury my base fitness and speed isn’t as good as I would like. This week I managed a slow 19 miles at 9.30min/mile pace. Although it has seemed to have not stopped raining all week I managed to choose the only consecutive 3 hours when the sun was out. In spite of taking drinks with me and running along a canal, so I can refill my bottle from a tap by the lock, it was hard to keep hydrated.

As there are no long training runs organised in my area to train for autumn marathons I have decided to enter the Robin Hood marathon in Nottingham next month, Sunday 13th September 2009, and use it as a long training run.  The marathon is part of the Experian Festival of Running and the half marathon runners join you on the first 12.5miles of the course, it also means that if you don’t feel up to 26.2 miles on the day you can always finish at 13.1 and still get a time and medal. Marathon entries for affiliated runners is £29 and £22.50 for the half if you enter before the 19th August. This year entries for both events are £20 for the unemployed. There are lots of running events planned on the day from kids races to relays, and you can click here for more information.

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