North Somerset AC are entitled to a club entry to next years London Marathon (22 April 2018) and the committee have agreed for this place to be allocated using the following steps.
Any interested athlete/coach/official or volunteer for the club need to contact the Club Secretary, Andy Ballentine, on aballentine74@googlemail.com to register their interest by 5pm on Friday 17 November.
If more than one interested person comes forward the place will be allocated in the following order:
- priority will be given to all people that have NOT completed the London Marathon before.
- if there is more than one person that fits this criteria, then their names will be added to a draw that will take place at one of the training sessions on Saturday 18 November.
- Failing to receive interest from any of those that have not competed before; all individuals that have previously competed at the event and register their interest will be added to the draw.
Championship places will also enter in November if you have completed a marathon (or half marathon) in the same time, or faster than the times listed below – these are the official championship qualifying performance times. Your qualifying time must be achieved after 1 January 2016 in order to make an application for one of these places:
Men | Time | Women | Time |
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Full marathon | Sub 2:45 | Full marathon | Sub 3:15 |
Half marathon | Sub 1:15 | Half marathon | Sub 1:30 |