Give the Virgin London marathon good for age times one year's grace

The good for age times for the Virgin London marathon guarantee a runner entry into next year's marathon if they can reach the target time set. Not only is the guarantee important for many club runners so that they can represent their clubs in the UK national marathon championship, but for many they represent a training target and level or achievement to aspire to.

This year the Virgin London marathon have decided post race to reduce the target time for 2014 for the open men's category from 3.10 to 3.05, but only announced this after this year's marathon.

Thousands of runners have dedicated months and months or their time training to try and run under 3.10 in the marathon, only to now be told that their time no longer qualifies.

We are partitioning Virgin that any runner who has achieved the 2012 good for age target time before the announcements sub 3.10 should be allowed a good for age place in the 2014 London marathon and that going forward, all changes to the timings should be announced six months prior to each London marathon, to allow runners to set their goals accordingly.

This is heartbreaking for those runners in the 3.05-9 category A marathon is one of the biggest challenges a runner can undertake and to run a good for age time is a huge achievement, which should not be denied a runner post race.

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