Virgin London Marathon 2013 ballot open

Got my email 26 hours later.

Further wait of 26 weeks to find out if I'll get to run 26.2miles in London!

I entered 2013 ballot a few weeks ago as I  am on the 5 rejections in a row and in the 6th scheme and my confirmation was 101xxx.

the guaranteed entry was stopped for new people when Virgin took over, but if you were aready on it, with 2  rejections they kept it going 

I decided to tick the "donate the fee" bit as I was feeling generous. I note some chat here about this giving you an extra chance of a  place but, if my bleary 5:30am brain registered this correctly, the ballot was for a place in the New York Marathon or a sport holiday of some description in Tenerife. I.e. not an extra chance of getting in the VLM.

 Did anybody pay any attention to that bit?

Ah, I've just answered my own question (or rather Google has):

 In recognition of your generosity, all unsuccessful applicants who donate their entry fee will be entered into a draw for an additional 1,000 places in the Virgin London Marathon 2013. Plus a free draw for one of these two super prizes: 1 entry into the ING New York City Marathon 2013, including travel and accommodation OR 1 week's sporting holiday for you and a guest in the Spring of 2013 at Club La Santa, Lanzarote.

So that's  me talking crap then (for a change).

I entered about 10am yesterday & still no email & didn't think about the confirmation number although i do recall it said on screen it was done succesfully, can anyone let me know what the exact name of the email address it is sent from & IT can search for it as we don't have a spam folder here at work, anything that would go in there just gets blocked.

thanks

confirmation@virginlondonmarathon.com

is where mine came from

Torquayrunner wrote (see)

confirmation@virginlondonmarathon.com

is where mine came from

Bingo, found it, thanks!

I entered just after midday and got the confirmation e-mail at 9:50 this morning in my Spam folder. I can't believe how I was busy telling everyone that I would put in an application this year (for my first marathon), then totally forgot until halfway through a run during the morning! Reckon I had a defninite negative split on that one, despite it being uphill on the way home

Not long to wait to see who is in and who is out, roll on early October

Not long till all of the threads bashing the entry system start as well.

I was one of those swearing after not getting in last year!

Still on the old 5 rejections then you're in system.

Can be rejected once more, so will def be in 2014..hoping for 2013 though. Getting bored of those commiseration magazines

Anyone know exactly when in early October?

No, you usually get a postie saying they are in the sorting office at some point, but I would say in the first week of the month

Just saw a thread from last year dated 29th Sept, so could be late Sept or early Oct?