and just to be really anal about what happens at the start,if you got a place in the ballot or are gfa,or a club runner you will most likely be on blue and i won't be seeing you.i am a charity runner and will be no 40155 or something v close,i forget now.but i will be on red,in the pen for 3.59 finishers.last year i found that this breakdown by start colour then by gradation of time that people put on their forms-i stupidly put 4.10 which because of slightly fascist marshalling meant that i started pretty much on my own out of a thread of about 25 people all trying to do the same thing!!congestion will inevitably mean that more than about 4 or 5 can't really run together but the ebbs and flows over the course mean that it would be really nice to feel there were a few friendly faces out there whether on (or particularly as last year off track )for the time.also the rw pacers will be aiming at a gun time of 4 or slightly quicker which means a chip time of around 3.52 or so.it was a large and quick group last year that almost bowled me over at the cutty sark.....
on the day meeting point is easy,the bandstand is a very easy landmark and worked quite well,though one or two charities use it,we may need a urwfrc flag or something.who knows we might even have met by then....and word to the wise is that the earliest trains are less crowded.but this is probably getting a bit ahead of ourselves.
