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Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		100%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Great training run for a half and step up from a 10k
Date of review: March 17, 2013

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Tough hills but very scenic and weather was perfect, great local organisation
Date of review: March 7, 2010

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In short: Edinburgh Marathon Organisers Statement
In full: Dear Marathon Runners,
We have issued the below statement and can totally understand the frustration than many of you feel we unreservedly apologise for the issues you encountered. Please continue to leave your feedback here and on our post race questionnaire which will be emailed to all runners this week.

Geoff Sims – Chief Executive
Neil Kilgour – Race Director
Caroline Vevers – Event Director
Damien O'Looney - Marketing Director

Date of review: June 2, 2009

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In short: EDINBURGH MARATHON REPORT WATER THEFT
In full: The Edinburgh Marathon today reported the theft of at least 6,804 bottles of water (3 Pallets) and 4,040 Lucozade Energy gels which were stolen from the route in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The thefts left two out of nine water stations on the Edinburgh Marathon route without water for a period of 40 minutes between miles 15 and 21.

Organisers quickly organised mobile teams of police and support vehicles in an attempt to deliver water to those who missed out.

Neil Kilgour, Race Director of Edinburgh Marathon, commented;
“We are furious that someone would steal water and energy gels from marathon runners on a hot day but unfortunately that is the case. It did leave us with problems which we unreservedly apologise for but I believe we did everything we could to mitigate the problem.

“When it became apparent that the water supply was getting low at water station 6 we moved water from water station 7 across the road to water station 6. We also activated our distribution company who had picked up the surplus water at water station 2 (the 5.5 mile mark on Portobello Prom) and moved it to water stations 6 and 7 between Lyars Roads and Gosford House. Water was moved under police escort to get it to the stations as quickly as possible. The marathon distribution company collected around 10,000 bottles of water from other water stations at the end of the event”.

“In collaboration with the police and emergency services we set up mobile water stations for people that missed the water at these stations and we wish to express our gratitude for their support in trying circumstances. The length of time we were without water at these two locations was 40 minutes”.

Geoff Sims, Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Marathon Ltd announced a £5,000 reward to anyone that gives information to police that leads to a conviction. Geoff Sims went on to say; the marathon staff spend the best part of a whole year planning a race with the aim that every runner will leave Edinburgh having had a great experience and were devastated to hear that some water stations had run out of water. Most of all our sincere apologies to all the runners that were adversely affected. We will of course be increasing our security measures in future years to ensure that this never happens again”.

Those with information should call the Lothian and Borders Police on 0131 311 3131 with incident reference number 454 dated the 02/06/09.

Geoff Sims – Chief Executive
Neil Kilgour – Race Director
Caroline Vevers – Event Director
Damien O'Looney - Marketing Director

Date of review: June 2, 2009

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		100%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		60%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		100%

In short: Great goodybag (yummy biscuits) and great PB course
In full: My fist 1/2 marathon and loved it. Organisers first time on new route and few organisational things can be improved but well worth doing and i'll be back next year to run again.
Date of review: March 16, 2008

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