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amber&maroon wrote (see)

"entry in, fingers crossed, 2008-2012 I got knocked back from the ballot, lucky enough I have had club places."

 That would have qualified you for a 5-strikes-and-you're-in place for 2013. Did you apply? 

All went through very smoothly, and my number is in the 117xxx range, which means 17,000 places have already gone by 2am.  I suspect the remainder will be gone in record time - early afternoon maybe?

Hi GoS

I've been assured by our race director that there will be sufficient EODs for anyone who turns up wanting a place.

At least we shouldn't be troubled by snow and ice this year!

I wouldn't worry about timing.  As you can see it's quite a wide line up at the start, so it won't take more than a few seconds to cross the line.

Matthew: The last "best guess" I saw was that out of around 45,000 places 20,000 were for the ballot, 12,500 charity and the remainder for last year's deferrers, championship/gfa, 5-strikes-and-you're-in, overseas entries and corporate hospitality.

So that makes it 1 in 6.25 chance of success which pretty much ties in with your 3 out of 19 place winners.