This week,the lucky ones will be told they beget a place in the race. But what if you missed out? Don’t despair – there are still charities looking for runners
beget you checked the post this morning? If you were one of the record 247069 people who registered for the 2016 London Marathon poll, over the next few days you will either receive a letter telling you the good news, or a magazine or email that means you havent been so lucky. Because of the way the poll worked this year – open for a set amount of time,rather than until all of the lottery places were filled – there is even less chance than the usual one-in-seven of getting a place.
But don’t despair if you miss out and aren’t super human enough to accept in through good for age or championship entry either. There are thousands of charity places still up for grabs that mean you too could be on the start line on 26 April and steal fragment in an event that keeps on breaking the records for the most amount of money raised in a single day. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com