Rich people getting sponsored to do fun stuff

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Fucking hell, another extremely wealthy acquaintance has just done this. It makes no sense. You like running half marathons, so do it. If you want to donate, then great - you could give thousands and it would be like one of us dropping a tenner. Why ask your colleagues, who are on average considerably less well off, to give so you can further feed your ego?

AIBU to think most charity sponsorship bis bullshit?

If you want to do the London Marathon and you don't get in through the ballot (more chance of shitting gold)
This made me smile. "more chance of shitting gold"

I considered applying for a charity place for VLM (thinking while I could still physically do it) then decided I had no chance to raise that amount of money especially when I've been running for a while. To a non-runner it might look easy for me. I will get to do it one day as my running club have a waiting list, it just might take another 5 years at least of rejections.

I blame VLM for opening the ballot the day its on TV. Too many people taken in by the glory of it all so all apply. But that's another thread.

@running I completely agree. They should open the ballot at least a week after the marathon. Too many people watch it all excitedly thinking, I could do that, and while most could it's flipping hard work training for a marathon.
I've been lucky enough to do it twice and it is fab. Wishing you the best of luck getting a ballot place.

If more marathons were accessible to enter and did not just rely on either a crazy time (sub 3 hrs)

I regular run marathons and I cannot think of a single marathon with a sub 3hr cut off. The only marathon I can think of that requires you to have a qualifying time is the Boston marathon. Most marathons have a 6-8 hour cut off.