These people shouldn’t be allowed to enter the London Marathon

[Notbeinggoadybut]

Like most runners I put my name into the ballot every year, and have never been picked not bitter at all.

The footage of the “last finishers” sets my teeth off a bit. I think if you can’t finish the marathon in say, 6.5-7 hours, you shouldn’t be taking a ballot place that could be allocated to someone who actually wants to RUN the marathon. There are plenty of walking marathons for people who prefer to walk, don’t be selfish and take a slight after place for a RUNNING race. I mean the key is even in the slogan, “We run together”.

AIBU?

Ok so the guy who came last - turns out he did have a good reason for being so slow!

Out of all the others who took 7 or more hours though, how many had similar reasons? Or how many just couldn’t be arsed to train?

I saw the comments on Facebook too @xsquared and actually that should be the first port of call - people who ran the previous year shouldn’t be able to enter until the following year (so one year’s break in between) at least. I think that’s a fair deal.

I think the point is to suggest that perhaps the rules should be changed.

I see you've not been swayed at all by this thread. How disappointing.

I think I agree with @TeaKitten