Your entry...Once you've entered the overseas ballot through these pages, we will let you know in early October whether you've secured a place in the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon taking place on Sunday 13th April. Please don't enter the overseas ballot more than once as this could result in your entry being cancelled.
Entry fee
Everyone who runs in the Virgin Money London Marathon is required to pay an entry fee to help cover the cost of the race. The overseas race entry fee for the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon is £80.
As you can see, it is very much a lottery system.
Details here...https://www.virginlondonmarathonballot.com/overseas/1/
You may also be able to enter if you qualify under the 'good for age' category...(The good for ages entries are for UK residents only so if you want to apply for that your going to have to have a UK postal address that you can use.)
If you've already run a full marathon in a particularly fast time, you might qualify for an automatic 'good for age' entry into the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon.
Do I qualify?....You can apply for a good for age entry if you've run a full marathon in the same time, or faster than, the times listed below:
Men Time (in hours) Women Time (in hours)
Age 18 - 40 sub 3:05 Age 18 - 40 sub 3:45
Age 41 - 49 sub 3:15 Age 41 - 49 sub 3:50
Age 50 -59 sub 3:20 Age 50 -59 sub 4:00
Age 60 - 64 sub 3:45 Age 60 - 64 sub 4:30
Age 65 - 69 sub 4:00 Age 65 - 69 sub 5:00
Age 70 - 75 sub 5:00 Age 70 - 75 sub 6:00
76+ sub 5:30 76+ sub 6.30
Please refer back to the website at the end of May for details on how to apply.
The good for ages entries are for UK residents only so if you want to apply for that your going to have to have a UK postal address that you can use.
ReplyDeleteAlso looks like theyve changed the times for these since last year Men 18 - 40 is gone from to 3:10 to 3:05 now. Now the same as the Boston qualifying time
seems to be closed already..
ReplyDeleteYa ballot was full by 1pm
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Wow! – what a response! The ballot for the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon is now CLOSED. We hope to see you in the 2014 race! #VMLM2014
Is it 3:05 and under or sub 3:05 for the 18-40 category.
DeleteI would take 'sub 3:05' to mean 3:04:59 or faster based on your chip time.
ReplyDeleteNo bother john but they have it down as if you've run a full marathon in the same time, or faster than, the times listed. I did 3:05 in dublin and would love to run it.
ReplyDeleteHi John,
ReplyDeleteDo you think it would be possible to use a cousins address in London to get in through the "good for age" process
re the cousins address, I read on a message boards somewhere that this is a fairly common thing done by people outside the UK and does work
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