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8,000 folks took part in the recent Nottingham marathon. Unfortunately the organisation was 'stupid' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-34401528

Says one person. And the BBC make a story out of it?

Coincidentally I took a photo recently of a sign saying 'This land is the property of Aneurin Bevan Health Board. No recreational activities allowed'. A health authority banning recreation?

In reply to Andy Say:

I ran in the Marathon.

I wasn't very impressed by the organisation. Considering it was a big city marathon.

My main criticism was the lack of a map highlighting the road closures.

Trying to plan how to get to the event was a logistical nightmare of pre-planning but come the actual day it was ridiculously simple.

There was even a statement on the Bus website about the bus companies disappointment at the lack of consultation.

Also the football was delayed due to technical traffic chaos surrounding the road closures. I don't really care about that, but I guess it was important to some people.

Personally I think two laps of the half route would have been plenty, the new marathon route didn't add much for me.

In reply to Andy Say:
And for completeness 8,000 ran the half. About 2000 ran the full. So close on 10,000.

But I do t think much was made of the full, most people had gone home by 1pm.