Today I was talking at my running group about the Yorkshire Marathon and how they said they would be there as a team until the last runner crosses the finish line. My fastest half is 4:10:00 so in theory doubling that and adding 20mins takes it to 6.20pm finish (10am start 7hr cut off takes it to 5pm estimated)
Now on Bank Holiday Monday I did 8miles in 2:11:38 (fastest I have done the distance) and I have put the pace of 16:27 into a marathon pace calculator and it gave me an estimate finish time of 7:10:59 so not much over the cut off time. My friend reckoned that as it will be October it gets darker early and the Yorkshire Marathon organisers despite saying that they will be there until the last runner crosses the finish line won't want to be standing around in the dark and she reckons it will take me more than 8hrs hours to finish.
Feel a little hurt but also not sure if I should be cheesed off too as neither she or I really know what will happen on the day. I am hoping that I can prove her wrong. I am doing my 18miles on Saturday.