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 1/2 Marathon sub section?
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View Poll Results: Add a 1/2 marathon section?
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Yes, as a separate forum
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Yes, as a subforum to marathon
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No
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13th Aug 08, 09:57 PM
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Real Name: take a wild guess.......
Age: 27
Gender: Male
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Location: Somewhere in Scotland.
483 miles in 2008
10.85 miles this week
10.85 miles this year
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1/2 Marathon sub section?
Just wondered if it would be worth having a 1/2 Marathon sub section on the marathon area.
O.
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13th Aug 08, 10:05 PM
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Real Name: The Stig
Age: 27
Gender: Male
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This calls for a poll!
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13th Aug 08, 10:36 PM
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Real Name: Giles
Age: 36
Gender: Male
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Location: Paignton
459 miles in 2008
0.00 miles this week
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I put as a sub forum as although they are seperate races with their own training many people doing a half are heading for a full.
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Start weight: 18 st 4.. Current weight: 14 st 8.. Current Goal: Duchy Marathon, 8th March 2009
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13th Aug 08, 10:46 PM
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Age: 34
Gender: Male
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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But some people have no intention of doing a marathon and see the half as the true glamour event  They are completely different races and I believe should be treated as such. I would also suggest a 10k and 5k forum. |
13th Aug 08, 11:04 PM
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Real Name: take a wild guess.......
Age: 27
Gender: Male
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Location: Somewhere in Scotland.
483 miles in 2008
10.85 miles this week
10.85 miles this year
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Thinking about it, I have said seperate section since they are their own races 
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14th Aug 08, 07:09 AM
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Real Name: Giles
Age: 36
Gender: Male
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Location: Paignton
459 miles in 2008
0.00 miles this week
11.00 miles this year
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I have to admit that following posts via the new post button means I rarely pay any attention to the section a post is in. The only time it is relevant is if I new post and have to decide where to put it.
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0 - 14 Miles in 6 months, 2 hours, 13 minutes and 58 seconds.
Start weight: 18 st 4.. Current weight: 14 st 8.. Current Goal: Duchy Marathon, 8th March 2009
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14th Aug 08, 10:46 AM
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Age: 25
Gender: Male
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Location: Warwickshire
1382 miles in 2008
15.08 miles this week
22.84 miles this year
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I agree with Hrun in that I rarely browse through the sections unless looking to start a new thread - I would imagine the sections are of more importance to guests and newcomers?
Personally I don't see much value in having a seperate section just for a half marathon... a half marathon is a relatively common distance, whereas a marathon takes specific training and is quite specialist, therefore warranting its own section... a half marathon in my opinion, is no more specialist than a 10k, 5k, or 1mile event...
If you were to create seperate sections for anything related to Mara, Half, 10k and 5k... this would be a different story, as people could find information (particularly training related stuff) related specifically for that distance. Whether we cover enough distance specific topics to warrant this though, who knows!
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14th Aug 08, 11:33 AM
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Real Name: take a wild guess.......
Age: 27
Gender: Male
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Location: Somewhere in Scotland.
483 miles in 2008
10.85 miles this week
10.85 miles this year
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I guess the reason I brought it up was because when I was training for the 1/2 marathons I wasnt very sure where to post a thread about it.
I agree I tend not to actually look at the sections unless Im looking to start a new thread.
O.
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14th Aug 08, 01:54 PM
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Real Name: The Stig
Age: 27
Gender: Male
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I'm the same, I pay some attention to the location since it might need moving, but I can see why most would ignore it.
However, we do want to encourage the creation of new threads, so I think this is quite an important thing to sort out.
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14th Aug 08, 02:19 PM
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Real Name: take a wild guess.......
Age: 27
Gender: Male
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Location: Somewhere in Scotland.
483 miles in 2008
10.85 miles this week
10.85 miles this year
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I think for creation of new threads having maybe a racing section and within that have the marathon, 1/2m, 10k, 5k as subsection? Is that getting to many subsections?
O.
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14th Aug 08, 02:21 PM
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Real Name: John
Age: 34
Gender: Female
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352 miles in 2008
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I can't see why it would hurt to have all these sub-sections, it my encourage other users to sign up to the site?
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14th Aug 08, 03:15 PM
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Age: 25
Gender: Male
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Location: Warwickshire
1382 miles in 2008
15.08 miles this week
22.84 miles this year
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empty sections look bad |
14th Aug 08, 03:25 PM
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Real Name: take a wild guess.......
Age: 27
Gender: Male
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Location: Somewhere in Scotland.
483 miles in 2008
10.85 miles this week
10.85 miles this year
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Im sure we can soon fill them up though, its not like non of us will post in these sections. I know I will have plenty of questions with regards to future races.
O.
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14th Aug 08, 06:59 PM
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Real Name: The Stig
Age: 27
Gender: Male
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The forum structure as a whole does need looking at with a view to possibly moving things around, and making new forums.
Me and the staff shall have a chat about seeing what could be changed. I'll leave the poll and this thread open if anyone wants to contribute any ideas they might have.
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14th Aug 08, 07:42 PM
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Real Name: Giles
Age: 36
Gender: Male
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Location: Paignton
459 miles in 2008
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11.00 miles this year
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Filling threads doesn't seem to be a problem. OP, one answer and then a couple of pages of off topic stuff
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Start weight: 18 st 4.. Current weight: 14 st 8.. Current Goal: Duchy Marathon, 8th March 2009
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