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I found this page on the England Athletics website after spotting a link to it in the Chester Marathon info. I had no idea that England Age group Master existed. They say:
The Age Group Masters competition programme recognises and rewards the significant contribution that these runners make to our sport.
I must admit, that jars with me a bit. It isn’t England Athletics sport. No-one owns running. Time to get off my high horse though and I vanished down rabbit hole of exploration for a couple of hours. By the time I had come back up, I had a better understanding of the masters running scene in England and found that my 5k time from earlier in the year put me at 430th in my age group ranking for England. I love that kind of thing. I found out that the marathon qualifying time to represent England in my age group is 3hrs 20 mins and that I am already entered into two qualifying events. All I needed to do was also register myself on Roster Athletics. 3hrs 20 mins is a bit of a push but maybe, just maybe. The qualifiers also need to finish in the top three in their age group in the race. I have no chance of that but to aim for the qualifying time has given me some purpose. Chester and Manchester here I come!
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