Edinburgh Marathon Festival of Running 2012
Saturday 26th/Sunday 27th May 2012
Edinburgh
The Edinburgh Marathon Festival takes place in the heart of Scotland’s capital city over two days. With a huge variety of races to choose from, the festival promises to have a race to suit every level of experience and fitness. The headline event, the Edinburgh Marathon, is now the UK’s second largest marathon, attracting around 16,000 participants every year as well as being the fastest marathon in the U.K!
Races start in the city centre and offer a grandstand finish in Pinkie Primary School with race starts staggered so there will be no cross-over of runners on these separate events.
Charity Assured Places
We have charity assured places in 5 different EMF events. In return for an Alzheimer Scotland Charity Assured Place we ask that you pay a registration fee and pledge to raise a minimum sponsorship as detailed below.
Saturday 26th May
10k - £15 registration fee, £150 minimum sponsorship
5k - £8 registration fee, £100 minimum sponsorshipSunday 27th May
26.2-mile Marathon - £30 registration fee, £500 minimum sponsorship
Relay team marathon (four participants per team aged 15+) - £60 registration fee, £600 minimum sponsorship
13.1-mile half marathon - £20 registration fee, £300 minimum sponsorship
Guaranteed Entry
To find out more about guaranteed entry through Alzheimer Scotland and to get a full registration pack, please contact* the Events Team at events@alzscot.org.
Entries for 2012 are open for people who have pre-registered by 31 July 2011. General Public registration opens on 1 September 2011.
Already registered?
If you have already registered to take part in this event and would like to raise funds for Alzheimer Scotland it's not too late! Please let us know by emailing* events@alzscot.org. There is no minimum sponsorship pledge but we suggest that you set a sponsorship target and raise as much as you can for Alzheimer Scotland.
Sponsorship pack
All of our runners will be provided with sponsor forms, temporary face tattoo and of course a free awareness raising t-shirt or breathable running vest to wear on the day. We can also help with any publicity that may help your fundraising along.
For any questions regarding race details including routes, times, running numbers and directions please visit
www.edinburgh-marathon.com
Runners from 2011
We managed to get some snaps of some of our runners from May 2011, see if you can be spotted below!
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