Author: darren

And now it starts

Vigilantes Maravan holds associate membership of the Association of Running Clubs. This allows us to hold officially recognised events, and gives us a nice big wodge of insurance which protects us all.

It’s an annual membership, and it needs to be renewed every year in April, so it’s up for renewal right now.

Thanks to our ARC permits, all our marathon-distance events are recognised by the various clubs and groups that like to count these sorts of things, the 100 Marathon Club and the Marathon Globetrotters just happen to be two that Darren is a member of.

I’ll get the money sent off for the ARC membership and the permit this week, and then from that point on, it’s all systems go, as the council and both landowners need to see evidence of this insurance policy.

So, as the first cost now hits the ledger, and conscious that we’re just into a new month, it would be really handy, if you’re thinking about entering, if you could get in now.

Enter The Maravan

Relaxed for now…

Buck Beck Beach Bench, a bench made of flotsam, driftwood and other found articles on a beach in Cleethorpes. Sandy beach and an overcast sky.
A place to relax on Cleethorpes beach…?

It’s always so quiet this time of year! Time to relax on the Beach Bench.

I like to take a month off after Maravan to recharge and unwind, and then its the unglamorous stuff in the background of reviewing risk assessments, renewing permits and permissions.

Both parks have already agreed to the event – that was done before we’d even packed away in November, so that’s the biggest hurdle out of the way.

Risk assessment is written, and I can’t renew the permit and get all those lovely millions of pounds of insurance that come with it until the spring at the earliest.

So it’s currently a game of sitting and waiting.

I know November is a long way away, but I’ve got certain landmarks along the way that I need to hit and pay for. Permit and medals seem to come up very quickly, which is why I open entries early.

Now January’s over, if you’re thinking about entering, now’s an excellent time…

maravan.co.uk/events

2022 Results

Have been online at Timing Monkey since during the race – we get live updates. It’s amazing.

https://www.timingmonkey.co.uk/results/Maravan22/

I’ve updated the results archive accordingly

Thanks to everyone involved last weekend, runners, supporters, specialists and parks staff alike. We had a great, if tiring time and we’ll be back next year.

Entries will be open once I’ve got the relevant permissions confirmed.

See you next year…

We’re keeping entries open for a while longer!

Just to let you know that, because Darren’s doing some running himself this coming weekend, and therefore won’t have finished with the necessary catering and goody-bag purchasing, we’re going to keep entries open for another little while.

Entries are well above 30 in both marathons, so they’re definitely going to count for the 100 club (which needs 15 finishers).

Half marathon is above 20, which is more than we’ve had many times since we started in 2014, and we’ve still got a few spaces left for teams if you want to enter.

Enter The Maravan