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Quotes from runners in the 2008 marathon and Half Marathon

Please can you pass on my sincere thanks to all involved in the organisation and management of the Leicester Marathon. I ran the half marathon this year having ran the London Marathon earlier this year.
I live in Melton Mowbray and work in Leicester itself so it was very pleasant to race through the streets of our County City. The race was superbly organised and the route was well covered with very positive and friendly marshals without exception. Despite being on numerous main roads I felt the race to be very safe.Thank you very much and I look forward to racing in 2009! - Toby

I just wanted to say thanks to the marshalls that did such an excellent job today. I ran the marathon and there were so many cheerful people out there marshalling that it really made a difference.
Well done to them all. - Xanthe.

Congratulations on another fantastic event. After running last year the route changes were for the better, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am just disappointed that I am going to have to wait
12 months to run it again! thank you, - Phil

To all the race officials, marshalls and drinks holders,
Thank you so much for you time and care for a great day.  Really enjoyed every step of the way (he lied), and overjoyed at just scraping into 3.14.33 - goal was to make 3.15 to be in the London Marathon.Great route - I train on some of the roads and Watermead Park, so all familiar territory.
Hope you all had a ball as well. - Regards Harry.

Just wanted to say what a FANTASTICALLY organised race yesterday. The best and most enthusiastic and professional marshalling I’ve ever seen in any running or triathlon race I’ve done.
THANK YOU. - Mary

Can I pass on my thanks to you and all the other organizers, this was my 11th Half marathon, and in my opinion it was the nicest route and course I have ran on any half, it had the atmosphere of the city the blend of being out in the country and then back into Abbey park and finish in the city,  As I was running I heard two runners chatting and discussing  how nice the lakes were??
Well done great day - John

I just wanted to take the time to say a huge thankyou and well done for yesterdays event. The course was fantastic along with the organisation and the marshalls. In particular the marshalls at the subway crossing Vaughan way.
They will never know just how much they helped me complete the marathon.  
Once again thank you. See you next year. - Matt

I want to congratulate you on an excellent, well organised race. The new course is great, and the marshalls (there seemed to be hundreds of them) were all so supportive and encouraging, even though they must have been standing out in the cold wind for hours by the time I came past.  
The people of Leicester were brilliant too, they were so encouraging.  
I do a fair number of marathons (yesterday was no 48) and I think yesterday was one of the best organised.  
Well done, and thank you. - Gillian

Yesterday I had the joy of running my first Leicester Half Marathon and I would like to take this opportunity to say what a fantastic time I had. The course was splendid, the marshals were so encouraging and the refreshments in my opinion were better than the Great North I ran two years ago. (Water, High 5 and Bananas). The whole event was so well organised it must have taken a great deal of time from an awful lot of people….. a big thanks to all involved.
I will start my training for 2009 and attempt to improve my personal best. Kindest regards - Adi

Just want to say thank you to all the organisers,  the marshals who were out on the course yesterday and the youngsters at the water stations  without them these kind of events would never happen.Not done anything like this for over three years, so it was great to have a clearly signed, well marshalled route so close to home I may have to do it again next year. Regards - Maggie

Just a quick message to say how much I enjoyed the half marathon on Sunday. This was the first I've run in, and having found the whole thing really well organised, with a genuinely friendly crowd, it's  given me lots of motivation to train for further runs
(with hopefully a better time!) in future. I shall definitely be back again next year. Many thanks,- pete.

I just wanted to pass on my thanks to you and the organisers for a fabulous, fabulous event. The course was absolutely superb and taking part was a real pleasure. I hope you get lots of positive feedback from other competitors too. Please keep up the good work and thanks again.
I can’t speak highly enough of you all. Best wishes - Laraine