London this weekend?

[Becks]

Is there anything fun happening within the M25 on Saturday this weekend? If no, does anyone have a map/ocad file of somewhere fun I could do a bit of technique practice on?

Also, anyone have any tips on the best place to spectate the marathon so you actually have a vague chance of spotting people?

Cheers!

[IanD]

The events page of the SEOA web site http://www.seoa.org.uk/ mentions a fun introductory event, if you want to go along and pretend to be a novice.

[SeanC]

The LOK site has PDF's of their permanent courses, Hampstead Heath and Trent Park I think.

[Snail]

Also, anyone have any tips on the best place to spectate the marathon so you actually have a vague chance of spotting people?

You should be about to spot about 35000 runners, plus 000s of spectators, almost anywhere on the course. . Plus a number of volunteers from clubs like DFOK / SLOW / SN in varous places.

But if you want to spot specific people then probably best to avoid the very crowded areas like Start, Greenwich, Tower Bridge, Embankment & Finish. Quieter bits are perhaps in other parts south of the river, and in Docklands - a bit of route planning between these can potentially pick out three different vantage points without too much travel between them.