DFW running club mark 3!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!

bj-sailaway

Cool article! Inspiring, but hopefully not to drop dead - ha ha!

Simplycynical

Hmmm, some kind friend sent me this link today:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8158022.stm

Whilst I'm here can I be very excited if I do it quietly - my number for the Stur Half came today :j:j It's real now!!!!

Thanks guys I just needed to share - no-one else understands my excitement quite like you do

becky_rtw

Its the buzzard time of year - its when people get too close to nests I reckon - they are pretty scary birds though :eek:

Hope the number is a good one

I want number 21 for fleetwood but theres no chance me thinks - one day I will get my lucky number for a race

Simplycynical

I don't think I'd want a buzzard flying round my head - or any other bird come to that :eek:

I've got number 40 - I'll let you know after the race whether it's a lucky number or not

Ukevas

£20 for a 5k Race :rotfl:.

GB V's Aus V's Rest of the world 5k... :rolleyes:

becky_rtw

Yeah saw that :eek: what a rip off but then people pay £25 + for 10k races so obviously there's an audience for it somewhere (not mse I hope )

Uk hows the training going - not long now till athens eh Getting excited??

bj-sailaway

So, what's a fair price? I paid £15 for priviledge of my Portsoy 10K disaster a few weeks ago.

becky_rtw

Thats a very good question B.J...

In my opinion (which is only mine) the price should reflect road closures, number (the paper bit and chip if there is one), organisers fee and small surplus for next years event - for a 10k this would be roughly £8-10, up to about £20 for a half and maybe £25 for a marathon - but really these costs are mostly static for any race.

But of course every race is different sometimes its costs more because the roads have to be closed for longer - which is why smaller races are often the cheapest

In terms of monysaving if you're going to race a lot it may be worth joining a cheap club and registering with England Athletics as you get £2 off each entry fee - but me and Rich havent found one thats cheap enough to make it worthwhile yet even for us...although we may be working on that ourselves

RichOneday_2

Interestingly, race organisers no longer have to pass £2 of the entry fee from unaffilliated entries to UK Athletics.

Instead they pay a flat fee licence based on the size of the field.

They do, however, still have to charge at least £2 more for unaffilliated runners but can charge considerably more if they wish. The difference now is that the additional fee is kept by the race organisers.

Ukevas

becky_rtw wrote: »

Uk hows the training going

Not telling you....:p.... Training in silence so you dont know whats about to hit you in the WAVA's ..till BAM!!!!

but £15 for a very good 10k i could see SLIGHT value in... but £20 for a 5K? man you aint even warmed up .