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Santa Dash is fun.
Yeah i'm over the water on the Wirral. is there a site or anything that the 4 villages half marathon is on?
tends to fill up by Christmas but I recall entries on the day this year.
*sidles away, red faced*
Excellent thanks for that, i'll be deffo applying for that
Is any body else doing the Reindeer 10k at Knowsley Hall 30th November.?
I believe there will be christmas stalls and things for the kids to do include a childrens races,
so fun for all the family.
Swittle....................................... santa dash is great fun, if a bit damp last year.
That's probably about the same distance from mine and my next door neighbour is called Richard!
Are you my neighbour?
Well i've just read the half marathon for next year has gone up to £24 per entry. seems a little steep. i know he's broken the costs down on the runliverpool site, but when its £35 to enter the London Marathon....
£2000 on goodie bags, isnt that what the sponsor is for, to put their stuff in the bags?
Jay,
Don't forgot that they probably subsidize the entry due to all the ballot rejections that pay up anyway. Think it's a little step as well but not as expensive as some.
p.s. LB cheers for the naked girls.
No problems Cake!
I never thought I'd defend the cost of a race, but GNR is FORTY QUID and if you become their "FRIEND" you get to pay thirty quid EXTRA for the privilege! I don't think £24 is a lot when you consider they are going to have to close city centre roads.
The cost is going up all the time to stage races. You have to pay the police about a million squid to stand there and pick their noses.....
LB,
From doing other stuff unrelated to running know the cost for the copper's and it isn't that that steep, sometimes they lower it if they think what your doing is a good thing as well. Great North, South or whatever is a bad example because they are trying to take over the world at the moment it's about 20 odd quid for the great Yorkshire which is only a 10 k so as you can imagine it's not gone down to well with the Yorkshire types round these parts.
Might just be they can't get a decent sponsor at the moment?
OK aside from the goodie bags then, wouldnt you expect the sponsor to stump up some cash towards it then, maybe a few grand from Mizuno would go a fair way. maybe not to reduce the cost of the half marathon, but maybe but a little extra cash in the 'coffers' of runliverpool.
Mostly it goes back to what the thread is about the council, if they got more involved we wouldnt have this problem were local races are becoming sparse,
I mean i pay my council tax, which goes towards policing, i also pay my road tax (on two cars) which allow me to use the roads... i know it doesnt work this way, but if more people were to maybe think about it like this there could be more pressure on the council to help us runners out, instead of Alan Rothwell doing his best with the resources he has.
for those who are Yorkshire based, Brass Monkey HM entries open this Sat. - and will no doubt close a few short days later. knavesmire harriers (york) site is the place to look.
Ain't that the truth!
I'm sorry ladies, but when the gun is about to go off, you should stop trying to push forward. We're queueing too.....
I don't blame Alan Rothwell. He's been on here before discussing the hidden costs of hosting these things. If he could shave any more off the price, I'm sure he would.
Just felt that I had to comment on this thread....
I've done the Liverpool 10k three times now and am about to enter the Liverpool Half next March (my first half marathon!) but thanks to the lack of funding from the council, plus the selfish small-minded attitudes of certain residents and pointscoring councillors, I'm concerned the race may not go ahead.
Alan Rothwell does an amazing job putting on races in the face of such hostility and lack of funding and support from the powers that be. I just think it's laughable when I hear of the latest health campaign in Liverpool to combat heart disease or obesity when local politicians seem determined to rid the city of these great mass-participation events which have huge benefits for the health and fitness of those taking part.
Liverpool City Council should look down the M62 to see what a success the Manchester 10k has turned into - if they'd have shown more support and allowed a city-centre route the Liverpool 10k could have been as big (if not bigger).
Matt
I note there is a lot of negative comment about L.C.C. on the latest pages. Take it from me it's not going to change so let's just get on with it ourselves. I hope to announce the half marathon course shortly but as ever it will be subject to Safety Advisory Group authorisation!!!!! A city centre start and finish at the Arena woud improve things greatly rather than Sefton park and I think things are looking much better for 2009 already!
ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!
I'm already double booked for May 31st!
Alan - where are all the blokes going to wee if you take the race out of the park?
No triathlons in there then.....