Superb event Alan, thanks to everyone involved. Hope to be back next year with the dog.

I think non member wannabee ultra runners, who use these events as a cheap practice run in preparation for their main events should be charged more to enter (as non members)! LDWA events are definately a bargain in comparison to most long distance commercial running events.

Ah Mytholmroyd, Mytholmroyd...I could see my mum's house. What am I doing in Dorset?

Mind you, we had some drfits ourselves on the Purbecks on Sunday

Alan

I suggest you take those photos off Flicker...

It seems to me that far too many people enjoyed themselves, and the scenery was far too wonderful.

When do entries open for next year...? ;)

Peter

You can view photos of the event at Nick’s Photos of the Event

Sorry Merrian will try again to get the link when I have more time.

Items lost and found on the event are displayed here [url=http://alangreenwood.biz/th2013/Lost%20and%20Found.doc]

Thanks. I guess the number of 'no shows' this year was related to the weather; hence not typical.

The finishing times are now on the website at http://www.alangreenwood.biz/th2013/Finishing%20Times%202013.pdf

For Louise-the number of no shows bear no resemblance to the previous two years. For the record they were 112.

A copy of bulletin 4 is at http://alangreenwood.biz/th2013/Bulletin%20No%204.pdf

Bulletin No 3 now at http://www.alangreenwood.biz/th2013/Bulletin%20No%203.pdf

A further bulletin has gone on the event website http://alangreenwood.biz/th2013/Bulletin%20No%202.pdf

The Sportident facility of circulating information to entrants by group email has for the second year proved useful. The advantage is not available, however, for those who enter using an entry form, without expending considerable effort.The best I can do for them is to put the bulletin on the event website at http://alangreenwood.biz/th2013/Bulletin%20No%201.pdf

I will be delighted to let you know the non starters for 2013. In 2012 there were 36 and in 2011 there were 34. It is our aim to get as close to 100% starters as we can for 2013. There is already a waiting list of 15 who have shown interest in the few days since entries were closed.
The proportion of walkers to runners in 2013 is consistent with 2012 and 2011. The event is organised by walkers for walkers but for a lot of reasons beyond our control we do not get the number of walkers we would like.
If you are interested in delving further there is plenty of information on the event website at www.alangreenwood.biz/index.html

It is almost impossible to define a runner or walker as vast numbers of entrants are not averse to jogging downhill and some runners spend more time walking than running. Of more significance is that the majority of entrants are non LDWA. There appears to be a different mindset amongst runners. The walkers tend to wait for the week before an event before making a decision regarding entry. The runners enter early to ensure a place in the event and don't worry about the loss of a minimal entry fee if they can't make it. If we want to secure a place on events like the Hebden we must learn to enter earlier

It will be interesting to see how many actually turn up to the event. Please could you advise on this forum after the event.

The ratio of runners to walkers also looks interesting. I am not opposed to runners joining LDWA events - but as we are essentially about walking, a monitor of the runner/walker balance across all events might be interesting going forward - or is this already done?

The Hebden is now full. For those statistically minded there are 400 entrants of whom 249 are runners and 151 walkers. 250 are not LDWA members. 316 applied on line and 369 will download the route details with 31 wanting the route description by post.

The entries for the above have nearly reached 300 towards the 400 limit. This number was reached for the 2012 event much later in the year than the 2013 event so members wishing to enter should do so soonest to avoid a refusal.