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May 2017
9:26am, 7 May 2017
428 posts
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SimonClarke
No idea Linds, it's the same here. We had a new record of 365 in the New Year, then it went back to normal levels around 300ish - and then in the last month we've had two weeks into the 400's!
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May 2017
9:30am, 7 May 2017
43,732 posts
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swittle
Well below average rainfall for several months; more fun - and cheaper - than the gym.
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May 2017
9:47am, 7 May 2017
235 posts
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bonners
At Conwy it is just getting more and more popular, my worry being at some point the council is going to take a look at the state of the river path. It may just be coincidence, but we really have some deep potholes now. Whereas a year ago our quiet weeks were around 170-180, the quiet weeks are now 270+. On the occasions we have had over 300 it has started to back up at the finish line.
The worry is we are soon entering holiday season and if last summer is anything to go by the numbers will explode again. Makes volunteering around the funnel a fun packed day anyway :D
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May 2017
10:13am, 7 May 2017
8,520 posts
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Maz Heeps
Yeah, I thought my funnel was a bit crazy yesterday (as RD at Hazlehead)
Need a narrown funnel til finish tokens and then opens up to the scanners.
I'm always watching how others do it when I tourist
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May 2017
4:46pm, 7 May 2017
16,934 posts
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LindsD
It's weird. I'm sure the weather must have something to do with it.
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May 2017
4:50pm, 7 May 2017
116 posts
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RRRrunner
Busy again at Oldham yesterday with another 230+ week and lots of first timers.
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May 2017
5:12pm, 7 May 2017
321 posts
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TomahawkMike
Roslistion was nice for my tourist visit yesterday (family weekend away nearby). Slight drizzle to start but a good location and the usual friendly volunteers and organisers. Slowly increasing my pace and it seems okay. Might be hovering around 30 in a week or so.
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May 2017
5:20pm, 7 May 2017
18,319 posts
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LazyDaisy
We have had to make our finishing funnel longer and longer because otherwise around the 27-29 minute mark we end up with people queueing across the finish line - the poor token giver is going as fast as they can but it's sometimes not fast enough!
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May 2017
6:13pm, 7 May 2017
910 posts
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beebop
At York, the first part of the finishing funnel is divided in to two with little cones after the last runner has completed the first lap (course is about one and two-thirds laps). The first finishers queue as normal, but when it starts to get busy runners are directed into first one side, then the other side of the funnel. The first in each queue is given a laminated letter card (A, B, C etc) so the funnel manager at the top knows which order they should go down the rest of the funnel in - the whole funnel is shaped like a flattened S, with the cards handed out at the bottom left of the letter, the tokens handed out at the top of the letter, and the scanners waiting at the top right. Needs around four funnel managers, although some of those are often fast finishers who join in after their run. Does this make sense? Works pretty well! We had some problems with runners backing up over the line before the funnel boss came up with this solution.
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May 2017
6:37pm, 7 May 2017
18,321 posts
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LazyDaisy
Bushy does similar with the divided funnel and letters. We may have to resort to something similar if numbers keep growing.
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