We've been debating within the club whether to separate the Wadsworth Trog and Half Trog onto different dates. The idea would be to keep the full Trog on its current date in February and hold the Half Trog in November as a more low-key event (from the pub rather than the cricket club, without sandwiches laid on afterwards but with food and beer available at the pub of course!)
So I wonder what you all think of this.
The Half-Trog was set up a few years back because it was felt that many people thought the Trog was too tough, and doing the Half one year would give them the confidence to step up to the Full the next. But in practice the Half Trog has become an individual race in itself, and several people have said they would like the races separated so that they can do both.
The pros for splitting are:
- people can run both races if they want
- we have to limit the total number of runners to 200 so always end up turning people away. If we had separate dates we would be able to allow more people in
The cons are:
- often people drop from the Full to the Half on the day if they are unfit or the weather is poor. That wouldn't be possible
- more organisation and work
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