Longest race attendance

[kevspider]

This year will be the 18th year that I have taken part in the Whinberry Naze race on Boxing (first one was in 1990).

What's is the longest anyone has competed in single race?
i.e. Same race, every year, no gaps?

[Gambatte]

What's is the longest anyone has competed in single race?
i.e. Same race, every year, no gaps?

TWo year

[Alf Tupper]

Can't beat that , only 12 years of The Mallerstang Yomp for me.

[wheezing donkey]

The late Eddie Campbell raced in something like 45 consecutive Ben Nevis races!!

[bestathlete]

Do road races count?

Ive done the Brampton to Carlisle every year since 1998and will be doing it this year as long as nowt breaks.
Best 53mins. Worst 66mins.

[XRunner]

The late Eddie Campbell raced in something like 45 consecutive Ben Nevis races!!

Who has read the wonderful book "Up The Ben Wi' Eddie" by Jimmie Jardine?

His biography "Eddie Campbell. An Appreciation" lists all his 45 races from 1951 to 1995 plus his 46th ocassion in the 1994 Ben Nevis Centenary event that he organised.

[XRunner]

44 + 3. A Poem by Eddie

I managed 44 + 3,
I enjoyed every one,
I hope you all do well today,
Even in the sun,
The aches and pains I'll miss today,
But you'll enjoy the bliss,
I know you'll all run well today,
While I give it a miss.

"All the best"

I believe this poem was published in the 1996 Ben Nevis programme.

The + 3 that Eddie trefers to is the three non Ben Nevis Race Association runs:

1. The cancelled 1980 event,
2. The training run in 1980 for those who didn't race that year,
3. The 1994 Ben Race Centernary run.

[Welsh Harrier]

The late Eddie Campbell raced in something like 45 consecutive Ben Nevis races!!

What about consecutive victories? The late Pat Campbell won both Eccles Pike and Rivington Pike nearly ten years running (I was going to change that to ten years on the trot but thought better of it!)

[SouthLondonWelshman]

I believe a guy called Malcolm Jones ran the Snowdon Race for 30 consecutive years since its inception in 1976 - he may have done more by now - not sure.

[mxhornet]

In my case probably not many contenders as I like to try new races. But it'll probably be Round Norfolk Relay, would need to check how long a run I'm on at present.