Quote Originally Posted by GrahamB View Post
Reversal of Fortune


2004 saw the hooplah of the 50th Anniversary Race, Championship status etc and 407 finished.

Conventional wisdom then on the organising committee was that after 2004 numbers would continue to decline, but instead the race has regained and now surpassed its previous popularity:

2005 340
2006 363
2007 459

And rightly so?
Possibly an even bigger 'hooplah' in store next year with the WMRA dimension being added. 500+ finishers do you think next year?

Is there enough tape in the world to mark out a 24 mile course?

I think the best thing about the PPP is that it is deceptively harder than it looks on paper; a magnificent sucker punch at the end with what looks like an easy stroll down to Horton often turning out to be anything but.

I will be very interested to see if Mr. Jebb can hold off the overseas challenge next year.