I've also decided not to run the Cat and Fiddle down-and-up fell relay next year. This was a small local event, but it became apparent we probably couldn't take the same low-key approach we have in previous years and still be compliant with the regulations. Unlike for some of the other races discussed, the new regulations don't make it impossible for me to organise it in a compliant way. But I'd need to draft in a few extra people and put in some extra planning and preparation time. And it's not worth it for a race that gets about 40 people.
I may relaunch it in the future, but it would probably be a straightforward race, not a relay.
I'm sure there will be literally couples of people disappointed by this decision. I wouldn't have raised it on this thread. But I wanted to point out that as a race organiser, I am thinking about the new regulations and what they might mean were something to go wrong.
I'm putting all my efforts into my other race, which I'm more confident we can organise well enough.
