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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Rip off runs

Like most runners, I have my favourite events that I like to participate in. Oftentimes these are the only occasions where you see so many of your old mates together in one place. You get to see who have let things slip a little and who is looking in great shape.

Some of these runs are club run and others put on by various event organisation companies. Now when I started running more seriously a couple of years ago, most of the organised events in Sydney were still well within my budget, however of late I am finding it increasingly difficult to justify spending large amounts of money on relatively short events. This price gouging I can only put down to events being taken over by large corporates or media companies. As a result they lose their community feel and where once the event was put on with a focus on actually delivering a service to runners, this has changed substantially with athletes now considered to be just cash cows to be milked while being offered less and less.

This week I heard of a family who was hoping to run a local half marathon (3 generations together), however due to the exorbitant cost of the event, they have been prevented from doing so. Such a pity to hear stories of people being ripped off when all they want to do is run.

Many of these runs I have walked away from now and will not return to. This is sad, but there are just so many other community events out there that are not only fantastic value, but also allow one to experience some completely new runs.

Running together (while avoiding rip off runs) – stride for stride on a life changing ride! – Sean Muller

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