
The London Duathlon goes from strength to strength with an increased number of entries despite the economic woes. Numbers are already up BEFORE the race and so the figures below do not even include on-the-day/late entrants
The general level of interest could be seen as being the same judging by static entries for the Sprint/fun distance. However there is a 38% increase in the main distance event (which is two distances this year).
So is this the Olympic effect? Possibly, you’d have to look at figures of entrants post the Olympic start. Or is it the nearness of the World Duathlon Champs a mere 2 weeks after the London Duathlon? making the London Duathlon an ideal warm-up event. Could be. You’d have to analyse the number of World Duathlon attendees in Nancy who are competing in Nancy and Richmond Park. I doubt if it would account for 500 people. Could it be the new Classic distance (10:40:5)? Could be, you’d have to look at the increase in the number of BTF memebers in the new distance as they would be the ones most attracted to the distance.
Anyway, here are the figures:
Challenge 2012: 950
Classic 2012: 880
Totaling 2012: 1830 compared to 2011: 1330
Sprint/Fun 2012: 251 compared to 2011: 252
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