← Birkenhead Park 5
Simple registration process and only £10 to enter
Race bib collection was done by a simple touch screen method using two tablets, just enter DOB and your name and race no. is issued within seconds
Course was all within a local park comprising 1 small lap followed by 3 longer laps
Race timing by Niftytiming with a text sent showing Chip Time within minutes of finishing
400 runner limit for the race, this was sold out in advance so no entries on the night as has been the case previously
Very popular with Merseyside Clubs so i'll expect it to be a sell out next year
Thanks for taking the time to post a review Brian. Glad the number collection was something you liked, our timing partner Nifty Entries has an excellent solution and hopefully it will become commonplace in future. It's really the key bottleneck to unlock before considering the following question: How many runners could the race handle? (on the current course and with the current facilities). We ask because the current race limit of 400 is based on.....nothing at all, other that 'pick a number which is way more than we'll ever get turning up'. So we may look to increase the race limit but only to the point the facilities can handle it. I was handing out numbers with Emily (It helps to have a sub-17 5k runner if you need people to run around handing out numbers :-) ) so didn't see if there was problems with facilities capacity. Certainly no reports of any issues but often that doesn't mean there were none. Thanks for coming along and supporting our club race, it is very much appreciated and hopefully people enjoyed the night and watching Jonny (isn't he fast!). - #TeamWirralAC