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Originally Posted by Si Coe
True, but then you need clubs to hold regionals and nationals don't you?
If everyone runs around the country chasing the next big meeting, no club gets a decent turn out except for those meetings. and they close.
Then its regionals on school fields because no one can afford a permanent track.
Case to point in my area Macctrack (only permanent indoor venue) closed, and Bury who have a great outdoor track struggle most weeks. There will be a huge turn out for next weekends regional, everyone will enjoy the track, then they'll disappear not to return till the next regional. Somehow the organisers have to keep the place afloat until then!
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Ha, funnily I wish there were local clubs to me running at weekends, I'd love to do less big races where I do s**t anyway and don't get home till well into Sunday evening having set off at 7am! Sadly, all my local clubs except one (55mins away still!) are on road, and all run in the week when I'm too knackered to race!! Going racing straight from work and not getting in till gone 11 is not good for me on a weeknight!
One thing that does put me off clubbies, most I've found don't seem to bother with finals, just qualifying. Having that final where you can push to make the A or whatever at your local club was a big thing for me growing up, doubt I'd have been as interested if it was just qualifying like so many places seem to make it now...