Brecon Fans Races Blog

Insurance all sorted thanks to John Sweeting and WFRA goodness. Plenty of entries have arrived by post - more than in previous years. Hard to tell what that means for turnout on the day. I've tweaked the photos page on the web site to make the thumbnail galleries display fully, and moved the slide show onto another page - this is a lovely feature but all the different years' galleries are a bit hard to find, and I've not found a way of making one slideshow for each year - this would need a... read more

We've left it a bit late this year, but we've finally sent off the insurance permit forms to the WFRA (Welsh Fell Runners Association), and letters to the National Trust and landowner. Later this weekend we'll do an email blast to previous competitors and running clubs, with the race poster. Naomi has secured sponsorship from Cotswold in Brecon which is great news. Still on the "to do" list for June: Putting posters up around town, and at Dering Lines... read more

Nipped down to Tintern Abbey for the Offa’s Orror race this morning; 20Km with 1600 ft of ascent ... read more

10 April 2011 08:04:00 Categories: other races

Postal entries have started arriving for the races – 3 for PyF and 1 for FyB so far. This means resurrecting the race manager database, a home-baked affair that I hacked together a few years ago. It’s also a reminder to do some publicity like emailing previous entrants. If only work wasn’t so busy…

I've added a blog to the Brecon Fans web site... the idea being to jot down notes and thoughts in the lead up to the races etc. Not sure whether I'll use it really, and this is partly just me playing around with the functionality in mojoPortal, the content management system I've used to build the site. I've also activated "comments" on some pages, to allow anyone with an interest in the races to give feedback on the web site information and the races themselves. Every good blog entry... read more