Race costs

What is the real value of trail races?

Are there some that are ridiculously over-priced?

Are most of them good value for your hard-earned Rands?

What about the ones that offer fantastic value for money?

We asked you: are trail event costs exorbitant or not?

These controversial questions received impassioned responses on Facebook, from race organisers and trail runners alike.

Barbara Van Der Hoven | Organiser and runner

If you are a race organiser, you do realise all the expenses and the hours of input to organise a race of reasonably good standards. My compliments to all the marathon clubs who organise races, because as individuals they do not make any money. It is totally