(02 Sep 2021, 9:39 am)MurdnunoC wrote however the 500 Group Teesside Running Day is, by leaps and bounds, the one that comes across as more organised which results in a more enjoyable experience - at least for me anyway. Not sure whether the 500 Group hold supplementary rallies elsewhere around the Teesside/Cleveland/North Yorkshire area (I'm sure Kuyoyo will correct me if they do), but I presume the reason why the Teesside Running Day delivers is because the organisers have a year to plan timetables, organise volunteers, liaise with preservationists, prepare programmes and whatever else needs doing.

Indeed, the 500 Group only organised the Running Day most years (in the last 10 years, we have additionally been involved with the 2 Open Days at Stagecoach's Stockton depot, plus the Trollybus event at Kirkleatham Hall in 2019) therefore as one year's event ends, the planning for the following year's begins once the committee has debriefed on that year's event. Indeed, there's been times where entrants have been pencilled in for the following year during the event.
The progrmmes however are usually one of the last things done within the week leading up to the event. Volunteers are usually sourced during the 4 months from New Year to the day of the event.