Growing numbers of handicap claimants and website visitors

We have been looking at the numbers of runners claiming their handicap scores and also at the web traffic to our site and are very happy to see that we are averaging around 10,000 handicap claimants each year and that our web traffic has grown to almost two milliion visitors in 2014.

The aim of runbritain is simple: To make British Road Running the best in the world in terms of organisation, development and performance. runbritain is a unique partnership between British Athletics, England Athletics, Scottish Athletics, Welsh Athletics, Athletics Northern Ireland and road race organisers from across the country. All profits from runbritain.com are invested back into the development of endurance running in the UK. The website provides runners with Training and Advice, all the latest news, blogs, race information, FREE online entry and the rankings site with the handicap scoring system, Reward Running, National Ladder and rankings.

Here are the figures for sign ups for the handicap scoring system:

2011: 8,279

2012: 13,272

2013: 10,184

2014: 10,793

Some of the benefits of the runbritain handicap scoring system are:

1. It’s a unique handicap system for running. Just like golf you get a handicap from 0.0 – 36.0 giving runners of all abilities the chance to benchmark their progress and compare their results across a range of terrains and distances. The score automatically updates each time you race (once you have claimed) and rewards regular racing as well as automatically factoring in a degree of difficulty on races that are multi-terrain, hilly or windy.
2. You can be a part of the Reward Runnning competition. This competition, sponsored by Polar, rewards runners who have reduced their handicap score by the biggest margin and runs from March - November each year.
3. You can be part of the National Running Ladder and check out where your handicap puts you compared to every other runner in the UK, e.g. does your 5k time put you higher than your friend’s half marathon and marathon times?
4. You can find out where your times put you in the official UK road rankings as well as in your age group and postcode.
5. You can log your training mileage, watch your progress graph rise and check out head-to-heads with your training partners.

All the information you need is on the runbritain rankings site. Sign up today and keep your motivation levels high throughout 2015!

Thank you for your support and your company in 2014 and we look forward to keeping you on board in 2015!