“How about asking the Council?”

“I have, no reply yet!”

“And you expect them to reply here?”

“The Council probably are happy to be linked with this, because it increases their revenue without them needing to extract more money from Council Tax-payers.”

“Ah, so probably the £3 is a fee that goes directly into the council coffers ;-)
In reply to 42: No, I don't expect them to reply here - simply asking out loud here. I don't think the council has any interest in replying to citizens.”

“Closely linked with but doesn't run so what are you on about? What a pointless whinge.”

“Joning - The council are extremely linked. They organise the whole thing!”

“I don't know any more than you do; I'm only speculating.”

“The council run the whole event - they arent closely linked, THEY ARE THE EVENT.”

“I was referring to the payment system. The only free method of payment in this life is cash, everything costs money. If the Council get charged, then the runner should get charged not council tax payments. It's £3.00, get over it.”

“*payers”

“It's just the free market economy in action. If you pay it, you can run. If you don't pay it, guess what? If there is a reduced number of entrants as a result of overpricing then the pricing policy was misjudged, but I suspect it will be fully subscribed as in previous years, thereby validating the competitive entry fee.”