That's it for another year

Not the most exciting title, but succinct and informative.
Congratulations to Mike Readshaw for winning the 2012 End to End walk in windy but thankfully dry conditions. His time of 6h 57m 24s (with a 19½ minute PB) ensured he is now only one of five people who have completed the western course in under seven hours.
Stephen Harvey who was second posted a seventeen minute Personal Best to cross the line in 7h 14m 47s.
In third with a quite remarkable performance was Dave Walker. He also posted a PB of just over nine minutes however this is all the more notable because he took part in the Roubaix 28 hour walk the previous weekend and covered almost 120 miles then!
Ladies winner Janice Quirk has announced her return to form after a long absence by finishing fourth overall.

Links to the full results can be found on the E2E web site.
The statistics page will be updated to include 2012 in the coming weeks.

The committee would like to thank those who took part and enjoyed the event for their continued support.
Thanks also need to go out to the event sponsors (Ramsey Bakery, Royal London 360 and Microgaming), to the small army of helpers and volunteers who ensure the event goes on regardless and to the general public throughout the race route who don't mind us disrupting their ordinarily tranquil Sunday too much.

The provisional date for the 2013 event is Sunday, September 22nd but this will be confirmed in the New Year.

Jock Waddington

Entries close tommorrow!

Not long now!
New entries upto Saturday midday are:
Holly Jones
Voirrey Cowley
Andrew Feeney
Richard Wild
Marta Cope
Ian Bell
Les Webb
2009 ladies winner Janice Quirk
Lesa Bates
5 times winner Robbie Callister
Michael Melvin
Greg Nation

These guys bring the total up to 374

49½...hours until entries close

With just over two days until entries close, the numbers are up to 362.
Latest additions are:
Lauren Cain
Katy Priestnal
Alison Crellin-Dodd
Julia Bratty
Chris Kneen
Dyana Carrins
Mark Denton
Gary McElroy
Julia McElroy
Andy Green
Martin Pause
Catherine Magee
Spencer Bell
Michael Corlett
John Gelling
Pater Thompson
Jillian Forrest
Alan Thompson
Richard Colquitt
John Cannell
Stephanie Craig
William Brown
John Watterson
Brian Wade
Chris Mayne
Robert Faragher
Laura Kewley
We're still hoping for over 400 entries so it's still do-able in the two days that are left.

Mad rush

There were 34 entries on Friday just before the entry fee went up by £5. The final entry on that day was just after 23:30.
I expect the same last minute rush on Sunday when entries are closing.

Latest entries below:
Peter Jones
Jon Corke
Sharon E Cain
Paul Morgans
Anthony Atkinson
Nicola Devaney
Barry Teare
Gillian Cunningham
Keiran Quinn
Peter Duchars
Alan Pilling
Derek Radcliffe
John Callow
Charlene Grayson
Andrew Dixon
John Canavan
Johnathan Wild
David Goldsmith
Richard Ronan
Tracey Ronan
Sue Reynolds
Steve Wade
Winner in 2011 Richard Gerrard
Tony Dugdale
Maureen Moffatt
Carl Senogles
Gill Senogles
Ed Walter
Chris Melvin
Alan Teare
Graham Ashton
Daniel Cowin
Greg Wenn
Vicky Radcliffe
Andrew Payne
Tracey Craig
Denis Boyle
Mkubwa Mahzei Ziad
Ellen Paul.

We're up to 335 now.
Entries close this coming Sunday, September 9th.

Traa-dy-lioar

Manx for 'time enough'. In other words, 'I'll do it later, there's time'.
Well, there isn't!
Entry fee goes up at midnight tomorrow, Saturday 31st August by £50.
Not really; it does go up but only by £5 so don't procastinate too much!

There have been 25 entries today
Ian Dunbar
Michaela Ellison
Paul Morrell
Stephen Arrowsmith
Zahed Miah
Chloe Duke
Lorraine Duke
Ashley Cowin
Russ Kent
Holly Minards
Selena Bostock
Mairi King
Louise Jones
Selwyn Callister
Tony Edwards
David Rads Quayle
Robbie Callister (snr)
Peter Whipp
Caroline Cain
Colin Crennell
Simon Gibney
June Melvin
Terry Brown
Russell Walker
Colin Freeman

that's a total of  296.
ttfn

10 days until entries close

Its funny how time seems to simply evaporate when you are focussing on an event or race which starts off in the distant future and remains there for some time only for it to sneak up on you when you aren't looking. Christamas is like that; it is currently almost 5 months away and therefore not high on anyone's agenda. Suddenly, it will be 4 days away and panic buying of presents will ensue. Posting of presents will also be left until the last second of the last minute. That's human nature, I suppose.
I will shortly be sending out an email to past entrants of the End to End Walk reminding them entries will go up by £5 on September 1st and entries will actually close eight days later at midnight on September 9th.
There have, however, been quite a few entries sisnce the last blog and here they are:
Sarah Callin
Dave Walker (who is one of the Manx contingent competing in France the weekend before the E2E!)
Ali Ward
Helen Gibson
Mark Notman
Kevin Whittaker
Christopher Brew
Ray Hughes
Mark Saunders
Jane Corkill
Ian Ashcroft
Stephanie Christian
Denise Hannay
Tom Mansell
Paul Phillips
Frank Feeney
Jamie Pappova
Ludmilla Smith
Tom Bateman
James Ian Robertson
Mike Readshaw
Rebecca Stride
Brian Goldsmith
Ann-Marie Watson
Sandra Halpin
Peter Griffiths
Steve Bassil
Peter Lawther
Neil Helmer
Elizabeth Helmer
Stella Corlett
Scott Concannon
Lisa Mallon
Michelle Clark
Paul King
Michael Shipsides

These entrants bring the total up to 271 so it looks like there will be a mad rush at the end as per usual.....

30 days to go....

...but only 16 left to get your entry in!
Entries will close at midnight on Sunday September 9th.
There is no way of entering the event after this date.
We're up to 235 today. Latest entries are:
Eric Kissack
Richard Beech
Peter Beighton
Maura Kelly
David Williams
Adrian Kinrade
Gustav Rober
Natasha McKenzie
Ladies winner in 2003, 2005 and 2008 Sue Biggart
Stuart Ridley
Mark Harrop
Stephen Harvey
Peter Lovekin
Matthew Gregson
six time finisher Gordon Erskine
Sue Ackroyd
Malgorzata Dedman
Caroline Maddrell
David Maddrell
Jenny Smith
Kerri Williams
David Hinks
Anne Dooley
Kurt Jaeger
Anne Corrigan
Brendan Corrigan
John Tyson
Steven Barrett
Mark Storry
Jim Reid
Julie Thomas
Terry Moffatt
Mark Bannan
Maureen Kelly
Pauline Clague
Noel Ash
Simon Mason
John Verrall
Amy Gelling
Lana Gardner
Lucy Rosengrove
Chris Hall
Kevin Moore
Graham Greenwood
Adie Corlett
Angela Corkish
Richard Highfield
Edward Marshall
Richard Kinley
Eben Carswell
Amy Burns De Yoxall
Gary Burns De Yoxall
Hannah Kneen