Happy New Year!
2024 was a great year with all the numbers on the rise!
- number of races: 634 (+115)
- organising clubs: 166 (+19)
- distinct runners: 28779 (+5268)
- participations: 86974 (+19452)
- countries: 6 (+1)
- runner's nationalities: 61 (+8)
In the graphics we see that Brazil is still number 1 with 39894 participants, followed by Belgium with 35259, both significantly higher.
Looking at the Top 5 events last year, the big multi-day events in Belgium are in the lead, with the highly popular NST on top! And the biggest single-day events had around 1500 participants in France and Brazil.