What would that be…. an event with no medical assistance, no marshalls, no prize giving or washing facilities?
Like a trailquest then ?
Minimal expenditure for the organiser; hiring a village hall for half a day, complete with toilets and car park, plus the cost of colour printing an A4 map for each entrant, and that’s about it.
I know I’m not going to persuade people to enter trailquests, so how could Marathons or similar events be run so cheaply ?
HONC sells out 1200 places at £30 in about an hour.
If I set a date and said “Meet at Wyre Forest Visitor Centre at 9am and I’ll give you a GPS track for free or a paper map for £1 for a 100km route taking in Clee Hill and some of the best bridleways on the Worcestershire/Shropshire border”, no one would turn up.