Paul Sinton-Hewitt
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Scotland's 9.30 because they started in the winter and it was still dark at 9 o'clock in the morning.
Yeah.
And then, for instance, Australia starts at 7.30 because it gets too hot and so on.
So there are territorial differences, but in the United Kingdom, in England, Scotland, England, Wales, I think Ireland is also 9.30, but we're 9 o'clock England and Wales.
And
You know, at nine o'clock, approximately 300,000 people are setting off on their 5k journey every single Saturday.
And the thing is what's key is that, uh, you sign up once.
You don't ever tell us that you're coming.
So it's your decision to come or not.
There is no pressure placed on you to take part.
And if you do decide to come, you can walk, you can run, you can jog, or you can volunteer.
Those are the four things.
And we treat each one of those disciplines equally.
The person who comes first,
right at the end of the run is treated as much of a hero as the person at the front of the run yeah and um and and it's a fun event there's uh we've tried to stress over the years that we're not a race we're a run um however if if it's your thing to race then we invite you and we encourage you to race if it's your thing to walk we invite you and encourage you to walk so we want everybody
to get the best they possibly can out of it.
But as a company and charity, we are not a race and therefore what we present to the public needs to be in support of that.
I have, many times.
You've got more than five in Brighton.
So I was in East Brighton two weeks ago.