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@teddy
dear tweed run enthusiasts,
thank you for all your messages regarding registration for this year's tweed run. it is difficult to respond to all immediately so please accept this general message while we try to get out individual responses.
we were expecting a great deal of interest in this years ride however for a number of logistical reasons beyond our control we were only able to limit total numbers to 500.
as advertised we had planned to open registrations at 12 noon today. however we were advised this morning by our web team that there was a high likelihood that the site would crash if every one logged on at 12 exactly. not wanting to cause frustration through site crashing we were advised to open 5 minutes early to allow a gradual increase in registrations. we were astounded that registrations rapidly filled over the following few minutes. we had preregistration places for only 10 people (all organisers) and the remaining 490 places were all web registrations.
please accept our apologies if you did not manage to register - we would very much love to have you all on the ride - but our permits won't let us. please send us feedback and suggestions so that we can improve next years process.
all the best - your hard working and devoted tweed run team x