Top ten comparisons - Dragon’s Back Race™ and the Olympics

With the approaching 2012 London Olympic Games, we thought we’d have some fun and take the opportunity to make some interesting comparisons between the 2012 London Olympics and the Dragon’s Back Race™…

London 2012 Olympics	Dragon’s Back Race™ 2012
80,000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium	11,000,000 spectators in the Welsh hills (includes sheep)*
IAAF maximum rebound/softness of an athletics track is 2.5mm	Maximum known squelchiness of Welsh Bog is 2.5m
64,000 bed sheets, 11,000 sofas and 5,000 toilet brushes at the Olympic Village	13 x 8 man family camping tents, 2 mess tents, 1 admin tent and 6 portable loos at each overnight campsite
Official sponsorship and catering from McDonalds and Coke – not very healthy!	Bespoke runners menu from ethical vegetarian caterers the Green Machine
590-piece clothing collection including 38 types of footwear for British athletes by Stella McCartney	Full spec mountain clothing for all marshals and a Vapour Storm jacket for competitors by Berghaus
An opening ceremony costing £27m, featuring live music and directed by Danny Boyle	A Welsh male voice choir to sing off the competitors from the ramparts of Conwy Castle
An austerity budget of nearly £9,000,000,000	An event budget nearly £9,000,000,000 less than Olympics!
4,700 Olympic and Paralympics medals produced by the Royal Mint	100 finishers trophies recast from the original 1992 winner’s trophy
Competitors from 200 countries	Competitors from 14 countries
Many of the best athletes in the world	Some of the best mountain and ultra runners in the world