This morning's annual Pak 'n Save 3 Bridges Marathon turnout is likely to click in at around the 600 mark as entrants are getting used to the on-line pre-event entry process.
A new organising group within the Wanganui Harrier Club took over running the 14-year-old event in recent years and introduced the online application format and signing up by the Friday deadline – moving away from the "on-the-day" walk-up registration.
Spokesman Rob Conder said Fiday afternoon that they had 500 adults for the various running and walking distances, along with 80-100 children for events like the new 1.2km fun run.
"We're getting more people entering now, people are trucking up all the time.
"[The fun run] gives people a bit more opportunity to be involved.