THE number of finishers in the Easy Runner Sodbury Slog has remained amazingly consistent in recent years.
On Sunday 1,045 survived the ordeal, eight more than in 2014 but five less than in 2013.
Indeed, over the past ten years only twice has the number of runners dipped below the 1,000 mark with 998 in both 2011 and 2006.
2015: 1,045 finishers
2014: 1,037
2013: 1,050.
2012: 1,040.
2011: 998
2010: 1,028
2009: 1,035
2008: 1,022
2007: 1,017
2006: 998