The starter's pistol was fired back in May when g8wave, in partnership with NatMag's Runner's World magazine, set the pace for a successful SMS competition that ran up to the end of August.

The promotion:

The chance to win a five-day trip for two to New York - a once in a lifetime opportunity to stay in the heart of fashionable New York beginning on November 1st with four nights' accommodation at The Crowne Plaza Hotel, just off Times Square, including transfers, entry to the famous ING New York City Marathon on November 4th and return flights with Virgin Atlantic on the 5th.

The marathon is one of the biggest and best in the world, with over 90,000 applicants each year. Its amazing route, with over 2 million spectators lining the course, weaves through the famous boroughs of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan.

Readers were simply asked to text in with the trigger and their name - all for the cost of a standard rate text.

The result:

This proved to be a highly successful competition with over 2,000 Runners' World readers sending in an entry.

The National Magazine Company is one of the foremost luxury consumer magazine publishers in the UK, reaching 13.5 million adults every year. NatMag currently publish 19 magazines and 62% of all ABC1 magazine-reading women engage with a NatMag brand. Runners' World is the place where UK runners come to chat, read about upcoming events, find advice and more. It is the UK's largest running magazine, with an officially audited ABC circulation figure for Jan-Dec 05 of 83,539 copies a month, which includes a subscriber base of well over 50%.

 

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