Over the year that EDG has been running, attendees have included interested graduate students, postdocs, and faculty (with or without technology ideas), MBA students, venture capitalists, biotech executives, and potential angel investors.
But beyond running, attendees learn serious life lessons off track.
He later attended a lunch honoring Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, where he told the 1,000 attendees that running for vice president "was not an assignment I volunteered for" but one that he accepted because "it was an important thing to do for the country".
A carnival atmosphere runs throughout, with attendees sunning themselves in the park between films.
Mr. Sarfaty said the age of attendees ran "from newborn to 95 years," with families the largest demographic.
Attendees ran from one vendor to the next, snapping up fistfuls of freebies, inhaling flavored oxygen, and rubbing elbows with stars such as LL Cool J and Justin Bieber.
Over 500 of the 1700 attendees ran sessions – my own, along with Guardian colleagues Wendy Orr and Laura Oliver, was called Moderation in Moderation, and dealt with working with online communities.
They've done an incredible job – attendees run around taking Shepherd's pie trifle out of the fridge, doing arm wrestles at the table and pretending to stare at Ugly Naked Guy from the window.
Plus, the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to Super Bowl XL, and team spirit ran high: Cheering attendees wore jerseys, and members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle the gents in high hats and tux who ensure the tradition happens each year tossed black-and-gold Steelers towels as they awaited Phil's emergence.
Running until the 22 February, attendees can grab themselves a wristband that costs £10, which enables them to visit over 100 pubs and venues across London for guided tours, special limited edition pop ups and of course, to sample plenty of outstanding recipes for £3 each, many of which are brewed on site or in the locality.
Things kick off with a minute's litter picking (the hilltop is a mess of broken glass and lager cans at 6am) before the 50 or so attendees begin a running circuit that involves various touchy-feely exercises such as joint one-legged squats.
