My localist of local races.20 min leisurely walk from home. Run through PS often on way home from work so was aware of its many non flat surfaces although given the state of the pavements in the village,it felt much safer on the roads.

Weather was good,great medals and t shirt. Crowd support was excellent and it was brilliant to see so many Birkenhead parkrun faces running and supporting.

Best of all,I got shower gel as part of my post race goodies which saved me a quid 😂

I wanted to do this event because it’s a local race and in an iconic location. Port Sunlight Village is historic, architecturally interesting, and well-preserved. Support was good and I was buoyed by seeing lots of familiar and encouraging faces; due to the circuitous nature of the course, you get to see a lot of the village, and you are also always within cheering distance of other runners going in both directions. There was a good race village atmosphere near the start/finish area and I like the medal very much. I actually found the race harder than I think I should have done, but that’s down to me and I’m glad I’ve now done a running tour of Port Sunlight Village. 

This is such an historic place to be able to run around. There are amazing houses, memorials, gardens and water features. The atmosphere was buzzing, was very friendly but also calm too.

The 5k consists of 1 lap of the village quite often doubling back on yourself but it's always nice to see your fellow runners.

Plenty of great support en route and appreciative marshalls keeping you motivated.

The medal this year I thought was just lovely, large and weighty. The amount of goodies that followed collecting that was amazing too; water, can of drink, protein bar, massage rub, lentil crisps, shower gel and a technical t-shirt which you could collect before you ran.

Couldn't fault any aspect of today it was just brilliant!

You can't go far wrong running around beautiful Port Sunlight (even twice). I always thought PS was flat as a pancake, but it has slopes which wouldn't have amounted to much if it hadn't been so hot! 

The organisers clearly know what they are doing, but the village green surroundings made it a little less corporate than the Huge Liverpool Rock & Roll Half I did last month.

Only real disappointment was the alright Tshirts, which didn't compare to the wonderful "Sergeant Peppers" psychedelia of last years ones.

Race pack was sent out about 2 weeks before with useful info on various car parks to use.

On event day I was doing the 10k but also supporting some friends doing the 5k so we got there earlier to cheer them on.

Event village area was good with opportunity to pick up tshirt before race (and ensure you got the right size) along with food & drink vans and ice cream van. 

Nice to see the portaloos were regularly checked and cleaned- big positive point there! 

The 5k started at 10 and the 10k due to start at 11 but was slightly delayed due to an issue on course.

There were no starting pens relating to predicted finish time so it was a bit of a free for all. Not an issue for me but could have been for faster runners hunting down a certain time.

Route had a few more inclines than I anticipated however this probably didn't help that I hadn't properly trained post London! Nice and scenic with plenty of twists and turns so certainly couldn't be bored on route. 

The Marshals were all great, lots of positive cheering and smiley faces! 

Only downside to the event was the bottle neck after the finish line. I presume this was due to not having premade goody bags in a bid to cut down on plastic and waste (which is postive) however the single file li e to be handed one of each thing left.you with a bit of a  balancing act and took a lot longer than preferred. 

I will definitely do the event again.