The parking area looked massive on the map but soon runs out so get there early or be prepared for a mad dash round the local streets for a spot! 10 minutes walk to the start is easy and signposted, registration straight forward. Good to have use of the visitor centre for toilets and warmth but gets very overcrowded. I remember the start being a couple of miles of slow incline with decent scenery , nothing too tough. Much of the course is tarmac lanes, farm track and grassy track which I thought was a great mix. Only a few aid stations and basic, I would recommend being self sufficient. The hills are all bearable nothing too bad, but the very last one within a mile of the finish is a proper bastard when you’re dead on your feet. About a 20% gradient for about 500m roughly. Thankfully once over the top you can spring down to the finish. Shame the medal is generic, but you get a base tech shirt thrown in too

now this is not a race for the faint hearted. running snowdonia Marathon the weekend before probably wasnt the best prep (hence the DNF).

Registration was really straight forwards and the morning breifing covered everything that you neede to know.

this is a tough ol course but the climbs are worth every step. mixed terrian with some road running so please wear suitable clothing so that you are visable to drivers. 

from the 13 miles or so of the course that i saw, you will love this race.

My first race so can't compare it to previous.

Overall it was a good day out.

Later in the day some feed stations were running low, for the runners behind me this could've been a problem . I also ran ahead of 35 mile feed station being set up which caused me to have a mini meltdown as I thought I'd gone the wrong way & missed it.

Hq was being shutdown when I finished, again for the guys behind me this could've been a big problem.

Some signage was poor which led to the odd wrong turn.

A few little niggles but I really enjoyed the overall race experience.

Hope they learn from the mistakes.