Parking was on the road to the car park so a 10 minute walk to registration. Registration area quite small and also contained the bag drop so a little muddled. The marshals were great though giving good info as to what was going on and what to do. Pre race briefing was good - maybe could do with something to stand on to make themselves more visible. The course is pan flat (the Olympic rowing venue). I guess it could get windy as it is quite exposed. Pacers provided at 5 minute intervals really appreciated that, very friendly and certainly something that helps me a lot. Marshals were excellent and plenty of water stops. Overall a great event and would be happy to race there again.
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This venue is perfect for setting a pb and if that's your main goal this event would be ideal. The aid stations were adequately staffed. I arrived early and managed to collect my number and timing chip fairly quickly though the start was delayed as people were still queueing to collect theirs at the planned event start time. The queue for the small number of portaloos was unsurprisingly long and the morning event that preceded ours had left them without water to operate the flush and this would be my only concern about doing another event with this organiser.
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The course, although repetitive is very flat. Running alongside the rowing lake makes judging distance and pace very easy as there are regular markers for rowers. The organisation could be better, but it was a vast improvement on previous F3 events I've been to.
Bag drop was unattended at the finish, not secure at all. Guy giving race brief needed a megaphone and as usual the start was late as the queues for registration and the limited toilet facilities were extensive.
Overall, a good experience and I will be back to (hopefully) get another PB!
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Awesome race, in a great location, was concerned about running laps but really enjoyed it and found it made pacing a lot easier. Only a few criticisms, not enough toilets (but seems to be as standard at all races at the mo), registration took a long time which meant that the race actually started late, also the exit road to leave the event was where we were running, so had to worry about cars coming up behind me on the last lap and also had to avoid runners when attempting to get out of the event. All are minor things that really wouldn't stop me doing it again or recommending it, just a few tweaks would make it perfect. Great PB potential as well.
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