I entered this race quite late.

The 500 mile+ round trip from Leeds to Portsmouth was a long, long  journey for a 10 mile run but I wanted to support charity I run for so thought, why not?

This race had all the things you would expect from a 'big day' event.

Plenty of stalls, a good atmosphere and large charity village.

I was at MNDA charity tent so didn't have chance to properly explore expo and didn't use baggage store.

Great South Run is fast, flat course - Perfect for people stepping up the distance or those training for a Half Marathon.

The course was on path/road. Route takes runners through historic town and allows runners to see famous 'landmarks' and lovely scenary.

Final 2 miles saw runners go back along the sea front. I had heard ths part of the course can be very tough due to a nasty headwind but on the day it was fairly calm.

Crowd support was superb, as were the marshals.

There was also 'LIVE' music to keep runners entertained.

Water stations were regular with bottled water on offer and also jelly babies at mile 9.

Finishers were given a pretty poor finishers bag containing an ok medal, energy bar, lots of leaflets and not much else.

I trotted around slowly with people from MNDA charity so finished in over 2 hours. To my disappointment they only had Medium or Large finishers shirts left.

A shirt which doesn't fit is pointless.

This race cost over £40 to enter so I expect better. Very poor!

In summary - Lots of positives.

Really good race with great support and atmospere.

Course was very good.

Anybody on form would smash a great time on this course.

Negative side was the medal looks exactly the same as the other 'Great Run' medals. A bit of diversity would be nice.

Finishers bag needs improvement.

Got to mention t-shirt situation.

Running out of Small and XL shirts is simply not good enough.

Organisers been paid already so why should they care about runners?

These events are very good but also expensive to enter.

Poor value in my opinion.

Would I run it again?

Possibly, if I was in the area but travel costs mean its doubtful I will get chance to run this again.