as this was my last HM for October 5/5, I was looking forward to it, especially running along the River Thames. A lot of the race was on the towpath (perhaps I should have checked the route closer before the run) lots of leaves, tree stumps and muddy puddles. The first 5k is a loop of the first part of the course, which put me off slightly, then a long trek down the towpath along the river. Lots of dodging tree stumps, which had been painted orange for ease of seeing them on the route. Not a lot of crowd support and my biggest bug bear cups of water, not bottles... sorry but I can’t run and drink from a cup. The views were lovely, nice to have a nosey at some of the houseboats on the river but not my favourite race I have to be honest. Medal was nice, goody bag was good too. Pedestrians on some of the route with families & buggies so had to avoid some of them. I did like the fact there was a timer at the end of the race so it flashed up your finish time when you hit the mats. I’d wear trail shoes if I was running this again. Marshalls were placed well around the course, except for the section around 9 miles where the route goes back to road. The tree stumps on the pavements were HUGE! More like hurdles! Beware of those! Parking was easy enough on the day. My other half really enjoyed it though so each to their own but Definitely one to do for a challenge.