Booking the Llanelli half marathon was very straightforward and there were frequent emails keeping us up to date and when a route change was required we were told in advance and described it  clearly too.

On the day the queues to get to the car parks were really long. I queued from 25 minutes on a 1km stretch of road. There seemed to be plenty of parking available once through the queues.

The Parc Y Scarlets Stadium was open for bag drop and toilets which was great. Standing up queues were non existent but sitting down queues seemed as long as any other race. The indoor space was an opportunity to meet up with some lovely people pre race in the warmth too.

The race starts outside the stadium and heads out on the bypass before turning down towards the golf course and nature reserve. This is a few miles of gravel before joining Millenium Way from about mile three to 6.5. The turn is at a tatie on the hill before a return trip back exactly the same way to the finish line outside the stadium. There were at least three water stations and one gel station on the route which was good too.

On finishing there was a nice medal and a great tshirt which was much improved on last year. There was a big queue for tshirt being given out by a couple of people on one table so hopefully that’ll be sorted out next year.

All in all a great day made even better by the great people who ran it with me. I’ll look forward to it next year again.