I had been told that RnR Liverpool Marathon was a must for do by some friends so put it straight on the list for 2018 and was really looking forward to it. I did the 5km on the Saturday and then the marathon on Sunday.

I had been put in Wave 10, which was the last wave of the race. I completed the run in 5.30 so although I am not a fast runner I was before the 6 hour cut off. I was disappointed that whilst I was running the course some of the bands had started to pack away. When I ran toward Penny Lane the steal band were playing, by the time I was heading back they had stopped playing and were almost gone. When I finished the main stage was being packed up too. Made me feel like I shouldn’t have done the race as I was too slow.

Also when I was running through one of the parks a lady had a dog run in front of her and nearly tripped her over. The owner of the dog then started shouting at her telling her that it’s his right to be in the park. 

These things didn’t make for a good Marathon in my mind. Other people who did the race loved it so this is just my experience.

On a positive I loved running into the Liverpool ground and Oh and a beer at the end helped too. T-shirts is good quality.