This was my first event with Saxon Shore. Their website has a huge rostrum of events to choose from, with some brilliant themed events.
I booked for the Kent Cyclopark events, which was a 10-Day series, with different themes for each day. Lucky for me, day four was Ladies Day, with a very pink medal to boot!!!!
You could choose any amount of laps on the day within the time limit of 6 hours by start of last lap, and I went for 8 laps to get my Marathon distance.
I wil say some negatives first: the route I thought would be on the cyclopark, but it was on parkland surrounding the Cyclopark. Some of this was rough terrain, there was some inclines too. This course is not for a PB!!!! This didn’t worry me but might be an issue for some of you. Route signage isn’t brilliant: there was one point where I fell off course for 2km!! Whoops! In fairness, I get lost easily, and it was very, very hot, so I may have overheated too. But a few more arrow signs wouldn’t have hurt, as the number of runners isn’t huge, so you can’t really fall in line with those around you.
Positives! Great aid station, and very helpful team at the lapping point. And too marks to them, it was 26 degrees and no cloud: around lap 4 we were all given ice lollies! I can’t tell you how thoughtful that was. A truly fantastic goody bag at the end too, a beer, giant chocolate bars and crisps!! Also, all their events are very sensibly priced, and medals are good for the money too. I would run with Saxon shore again without hesitation, but I wouldn't rush back to this particular course. Respect to those who did all 10 days, incredible achievement.