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3.7

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· 2018 Half Marathon ·

It was a road half marathon in laps. I don't generally do this type of race but I gave it a go. Weather wasn't great so you were very exposed out on the course. Parking was good although it wasn't well signposted until you were at the car park. There were pop up shops which was good but they could have had more food and drink sellers. There were few places to keep out of the elements, luckily we gate crashed the run mummy run section. It was 5 laps for the half marathon and you started half way round the course. It could have done with some kind of entertainment such as band eat round the course as there was nobody expect Marshalls until you came back to the stadium start line where spectators were. The half marathon also started last so you had minimal spectators hanging around mainly because of the weather I expect.perhaps they could start the half first next time as the field becomes pr try spread out so it wouldn't really impact on the 10 km race or the children's race.. Medal and t shirt and goody bag were of good quality. It would have been nice to have a different medal or ribbon for each of the distances . All in all a good inaugural race .