Starting and finishing at the Echo Arena in Liverpool this had the makings of a great event. The sign up was easy and waiting inside the Echo with your warm up in there was good due it being so cold outside. It didn't quite live up to the billing. The route could have taken in some great sites around the city but we stuck to main roads and business/industrial areas which was a bit of a shame. The big problem here though was the marshalling, nowhere near enough on course. Loads of people cutting corners, jumping kerbs etc, it wasn't great. The finish in the Echo Arena was good. I'm not sure if they have ran this event again but if it returns I wouldn't be signing up.