Not happy this year.
Always loved this 10k, this year 23k people (last time I ran it there was maybe 6-8k?). Simply put, it’s got too big and they haven’t catered for volumes of people. Absolute s**tshow this year. I’m glad my place was free with Parkrun as I definitely wouldn’t have paid to do it.
Stupid levels of bag drop queues, lack of organisation, ran out of t shirts at the end so many later runners didn’t get one.
It’s great being a popular race, but unless you have good levels of support it’s just a money making gig for Vitality and it was shocking this year.
Won’t be doing it again sadly. Shame because it’s a lovely route and I always loved it.