← Vitality London 10,000
This was the fourth time I’ve run this race and it will probably be the last.
Pros
- Admittedly it’s amazing to run through central London on closed roads
- The medal is always good
- For once - a miracle! - the T-shirts were not unisex but we’re women’s fit. Hurrah!
Cons
- Bag drop was a shambles with a huge queue
- The start pens were non existent with everyone just milling about and everyone mixed up
- The course is way way too crowded. For a 10k there are far too many people. For anyone even wanting to just run properly without weaving, it’s pretty impossible.
- They had run out of ladies’ small T-shirts early on. If they simply printed your T-shirt size on your bib as other races do this wouldn’t happen
- The awful wristband baggage tag! If smaller races can do baggage to match your bib number I don’t understand why the bigger races can’t.
- Some of the marshals were incredibly rude at the end. I understand it was busy but there’s no need for rudeness.