The race was held just a stone’s throw away from the Reading FC Madjeski stadium. Plenty of parking was available with a £5.00 charge on the day. To reach the race village you walked down a flight of steps near to a stream and then along a closed road for a couple of minutes.

To one side of the race village, there were plenty of Portaloos. The village had quite a buzz to it, music playing, lots of stalls, refreshments, coffee, sports massage, and even Runr the apparel brand were there.

A warm-up took place when we were all lined up just before the off.The opening road had a few speed bumps to contend with. These were a bit annoying as you could nearly trip if not careful and not so obvious when alongside runners in a group. In a short while, the race headed out towards the countryside on closed roads. Scarce shade could be found. You were always in direct sunshine being a bright and sunny hot day.

On completing the race, you received a lovely brightly coloured medal, a disposable bottle of water to drink. There was neither the usual race banana, snack or goody bag. Instead, you received a small reusable sports bottle – this felt like a bit of a let-down after arriving at such a buzzing race village and having to pay an additional £5.00 for parking on top of the £20.00 race charge and booking fee.

You can read my full blog review at http://runiversityoflife.com/royal-berkshire-green-park-10k