← The Royal Borough of Kingston Half Marathon

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4.6

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· 2019 Half Marathon ·

A well organised race. Parking on the day was easy as the car park attendants helped with issuing tickets and vouchers for reduced parking fees. The car park itself was a short walk away from the event village. Easy to navigate. I didn't see if there were enough portaloos. Bag drop was straight forward. I was there as part of the pacing team provided by Xempo to help runners achieve their target times on the day.

The route itself is flat so there is potential for PB times. The race starts in the Market Square and then takes you towards the River and Hampton Court before coming back into the town. I recognised some parts of the route from the Harry Hawkes race so I knew how scenic and easy it would be to navigate. Mile markers were easily seen and I liked that there were drop zone buckets underneath for runners to put rubbish in inbetween drinks stations or when there weren't any marshals nearby. All the volunteers were very friendly and supportive. 

Lovely tshirt and medal. Also found the items in the goodie bag useful. Would certainly run it again