Parked up at a station further up the line and got train to West St Leonards, organisers had arranged for train to start from London, so easy to get to race. 

The bag drop was just a tent to leave your stuff. 

Great atmosphere at the start, with bagpipe band after 200 metres. 

The course has lots of climbs almost immediately, it is a hilly course.  There's a few stretches of road without support, but otherwise a superb atmosphere, the people of Hastings really come out for the race.

There's some long downhill stretches before hitting the seafront, which would have been lovely but for the really strong wind in our faces.  There's a small, none to special goody bag at the end and cups of tea.  The medal is an impressive  horse brass without a ribbon. 

The local pubs were all really welcoming for runners, which was needed on a cold day, but the centre of town is a little further away.

I loved the race, and wouldn't mind doing again.