OK so there were a few issues with this today

• Not enough toilets and a lack of convenient bushes meant I had to have a sneaky wee next to my car or miss the start
• Start was late - it seemed to take ages to get the race numbers and chips. Not sure why because it was a well simple process. Just had to tell them your number that had been emailed during the week
• The final section along the river is a bit narrow and on a day like today quite busy. There was a lot of weaving required. Think I would have preferred some extra laps of the field. 

Felt like it should have been a pretty fast course but I'd risked running on a ropey knee (bruising from the Tough Mudder last week) and it became painfully obvious that I shouldn't have been running on it by the end of mile 4.

Still, I persevered and I'm glad I did. In spite of the issues above the support from the marshalls, organisers, and other runners really made the event. Helped that it was a sunny day but as you passed the event village a lot of faster runners were still hanging about and offering encouragement and we all got cheered through the final 500m with a warm welcome at the finish line. 

Definitely one I'd do again. Just hoping my knee recovers properly in time for the Windsor version next week!