After adding the fees and VAT this race cost £128.18. Comapre that to the £105 for Centurion's South Downs Way 50 which was run on the same day over a broadly similar distance. Surely it would not be unreasonable for any sane person to anticipate a similar (if not better) "theultraXperience" compared to Centurion events (based upon price alone)? At the start of the race, the announcer told the gathered runners to expect a children's party every 7 miles or so; with well stocked aid stations. The pre race literature said that suitable running shoes were required; it said that "GPS advised but not mandatory" but caveated that by adding participants needed a "fully charged smartphone with GPX route downloaded" and indeed the same pre-race announcer said that the course was very well marked, but there was a risk that some members of the general public could maliciously/deliberately/accidentally (whatever) move the course markers (a risk always faced by any event on public trails and highways - that is a given). But what of the truth? The truth is somewhat different. You do get an "UltraXperience" . But probably not one you will want to repeat. Ever. First - the course conditions. You may have read that it is boggy course. That is very true - and it is made worse by the organiser staging three races on the same day (25k; 50k and 75k) and some sections were traversed twice. So you have literally hundreds of runners pounding the same sections of narrow trail into a brown sludgy paste resembling WWI trench warfare. The whole concept of packing in so many runners must be driven by profitability and not delivering a positive experience for the runners. I can accept poor trail conditions - its part of the game; but when the organiser knows from past experience that certainly many of the sections will be hammered by hundreds of feet - I would say that was foreseeable and would offer the organiser an opportunity to maybe do something about it? Maybe a responsible organiser would be tempted to put down some temporary planks (or similar) in the really bad areas - it wouldn't be impossible - though it would of course hinder the profitability. What else would a responsible organiser do if they had concerns over the course markings? The Centurion approach is that experienced volunteers first mark the course in a logical and intuitive way; and then these markings are checked before the race by another team and during the race if concerns are raised. It isn't difficult. By logical and intuitive I mean from the perspective of a runner - so visible; especially at junctions and frequent (to give the runner some confidence that they are on track). I would say that a substantial section of the 75k course was either not marked or was poorly marked and that ruined it for me. Every couple of minutes I felt I had to get my phone out and check I was on course because I either didn't see a marker or there wasn't one. And I do not believe for one minute that there is an underground movement of ultra trail race saboteurs willing to cross boggy fields and obscure locations just to hide markers for the fun of it. Absolute nonsense. The truth is that it was poorly marked (and definitely not checked) and unless you had the GPS route available on your watch - you would also definitely, get lost. I did, multiple times. I was so lost on a golf course that had no obvious markers at all that I ended up adding a couple of miles to the route and significant additional time. Having spoken to many other (lost and bewildered) runners on the 75k course during the event, we reached the conclusion that the parts of the course in common with the 50k route were marked better than the longer 75km route. It had the feeling that the course had either been marked by Mr Magoo or teenagers that just couldn't be bothered to do a good job. And that brings me to the aid station - or rather it should have, because in ultra distance races it is not unreasonable to assume that an aid station would be on the route itself. Not so not so with aid station (4 or 5 I think) which was actually on the 50k route and not the 75k (which was not in common with the 50k route) and many runners missed it. Had a marshal been there then that would not have been the case and the seriously dehydrated runners that did miss it would have had a chance to get some refreshments. At Centurion events (as noted above, priced slightly lower) the aid stations are fantastic. Runners will receive a warm welcome from helpful volunteers that take your bottles, fill them up, patch you up, tell you stuff, motivate you and let you refuel. Typically a Centurion aid station (again, priced lower than this event) includes Water, flat coke, squash, Tailwind (electrolyte) fruit including bananas, pineapple, melon and bits of chocolate, Jelly Sweets, sandwiches, sausage rolls, flap jacks, cake, gels, nuts etc.. it is high standard (and not just Centurion - Freedom Racing is getting to be almost as good). Your "UltraXperience" on the other hand will offer you water for the most part. Coke was limited to one or two of the aid stations. No electrolye drink and certainly no squash. On the food front there was bananas - lots of them chopped up - mini eggs (a job lot from Easter I suspect); strawberry jam sandwiches on white bread, packets of crisps and Bombay Mix. Yes - bombay mix - just what you need with a dry mouth is some spicy bombay mix. Apparently. No pineapple, melon, sweets or any of that good stuff . No tailwind, coke or any of that either. But I got to the end. And at the end, what did I get? A nice medal sure - it is probably the highlight. But I tell you what I didn't get that you do at the (lower priced) Centurion events. A volunteer taking me to seat and bring me a cup of tea and a sausage sandwich (and checking my mandatory equipment). There was none of that at all. I found a seat, but after nearly 11 hours of this ordeal there was no sustenance included in my high price entry fee - and any third party food stalls that might have been there during the day were all packed away. And I didn't even come last (I think I was around 60 out of around 80 finishers). My wife did the 25k race (she also got lost once). She was given a (you'll never guess....) packet of Bombay Mix at the end. So my thoughts on this Xperience is that I have been massively ripped off. I couldn't enjoy the course (and the countryside is beautiful but it is there all the time - the countryside is not part of the fee) because I was constantly checking my phone for the route. And I couldn't enjoy the aid stations because the promised 'childrens' parties) they were not. And will I be back? No. My advice is avoid; pick another (more established) race organiser and don't be fooled by the narrative that accompanies UltraX.