Er.....wrong...there was a free pint GLASS, rather nicely engraved - but that was the extent of the goody bag, not even a commemorative cheap-as-chips medal on a ribbon to be slung in the desk drawer ( as you see fit) .Edit: Nessie seems to have found the Fuller's tent - I missed it obviously!
Tips from bitter experience, should you decide to do this race next year.
1) Race HQ is in a building overlooking the cricket pitch. Whilst pleasant enough, it boasts TWO loos in the Gents. Bearing in mind there are 450 runners in the race, 70% of whom are Male, suggest you make sure you have taken care of any business BEFORE you arrive. Be advised that the Roko Health Club will NOT let you use theirs, even in extremis. ( I had to buy a coffee AND a snack) Organisers might want to coinsider a row of Portaloos for next year !
2) In a race called the Towpath Ten with 30 miles of Thames riverbank to play on,.the two circuits of a playing field at the Start and the short section through Kew High Street dodging lamposts may come as a surprise...
3) despite the fact that >400 of you happen to be running West along a towpath ten feet wide do not expect cyclists, dogwalkers and joggers to give up the notion of strolling grimly EAST, just as they do every Sunday.
That said, I got round in a not unreasonable time, the sun shone, it wasn't too hot and the marshals were all very cheerful.
Having read the reviews, everyone else seems to have had an UTTERLY LITERALLY AWESOME day
(so maybe I'm just a miserable old goat 
- and had higher expectations and a few more races to compare with?)
Anyone got the Race Results page to work ?
Roger (Old Goat)
Edited: 16/04/2012 at 16:37
