With all due respect baldbloke, I have done club organised runs which were promoted as newbie friendly/all speeds considered and when it came down to it the field was very very fast.
I know a lot of that is mostly down to who turns up on the day, but I have learned my lesson the hard way and now I check the results.
That said, I was very reassured by the differing finishing times for last year for this race and so was happy to enter.
I am quite excited about it actually. Will beat the normal lazing on the sofa.
My only hope is that there is a good Public Travel service. Or I can drive to outer London and get the tube in