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I...........want to do this race.

It would round out the set before I finally grasp the  reality of not having another mararthon left in me. Arrgghh! 

I was there Mike...1300 runners, weather about right ( overcast with occasional sunny bits ) and a welcome South Westerly to cool us down as came up off the gravel track on the return leg.

What went well : good kit choice...technical tee courtesy of Alzheimer's Soc. at the Great South a while ago ,tracksters and  the trusty  mesh cap. Porridge with honey for breakfast, and quick gulp of water before the off.

What went less well:

I registered online in first week of April. Got a confirmation of payment same day. No race packet, no number, no chip, queueing with about forty people ten minutes before the off for a spare number courtesy of the wonderfully efficient lady stood to for just this , who remarked that 'a lot of the low numbers seem to have disappeared '

So having arrived half an hour before the off, once again I'm walking down to the start fumbling with safety pins and ignoring the inevitable guy with a mic trying to add to my stress levels.

Nice medal, welcome Mars bar, nice marshals, nice course, well administered on the ground by the RNLI supporters. 

Be warned, the usual exhortations on the website  to please NOT bring a car....and the railway station is a good 2 miles away, and if the race organisers had put any signage for hardy users of public transport, I didn't see them.Take a bike if you go by train!

All in all, nice rural multi terrain 10K ..54 mins....(Yaay, PB ...uh...for this year....um...and over this distance!  )

Hmmm,

looking to have a bash at this one as a RELAY - what in France they call an EKIDEN race. Four runners each doing a 10K leg in effect..

Other than that it starts in Laverstock and finishes in Winchester and is primarily (90%) an off-roader, I know not much more.

Any forumites done it and have tips to share ?

Ta

I couldn't find an existing thread so apologies if I've missed it.

Took part in my very first CS 10K today {yaaay -PB!}. Nice flat course around Battersea Park ending in the Millenium Arena.

 { Ive just realised I never even got to climb the Peace Pagoda )

Lucky with the weather, well marshalled ...baggage drop a bit overborne ....men's changing rooms awash and a goody bag with...er....a stress ball , a rather lovely medal - and quite suitably for a Civil Service event,  a lot of paperwork

Thanks to Joe and the DSRA team - OUR T-shirt is undoubtedly the smartest and good to see my home Department so well in evidence.

Good to see a big ole contingent from Ordnance Survey - can I drag a lift from you guys next year , if I'm spared !

Anyone got a link to the results?