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I ran the course last week in reasonably grippy Inov-8 trail/off-road shoes. Squelchy in places, but on the top of the hill and through the woods the underfoot conditions are very good.  It's a great race by the way - I'll be on the finish line doing the times so if you slip me a £5 I'll make sure you get a PB.  

My problem was that the 5 mile wasn't 5 miles but 4.73.

JB74 - yes, I did, and I'll never again run a race organised by that useless bunch.

Ok, good luck with the training.  I gave up marathons five years ago, but may do another in five years time.

In all honesty I agree with you.  I personally race to race, not for the goody bag.  I'm not bothered about medals, mugs or any other flim flam.  Water and maybe a banana at the end is nice.  The atmosphere at the last event was enough to get me back, and I'd much prefer the max money went to the good causes.