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Last year I used a Montane Lite-Speed H20 which is waterproof and has taped seams, very light weight and rolls up very small. Seemed to work a charm even in the driving sleet. Cost me £45 from SportsShoes, I think it may have been discontinued but there are still some around for bargain prices, beware though that it has to be the H20 model as the standard Lite-Speed is not waterproof and doesn't have taped seams.

I find running up and down hills uses my muscles quite differently to running on the flat. The uphills stress my glutes, the downhills my quads. If you are planning on a hilly race then hit the hills in training. I would probably mix it up between a few long reps and many short reps.

I don't know the route of the White Cliffs run, but it is likely none of the hills will be huge, but it will be constantly up/down/up/down and some of them will be steep which can make it difficult to get into a rhythm. When I did the Jurassic Coast a few years ago I used the steep hills as an excuse to walk.

I stayed here last year - the single room is cheap and basic, but fine, they did me a breakfast tray as I was leaving early, it was about a mile walk to the start

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I parked in Henley on the evening before and then took the train to Oxford. There is a free car park on Mill Lane, about half a mile hobble from the finish, park next to the finish is pay and display.

I wonder if the lack of good coverage (helicopters, etc) was at least partly due to the crap weather ?