Got there early so parking was ok, the loo situation was a bit manic but didn't take too long.
Overall really good

Really needed more loos, only 4 cubicles for men for about 800 men!

Great course, good marshalls, friendly check in.
Parking - very slow entry, 2nd water station should be earlier (mile 7), Alternative toilets need better signage to ease congestion. Can start ‘funnel’ be wider?

Lack of signage from car parks to number collection and bag drop was seriously lacking. Made the start quite stressful. Lovely route though and will definitely do it again

Need a better route map for next year

I would next year to ease the traffic and traffic flow assign car parking areas to each runnner which will mean people are not waiting or unable to get parking

Car park filled up quicker than I thought it would. We got there at 8am and it was half full already. Email suggested it was big , but judging by flow of people turning up later and their comments, lack of parking an issue.

Overall though a lovely scenic race, well marshalled and positive. Queue for gents an issue too! Thanks for your efforts...

Before the start of the race, the race briefing could not be heard at all standing by the 110 minute sign. There needs to be more speakers distributed along the waiting area so that everyone can hear this,
During the race, there was one runner blasting music from a portable speaker being carried in her rucksack. This was extremely loud and resulted in the somewhat questionable choice of music being imposed on the surrounding runners which took away from the generally positive atmosphere of the event and meant that nearby runners were unable to hear instructions from the marshals.

I have to say nothing wrong with the event and atmosphere. Let down by the huge queues for parking, despite travelling a distance we arrived at 8.00 am. We are hen joined the 30 minutes plus time to park and had to register, toilet and baggage,arrived on the start line with a couple of minutes to spare. No time for a warm up and as an older runner it made running the event much harder and a greater risk of injury
I was convinced it was going to be delayed as people were still arriving from the car park just a few minutes before the start.

Really good running conditions today. Route was undulating but not a problem. Good support from marshals. Lovely touch of snack bars at end of race & timing print out - well done everyone involved!

Great start and new route for 2026. Really enjoyed it.

Announcement at the beginning of race to ask runners to take their gel sachets home with them. I was at the back of the race and was very disappointed to find gel wrappers discarded throughout Clowes Wood - woods I frequent as I live close by.
I picked up at least 10 to give to marshalls although there were still more along the way. Not acceptable! It gives runners a bad name.

Seriously, there was not enough toilets for the Men. Lots more Cubicle access required. Time was getting tight before the start, the disabled and the ladies toilets were getting besieged by gents all trying to get done and ready before 9. The waiting times were ridiculous adding unnecessary stress to some participants.

Many thanks

Queue for the gents pre race was a nightmare but apart from that a fantastic well run event

The toilet situation let this event down. 30 mins waiting for a cubicle . Giving no time to warm up . Toilets ran out of paper. It’s my only criticism, I appreciate this is a new route etc- but surely the toilets situation was obvious - especially with the amount of runners .i wonder weather portaloos could not be place at the university.
Other than that the event was very good .

Brilliant new 10 mile route which I actually prefer to the old one.
My one criticism would be that there were not enough toilets for the sheer amount of people pre-race. Maybe some portaloos would be suggestion.
Looking forward to next year and beating my time.

Really enjoyed the course and impressed the road was closed. Everything about the race itself was very well organised and was great from a participant perspective. Pre-race could have some improvements. The traffic build up before the event made things stressful pre race. I tuned into the university at 8am and did not get parked till 8:20am. There could have also been more toilet facilities. Everything during and post race was excellent though.

The parking was difficult. More areas of uni parking could’ve been offered to reduce queues.

Need to have a think about the parking arrangements as the queue from Giles lane was awful