Shame about the kissing gate delay but some of that was down to some runners not wanting to get their trainers muddy.

A big thank to the organisers & race marshals, they were brilliant!!

Well organised with very encouraging marshals. Tough course, hills were hard work but very enjoyable. Would do it again.

Would prefer a mass start as a race rather than a staggered start which becomes a time trial. Altering the course to avoid the kissing gates would be good.
But a great event. Thanks.

You should remove the first gate where bottleneck occurs and areas where there is thick mud, put wood chips or hay down to cover the area.

The start needs to be staggered to stop the bottleneck at the muddy corner as we waited at least 10 minutes to go through

We waited around 15 minutes to get through the gate section during the first lap. Perhaps increasing the time between the staggered starts would resolve this? Alternatively, changing the route? Thanks.

Everything was great, course was marked out well. I am looking forward to doing it again.

Really well organised. Hats off to Castle Point Joggers and the Nice Work Tram for organising a really unique event. Very rewarding having navigated the hilly terrain and deep mud.

At the start of the second lap it would be very useful to have two signs, one saying 'Second Lap', the other 'To Finish'. A minor point for a great, well organised race. Thank you.

The Race, Organisation and the "weather", were first class. The only sticky point, no pun intented, was at the "kissing gate" as it has been named. Bit of a traffic jam although the organisors had tried there best to mitigate this by staggering the start. That aside, perfect.
Thanks to everyone, especialy the 36 Marshals for guiding the way and there encouragement.
Thank you all.
Keith.

I was very frustrated to be held up for 20 mins at a bottleneck only 10 mins into race ..found it mentally hard to get going again and it took longer as had to let elite runners through ..I was trying for a personal best and this made me frustrated and affected my momentum ..you need to change course or stagger runners better

Would be great if course could be changed to avoid the congestion on the 1st lap at the ‘kissing gate’ at bottom of the hill,

I enjoyed the run, which is a real test for how well you can run uphill! Well organised and marshalled, and a great atmosphere. The only downside (which was quite a big downside that spoiled the race for me) was the massive bottleneck at the gate and short narrow muddy section in the first 1.5 km. Literally ground to a complete stop, and had to queue for 3-4 minutes to get through this very short impasse and start running again. The course needs a re-think so that this can be avoided next time. It was fine on the second lap by which time the field of runners had spread out. So maybe needs to come later in the first lap?

Very hard course with plenty of steep ups and sharp downs. Only hiccup was the bottleneck at a very muddy wishing gate to a narrow very muddy lane. The staggered start was a good idea , but in hind sight the time between the staggers should have been longer.to stretch the runners out more. But it only happened on the first lap. no other problems, well signed and great marshalling as usual.

It was a tough route and there are certain aspects that felt unsafe at times especially the barbed wire fence next to the really muddy part of the course and whilst you warned people about this before the start it was natural that people would reach out to hold themselves up. I'm not sure your pre-race communication made it very clear how challenging the race was but perhaps that's my naivety.

Really enjoyed it. Great run superb Marshalls