Water station needs to be set up ready with pre poured cups - we were waiting for cups and then to be filled
All the said it was a great day and good weather - thanks Ellie

At least one other water station en route would have been helpful. The queues at the end for water and beer were not fun - I know you rely on volunteers but it was hard to know where to queue and the queues moved very slowly. Worth looking at for next time. But overall a very enjoyable event, and the food/drinks ensured we stayed and socialised, which was great.

Overall this was a great event, the course was great given the last minute changes. As others have noted there are some changes needed to the start/finish to give more space. More water at the end would have been good given the heat.

Travelled from Essex to run with a friend, really enjoyed the event and day. I note some comments on the start time but this worked well for me and meant I could enjoy the burger and beer at lunch time - and what a burger that was, cracking, and the beer!
Water station could have been bigger (I note the sick note impact). Start/Finish line was cramped, not sure if this was linked to the route change or not. Wasn’t quite 10K either.
Medal collection / beer collection also cramped due to start / finish location.
Didn’t have to wait too long for a beer in top 100 finishers, but with close to 400 runners perhaps cans with boxes glasses might have been better.
Lovely medal and glass to take away.
Looking forward to next years event, will be back for it

The finish area was a disaster. The area was too small for people to finish, then needed to queue for water and the free beer. No organised system. I gave up on the free beer queue, so did not get my free beer.

Also, the course was slightly short of 10k.

Really enjoyedthe variety of surfaces and scenery. Really enjoyed the kind of festivaly vibes at the end.

The only thing that could be better was the finish, not quite 10km on the watch (not the end of the world) but coming through the finish the Q to get the beer at the end wasn't particularly smooth and definitelycould have done with some cups of water to rehydrate. But minor. Loved it. Will come again if it's on. Think it would be really successful in the summer as a summer series with different brews at the end (Pink and Blue ones for us

The organising team and marshals were excellent - friendly, knowledgeable and encouraging.

Assuming the 9km marker was in the correct place, I think the last km might have been 2-300m short...didn't have tech measuring it though.

The water station would have benefitted from being larger and with more helpers there.

You're aware that the finish line needs rethinking - race pace to zero immediately was hard, and the beer station didn't have to be right there.

The beer was great, though!

Well done to all and see you next time!

A great location leading to a fun finish with fab atmosphere. However, the start/finish area was too cramped. And there as no water ready for finishers at the end (or not when I got there anyway). The free beer was a great added bonus and motivator. But the queue was SO long. In future, the beer needs to pre-poured to speed things up. Great marshall presence - thank you. And a well marked route.

Fantastic for a first time event.

The route may have been short I notice lots of Strava recordings from the event being just below 10k

Start and finish was not a large enough area to accomodate the volume of participants. I feel the perticually at the finish it was there was not enoug space to collect medals, post race water and post race beer, the queues were causing a back up in the finish gate.

Water station needs to be larger as que created due to lack of prefilled cups, possible an additional marshal on hand to help fill cups. - Unfortunate caused me a delay in my run while waiting for water.

Fantastic atmosphere, lovely marshalls, good course with some flat some hills and a good mixture of terrain.

Water station needs better management, I skipped it due to the queue.

Start and finish location needs adjusting.

The route was possibly a touch short? Everyone seems to have come up just below 10k, however I appreciate there was buildings and tree cover so that may be the reasons.

However, very well marshalled, lovely route, really enjoyable event

Definitely would do this event again

Enjoyable event and great to have the beer and glass at the end. However had to queue for this for just over half an hour in a very disorganised snaking line while many just jumped it slowing down the limited servers and official queue. Not their fault, just no organisation. Also could do with a sign to the start from the top car park as quite a few of us arriving early started by following big arrows that turned out to be for the route markers. I’m sure that next year these issues will be ironed out and once that’s fixed this should become an excellent annual run.

Registration was super easy and quick and the set up at the end was lovely, the option of food, sweet treat and a pint went down a treat!

Not quite 10k unfortunately

The start / finish area was very congested.

To make it better:
water station needed to have more people helping or bigger table to have more cups of water ready to go (had to queue to get water)
Beers need to pre poured so that the queue moves quicker or cans handed out.