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Any one do this ? Despite huge organisational efforts (for which we are all very grateful the race went as follows...
1. Women start 10mins before men
2. Men start at rapid pace accompanied by some idiot non runners for first 150m
3. On a very narrow twisting course involving a number of flights of steps, the men catch the women after less than a mile on a narrow footpath.
Resulting in the next 2.5M being a case of the lead men reduced to weaving in and out of women runners/joggers, going out in to the road and jumping over benches/bollards/tourists.
Whilst I appreciate the difficulty in staging such an event this just isn't on, it was very dangerous in parts. For £14 runners deserve better...one to miss I feel next year
1. Women start 10mins before men
2. Men start at rapid pace accompanied by some idiot non runners for first 150m
3. On a very narrow twisting course involving a number of flights of steps, the men catch the women after less than a mile on a narrow footpath.
Resulting in the next 2.5M being a case of the lead men reduced to weaving in and out of women runners/joggers, going out in to the road and jumping over benches/bollards/tourists.
Whilst I appreciate the difficulty in staging such an event this just isn't on, it was very dangerous in parts. For £14 runners deserve better...one to miss I feel next year
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mars bar. I didn't saw any mile markers, but for a 3.5 run it is not really important. Also no need for water station, 3.5m is too short. My main concern was saftey. There should have been more volunteers on the course. I got pretty scared when I saw a runner almost brought down by a cab.
I entered the race as part of a team from work. Some of the runners in our team were women running in their first ever race - quite reasonably they had decided to run at a steady sensible pace towards the back of the field. For them to be put in the situation where they were run down and elbowed aside by the elite and mens field was not only entirely unacceptable but was also extremely dangerous to all concerned. I can only hope the experience has not put them off running in future.
There is also a statement from the race director regarding the issues already raised in this thread.