There was a Marshall at the arc part of the course past the skate park (where you turn off of the arc to head towards Hampton - Hampton side of the arc) who was brilliant with the best enthusiasm I have ever seen at an event.

Really good start area. Great course. Great marshalling. Only issue is the hill to start and hills in the last 1km

The 2 laps is a lot faster than the old out and back well organised race with a nice race HQ at the castle

Really enjoyed the half marathon, definitely need more toilets though

It was a good venue I just held onto my water carton and popped in a bin as I ran by no problem

My only negative this year would be about the waves, as you had a lot less waves there were a lot of people right at the front that really shouldn’t have been there, it takes a few minutes off your PB trying to get round them.

We really enjoyed the event, the water station running out wasn’t ideal but kudos to the team for getting more water out as soon as they could.

The event village was good with lots going on. T shirts are a little small this time, might be worth adding a bigger size as they are all about a size smaller than expected.

Overall a good event as expected from SEUK

Overall it was well organised and a great race.
Compared to last year the additions of extra water stations were a great touch, more bins directly after would have been good to avoid piles of bottles. As well as this it would have been good to provide energy gels rather than haribo, perhaps getting a sponsor to promote their products to keep the cost down, as this is quite common at other races.

Offering better catering at the finish line would have been good (it was just frozen burgers)

Some more markers in public areas would have helped, I needed to shout quite a lot at confused members of the public who had no idea the race was happening.

More toilets at the start line, massive queues at 9:20am caused a bit of a panic!

Done this event three or four times now and enjoyed it as always (despite my poor time lol). I would say I preferred Whitstable Castle as a base location to the Kings Hall where it has been in the past - better atmosphere, more scenic in my view, and a better place for any spectators too to hang out on Tankerton slopes etc.
If possible though I do think it would be better if the finish line could be out on the road given Tower Hill closed, would just need a slight tweak to the route somewhere to make the distance fit. It's always nice to have those final shouts of encouragement from the crowd, friends and family at the very end, but couldn't have that on the narrow path back in to the castle grounds.

Overall, thanks to all those involved in organising, running and marshalling the race.

Well organised, fantastic marshalling. One gripe - a bin or marshal with rubbish bag after water station. Running is a eco friendly sport and yet the litter after each water station, cartons in peoples gardens, verges etc. was embarrassing. If it had been windy it would have all ended up in the sea. Organisers, and runners, please be better on this and will be 10/10

I absolutely recommend this run - beautiful course with a few challenging hills. There is no shade and at part very little breeze so you need to enjoy the heat.
I would have preferred an earlier start to mitigate the heath issue and although the volunteers and organization was stunning, I gave 4 stars due to running out of water when it was most needed, at the 9th Miles (they did great in correcting the issue but we got the much needed water nearly at the very end) But it was only a detail on what was a memorable day, really well organized - hence my recommendation

The lack of water at final drink station when it was so hot was very poor. I desperately needed it and got very dizzy very soon after. Thankfully some guy biked over with one at 11 mile mark or I could have been quite ill
Apart from that it was a great race with great atmosphere though the second half of course was unexpectedly brutal especially given the heat

Expected more of an event with music at the end. Otherwise well done. The free sports massage was awesome too

Super t shirt and medal, though t shirts my size had run out Doh !