Brilliant organisation, excellent traffic management on main roads.
Marshalls were great very encouraging all way around. A good event , next time less hills please :-)
Hard hilly HM but incredible challenge and spectacular views
Marshall expertly will managed for such a long run with country lanes to staffing major road crossing and traffic management
A great half marathon route well organised with friendly and encouraging Marshall’s who organised the road crossings very well.
Excellent event, would recommend
Great event loved the hills
I loved this event. A few adjustments do need to happen to fine tune the event. I arrived on foot collected my number, walked around the park looking for bag drop even checked up at the toilets, but nothing. Asked at the number pick up point and was told they took the bags. There was no sign for this and staff did not communicate this when picking up number. Roads were not closed, at certain points runners were being squeezed with no foot path and cars coming before directions. I would be happy to pay a little bit extra to pay for roads to be closed
However I did love the event the course and the hills.
OK only
Having been to many half marathons in the uk and abroad, this was one of the smallest I have ever been to. Scenery was really great. Event organising somewhat lacked: poor comms; bag drop/pick up not sign posted and poorly managed. Lack of any sort of nutrition on course was also disappointing given the cost of the entry fee. As mentioned by other around miles 7/8 was a bit tricky with local traffic and not enough of marshals to manage that. Event village consisted of one food truck which again, a bit disappointing. Lack of additional toilet facilities and more marshals and music would have created a far better atmosphere. Park users not even aware of the race so it shows the lack of overall comma to participants and general public. It could be so much bigger and better…
Lovely route and great marshals
All the marshal's were really friendly. Thank you
Excellent organisation. Volunteers were very friendly and supportive. Great atmosphere! Loved the whole race.
Scenic
Pro: Good water stop placements, great work by stewards, good course, excellent runners village. Cons: Around mile 7 cars on the country lanes cars where squeezing runners to the side a bit. Some congestion in front of finish line at times w/ runners that had already finished.
Excellent run
Thanks to all the volunteers ,Marshall , motivators, dinosaur costume person, organisers. Excellent route, very good atmosphere will do it again. I love that it wasn't flat !!
Tough route but excellent event
Tough, undulating course but a scenic route through Mote Park and along Pilgrims Way. Well organised and a nice souvenir medal.
Great first half marathon/marathon experience.
Was taking part in my first running event and found the whole experience very enjoyable. Thought the marshalling throughout the course was excellent and enjoyed the route, challenging but that's what you want!
Only slight negative on the route, was sharing the tight country lanes with local traffic, could be potentially hazardous and not loads of toilet facilities for the amount of people. But overall a fantastic event and would do it again!
Hilly
Fantastic Experience!
Would of been nice if the speakers where louder for announcements/warm ups.
If they have trained properly and have done at least three maybe four 10 milers under their belts
I loved the event Village it gives Family's and Friends something to do while we race.
Absolutely superb!
I really must congratulate the organisers of the Maidstone half marathon for making this morning so special. Great marshals who were both friendly and very encouraging, superb sineage and good value. I'm sorry that the numbers of participants have dwindled so significantly from ten years and more ago.
Great 1st Half Marathon
Marshall’s were great! Route was good, my only thing was the country lanes still had cars going down them which was a struggle with runners and cyclists. Someone almost got knocked over.
Good Event route well planned out
Maybe some more nutrition as well at all the water stations would be great.
Jelly babies or jelly beans
My first half marathon was great fun and well run.
My first half marathon was great fun and well run. As a senior citizen I had a ball and finished without a stop. Car parking was easy and when we came there was a lot of space. Results were fast - got my time texted to me within minutes.
Hilly but fun
Good run tough but fun