Expected a trail run. Too much road.

Challenging in places for my first half, with 3 big hills, great route an additional water station would have been helpful as was a hot day, overall great event & would do it again!

A lovely course, possibly need to emphasise that there is a lot of trail. But I thought it was excellent and would do again.

I couldn't fault anything, it was my first ever 10k race and I will definitely book more, thank you!

I enjoyed the route and luckily there was some shade as it was so warm. I found some bottlenecking at the beginning so it took me a while to get into a rhythm. Nearly went the wrong way somewhere towards the end so it could have done with an extra sign. Otherwise, Marshalls were excellent, helpful and encouraging. This was my first race and the atmosphere was great.

Superb venue, scenery and atmosphere! This was my first Macknade HM, bur will be there next year! My only niggle is the fact that there were only three water stations. Knowing about the heat wave, you should have been more flexible and added two more - but I fully appreciate the staffing issues involved

Done this for the 2nd year in a row and will happily do it again.
Most of my running races have been through sporting events and all have been well organised and highly recommend them

Great day. The route was well marshalled and sign posted. We had marshalls looking out for vehicles on the road and the atmosphere was friendly and encouraging.

The day was quite hot and we could really have done with an extra water stop on top of the three places around the route.

The medal was really well designed, hardly a deal breaker either way but the little touches are what make the difference.

I would do this route again for the half marathon but perhaps make sure there was more hill training in my lead up!

The Macknade Half Marathon is the jewel in the crown of the region’s running calendar.

Set in the heart of rural Kent, the course winds through some of the county’s most beautiful rolling countryside, offering a truly memorable race-day experience.

Cross the finish line and return to a vibrant event village, where exceptional food and drink await to help you celebrate your achievement

Not a single downside - great challenging course ( nice variation of terrain) - perfect number of friendly marshals, water points , signage - this is my 3rd time doing it - just gets better each year ( perfect weather / parking too)

Marshalling wasn’t great at crucial points and with at least one other experienced runner went wrong which added half a mile. Start was also very congested down to a very slow single file.
Overall though the course was fast for a multi and flowed well and enjoyed up to the 8 mile point.

Pros: Alot of effort put in from the organisers, fun route, friendly and sociable runners.

Cons: No headphones was a first for me, wasn't a fan of that. Alot more trail running than I was expecting too!

lots of parking

Beautiful scenery, very well marshalled, excellent surfaces to run on and not too hilly.
The start was very crowded so we were shuffling along very slowly to begin with. Perhaps an extra wave might have helped. But all in all a good 10k . Can you make sure it's cooler next year!