Very slippery and not safe in places due to waterlogged paths and boggy grass (I took a fall around 4k mark). The staff however were great and supportive and HQ was very organised. Would def run this again in warmer weather! My daughter loved her 1st run in the 1 miler

I really enjoyed this race but wondered if there should be more signs to the good people of Whitstable that an organised run was happening - yes, I was shouted at by a dog walker. But great effort by the volunteers and thanks.

Negatives
Far too many pedestrians and loose dogs
Congested on the narrow path
Unexpected steps
Yes we should expect mud this time of year but I'm not a trail runner and wouldn't have entered if I'd known.
Route map should be available

Positives
Fab atmosphere as always at a Sporting Events race
Friendly, encouraging marshals
Great medal
HQ in a super spot.

Friendly marshals & Volunteers
Great medal, well organised
A bit of everything on the route, Was busy with public using area as well but can’t be helped as a nice place, enjoyed my run.

A bit slippy in places and too many careless dog owners around! But the event HQ was great, Marshalls brilliant and it was fun.

It was my first competitive race. I was really impressed l would definitely be back next year. Your event was an excellent advert Whitstable. Thank you.

Slightly too muddy in the last 1.5 miles.

Nice course with a bit of everything.. a tad muddy at times but mostly path. Lovely scenery and atmosphere

Really can’t big this event up any enough. Loved the location the volunteers and everything in general. Thank you to everyone involved

Tricky in places where pathway narrowed, with pedestrians and runners coming from other direction.
Muddy in places which is to be expected at this time of year.

It was a bit tight for space at times. Maybe an earlier start would reduce the number of other path users (walkers, dog walkers). Really good event though, thoroughly enjoyed watching all of the 3 races.

Unfortunately the seafront was busy with pedestrians for February due to the good weather, which made the second half of the race on narrower paths difficult to negotiate. It would have helped to have started an hour earlier. Also it didn’t help having to dodge the fast 1 mile runners coming in the opposite direction in the last half mile. Having said that, it’s a lovely location and I enjoyed the race.

Although congested in parts, and other areas crowded with disgruntled dog walkers, this was a good course. This is a brand new event, and I’m sure next year it will be bigger and better.

I think this would be better in warmer months as the mud was really slippery in parts.
There were also too many dogs off leads in the narrower parts of the course that also nearly tripped up myself and others round the course.

I liked the diffrent events - so nany choices for people, Nice atmosphere, well organised.( might be nice to try the same route in the summer to.

Consider starting at 09:00. This may help with less interference with dog walkers, prams, other users.
Several parts of course, runners and cars intermingled.
Those stairs over the railway were .... well, does not lend itself to speed. And that was an expected amount of trail.

Wish more info was available on the route beforehand as it was much hillier than expected with quite tough terrain (trails, stairs, train bridges to cross).

Also some quiet narrow parts with oncoming runners making it a bit difficult. However, lovely and scenic with great volunteers. Well organised for a first event.