Vale of Clwyd Half Marathon Road Race

A small run with only around 80 runners, but a well-organised event and well-marshalled route, with plenty of water stations on the way. All the marshalls with fantastic, providing plenty of cheer, support and smiles along the way, this rubbed off onto the runners and made an overall good vibe. A good starting point, it was at an park with an athletics club, very nice children's park and outdoor gym, so it's a great waiting place for wife/kids, they can wait inside in the warmth/shelter inside the athletics club that was open for this event, or play in the kids' park / outside gym. Also, normal toilets (not portaloos) and changing rooms were available inside the athletics club, which is a really nice change. The route is on open roads not closed to traffic, but since the area is so remote there was hardly any vehicles on the road anyway, so no need to close them. It was all very safe. The only downside is the medal, it's really cheap/bad/amature, for the price paid you usually get a much better medal. For a longer distance like a half marathon, it would be good to have a nicer medal to show for it. I hope this changes in future years.