Action should have been taken to firm up the muddy path and perhaps sought to temporarily remove the kissing gate. I stood for eleven minutes to get through this. It needed biodegradable material such as straw to firm the ground but wider than this the Country Park need to look at improving tracks such as this.

I have a love/hate relationship with the Hadleigh Legacy 10k, but I must love it more than hate it having completed it nine times now. It is a shame the route is no longer on the 2012 Olympics BMX course, so no boulders to clamber over or zig-zag paths to negotiate, but the organisers made up for that with plenty of mud and hills.

The facilities at Hadleigh are great (though the car parking charges are astronomical, like at all of the Essex country parks these days). We were told that the start would be in waves and that we would realise why when we reached the kissing gate at around the first mile. Unfortunately, the waves weren’t staggered enough. Those of us towards the back of the field reached the kissing gate to find a huge crowd ahead of us trying to get through, not helped by the fact that the gate was followed by a narrow path full of the stickiest mud you could ever encounter. More stagger next year please! It was actually faster on the second lap, when the field had thinned out.

The marshals were fantastic all the way around the course, and the medal is one of the best from a race of this sort. So, will I do my tenth Hadleigh Legacy 10k next year? Hell, yes!

Kissing gate at muddy bit / bottom of hill an issue again

The utter joke at the kissing gate was ridiculous. I waited 20 minutes before I could get through this area. Runner MUST wear trails because this was half the problem at the kissing gate. Runners with road shoes and they can't get through that mud section. If they are caught with road shoes on, they need to be disqualified.

Your marshals were brilliant but they need to be put in areas they can easily access. The marshal (old man he was lovely) could not get back up the hill and his legs were too wobbly so I had to stop running and basically get him back up the hill!!!

The race has come up 500 metres short each year and needs to be sorted!

Great course; just a shame about the bottle-neck at the first kissing gate and a shame that the boulder hill wasn’t part of the event this year. Nevertheless, a really challenging 10k well marshalled and organised. Thank you!

It would be better if the faster runners went about half hour ahead at least. We were in a big log jam by the turnstile which meant a half hour wait and then the fast runners caught up so we had to wait in the mud for them to pass by!!

First kissing Gate is a JOKE. causes to much of a backlog. Also course is always 500m short.

It may not be a PB course, but short and waiting around isn't really acceptable. SORT THE ROUTE OUT.

Could do with a modified route to avoid the pinch points and boggy parts that stall the race, apart from that it’s a hard but rewarding race

You couldn’t even be bothered to add myself and running friends to the finishing times posted
Yes we were last but we gave it our all
We might not be the fastest but we still participated and paid to do so
Bloody fuming!!!

The bottleneck at the kissing gate, roughly 1K into the race, was very frustrating. I appreciate the route was great for the race, but not great for the runners. Apart from that. I really enjoyed the race and will definitely be doing it again next year.

Very rewarding course. Its a shame about the problems at the first kissing gate. Having wait 10 minutes to get through was quite disruptive. Otherwise, I really enjoyed the challenge!

Maybe a more staggered start to prevent delay at the kissing gate.

This is a very difficult course especially for those newer to running. There needs to be more detail around this . We were held at a gate for over 20 minutes, there needs to be more thought put into the course as this is not practical.

Elites need to go off at least 15-30 minutes earlier.
Something needs doing about the huge bottleneck at the first kissing gate. The elites caught up the slower runners, who were made to wait further. It took us 26 minutes to get to just over 1km due to being held at this point.

Great event but the pinch point at the kissing gate is a pain! Maybe consider actual wave times.
Thanks to all those involved in organising the event.