I like the use of tracking, feels a lot safer and Lindley would contact me by text if I was too far off the course. first time I've been In a race that was self supported most of the way.
Lucky with the weather this time.

Organisers went out of their way to allow me to race after a disaster with travel, very thankful and highly recommend their races.

The Thames Path has a lot of variety for a national trail that essentially follows a river from it's source to the sea. Whilst there can be a lot of trudging through fields if it is particularly wet, there is also a large volume of runnable sections to this journey and the opportunity to refuel at various villages, towns and cities along the way made it a really fun adventure.

Do not expect buffet style aid stations, this is a proper challenge of managing yourself over a very long distance with minimal support, and this is what makes this race special, you will be met about every 25 miles by a friendly face and some water, the rest of the required motivation is up to you.