Good route with the occasional hill. Lovely and scenic through the water park and good support when the route was inner-city. Well organised and good fun!

This was my fifth marathon, and the most boring!! I agree with the comments that spectator support was terrible and the run contained some hills, especially 25-26 mile. Water was in plastic cups, so you wore more than what you drank. Left baggage was well organized, but there could have been more fun/family atmosphere; it's 26.2 miles, after all! I got a PB of 3:13, but I had the potential for much better - if not for so many sharp turns, hills and narrow pathways.

This was my first marathon so I was pretty apprehensive before the start, but everyone was so friendly that I was soon at ease. I thought that the organization was excellent, with plenty of marshals who, along with the spectators, gave great vocal support. I had a bit of puff left, so the last hill was a bonus!

I don't think that we should expect people out shopping who may have no interest in running to cheer for us.

I ran this marathon with the temptation of a PB. It was slightly more undulating than initially suggested, and although none of the hills were very significant, they still took it out of the legs. Also, it seemed to be a little wayward and circuitous toward the final two miles (as though they needed to add distance). The Leicester public seemed to consider the marathon as more of an inconvenience than a pride to host. I ran my best time this year (3:18) but would not repeat the run. I would not put off others who are interested, though, because it's for good cause unlike some other, more expensive (non-charity runs).

This was the first time I have ever been stopped by a level-crossing in a race, but top marks to the organizers for thinking ahead and arranging the chip timing to take account of this. Well done!!

It could be a good run with a few tweaks; otherwise it's fairly average, with little sense of a big occasion!

A great place to start and finish, the last two miles through the city center were fantastic. It would have been great to have some more support through the city though rather than a parade of blank-looking faces with no applause whatsoever.

It was on a fairly boring route and it definitely doesn't show Leicester off at its best. The long run out along Melton Road was good, but long stretches of county lane was fairly boring and downright hilly in parts too. The last few miles through Watermead Park and Abbey Park were pretty, but on narrow undulating track.

It has the potential to be a great marathon, but more running needs to be done around the city center, taking in the sights such as Walkers Stadium, Welford Road and the Lanes, etc. They could learn a lot from the Nottingham Robin Hood Marathon about showing a city off at its best.

it was a great day for the race, and a better course than last year's. And it was good to run through the city center.

Hats off to the hardy souls who manage the full marathon. Having completed the half for the second time, I have to say the course is challenging, with some good hills. The organization is superb, the marshals did a fantastic job in the freezing conditions, and the support was much appreciated all the way round. Despite the hills, still managed a PB. Will definitely be back, and may one day brave the full.

Have run it for the third and final year of my life on my 21st. Did my sub-4 finally, so am retiring and concentrating on half marathons. What a course. Beautiful countryside when it?s not cloudy like this year. Shame we lost the massage facilities this year and the bar was so expensive, but well worth doing in your careers.

I saw there were no comments on this race, so I'll have to give my 2 pence. Described as an undulating course my mile splits ranged from about 6:06-7:20. Yeah that's right; undulating (=hilly). Lots of uphill on the way out and a few nice long fast downhills at about 16-20 miles and then some real killers at the end. Still I managed a PR so it couldn't have been that bad ( I just winge a lot). The course is a big figure 8 with very little repetition of any roads and it is beautiful countryside. Ran it in 2001, the first year & it wasn't a very big race. No organizational issues. Adequate H20 stations. Don't think they had gels. Good facility for the start/finish although no public transportation closeby (should be called the Leicestershire marathon as it is not run from Leicester, nor does the course enter Leicester). Enthusiastic fan support even if not large in numbers. Roads were not closed but it was never an issue for me, drivers were courteous. Overall, well worth doing, but the hills can be tough. Also has a half marathon event.

A very well organised race, excellent facilities at the start in Mallory Park.The Race incorporates a half marathon until the spilt at 7 miles after that its a bit lonely, lots of rolling hills, the race marshalls are very encouraging though. A tough race to finish the year.