H&T Running
Next Race: 14/06/2026
Nayland Village Hall, Church Lane, Nayland, Colchester CO6 4JH
Next Race: 14/06/2026
Nayland Village Hall, Church Lane, Nayland, Colchester CO6 4JH
A great local event run by real enthusiasts - By runners for runners!!
Always well organised and this was a great route. Thank you
Stour Valley
Running out of water on 1st check point wasn’t good adding more time onto our race . We were told to have colapsable cups to have a drink with and others filled up their water bottles , maybe that’s why they ran out so soon . Also extra water should have been put on . Apart from that it’s a lovely event
Amazing but hard course, well organised
Would just like to add the aid stations were amazing. Not only well stocked but the people there were happy and motivated and really helped in pushing on for the next part. Beautiful medal, still by far the best medal out there
Beautiful and scenic, but tough.
Wonderful, friendly people helping at aid stations and organising. The fact that it is 'relatively' small as an event means there's a really friendly feel. My first marathon and couldn't be happier with the communication, organisation and support. Oh, and the course is spectacular.
Attractive beautiful event
Great event - low key is fine.
Great event. Loved the route and the medal/t shirt combo was brilliant.
Another great value H&T event!
Couldn't be better
One of my favourite routes. 2025 was super hot and the volunteers worked so hard to keep the aid stations full of water and fuel. Super friendly and relaxed atmosphere for a route that is tougher than a lot of people give it credit for. Def will run it again (it's my most returned to event)
Poor water station at first check point.
Friendly and relaxed, every supporting each other
Just slight let down by first aid station not having enough water , might have help to have more containers to fill bottles from,
Value for money
Could do with more guidance for new beginners, but ultimately it was very good value for money
Excellent day, many thanks for everything
I really enjoyed it but my only criticism was that the route could have been sent out to the competitors in advance? I may have missed it but I ended up downloading a route which was a little inaccurate unfortunately and I ended retracing my steps several times
Good morning. I hope you are recovering well. Great running yesterday! Thanks for your review, I thought I’d follow up. The route was communicated prior to the event via your final instructions email, with links to both gpx and written instructions contained therein. We send the final route out at this late stage to ensure it is as up to date with changing course conditions as possible rather than cause confusion with multiple routes being sent out in the run up to the event. I hope you enjoyed the event however and wish you a sound recovery. Best wishes. Pete
Fantastically organised Marathon
Really friendly organisers always there to help. I absentmindedly left my phone at checkpoint1 and didn't realise untill about 3 miles later. Luckily we ran Al and he kept it for us and brought it back to the finish line. There were plenty of snacks and drinks of great variety at each checkpoint. The only problem was we found ourselves spending a lot of time at the checkpoints because we enjoyed it so much
Great race, Great People, Great place!
Great event and great organisation. Check points were amazing. Always feel safe when running a H&T event.
Great event in beautiful scenery
Really superb event amongst delightful countryside. The aid stations were out of this world with so much on offer and very helpful marshalls. Great goody bag and medals too. Definitely want to do this one again.
Beautiful trail
Pre-race briefing was a bit casual and only minutes from the start time. Okay for those who had done it before but for first timers maybe it could have been better.
Thanks for your feedback Andrew, we will reflect on this for future events :-) We do try to make sure that our events are relaxed and friendly so that they don't present an intimidating prospect for new or nervous runners. We do try and make sure that almost everything people need to know if provided in writing through our final instructions, but will take this on board to make sure that our approach isn't so relaxed that people feel they don't get the right information prior to starting the event.
Excellent route, with stunning scenary
Not sure how it happened, but I was 1st in the non-binary category.
It did cause a few laughs!
Congratulations on your win! You were in the non-binary category as that was what you told us when you entered!!! :-)
Lovely well organised event
This was my first H & T event and it was brilliant. The cost was very reasonable, the organisation and staging was excellent and i felt like the team really looked after the runners. I will definitely be looking for more H & T events to do
Fun, scenic, well organised, friendly and tough event. Loved it.