Originally Posted by
Marco
I've run this many times over the years and can confirm that it is "hilly", if a long way from a fell course. There is a series of nasty bends just after the start through an area that I can only describe as a shrubbery. After this you're right at the bottom of a long hill that seems to go on for ever. If you get carried away and go too fast through the "shubbery" you'll pay for it later. The turn isn't that fast either, with a hairpin around a bollard in the road
Best of luck