209 Events
Next Race: 13/09/2026
Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, RH5 6AA
Next Race: 13/09/2026
Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, RH5 6AA
Lack of water, great scenery and great effort by participants
The water stop we had between our two wine water stops had no water!!!
The heat was pretty intense and one person running with us was in a fully covered and enclosed outfit and was in desperate need of some water!
At an event this size and for what we paid to attend water should have been available at this stop.
Hi, Thank you for the comments! We completely agree and are working on more efficient water distribution for 2026. Much appreciated and thank you for coming to our race. Best 209 Events team
Really enjoyable event
Thank you for the feedback and kind words! 209 Events team
Would recommend
Would like if more water available at stops- we were told there is limited supply and only given a tiny cup! Weather was very hot. Overall fun and great organisation and lovely route, esp downhill at the end!
Thank you for the feedback and comments. We will do better and get more water out to the stations next year. Best 209 Events team
Amazingly friendly half marathon
The run was well organised and welcoming, but the food options at the end were a real letdown
Thank you for the feedback, this is really useful and we will take onboard your points in our post race meeting with Denbies. Best, 209 Events team
absolutely amazing, couldnt fault it and the staff
Fantastically organised and thank you! Smashing event and loved every minute of it!
Thank you for coming to the event and hope you had a great time! Best, 209 Events team
Great fun, views & atmosphere but not for the faint hearted
Thank you for coming to the event and hope you had a great time! Best, 209 Events team
My first 10k and the bar is set HIGH
The only thing I would have loved was a water station at the top of the big hill. I was dying haha. But otherwise everything was amazing, what a fun day!
Hi, Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. Will add this into our notes for next year! Best 209 Events team
Great event which combines drinking and exercising
Great wines from the shop to buy to take home too!
Glad you enjoyed the wine!! 209 Events team
A great event with a real feel good atmosphere. Will be back next year!
Missed the energy food and gel feed stations this year.
Hi, Thank you for the feedback, we made a decision to remove them this year but will bring this up in our next post-race meeting. Best 209 Events team
Difficult hills especially in the heat but atmosphere and encouragement from everyone around was amazing! Would definitely recommend and will be entering for next year (but will do some hill training!)
Thank you for taking the time to come to our race and leave a review. Much appreciated!! 209 Events team
Great fun!
Loved the event. Everything you could hope for in a Wine half marathon BUT this is very hilly for beginners
It was excellent and very enjoyable.
It's difficult to imagine how it could be improved. I replied "Yes" to question 6 on the basis that my friend and I met a lady running her first half marathon and she seemed to be enjoying it.
Glad you had a great time and thank you for the kind words! Best 209 Events team
Very good, and very well run event
really fun, very silly, quite random but in a properly good way!
confusing instructions about what start time (wave) we'd asked for and slightly confusing parking on arrival, other than that it was great.
Hi, Thank you for the feedback, we will look to make things much clearer in the future with this. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! 209 Events team
Well organised and super fun
Loved it but a few niggles
I went wrong at a critical point because there was no marshal there (a sharp right turn). You took a mile off the event due to wasps but didn't say you were doing this so when I realised I made up the time by running laps at the end - you should have announced this. I never saw the cheese - this should be announced/signposted as aid stations were so busy. You ran out of water at one aid station!!!! Several times the music stopped before I got there - I was not right at the back?!! BUT the marshals were fantastic, the food was sublime, the wine was fab and the chocolate ginger at the end was superb. I LOVED this event but think it could be even better hence my picky feedback. Thanks SO much for a wonderful day.
Hi, Thank you for the honest feedback!! Could you let me know where on the course we went wrong so we can improve it for next year! We will take these comments and discuss how we can fix these issues for next year! Best 209 Events team
Absolutely brilliant for runners who don't take themselves too seriously!
This is my second year entering (last year 10k, this year half) and it well and truly lived up to expectations again. It's a fantastically fun day all round with a wonderful atmosphere from start to finish.
My only complaint this year was that the half marathon route was cut short due to a wasps nest on the course but no extension was added elsewhere - leaving myself and other competitive people running around the carpark to make up the extra 1.5 miles after we had collected our medals!
Hi, Thank you for the feedback and apologies for having to cut the race short. We had to make a decision for the safety of everyone and we couldn't make the space back on the course in the moment! Hopefully we will have you back another year! Best, 209 Events team
More food is needed as some stations had run out
Thank you for the feedback, we will add this to our post race notes and make sure this isn't the case in 2026!! Best, 209 Events team
Wonderful fun run
We had a fabulous time - thanks to the organisers and support teams
Amazing and so well organised