Crawfordsburn Country parkrun
This event has a reputation for having a complicated route,though it was fine for me, following people happily in the middle of the pack. There are (small) permanent arrows, and marshals or signs through the course, though fewer at the end - I'm not sure you could follow the course using just the arrows, but might be wrong. I didn't really know where I was, other than on the sea-front sections, but I also didn't get lost.
It was 'recommended' to me as a hilly course, and it certainly felt it, though Strava reckons there is only 35m of elevation. You certainly get an impression it'll be hilly from the start, as a short flat is followed by a left-turn and immediate run uphill.
After that little dogleg - up the hill, along the top, back down the other side, a left turn takes you to the seafront area. This is Crawfordsburn Beach. Helen's Bay is just North/West of here, and another lovely spot to visit if you have time. The route doesn't go that way, heading round the field then East/South along the front.
Much of this section is covered in both directions, though you don't go back up that initial hill again. The loop through the woods is lovely, but tough - there's a short, sharp hill which I had been warned about, tried to run up and settled for a walk. A hill that goes, then goes again - it levels off briefly, then carries on, and I was grateful to have walked the first bit.
Finally, a left turn (unmarked) takes you back to that initial path by the beach, past the hill and then left to the finish. The latter is in sight of the start, but not quite in the same place.
Another lovely run, and I was lucky enough to see it in sunshine. As a result I walked most of the route again, heading further East/South to explore. It's gorgeous.
Results from Crawfordsburn Country parkrun #10, 7/8/21; 128 finishers