The Reading parkrun route takes in a long opening and home straight along the Thames Towpath from its start adjacent to Wokingham Canoe Club. It consists thereafter of 2 laps around a well maintained gravel footpath around the nature reserve, across the meadows and the towpath again, ultimately taking a final left turn and a sprint to the end!!! Its very flat, on varying surfaces and regular road running shoes should certainly suffice in most weathers.