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Central Lancashire New Year Half-Marathon by xt350
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: it was ok i suppose :-0
In full: would i do it again....... yeah go on then!
nice run through some countryside that one would normaly pass by. my only gripe was with the competitors at the prize giving and they would not stop talking.
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Asics Watford Half Marathon by sandy mac
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Challening course but scenic, very well organised and very enjoyable!
In full: Really enjoyed this race. I grew up in Sarratt, one of the villages the route passes by, but moved to Edinburgh about 15 years ago. Have wanted to come back for a while to do this.
The route seemed to manage to take in every hill around, which made for a challening course, which I don't think has great PB potential. However, I'd far rather take in the hills and have a more scenic route than keep it flat and unattractive.
So it worked for me. The marshals and supporters that were about were friendly and supportive and overall I thought the organisation was superb. It all seemed to run like absolute clockwork. It would have been nice to see more supporters out around the course as well as in Cassiobury Park for the start and finish. The organisers might like to think about getting some publicity in to some of the residential areas to encourage this. But this is a very minor point. Overall, I loved it and I'd do it again.
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Llandudno Nick Beer 10K Road Race by NJ1979
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Excellent.
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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epsom oddballs perch by Mark George 5
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great fun and lovely scenary over the downs. Very enjoyable first race for 2010
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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SiS Longleat 10K by Tony Batty
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: |
In short: 2009 reviews don't do the hills justice - my legs are in bits!!
In full: Great administration, thanks to all the volunteers, it's normally a thankless task but you did great. Well done the cadets.
Great scenery, great hills. The running I do locally in Avon and Somerset includes some great hills so good training for this type of race. I will come back next year and aim for a faster time. Roll on Forest of Dean Half.
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Dewsbury 10K by Karen Sherpa
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Very good well organised race and managed to knock 2 minutes off my PB for 10k from last year
In full: I enjoyed this race, I found it very easy to gauge my pace with it being a there and back race. The first 10k was slightly uphill so mentally it was good knowing that the last 5k was downhill so I could push myself. Knocked 2 minutes off my PB from last year so very pleased. Atmosphere was friendly and welcoming and a good mix of runners of all abilities
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Asics Watford Half Marathon by Lesley Young 3
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: nice friendly marshals
In full: testing course with hills, plenty of weater stations, nice finish in park, will be back next year.
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Asics Watford Half Marathon by GKDK
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Good early season half with lots of people.
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Ashford & District 10K by Stephanie Kennard
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: well organised friendly 10k race
In full: Great course, great organisation, loved the fact that there was ample parking onsite, and I even didn't find the ladies toilet queue too bad!! I would definitely do this race again. Thank you for a great morning!!
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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SiS Longleat 10K by Rich Hawkins
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Tough climbs, but the down hill sections make up for it. Good atmosphere and organisation. Great meadal design!
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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SiS Longleat 10K by Im.Rio
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Nothing like the finish heading down to Longleat house. After all those hills it is a wlelcome relief
In full: Had a fab time as usual. Benji loved it too. He was a great help up the hills and the support he gets on the way round is wonderful. He helped me to knock a minute and a half off my previous best!
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Bookham 10K by Dan Wallace
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: great race - great people
In full: This is the kind of events I like to do - Smaller but friendlier none the less - thanks to all the people watching and clapping.
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Ryde 10 by Hog's Trotter
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Breathtaking
In full: A great day for running
The weather was perfect but the hills were a real challenge.
A well organised race with a nice community atmosphere. Thanks to all The Scouts and marshals for help on the day. The signage was good out on the course and if you had time to take in some of the views across the Solent on a crisp clear morning they were breathtaking (just like the hills!)
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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ropsley raid by Matt Rowley
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Ashford & District 10K by Lisa Fotheringham 4
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In full: Only negatives - only 2 ladies toilets with long queue and took 30 mins to get out of carpark
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Afford Rent-A-Car Alsager 5 by Bogwoppit
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: good local support in the cold!
In full: enjoyed it very much. will be back next year!
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Blackmore Vale Half Marathon by Herr Lehmann
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Bargain!
In full: Undulating course, 2:13min pb, chip timing great asset, tough race if youre first timer
Will be back!
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Stourbridge Stagger 10 by Shuffling Buffalo
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Very pleasant course and company, good introduction to off road running
In full: The course runs through some pleasant scenery and is nicely varied with a few hills in it to keep things interesting and some very pleasant fast descents off the back of them as compensation. Conditions under foot were really rather good most of the way round, only a few places where it was a bit muddy, but nothing compared to May Hill, could at a push have done in road shoes (if you didn't mind getting them mucky)
This was my first race in over a year and I really enjoyed it. I may well be back and I'd recommend it to anyone, but especially to anyone who's considering giving the off road running thing a bit of a go.
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Blackmore Vale Half Marathon by Paolo De Luca 2
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great scenery, perfect organisation, nice little hill at the end!
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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Asics Watford Half Marathon by LOIZOS
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: You'll swear it's not Watford! But it is, and it's hilly but fast.
In full: This is my second attempt at the Watford HM, the first one being my first attempt at the half marathon distance. I managed to smash last year's time and gained a new personal best under 1:40 which I'm chuffed about considering how hilly this course is. The hills are well positioned to achieve a PB since the second half of the course is easier than the first so my advice would be to push hard for the first half rather and then let your legs carry you to the finish (he says) rather than aim for a negative split. Having said that, the last couple of miles are quite challenging and the finish line seems to never arrive when you turn that final corner in Cassiobury Park.
The good thing about this course is that it is never monotonous - it starts in the park and quickly goes urban, uphill, downhill and then somehow rural, trail and then urban and park again. It's quite challenging since with each 'bend', change of inclination and change of scenery, you seem to lose your momentum. I was really grateful for this year's addition of bottles of Gatorade along the way (choice of flavour too) which was refreshing and strategically placed. A minor point - they should consider smaller bottles since there were lots of 3/4 full bottles being thrown.
The marshalling was great once again. It wasn't as cold as last year which made it that little bit more enjoyable. There's a good playground for the kids too if you're trying to make a day of it with the family. Overall, this is definitely one to add to your yearly running calendar and more rewarding than some of the bigger events I've been to (no medal though).
Date of review: February 9, 2010
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