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Everards Leicester Marathon by marty godwin
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Lonely, not many spectators
In full: This was my first ever marathon. Thank god I prepared as the hills were killers, especially the one around mile 23. But why call it th eLeicester marathon, no where near the city?
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Warminster Forest 10 by Nicola Leach
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Hard slog to begin with but the hills were beautiful, got much better after around 6 mile mark when the going was fast.
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Cleevewold 14 by Peter Stephens 2
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: A good course but lots of climbing
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Bristol Half Marathon by Jo Leech
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: I had a great day, although my legs rebelled at the hill on mile 12, and my heart sank! Not enough loos at the start, but otherwise really good organisation
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Budgens Mortimer 10K by TW
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Well organised village run, mainly down country lanes.
In full: Plenty of stuff to do at the start and finish area for families and spectators.
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Midhurst 10K by tim young
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Fast race in pleasant town. Easy parking and good facilities.
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Bristol Half Marathon by patrick mcgowan
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: generally good with some faults.
In full: My fifth Half Marathon and the biggest field by far, need more toilets, and the energy stations had run out by the time I got there!
Bad news hill at mile 12, esp. as course was described as flat.Car parking expensive at ten quid, and depressing having to run away from the finish line to do a hairpin and then run back towards it, otherwise great fun!
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Promenade 10K by Richard Peevor
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: my first race. really enjoyed it.
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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HSBC Cardiff 10K by Wyn
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Well worth it just for the finish in the Millennium Stadium
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Bristol Half Marathon by Mandy Heritage
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Brilliant run, great for a first time half-marathon
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Two Castles Run by Di A
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Nice race, very warm, toilet facilities at start completely inadequate
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Bath Half-Marathon by AJ Thompson
| | Overall score | | 20% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Bad organisation, awful t-shirt, boring view of industrial park + car dealerships (twice)
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Bristol Half Marathon by DuracellBunny
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Had a fantastic time achieving a PB, only 2nd one and Bath was so badly organised so this was a real delight
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Bath Half-Marathon by James Mellanby 2
| | Overall score | | 20% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 20% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: Pants
In full: The Race was ok and at the time I ran what was a I think a P.B. You see I will never know because despite 10 attempts to get my time I have still not been given an offical result.
Scince this I ahve recently run Bristol and my word what a difference excellent the two events are just in a different class.
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Bristol Half Marathon by Jessica Norwood
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Atmosphere fantastic - the marshals were really supportive and there were plenty of drinks (water and energy) provided. However it did have more hills than I expected for a course described as "flat".. a particularly nasty one at about mile 12.
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Edinburgh Capital City Challenge 10K by Aileen Burnett
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Harder than anticapated first 10K
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Blenheim 10K by Running Dad
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: A great run - watch out for the loop back to the start at the end of the race - you get ot see the hills at the start twice!
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Great Scottish Run Half-Marathon by sheepcounter
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Maybe a little Weagie bias here.
In full: I was sceptical about the new course, but it does give superior views over river. However it does seem to add to the congestion, to the extent, in my opinion, of being a little dangerous (not like playing Russian roulette dangerous, but on the Kingston Bridge you could imagine someone tripping and a lot of people struggling to avoid them). The start is now a long way from the changing and you can imagine that not being so clever in bad weather.
The cost of this race is also very steep. Per mile/km the 10k must be one of the most expensive races in the UK.
However a good atmosphere and reasonable course in a very friendly city. They just need to start the race later or persuade the city fathers to allow alcohol to be served earlier, as there's a fairly long wait at the end for that celebratory pint!
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Experian Robin Hood Marathon by Robert Parker
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: great first half - poor second - too many parts of the course which have been added to make up the distance - there's 4 lots of two way running - needs a rethink
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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Great Scottish Run Half-Marathon by BirminghamOwl
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: great race but too congested at the start for a PB (unless you push towards the front)
In full: Start was appauling. Everyone had different coulored bibs dependending on expected time which showed where they should start. So why do so many ignore it. Also, from start to bridge was far too narrow. Route should change to accomadate the large start. Huge amount of congestion until over the kingston bridge meant first mile took 2 minutes longer than any others. However, atmosphere was excellant including bands and pipers. Nice to have some shade in the park. I realy enjoyed running this once I got past the first mile
Date of review: September 16, 2004
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