Events

Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: PB potential not likely, and championchips for an accurate time would be nice.
In full: Please consider the championchips for next years race.
Nice half marathon but not an easy one by any means. Hillier than I expected and the last two miles were hard because we had to run through built up areas, which can't be avoided. Think about the finish for next year. It isn't easy to run past the finish to get to the finish and remove the blow up start thing before the finish as it is confusing.
Date of review: February 5, 2006

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		60%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Gotta love those hills!
In full: 1st time doing the Watford half even though it's my local, loved the hills, nice and brutal some of them (put a sizeable grin on my face), could do with a bit more country mileage though considering there are some lovely canals and woods around the watford area, the water at the sponge station tasted awful! I would suggest putting the water station before the sponge station and using some regular sponges instead of those 'orrible acrylic ones.
All in all a good run, the weather was idea, the running crowd were very relaxed and focused i.e. none of overly ambitious 2:00's in the 1:15 starting stage with the mad dash at the start and walking after 1km.
Medals would have been nice though since they last longer than T-shirts.

I'll be back next year just for the hills.
Date of review: February 5, 2006

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		60%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Undulating but nice route
Date of review: February 5, 2006

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: A good all round event
Date of review: February 5, 2006

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: A great race with excellent marshalling - challenging hills keeps it interesting.
In full: An excellent first 1/2 marathon experience. It was well organised, and it is difficult to find a fault, other than perhaps an extra water station, which has already been commented on.

I'll definately be back next year, despite the hills.
Date of review: February 5, 2006

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		60%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: My local race, nice only to have to walk 10 mins from my front door to the start line
In full: This was the fifth time I had run this race, and I was disappointed to record my worst time to date - must do some more hill training before next year's event! The organisation on race day was very good as usual; my only gripe was that having this year entered online via the RW website, my race number never arrived in the post; so I had to get to the race HQ earlier than intended to obtain a duplicate number. I discivered that there were others in the same boat, so this was evidently a glitch in the system. But all in all, a most enjoyable day in the Watford winter sunshine.
Date of review: February 5, 2006

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		60%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Good course with a great atmosphere. Kinda crowded but in a good way. And i got a PB!
Date of review: February 5, 2006

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		40%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		80%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Nice course, as road courses go...
In full: ok, I'm not a big fan of running more than 1/2hr on road, but if you're gonna, it's a good race for it. There's enough variation with a few good climbs and nice country lanes. Organisation seemed pretty good: lot's of marshalls, enough water stations, start not too far from car-park. Highlight of the day... got a book signed by Ron Hill. Legend! :-)
Date of review: February 5, 2006

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		60%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Good course, well marshaled and sign posted. Wish they had medals and places to have showers.
Date of review: February 5, 2006

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: 1st time for me this one and you bet i will do it again super marshalls and got a pb 1hr 44.50 secs would hope maybe next year we could pay extra and have championchip timing plus would prefer bottled water instead of cups .
Date of review: February 5, 2006

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