Events

Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		100%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Excellently organised and marshalled - tough in places but much more satisfying than a road race
Date of review: July 23, 2006

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Up and down all the way. You don't notice just how hard it is because of the great scenery
Date of review: July 21, 2005

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		100%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: A must do event.
Date of review: July 19, 2005

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Really tough if you're used a nice undulating city half marathon, and the heat just adds to it. But real sense of achivement.
Date of review: July 18, 2005

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: A tough half marathon but well worth doing
In full: Great race. Unique and well run. Highly recommended but not for the faint hearted. Some of the hills go on forever.
Date of review: July 17, 2005

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: The hills are even harder when it's hot
Date of review: September 17, 2004

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		40%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: A tough race, but without being daftly so, and a wonderful challenge.
In full: It winds through a forest up and down Holmbury Hill through some wonderful scenery, notably the viewpoint at the summit at about 10 miles, with a field of about 200 runners of all abilities.
As an indicator of difficulty, I got within 8 minutes of my half marathon PB.
This year's race had the added fun of a missing direction marker at a key turning, which lost me a few precious places, but other than that a brilliant day out and one I would move holidays not to miss.

Date of review: September 3, 2004

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

In short: Hard half marathon but through fabulous countryside. Off road with lots of ups and downs. Although takes place in July a lot of the course is shaded and plenty of water stops.
Date of review: August 24, 2004

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		60%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		40%

In short: The best race I've ever done.
Date of review: August 24, 2004

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		40%

Date of review: August 24, 2004

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