Brighton Half MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (219 votes). 2012 race reviewed by: SJ 3
 | | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Got to agee
In full: 13.48 on my watch which, I was bleeping ok give or take 10 yards to start with but I put that down to where the lamp post are. Then after we started going back down the hill it started to get well out of sinc. I'm glad it's not my watch but I would have had a better PB than I got if it was measured correctly. Plus for the price the goody bag was shit!! They really let thenselves down today.
Date of review: February 19, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Dan A
| | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: |
In short: Good race - wrong distance
In full: I spectated, but talked to many runners at the end who all measured the course at around 13.5 miles.
It always seems to be that races organised by clubs & runners tend to be more accurate over these things than those organised by charities or events companies. The latter must realise that getting the distance right is the most important element of the whole race. Try advertising it next year as a 13.5 mile half marathon and see how many entries you get.
There are people and organisations who can measure race courses properly. Suggest you look them up. I felt very sorry for all those runners who missed out on PBs due to the extra distance; that's thousands of miles of training that have gone to waste for many. Please don't make the mistake of thinking this is a trivial point, or runners will vote with their feet in future years.
Date of review: February 19, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: JK33
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Good - for a 13.5mile race.
In full: Surely the most important element of organising a race is to get the course distance right? Yet I, and lots of other runners around me, had clocked over 13.5 miles as we crossed the finish line. I understand this was the case amongst some of the lead runners as well. I feel that months of training have gone to waste - and I've been robbed of a PB. It was a lovely course - but a polite message to the organisers: please realise that the majority of runners are out there to get a good time or beat their PB - we're not just there for a nice day out. "Approximately" 13.1 miles isn't good enough. Really not acceptable - particularly in view of the high entry price.
This is a significant downside to an otherwise well organised race - unless Sussex Beacon can get an accurately measured course next year, I won't be returning.
Date of review: February 19, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Alistair Fitzgerald
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: An enjoyable race,but surely the course could be measured properly? I wasn't the only one whsoe garmin said in excess of 13.5 miles. Shame and really no excuse for poor course measurement.
Date of review: February 19, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Robert Patterson 2
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Really beautiful weather with excellent atmosphere - a must-do-again!
Date of review: February 19, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Penfold 12
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In full: The race itself was brilliant. The warm up was fun too.
The only worrying thing was people walking infront of the runners during the race. My husband even saw a cyclist crossing the road infront of runners!!
Not sure if the start area was organised very well, you didn't have much room for the queue for the loos, it felt jammed with non runners and runners together.Possibly something to think about for next years race if the number of runners goes up again maybe?
Date of review: February 19, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Gavlar C
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great race apart from the start
Date of review: February 19, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: DAM
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great race - and a short walk home!
In full: Lovely course and great support.
Too many people starting from the wrong pen means there's a bit of bobbing and weaving to be done for first few miles.
Date of review: February 19, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: andy strach 2
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Oh I do like to run beside the seaside....
In full: ...good overall but lack of organisation[signs] at the start meant a lot of runners out of place for their time incl me so bottle necks were a problem in some places for the 1:45 - 2:00 runners.
And was it just me or did we actually run 13.5 miles???
Date of review: February 19, 2012
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2011 race reviewed by: Josephine Watson
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% |
In short: Very much an enjoyable run
In full: Great run but that might have something to do with a new PB. However I did find the whole event very enjoyable. Great crowd and great support will be doing this again next year.
Date of review: May 2, 2011
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