Barnsley 10KHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (185 votes). 2004 race reviewed by: SlowC
 | | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Not quite sure what happened at the start.
Date of review: November 13, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: SlowC
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Not quite sure what happened
Date of review: November 13, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Gary Bacon
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Instructions on getting to the venue were poor.
In full: I like this event and will do it next year.
BUT, directions for getting to the start were awful (if you are doing the event get a map to locate it).
Actual start a bit messy, I think there was some confusion over the 2 minutes silence and I never heard a gun/whistle whatever.
Good route with a start through the houses before a climb up passed the coking plant!
The out in the countryside proving that it isn't grim up north.
T shirt at the end was a welcome surprise as I didn't think one was on offer.
Date of review: November 13, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Christopher Day
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Well marshaled and friendly. Great race, more rural than I thought. Nice T shirt.
Date of review: November 13, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Digga
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Enjoyed it but the last hill killed me!
In full: More toilets and better parking but not a major problem.
Date of review: November 13, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Wardi
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Challenging but enjoyable.
In full: I can understand the slight misgivings about the loos and the finish (some people like a banner!) but overall a very good race.
Date of review: November 13, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: big lad
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: had a great race,30 secs faster than last year.well done barnsley
Date of review: November 13, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Cavey (www.mattruns.com)
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Enjoyed every minute of it!
In full: A smallish event with around 700-800 runners. A couple of steepish inclines, but thats offset by some long descents and some long flat sections. There were queues for the toilets but no worse than any race I have previously run, and at least there were showers and changing rooms. The only gripes for me would be the finish. There didn't seem to be a line you crossed, you just seemed to run into the back of a queue of people. Then you had to go looking for someone to get a t-shirt off.
But that really is a minor moan for what is a good day out.
Date of review: November 13, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Happyrunner
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Need to get start more orgainised. Increased toilet facilities are an absolute neccessity!!
In full: The route presents a challenge for the beginer. A great feeling of achievement when completed!
Date of review: November 13, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Ste Llaartois
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: well worth running, good value and the few climbs are nothing to be concerned about..
In full: The only downside are the start and finish areas, sort these out and it could bring the race up another level... Decent running surface, decent T-shirt and excellent running weather.Well done B.A.C.
Date of review: November 13, 2005
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