St Albans Review Half-MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (414 votes). 2008 race reviewed by: Preston Pete
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Hot and hilly - lots of water stations - good marshalling. Only let down by inadequate facilities at the finish.
Date of review: June 9, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Ailsa Lambert
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Excellently organised and beautiful countryside course!
Date of review: June 9, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: AB.
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Well done to the Marshalls.
In full: I had a good race - finished in around 1.35 -no real problems for me at the finish but hen I waited around for about 1 hour relaxing - only to end up spending 1 hour to get out or the Car Park - the organisers should not let 2 your lads try to control it - it was unfair on them with a lot of people very stressed . Marshals were really friendly and were excellent cheerers.
Date of review: June 9, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: TimB
| | 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: Scenic, hilly, hot and friendly!
In full: Pros: marshalling v good; lots of car parking; lots of water stations; started on time; good start pens; nice to have the running half, walking half and children's events on same day for a family day out
Cons: no water available at finish; signs to get to car parks non-existent; ran out of x-large t-shirts pretty early on
Overall: fantastic family day out and well organised. Give the organisers a break about the time to exit the car park, I'd rather queue to exit than drive round the streets looking for somewhere to park, like some events I've been to!
Date of review: June 9, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: james mcfarlane
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: A nice Sunday slog!
In full: needed more toilets, more free cold drinks and faster service at the finish line
Date of review: June 9, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: TrevvyB
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Great event though the heat and undulations rule out a fast time. Great encouragement around the course and well organized. Ice-creams ran out early so none for those who needed them most boo-hoo!n
Date of review: June 9, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Peter Shelley 2
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Lots of water stations, which was great. Surprisingly hilly, and surpristingly scenice too. Overaall, nice but tough.
Date of review: June 9, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Michael McKinney
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Hilly
In full: Much more hilly than I expected, drove from Coventry early, too hot and got a rubbish time....Marshalls good....think bottles of water better at stations as had to stop 3 times to wait for my cup to be filled. Might be moaning as my training was crap. another medal though...but queueing for t-shirt and medal and leaving car park a joke....
Date of review: June 8, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: the gray one
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: hardest so far
Date of review: June 8, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Sara Linton
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: New course much better, loads of water stations too :-)
In full: I much prefer the new course - almost completely traffic free (after last year's Harpenden Road and Redbourn Road nightmare). Yes it was hilly (especially the one after mile 10....ouch) but made a great challenge and I somehow knocked 10 mins off my time from last year :-) Nice last mile downhill helped too! Loads of water stations thankfully given the hot weather. My only moan was the shambles once we crossed the finish line - big queue for water / t shirt / medal and all the lollies gone, which with a finish time of 1.51, I didnt think they would already have run out. Apart from that, fab organisation, lovely encouraging marshalls. I'll be back next year :-)
Date of review: June 8, 2008
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