Fradley 10KHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (295 votes). 2012 race reviewed by: Richard Cookson 4
 | | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Despite the weather a well organised event
Date of review: June 4, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Rob Holt
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Fantastic course with real PB potentilal marred by poor organisation.
In full: Great course, and fortunately glorious weather, which was good given the 15 minute delay at the start. Warm Up, Cool Down, Race = Injury. Parking was good, but I got there early, and decided to leave early too as the exit looked a nighmare. Passing the slower runners in the last kilometer was badly managed and positively dangerous at times, and poor traffic management left me racing against a Merc Esate trying to get into the finish, and the timing whilst looking the part was hopelesly inacurate. The PB I was celebrating now just makes me look like a pratt! The finish seemed to have some additional mats, so the finish wasn't where the finish mat appeared to be. And finally... the profit focussed organisers don't pay for a UKA license, so your result doesn't count anyway. I don't normally criticise the races I do as I know how hard they are to put on, but these guys call themselves experts and are doing it for the money.
Date of review: March 21, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Doc Martin
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Fast run non-UKA
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I got a PB but later found it had no UKA license so does not count. Why do they not tell you this?
Date of review: March 20, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: buttscratcher
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: great as ever
In full: well done organisers fantastic race again made for a pb see you again next year
Date of review: March 19, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: lebt
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Great conditions made up for poor organisation.
Date of review: March 18, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Vince Martin
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Thoroughly enjoyed it!!!!!
In full: This was my first race and paid for by my sister which coming from Scotland was a huge bonus!Found parking no problem, registered again! as my sister had my race number sent to Scotland.
Found my way to the start and had great time running around the course and surprised at how many people took time to be friendly. Finished, given bottle of water to dilute my whiskey and got a medal, great day and this will encourage me to continue entering races, thanks for a great race.
Date of review: March 16, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Paul Hunt 16
| | Overall score | | 20% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Organisers - how can you take people's money and sleep at night after this timing fiasco?
In full: Organisers - these are the issues you need to deal with.
1 Your basic task is to get the runners' times right. My time and placings changed twice and are still not right. A lot of people's gun and chip times are exactly the same even though they could have been nowhere near the front at the start.
2 There was a mat across the run-in a few yards before the finish line that most people thought was a 'timing' mat and they therefore stopped their watches - and even stopped running. What a stupid idea to put it there.
These two things were enough to ruin this race. The worst thing is that a lot of people will probably do it again next year because of the PB potential and not because of these issues.
Organisers - if you can't do it, DON'T!
Date of review: March 15, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Richard Turrell
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: As usual organisation left much to be desired. Expensive for what it is.
In full: Each year I wonder what they will get wrong. This year we had queues for the loos to then find an unmarked open to the elements urinal available for the men, this was followed by aerobic warm up (ignored by virtually everyone since it involved exercise in the public road) and worst of all - a chip timing system that did not work since after several attempts the times are still wrong. I'll do it again BUT only because its the only local event available in early March.
Date of review: March 15, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Chambersbob
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Nice flat course
In full: I have had three times for the race, on Monday they had me down for 33:40 (4th), a day later I was 45:55 (207th) and then today I was 46:09. Clearly they have had some issues with timing. Sort it out! Have to admit the slowest one was about correct ;-)
We turned up early at about 9:15 so no problems with parking or getting out.Sounds like they need to sort out parking for those that leave it till later on to arrive. Personally thought it was relativly well run other than timing, as there were no real issues.
A PB course!
Date of review: March 15, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Sue I can do this
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In full: KP Events, would you please listen and take onboard the comments people are making. Every time you do an event it seems to be the same problems time after time.
It has really put me off entering the Lichfield half marathon, and any future events that you are doing :-(
Date of review: March 14, 2012
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