Snowdonia MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (450 votes). | 21 to 30 of 57 ratings | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
2005 race reviewed by: The Geoffster
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: The Beauty & The Beast of all Races!
In full: Gales, rain, sunshine, cruel climbs, crueller descents, breathtaking scenery, sheep, mars bars, fantastic support, Dunkirk camaradarie amongst the runners. One of the best 3 1/2 hours of my life. Mind you, thats not a hill at 21miles, its a cliff!
Date of review: November 3, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: e4iain
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Hell, hell, hell.
Date of review: November 3, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Colin Hornby
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: make sure you are ready for this
Date of review: November 2, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Fellrunner
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Marvellous
Date of review: November 2, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Charles Sharp
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Superb, friendly, stunning and a real challenge!
In full: I absolutely loved the race - somehow managed a PB, but I think that was my stubborn nature in the face of the weather!!
Date of review: November 2, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Magsie
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Fantastic- a challenge met and conquered!
In full: My first snowdonia but certainly not my last. The weather just added to the challenge and I am still buzzing from the whole experience.
Date of review: November 2, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: John Watson 3
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Outstanding
Date of review: November 2, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Ruth Redding
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Brilliant!
In full: My first marathon, loved every minute of it & I'll be back.
Excellent organisation.
Challenging weather.
Wonderful scenery.
Mars bars on the drinks stations from 15 miles.
Mad final descent into Llanberis!
Date of review: November 2, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: D.C.
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Brilliant. Just awesomely achingly brilliant.
In full: The weather at the start was atrocious, yet the resigned-but-happy camaraderie in the crowd of runners before the starting gun (um, a soggy air horn actually) more than made up for that. The friendliness and encouragement from total strangers continued all the way round the course -- both from runners and from spectators and from marshals too. The race organisers and marshals do a simply fantastic job, but for me it's the scenery that's made this day the high-point of my running year both times I've done it. Well, that, and the challenge of the final hill (on the way up *and* the descent into LLanberis too). Oh, and the mixture of relief and achievement and sheer pleasure on the runners' faces in the tea-and-biscuits tent afterwards. Such a great course and atmosphere that (having now done it a mere twice) I want to do it every year forever until I die.
Date of review: November 1, 2005
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2005 race reviewed by: Ming Ming
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: The weather the hill at 22 miles !! but it was good, last year for me but i did say that lat year !!
Date of review: November 1, 2005
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