Virgin London MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (1962 votes). 2012 race reviewed by: Rouser
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
Date of review: April 28, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Richard Rouse 2
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
Date of review: April 28, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Jill Whelan 2
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Awesome day
Date of review: April 28, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Walls
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Fantastic run. Great crawds support! Will do again.
Date of review: April 28, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Peter Hern
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Best ever
In full: Having run 17 Londons now, this one had the best crowd support ever. The marshalls as always were very supportive. Queues for toilets at the start were unacceptable and the worst I have experienced in 62 marathons all over the world. Runners finishing area, chip removal, medal, goody bag and kit bag retrieval worked very well, but then trying to get to the meet and greet area was spoiled by ignorant supporters who just pushed tired runners out of the way to get to where they wanted to go. I soon realised what kettling meant! Some sort of barrier one way system might help.
Date of review: April 28, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Welsh Si
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Brilliant event, atmosphere - marred by chronic disorganisation at 'meet and greet'
In full: My third London and in terms of the race it is the best organised large marathon there is. The only BUT is the chaos then ensued in the meet and greet area, where thousands of relatives attempted to cram into what became a relatively small space - and then attempted to leave through exits that became severe bottlenecks. I ended up standing still for about an hour and rapidly cramped up and cooled to shaking levels. I reckon that there are around 4-6 supporters for each fun runner, which makes for a massive assembly at the end. This aspect of the event needs to be reviewed.
The only other gripe is the'one size fits all' finishers t-shirt. This has meant that big chested folk like me with lots of 'muscle' cannot wear it, which is a big disappointment.
Date of review: April 28, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Richard Taylor 3
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Perfect
Date of review: April 28, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Les Dooblay
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: 1st Marathon - Crowd were absolutely awesome - thanks
Date of review: April 28, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: Jamie Marlow
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
Date of review: April 27, 2012
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2012 race reviewed by: kevin conchar
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Wow
In full: I love this race.My 1st VLM and nailed a 2.55 pb.The crowds were unbelievable. If you get the chance then do it.
Date of review: April 27, 2012
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