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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		100%

In short: Good day out
Date of review: October 17, 2005

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		100%

In short: well organised, plenty of water, nice flat course, great scenery and a supportive crowd. Best yet!
Date of review: October 17, 2005

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		60%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Flat, pleasant, well organised and popular
In full: Apart from a few minor gripes already covered; bottleneck, not really enough baggage storage, could have done with water on hand at end. The heat of the day can't be changed, but is the order of events set in stone? 11.30 does make the longest event most susceptible to the heat.
The plusses easily outweigh that though, nice goody bag with fruit, food etc, nice medal, lovely scenery, an ample field to provide company but not restrict (once it got going), nice pre/post facilities (with showers!), empathetic organisers and key staff. Well done Mike, you should be proud of what you put on.
Date of review: October 17, 2005

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		100%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		100%

In short: Fast course, great organisation, loads of water and a stadium finish. Well worth making the effort for. Congratulations to all concerned.
In full: Fast, almost flat, out&back course from dedicated athletics stadium in Carlisle. Excellent facilities before and after (though the car park was a bit full - may need to look at this if the race gets any bigger) and well marshalled throughout. More water stations than I've seen at any previous half. There's a couple of bottlenecks early on in the existing route but the organisers have already indicated that they intend to try and alleviate this minor grip for next year.

Overall, theres something for everyone. Its a good day out for the family - who can enter a genuinely 'fun' family fun run or there's a 4.5 mile race for those who don't fancy the half.
Date of review: October 17, 2005

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: a very well organised event,with friendly people,great weather,good course,lovely medal and t-shirt,well worth doing.
In full: it was my second time doing this race,and once again it excelled itself...good crowd support at the end,finishing on the track..well done to organisers.
Date of review: October 17, 2005

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		40%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Great course. But maybe it's getting too big!!! as lanes and paths were crowded and quite dangerous at times!! - but over all brilliant!
In full: Beautiful scenery, excellent water stations throughout and great atmosphere. I only wish more of the marshalls were friendly and encouraging - some were totally bored and disinterested.
Would have been useful to have water at the finish line too.
But despite a few minor gripes I would do the run again and would recommend it to anyone esp first timers!!!
Date of review: October 16, 2005

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		100%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		100%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		100%

In short: Friendly event, flat course
In full: Needs something done about bottleneck at start. That apart a great event,well organised friendly and a flat fast course.
Date of review: October 16, 2005

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Friendly people, flat course, PB for a half marathon by 6.5 mins. T-shirts and medals good. Drove back to Newcastle with smile on face.
In full: Excellent race. Bit warm but not complaining. Course fine not totally flat but not brutal either and was quite scenic. Would definately do it again next year. Starting in the town centre and finishing in the stadium may help get rid of the early bottleneck.

One gripe is that the marshals were not the most encouraging you'll ever find. There are not many people out on those country roads and being encouraged to keep running or told you are doing well can make such a difference even if both of you know its a lie!!!!
Date of review: October 16, 2005

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		100%

In short: Lovely waether but not for 1/2 marathons!
In full: Still retains its feel good factor, although start needs to be put elsewhere due to bottlenecking. Excellant Race and excellant value
Date of review: October 16, 2005

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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: Excellent course. Mildly undulating over parkland and quiet roads. P.B. potential as out and back course with return slightly downhill. Excellent facilities and good oranisation. Much better tyan Great North Run which is boring, over-rated and crowde
Date of review: October 16, 2005

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