City of Lincoln 10KHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (404 votes). 2011 race reviewed by: Liam Lynch
 | | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: the crowds made it extra special, great finish area as well
In full: only my 2nd 10k and 1st 'big' race, I really enjoyed the support of the crowds. Reasonably well organised considering the large number of entrants.
Date of review: April 12, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Ian Morris 16
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Good fast course. Great support and atmosphere.
In full: I take my hat off to all the people who were out and about supporting the runners, great atmosphere.
Date of review: April 11, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Iccle Jim
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Still not perfect, but getting better
In full: local race that I was bullied into doing again... organisation isn't fantastic, delayed start, very poor water station for 4600 runners... not sure where the 900 non-finishers got to when they said 5500..! medal is brilliant, tshirt non existent. Crowds are great, finish is still far too compact and disorganised. If you want a grandstand finish, find somewhere that's got space!!!
Date of review: April 10, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: mick the imp
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Slowly improving
In full: My local race and having not run it for a few years you could see a big improvement in the organisation but we must remember that it is a council run event! After a delay in starting, the weather and atmosphere made this a good race to complete with locals supporting well and a traffic free run with a finish in the historic Lincoln castle.
Date of review: April 9, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Ian Fergusson
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Great medal, abysmal organisation.....again.
In full: I have suffered this race for the last 5 years or so. Every year I have filled in the post race feedback form and it never changes. If anything, it has got worse every year.
The only reason I keep coming back is because the medal is excellent and better than any other non big marathon.
Getting to parking was a joke. Why the local residents put up with their cul de sacs being shut off from 8:30am is beyond me. Trying to get to a Lincoln car park was impossible as road closures seemed far worse than last year. Was funnelled into the official car park where marshalling was pathetic. At this point it seemed clear that getting out of the car park was a disaster waiting to happen.
Pre- London, I had intended to run at a slower pace for the fun of it. With the impending doom of the car park in min, plan B, ie leggit and get back ASAP, was put into place.
The usual delay to the start happened with very little explanation on the tannoy. Off we went from the non-policed start pens where, as usual, all manner of slow runner was in totally the wrong place.
On the positive side, the end wasn't as catastrophic as usual although the chip bins required an ordnance survey map and compass to find.
Never mind, really fast time and back to the car park where...... because the access to the car park was OFF THE RACE ROUTE, noone was allowed to leave until 1pm (the race started at 11am). So all we could do was wait in a traffic queue in the car park for nigh on an hour.
This is without question the worst organised race I have ever been in, why do they continue to let us down. 7000 runners next year?...... potential disaster.
Date of review: April 7, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Jamie Marlow
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Nice 10k would do again.
Date of review: April 6, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: @mrquesty
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: A great start
In full: My first road race, great organisation, 5,500 entrants made it feel like a big event without seeming daunting, finished around the beautiful cathedral and castle.
Date of review: April 6, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: clint sawyer
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: great race as normal
In full: my 3rd year and just coming back from injuries gave it my best with a time of 43.18 knocking off 4mins off last years time.
Date of review: April 6, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: steve stewardson
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Excellent city 10k
In full: Third time I've done this race. Start seems better now. No hanging around as in previous years.
Date of review: April 5, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Richard Burtle
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great atmosphere
In full: What happened to the kit bins at the start? Thanks to a kind employee at the leisure centre, who looked after my rucksac, I didn't have to carry it for 10k. The crowds were really inspiring. Crush of competitors after the finish was much more efficiently handled this year so I didn't have to fight my way out from the Lawns area. Flashy medal would suit medallion man.
Date of review: April 5, 2011
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