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2010 race reviewed by: Jimmy Pinky
 | | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: A Marshalls view
In full: I have taken the unusual step of placing a review for this race from the point of view of marshalling, having read some from others that are quite offensive.
Today i left my house at 06:30 to marshall at the Mole Hills. I did this for free having had to stop my own 30 year running career due to injury and to pass on my love of running to help others.
It saddens me that runners who are entitled to their opinion, as yes thay have paid to enter and deserve a decent race etc should post such negative and derogatory remarks such as "marshalls were a joke" & "Shambles organised by an elite band of morons".
Well if i make a stand then from now on i shall never off my own free time to help other runners.....
I won't as all of the runners i met today were great and understood mistakes can be made. These two so called runners should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves, stop running and take up politics.
It is quite easy to post a negative review and slate organisors and marshalls but think outside the box and appreciate the time, effort and willingness of the meer volunteers who make these events possible.
Adam Staniforth, you are a joke.
Ashley Taylor, you too area joke.
Good evening, its an earley evening for me, the marshall, who worked for free....
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: m..eface
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Awesome scenary, what a route. A must for trail runners
In full: OK - 3 runners got sent the wrong way by a misguided marshall giving up their Sunday morning to stand around in -3 DegC. Calling them and the race organisers morons is bang out of order. If I meet you at a race watch out.
Marshalls rarely know how far you have to run - that is your job as a runner. Do you expect them to know your position as well? By category? Maybe encourage you by name based on total recall of numbers/names. Get real.
I for one thank the young girls (guides?) who turn up to marshall these events. If they make an error I still thank them.
Please tell me you have marshalled other events and helped out the girl guides with their events occaisionally. If not - shame on you.
Oddly one of the marshalls complained to me about one of the front runners being rude to them - nice touch, I am sure they appreciate that. What a gent.
I viewed the map and got round fine, no mistakes. Although I am not that quick! However if I was quicker then surely course preparation is even more important.
Now for my review.
What a course. Out of Denbies, through subway, and over stepping stones, up steps, steep ones, all the way to the top of Boxhill, lungs busting and out onto the viewpoint. Turn left past the National Trust shop and down the Burford slope. Always fun running down this, wide open grassland and excellent views. Back to Denbies.
Loop 2 - Out on the A24 for a short distance, turn left and uphill on a quiet lane, then into Norbury Park. Woodland run with some great view points, then past Norbury House with some good views of the Mole Valley. Turn onto A24 and thank goodness a 2+mile slightly downhill run back to Denbies.
Loop 3 - Out of Denbies on one of my favourite tracks (when running down, not up). Excellent views over Dorking, good track to make a last effort on. Ice in the drinks at the water station at the top - bloody marshalls - they should have kept the drinks warm with their bodies. Either that or it wsa just too cold. Final headlong fling downhill towards Denbies and the finish.
6 drinks stops, all with jelly babies, gels and water. A nice little medal, a bottle of beer and if I wanted it a Bounty (but a bloody front runner apparently took the Mars Bar I wanted - what a moron).
Awesome route, awesome day, thoroughly enjoyed it. Will be back next year and expect the organisers will run a top notch race like they usually do.
Meface
P.S. 9 toilets & urinals (3 outside near the start and 3+urinals for men inside Denbies and I presume the womens had another 3 as well - didn't check). They have a cafe that seats 200 did you not think that it would also have toilets: moron
I would be sorry three of the front runners races were ruined, I really would be, but the comments made about volunteers are bang out of order: therefore I struggle to raise sympathy.
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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2009 race reviewed by: Helenjane007
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Has the makings of a classic.
In full: I chose to do all 3 legs of this relay / 15 miler.Yes, the marshalling errors were not good for those affected and some of the signeage was unclear, but I had a fantastic morning out. Having listened to the race instructions and checked the route map before the run I managed to finish each leg back at the start and not go wrong on the way.
THe stepping stones across the Mole were fun, the steps up Box Hill were not. THe screaming run down Burford slope was amazing. Norbury Park leg was stunningly beautiful and realtively moderate. Ranmore out and back was a killer but what a finish.
Yup- oganisational errors were made (unusually and I'm sure the ETL guys will respond) but runners also have a responsibility to read the course info. THe field seemed fast and experienced so possibly both sides to take some blame.
THis race has the potential to become a classic with excellent facilities at the start and some incredibly beautiful scenery.
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Robert Wyld
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: A bracing morning on the hills and great fun. Sadly expect my showing on the first leg might not be repeated if the faster runners are not misrouted and the public refrain from removing signange!
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Adam Staniforth
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: Marshalls were a joke
In full: I appreciate this was a 1st time race and it will be a classic to put in the diary for a team relay......clue organisation rant
The Marshalls were useless. It shouldn't have been hard, there were only a few directions to be given but was clearly not within their capabilities.
1)Sending our 1st runner on a 4.5mile detour killed our race. We had a chance of winning.
2)Marshalls not having a clue. I was told to go left by one and right by another at the same point. Could not tell me how far to go. All I got was "keep going" - not the most helpful marshalling.
3) 3 toilets
I have trained hard, lost 6lb in weight getting fit so I do not let my team mates down just for the organisation to ruin our race.
I do not accept the comments that we should have read instructions. The directions were not clear and the map provided (useless - see a theme here). Marshalls are there to Marshall - today they must of had a day off.
I am not a marshall hater - I respect them for giving up their time so I can enjoy running. However this morning was a joke and I hope the organisers take my comments to improve for next year.
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Helenjane007
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Has the makings of a classic.
In full: I chose to do all 3 legs of this relay / 15 miler.Yes, the marshalling errors were not good for those affected and some of the signeage was unclear, but I had a fantastic morning out. Having listened to the race instructions and checked the route map before the run I managed to finish each leg back at the start and not go wrong on the way.
THe stepping stones across the Mole were fun, the steps up Box Hill were not. THe screaming run down Burford slope was amazing. Norbury Park leg was stunningly beautiful and realtively moderate. Ranmore out and back was a killer but what a finish.
Yup- oganisational errors were made (unusually and I'm sure the ETL guys will respond) but runners also have a responsibility to read the course info. THe field seemed fast and experienced so possibly both sides to take some blame.
THis race has the potential to become a classic with excellent facilities at the start and some incredibly beautiful scenery.
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Ashley Taylor 3
| | Overall score | | 20% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Shambles organised by an elite band of morons
In full: This has to be the single most shambolic event ever organised. We took part in the relay event, our lead runners was in 1st/2nd and looking to do the first stage in approx 35 mins, possibly faster, this was however made impossible by a marshall who directed him and 2 other runners down a portion of the 2nd stage. This mishap lead him to running 9(!) miles instead of the legs 4.5miles.
Our third stage runner was again sent the wrong way, but without leading to twice the distance being covered.
I accept people make mistakes but this was a joke, not remedied by the organisers at the event who by word of an apology said to us "errr... sorry?". Good work.
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Trevor Foale
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Don't expect a PB - especially if you're doing all 3 legs. Wonderful views if you can focus after the climbs!
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Paul Cope 3
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: A great race & atmosphere, even though some runners had an extra 3/4 mile chucked in!
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: richard driscoll
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: -5 temperatures, pretty hills, glad i wasn't in leg 1 which ended up running extra, i'll enjoy the wine we got given
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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