Hinckley Dog & Hedgehog 1/2 MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (140 votes). 2009 race reviewed by: mark chilton
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Cracking event, superbly organised
In full: From the carpark marshalling to the finish line it ran like clockwork. Thanks to all involved, especially the "Jelly Baby Man" at the 10 mile watering hole.
Date of review: May 11, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: David Clark 31
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great weather, well organised, location perfect for kids to spend a couple of hours whilst running, challenging hills at the end but all part of the fun,
Date of review: May 11, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: stuart spencer
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Well organised with plenty of 'undulations' to keep the mind interested
Date of review: May 11, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: frank walsh 3
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 20% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In full: good race well organised.route not very wide and people running 3 abreast did not help.Great weather,well marshalled and mainly flat with plenty downhill and a couple of challenging uphills,make it a good course.atmosphere between runners was flat and seemed clicky.would do again though.
Date of review: May 11, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Simon Perkins 2
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Small Event, Huge Respect
In full: A big thank you must go out to ALL the people that make this event possible. Immaculate from start to finish. A little pedestrian at the start, but a well balanced, rolling course thereafter. Great start/finish venue and facilities. V.smart t-shirt too!! A really enjoyable day out.
Date of review: May 10, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Niall Phillips
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Good organisation, good course....shame about some idiots running in the race
In full: Excellent marshalling everywhere from the car park to the finish. A good temperature for running, plenty of water stations, good t-shirt. It is a shame that some people can't predict (within an hour) what time they are going to finish in and then run 5 abreast along the narrow start (I think it was advertised well enough to runners to line up near the board which stated your predicted finish time). All possibilities of a good time blown in the first 4 miles as it was 'crawl pace' with no passing places (not the fault of the race at all just some of the runners). When we started to spread out I seemed to be cursed by idiots sprinting past and then cutting straight in front of me and then stopping. What is that all about? It happened on at least 5 occasions! I was running alongside club runners so I'd expect a bit of runners etiquette. A potentially great race wrecked by a few ignorant runners.
Date of review: May 10, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Dave Hall 10
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Excellent race definately PB potential
In full: Enjoyed the race, and having knocked 9 minutes off my PB i am very pleased. Would definately do it again. Good organisation and the weather helped. Bit of a stinker between miole 10 and 11 but a good dowhill strech afterwards to the finish
Date of review: May 10, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Matchstick Man
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: An event for all abilities
In full: Great race, good HQ - family friendly. No problems in getting going and well stocked water stations. All the basics were done right and it had something for everyone. Nice touch to have banana and Mars bar when you finished.
Choice of T-shirt with every pre-entered runner's name on it - way better than the cheap one size fits all rubbish we got at FLM. Big fat WELL DONE to the organisers
Date of review: May 10, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Glenn Adams
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Cracking race.
Date of review: May 10, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: micky b
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Hot day.
In full: was a hot day but with plenty of water stations it was fine,sponges were a nice touch too..marshalls & local support were excellent.lovely setting in the water park with enough to do for my family who came along to support me..my only problem was lack of decent prep in the last two weeks,leaving me 12 minutes slower than the half i did 5 weeks ago,,thats my problem though & nothing to do with this well organised & friendly race..
Date of review: May 10, 2009
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