mbna Chester Marathon  Here's how RW members rated this race (442 votes). 2011 race reviewed by: Stephen Yoxall
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: 1st marathon and not sure I want to do another one but cant fault any part of this race, friendly atmosphere and well organised
Date of review: October 13, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Peter Jones 11
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Excellent course, well organised, pb potential, will def be back next year, well done and thx
Date of review: October 13, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Train Hard Eat Plenty
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Best organised race I've ever been in. The whole experience was fantastic.
Date of review: October 13, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Alan Creighton
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Fantastic day, could'nt fault anything. they even organised perfect weather.
Date of review: October 13, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Spence
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Brilliant! Loved it, will be back next year!
Date of review: October 13, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: GARY DONOVAN 2
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: My first marathon and a very special day
In full: This was my first ever marathon and I enjoyed it very much despite the tough last 7 miles.The crowds in Chester and the villages were great. The whole race was superbly organised and as a horse racing fan the final furlong to the finish was spine tingling. Well done to all and will deffo do it again.
Date of review: October 13, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: clare pipe
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Fantastic race, well organised and lovely setting
In full: A great race, managed to achieve the PB we had been working towards and didn't get at London! Nice setting and lovely running through the countryside. Well orgnised drinks stations, baggage etc... Loved the technical race t-shirt in the goody bag, especially as you could get different sizes, i'm quite small and usually they are one size fits all so I can never wear them, but I will definately wear this one all the time for running! A fab race which I would definately do again!
Date of review: October 13, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: GazOC
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Well organized, great atmosphere and scenic course.
In full: This was my first marathon and I don't think I could have picked a better one to "break my duck".
The organization seemed to run like clockwork,with friendly volunteers at the drinks stations and marshalling point. The people of Chester and outlying villages turned out to cheer us on through the scenic countyside.
Will def. be back next year.
Date of review: October 13, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Bruce C
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: A new benchmark for organised distance running!
In full: Simply superb ... from the pre-race sign up, regular comms throughout build up, scheduled training runs, through to the day itself no detail had gone un-noticed and dealt with in a throroughly professional manner.
The day itself was fantastic, with the whole operation on the racecouse running like clockwork.
The course was excellent with a good mixture of the city sights and then out in to the countryside to get into your rythymn. Fantastic support from the villages too, helped no end by the masterstroke of printing names on the numbers.
Then a great finish along the spectator lined river and finish infront of the granstand. Superb !
Definately one to go on every self respecting runners 'must do' list.
Date of review: October 13, 2011
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2011 race reviewed by: Adrian Thorp
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
Date of review: October 13, 2011
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