GDF Suez Leeds Half-MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race (411 votes). 2007 race reviewed by: heavytreader
 | | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Well organised run, which was well supported and marshalled.
In full: My first half marathon, really enjoyed it. No major hills or problems and the weather was near perfect. Start & finish was well organised and plenty of loos was bit help. The bottled water at the stations was a god-send but lack of "goodies" in goodie bag as disappointing. A bar of chocolate or snack would have been good. But will be back next year!!
Date of review: May 14, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Dan Southwell
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: My first half marathon and really enjoyable. Course not too testing but good for a steady run.
Date of review: May 14, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Michael Gomersall
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: My First Half Marathon!!
In full: My first half marathon and achieved 1.46.29 which I was very pleased with.
The start was well organised where I found there to be a really friendly pre-race atmosphere. The Hill between 3 and 4 miles is the steepest hill on the course, but really isn't as bad as some people say.
My only critism of this course is some of the bottle necks where we had to run on the pavements, This slowed people down quite bit.
But other than that, I had a fantastic time and the finish was amazing, all credit to Leeds City Council, the Police and the scouts, oh and not forgetting GE Capital for sponsering the event.
Well done everyone!
Date of review: May 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Alan Hudson
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: hilly
Date of review: May 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: john wriglesworth
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: a good race, wel organised, challenging terraine
In full: Th first 4 - 5 miles which is mainly up hill are the main challege, I don't think it is a PB course, but well worth doing.
Date of review: May 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Gary Chapman
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Superb organisation.
In full: Excellent organisation - very few races have this level of police and council support. Also, they get the small things right like regular drinks stations with 'bottled water' which is far better than beakers. A very good race.
Date of review: May 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Alex Mayfield
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Not bad, even though it felt like cross country on some sections
Date of review: May 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: AdyB
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Well organised, with plenty of drinks stations a bonus in the warm conditions.
In full: This was my first half marathon, and I was very impressed with the organisation. The other races I've been in have had minimal road closures, so a short stretch on the pavement wasn't a problem. There's some nice turf to run on at that point anyway. I was glad of the number of water stations, as it was a little warm for my liking. The scenery's not bad along Stonegate and the Ring Road, but once you're past the abbey it's a bit of a boring slog back along Kirkstall Road. I like the colour of the tee, though I agree with the previous point that there's no design gone into it.
Date of review: May 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: annejacko
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Challenging course good organisation
In full: Drove up from Bristol to stay with friends and do this race.It was worth the trip,the organisation compared favourably to the other city halves I've done-short queues for loos,no wait at luggage tent,Start worked better than I'd been expecting.Well done Leeds
Date of review: May 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Banana Mad
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Got a PB so am really pleased with how it went
In full: Overall enjoyed the race, organisation was generally good and route had enough undulations to make it interesting! Getting medal and T-shirt was good but something to eat in the bag would have been welcome. Echo the point about energy drink, didn't carry any as info. said it would be there and then it wasn't. Will know better next time!
Date of review: May 13, 2007
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