Surrey Slog Half-MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (150 votes). 2009 race reviewed by: J MacInnes
 | | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: A suberbly friendly bunch organising this race, made it a lovely race.
Date of review: July 21, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Jason Koenen 2
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Great race. Great challenge. Great organisation.
In full:
Date of review: July 20, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Toby Michelmore
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
Date of review: July 20, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: belgrave
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: A very tough run with relentless hills and obstacles. Very scenic
Date of review: July 20, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Ministry of Mysteries
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Picturesque with a big sting in the tail
Date of review: July 20, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Simon Gosling 3
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Ouch those hills hurt
In full: My first XC half marathon and really testing. Time was way off my PB. Little bit disappointed with the bottlenecks in the first couple of miles which left you standing and waiting but otherwise a good race
Date of review: July 20, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Elisabeth Hoskins
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In full: This was a great race! I was really worried as I hadn't done a lot of hill training before it but it was fine. I had, however, done quite a lot of running and was pretty fit. It is definitely challenging and some of the long hill climbs are hard. I found it easier to just keep going, stopping stops your momentum! Because i was watching where I was going and where my foot placement was the miles ticked over quite quickly and before I knew it the race was over.
Definitely challenging but achievable and the eurphoric feeling of finishing was worth all the hill climbs!
Great organisation too - for a small run there was a lot of effort put in and it was appreciated! Coming back new year to beat my time!
Date of review: July 20, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Julian Davidson
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
Date of review: July 20, 2009
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2009 race reviewed by: Sophie Ravenscroft
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: A shock to the system for a road runner like me, but enjoyed the scenery and the sense of achievement of having finished
In full: I usually do 2 hours for a road half marathon and did 2 hours 25 minutes for this one which gives you some idea of the terrain.
A good change from the road though
Date of review: July 19, 2009
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2008 race reviewed by: joanne Desforges
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: Oh my God
In full: It was my first slog, how many hills, it was good because it worked your body
Date of review: July 19, 2009
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