Events

Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Fantastic and
In full: An absolutely brilliant setting with a course which was obtuse enough to make you think. Great refreshments and organisation. This event is what amateur running is all about in my opinion.
Date of review: September 17, 2007

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Maybe
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		100%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Tough but great organisation
In full: Really enjoyed this. More fun than a normal race with the navigation challenge. SOme of the terrain was tough with ploughed fields and very stony paths to go with the windey routes through woods with roots.
Date of review: September 17, 2007

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Good race, definitely a challenge, great for marathon training
In full: Well organised small and friendly event. Quite easy to get lost on the course but I removed the need to struggle with maps and directions by sticking close to some dunstable runners.
Very dry underfoot in places and one tricky stretch of some testing loose flint to negotiate
Overall a good event and the tea and grub at the finish was well appreciated.
Date of review: September 17, 2007

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		100%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: A beaut !
In full: My second time and I'll be back next year. Hard mud and flints made some parts testing. Glorious scenery & perfect weather. Still got lost but in different places to last year! Good map made finding where you were easier. Nice to be in a race where time & position is not everything. Free food is better than a T-shirt or medal in my book.
Date of review: September 17, 2007

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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: A real challenge but great scenery
In full: 20 miles, map reading, hills and off road made this a real challenge and a great pre New York warm up.

Lack of mile markers and scenery made the 20 miles pass much quicker than they seem to on a lap or two round a town centre or industrial estate.

Thanks to everyone in front of me who could follow the instructions and to organsisers for the Mars Bars at the check points.
Date of review: September 17, 2007

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		100%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: An event to enjoy as a challenge rather than a race
In full: Lovely scenery, great route, friendly atmosphere, good marshalling, excellent facilities at the finish and plenty of tea. Pretty easy to get lost or break your neck on a flinty path but that's all part of the challenge!
Date of review: September 17, 2007

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Friendly Challenge through lovely countryside.
In full: This was my first 20 miler. I loved the relaxed friendly atmosphere of this challenge. We were so lucky that it was perfect running weather with fantastic clear views. The relief of seeing the stunning view from the top of the downs again at mile 19 was the highlight for me.
I did check out the route before the day which made everything so much easier and enjoyable.
Super certificate with the route and finishing time printed on - much better than a medal I think. Thank you Dunstable Road Runners for a brilliant day.
Date of review: September 17, 2007

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		20%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		80%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		20%

In short: Great day out on the Downs.
In full: I've never run off-road before. 20 miles with a map and hopefully someone in front to follow makes for a really interesting day out. Thanks to everyone who I followed or who shouted at me when I went wrong. I found it really difficult to understand the directions - all my energy being directed to my legs and not my brain! I think I would have been in dire straits if I'd been on my own. I kept missing even the more obvious route indicators. (D'oh).

The track with the flint stones was treacherous and I'll have to get better off-road shoes for next year, but apart from that, a really good training run for an autumn marathon. Excellent opportunity to get some hill-work in.

The water stations were well stocked (yum) and the marshalls were really encouraging and enthusiastic.

Beautiful scenery when I remembered to look up and fab weather today too. I can imagine it's a much tougher prospect if the weather is poor!

I'd definitely give it another go, but may opt for the 10 miler if I'm not building up to a marathon. It's hard to voluntarily put your body through that, although I feel great now - 7 hours later. Much better run than those boring road races with all their mile markers and arrows, no sense of adventure at those events!
Date of review: September 16, 2007

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		40%
Atmosphere		100%
Organisation		100%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: One to be added to the racing calendar especially if you enjoy runnning offroad!
In full: Everything about today demonstrated what I love about running.

A challenging route almost completely offroad with some testing hills and terrain, and some glorious scenery to soften the pain;

The added test of staying sharp to navigate the route which was signposted and with instructions/map as back-up (not needed by me);

well-stocked water/feed stations which kept you fuelled-up to the finish;

fantastic camaraderie amongst the runners, and I have never chatted so much during an event. This made the miles fly by.

Dunstable Road Runners have laid on a super event and it will become more popular as word spreads. Please don't chhange a thing and see you next year!
Date of review: September 16, 2007

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Overall score		100%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		100%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		100%
Beginner-friendliness		40%

In short: Great experience. Wonderful scenery. Best ever race.
In full: Fantastic race, run through some beautiful countryside. Well organised and required a bit of "working out" along the way, but enough clues and markers to reassure runners they were on the right track.

Thanks to all the organisers and marshalls. A nice touch with the Mars bars and jelly babies at the checkpoints.

Good idea not to have a T-shirt/medal and keep the cost down instead.

Best race I've ever done - and I've done a few!
Date of review: September 16, 2007

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