Events

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

In short: great to run through the tunnel
Date of review: October 15, 2006

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

In short: fantastic
Date of review: October 1, 2006

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Overall score		40%
Would you do it again?		No
Details:
Scenery		40%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		20%
Value		20%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: could be better with more organisation
In full: not enough toilets at the beginning, ten toilets for all those people,get real!!!
I thought there would be more first aid posts along the way, many more people would have run this race than others because of it being through the tunnel, they may need something more along the way.
things at the finish were hecktic, having to pass through spectaters to get water, goody bag,baggage,etc.
no changing at the end,no loos,no t-shirt & wrong date on medal.
Date of review: September 20, 2006

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

In short: Special mention for Vic Southern, 1st 10K.. with Parkinsons' Disease!
In full: Travelled up from Croydon, South London to run with my uncle in Tunnel 10K so it was going to be memorable whatever the outcome!
The facilities at the start were basic. £2.50 to park all day, although not expensive, not what I expected, previous races have provided free parking. And toilets... you guessed, never enough! Baggage facilities were excellent though with kit safetly transfered to the finish in New Brighton.
The route to the tunnel was quite wide at first allowing PB seekers to get into a good rythym and vanish leaving slower runners to enjoy a more sedate pace! The entrance to the tunnel was as expected, WIDE/lots of elbow space! Now the fun could begin, 1.2 miles flat-out / freewheel to the bottom (where the Liverpool & Wirral crests were visible up on the left wall) then deal with the incline and the sting in the tail as you exit the tunnel up-hill to the watering station at 5K.
Bottles or paper cups? You can obviously run with bottles which hold more but cups crush underfoot... and hold less! Was amused by the girl chasing/collecting the empty cups in the wind!
The rest of the course was a pleasure although was suprised to see an old man approaching us from behind in a CAR just before we saw the submarine on the right!
The run along the riverside from Seacombe ferry to New Brighton was glorius with sunshine and a nice breeze from behind. Good support along this strech was welcome and the finish was all too soon.
Goody bag had organic & fairtrade products- nice touch and medal was ok although not correct date due to race being re-scheduled, no t-shirt?!
Had a chat with 4 wheelchair entrants, one who finished in 24mins and startled the police in the tunnel by exceeding the speed limit!
The free train journey back to Liverpool and 2pm deadline was an welcome extra which allowed us time to have a pint and relax in New Brighton on a lovely day.
Special mention to my uncle Vic who ran his first & probably last 10K. We finished in a time of 1 hour 10 mins which is fantastic for a man who has had Parkinsons Disease for two years and can't swing his left arm or raise his left leg properly. I was well impressed as my PB is 51mins so he must have dug deep to complete this course.
I see a PB potential in this race and will return next year whenever it's scheduled, just hope the organisers & council can get it on amicably.
Date of review: September 14, 2006

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

In short: Enjoyed it too much and forgot that I was there to race!
Date of review: September 14, 2006

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Overall score		40%
Would you do it again?		Maybe
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		20%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: funrun not a race
In full: great route,nice medal (even if wrong date ),good crowed surport, secure bag storage

organisation iffy, race posponed, no results yet, no t-shirt, distance markers hard to see if their? no where near enough toilets, as per normal (when will organisers learn?)no where to change afterwards
Date of review: September 13, 2006

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

In short: Great, well organised race.
In full: First race for me at aged 61, although did plenty of running years ago for personal fitness.I used to do 6 miles in around 36 minutes. Did this 10K in 1hour 10mins. Hope to improve on that next year. Enjoyed the run, great support from people along the way, and an emotional run in at the finish with my wife watching.
Date of review: September 13, 2006

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

In short: Great race, well organised route, great support
Date of review: September 12, 2006

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

In short: Enjoyable event well organized on the day - any shortcomings were minor
In full: Seems to be regarded as a bit of a novelty race - not too many "serious" runners, and my (very) modest time was still good enough for a top 50 finish.
Point-to-point course (obviously) - this time the wind was behind over the last 3.5K on the prom from Seacombe - so it felt quite pleasant - this time.
Not really enough portaloos - need at least twice as many.
Excellent start location - wide roads, so no congestion even though some very slow runners were up at the front line.
Managed to spot all the km markers, though some were easier to see than others (4K, 6K weren't easy).
Very helpful assistants post-race - baggage reclaim thrust my bag into my hands even before I'd arrived at the desk; the bloke handing out the goody bags picked up my medal for me which I'd dropped.
Medal with tacky Merseytravel logo and the original race date on it - about the only thing which I'd complain (mildly) about.
Looking forward to running this next year when fully fit!
Date of review: September 12, 2006

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

In short: This was my first race. I ran it with a friend and we had a good time. We were aiming for an hour and did it with 8 mins to spare. Great Race. Well done
In full: Thanks to the Guys in the Tunnel shouting 'Oggy Oggy Oggy' Got us through it. It has defo made me want to run even further now!
Date of review: September 12, 2006

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