Sussex Beacon Half MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (483 votes). | The big picture 2010 (145 votes) | | Overall score | | 44% | | How many would do it again? | | 41% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 64% | | PB potential | | 69% | | Atmosphere | | 52% | | Organisation | | 33% | | Value | | 41% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 62% |
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2010 race reviewed by: Helen Taylor 22
 | | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: |
In short: dreadful wether and poor finishline organisation
In full: dreadful weather and the organisors had to change the route close to the start, but the finish line was chaos; people had to stop running well before the finishline and not everyone was given a foil blanket - desperately needed as it was so cold!
Date of review: June 1, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: chris bradley
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great run - hampered by poor weather and related route changes
Date of review: March 27, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Paul Howard 11
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: flat
Date of review: March 26, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: LizzieBrighton
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Rainy and cold weather brought the best camaraderie among runners, good water stations, distance markers have to be improved
In full: I had never been so well hydrated in a race! And no, it wasn't because the rain drenched me but because the water stations where plentiful and well manned by volunteers. I want to give a big thank you to those volunteers who stayed there for us even in that hideous weather. The organisers need to put better distance markers next year though. It was not a race to achieve a PB and I was shivering for 45 min after I finished but I think I would do it again. It made me feel like a hardcore runner (I'm only a beginner, this was my first half-marathon ever) but it shows you that if you can survive being soaked and cold for over two hours you can achieve many other things in life! British people really love misery and bonding amongst runners was a very uplifting feature of this race. I loved receiving a text message with my times right after I finished. Website with pictures and video of our finishing moment were also great.
Date of review: March 16, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: RR54
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Rainy day didn't help poor organisation and last minute changes.
Date of review: March 12, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: sarah kirby
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: The finish was awful, and no where near as organised as the previous year.
Date of review: March 6, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Celia Wilson
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 60% |
Date of review: March 5, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Rob-W
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Too many people and not enough signs at the start - Volunteers deserve a big round of applause
Date of review: March 5, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Neil Peddie
| | Overall score | | 20% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 20% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: When will they learn from the error's of last year and the year before...
In full: Not able to finish because of the number of people at the finish line de-chipping...get this right - it's not hard
Date of review: March 1, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Chris Nicholas 2
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Mass race organisation on the cheap
In full: Probs:
- route- bunching up front, benches etc etc, passing the start/ end numerous times
- parking a nightmare
- mile markers invisible
Pros:
- bananas and refreshments great
Date of review: March 1, 2010
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