Great Bentley Half MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (261 votes). | 1 to 10 of 44 ratings | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 |
| The big picture 2007 (44 votes) | | Overall score | | 89% | | How many would do it again? | | 100% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 75% | | PB potential | | 90% | | Atmosphere | | 72% | | Organisation | | 78% | | Value | | 79% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 81% |
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2007 race reviewed by: Simon Ronaldson
 | | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Windy, but nice and flat. Definite PB material.
Date of review: February 11, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: John Wheatley 2
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: A good flat course, friendly competitors and well marshalled, with encouragement along the way.
Date of review: February 20, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Nick Kenyon-Muir
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Well worth the 100 mile round trip on a Sunday morning
In full: Good course which was largely traffic free. Water stations well positioned and attended. Because the course in mainly flat when you do get hills they help to spice up the pace. Fantastic selection of cakes in the race HQ - worth the trip on its own!
Date of review: February 14, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: www.justgiving.com/superwoman63
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: GREAT RACE IN GREAT BENTLEY
In full: I'm not particularly fast BUT l enjoyed this race and managed to knock 2 minutes off a previous time, not a big time to some but a special time for me. The marshalls were superb and very encouraging and deserve a BIG thank you.
Keep up the good work
Date of review: February 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: burdock
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Great for PB's very flat and an enjoyable race
In full: worth doing again,works well as a half marathon...
Date of review: February 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: mummalishas
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great race,friendly marshalls!!!! nicely organised finish area,felt a few more toilets would have been a good idea, had to queue behind a woman that took loads of kids in,thought we were going to miss the start!!
Date of review: February 6, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: 2092
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: thank god I got turned down for Watford
Date of review: February 6, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Tack-n-Gybe
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great, fast flat course, run by runners for runners!
In full: A bit of a trek for me from bedfordshire, but well worth it. Pancake flat course gave a huge potential for a pb, proved by going under 2 hours for the first time. Needed more loo's at the start, no chnage there then!
Date of review: February 6, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Elephant Man
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: Good for a PB, excellent marshalling.
In full: Could not find a fault with the race, the marshalling was excellent and very supportive. A slight problem at the start and end was that the HQ hall seemed a bit cramped for the number of runners, I guess a drawback for being so popular. Certainly this one minor thing would not stop me coming back again next year.
Date of review: February 6, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: The Strider
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 100% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 100% |
In short: PROBABLY THE BEST 1/2 MARATHON IN BRITAIN
In full: Well done to Great Bentley, great weather, great course, great marshalls, great medal, great support, great waterstops, great scenary, great people at the finish and at every corner. Can't wait for next year's race, I'll try for a PB. I hope to see Great Bentley Runners at the Billericay Striders 10K in November where you will be given a Great Welcome.
Date of review: February 5, 2007
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