Marwell Zoo 10KHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (161 votes). | 1 to 10 of 21 ratings | Page: 1 2 3 |
| The big picture 2007 (21 votes) | | Overall score | | 88% | | How many would do it again? | | 98% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 88% | | PB potential | | 52% | | Atmosphere | | 81% | | Organisation | | 88% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 68% |
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2007 race reviewed by: Andrew Clarke 4
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: My second year,better prepared for those hills. Really enjoyable and would recomend.
Date of review: May 19, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Gubbs
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Great for the Zoo access too!!
Date of review: May 19, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Angela Agate
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: An excellent family day out, save some energy for the zoo afterwards
Date of review: May 14, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Joyful
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Very hot & hilly!!!!
Date of review: May 10, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: simon Eggington 2
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: family fun day
In full: really well organised,great start and finish in zoo,ideal for families,good weather ,1st 5km a bit hilly.be back next year
Date of review: May 7, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Julia Park 3
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great event - what a venue! Superb organisation - well done Eastleigh RC. One to recommend to anyone.
Date of review: May 2, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Aaron K
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Hilly, but fun
In full: Wasn't expecting quite as many hills! Don't really remember going downhill at any point either. Still, a well organised race, and a good turnout from all abilities. Beautiful weather for it too!
Date of review: May 2, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: shaun carpenter
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: hilly hot and fun my son enjoyed the fun run , i enjoyed the 10k and my wife paid a fortune to watch us !!!!
In full: I would echo earlier comments that entering the Zoo was more expensive than entering the races... but the race was worth it
Date of review: April 30, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: TZ
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Scenic run and a trip to the zoo. Super!
In full: Yes, it's true, this is quite a hilly 10k! The website and the pre-race leaflet omit a route-map, now I know why! :-)
Having said that, I enjoyed it immensely. There is a few inclines, but the real work is done from 2k to 5k - a climb of around 250 feet. After all that work you get a couple of well-staffed water stations, and a blast downhill all the way back to the zoo.
I chipped another couple of minutes off my PB, down to 43 minutes, and many finished faster than me, so it's by no means a slow course.
Despite the big entry there was no shortage of toilets, marshalls, medals or encouragement. The morning's fun-run for kids was a nice idea, and the afternoon spent in the sunshine at the zoo was brilliant.
It does seem a little odd that the price of running is lower than the price of admitting each supporter, but the zoo has to bring in money to look after all those animals. I didn't begrudge them a penny.
My own version of the course map can be seen here:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-kingdom/marwell/365427922
TZ
Date of review: April 30, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Jo Macklin
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Challenging but fun race !
In full: Wasn't looking forward to this one too much after tackling the hills for the first time last year however I knew what to expect this time and actually found myself enjoying it ! Lovely weather (as last year) and well organised.
Date of review: April 30, 2007
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