Marlow Half Marathon  Here's how RW members rated this race (427 votes). | 1 to 10 of 57 ratings | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| The big picture 2007 (57 votes) | | Overall score | | 87% | | How many would do it again? | | 91% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 92% | | PB potential | | 39% | | Atmosphere | | 78% | | Organisation | | 85% | | Value | | 79% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 63% |
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2007 race reviewed by: David randall 4
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: great fun...hard work..very friendly
Date of review: November 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: martin steadman
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: hills, hills, hills, hills
Date of review: November 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Richard Bentley 2
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Very challenging hills. Nice long sleeve shirt at finish.
Date of review: November 13, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: ingy 1962
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: challenging but great satisfaction at the end!
Date of review: November 10, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Super Sloath
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Having never taken part in a race, let alone a 1/2 marathon, I struggled with the hills! May be running is not for me BUT ...... now the stiffness has gone I know I could do it better!!!!
Date of review: November 8, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Joe Hawk
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great race very well organised and friendly
In full: And whatsmore we had great weather this year.I made my target time of sub 2 hrs but defitely not the fastest course that I have run. Very nice scenery when I was not looking at the ground and struggling on.
Date of review: November 7, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: Just Martin
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: I will not walk, I will not walk
In full: Someone told me the scenery was wonderful. I'm afraid I had my head down most of the time. I did look up once about two thirds through to see the coloured shirts of runners snaking up the (yet another bl&&dy) hill in front of me. I didn't walk up those hills I chanted up, but I think it might have been quicker.
Fantastic organisation, really friendly. It makes you dig deep, but that's what makes it worthwhile.
Date of review: November 7, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: ThirtyThree
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Beautiful rural race
Date of review: November 7, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: SWE
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: This race force me to run with the inside of my head!!
In full: Great uphills in a rolling landscape but downhills to steep. Tuesday evening and I still can't walk normally.
Date of review: November 6, 2007
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2007 race reviewed by: WhiterShadeOfPale
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% |
In short: legs still hurting 2 days later
In full: There was a really good atmosphere about this race - I suppose anyone willing to get up for a 9:30am half on the 4th Nov will be in good spirits. Nice little touches like the starting rocket and encouraging marshals. At the start someone asked me in all seriousness "is this one reasonably flat then?" errr...
Well, now I know the answer. Yes, the 7th mile is reasonably flat. But you probably won't enjoy it as those lovely green hills on your left are between you and the finish at Marlow! Basically it's up and down all the way - way harder than I was expecting and I found the first half downhills a bit demoralising as they were generally too short and steep to make up the time lost on the climbs. The second half seemed to swap things around though with the infamous steep uphills at mile 8 and 10 but then a usefully gentle mile and a half descent into Marlow. Great way to finish! A very satisfying race unless you're looking for a PB or a pain-free Monday.
Date of review: November 6, 2007
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