Blackmore Vale Half MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (277 votes). | 1 to 10 of 59 ratings | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| The big picture 2006 (59 votes) | | Overall score | | 79% | | How many would do it again? | | 92% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 79% | | PB potential | | 51% | | Atmosphere | | 70% | | Organisation | | 74% | | Value | | 76% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 62% |
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2006 race reviewed by: ian stott
 | | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: nice fairly challenging race especially at the end some nice routes and scenery.Did it last year and was nearly knocked over by a galloping riderless horse(different!!)
Date of review: January 3, 2007
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2006 race reviewed by: arunner2
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Following the sound of the PA to try to find the start - and then hearing the gun ... what a start to a fast route!
Date of review: May 14, 2006
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2006 race reviewed by: sonia Chant
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: well organised (except parking difficult) Plenty of water stations, and great refreshments at village hall.
Date of review: February 14, 2006
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2006 race reviewed by: John Foster 7
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Nice mix of ups,downs and flats.
In full: Did the horse get a pb?
Date of review: February 13, 2006
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2006 race reviewed by: J C B Jenks
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Good scenery-escaped horse on route to content with! Yes, hilly but not so bad. Car parking a real nightmere and everybody collecting numbers from small village hall was a bit too busy and congested. No organised luggage storage unfortunately.
In full: I wanted a medal-no point in running all that way without showing off some bling at work the next day! Also a good incentive to newcomers and first timers.
Date of review: February 9, 2006
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2006 race reviewed by: Rachel Watkins
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 20% |
In short: A great race, beauiful scenery, but agonising hills, especially at the end.
Date of review: February 8, 2006
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2006 race reviewed by: KIM PEACOCK 2
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: crab
In full: the crab said he would deffitly do this again
Date of review: February 8, 2006
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2006 race reviewed by: retro
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: A nice hilly run
In full: A nice run with plenty of water stations ,quite challenging but i still got a pb will do it again sometime
Date of review: February 8, 2006
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2006 race reviewed by: Hilly
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Very misty to start with, but soon cleared up so we could see the countryside we were racing in. I had a personal best and won the ladies race, so no complaints from me!
Date of review: February 8, 2006
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2006 race reviewed by: Mark @ 7/11 Challenges
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: A hilly run with a welcome recovery couple of miles at 7-9 miles before the last salvo of ups
In full: Well organised race with a good turnout, mostly of club runners but a significant chunk of indies too. Water stations were frequent with smiling support. Toilet queueing before the start inevitable - I doubt doubling the number of facilities would make much difference though and only add to the cost. Glad not to have lots of rubbish in a goody bag at the end - medals are nice, but add to the cost of the entry fee - at least the lion's share (boom boom) of what we all paid is likely to be put to good use after the event. The end seemed a bit of an anti-climax - probably because the finish was a short way from the village hall which seemed to be the hub of post-race catch up with friends etc. Would certainly do it again sometime though.
Date of review: February 8, 2006
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