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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		No
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		80%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

Date of review: February 28, 2011

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		60%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		100%

In short: They've made the crawl up the portway easier this year so my rating may go up ;)
Date of review: July 21, 2008

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		40%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: My 1st time but not my last
Date of review: March 26, 2007

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Overall score		80%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		40%
Value		60%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Hopeless organisation at the start - must be improved for next year - but still a great race
In full: It's my home race so will definitely do it again but please put the runners' village back into Queen's Square where there are several different exits to the start, allowing people to sort themselves out much more effectively. The start this year was utterly hopeless - far too many people trying to filter down one small road - surely the organisers could have anticipated this massive bottleneck? But the reversed course was great, much prefer doing the inner city wiggles at the beginning and then powering (I wish) down the Portway all the way home...
Date of review: November 21, 2006

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		40%
Organisation		40%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		40%

In short: Suffered from Running Rage
In full: My first 1/2 Marathon. (My first anything) So nothing to compare it to. Either too many runners or badly organised start. I am led to believe that the route was a reversal of previous years races which caused bottle necking for the first 3 or 4 miles. OK I'm not an olympian and I may slow people up but found it annoying that people didn't stick to their estimated finish time group. Maybe ignorance of competitors or panic to be ready at the beginning caused me to fight my way through back markers running high up the field. Being a local Lad I will give this another go, I only hope that the organisers take on board peoples comments this year as this has the potential to be a great event. Many thanks to the youngsters at the water stations who done a good job in difficult circumstanes
Date of review: November 14, 2006

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Maybe
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		60%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: Nice flat course, great for a first-timer
Date of review: November 13, 2006

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		80%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		40%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: the start and the delay at the start was a mess. I know its the first time at that start so i hope it will improve next year. No other large race fails to start on time, this is not the first time bristol runners have been kept hanging about.
Date of review: November 3, 2006

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		80%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		80%
Organisation		20%
Value		80%
Beginner-friendliness		80%

In short: Please change it back!
In full: This was my 4th Bristol Half Marathon and unfortunately it was the worst. The Runners' Village was poorly organised. The slow wait to collect bags at the end of the race was not helped by placing the tents by some bushes thus creating very confusing queues. The start was very crowded and the organisers might as well have not used colour coding as there was absolutely no room to get to your allocated area. I cannot complain about achieving a slower than average time this due to lack of training but the change of course did not help. I did not feel an oppurtunity to really run freely until the Portway, partly due to the poorly organised start, but also due to narrowness of the course. At least with the old course there was only the one bottlenecking by the end of the Jury Hotel. It was also bizarre how the road was separated by tape at the beginning and felt very bemused how the left lane went up a small hill by the Watershed. The date of the race was also very early compared to previous years and so the unusual warmth came as an unwelcome surprise. However despite all these gripes the Bristol Half Marathon remains one of my favourite runs and the medal was EXCEPTIONALLY shiny (although the goody bag was comparatively mean). I will be doing for many years to come but please reinstate the previous course and Runners' Village (if only to increase my chances of a PB)!
Date of review: October 23, 2006

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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: i think old timers didn"t like the start b.cos it was A CHANGE
In full: Well done bristol !! another sucess !! The start was a little "different" and a tad delayed ,but otherwise a great day . An outstanding T shirt, pre -race and a really nice medal at the finish .THankfully the goody bag was eco friendly and not full the useless tat like other races. See you next year.
Date of review: October 16, 2006

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Overall score		60%
Would you do it again?		Yes
Details:
Scenery		60%
PB potential		60%
Atmosphere		60%
Organisation		60%
Value		40%
Beginner-friendliness		60%

In short: My 1st half marathon so nothing 2 compare it 2 but thought it was good if not a bit disorganised at the beginning.
Date of review: October 16, 2006

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