Bath Half-MarathonHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (1133 votes). | The big picture 2007 (116 votes) | | Overall score | | 79% | | How many would do it again? | | 87% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 64% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 81% | | Organisation | | 70% | | Value | | 58% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 77% |
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2007 race reviewed by: Caroline Ilsley
 | | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great race, shame about the organisation. I'm entering for next year but I sincerely hope they sort out the shambles at the finish line!! Great course though :o)
Date of review: August 18, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: Paul Granger
| | 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: good vrace but poor organisation and planning for weather conditions
Date of review: March 29, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: G H JENKINS
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Start delayed by 1 hour then pens were dangereously overcrowded. There appeared to be no planning whatsoever for wet conditions. T-shirts had run out at finish, though officials were leaving with large numbers.
Date of review: March 22, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: richard palmer 5
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Badly orgainsed
In full: A response to some of the comments on here. Firstly, greedy people did not take extra goody bags/t shirts at the front depriving others. The reason they ran out was because the marshals handed out goody bags and then told people to get a t shirt. I only discovered hours later that the goody bag also had a t shirt in it! Secondly, the marquee for the first aid should obviously have been put up the day before. I organise a road race for my club. We only have a few hundred runners but we always set most of it up the day before. If you risk doing it a couple of hours before the race it is inevitable that at some point it will go wrong. These are basic mistakes from a supposedly professional organisation. I hope they have learnt for next time.
Date of review: March 20, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: Terri Graham
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Very enjoyable, flat race.
Date of review: March 20, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: Matthew Robinson 6
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Thank god I am local I pity the guys who waited an hour in the rain, I actually really enjotyed the run and got a time welll ahead of my expectations
Date of review: March 20, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: Tina68
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: poor
Date of review: March 19, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: Boghopper
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 40% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Overcrowded
In full: I think it's all been said before, but my 2 cents are:
- not enough space at the starting/finishing line, especially considering the fact 1/3 of the runners did not turn up (or simply got tired of waiting and went home). 15k runners in that space would have been dangerous.
- was very happy with the water points, but why were the plastic bottle not recycled?
- was no one trying to clean up some of the bottles during the race (as I have been them do at other events) or do the organisers consider an obstacle race a bonus for runners :-P
- considering how beautiful Bath is, it's a shame the route is not more scenic (run from Queens Square to the Circus, past the Crescent and around Victoria Park for a while perhaps?). Upper Bristol Rd. is not exactly memorable.
Date of review: March 19, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: Colin Gleeson
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 20% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Baths great, organisations terrible
In full: The organisation put a damper (literally) on what could have been a great race despite the weather
Date of review: March 19, 2008
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2007 race reviewed by: Kathryn Pillinger
| | Overall score | | 40% | | Would you do it again? | | Maybe | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 20% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: couldn't the muddiness of the rec have been predicted?
Date of review: March 19, 2008
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