Crowborough 10KHere's how RW members rated this race in the past (101 votes). | 1 to 10 of 17 ratings | Page: 1 2 |
| The big picture 2008 (17 votes) | | Overall score | | 73% | | How many would do it again? | | 91% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 62% | | PB potential | | 42% | | Atmosphere | | 66% | | Organisation | | 79% | | Value | | 67% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 52% |
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2008 race reviewed by: Johnny Lyall
 | | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Great organisation, killer hill
In full: There is nothing flat about this course. You're always running uphill or running downhill, so no places to take a breather.
I twisted my ankle running through the ford on lap one, but have no one to blame other than myself.
Cracking organisation, would do again.
Not a fan of Palesgate Hill though - especially not the second time!
Date of review: December 1, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: David Ballard
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Second time i ve travelled from Bexleyheath for this well organised event. 11 weeks of training with just That Hill in mind.
Date of review: December 1, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Scoffer
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Yes it does have the 'killer' hill, twice, but if you cope with it, that adds to the achievemen
Date of review: December 1, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Cecilia Wong
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 20% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Killer hill in the middle that you have to do twice, but first 2km is downhill so you can make up your time then. Very stiff this morning! A good race.
Date of review: December 1, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Martin Berry
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Well-organised, hilly 10K
In full: Hilly 2-lap road 10K with plenty of variety in a lap of two halves - urban on the downhill half, and rural on the long sometimes very steep uphill half up Palesgate Lane from the ford. Well-organised, very well marshalled, race HQ with good facilities. The two site set-up (start/car-park located about 15 mins away from finish/race HQ) is a bit of a nuisance but at least you can get from one to the other along a well-signposted off-road footpath. One suggestion: would strongly urge toilet facilities are provided at the start as well as at the race HQ.
Date of review: December 1, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Adam Marnoch
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | No | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Good fun race but beware of the hills
Date of review: December 1, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: rawrunner
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Two circuits of hills - up & down
Date of review: December 1, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: T B
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Nice race, friendly marshalls
In full: Nice scenic race especially going uphills, brave marshalls tackling some impatient drivers.Enjoyable mix. Not easy to finish in an ascent.
Date of review: December 1, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: John Ellery 3
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 40% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Plenty of fast downhill but you pay for it later
Date of review: November 30, 2008
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2008 race reviewed by: Rob Naylor
| | Overall score | | 60% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 40% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Good "local" race. Wouldn't travel miles for it.
In full: Good organisation. The organisers worked well with the limitations imposed by the split site (toilets at the finish but not at the start, etc).
The hill on Palesgate Lane was good value: a nice challenge, but steep enough to spike most peoples' aspirations for a PB.
Good marshalling with plenty encouragement from them. Welcome tea and cakes at the end. Not worried about the absence of a goody back, but would willingly have paid a couple of £ more for chip timing.
I live locally so will almost certainly do it next year, but I probably wouldn't travel the 50 minutes each way that I did for Leatherhead a couple of weeks ago. It's good, but IMO not worth a long journey to attend.
Date of review: November 30, 2008
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