Epsom 10Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (69 votes). | 1 to 5 of 5 ratings | Page: 1 |
| The big picture 2010 (5 votes) | | Overall score | | 88% | | How many would do it again? | | 100% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 76% | | PB potential | | 64% | | Atmosphere | | 68% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 72% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 64% |
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2010 race reviewed by: Colin Stent 2
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Great race and atmosphere, challenging + hilly, will definitely do it again
Date of review: November 28, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: The Dashing Blade
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 80% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Very enjoyable race
Date of review: November 22, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Freemers
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 60% | | Value | | 40% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: Hills not as bad as I had feared...and of course what goes up must come down!
In full: First time for this race, and I had worried about it as hills are not really my thing...but I didn't think they were that bad all in all, and I loved the long downhill sections!
I liked the fact that the race HQ was a way from the start as it was a good chance to warm up. And thankfully they started the race with very little pre-amble.
Price was steep though.
Date of review: November 22, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: TickTock
| | 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 race with a few hills early on along country roads
In full: I really enjoyed the race. The changing rooms are in the jockey's weighing rooms (probably a joke in there somewhere about being considered overweight for first time in my life).
The course is all on quiet roads. First mile is down hill then next 3 miles are up. After that the course gently undulates until the mile 8 which is pretty steep. The finish does suddenly appear after turning off the roundabout so limited chance to wind up a sprint (assuming you have anything left!)
Overall, excellent marshalling and well organised race. Hanging around at the start was a bit chilly but that can be blamed on the lack of heat my fellow skinny runners generate.
I'll be back.
Date of review: November 21, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: The Ref
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 60% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 60% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 60% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: I'd forgotten how undulating the course is / was
In full: Well marshalled on a cold morning for standing around - managed to work up a decent sweat over the course. Only downside was the running out of mugs for the slower runners - although it gives miseryguts less to moan about "Not another mug, you've got enough of them gathering dust" etc! Makes a change from "Not another Tee shirt, you don't wear the ones you've got"!
Date of review: November 21, 2010
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