The Farnham Pilgrim Marathon  Here's how RW members rated this race (138 votes). | 1 to 10 of 58 ratings | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| The big picture 2010 (58 votes) | | Overall score | | 95% | | How many would do it again? | | 97% | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 94% | | PB potential | | 44% | | Atmosphere | | 88% | | Organisation | | 89% | | Value | | 88% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 72% |
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2010 race reviewed by: Meaden
 | | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Mad First Ever Organised Race
In full: In hindsight I was probably a bit mad signing up for this as my first ever organised run with just 3 months of training, a lifetime's history of little or no exercise and a recently kicked 30-a-day smoking habit, but I loved it!
I finished in 2hrs 22mins, which is slow in comparison to most there but my sole aim was to simply finish so I was pleased!
I've now well and truly got the running bug and have got 5 races under my belt since this one back in September.
Date of review: February 17, 2011
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2010 race reviewed by: Mike Pini
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Scenic, interesting, challenging and friendly.
Date of review: October 16, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Tom Mitchell 4
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Amazing organisation, marshalling and scenery
Date of review: October 6, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Hills'
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: I know the route well, but enjoyed every bit of it, nonetheless. Outstanding marshal support and atmosphere!
Date of review: September 28, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Kaidie
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Our first ever marathon - and what a beautiful experience!!
In full: This was our first ever 42km race. It was not the easiest, but what a beautiful and meaningful pilgrimage, wonderfully-put together by a dedicated team who gave us great advice since we signed up in April (THANKS VERONICA, HILLARY AND DAVID!) The marshals and crowd were superb - and the runners (we were at the back, of course:) ) were a laugh! We enjoyed ourselves tremendously! Take a look at our report here Do join the next one! It will be rewarding.
Date of review: September 23, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: ancient plodder
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 20% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: organised (very well) by sadists for masochists!
In full: Well done all round. Great scenery, marshalls, food, route with deliberate bottlenecks to let us plodders not get too far behind the speed merchants who'd trained for it. Might do the whole mara next year if the organisers can guarantee a 'day out' atmosphere...or I do some training......
Date of review: September 23, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Flossie9
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Thoroughly enjoyed this event and would do it again. Marshalling excellent and very friendly. Lovely organisers.
Date of review: September 23, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Not Strictly Necessary
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 100% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 80% |
In short: Uphill Sand Makes You Work!
In full: This was very well organised - I had no idea that it was a first time event. Kudos to the organisers and many thanks to the (numerous) marshalls. I would agree with the many other reviews that have highlighted the beautiful scenery and the challenging, but very enjoyable terrain. Not a criticism at all, but I would note that my Garmin measured a bit longer than a half marathon as well - 13.7 miles if I recall correctly.
Date of review: September 22, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: PROBLEM CHILD
| | Overall score | | 100% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 100% | | PB potential | | 60% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 100% | | Value | | 80% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 60% |
In short: Tough run but well worth pain.
In full: Well done to everyone involved in putting this one together,many thanks to the marshalls & everyone at the drinks stations, see you all again soon.
Date of review: September 22, 2010
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2010 race reviewed by: Gaurav Kalia
| | Overall score | | 80% | | Would you do it again? | | Yes | | | | Details: | | Scenery | | 80% | | PB potential | | 40% | | Atmosphere | | 80% | | Organisation | | 80% | | Value | | 100% | | Beginner-friendliness | | 40% |
In short: People were fantastic - track was a tough challenge and the unexpected hazards were new to me - overall it was worthwhile but there could be improvements by reducing hazards to make the race smoother.
Date of review: September 22, 2010
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